But he didn't expect to actually call, and the other party asked him: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I'm the head teacher of the first grade at Yixi Middle School. I'm here to look for Ms. Zhao Yunzhao who is visiting your school for research."

"Okay, please wait a moment." The person on the other end of the line called out, "Teacher Zhao Yun, looking for you?"

"Me?" Zhao Yun was puzzled, but she still put down what she was holding and walked towards the phone, "Hello, hello."

Director Wang opened his mouth and said, "Zhao Yun."

Zhao Yun immediately recognized Director Wang's voice and couldn't help asking, "Director Wang, is there anything wrong? Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" After all, she had just arrived here.

Director Wang got straight to the point and asked her directly: "Did you take the pearl hairpin from your daughter?"

Although she didn't know why Director Wang asked this, Zhao Yun still answered subconsciously: "Yes, I left my teaching plan in the office at that time, so I turned around and came back to get it. I happened to want to put some pocket money in Lanlan's schoolbag. But when I saw her bring the pearl hairpin to school, I took it away directly."

Zhao Yun didn't object to her daughter's love of beauty, after all, she was a little girl. However, most of the students in Yixi No. 1 Middle School were from poor families, and wearing pearl hairpins from abroad was really too ostentatious. She also mentioned it a few times, and her daughter agreed with her.

But she didn't expect that her daughter would secretly bring it to school without her knowledge, so she took it away in a fit of anger.

Recalling what happened in the afternoon, Zhao Yun couldn't help but wonder, "I remember I told Jiang Ruonan about it at that time."

"What? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Director Wang sighed, "Yes." Then he explained the whole story one by one. Zhao Yun was shocked and her voice was filled with anxiety. "Director Wang, can you please give the phone to Lanlan?"

"Okay." Director Wang looked at Chen Zhilan, "Chen Zhilan, your mother wants to talk to you."

Chen Zhilan took small steps forward, feeling inexplicably uneasy. She picked up the phone and spoke softly, "Hello, Mom..."

"Lanlan, your pearl hairpin was taken away by your mother. Didn't I tell you not to take it into school? Why didn't you agree to what your mother said?"

"Mom, I..." Chen Zhilan was stumped by the last two questions. Her curled fingers tightly grasped the receiver of the landline phone.

"Also, why are you looking through other people's bags?"

"Even if you have doubts, you should tell the teacher instead of doing it on your own. This is a matter of privacy and dignity. How can you do this?"

Chen Zhilan felt so ashamed and guilty that she lowered her head and admitted her mistake: "Mom, I'm sorry."

Zhao Yun sighed inwardly, but considering the distance between them, she still said softly, "Mom will tell you about taking the pearl hairpin when she gets back, but you should apologize to Jiang Ruonan, got it?"

Chen Zhilan nodded, her voice as soft as a mosquito: "Yeah... got it."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhilan looked at Jiang Ruonan who was standing over there with an apologetic look, tugged at the hem of her clothes with an unbearable look on her face, and hesitated to move forward.

But she still took a step forward, biting her lip, unable to open her mouth. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Jiang Ruonan, my mother did take the hairpin. I...I shouldn't have wronged you, and I...I shouldn't have searched your schoolbag."

Jiang Ruonan looked at her quietly without any reaction, as if she was just a passerby watching coldly.

Deng Lili, on the other hand, was shocked, her lips trembling unconsciously, and she subconsciously retorted: "How is that possible? Lanlan, you didn't... you didn't say anything wrong, did you?"

The second half of her words were obviously lacking in confidence. She actually believed it, but was just unwilling to admit it. Moreover, Jiang Ruonan's calm and deep gaze made her immediately silent and cold sweat broke out on her back.

Chen Zhilan didn't want to say more, "I'm sorry, Lili, we did misunderstand Jiang."

Deng Lili panicked after hearing her best friend's reconfirmation. "I..."

Seeing this, Director Wang suddenly said, "Now you all know what happened, right? You should apologize to each other and let this matter be over."

Deng Lili seemed to be still hesitating.

But Jiang Ruonan didn't want to stop there. She looked at Director Wang and said, "Director Wang, I need them to apologize to me in public in class, not just a casual apology at this moment."

Director Wang was in a dilemma, but after thinking carefully about Jiang Ruonan's previous situation, he realized that she was indeed wronged in this matter, so he thought deeply for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

I also asked for the opinions of Mr. and Mrs. Deng Gang: "Teacher Deng, Teacher Li, what do you think?"

Li Juan agreed without hesitation: "I should."

Then everyone's eyes were cast on Deng Lili and Chen Zhilan. The two of them stared in astonishment. Chen Zhilan was embarrassed and did not respond for a while.

It was somewhat humiliating for her to apologize in public.

Deng Lili directly refused, "I won't. Why?"

Deng Gang was so angry with his daughter that he was about to slap her, but Director Wang stopped him, "Hey, Teacher Deng, let's talk it out."

Deng Lili shrank back in fear. Jiang Ruonan sneered, "Why? You can touch my things at will."

Deng Lili stammered and argued, "But...but you broke my hand."

Jiang Ruonan asked back: "Isn't your hand fine?"

"you……"

"If you don't apologize to me publicly, then I can only let the police and lawyers handle it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed. This matter could have been made into a small matter, but if it became a big deal it would be disadvantageous to no one.

Deng Lili didn't expect it to be serious. When she met Jiang Ruonan's pupils that were as cold and piercing as a poisonous snake, she immediately felt creepy.

This sentence was obviously a lie from Jiang Ruonan, because she had no money and no time to sue, and she just wanted to scare the timid Deng Lili.

Since she likes to pick on the weak and usually ridicules her in a condescending manner, she might as well take this opportunity to let her know...that she seems to be a tough guy too.

The other is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

I guess she can have some peace and quiet in the remaining three years.

Director Wang was in a dilemma and didn't want to get involved, so he simply threw the hot potato away and said, "How about waiting for your teacher Zhao to come back and have her bring Deng Lili to apologize to you in front of the whole class?"

It seemed like a delay, but an apology in public was still required. Jiang Ruonan had no problem with it, and Deng Lili, who had just been unable to accept it, also nodded with some relief.

Director Wang took a breath and waved his hand, "Okay, that's it. I have something else to do. Let's go."

Finally it's solved. He was really annoyed.

However, when Deng Lili and her family were about to step out of the office door, Jiang Ruonan suddenly called out to them: "Wait."

"What's wrong again?" Director Wang was confused and frightened. He was really afraid that Jiang Ruonan would cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruonan said, "My schoolbag is broken." She said this to everyone, but her eyes were fixed on Deng Lili.

Deng Lili was so angry that she argued, "Your schoolbag was already in tatters, how can you blame us?!"

Jiang Ruonan did not comment and insisted: "But in the end, you broke it."

"you……"

Deng Gang was a male chauvinist who cared a lot about his reputation. He turned his head and scolded Deng Lili, "That's enough." He then said to Jiang Ruonan, "We will compensate for the schoolbag."

"dad!"

"Shut up!" He took out some money from his bag, handed it to Jiang Ruonan, and said kindly, "Student Jiang, use the money to buy a new one."

Jiang Ruonan didn't refuse, she took the money from him, folded it and put it in her purse. Because she really needed a new schoolbag, which she had made by mending old clothes herself and had used for many years.

She had nothing to be ashamed of, and she took the compensation with peace of mind.

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