The morning passed just like that, and Zhou Yining’s condition was much better than yesterday’s, at least she didn’t sleep in class.
Tian Xue’s seat was still empty.
When school was over at noon, Zhou Yining and Yu Yang walked towards the school gate together, chatting as they went.
“Zhou-jie, why hasn’t Tian Xue come to class today? Do you know what’s wrong with her?” Yu Yang asked.
Zhou Yining shook her head.
“Not really sure, we don’t contact each other privately.”
“Oh, that’s strange, she usually doesn’t seem to take leave.”
The group was purely curious, and soon, everyone changed the topic.
As soon as they reached the school gate, Zhou Yining noticed Zhao Xiuna standing there with bloodshot eyes.
She seemed to have noticed Zhou Yining too.
Zhao Xiuna rushed towards Zhou Yining without saying a word, reaching out to grab her.
Zhou Yining stepped back to dodge, even Yu Yang and the others who came out with her were startled by Zhao Xiuna.
“What the hell are you doing?” Zhou Yining questioned coldly, reaching out to take out her phone and pressing the record button, before putting the phone back in her pocket.
“What am I doing? Zhou Yining, do you have any shame?” Zhao Xiuna’s eyes were red with tears, as if Zhou Yining had done something terrible.
“Listen to what you’re saying? You’re acting like a crazy person at the school gate, are you okay?” Zhou Yining didn’t understand what Zhao Xiuna was talking about at all.
Zhou Jiaming, who was next to Zhao Xiuna, became anxious.
He pointed at Zhou Yining and said loudly,
“How dare you talk to Mom like that? You know very well what shameless things you’ve done at school.”
Zhou Yining’s expression turned completely cold.
“Okay, then tell me, what exactly have I done?”
Seeing Zhou Yining still looking at her with a calm expression, the anger in Zhao Xiuna’s heart grew even more uncontrollable.
“If your friend hadn’t told me about this, I would have been kept in the dark. No wonder you didn’t stay home during the holiday, so you went to find a wild man, huh?”
“My friend? Which friend? Also, who is this wild man? You better explain clearly, or don’t blame me for calling the police.”
Zhou Yining saw that they were going to make a big scene, so she had nothing to hold back.
“It’s Tian Xue. If it weren’t for Tian Xue, I wouldn’t have known you were such a shameless person, writing love letters to a man so explicitly, do you have any shame?
You want me to say who the wild man is, right? Isn’t it Zhang Ye, the one you wrote about in your love letters?”
Zhao Xiuna shouted at the school gate like a madwoman, as if Zhou Yining had committed some heinous crime.
“That’s right, Zhou Yining, you’re just a shameless b*tch. Someone like you doesn’t deserve to be my sister at all, it’s disgusting,” Zhou Jiaming said, spitting on the ground.
At the same time, students and parents who were watching the commotion quickly gathered around, soon forming an irregular circle.
Zhou Yining wasn’t afraid at all.
She said coldly, “Zhou Jiaming, first, a man who spouts nonsense like you is complete trash. Second, I don’t want a good-for-nothing brother like you who can’t tell right from wrong. Don’t say you’re my brother when you go out, I’m ashamed of you.”
“You, Zhou Yining, you shameless,” Zhou Jiaming said, his face turning red because there were so many people watching.
He wanted to push Zhou Yining.
Yu Yang interrupted immediately, “What are you doing? Don’t you know there are security cameras everywhere at the school gate?”
“It’s none of your business, who do you think you are? This is our family matter,” Zhou Jiaming said even more angrily, his face turning as red as pig liver.
“My Zhou-jie is right, you’re just sick,” Yu Yang said, almost dying of anger.
“Being with someone like Zhou Yining proves that you’re also an indecent piece of trash,” Zhou Jiaming continued to curse arrogantly.
Zhou Yining pulled Yu Yang back, stepped forward, and slapped Zhou Jiaming directly in the face.
Zhou Yining used all her strength for this slap, and the left half of Zhou Jiaming’s face quickly swelled up.
Zhao Xiuna became anxious, reaching out to push Zhou Yining.
Zhou Yining was pushed back a few steps, and the girls in her class supported her from behind.
Zhao Xiuna shouted loudly, “Zhou Yining, how dare you treat your own brother like this? You’re such a heartless and shameless thing.”
Zhou Yining wanted to rush up and slap Zhao Xiuna a few times, but she knew she couldn’t do that, otherwise she would lose her reason.
She took a deep breath before saying, “You two came to my school and made a scene like lunatics, verbally abusing me. Zhou Jiaming even attacked my classmate like a mad dog. Of course I can’t let him do that.”
“You think we wanted to come? It’s all because you’re shameless, doing such things.
You even had the nerve to post those love letters online. Isn’t that shameless?” Zhao Xiuna continued, crying as she spoke.
The crowd, and some parents, had already begun to discuss.
“Wow, really? This Zhou Yining is really pushing her family to this point.”
“Yeah, if I were her mom…”
“Writing love letters to a man and posting them online, that’s really indecent.”
“We have to stay away from this kind of person in the future, lest we get corrupted too.”
Various discussions arose, not knowing the specifics, but feeling that Zhao Xiuna was not an easy mother.
Zhou Yining took a deep breath and explained loudly,
“First of all, writing love letters or diaries is everyone’s right. I have the right to write, but others have no right to read what I write. Second, I didn’t post my love letters online.
Someone stole my love letters and posted them online. I’m the victim, and I’ve already called the police.
Third, the person who stole my love letters and posted them online is Tian Xue, the one you’re talking about. She’s not my friend at all, she wants me dead.”
Zhou Yining stared coldly at Zhao Xiuna and continued,
“You didn’t bother to ask about the cause and effect of the whole incident, and just listened to Tian Xue’s instigation, acting like lunatics and making a scene at school, smearing me, verbally abusing me, and trampling on my dignity.
I’m just asking, are there mothers and brothers in this world who spread malicious rumors about their own daughter like this?”
“You, how is that possible? Isn’t Tian Xue your best friend?” Zhao Xiuna was a little flustered.
The words Zhou Yining said made her face turn red, and Zhou Jiaming’s face was also flushed, one hand still covering the half of his face that Zhou Yining had just slapped swollen.
As if trying to refute Zhou Yining, Zhou Jiaming continued to roar,
“Mom, don’t listen to her nonsense. She’s just saying that to clear her name.
She must have been shameless and posted those love letters online herself.
What does it have to do with Tian Xue?”
“Yes, yes, Jiaming is right, Zhou Yining, you must explain clearly today!” Zhao Xiuna seemed to have found support, reaching out to grab Zhou Jiaming’s arm, as if she could draw strength from Zhou Jiaming.
Jiang Xizhi had noticed these people earlier.
She was followed by Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing.
The three of them stood on the periphery of the crowd and listened to a few words, and then Jiang Xizhi couldn’t help it.
She reached out and pushed hard through the crowd.
“Excuse me, excuse me, let me through, let me in.”
“Who is it, pushing so hard.”
“Tsk, that’s right, just watching the fun, you can watch from the outside, why do you have to squeeze in? Unbelievable.”
“Okay, okay, you’re awesome, you go in.”
People cursed, but Jiang Xizhi still squeezed in.
She immediately ran to Zhou Yining’s side.
“Zhou-Zhou, are you okay? Did they do anything to you?”
Zhou Yining shook her head, pulling Jiang Xizhi back.
She was afraid that the two mad dogs would become desperate and hurt her big miss.
“I’m fine, don’t worry.”
“It’s good that you’re okay.” As Jiang Xizhi spoke, her gaze turned to Zhao Xiuna and her son.
“Every word Zhou Yining said is true. I accompanied her to the police station to report the crime during the holiday.
Tian Xue was detained by the police for 15 days, and the school has also expelled Tian Xue.
It was Tian Xue who violated Zhou Yining’s right to privacy.
As Zhou Yining’s family, you don’t believe Zhou Yining, but only believe the murderer who harmed Zhou Yining.
I, an outsider, feel cold for Zhou Yining. People like you who can’t tell right from wrong don’t deserve to have Zhou Yining.”
“You, who are you? I know, you must be Zhou Yining’s friend, so you’re helping her lie, right?
She’s my sister, how can I not know what kind of person she is? She’s just a b*tch who likes to seduce men everywhere,”
Zhou Jiaming continued to speak recklessly.
“You’re the one who is, you’re such a beast, how dare you say that about your own sister? Your face is disgusting,” Jiang Xizhi said, her eyes turning red with anger.
More and more people gathered here.
Some girls knew that Zhou Yining was in trouble and specially ran to find Chen Yitong.
Chen Yitong had just closed the office door, ready to go downstairs to drive, when she saw a girl from her class running over in a panic.
“Teacher Chen, something bad has happened, Zhou Yining is in trouble.” The girl was running very fast and was panting heavily.
Chen Yitong immediately asked seriously, “What happened?”
“It’s Zhou Yining’s mom and brother, they’re making a scene like crazy people at the school gate, insisting that Zhou Yining is indecent and posted love letters online or something.
Anyway, there are a lot of people surrounding them, and her mom and brother won’t listen to any advice, they just think that Zhou Yining posted the love letters online herself. Teacher, why don’t you go and take a look?”
“Okay.”
Chen Yitong said, walking quickly towards the school gate.
She had seen Zhou Yining’s father before, so she was very worried that Zhou Yining would suffer.
Soon, Chen Yitong arrived at the gate.
She saw a circle of people gathered there from afar.
Chen Yitong said loudly, “I’m Zhou Yining’s homeroom teacher, everyone move aside, excuse me, excuse me.”
The crowd immediately made a gap for Chen Yitong when they heard that she was a teacher, and she was able to squeeze through.
Zhou Yining looked at Chen Yitong, she really felt a little sorry.
Her own mess had dragged her homeroom teacher into it.
After Chen Yitong came over, she stood directly in front of Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi.
She said, “You’re Zhou Yining’s parents, right? I’m her homeroom teacher, you can ask me anything you want to know.”
Zhao Xiuna’s anger had already subsided a little at this point, and her reason had returned somewhat.
“Teacher Chen, are those unspeakable love letters online really written by Zhou Yining, and did she post them online?”
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