Chapter 5: The King's Examination Room 02
I spent the next period of time in a state of anxiety, but fortunately Bai Yuanyuan repeatedly emphasized with tears in her eyes that she would never betray her friends, and I felt a little relieved. But the facts proved that Lord Ximen was more accurate than the fortune teller. On the third day after he determined that I would have a disaster, my disaster really came.
That noon, I didn't know where Bai Yuanyuan went. I was eating bread alone on the rooftop. Just as I was about to go back to the classroom, Duanmu Jichu called me.
"Rice Cake Girl, come here." Duanmu Jichu stood at the stairs, the sun shining from behind him. His perfect facial features were hidden in the shadows, making him look extremely mysterious and noble.
His expression was very serious, but I didn't know if I was seeing things, but there was a hint of smile hidden in his eyes that were as bright as black glass.
"What...what are you doing?" Because I felt guilty, I have been avoiding him recently and rarely met him face to face. Now that I am suddenly so close to him, I can't help but think of Duanmu Jichu who apologized to me on the bridge that day. Duanmu Jichu was unexpectedly gentle that day and even tolerated me falling asleep on his shoulder.
"You drooled all over me. It was so dirty."
"You can sleep in a place like this, are you a pig?"
Although he yelled at me fiercely and ruffled my hair fiercely after I woke up, his expression was as cold and gentle as the moonlight. Every time I think of this scene, my heart can't help but skip a beat.
"Just come over if I tell you to. Don't ask so many questions." Duanmu Jichu saw me standing there hesitating, and walked over to me angrily, grabbed my arm, curled the corners of his lips, and sneered at me, "Third-rate defective products should have the awareness of third-rate defective products. Only by being more obedient can you increase your commercial value."
Third-rate inferior products must have the awareness of being third-rate inferior products and be more obedient in order to improve your commercial value...
Hey, is this human language?
I looked up at him, doubting that the person who appeared on the bridge that day was not him. That's right, how could this vicious guy show such a gentle expression to me? Uh, could he be Duanmu Jimo pretending to be him that day to trick me?
Uh, no way?
While I was still wondering whether it was him I saw that day, Duanmu Jichu had obviously lost his patience and pulled me straight into his office.
His office was surprisingly lively. Le Ou, Ximen, and even Duanmu Jimo were all there, as well as Bai Yuanyuan, who was pale and curled up like a puppy with Duanmu Jimo's arms around her neck.
"Ji Chu, it definitely wasn't Xiao Ye who did it. You should investigate it carefully and don't wrongly accuse her." When Le Ou saw me being dragged in by Duanmu Ji Chu, he rushed forward to talk to Duanmu Ji Chu, his pretty face full of anxiety and worry.
Duanmu Jichu let go of my hand, but before he could say anything, Duanmu Jimo squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox: "Leou, give up, we have evidence."
"But I still don't believe that Xiaoye would incite classmates to do such a thing!" Leou walked up to me, shook my arm as if to verify it, and asked me, "Xiaoye, quickly explain to them that you didn't do it, right?"
really……
Duanmu Jichu has already found out that I posted that post. If it was in the past, I would definitely lie to cover up my crime and would never admit it even if the evidence was irrefutable. It's not like I haven't done this before, but today... I looked at Duanmu Jichu's cold expression and Le'ou's trusting expression, and I couldn't say a single word of those lies.
"If you don't say anything, does that mean you agree?"
Duanmu Jichu walked behind the desk, crossed his arms, raised his eyebrows, looked at me with a very disdainful expression, then turned to Le Ou and said, "Le Ou, don't beg for her this time. You also know how bad this incident has affected Aurora College. You must expel her..."
Dismissal?
I stared at Duanmu Jichu's perfect face, and I couldn't believe my ears. I felt the blood in my body rushing backwards. Although I tried every possible way to leave the full-time secretary training class, even if I was expelled, it wouldn't be a big deal. I could just go to another school, but... Duanmu Jichu said he wanted to expel me, he said it himself...
"Are you going to fire me?" I stared into Duanmu Jichu's eyes and asked this question word by word, my voice trembling.
Duanmu Jichu looked at me without saying a word, and did not deny it.
"Ji Chu, you can't expel Xiao Ye! If you expel Xiao Ye, I will leave ." Le Ou's pretty face turned red and he shouted at Duanmu Ji Chu angrily.
"Le Ou, don't say anything more. Since it's his decision, I have nothing to say." I lowered my head, feeling that all the strength in my body had been drained away. My whole body was cold, and my heart felt like it was stuffed with ice. It was cold and stuffy. "But, Duanmu Jichu, please don't punish Bai Yuanyuan. She didn't do it voluntarily. I forced her to do it..."
"Of course Yuangungun won't be punished!" Duanmu Jimu, who had been watching the show, suddenly interrupted and put his arm around Bai Yuanyuan's neck, smiling cunningly like a fox, " Because it was classmate Yuangungun who gave you away. Otherwise, with such strict confidentiality measures, it would be really difficult for us to investigate. Right, classmate Yuangungun?"
What? Bai Yuanyuan betrayed me?
My heart felt like it was hit hard by something. I was so shocked that I almost froze. It took a long time before I turned around to look at Bai Yuanyuan: "Yuanyuan, you..."
"Ye Ye, listen to me..."
Bai Yuanyuan was pushed into the corner of the sofa by Duanmu Jimo. She looked at me with an apologetic face. Just as she was about to say something, Duanmu Jimo leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear intimately like a kiss. She immediately swallowed the words back, bit her lower lip and nodded hard at me, "Yes... it's me... I'm sorry, Ye Ye..." Then she turned her head away, not daring to look at me again.
It's really Bai Yuanyuan...
She betrayed me. Why?
Why did you betray me? Yuanyuan, don't you know that although we haven't known each other for a long time, I have already regarded you as my best friend!
why?
Forget it, I don't want to pursue it anymore. A third-rate defective like me shouldn't stay in a place where such elites gather. It's better for me to leave.
But I am such a loser that tears welled up in my eyes so quickly.
I can’t cry! I can’t cry in front of so many people, I can’t cry in front of people who look down on me!
"In that case, I will go back and pack my things and leave school immediately. I will definitely not stay here any longer. Goodbye!"
After saying something that sounded relatively cool, I turned around and ran out of the office just before tears started to fall.
