I Don’t Accept Apologies

“Okay, since Zhou Yining doesn’t accept the apology, we have an obligation to help her get your information so she can sue you. Of course, you two can also hire lawyers, but those are things for later,”

The policewoman said, having her colleague obtain the basic information of Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun from the supervising teacher.

The policewoman had Zhou Yining record Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun’s personal information, then said,

“Then this concludes our police intervention. If you want to pursue legal proceedings, you’ll need to hire a lawyer yourself.”

“Okay, I understand,” Zhou Yining replied with a nod.

The policewoman then looked at Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun,

“Trouble comes from the mouth. Next time, think before you speak. Some things might seem harmless to you, but they can hurt others.”

“I know I was wrong, officer,” Guo Ziheng hurriedly said.

“Yes, yes, we’ll definitely be careful with our words from now on,” Li Shangkun also quickly added.

The two police officers soon left, and the leading supervisor in charge of the training came over.

He called the male teacher in charge and asked Zhou Yining and the two others to come over.

The male teacher looked at the three,

“Let’s go, the deputy director of the Municipal Education Bureau is here and wants to see you three.

It’s only the first day of training and you’ve already caused such a big problem. I’m really impressed.”

Zhou Yining glanced at the two offenders, “Indeed, people who lack a sense of propriety tend to cause trouble wherever they go.”

The supervising teacher was internally exasperated.

‘Wait, weren’t you the one who called the police? How are you absolving yourself?’

He didn’t voice these words, silently leading the way.

Soon, he brought them to an office at the end of the corridor.

“Director Liu, we’re here,” the male teacher knocked on the door before leading Zhou Yining and the two into the office.

Sitting in the office was a middle-aged man in his forties, his face stern as he looked at Zhou Yining and the others,

“Are you the ones who caused trouble on the first day?”

“That’s not quite right. To be precise, they caused trouble. I’m just the victim of verbal abuse,”

Zhou Yining said, looking directly at the man without flinching.

Director Liu’s gaze landed on Zhou Yining. He stared at her for a while.

Seeing that she met his gaze without wavering, he realized that the girl in front of him was a tough customer.

“Even if you’re the victim, you should have told the supervising teacher about it first. Why were you so impulsive? You called the police over such a small matter. Do you know this is the first day of training? Do you even want to continue with the training?”

Zhou Yining looked at the deputy director not far away and calmly said, “First of all, I did go to the supervising teacher. Because at first, I didn’t want to call the police, I just wanted their personal information so I could hire a lawyer to sue them.

But this supervising teacher didn’t give it to me. Then I told him that I had no choice but to call the police to get Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun’s personal information.

The supervising teacher told me to go ahead and call, so I did. That’s how it happened. I recorded the whole thing. If you don’t believe me, I can play it for you.”

Director Liu’s expression turned frighteningly dark as he glared at the supervising teacher.

The male teacher panicked and quickly explained, “No, Director Liu, who would have thought she’d actually call the police? That wasn’t my intention.”

“Your ability to handle situations is too poor. It seems you need more experience at the grassroots level.”

After saying that, Director Liu looked back at Zhou Yining, “So, is this matter resolved? Don’t cause any more trouble.”

“It’s not resolved. I’ve already hired a lawyer and will be filing a lawsuit against them. They insulted my personal dignity, and I don’t accept their apology,” Zhou Yining stated frankly.

Director Liu’s brow furrowed even more tightly.

However, seeing that Zhou Yining was a stubborn and headstrong young woman, he didn’t dare to kick her out directly.

He could only soften his tone and advise, “Alright, it’s your freedom to hire a lawyer to protect your rights. Just make sure you don’t cause any more trouble later.”

“That’s not the right way to put it. Whether or not there will be trouble later depends on whether anyone provokes me. If no one provokes me, then of course I’ll be here to study properly. But if someone insists on provoking me, then I’ll have to pick up the weapons of the law and fight back,” Zhou Yining said calmly.

Seeing that she wouldn’t listen to reason, Director Liu sternly looked at Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun,

“You two are supposed to be good students, but your ideological quality is so poor.

You casually say bad things about a female classmate. You deserve what you got this time, running into a tough opponent.

Learn your lesson and don’t let me hear about anything like this happening again, or you’re out of here. Understand?”

“Understood, understood,” Guo Ziheng quickly replied.

“I know I was wrong,” Li Shangkun also quickly added.

“Xiao Zhao, contact the school leaders of these two and tell them to educate them properly when they get back. Our Nanchuan City wants good students with both academic excellence and moral character. If their ideological and moral standards don’t meet the mark, they should be properly educated after school,” Director Liu instructed as he sat there.

“Yes,” the supervising male teacher quickly replied.

Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun were now filled with deep regret. Because of their loose tongues, they had caused so much trouble and would even have their school leaders notified. It was truly embarrassing.

And seeing that Zhou Yining really intended to sue them, they would have to hire lawyers and involve their parents.

Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun were on the verge of tears.

“Alright, you can go. Settle down and focus on the training. Don’t get involved in those messy things.”

Zhou Yining turned to leave, and Guo Ziheng and Li Shangkun quickly followed.

Guo Zisheng and the two quickly caught up with Zhou Yining.

“Zhou Yining, I’m sorry, can you please not hire a lawyer? You just heard that they’re going to call our schools. We’ll be punished too. Can you please forgive us this time?” Guo Ziheng said.

“Yeah, yeah, I apologize to you. I’m sorry, it’s all my fault for talking too much. Please don’t take it to heart,” Li Shangkun also pleaded from the side.

Zhou Yining stopped and looked at the two, “I’ve already made my position clear. I don’t accept it. And don’t block my way.”

With that, Zhou Yining bypassed the two and headed straight to the dormitory.

Fu Yuanke, seeing her return, quickly asked, “How did it go? Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. The police came to mediate and asked them to apologize to me, but I didn’t accept it. I’ll have a lawyer file a lawsuit later,” Zhou Yining said calmly.

“That’s good. But now, no one should dare to speak out of turn about this matter,” Fu Yuanke said, finally relieved.

Zhou Yining nodded. She pushed her luggage into the room and then sent all the evidence she had just collected to Jiang Xizhi, who had already found her a lawyer.

Zhou Yining then tidied up her bed, sat on the chair below, and looked at Jiang Xizhi’s reply.

Jiang Xizhi: [The lawyer has been found. Don’t worry, the lawyer’s letter will probably be sent to them tomorrow. You don’t have to worry about the rest. I’ll keep an eye on it for you. I’m also having people investigate the surveillance. Just stay there and focus on your training.]

Zhou Yining’s expression softened when she saw the message from Jiang Xizhi. She was most afraid of troubling others, but she had no choice this time but to ask the young lady for help.

There was no training this morning. Everyone was asked to come early to familiarize themselves with the environment and tidy up their dormitories.

The official training would begin at two o’clock in the afternoon.

The bedding was already provided, but they needed to put on the newly issued sheets and comforter covers themselves.

Zhou Yining got up and began to tidy up.

She spread out the sheets, put the new comforter cover on the comforter, and made the bed neatly before climbing down.

After fussing around all morning, it was already past eleven o’clock.

Zhou Yining and Fu Yuanke took their thermoses to fetch water.

The dormitories were equipped with ready-made thermoses, one for each person.

The other two people in the dormitory clearly didn’t want to interact with Zhou Yining, but Zhou Yining didn’t care at all.

Everyone was a stranger to begin with, and they were only training together for seven days.

She and Fu Yuanke fetched water and returned before heading straight to the cafeteria.

Lunch in the cafeteria was buffet-style.

You could take whatever you wanted, but chicken legs and eggs were limited to one per person.

When Zhou Yining entered the cafeteria, the room briefly fell silent. Soon, everyone looked away and went to get their food.

However, no one dared to say anything out of turn about Zhou Yining, since she was a tough customer who would call the police and hire a lawyer at the slightest provocation.

She and Fu Yuanke found a seat, and Zhou Yining happily ate her noodles.

She peeled the egg and put it into the noodle bowl to eat with the noodles.

Zhang Ye arrived at this moment. He looked around and saw that most of the tables were full, and he didn’t know anyone else there. In the end, he simply sat down at Zhou Yining’s table.

“Is anyone sitting here? Can I sit here?” Zhang Ye asked, looking at Zhou Yining.

“Suit yourself,” Zhou Yining glanced at him before quickly looking away and continuing to eat her meal.

Many people were secretly watching them, but because of what happened in the morning, no one dared to discuss it loudly, afraid of provoking Zhou Yining again.

“Look, Zhang Ye is sitting at the same table as Zhou Yining.”

“Didn’t they almost argue on the bus?”

“Yeah, I don’t get it.”

“Shh, keep it down. Zhou Yining isn’t someone to mess with. Let’s talk about something else and not meddle in other people’s business.”

“Yeah, yeah, let’s talk about something else.”

As Zhang Ye ate, he glanced at Zhou Yining from time to time.

It had been so long since the love letter incident that he had almost forgotten that Zhou Yining liked him.

But now it seemed that Zhou Yining didn’t have those feelings for him anymore.

After all, he had been sitting there for a while, and Zhou Yining hadn’t even given him a glance.

This made Zhang Ye quite unhappy. He was the school heartthrob, after all.

“Zhou Yining, how do you plan to handle that matter?”

“Which matter?” Zhou Yining asked in return.

“The love letter thing, what else could it be?”

“I’ve asked someone to help investigate. We’ve tentatively identified three suspects. This person has posted again, so they’ll definitely slip up eventually. Maybe we’ll have results in the next few days,” Zhou Yining said calmly.

“That’s good. By the way, how did you meet Zhong Yumeng?” Zhang Ye continued to make conversation.

Zhou Yining looked at him, “You don’t have to force a topic. I don’t have anything to talk about with you.”

After saying that, Zhou Yining ignored him and began to eat her chicken leg.