drama
During the break, Chen Xiyu organized a vote, with each person having one vote.
Perhaps because they thought it was more novel, most students chose drama.
Chen Xiyu and Yao Nuannuan collected everyone's votes, and Chen Xiyu announced that our class would perform a drama this time.
"Then let's discuss our class's performance in a play. I'll report this to Director Pang. As for what kind of play we'd like to perform, it depends on everyone's opinion. You can tell me or the arts committee member, Yao Nuannuan, in the next couple of days."
The students expressed their excitement, saying that the New Year's Eve party made the class atmosphere much more lively.
Chen Xiyu returned to her seat and looked at today's schedule written on the blackboard. The next period was physical education, which happened to be the one with Class 3 and Class 6. She had been looking forward to this week's physical education class.
At this time, Tan Zhao just came back from outside.
Chen Xiyu said, "Tan Zhao."
Tan Zhao just sat down and responded with a "Hmm?"
"The next period after that is physical education."
"Really? I didn't notice." Tan Zhao glanced at the class schedule.
"You can lead the exercises with Yang Xiaoxiao again."
Tan Zhao was puzzled and looked at Chen Xiyu, "This is the teacher's arrangement. Actually, I don't want to stand in the front." His voice even sounded a little aggrieved.
Chen Xiyu asked: "If Yang Xiaoxiao and I are not very happy, who will you side with?"
When Tan Zhao heard Yang Xiaoxiao's name again, his hand that was reaching for the book froze.
"Why did you mention her?"
"When I'm waiting for physical education class, I want to talk to Yang Xiaoxiao and explain everything clearly. I can take advantage of the break to let the girls in Class 6 know the whole story. Although I know that other people's gossip can't affect me, I still feel it's necessary to make the truth public. I want an apology from them."
"I know Yang Xiaoxiao is your childhood friend, so I wanted to say hello to you in advance. I might have a disagreement with her."
When Tan Zhao wanted to speak, class had already started.
The chemistry teacher walked into the classroom and asked the class representative to distribute a set of test papers.
"We're going to have a classroom test this time. This test is based on the content I recently covered, so please do your best."
The test papers were distributed, and there was just one paper missing at the end.
Tan Zhao handed her the test paper and asked her to raise her hand.
"Teacher, I'm missing a test paper."
Chemistry teacher: "You're missing one. Come with me to the office to look for one. We have a lot of test papers in the office lately."
Tan Zhao went to the office with the teacher.
Chen Xiyu didn't hear Tan Zhao's answer and felt mixed emotions.
She didn't understand what Tan Zhao's attitude towards this matter was.
Childhood friends should be very important friends to everyone.
About ten minutes later, Tan Zhao came out of the office with a test paper. Since he started late, the teacher said he could be given a few more minutes, but he worked through the questions fairly quickly and had almost finished them by the time the papers were collected.
The bell rang and the class representative collected the papers. Everyone went downstairs to prepare for physical education class.
Tan Zhao said to Chen Xiyu who was about to leave, "Chen Xiyu, I have something to tell you in PE class."
Chen Xiyu was holding Jiang Hui's arm at the time and nodded blankly.
On the way, Chen Xiyu asked Xie Yanzhi, who was walking with him, "Xie Yanzhi, if I had an argument with someone, and that other person was very talented and popular, who would you help?"
Xie Yanzhi put one hand in his trouser pocket and held a badminton racket in the other.
"Is there any need to think about this? I will definitely help you."
"No matter if what you did was right or wrong, as long as it wasn't against the law or discipline, even if it was really out of line, I'm on your side because of our friendship that grew up together."
Chen Xiyu was somewhat touched. "Okay, it's really worth having you as a brother."
"Why are you asking this nicely?"
"A little test of friendship." Chen Xiyu evaded the question.
Xie Yanzhi saw some friends he knew on the road and stopped to talk to them.
Chen Xiyu thought of what Xie Yanzhi said, "Our friendship has grown up together, and I am on your side."
I thought, "Yeah, why would Tan Zhao be on my side?"
During the physical education class, two classes were doing radio gymnastics, with Yang Xiaoxiao and Tan Zhao leading the exercises in the front. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful, very pleasing to the eye.
After the radio gymnastics ended, the physical education teacher announced the free time as usual and walked away without leaving the playground.
Jiang Hui patted Chen Xiyu's shoulder to show encouragement. Chen Xiyu took advantage of the fact that the crowd of Class 6 had not yet dispersed and ran to the front of their class.
"Class 6 students, please wait a moment."
"There have been some rumors about me recently, and I believe you know more about them than I do. Today, I want to take advantage of the fact that you are all here during gym class to bring this up again. Let the rumors stop with the wise."
"Yang Xiaoxiao, could you come over here for a moment? I saw you leading the exercises beautifully just now, and you've probably almost recovered. As the two protagonists, I'd like you to recall this incident with me."
Yang Xiaoxiao's face was full of unclear emotions and she didn't smile. She looked at the classmates around her and hesitated for two steps. She didn't expect Chen Xiyu to be brave enough to bring up what happened last week in front of so many people.
But everyone was looking at them. Among them were all the students from Class 6, as well as some from Class 3 who hadn't left out of curiosity. Even the boys who usually loved playing basketball had stopped rushing out to play. She saw Tan Zhao standing next to Chen Xiyu. Jiang Hui, Xie Yanzhi, and Fiona Sit hadn't left either. It was like a celebrity press conference.
The more she felt at this moment, the more she couldn't be timid. She looked at her good friend Yao Yao, who shook her arm, a little panicked, "What should I do, Xiao Xiao?"
Yang Xiaoxiao walked towards Chen Xiyu with a smile, "Okay, classmate Chen, I didn't want to pursue that matter. Since you insist on bringing it up again."
Chen Xiyu met Yang Xiaoxiao's standard smile. "On November 12th, during the break, I went to get some water. Many people from Class 6 passed by. Maybe some activity had just finished, because the water was very hot and full. I was paying attention to the water cups the whole time, and accidentally we squeezed together and bumped into each other. This is what happened. Students who were there, do you agree?"
Someone said, "We had just come back from dance rehearsal."
A girl's timid and soft voice came, "Yes, that's right."
Chen Xiyu heard a soft voice and saw Xiao Xue in the crowd. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xie Yanzhi also looking at the girl. Chen Xiyu didn't pay much attention.
Seeing that several people said yes, Yang Xiaoxiao also said, "Yes, you bumped into me, we fell together, and the hot water spilled everywhere."
In just a few words, the mistake became Chen Xiyu's alone.
At this moment, a voice came from a young man, a very comfortable voice, "There are so many people squeezed together, why do you have to deliberately 'bump'?"
"If it were me, the corridors would be crowded with people leaving get out of class, going home from school, or on the way to the cafeteria. People would be shoulder to shoulder and would definitely get squeezed together."
It was Tan Zhao who spoke. Chen Xiyu was a little surprised and delighted.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yao Yao quickly spoke up for Yang Xiaoxiao, "But our Xiaoxiao is injured, and it's very serious!"
Jiang Hui said, "Oh, if you didn't know, you would think Xiaoxiao was the only one injured. Does being strong and not asking for leave mean that our Chen Xiyu is fine?"
Xie Yanzhi: "Chen Xiyu, weren't you limping a few days ago? Uncle Chen has been taking you to school lately."
Yang Xiaoxiao's face remained calm, but she didn't expect Tan Zhao to come to Chen Xiyu's defense. "A Zhao, didn't you come to the hospital to see me that time? You know best how my legs are doing. How dare you doubt me too?"
Yang Xiaoxiao looked at Tan Zhao with innocent eyes.
Everyone was surprised. Are Yang Xiaoxiao and Tan Zhao so close?
Tan Zhao said indifferently, "I'm not very clear about your situation. I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was you when I was with my mother."
"But as Chen Xiyu's deskmate, I can testify that she was indeed injured at the time, and I went to the school clinic with her."
Yang Xiaoxiao remained silent, her face looking unhappy.
Chen Xiyu continued, "Some people said at the time that I was the one who caused you to lose your admission spot. But as far as I know, you have to fight for the admission spot yourself. It was you who gave up this opportunity to take the exam. Besides, University A only needs one student in the second year. Yang Xiaoxiao, if you always rank in the top three in the dance exams, then just ignore what I said. If not, then why are you letting such rumors spread everywhere?"
Yang Xiaoxiao herself knew it, as did the rest of her classmates in Class 6. Her dance scores were barely in the top ten, let alone the top five. She'd been taking frequent leave since entering her second year of high school, and her dance scores in the last exam were only middling. This was what Xiao Xue had told Chen Xiyu.
"A few days ago, I applied to access the surveillance footage from November 12th, but after it was approved, I was told that the footage from those days had been lost. Could it be just a coincidence that it was gone when I wanted to view it? Or was it someone incredibly powerful who deliberately had someone delete it? This has only made me more determined to seek justice."
"Finally, I want to ask the students who spread these rumors: You said I was a bully and bullied my classmates. Do imported chocolates taste good?"
Some of the students in Class 6 who had received the gifts were stunned and lowered their heads with blushing faces. They had indeed been saying a lot about Class 3's monitor, Chen Xiyu, being a bully and having a bad temper.
Xie Yanzhi spoke up, "What do you mean? You're saying Chen Xiyu is a bully? As her friend since childhood, she's bravely helped others so many times that we can't even count them on our fingers. I've always told her to mind her own business, and now you're accusing her of bullying?"
"If you do something wrong, you should always apologize."
Xie Yanzhi's words seemed to be a sublimation and summary of Chen Xiyu's speech. After listening to it, some students from Class 3 understood the whole story and began to seek justice for Chen Xiyu.
"Apologize!"
Chen Xiyu made a "hush" gesture to them and looked at Yang Xiaoxiao seriously.
"All I want is an apology. We fell that day, and I wanted to apologize to you the next day, but you were not there, and I heard all kinds of rumors about me. Now I want a sincere apology from you, Yang Xiaoxiao."
Yang Xiaoxiao stood there without saying a word. She was tall, with her hair loose. She looked at the ground, neither speaking nor making any excuses.
After a minute of stalemate, Chen Xiyu sighed, "Forget it, let's all go."
Chen Xiyu and Jiang Hui left.
Yang Xiaoxiao and some of her sisters also left. Yang Xiaoxiao looked unhappy. The sisters were chattering about this matter. Yang Xiaoxiao felt upset and walked away.
She happened to run into Xiao Xue and Xie Yanzhi. She never expected that these two people who had nothing in common would appear in the same frame.
Isn’t Xie Yanzhi Chen Xiyu’s good friend? He is good-looking and famous in the whole grade. Xiao Xue is a student with art expertise in her class.
Yang Xiaoxiao chose to ignore them and was stopped by someone.
Xie Yanzhi leaned against the railing outside the playground: "Hey, I didn't ask you to apologize this time, there won't be a next time. Chen Yu has a good temper, and I have a bad temper."
Yang Xiaoxiao had no expression on her face. When she reached a deserted place, she was already shaking with anger.
All she could think was, "Why does everyone favor Chen Xiyu? Tan Zhao, whom she likes, her classmate Xiao Xue, the big shot in the grade, Xie Yanzhi, and even her little sisters couldn't say anything useful at the critical moment."
Why? Obviously, outstanding people should like someone as outstanding as her, Yang Xiaoxiao."
When jealousy begins to sprout, it grows rapidly like mushrooms after rain, without any reflection on whether one has done anything wrong.
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