"Teacher Himeko... Teacher Himeko, we were wrong. Please forgive us."
Familiar with the process of admitting fault, Kiana poked Xina's hand with a finger, seemingly reminding her what to do.
"Ah, right, we were wrong! Please forgive us!" Xina hurriedly echoed Kiana belatedly.
"Wrong about what?" Himeko's sharp gaze swept across their faces, her tone especially low.
"We were wrong to plot beneath the windowsill of your office..." Kiana identified the problem, making Himeko so angry that she raised a finger at her and could not speak for a long while.
"You..."
Himeko started to speak, then stopped, then tried again and stopped once more. In the end, she remembered that this idiot student before her had not agreed to Xina's proposal, nor had she carried out the plan.
At most, she was an accomplice to a crime that had only been planned and never carried out.
Compared to this accomplice, the mastermind beside her seemed more deserving of attention. With that in mind, Himeko decided to let Kiana off the hook today and focus on educating the mastermind who had proposed the plan.
"Forget it. Kiana, go home first. Xina, stay." Himeko waved her hand impatiently, signaling Kiana to hurry home and stop staying behind to aggravate her heart.
Kiana, who had expected a brutal scolding, immediately brightened up. Pointing at the door, she asked Himeko, "Hehe, Teacher Himeko... Teacher Himeko, does that mean I can leave?"
"Go, go." Himeko flicked Kiana on the forehead, driving the foolish student straight out of the office. "Go tell Mei and the others to start dinner first. They don't need to wait for us!"
"Got it!" Kiana answered, then vanished down the stairs at the end of the hallway in an instant, like a wild horse breaking free of its reins.
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