Before long.
The school's loudspeakers blared.
An announcement went out to the whole school.
Xu Wen ended up receiving a disciplinary demerit.
Actually, the incident had not been all that serious to begin with.
It was Xu Wen herself who insisted on making things worse and worse, even taking her anger out on Miao Ming.
Besides, if she had not turned around and accused him at the end, things would never have reached this point.
But by now, no amount of regret could help her.
If there were a cure for regret, police officers would all be out of work, and the world would have no need for buildings called "prisons."
Of course, it was not serious enough to involve the police.
But... after the school-wide announcement, notifying her parents was a certainty.
Besides being condemned by everyone, Xu Wen would also have to face her parents' "thorough education."
She had truly brought it on herself.
"Li Qian, thank you so much. I'm sorry. You took out your phone because of me and ended up getting scolded by the teacher."
"Don't thank me. Hey, Miao Ming, you actually know Master Xiao, don't you?"
"I don't..."
"I don't believe you. If you don't know him, why would Master Xiao help you out of nowhere?"
"I don't know either, but I really don't know him."
"That's strange. Master Xiao wouldn't step in to help you over something so trivial, would he?"
"..."
"Could something terrible have happened to you if things had followed their original course?"
"Something terrible?"
Li Qian tilted her head and smiled.
"For example, you found out you'd been made a fool of, then did something impulsive and caused a huge disaster, maybe even killed someone? And Master Xiao thought you were a good person, so he secretly stepped