Chapter 126 — Helping Her Out of a Tight Spot
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"I... I'm in Class Nine of the senior year..." Tang Zhi kept her head down. She had never told a lie, so under Wang Zhifeng's questioning she confessed the truth. In fact, standing at the door of Class Nine, lying would have been useless anyway.
"Go back and write a self-criticism, then read it aloud in the broadcasting room!" Wang Zhifeng didn't care whether the student had done it on purpose or by accident; he had to make a show of it, or how would his authority as dean stand in the future? Would other students think they could throw water on him too?
"The broadcasting room..." Tang Zhi's heart lurched. Normally that was where only the bad students went to make their self-criticisms... and today it was her turn. At the thought, Tang Zhi felt rather wronged. If not for Wei Zhao, why would she have been running? But how was she supposed to explain that to Director Wang? After all, the fact was that she had run carelessly. Yet a self-criticism... for a top student like Tang Zhi, this was truly a predicament!
From childhood to now, Tang Zhi had never written a self-criticism, nor committed any fault. At the thought, her eyes grew red and she was on the verge of tears. She, a girl, going to the broadcasting room to make a self-criticism...
"Ha, Director Wang, just had a shower, have you? Though your hairstyle is pretty cool, you look quite a bit younger!" Wei Zhao emerged from the restroom just in time to see Tang Zhi accidentally fling the water, and he couldn't help but laugh inwardly. This girl was a bit too careless! Then he saw Wang Zhifeng berating Tang Zhi, and Wei Zhao didn't think much of it. It served her right to get a dressing-down from Wang Zhifeng, this little prickly pear, so she'd stop picking fault with him at every turn. But when he saw Tang Zhi on the verge of tears, Wei Zhao's heart softened, and he strode over.
"Ah? Uh..." Wang Zhifeng hadn't expected to run into Wei Zhao at such a moment. And with Wei Zhao praising his hairstyle, true or not, he could hardly bring up the matter of Tang Zhi's water-throwing. He could only grunt and nod. "The weather's getting warmer, so a shower cools you down nicely!"
"Oh, I thought you'd just finished some exercise, Director!" Wei Zhao chuckled.
"Ha... Watching the students do their morning exercises, I joined in for a bit..." Seeing Wei Zhao's rather wicked smile, Wang Zhifeng broke into a cold sweat. This kid was no easy mark, all right! So he really did know everything about what happened that day!
"Oh..." Wei Zhao nodded, then suddenly turned to look at Tang Zhi. "Huh, Tang Zhi, what are you doing here... No need to wait for me, go back to your classroom first. I need to talk to the director about something!"
"What?" Tang Yunge had not expected Wei Zhao to be so familiar with Wang Zhifeng, chatting about everyday matters as casually as that. But then she considered his standing; he was a young master with deep connections, so of course Wang Zhifeng gave him face. Yet at this moment Tang Yunge also understood that Wei Zhao was helping her out of an awkward spot. A faint bitterness rose in her heart; she, the top student, counted for less than Wei Zhao, a profligate young master. She glanced at Wei Zhao, then at Wang Zhifeng...
Wang Zhifeng had not expected Wei Zhao to know the female classmate who had splashed water on him. When the classmate raised her head, Wang Zhifeng finally saw clearly that it was Tang Yunge, the school beauty, and could not help but smile bitterly... It seemed there must be something between Wei Zhao and her. No wonder Wei Zhao had hinted at him earlier; it must have been to make him let Tang Yunge off the hook!