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Not only did the two of them quarrel, but they also quarreled quite fiercely.
Xu Zhiyi left his seat and calmed Zhang Ningxia down.
"Do the test first. We'll find time to talk to her alone later. Don't worry, ah."
Her original intention was not to make a big deal out of it, but at this moment Gao Xingxing also broke down in anger.
"Zhang Ningxia, what do you mean? You're making personal attacks! I said I didn't steal, and that's it. Stop trying to smear me!"
"What's wrong? I can't tell you!"
Zhang Ningxia also has a personality that gets angry easily. She didn't care about doing the test paper at the moment and started arguing with the other party directly.
Peng Shiming wanted to stop the fight, but found that he couldn't get a word in, so he could only run out of the classroom.
"Forget it, forget it, stop arguing."
Others watched the fight and tried to stop it, but they only used words and no physical force.
Xie Lin defended Gao Xingxing, and Xu Zhiyi defended Zhang Ningxia. The two stood on both sides of the podium, forming an opposition situation.
"Forget it, let's do the questions first. Just listen to me and do the questions first, okay?"
Xu Zhiyi was pulling Zhang Ningxia downstairs when Gao Xingxing suddenly seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions and yelled at her.
"Xu Zhiyi, stop pretending to be a good person and stop disgusting me!"
Xu Zhiyi was suddenly so angry at this inexplicable accusation that she trembled. Her face instantly flushed, "Gao Xingxing! Please speak with some reason. I was just trying to persuade you not to quarrel first. Why am I pretending to be a good person?"
"Haha, trying to stop the fight?" Gao Xingxing blurted out, "You're just relying on your homeroom teacher's doting on you, and you're taking advantage of that? Don't think everyone doesn't know about your little tricks behind your back. Do you think everyone knows about what happened between you and Song Chengrui? Do you think everyone is stupid?"
"Gao Xingxing!"
At this moment, what Xu Zhiyi was most worried about finally happened. The name she least wanted to hear was spoken from someone else's mouth.
The sound of a stool falling to the ground was heard in the classroom. Song Chengrui stood up from his seat, staring at Gao Xingxing on the podium with a gloomy face, with an obvious hint of warning.
But Gao Xingxing sneered, as if he was a little stressed, and laughed particularly loudly.
"Why, Song Chengrui, are you afraid of what I will say? Why, you two dare to do it but not take responsibility for it? You get together every day after class and are so sweet, but now you are afraid of what I will say?"
There was a sudden cry of surprise in the classroom, accompanied by whispers from everyone.
Zhang Ningxia was also shocked. Although most of her classmates had noticed this, it would be somewhat embarrassing for Xu Zhiyi now that it was exposed. Moreover, she had not expected that this matter would implicate Xu Zhiyi, and she felt a little guilty for a moment.
"Gao Xingxing, let's talk about your own business, why are you talking nonsense?"
At this moment, Xu Zhiyi's face was pale and his whole body was trembling. The calmness and composure he had shown when trying to stop the fight just now disappeared completely, leaving only panic and embarrassment.
"Gao Xingxing, I advise you to speak less."
Song Chengrui clenched his fists and walked towards Gao Xingxing, as if he was about to swing his fist at the next second.
"Gao Xingxing, shut up! Song Chengrui, stop and stop causing trouble!"
Zhang Ningxia felt that the scene was a bit chaotic at the moment, while Xu Zhiyi sat in his seat with a look of horror on his face, allowing others to point fingers at him.
Xie Lin was also a little embarrassed. She pulled Gao Xingxing, shook her head, and signaled her not to say anything more.
As soon as he finished persuading her, Song Chengrui ran up again.
"Gao Xingxing, can you please stop talking nonsense here? Don't think that just because you have a mouth you can't be a human being!"
"Whether it's nonsense or not, you know it in your hearts! Everyone knows it too, humph!"
"You!" Song Chengrui wanted to argue with her, but suddenly saw Xu Zhiyi's almost pleading eyes. He froze in place for a moment, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, and even more worried about Xu Zhiyi.
Soon, Peng Shiming brought the class teacher.
Xu Dongxing walked over from the windowsill. Xu Zhiyi didn't know how long he had been standing outside the door or how much he had heard. She only knew that everyone in the classroom had become quiet.
Her head was about to explode.
"All of you, come to the office."
Song Chengrui walked calmly to his seat, but was stopped by Xu Dongxing.
"Song Chengrui, come with me."
Song Chengrui looked at Xu Zhiyi with complicated eyes.
Xu Zhiyi followed Zhang Ningxia silently, feeling extremely scared. She knew that she couldn't escape this time.
In the office, there were only two teachers correcting homework. Xu Dongxing sat down in his seat and pointed to an empty space next to him.
"Stand here, in a row."
The five people stood in order, very well-behaved.
Xu Zhiyi lowered her head, staring at her shoes and not daring to speak. She only hated that time could not go back. She would never try to stop a fight again.
Xu Dongxing didn't rush to speak. Instead, he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip. Then he looked back and forth at them. This silent oppression was more effective than asking them directly. They all felt a little uncomfortable.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
His eyes fell on Zhang Ningxia, "Tell me, Zhang Ningxia, I heard that you lost something."
Zhang Ningxia told Gao Xingxing about how she lost her umbrella and then met the dessert shop owner. She wanted Gao Xingxing to give her an explanation and apologize, which was why they had a quarrel. The others just tried to stop the fight and didn't say much else.
After listening to this, Xu Dongxing frowned and looked at Gao Xingxing, "Is that so?"
Gao Xingxing also felt a little aggrieved. "Teacher, I didn't know this umbrella belonged to Zhang Ningxia. I just picked it up in the flower bed on the way to the dessert shop that day and used it. When I came back, I put it on the classroom windowsill. I don't know who threw it into the trash can. It really wasn't me. I'm not a thief. I didn't steal her umbrella!"
Xu Dongxing sighed, "That's it? You guys had a huge fight in the classroom?"
Gao Xingxing suddenly felt aggrieved, "Teacher, it's because Zhang Ningxia was so rude, constantly calling me a thief, that's why..."
Zhang Ningxia quickly responded, "Yes, yes, teacher, the others are here to stop the fight. It's all my fault, teacher. I shouldn't have said such harsh words. Teacher, I was wrong."
Zhang Ningxia admitted her mistake promptly, and Gao Xingxing also apologized to Zhang Ningxia reluctantly. When everyone thought the matter could be swept under the rug, Xu Dongxing asked another question.
"Why did Song Chengrui get involved in this matter again?"
The most critical question was still asked.
Xu Zhiyi's face turned pale instantly. He wanted to speak but didn't know how to open his mouth.
The huge sense of shame made her feel ashamed.
The office was very quiet, and only the occasional sound of the teacher's pen scratching across paper could be heard.
admit?
Or deny it.
No matter which option she chooses, the boundary she has worked so hard to maintain will definitely collapse on the spot.
Just when she was about to collapse, Song Chengrui spoke first.
"Teacher Xu, it was because they were arguing and I thought it was too harsh. I couldn't help but retort a few words."
Xu Dongxing's eyes were penetrating, his voice steady. "So, you're saying you didn't stop them, and instead added fuel to the fire?"
Song Chengrui nodded without comment, "Almost."
Xu Dongxing looked as if he understood, and turned to look at Xu Zhiyi, "Xu Zhiyi, is that so?"
Xu Zhiyi's heart was beating wildly in her chest. Song Chengrui took all the responsibility on her head. At this moment, she should have just nodded in agreement with Song Chengrui, but she couldn't say that affirmative answer.
She felt guilty.
Seeing this, Xu Dongxing suddenly smiled and said, "I understand."
No one knew what Xu Dongxing understood, but both Zhang Ningxia and Gao Xingxing were punished to write a 1,000-word self-criticism and were asked to apologize and reconcile on the spot.
Xie Lin was also criticized for failing to maintain discipline in a timely manner as a class leader.
After everyone was criticized, the teacher only left Gao Xingxing and Zhang Ningxia to talk things over with each other, while the others were sent back to the classroom.
Coming out of the office, Xu Zhiyi was covered in cold sweats and walked back dejectedly, with Song Chengrui following behind her.
There was a distance between the two of them, but at this moment Xu Zhiyi really didn't dare to get close to him.
Walking to the back door of the classroom, I could faintly hear the discussions in the classroom.
Xu Zhiyi stood at the door, not even having the courage to push it open to meet the strange looks from his classmates.
Song Chengrui also stopped and looked at her pale profile. Without saying much, he walked in front of her and whispered, "Don't be afraid..."
After saying that, he pushed the door open.
After Xu Zhiyi sat down, some familiar classmates came over to ask curious questions.
"Are you okay? Did the teacher give you any punishment or anything?"
Xu Zhiyi lowered his head and did not answer. The classmate had no choice but to turn his head away in disappointment, looking a little unhappy.
The classroom was unusually quiet, a silence that was even more depressing than the noisy atmosphere just now. Others kept silent about what had just happened, as if it had never happened at all.
But only Xu Zhiyi understood that they no longer had the same mentality as before.
Xu Zhiyi became extremely quiet. After class, except for going to the bathroom when necessary, she stayed in her seat the rest of the time. Even during normal discussions, she never smiled.
Sometimes when Song Chengrui wanted to borrow something from her, she would ignore him. She was like a frightened rabbit, just wanting to shrink in her own hole.
All the notes that Song Chengrui asked Zhang Ningxia to pass to her fell into oblivion without exception.
Sometimes after school, Song Chengrui would wait for her on purpose, but when Xu Zhiyi saw him, she would deliberately take a detour, stay away from him, and deliberately keep some distance between them.
The rumors in the class did not stop because of this, but instead surged in the dark.
"You're not really breaking up, are you?"
"Did you really talk about it?"
Zhang Ningxia felt extremely guilty and tried to talk to Xu Zhiyi several times, but she always brushed him off with words like "It's okay".
He thought that maintaining the status quo would solve the current problem, but when the monthly exam results came out, Xu Zhiyi completely collapsed.
When the results came out, Xu Zhiyi fell from the top ten in the grade to 30th, which had never happened before.
As for Song Chengrui, he also fell out of the top 100.
Xu Dongxing did not talk about the test scores publicly in class. He just took a lunch break and called Xu Zhiyi to his office alone.
Xu Dongxing's voice was calm and his tone was not accusatory.
"Xu Zhiyi, have you been under too much pressure recently?"
Xu Zhiyi lowered her head and dared not speak, but the thorn in her heart was piercing her heart madly at this moment, making her heart ache and tears blocked her eyes.
Xu Dongxing sighed. "I understand. I was your age myself, and I'm not trying to criticize you. You're a good kid, sensible, and responsible. I just feel that some things don't have to happen right now. Do you think your future is more reliable in the hands of others or in your own hands?"
Xu Zhiyi tried hard to hold back her tears, but they still fell down.
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