"The old man has accepted it, he has always been easy-going, clearly understanding it as Shen Family’s gesture. If he hadn’t accepted, my Mama would have felt uneasy."
Zheng Qianyu nodded: "That’s the reasoning. What about Mr. Xue?"
"He accepted."
Shen Hua slowly said: "But the words he said then were weirdly sarcastic, not pleasant to hear."
She was too lazy to think about it, after all, it’s not an important role.
"There’s no need to get serious over such a trivial matter."
Zheng Qianyu heard this and agreed.
"By the way, the person who brought you here, why haven’t I seen them?"
"They were pulled into playing chess."
Shen Hua didn’t bother to elaborate: "Are you leaving or not?"
Leave, leave, leave, Mr. Xue is stern, Zheng Qianyu is very nervous.
Finally, peace was restored in the hall. Shen Hua closed her eyes for a light nap. As she dozed in a daze, she felt as if soone was approaching her.
Soon, the footsteps faded away again.
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anwhile, Cui Yun was playing chess with the old man. He asked quite a few things about Shen Hua.
The atmosphere was quite harmonious.
As it was almost lunchti, he planned to visit her. After straightening his sleeves and asking the old man for directions, he bid farewell and headed towards the academy.
The arrangent at the academy was quite elegant.
Cui Yun walked slowly.
anwhile, Shen Hua was awakened by noise, with sleepy eyes and a confused face, looking at the paint spilled out from inside her desk.
"Found it, found it, I knew she couldn’t be disassociated from this matter."
"How is she this kind of person?"
"It’s really too much."
Shen Hua blankly asked: "Whose are these?"
"You still have the nerve to ask?"
"Shen Hua, I know you usually despise us poor scholars, but you shouldn’t resort to such despicable tactics! Paint itself is expensive, Zhou Zhizhi’s family cannot afford it. How could you deliberately hide it!"
"What do you lack, how can you steal hers out of personal vendetta?"
Shen Hua was trying hard to digest all these.
She looked around expressionlessly.
"It wasn’t ."
Zhou Zhizhi sobbed, clutching the paint. As frail as a Little White Lotus.
"This paint was not easy for to obtain, but how could you, how could you do such a thing."
Shen Hua really despised this kind of behavior in her.
"Don’t push whatever bad things onto , neither ask . I’m still puzzled and annoyed, why don’t you go and ask your ancestors in the tomb!"
The morning was ruined by this unrelated ss. No wonder this morning felt off, without even the cawing of magpies. Who would’ve thought it’d turn into such an affair.
The crowd stirred, with disbelief in everyone’s eyes.
Shen Hua: "You’re convinced it was ?"
Zhou Zhizhi bit her lip, said nothing.
The girl raised her noble hand and pointed at her head.
She was very tactful.
"Do you have a flaw here?"
"I haven’t even accused you of ’thief crying thief’ yet."
Zheng Qianyu leaned in, whispered very quietly: "Enough already. Next ti you do this kind of thing, count in. See, you’ve slipped up now. Mr. Xue is standing over there with a stern face right now. Take my advice, don’t be stubborn, just admit it for now, and find an opportunity to get back at her later."
Shen Hua stressed her tone: "I said it wasn’t ."
"You still argue!"
Soone in the crowd pushed her, and the girl lost her balance, falling heavily to the ground.
Along with her, the back table inkstone fell over, spilling nearly half the ink on her.
She woke up from the fall, furious.
"Who pushed ?"
Angry, she cursed.
"Which son of a tortoise pushed !"
Followed imdiately by Mr. Xue’s interrogation.
"Presumptuous! What else have you got to say!"
"Is teacher directly pinning this cri on ?"
Being helped up by Zheng Zheng Qianyu, Shen Hua was very unhappy.
"I’ve always said I don’t like staying in this wretched academy. Who knows if the people here are human or ghosts."
As she spoke, she yelled out her intention to leave.
Mr. Xue sternly said, "No one is allowed to leave until this matter is clearly explained!"
Soon, soone blocked the door.
"It was just you alone in the hall earlier, who else could have set you up if not you!"
"Denying it, huh?"
"Very well! Bring the cane."
Though Shen Hua was fierce, she was only eight years old and could not help but panic a bit: "Zheng Qianyu, go call my brother! Quickly, go call my brother."
Soone sneered in a mocking tone.
"Even if your brother cos, he’ll have to apologize to Zhou Zhizhi. With so many eyes watching, he can’t cover for you!"
At that mont, soone barged in.
The cornered girl stubbornly refused to bow her head; she was dirty, her dress stained with ink here and there, like a cat abandoned in a perilous place.
Upon seeing him, her eyes suddenly reddened.
His thin lips were tightly pressed together, and his face looked quite ugly. He strode briskly, his presence so commanding that no one dared to stop him.
Cui Yun took off his overcoat, covering the girl’s disheveled appearance to save her face.
"Are you hurt? Beca like this just after a mont of absence?"
Mr. Xue’s gaze fell on Cui Yun.
"Are you also a mber of the Shen Family?"
Without the need to be subservient like in front of the old teacher, Cui Yun’s expression beca calr, intensely oppressive.
Seeing that he didn’t respond, Mr. Xue took it as his tacit consent.
He arrogantly stated.
"To be honest, even if the Shen Family hadn’t shown up today, I was planning to visit them."
He sternly rebuked.
"Students of the sa academy, yet she usually bullies her classmates!"
A mont of bewildernt flashed across Shen Hua’s eyes.
"Please don’t falsely accuse ."
Even at this mont, she still spoke respectfully.
But Mr. Xue’s words beca particularly sharp. He loudly scolded.
"Still trying to argue at this point! I can tolerate other things, but theft is absolutely unacceptable."
The old teacher, upon hearing the news, hurried over and said anxiously, "Ask her nicely, don’t scare the child."
"Senior, you are too lenient, which is why these youngsters are so unruly."
"Do you know she has caused trouble since coming to the academy, such a little girl with such imnse spitefulness!"
Mr. Xue prided himself on his moral righteousness. He looked at Shen Hua.
"I’ll give you one last chance. If you admit it, I won’t pursue the matter for now. If you persist in your wilfulness, I can’t teach you, and the academy definitely won’t accept a student like you!"
These words were indeed severe.
It was about expelling her.
Shen Hua subconsciously clenched her thumb. She heard the boy squatting next to her ask, "Did you do it?"
Even Zheng Qianyu didn’t believe her, let alone Cui Yun.
To Shen Hua’s surprise, she rely sobbed in great distress.
"I didn’t."
Cui Yun’s jaw tensed, he was not good at comforting people, helplessly rubbed her head: "If you didn’t, then don’t cry."
Shen Hua, wiping her tears, was overwheld with grievances and magnified by his words: "I told you I didn’t want to co, but you insisted, and now you’ve conspired with them to fra ."
"I hate you."
She choked, "I will ignore you from now on."
Mr. Xue slightly restrained himself.
"Mr. Shen, listen to this. At such a young age and not learning well, what will beco of her in the future?"
"Mr. Xue, watch your words!"
The young man suddenly stood up, towering over Mr. Xue.
"Are you deaf to what she said?"
"If she did it, she would admit it. If she didn’t do it, what is there to admit?"
Moreover, even if Shen Hua did do it, so what?
He said indifferently.
"I haven’t scolded her once, yet you’re impressive, making her cry."
Cui Yun’s eyes flashed with a cold light. Ferocious yet with a smile. The chilly aura suddenly spread, overwhelmingly evident.
As if pondering over the most important issue.
"What should I do now, my girl will ignore because of your reckless accusations."
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