Chapter 47 Fighting

"Xinghe, why are you here?" Li Panxi said blankly, "Um...I..."

She stammered and was speechless, unable to explain why she was here and what she had said to Chen Jingyi.

Shen Xinghe glanced at her and said, "I'm going downstairs."

He said nothing, just treated her as air, not even wanting to ask a question.

When he passed by Li Panxi, Li Panxi asked him, "Don't you want to ask me something?"

"I don't want to." Shen Xinghe said.

"Why?"

"No need." Shen Xinghe left. Li Panxi chased him to the stairs. "Shen Xinghe, why are you pretending? You really want to ask me, right? Ask me why I'm targeting Lin Shuliang."

Shen Xinghe looked at her with a hint of mockery on his face, "Why am I pretending? I'm just trying to save your face."

Seeing him walking fast, Li Panxi asked hurriedly, "Do you like Lin Shuliang?"

"It's none of your business."

When Li Panxi wanted to say something, Shen Xinghe had already walked away.

Shen Xinghe walked back to the classroom and saw Xu Chen chatting with others. He walked over and said, "Get out of here."

The others had not seen Shen Xinghe get so angry, so they said gloatingly, "How could you make Shen Xinghe so angry?"

"I can only think of one possibility, that you flirted with his girl." The person next to him said with a smile.

These words woke Xu Chen up, it was really possible!

Shen Xinghe asked him to go out in front of so many people. If he didn't go out, it would seem that he was too cowardly.

He took off his school uniform jacket and threw it on the table, then walked out proudly.

Shen Xinghe was waiting for him at the corner of the stairs. As soon as he approached, he punched him so hard that he was stunned and blood began to seep from the corners of his mouth.

"Shen Xinghe, are you sick? Why did you hit me so hard?" Xu Chen wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand and touched the place where he was hit with the tip of his tongue, his mouth full of the taste of blood.

"You're so fucking dirty! You only know how to attack girls, right?" Shen Xinghe punched him on the other side again.

Although Xu Chen didn't know what was going on, he was punched twice for no reason. He kicked Shen Xinghe in the stomach, "I gave you face? Damn it!"

Shen Xinghe's eyes were red as he looked at him viciously, "I wish you were this capable normally. You always blame me for everything."

The two men wrestled with each other, attracting more and more classmates to watch.

Luo Yun went to the toilet and came back. He ran to Lin Shuliang and said, "Something bad has happened. Shen Xinghe and Xu Chen are fighting fiercely for some reason. There are many people surrounding them now."

Lin Shuliang put down the book and rushed out quickly. They were still fighting, punching and kicking each other.

Xu Chen was a gangster by nature, and he had dealt with those people a lot, so he was very ruthless. It was obvious that Shen Xinghe was not his opponent, but Xu Chen didn't gain much advantage either.

Lin Shuliang pulled Xu Chen and said, "Stop fighting. What are you doing?"

Xu Chen shook off her hand and said, "Go away."

He was quite strong and pushed Lin Shuliang to the ground. He was very surprised and his attention was all on Lin Shuliang.

Shen Xinghe didn't even notice the fist coming at him and was hit hard.

Lin Shuliang's wrist was bleeding, and there were bloodstains on the ground. Xu Chen didn't care about himself, "Are you okay? I didn't mean it."

Shen Xinghe went over and helped her up. "Why are you intervening in a fight between boys? Go to the infirmary and get bandaged."

The two men expressed their deep affection in different ways, and the audience exclaimed, "Oh my God, so happy!"

"I bet they fought just for Lin Shuliang."

"Lin Shuliang is truly a winner in life. The two best boys in our No. 1 high school both like her."

"That's right! But Lin Shuliang herself is not bad either. I still remember her graceful dance at the school celebration."

…

The audience made all sorts of comments, but they all ended up saying, "Hurry up, the dean is here!"

The classmates who had gathered around them dispersed, and only the three of them were left.

The head teacher came over and saw them like this, "Don't tell me, you even beat the heroine."

Shen Xinghe: “…”

Xu Chen: “…”

In fact, they were just standing next to Lin Shuliang. Lin Shuliang was injured again, but it wouldn't be misunderstood as them beating a girl, right?

Luo Yun ran to find Lin Shuliang and saw this situation. "Shuliang came to persuade them with good intentions, and you guys also hit her?"

Their expressions are so varied...

Lin Shuliang felt very upset, "Let's go back to the classroom."

The Dean of Studies refused to let her go and insisted on understanding what happened. Xu Chen saw that Lin Shuliang's hand was still bleeding. "Teacher, Shen Xinghe and I were fighting, and she came to stop us. I accidentally pushed her to the ground. It has nothing to do with her. Let her go."

The Dean of Education turned his eyes to Shen Xinghe, as if to verify it. Shen Xinghe nodded, "What he said is absolutely true."

Lin Shuliang suddenly felt that they were very harmonious, totally different from how they were just now. Her hands were really hurting, "Let's go, Luo Yun."

Before she left, she did not forget to glare at Shen Xinghe. This damn kid was so reckless to fight at this time.

The dean took them to the office and asked them why they were fighting, but neither of them could give a clear reason. They couldn't just say that they were fighting for no apparent reason, right?

Xu Chen said nonchalantly: "Teacher, we are just under too much pressure in the third year of high school and we want to vent. It's nothing serious."

"There are many ways to relieve stress. You don't have to resort to physical conflict to resolve it!"

"Yes, yes, teacher, you are right." Xu Chen agreed, and then whispered to Shen Xinghe: "You should say something too! Are you dumb?"

Shen Xinghe did not respond and just played dumb.

After a while, their head teacher came.

There's no other way. Everyone likes good students, and the college entrance examination is coming soon. There can't be any mistakes with these two good candidates.

Teacher Cao and the dean of studies gave various explanations and admonished them, "What they did was indeed wrong. It was impulsive and incorrect. You need to apologize to the teacher."

"Teacher, I'm sorry." They both said in unison.

Teacher Cao added: "Look, they have already apologized, so let's not pursue it. The college entrance examination is coming up soon, and their files cannot be marked with a demerit."

The latter sentence was spoken in a relatively low voice.

The Dean of Education said, "I asked you to handle this issue because I didn't know about it." He cleared his throat and said, "It's best if you admit your mistakes, but your behavior has extremely bad consequences! There must be punishment. Each of you must write me a self-criticism of more than 3,000 words, handwritten! No copying allowed, I'll check it."

Three thousand words! For science students like them, this is simply a sky-high price!

They stared at each other without saying anything in agreement.

Teacher Cao glared at them and said to the Dean of Studies, "In theory, they should write, but 3,000 words is a bit too much. You know, they have to do a lot of papers every day. What do you think?"

A high admission rate benefits everyone, and the more students who are admitted to key schools, the greater the benefits. How could the principal not know this?

He coughed twice and said, "That's right! In view of what Teacher Cao said, I'll cut it in half. It can't be any less. Give it to me tonight. No more bargaining."

1500 is better than 3000, so they both agreed and followed Teacher Cao.

Teacher Cao asked Xu Chen to leave first and asked Shen Xinghe privately: "What's wrong with you? Your grades dropped and you got into a fight? If it was someone else today, they would have been fired long ago. Do you know that?"

He doesn't speak.

"Why did you fight? Tell me."

Shen Xinghe thought about it and continued, "I just felt a lot of pressure and wanted to vent it for fun."

Teacher Cao was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. "Are you kidding me? I think you are kidding me! Forget it, go, go, write a self-review and hand it in to the Dean of Studies."

He was overthinking if he wanted to ask Shen Xinghe questions.

…

Lin Shuliang simply treated the wound, but the injured part was her right hand, which was rubbed when she wrote, and was very uncomfortable, so she tried to avoid writing as much as possible.

She now sits by the window, and her hands occasionally rub against the wall, which still hurts a little.

She was reading a book, and a shadow was projected on the book, a boy with short hair. She looked up and saw Xu Chen standing outside.

"I'm here to apologize."

Lin Shuliang turned around and continued reading. "You've done so many things. Which one are you here to apologize for?"

This is a very well-spoken statement, with a double meaning.

Xu Chen scratched the wound on his face and said, "Foreverything."

Lin Shuliang waved her hands, "Don't use English with me, speak properly."

"For everything." Xu Chen said solemnly.

"Can I understand that this is perfunctory?"

In fact, she didn't dislike Xu Chen that much. Xu Chen was just a bit of a rogue, but he was still a good person. Just because Xu Chen helped her without Lin Shuliang knowing, it showed that he was not a bad person, so she was willing to have a good talk with Xu Chen.

As for Li Panxi, it seemed like she had bad intentions from the beginning, especially when she deliberately said those words in front of Shen Xinghe. Lin Shuliang knew what she was thinking, and with Chen Jingyi's words, she knew even more what Li Panxi was planning.

Regardless of whether Xu Chen was the mastermind or an accomplice, she did not have deep feelings for him, so she would not feel betrayed. But Li Panxi was plotting and playing tricks on her, and she did not like it.

Xu Chen saw that her expression was not bad, and he felt relieved. "I'll treat you to milk tea this weekend, and we can talk about it then. I'm going to write a self-criticism right now and give it to the dean of studies soon."

"Shen Xinghe wants to write too?"

"Of course, he was the one who hit me first. He was the one who started the trouble. Why didn't he write it down?"

Lin Shuliang twirled the pen and said, "So, how many words should I write?"

Xu Chen got a headache when talking about writing. "Don't talk about it. 1500. It was 3000 at first! Then I got a half-price cut. I was not allowed to plagiarize. I won't talk about it anymore. My hands are shaking when I think about it now."

"You are in such a hurry to write it, do you need it soon?" Lin Shuliang asked.

"Yeah, before tonight. I have math and English classes later, so I can't rush them. I'll just have to make use of the time between classes. I'm leaving now. Remember your appointment with me."

Lin Shuliang made an OK gesture, immediately took out a piece of letter paper from the desk box, and wrote the title: Apology.