Everyone knew that Leng Xiyan was famous at school for being aloof. Normally, not to mention speaking to her, there were very few boys she would even spare a glance.
Yet this icy beauty, cold to the bone, was actually studying someone—and a man at that?
On the podium.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey."
Zhou En still wanted to say something, but he discovered that his microphone had already run out of power.
He knew the school must have cut the microphone's power supply.
At that moment, Zhou En had no idea that he had already been placed on the kill-on-sight blacklist of countless male students.
Nor did he know that a campus-belle-level beauty was closely watching him.
If he had known, Zhou En would definitely have gotten a nosebleed on the spot.
"Zhou En, not bad. You really are my little brother." Chubby walked up and patted Zhou En's shoulder with an old-fashioned air.
Zhou En felt a little embarrassed and awkwardly scratched his head.
"I only said it on impulse just now. I'm still a little scared thinking about it!"
Indeed, no one could swallow their anger after being given a major demerit for no reason.
But there was no need to worry now. Under Zhou En's overwhelming pressure just now, Glasses girl had already revealed the truth.
Even if the school wanted to punish Zhou En afterward, it would have to carefully consider the school's reputation.
After all, a school's reputation was extremely important to a university.
It directly affected the quality of the next intake of students. No one could afford to ignore it.
Just then, Teacher Cao hurried over with the security guards and PE teachers.
"Student, you are not welcome here. Please leave." The moment one security guard saw Zhou En, he immediately stepped forward and said this.
Since he was responsible for the north gate, no matter how loud things got in the west district, the noise could not reach his ears.
Naturally, this young security guard would not miss such a good opportunity to perform.
So the moment he came up, he pointed at Zhou En's nose and spoke with an extremely arrogant attitude.
At the same time, he pulled out an electric baton from his waist.
Originally, only the Security Captain had one of these, and they were not normally allowed to carry them freely. But when the young guard heard there was an opportunity to distinguish himself,
he had secretly taken the captain's electric baton. That was where his confidence came from.
Zhou En glanced at the young guard and said calmly,
"What, are you planning to use force?"
Teacher Cao hurriedly tugged at the young guard's sleeve, signaling him not to act rashly. This was no joke—there were still a hundred thousand people watching. If they attacked him in public,
tomorrow's newspapers would definitely spare no effort in reporting how PZH School had publicly beaten a student during its flag-raising ceremony.
Forget what would happen to the school then—his own job definitely would not be safe. If the school did not dismiss the people involved, it would have no way to answer to the public.
Teacher Cao was still fairly rational at this point. He turned to a teacher beside him and said,
"Teacher Song, sorry for the trouble. Go inform the counselors of every class that the flag-raising ceremony has ended, and have the students return to their dorms first."
"Okay." Teacher Song nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait." A voice suddenly rang out at that moment.
Zhou En spread his arms and blocked Teacher Song.
Teacher Cao could not help frowning as he said, "Student Zhou En, your actions have now seriously violated school regulations. The school has legitimate grounds to expel you."
The implication was that he was no longer a student, and the security guards and PE teachers had the right to drive him off campus.
Even though he knew his name had been cleared, he also knew that his actions had indeed crossed the school's bottom line.
Zhou En's heart sank slightly.
Right now, the only option was to force the school to resolve this matter in public. Under public pressure, the school could not possibly do anything to him.
But if they dealt with it privately, he definitely would not get off lightly.
"Teacher Cao, Wang Rui and I really were falsely accused in this matter. I already explained it clearly to the students just now."
Teacher Cao sneered and said,
"Student Zhou En, don't treat the school as a fool. Let me tell you, the school's ruling will not be withdrawn."
Zhou En suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly,
"Someone already testified for me just now. If you don't believe me, you can ask all the students in the school."
Teacher Cao seemed unwilling to keep wasting words on such a troublesome student. He turned to the security guards and PE teachers and said,
"Sorry for the trouble, everyone. Please help me restrain him."
"Alright." The security guards and PE teachers all nodded in agreement.
A large group rushed forward and twisted Zhou En's arms behind his back.
Zhou En did not resist. Even if he wanted to resist, he could not, because he was not strong enough to deal with this many people.
"Hello, Director."
"Director Liu."
Everyone saw Director Liu, the department head who had shut off the microphone's power, returning, and they all greeted him.
Seeing Director Liu arrive, Teacher Song, who had been about to notify the counselors that the flag-raising ceremony was ending early, also stopped.
Director Liu nodded faintly, then said, "You all did very well."
After hearing Director Liu's praise, they all raised their heads and puffed out their chests, looking incomparably proud.
Director Liu gave Zhou En, who was being restrained by everyone, a casual glance. The disgust in his eyes was impossible to hide. As a leader, he hated troublesome students the most.
While on the way over, Director Liu had already called the principal. Upon hearing about it, the principal had flown into a rage and demanded that Zhou En be expelled immediately.
Director Liu asked everyone, "Does anyone know what he said?"
Naturally, he was referring to Zhou En's speech at today's flag-raising ceremony.
The school naturally had to give the students an explanation for this matter. So they first needed to understand what had happened.
That was why Director Liu asked the question.
After hearing Director Liu's question, everyone looked at one another. They glanced at each other, but not a single person spoke.
Director Liu frowned and asked displeasedly, "Are you all useless?"
That sentence was equivalent to scolding everyone present, but as the saying went, a higher-ranking official could crush a subordinate. They could only grit their teeth and accept it.
Teacher Cao said timidly, "I went to find the PE teachers and security guards. As for what Zhou En said, the counselors who came to the field should know."
Director Liu raised a hand to his forehead and snapped, "Then why aren't you getting them here already?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Teacher Cao hurriedly agreed and rushed off.
Director Liu then turned toward Zhou En, who was being held down by everyone, and slowly walked over to him.
"Zhou En, right? Do you know how much effort your parents put into getting you into university?"
Zhou En fell silent. He also knew that no matter what he said, Director Liu, who was in a fury, would not listen.
"Do you think what you're doing now is worthy of your family?"
Director Liu seemed to have become benevolent as he began to ramble on to Zhou En about family matters.
There was no helping it. Once something like this happened at the school, the school could not possibly distance itself from it.
Now, Zhou En had to come forward and apologize in person. Only then could the school dump all responsibility for the matter onto Zhou En.
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