Chapter 22: Cheating 2

  At the school gate, Ling Wei sat in the car and reminded Ling Shuiyue: "Don't play basketball! Don't fight with your classmates! Don't run and jump! If the cafeteria is far away, let Muyue or Mingde bring it over to you."

  Ling Rao got off the car and interrupted Ling Wei's words: "Auntie! The doctor said that as long as I don't engage in intense exercise, it'll be fine. I only promised not to play basketball. See you!"

  "You" Ling Wei helplessly shook his head.

  "Ah! I'm so dead!" Ming De saw Ling Shui Yao and rushed over for a big hug.

  "Are you responsible for the collision?"

  "I'm responsible! If you can't find a wife in the future, I'll be responsible too!" Ming De burst out laughing, but he stopped halfway: "Yao! If you don't come to school today, I'll have to call you. Something's happened to Xian Er."

  "What?"

  Mingde and Ling Shuiyue arrived at the end of the corridor, Mingde told Ling Shuiyue everything that had happened in the past two days from start to finish. Ling Shuiyue thought for a moment: "Mingde! Are you familiar with Ji Sisi?"

  "Not familiar!" Ming De shook his head.

  "This ugly phone is lost in a tricky way, it's zero points for being tricky. I've thought about it, she hasn't been here for long, except for Ji SiSi always bothering her, no one else has bothered her."

  Ming De was puzzled: "Yao! If it were Si Si and the others, they wouldn't be in the same examination hall as that ugly freak."

  "It's even more appropriate if it's not there. If someone wants to do something like that, they will definitely avoid suspicion. I think she and the person who framed Qibaogui don't necessarily talk in public."

  "It seems like you're saying that mobile phone contact is indispensable."

  Ling Shui nodded slightly.

  Ming De laughed and said: "What's so difficult about this? You can't fix it by coming out?"

  "I can't do this." Ling Shuiyue abhorred seduction, and he himself was the best proof.

  Ming De deliberately said: "Then what about our Xiao Er's matter?"

  Ling Shuiyue seemed to have figured it out, and Ming De was intentionally making things difficult for him: "Can't you do it? This is your specialty."

  "Wow! How can I do it alone? On one hand, I'm attracting everyone's attention, on the other hand, I'm stealing and checking people's phones. Everyone's eyes are on me, how can I steal phones? How can I check?"

  "No need to steal a phone. You can handle it yourself, come on." Ling Shuiyue smiled and said.

  Knowing that I'm no match for beautiful people and things, why are you still smiling like this? Ming De placed his hand between him and Ling Shuiyue, half covering and half blocking: "Please! Don't smile at me like that, if you do, I'll temporarily forget about our Xiao Er"

  "Then just keep watching until you thoroughly forget about me!"

  "You're doing this again. I won't be fooled by your expression anymore." Mingde used his last killer move, he couldn't forget "our Xian'er".

  It turned out that Mingde's trick was very useful. Ling Shuiyue stopped laughing: "You have to plan, one of us needs to see the text messages and recent calls."

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  Ji Sisi saw Li Tong's message and forwarded it to Ni Shiluo.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Li wants another half. I forwarded it to Ni Shi Luo."

  Has given so much already. Wang Yutong doubted: "Will Nie Shiluo give it?"

  "Whether or not to give is none of our business, we're just matchmakers." Ji Sisi smiled complacently. This time she was truly brilliant, able to strike down the ugly eight while keeping a low profile, and if anything went wrong, it would have nothing to do with her. At worst, she'd be watching from the sidelines as others fought, or else she'd reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

  "Yu Tong! What's delicious to eat?" Ming De laughed and sat down beside Ji Si Si.

  Ji Sisi and Wang Yutong were overjoyed to see Ming De sit down, they had never enjoyed such treatment before: "What good food would the school have? Just eat something casual."

  "I don't like the school's food. Which one do you like? I'll treat you another day." Mingde said with a smile.

  Wang Yutong was overjoyed when Mingde said he would treat her to dinner.

  Mingde saw that it was still effective and continued: "Give me your phone number, so I can contact you later."

  Wang Yutong handed the phone to Mingde, who input his own phone number and dialed it out. After hearing the phone ring, he hung up and handed the phone back to Wang Yutong, then extended his hand to Ji Sisi: "Can I?"

  Ji Sisi was still fuming about Ming De's enthusiasm for Wang Yutong, when suddenly Ming De turned to her and asked for her phone. She hastily handed it over. Ming De took the phone and while dialing the number said: "Sisi! Are you still mad about what happened at the internet cafe? I had no choice. You know how Ming Xian is always causing trouble, I'm her brother, what can I do? Can you and Yutong forgive me and Yao?"

  Ji Sisi heard Ming De mention the internet cafe. She felt a little guilty: "I'm no good either, always arguing with people."

  "Where is it? You're much better than Ming Xin. How's Tang Jian?"

  "Uh-huh. Alright!"

  "Next time you see her, pass on my apologies. That annoying Mingxi is almost giving me a headache." Mingde said slowly while opening the message and reading it.

  "Ming Xin is great too. If it weren't for that ugly guy, Ming Xin and I would still be good friends." Ji Si thought to take the opportunity to resolve the knot in her heart with Ming Xin.

  "Is that so?" Mingde hung up the phone: "However, I really like Chou Baigui, super like. Don't speak ill of her in front of me, forever!" Mingde said and left.

  Ji Sisi and Wang Yutong were bewildered by Ming De's words. How could his face change so quickly, it was all because of this detestable ugly eight! Letting Ming De approach and then leave again.

  "Think about it! It seems like this school can't have both us and the weirdos at the same time. If we're here, then there are no weirdos; if there are weirdos, then we're not here!"

  "Hmm. However, Ugly Eight Tricks has an even more powerful opponent, and she's about to be in big trouble. Let's just watch."

  Ryō's gaze finally found the person he was looking for. She must be heartbroken, fool! Don't pretend to smile, being misunderstood is a painful thing, I won't believe those so-called cheating.

  Ming De sat back and told Ling Shuiyue that he saw a message on Ji Sisi's phone, which was sent by Li Tong to Ji Sisi, and then forwarded to Ni Shiluo. There was only one sentence: When will you give it to the other half?

  Seeing Mingde's mischievous grin, Ling Shuiyue knew they were on the same page again: "Don't worry! I'll take care of what comes next."

  It's just as well that they arrived early today, the restaurant is starting to get crowded. Ling Shuiyue looked around and saw Ni Siluo sitting alone in a corner of the restaurant, so he walked over with his tray.

  Ni Shi Luo couldn't believe that Ling Shui Yue was sitting in front of him: "Can you just walk to the restaurant like this? Won't it affect your legs?"

  "It's fine. How about you? Why are you alone?" Ling Shuiyue lowered his head and continued eating.

  Nicky smiled: "I'm always alone, but you, why aren't you with Mingde?"

  "Ming De has gotten used to having meals with Ming Xin these days."

  The sound of the message, Nishuo opened her phone and took a look. It was sent by Jisi: "Yao! Are you still mad at me about what happened at the party? I seemed to be very rude that day."

  "Girls are so petty-minded. Who can remember every little thing? Let's eat, the food will get cold and won't taste good."

  Nieshilo is so happy, it seems that Yao has started to have feelings for himself.

  Mingde walked over: "Beautiful girl! Can you give me an ear of corn?"

  Mingde is Ling Shuiyue's best friend. Ni Shi Luo reluctantly placed a piece of corn on Mingde's dinner plate.

  "Thank you! Beautiful lady! As a reward, I'll give you two a free screen protector, how about that?" Ming De suppressed his smile, he was looking forward to seeing what kind of expression Yao would have during the photo shoot.

  Nieshilo never dreamed that Mingde would say something like this: "Good! Good!"

  "Then, whose phone is it? Yours? Or Yao's?"

  Ni Shi Luo didn't wait for Ming De to finish speaking. He handed his mobile phone over to Ming De, who was delighted.

  Ling Shuiyue naturally gave Mingde a cold glance, and Ni Shi Luo saw it and was afraid that Ling Shuiyue would object, so he hastily said: "Mingde! Are we taking full-body photos or half-body photos?"

  "Big head! Big head looks familiar!" Mingde's mouth was almost reaching his ears: "Yao! Cooperate a bit. Lolo is so generous, and you're still being so reserved, aren't you losing face?" Mingde said while flipping through Shi Luo's phone messages.

  Nishiro's face was frozen in a smile, and Mingde finally put down his phone: "Lolo! Look at my skills."

  Ní Shīluò took over the phone and was very satisfied: "Thank you, Míng Dé! I'll send it to you!"

  Ling Shui nodded, feeling relieved of a heavy burden.

  "I won't disturb you anymore. You guys chat!" Ming De finished his task smoothly and stood up to leave.

  Ling Shuiyue Zhimingde is intentionally making things difficult for himself. Hurriedly, he said: "Luolu! Remember to send me the photos. Mingde and I still have something to do, see you later!"

  "Goodbye!" Nishiro reluctantly said.

  Ling Shuiyue and Ming De had just walked out of the restaurant, when Ling Shuiyue asked impatiently: "How was it?" Ming De replied slowly: "No phone calls, only text messages. However, there were two text messages from SiSi, one you know about. The other one said: 'There are cameras in the flower house.' Shuiyue, didn't you know that the flower house has cameras? This seems to be common knowledge."

  Ling Shuiyue felt as if she had fallen into a fog after hearing Ming De's words.

  "Oh! You don't go take a look at Xian'er, she's so heartbroken."

  Ling Shuiyue didn't speak, leaning on the railing and gazing into the distance. Ming De saw this and asked another question, only then did Ling Shuiyue softly utter a sentence: "I've seen it."

  The list is out. Many people are standing in front of the bulletin board.

  This time in the monthly exam, except for Xia Qian Ning getting zero points, Ling Shui Ye was also considered to have zero points because he didn't participate.

  Cheating on the exam is the second case since the founding of De Xin, and it has been exactly ten years since the first cheating incident; the school scored zero for the first time, setting a record for the worst academic performance since the founding of De Xin. With the two scandals almost uninterrupted, the whole school was in an uproar for a while.

  Although she had known that she was zero points for a long time, when it really appeared on the scoreboard, Xia Qian's heart still felt very sad. Ji Sisi and Wang Yutong stood in front of Xia Qian: "Admire! Dare to come and see the list? If I were you, I would have wanted to die."

  Xia Qian Ning lowered her head and ignored her, wanting to sneak past from the side. But Ji Si Si wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity, she stepped forward: "Really admirable courage! Since we can all do something so despicable, it's not excessive to say some unpleasant words, right? Yu Tong! What do you think?"

  "Yes! She can do such shameless things, we can be even more excessive. Ugly freak! You deserve more than just a few harsh words." Wang Yutong stretched out her hand and pushed Xia Qian's shoulder, Xia Qian involuntarily took a step back, and the surrounding crowd also retreated in all directions.

  "Is it the one with glasses? Is she the one who cheated on the exam?" someone whispered in the crowd.

  "Hmm. I heard he just came to our school not long ago."

  "Is that so? Such a terrible student, and the school still dares to accept him? Let's see how the principal can still stand upright in front of us later. Can he really accept this transfer student who has no integrity or morals? Has he received a lot of benefits from someone?"

  "Really! I heard the other day that he did something as a third party. It's really hard to see, not only is he ugly, but his character is also so poor."

  The murmurs in the crowd pierced Xia Qianying's ears, and in her heart, she didn't know whether her mind was a complete blank or filled with indignation.

  Her body tensed up gradually. Her hands also clenched slowly, but even if her hands were clenched into fists, what could she do with them? The zero points were given by the school, and these humiliations were brought about by her own carelessness.

  "Rain Tong! I'm so scared! Her eyes are so fierce! Haha!" Ji Sisi let out a frightened voice, but her body leaned in closer to Xia Xianying.

  "Has everyone seen that?! It's obvious she, Xia Qianying, cheated on the exam and yet she dares to be so aggressive towards us. Everyone says, what should we do? How should we deal with such a student?" After hearing everyone's discussion, Wang Yutong came up with a plan, she wanted to let everyone know just how "bad" Xia Qianying was!

  "Get out! Get out!"

  "We want a clean campus!"

  "We want pure schoolmates!"

  "We want a fair competitive environment!"

  "Let her go! Get out of our school!"

  "Get out! Get out!"

  Awesome! Wang Yutong felt he was too "great" and actually got a response.

  Ji Si Si laughed even more wildly.

  Not far away, Ni Shi Luo stopped her footsteps that were about to get closer. She didn't think she would catch up with such a wonderful scene. Seeing Xia Wen Cong's disheveled appearance, she really wanted to laugh wildly like Ji Si Si. But she knew she had to hold back and not show it off. She was a tolerant person, she was a broad-minded person. She wanted Ling Shui Yue to see how kind, tolerant, and compassionate she was.

  Ling Shuiyue and Ming De looked at the chaos in front of the bulletin board, listening to the crowd shouting and yelling. Ming De was getting unsteady: "Yue! How much longer are we going to stand by? Can you bear it? Can that ugly freak survive?"

  Ling Shuiyue had long been eager to fly to Xia Qinger's side, hold her hand and leave that place of gossip, letting her tears fall on his chest. But he couldn't. He, who was already tainted, could no longer get close to her, except for watching her from afar and silently helping her - there was nothing else he could do: "I don't know! I only know I must find out who did it, this is my responsibility."

  "No! I can't take it!"

  "Wait again!" Ling Shuiyue pulled Ming De: "It seems like there's a change."

  Ming De stopped in his tracks and looked towards the crowd - it was Ling Mu Ye!

  Xia Xian Ning stood in the crowd. As her anger grew, resentment also crept up to her heart, she was so useless, wherever she went, she was bullied by others.

  I thought that after leaving the painful place, I could start a new and happy life, but three thousand miles away, the heartache still lingers on.

  As she gazed out at the surging crowd, her vision gradually blurred. Suddenly, her hand was grasped by another warm and large hand - it was Ling Muyue! Xia Qianjing looked into Ling Muyue's determined eyes, which seemed to be saying, "Qian'er, I believe you, you didn't!"

  "Please don't do this, everyone. We all know that this rule is unnecessary. Xia Qian Ning has only been at our school for a short time and probably isn't familiar with our system yet. It's just that she forgot her phone on her desk, please don't treat our classmate like this!" Ling Mu Ye shouted loudly.

  The surrounding noise gradually subsided. Ni Shi Luo stood beside Ling Mu Ye and Xia Qian Ying at some point: "I agree with Ling Mu Ye's view. I hope everyone can forgive Xia Qian Ying, she may not be clear about the school's system."

  Nishiluo's voice fell, and Jisi shouted on the side: "Deceive fools. Students don't know what cheating is? Does everyone believe it?"

  The crowd erupted into a commotion once again.

  "Ryota Ling is speaking up for someone with poor morals today? Is he too kind-hearted?"

  "Exactly! How could students not know what constitutes cheating on an exam?"

  "What's wrong with the new student? The new student should follow our school rules even more. A single 'I don't understand' can be a reason for cheating, how refreshing."

  "That Lolo is quite kind, she even spoke up for the girl who stole her boyfriend."

  While everyone was discussing, Ni Shi Luo secretly took a look at Ji Si Si. She didn't expect that Ji Si Si would coincidentally be in sync with her at this time. Ji Si Si also quickly glanced at Ni Shi Luo, and when their eyes met, she smiled knowingly.

  Ling Mu saw that in such an environment, excuses seemed so pale and powerless. He took Xia Qian's hand and pulled away from the crowd, leaving this place of right and wrong.

  Xia Qian Ning stupidly stared at Ling Mu Ye, mechanically following behind him, not even knowing how she was walking under the scornful gazes of the crowd.

  "Xian'er! If you want to cry, then cry. It's just us two. No one else." Ling Mu Ye said gently.

  "Do you believe me? Do you really believe me?" Xia Xianying choked with sobs.

  "Hmm. I believe that Xiaofei didn't cheat. During the early morning self-study session today, I found your class teacher and looked at your test paper - it was great! Your teacher also doesn't think you cheated, saying it must be a misunderstanding. But the school has rules, so he can't intervene."

  "Really? Did the teacher really say that?" Xia Xian gazed at Ling Mu Ye with tears in her eyes.

  Ling Mu Yao supported Xia Qian Ning's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Yeah. The teacher said so, he said you're great, said you ranked fifth, ahead of me. Said you worked hard, very serious, he really likes you as a student."

  "You deceived me. Teacher praised me in front of you like that, why do you look at me with such a strict and disgusting expression." Xia Xianying sobbed.

  "He said he had no choice but to do so. Although in his heart, he acknowledged you. But the school's rules are there in black and white, as a teacher, he had no choice but to treat you that way."

  "But everyone still thinks I'm a bad girl who has tarnished this school."

  "They were just temporarily misled by Ji Si and others, everything will be fine. I, Ming Xin. And Zhīzhī, Míng Dé, Yào... many of us believe you are innocent."

  "Xian Ying! We've been looking for you for a long time. How could you really cry, it's not worth it! I and Yeh Zhi have already told our classmates and friends around us about what happened, they all believe in you. Everyone knows that clause is unfounded, don't listen to those who are eager to stir up trouble." Ming Xin and Ye Zhi had been searching for someone for half a day, and finally found Xia Xian Ying here.

  "Yes! Xian Ning, we all believe in you. Don't be sad." Ye Zhi also comforted her by the side.

  Xia Qian Ning wiped away her tears: "Thank you, Zhi Zhi! And Ming Xin too."

  "See, I've just finished speaking and everyone believes you. Now, someone will come to prove it to you. Alright, let's go to class." Ling Mu Ye said with a smile.

  Xia Qian nodded slightly, and the four of them walked towards the classroom.

  Ling Rao Yu saw Ling Mu Yu leading Xia Qing's hand away from the crowd. He gripped Ming De's arm tighter, his eyes following the two until he saw Ling Mu Yu and Xia Qing disappear from his line of sight.

  "Ow! Not so hard! It hurts to death! Let go quickly! My arm is going to break!" Mingde shouted while using his hand to pry open Ling Shuiyue's hand.

  Hearing Ming De's cry, Ling Shuiyue lowered his head and took a look, it was himself who used too much force. He relaxed his hand and left Ming De.

  Mingde caught up from behind: "Yao! You're not being a good friend at all. You don't like apologizing, but you should at least care about me, look at my arm, it's black and blue, almost bleeding!" Mingde's words stopped abruptly as he saw Ling Shuiyue seemingly crying. Impossible! He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, Ling Shuiyue was gone.

  Ling Shui's footsteps were getting faster and faster, almost running, he felt that if he didn't run, he would collapse.

  Thursday holding her hand, after all, is still Thursday holding hands!

  They have been considered as golden boys and girls since they were young. At the last party, everyone thought so too. Mokuyō is holding her hand!

  These ten years seem to have not moved forward, everything is still in the same place. Ten years ago, it was Mu Ye holding her hand, with Hei Lang silently watching them from afar; now, it's still Mu Ye holding her hand, and he's silently watching them from afar.

  Oh God! If you've really made arrangements, don't let her fall into my arms ten years later, don't let her appear in my sight from time to time, don't let her pull at my heartstrings all the time, and don't let her fall into my eyes everywhere.

  Don't let me see that peony, don't let me hear the music she plays, don't let me remember her standing in front of me, pale face stained with blood, eager calls.

  He ran all the way and stopped in front of a paulownia tree. How did he end up here? They had quarreled here before. At that time, his well-intentioned but clumsy concern made her first delighted and then angry; he looked at her back with regret.