"Principal Gu just found me and said something happened in our class, asking me to come over and take a look. I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you all to actually..."
Teacher Huang couldn't bear to continue. Why would such an excellent group of children start fighting?
Some were resorting to fists, others to words.
He hadn't seen students get into a fight like this in two or three years, especially in a school like Seven High.
After the college entrance examination was reinstated, students' enthusiasm for learning was incredibly high.
What Teacher Huang found most unbelievable was that the ones fighting this time were girls.
And it was Su Xiaotian, such an outstanding girl.
Su Xiaotian seemed so well-behaved, shouldn't she be a model student who always followed the rules?
Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu exchanged glances when they heard Teacher Huang's words.
Did this mean the principal wasn't coming? He sent Teacher Huang instead?
The principal didn't keep his word. When they went just now, the principal clearly said to let them go back first and that he would be there soon!
The two brothers hadn't realized yet that Seven High wasn't their former County No. 1 High School.
The principal of Seven High was busy. Even if Su Xiaotian was someone he particularly looked after, he couldn't be following Su Xiaotian around all day.
"Teacher Huang, how do you plan to handle this matter?"
Su Xiao Ba quickly recognized the reality. This matter would ultimately require Teacher Huang to step in and resolve it, so he took the initiative to ask.
Teacher Huang hadn't expected a student to directly ask him how he planned to handle it.
How should he answer?
In his heart, he naturally wanted to protect Su Xiaotian.
From what the principal implied, it was probably the same.
After all, Su Xiaotian was a rare genius student in many years.
But this child was too honest, admitting it directly.
Teacher Huang cast a resentful glance at Su Xiaotian, his meaning very clear.
As long as Su Xiaotian slandered someone, even if her words were very false, he could find a reason.
But now...
"Teacher Huang, you can't shield Su Xiaotian. I know she's good at studying and teachers like her, but no matter how much you like her, you can't ignore other classmates! You are a teacher, you should be a role model, you can't fear power."
It had to be said, Song Lingling was quite clever, seeing through something.
To avoid being at a disadvantage, Song Lingling spoke up immediately.
Teacher Huang was almost put on the spot.
It wasn't good for these children to be too smart!
"Su Xiaotian, tell me, why did you resort to violence, and also to words?" Teacher Huang had to ask.
Although he wanted to protect Su Xiaotian, the students in this class, regardless of their family background or status, were not to be easily provoked.
He, a mere teacher, couldn't afford to offend them!
This matter had to be handled properly to avoid causing bigger problems.
"Teacher Huang, our classmates can all testify. Song Lingling cursed at me, and only then did I hit her!" Su Xiaotian appeared calm, as if she wasn't worried about being punished by the teacher at all.
Teacher Huang was speechless. She hit someone because she was cursed at?
However, this was also a reason. At the very least, it proved that the incident didn't start with Su Xiaotian.
Teacher Huang's face showed a hint of a smile.
"Is that so? Song Lingling, tell me, why did you curse?"
"I..." Song Lingling didn't know what to say.
It was true that she had cursed first. She hadn't expected Su Xiaotian to bring this up.
"You cursed at Su Xiaotian, didn't you?"
Seeing that Song Lingling couldn't offer any rebuttal, Teacher Huang's voice became a bit sterner.
"I, I just couldn't stand Su Xiaotian being arrogant!" Song Lingling tried to argue.
"Today is an exam day, but before the exam, you caused such a scene, which puts me, the class teacher, in a difficult position. But this matter must be resolved, so it will only delay everyone a little!"
It was already time for the exam, and the matter hadn't been resolved yet. Teacher Huang could only apologize to the students.
Fortunately, these students' desire for gossip was much stronger than their desire to take the exam.
"Teacher Huang, we can wait to take the exam. Please resolve this matter first, otherwise, it will affect our class unity in the future!"
A student spoke up, and with such a serious statement, the other students immediately agreed.
"Teacher, I believe that even if I misspoke and said something unpleasant, Su Xiaotian shouldn't have hit me. Especially after hitting me, classmate Liu Xiaohong merely spoke up for me, and she insulted Liu Xiaohong as well!" Song Lingling also urgently wanted the matter to have an outcome.
Ideally, Su Xiaotian would be expelled from Class 18.
Su Xiaotian didn't speak, she just looked at her fingernails as if there was a flower on them.
"Su Xiaotian, tell me, why did you curse!" Teacher Huang was having a headache.
He hadn't realized before that Su Xiaotian was such a troublemaker.
"Teacher Huang, our classmates said that cursing doesn't hurt, so I shouldn't have taken it seriously. I just wanted to try if classmate Liu Xiaohong would also not take it seriously when she was cursed at!"
Su Xiaotian said this with a smile, a faint smile filled with a hint of mockery, which made Liu Xiaohong and Song Lingling's anger flare up again.
Fortunately, the two still had some sense and knew they shouldn't lose their temper in front of the teacher.
"Is that so? Tell me, did Liu Xiaohong say that?" Teacher Huang turned his gaze to the other students in the class.
Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu both remained silent.
However, Du Yonghe spoke up.
"Teacher, I can testify that Liu Xiaohong said that cursing doesn't hurt and there's no need to take it seriously."
If someone else had stepped forward to testify at this moment, Song Lingling might not have felt her heart ache so much.
She stared intently at Du Yonghe, unable to believe that Du Yonghe was actually stabbing her in the back.
Didn't he know how much she liked him?
Why at this moment, did he completely disregard their childhood friendship and protect this vixen, Su Xiaotian?
With Du Yonghe speaking up, other students followed suit.
"Yes, teacher, today's incident started with Song Lingling provoking trouble and then cursing at Su Xiaotian. After being cursed at, Su Xiaotian hit Song Lingling. Afterward, classmate Liu Xiaohong stepped forward and said that being cursed at was fine, etc., so Su Xiaotian cursed at her a few times. Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaohong became completely enraged and almost hit Su Xiaotian."
This account clearly explained the course of events.
Then, quite a few students nodded in agreement.
Teacher Huang looked at Song Lingling, then at Liu Xiaohong.
These two female students seemed quite intelligent, but why did their actions in this matter sound like they were being foolish?
"Song Lingling, I don't care why you started cursing, but you were wrong to curse first. Please apologize to Su Xiaotian!" Teacher Huang found his reason and spoke directly.