Chapter 89: Youth Without Regret ⑤
Li Kai took a deep breath and looked at Zhang Haiyang, “Those dinosaurs from Class 5?”
Zhang Haiyang nodded, “It’s those really arrogant girls from Class 5!”
Li Kai thought for a moment, then looked up, “Everyone go apply medicine first! This matter is over. Everyone go home and rest well, and remember to come to class tomorrow.”
“It’s over just like that? A Kai, you mean this matter is just going to be dropped? We’re not going to pursue it? Or are you saying… Nie Qiu was just beaten for nothing?” Wang Chaolei stepped forward, asking in disbelief.
“What else? They’re all girls, are we going to fight back like we did before?” Luo Xu turned to look at Wang Chaolei, “Let’s go! We’re heading back.”
Wang Chaolei, Zhang Haiyang, and Ma Xin were all a bit unwilling, but Luo Xu was right. They were all girls, and they couldn’t possibly bully girls, could they? Wang Chaolei stepped forward, “A Kai, my mom is still waiting for me in the taxi, so I’ll be going now.”
“Me too, A Kai, I’m going home now.” Zhang Haiyang and Ma Xin said their goodbyes to Li Kai one by one.
Li Kai nodded and watched Wang Chaolei and the others leave. Luo Xu stepped forward and patted Li Kai’s shoulder, “My dad is waiting in the car, do you want to ride with my dad? We can go back together?”
Li Kai nodded and followed Luo Xu’s steps, getting into Luo Sheng’s car. He absolutely would not let Nie Qiu take such a beating for nothing! The girls from Class 5? Li Kai’s gaze deepened as he looked at the receding streetscape outside the car window.
That night, Nie Qiu, who hadn’t slept well due to the pain, overslept. However, she still had to go to class today. After all, not studying for a day could mean missing many knowledge points. Nie Aifang was making breakfast for Nie Qiu while advising her not to go to class today. Nie Qiu took the soy milk handed to her by Nie Aifang and refused with a smile.
Today, Class 10 was noisy. The classmates who were unaware had all arrived at school at six o’clock, but after waiting for a long time, Nie Qiu, who was never late, did not appear in the classroom.
Zhang Haiyang, who had held back for a long time, finally stood up and said loudly, “Nie Qiu might not be coming to school today. Everyone, self-study!”
“Why wouldn’t Nie Qiu come to school?” a girl asked. “Even if she overslept, she wouldn’t miss class!”
Wang Chaolei couldn’t help but stand up either, “Because Nie Qiu was beaten yesterday!”
As soon as Wang Chaolei finished speaking, the classroom erupted. Li Kai and Luo Xu, who had just entered the classroom, exchanged glances, seeing surprise and a single thought in each other’s eyes: This is bad!
“Who? Who beat Nie Qiu? Was it Chen Li?” “Who? Who beat Nie Qiu?” The classmates in the class were like an exploded pot, each one blankly asking the person next to them, wanting to know who beat Nie Qiu.
Ma Xin also stood up, “Everyone knows that our class had very good grades in this monthly exam, and it’s all thanks to Nie Qiu. Because of Nie Qiu, we learned how to work hard, how to set our ideals and goals, and strive for our future. I believe classmates in our class might have encountered people from classes with worse grades saying sour things about us, and we ignored them. Why? Because we knew they were jealous! Jealous of us! Jealous that we scored better than them!”
After Ma Xin finished speaking, Zhang Haiyang said, “Our overall grades are better than Class 5, so Class 5 is in trouble! The teachers will scold them, and other classes and grades will talk! Yesterday, people from their class stopped Nie Qiu and beat her!”
Upon hearing Zhang Haiyang say that the girls from Class 5 had stopped Nie Qiu and beaten her, they all impulsively stood up, wanting to go confront Class 5, wanting to seek revenge on Class 5.
“It’s not time for morning self-study yet, and Class 5 hasn’t arrived. What are you rushing for?” Zhang Haiyang shouted, “After morning self-study, we’ll all go to Class 5! We’ll let the whole school know that Class 5 is worse than our Class 10, Class 5 is more cowardly than our Class 10, Class 5 is less spirited than our Class 10, and Class 5 is more inferior than our Class 10!”
“Worse than us, more cowardly than us, less spirited than us, more inferior than us!” Wang Chaolei clenched his fists and raised them.
“Worse than us, more cowardly than us, less spirited than us, more inferior than us!” The classmates also stood up, clenched their fists, and raised their hands.
Huang Yan also stood up excitedly and shouted loudly, “Class 5! Nie Qiu was beaten! She originally didn’t believe this news, thinking it was made up by Zhang Haiyang and the others. But it was almost time for morning self-study, and Nie Qiu still hadn’t arrived. Huang Yan started to believe it, because ever since Nie Qiu set the rule to start classes at six o’clock, she had never been late.”
Peng Yu Yang was filled with regret. Nie Qiu was beaten yesterday! And he didn’t even know! Thinking of Nie Qiu facing the people from Class 5 alone, Peng Yu Yang felt even more remorseful. Why didn’t they stay with Nie Qiu a little longer yesterday? If they had stayed with Nie Qiu a little longer, perhaps Nie Qiu wouldn’t have encountered those people from Class 5.
The bell for morning self-study soon rang. Zhang Haiyang, Wang Chaolei, and Ma Xin led the students from their class in a mighty procession towards Class 5. Li Kai and Luo Xu followed behind, feeling uneasy.
People in the passing classrooms curiously peered into the corridor. Since it was morning self-study, many disciplined classes had their class representatives leading them in morning reading, and some classes already had teachers present. Class 5 was no exception; a person resembling a class representative stood on the lectern, leading the classmates in morning reading.
Zhang Haiyang walked directly into Class 5 without knocking and stood on the lectern. The students from Class 10 also crowded into the classroom. The students of Class 5 were stunned, completely unaware of why the students from Class 10 were in their classroom during morning self-study, even walking in without a greeting.
The class representative standing on the lectern reacted quickly, “What… what are you doing?! Get out!”
Zhang Haiyang glanced at the class representative and, standing on the lectern, asked condescendingly, “How did your Class 5 do in this exam?”
The faces of the students in the Class 5 classroom looked as if they had constipation, unable to speak. One boy stood up defiantly and said, “You only did better than us this time. Our class has always done better than yours before!”
“This student speaks very well!” Zhang Haiyang clapped his hands, but after clapping, he slammed one hand on the lectern, the sound of his palm hitting the desk deafening. “When you were doing your exams, did I come to your class to beat you? Did I come to your class to say, ‘You only did well this time’? Did I hit or scold you?”
“We didn’t hit anyone from your class, nor did we scold you!” the boy continued unhappily. Luo Xu’s pupils contracted upon hearing this, and he suddenly smiled. He walked from the crowd towards the boy and clapped him on the shoulder, “My friend, you shouldn’t speak too definitively.”
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