Because of this change, this evening’s free discussion competition was also canceled. The organizer also returned the students’ mobile phones, saying that they will re-do today’s competition tomorrow, with brand new topic. They could fully rest today.
However the matter was resolved, Song Yan was not very clear.
He only knew that Ruan Tian, the organizer, and that surnamed Dai took Shang Wei to discuss for two hours in the office.
Then, Shang Wei was packed and thrown into the bus, which drove him to the airport overnight. All of his promotional pictures in the Youth Cup and Huiying International School, plus his awards, were quickly deleted.
Shang Wei’s name is also missing from the competition list.
According to Ruan Tian, she also wrote an email and sent it to all Ivy League schools she has connections to. With this magnitude of academic scandal dirtying his name, Shang Wei’s opportunity to enroll into these prestigious schools were close to zero.
As for domestic colleges and universities, they also wouldn’t give him any self-admission places.
For Shang Wei’s family, who was an ordinary middle-class family without much wealth, this was an undeniable huge impact. They had spent a lot of fortune to raise Shang Wei and enroll him into such an expensive prestigious school, but it was futile in the end.
The recording in Jiang Yuanyuan’s hand has also been sent to Shen Jiayan. After Shen Jiayan edited out the part involving Song Yan’s parents, he specifically amplified Shang Wei’s verbal attacks and wrongdoing, then sent them anonymously into the Internet. This audio file quickly became viral in Huiying International School.
The whole Huiying exploded at once.
Whether within WeChat’s circle, Tieba, or Weibo, were filled to the brim with a crusade against Shang Wei.
Before, many people joined in berating Song Yan for his faults. Now, they did it to Shang Wei in return, making the tag #Shang Wei get out of Huiying# viral.
On the contrary, some people who had a good relationship with Song Yan but chose to remain silent because of the pressure of public opinion at that time finally had the confidence to stand up and start to fight back frantically.
[I said at the beginning that there was something strange about this matter! Sadly, I was scolded by Shang Wei’s cronies’ anonymous accounts.]
[Damn, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Song Yan obviously did nothing wrong, why did he have to suffer from school violence at that time?]
[Anyway, I’ve saved the audio, so I’ll take it to my friends and post it every time I get upset, so that someone can also experience the feeling of being repeatedly abused and flogged.]
[So, it’s all Shang Wei’s fault that the school drove away God Yan. Don’t they regret their decision now?]
[True. As long as God Yan attends Huiying, our school is guaranteed to win the city’s joint entrance examination. This glory won’t be robbed by other high schools. So… does Huiying really won’t consider apologizing to him for its own mistake to God Yan? Maybe he’ll transfer back here.]
Be it out of guilt, out of anger, or out of the desire to bring down Shang Wei… all of these factors combined were enough to kill Huiying’s major social networks in a matter of hours. Various tags and topics, such as #Song Yan Huiying# and #Shang Wei get out of Huiying# were everywhere.
Private schools cared about their reputation the most. This kind of word-of-mouth could be enough to topple that.
So this quickly attracted the attention of the school’s top management personnels, who worked overtime all night to discuss how to deal with it. Finally, they decided to abolish all honorary awards of Shang Wei, record this incident in his file as a demerit, and then persuade him to drop out of the school. They would also give all the students an explanation. Maybe this would be enough to temporarily restore the reputation of the school.
As for how to deal with Song Yan…
When Dai-laoshi received this notice from the principal, his scalp felt numb.
He was criticized by the school’s higher-ups and as a result, he was deducted 3 months worth of bonus pay. But, he was still responsible for persuading Song Yan to transfer back?
When he thought of Song Yan’s stinky face, and his overprotective mother hen of a homeroom teacher, his head started to ache.
But orders are orders, what else can he do except to follow it? He could only bite the bullet and call Ruan Tian, asking for a discussion. “I want to talk to Song Yan on behalf of the school. Can you arrange it?”
Ruan Tian thought the school wanted to apologize to Song Yan, so she agreed on the spot. After calling Song Yan over, she sat by the door, ready to rush in and fight that surnamed Dai if anything went south.
However, she didn’t expect that Dai-laoshi’s opening sentence would be: “Song Yan, are you willing to return to Huiying?”
Ruan Tian pricked up her ears immediately.
Nevertheless, Dai-laoshi continued his persuasion: “We all know that your household registration is still in Beijing, and your student status is also in Beijing. You are only temporarily borrowing in Nanwu’s. In the end, you will definitely have to go back to Beijing for the college entrance examination. If you transfer back here, we can guarantee that all referral spots and self-admission spots will be given to you at the highest priority.”
For college hopefuls, this is indeed a very tempting offer.
But Song Yan only sat still on the chair. His raised eyelids only pronounce his indifferent look. “That’s it?”
This was probably the first time that he was given such a dry answer by a student. He froze in place, asking, “What do you mean?”
“There’s no apology?” Seeing that Dai-laoshi was still stunned, Song Yan added calmly, “I want both your apology and the official apology from the school.”
“…”
He originally thought that returning to Huiying was something that Song Yan wanted. He didn’t expect that Song Yan would put up a show.
Still, Dai-laoshi endured it and said, “The school’s apology statement should be down tomorrow.”
“Mn, I see.” Song Yan nodded, “What about yours?”
Dai-laoshi: “?”
What does he mean?
–He wants him, a 40-year old man, to apologize to a teenage brat?
He’s daydreaming.
Dai-laoshi sneered, he wanted to teach Song Yan a lesson about respecting his elders. But then, Song Yan’s posture slacked, eyelids drooping half-way, as he said in a dispassionate manner: “Anyway, if you don’t apologize to me, I will not consider transferring back.”
Dai-laoshi: “???”
Today’s youth has learned to threaten others at such a young age?!
And his threat is terrifying!
Because after all, it was his malfeasance to begin with, unlike how a teacher should conduct themselves. If he couldn’t complete what the school’s higher-ups told him to, he might not be able to keep his job.
Not to mention his salary.
So no matter how reluctant he was, he could only hold back his anger and bruised ego. With gritted teeth, he managed to force out: “Alright. Laoshi apologize for his mistake. I shouldn’t have indiscriminately believed him and wronged you as a result. Is this fine?”
His attitude wasn’t very sincere, but it was clear that even saying this out loud was an insult to him.
So Song Yan nodded with satisfaction. “It’s fine.”
He then proceeded to slowly stand up and walked towards the door.
Things didn’t turn out as expected. Dai-laoshi hurriedly stopped him. “Where are you going?”
Song Yan put his hands in his pockets. He turned his head and faced the older man with an innocent expression. “I’m going back to my dorm room.”
“???” Dai-laoshi felt that he had been fooled. “Didn’t we agree to talk about your transfer? Why don’t you keep your own promise?”
Song Yan raised his eyebrows. “I never promised such a thing. Let me repeat what I said: ‘Anyway, if you don’t apologize to me, I will not consider transferring back.’ I never said that ‘as long as you apologize, I’ll transfer back’. Dai-laoshi, you’re a gold medal teacher, I know that you understand the difference between necessary and insufficient conditions and sufficient and unnecessary conditions. Or maybe… do you need my teacher Ruan Tian to teach you about this?”
Ruan Tian, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation at the door, finally couldn’t hold back her laughter. She opened the door, and arrogantly exclaimed: “That is, no matter how bad our Nanwu No. 3 Middle High School is, at least we understand the differences between the two statements Song Yan had said. It’s clear he didn’t want to go back to a school like yours. Song Yan, let’s go.”
After speaking, the two of them walked away under the shocked and angry eyes of Dai-laoshi.
“But Song Yan, you really don’t want to transfer back? Huiying’s teaching condition is far better than here.” Behind the campus, as Ruan Tian and Song Yan walked side-by-side under the snow, she couldn’t help but ask this question.
Song Yan replied without hesitation: “Nope. I never wanted to.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s good here.”
When Song Yan said these words, Ruan Tian stopped and looked up at him.
She saw the young man, clad in a thick coat, with white breaths sandwiched between his lips and teeth. She suddenly had an epiphany – time had passed so fast. In a blink of an eye, the summer’s sun had changed into the winter’s snow.
And the cool boy who used to talk to her with indifference, now could say such a sweet statement like “It’s good here”.
Children really will grow up before you know it.
Ruan Tian exhaled, satisfaction laced in her breath. She revealed a heartfelt smile. “Well, you are right, I also think it’s pretty good here, so why don’t Laoshi invite you to dinner? ?”
Before Song Yan could answer, the phone in his pocket vibrated; and when he took it out, he realized that someone had sent him several WeChat messages.
[Dumbass]: I heard from Jiang Yuanyuan that the free discussion had been canceled. So, do you want to meet the lovely me?😉
[Dumbass]: Let’s meet at the bamboo forest where you peeped at the young couple last time. There is no surveillance there, I can sneak there.
[Dumbass]: I brought you a take-out hotpot. Snowy days and hotpot go hand-in-hand. Will our Yan-ge be impressed by this, I wonder.
[Dumbass]: ???Where’s my big baby???
[Dumbass]: Baby, I miss you, come out to see me please? It’s snowing now, I’m getting cold.
[Dumbass]: [Crying cat/Wife is gone.gif]
Song Yan looked at his phone. Despite his best effort to appear unaffected, his lips bent into a smile.
Ruan Tian turned around and saw his expression. She asked, “What are you smiling at?”
“It’s nothing.” Song Yan put his phone into his pocket and pretended to be serious, “I just remembered that I haven’t practiced my speaking skill. I want to go back to the dormitory first. Laoshi, I have to decline your dinner offer.”
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked quickly towards the bamboo forest where he bumped into the young couple last time.
Ruan Tian was left alone with a confused look on her face.
Song Yan loves learning so much? And isn’t she an English teacher? Wouldn’t it be better to practice speaking with her?
Forget it, kids these days are weird.
Song Yan only wanted to see Xia Zhiye quickly, and didn’t realize how flimsy his excuse was. Instead, his pace quickly turned from striding into a full blown running.
He stopped and adjusted his breath when he saw Xia Zhiye across the railing. He was wearing an ankle-length, black down jacket, carrying a large takeaway box in his hands. He took a breath, then pretended as if he wasn’t running in a hurry just now, and was just taking a leisurely stroll here.
“Why are you here.”
Across the iron fence, Song Yan looked at Xia Zhiye. He stated in a low voice, trying his best to appear casual.
Xia Zhiye looked at the few stray tufts of messy hair and the reddened tip of his nose. It’s clear he was running just now. Xia Zhiye smiled as he said, “I was worried that our little friend Song Yan had been bullied.”
“Hmm.”
Song pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.
In fact, during this period of separation, he obviously saved a lot of things to talk to Xia Zhiye later. But for some reason, as soon as they met, he felt that his heartbeat and blood flow accelerated, and his brain suddenly became muddled, unable to remember those topics clearly. With nothing to remember, he opted to stay silent.
He could only let out a “Hmm”, like an idiot who can’t speak.
Xia Zhiye looked at the little fool and couldn’t help laughing. “Why, is our invincible and smart Yan-ge thinks I’m stupid?”
“You’re the fucking stupid one!”
Although Song Yan didn’t know what to say, scolding Xia Zhiye was already ingrained in his instinct. He could blurt that sentence out purely on reflex.
Xia Zhiye heard this familiar scolding, and a warm, familiar feeling washed over him. He shoved the takeaway through the gap between the railing, saying, “Take this hotpot first. I’ll climb over now.”
After he finished speaking, he grabbed the top of the railing, pushed his arms hard, and turned his long legs over as soon as he lifted them.
When he landed, he deliberately pretended to be unstable, staggering in place. His act was convincing enough to make Song Yan, who was worried, to step forward and help him. Immediately, Xia Zhiye took Song Yan into his arms, hugging him close. Between the bamboo shadows under the gentle moonlight, he lowered his head, a teasing smile bloomed on his face. “Yan-ge, doesn’t it sound like we are having an affair?”
“Affair, your uncle!!!”
Song Yan’s ears were reddened, especially when he detected the warm breath by his earlobes. He really wanted to give Xia Zhiye a kick.
However, before he could enact his justice, he was stopped by a voice with a strong dialect: “Who is over there!”
He tilted my head and saw a security guard walking towards him with a flashlight in hand.
Fuck!
It was obviously not a big deal, but at that moment Song Yan seemed to have been brainwashed by the word “affair” that Xia Zhiye said. He grabbed Xia Zhiye’s arm and started running wildly.
However, it only made him even more suspicious. As soon as he ran, the security guard decided that there must be something wrong with him. He immediately called his coworkers and took out the walkie-talkie, as if he was in a Bond movie. “Come here! This way! There are two burglars here!”
The next second, Song Yan saw countless pillars of bright light emerging from all directions at the same time, surrounding him in the middle.
He was carrying the hotpot takeaway in one hand and Xia Zhiye in the other, thinking that he “absolutely cannot be arrested”, so he quickened his pace, darting left and right, agile and fast, flexible and vigorous.
However, the young man behind him only tried to hold back a smile, to no avail.
So they were finally arrested at the music plaza.
The panting security guards looked at the two students who were carrying takeaways in front of them. They braced their knees, panting, confused as hell. “This is the weekend, it’s not forbidden to buy takeaways. Why are you running??”
Song Yan: “…”
Because he was convinced that he was “having an affair”.
Song Yan, who finally realized what he had done, turned his head and stared at Xia Zhiye fiercely.
Xia Zhiye raised his eyebrows innocently, implying that he did nothing wrong.
Song Yan turned back in shame and anger, accepting any social sanction from these security guard uncles.
The security guard uncles themselves didn’t think that these two boys were bad either, and they were handsome. The shorter boy in the front was so embarrassed that his face was rivaling a tomato, so he deliberately slowed down his voice. “Forget it. Don’t do this next time, which class are you from? What’s your name?”
Song Yan: “…”
He went silent for 3 whole seconds without changing his expression.
“2nd Year 8th class, Song Daxi.”
Anyway, what Song Daxi did had nothing to do with him, Song Yan.
Therefore, “Song Yan” is still a good student who is innocent and dignified and impeccable.
Song Yan psyched himself up like this, secretly clenched the takeaway bag in his hand. With pursed lips, he looked confidently into the distance that did not exist.
Xia Zhiye, who was behind him, looked at the cowlick strand1aka ahoge, NOT to be confused with ahegao. on top of his windswept hair. He instantly burst into laughter.
He hadn’t seen Song Yan for about 20 days, and now, he had become stupider, but also lovelier.
Very nice indeed.
