Miscarriage of Justice

Collective dormitories have many drawbacks. For example, the guy in the bunk below Su Lin...

"Yes," Zhou En replied.

Su Lin slapped his forehead and said irritably, "Zhou En, didn't I tell you a million times not to mess with Li Hui?"

There was a hint of anger in his tone, which showed that Li Hui's background was probably not simple at all.

"Where are you eating lunch?"

Without waiting for Zhou En to answer, Su Lin asked another unrelated question.

Zhou En was stunned by Su Lin's abrupt change of subject, but he still answered honestly, "East Campus cafeteria."

"I see," Su Lin mused.

"I'll wait for you at the entrance of the first-floor cafeteria at noon. I'll tell you then."

After hanging up the phone, Chubby quickly asked, "How did it go?"

Zhou En's expression was very grim.

"We might have bitten off more than we can chew this time."

Immediately, Zhou En briefly recounted the contents of the phone call.

Chubby was also a bit surprised after listening. Judging by the tone, it didn't sound good.

Zhou En glanced at his phone.

"Let's go, let's eat. Maybe we'll know the reason when we see Su Lin."

"Okay," Chubby agreed, and walked towards the East Campus cafeteria with Zhou En.

About twenty minutes later, Zhou En and Chubby saw Su Lin waiting anxiously at the cafeteria entrance.

"How did you get involved with Li Hui?" Before Zhou En and his friend could speak, Su Lin asked anxiously.

Zhou En felt a bit helpless and could only repeat what he had told the counselor earlier.

Su Lin's expression was serious. He picked up a tray and casually found a seat.

He had considered many possibilities for why Zhou En and Li Hui might have become enemies, but he never expected it to be because Zhou En had the potential to be elected as an official trainee.

Zhou En and Chubby could only follow Su Lin and sit down.

"Zhou En, do you know about gangs?"

After sitting down, Su Lin began.

Zhou En nodded. In this world, gangs were legal, unlike in Zhou En's original world where only a country like Japan seemed to allow them.

Seeing Zhou En nod, Su Lin said cautiously, "Li Hui is a member of the Iron Blood Gang."

As soon as he said this, Zhou En and Chubby couldn't help but show shock. Chubby exclaimed, "How is that possible?"

In the country Zhou En was currently in, there was only one major gang, and that was the Iron Blood Gang Su Lin mentioned.

All other smaller gangs were insignificant.

"So that's why Li Hui has such privileges. He's from the Iron Blood Gang," Zhou En said bitterly.

"Zhou En, I think you shouldn't compete for that official trainee position. After all, you can offend anyone but not the Iron Blood Gang!"

Su Lin said earnestly.

Hearing this, Zhou En couldn't help but feel a little dejected. To be honest, he really didn't want to give up this opportunity.

He clenched his fist under the table. How could he give up because of such a small difficulty?

"Then what should we do?" Chubby asked.

"Sigh, the only way for Zhou En to resolve this is to announce his withdrawal from the competition for the official trainee position and then apologize to Li Hui,"

Su Lin said.

"No, I think I have evidence to prove their actions today," Zhou En suddenly said.

Chubby and Su Lin were both slightly surprised. Su Lin asked, "What method?"

Zhou En took a sip of soup to moisten his throat. "Didn't the glasses girl see what happened yesterday? Isn't she a witness?"

Chubby slapped his thigh and said maturely, "Exactly! Even if Li Hui is from the Iron Blood Gang, he'll have nothing to say in the face of conclusive evidence."

Su Lin hesitated upon hearing this and shook his head.

"Guys, I don't think there's much hope."

However, Zhou En and Chubby remained optimistic, as the ironclad facts were right before them.

No one could deny them.

After finishing their meal, Zhou En and Chubby said goodbye to Su Lin and returned to their dormitory.

They decided to explain everything properly to the counselor during the evening self-study session. They believed the school wouldn't twist the truth.

That evening, in the Management Department's teaching building.

"Zhou En, Wang Rui, come out with me for a moment."

Teacher Zhang walked to the classroom door and said.

Zhou En and Chubby exchanged a look and both walked out of the classroom.

On the corridor outside the classroom.

Teacher Zhang had his hands behind his back, and his expression showed that he was in a very bad mood.

"Zhou En, do you know what the school always teaches you?"

Here we go, teachers always like to spout a bunch of meaningless nonsense before getting to the point.

Since he didn't know the right answer anyway, Zhou En decided to play dumb.

Teacher Zhang didn't expect Zhou En to answer and continued, "The school has told you that it's okay if your grades aren't good, but you must be honest."

Hearing this, Zhou En looked up in surprise.

What was going on? The rhythm felt a bit off.

"Teacher, they lied." Chubby quickly retorted.

"Be quiet, don't you know you're not supposed to interrupt when the teacher is speaking?" Teacher Zhang said angrily.

Seeing this, Zhou En's heart sank.

It seemed the situation was far worse than he had anticipated.

"The students didn't hit you two, yet you falsely accused them. Is this how a university student should behave?"

Teacher Zhang said with a pained expression.

"What?" Zhou En felt like his whole world had turned upside down.

What the heck was going on? They were twisting black into white.

"Teacher, if they didn't hit us, then where did our injuries come from?"

Chubby said, pointing to his face with his chubby finger.

Teacher Zhang sneered, "You two were fighting in the grove, and you're framing someone else."

"No, someone saw us."

Zhou En shouted.

This attracted the attention of the Disciplinary Department members who were patrolling the evening study session, and they all turned to look.

Even the students studying in the classrooms heard the commotion and quietly crept to the classroom door to peek.

Suddenly, the once quiet corridor became a sea of people.

The Disciplinary Department members broke out in a cold sweat and immediately began to drive people back into the classrooms using threats and intimidation.

Seeing that Zhou En and Chubby refused to admit guilt, Teacher Zhang's old face turned bright red, and he pointed a trembling hand at Zhou En.

"You want a witness? I'll call one for you right now."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and made a call.

He spoke a torrent of words into the phone before hanging up.

For a moment, silence fell over the corridor.

Zhou En and Chubby exchanged glances, both feeling a sense of unease.

They hadn't expected Li Hui to have such influence, to make the school bend this much.