Chapter 24 Apology
He walked into the examination room, where the interior layout remained intact and nothing was messed up.

There was just one more piece of paper on the table, and Ji Li picked it up and looked at it.

A fat turtle was drawn on the white paper. It was wearing a white coat with the three small words "Dr. Ji" written on its chest pocket.

The turtle had a weird facial expression on his face, with a slightly frowned brow and a melancholy look, which was somewhat similar to his previous image.

Ji Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When he walked into the bathroom, he, who usually didn't pay much attention to his appearance, couldn't help but look at his face left and right in the mirror.

I secretly complain that Su Xiaocai's paintings are poisonous. Whenever I see this face, I always think of the turtle.

Su Xiaocai returned to the dormitory, rushed into the bathroom to take a shower, and then rushed to the bed.

Unexpectedly, Wu Qingqing stopped her in front of the bedroom door and said, "My lovely and charming master, I have something to discuss with you."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Su Xiaocai missed her soft pillow.

Wu Qingqing: "It's true. We have to make a decision tonight."

Su Xiaocai: "Hurry up and tell me."

"This holiday, all mecha department students must participate in the outer space patrol. The teachers have applied for the entire class, except you."

Su Xiaocai calmed down and asked, "So sudden? Is there a change on the front line?"

"I haven't heard of any changes on the front line." Wu Qingqing wanted to continue: "I heard from other seniors that the quality of previous students was not up to standard. The military reported that the graduates were too pampered. Except for those who participated in the Ten-Star Mecha Competition, they were all rubbish, so they wanted to train the students in advance."

"And the patrol range is no longer limited to those planets with good public security. We will go to more dangerous places. Master, can you go with me?"

Wu Qingqing was excited but also hesitant and nervous, afraid that Su Xiaocai would refuse.

Su Xiaocai did refuse, and could do nothing to help, "My food cannot leave me."

"Master must have a way, right?" Wu Qingqing begged Su Xiaocai pitifully, "Just once, before 12 o'clock tomorrow morning, the registration deadline is."

"You're telling me this tonight?"

Wu Qingqing rarely acted like a girl and said in a pinched voice, "I just found out this afternoon that the teacher didn't register you. It's because of the parents who made trouble. Didn't they forget?"

She tugged at the corner of Su Xiaocai's clothes and said, "Master, I want you to come with me. Just think of it as helping me practice combat."

"Control your tone." Being delicate and artificial is not suitable for Wu Qingqing. It is simply challenging the limit of human endurance. Su Xiaocai shivered with cold: "I will go to bed first. I will think about it and tell you tomorrow morning."

“Yeah, yeah.” Wu Qingqing immediately let them go, expecting Su Xiaocai to go to outer space with them.

With a master around, she will definitely learn a lot, and when she comes back, she will definitely beat up her cousin.

……

Su Xiaocai lay on the bed, her mind racing as she thought about how she should arrange her vegetable garden if she participated in school activities.

As she was thinking, she fell asleep.

The next morning, Su Xiaocai called Professor Li and asked him how to take care of the vegetable garden if he had to go out to participate in the Mecha Department's activities at the end of the semester.

She could operate the robot through remote monitoring, but the signal would likely be blocked in the military, especially on the battlefield, where only secret signal channels could be used and no contact with the outside world could be made.

If I have to sacrifice the vegetable garden to participate in the event, I would rather not have Wu Qingqing as my apprentice.

Professor Li also knew that participating in the event was a good opportunity for students in the Mecha Department to earn points. He said sympathetically, "It's okay. I'll help you watch over here. This is a good opportunity to show your seniors what a demonstration field is."

This is what Su Xiaocai was thinking about. Actually, she has other things to do recently.

She has a big project on hand, which she started planning when she was very young. It is about to enter the debugging stage, and the winter vacation is just right for it.

As a result, Wu Qingqing intervened and disrupted her plan.

"Professor, you're so nice." Professor Li is her savior. With his help in taking care of the vegetable garden, it will surely flourish.

When asked about the rumors, Su Xiaocai was very worried that Professor Li would be affected and criticized by the outside world.

"I'm old now, and these things can't affect me." Professor Li was relieved that Su Xiaocai did not alienate him because of this, and actively defended him in public.

The right and wrong had been made clear, and with the principal in the lead, he could only listen to a few gossips at most.

With Professor Li's promise to help take care of the field, Su Xiaocai replied to Wu Qingqing that she could sign up during the holidays, but she had to discuss it with the teachers in the Mechanic Department before making a decision.

Seeing this, Wu Qingqing clasped her hands together and prayed, "I hope the teacher can hear my sincere voice and let the great master follow me to conquer the sea of ​​stars."

Su Xiaocai: “…” The sea of ​​stars cannot be used to cultivate land.

Wu Qingqing had classes to attend and had to rush to the classroom, so Su Xiaocai took the school bus to the teachers' office building alone.

In the car, curious eyes kept coming over.

Su Xiaocai closed her eyes and took a nap. As soon as the door closed, multiple discussions were heard in the school bus. Su Xiaocai had good hearing and heard them whispering.

"Those students didn't apologize. Does that mean she lied yesterday?"

"If it were me, I would definitely not dare to go out today until the results come out."

"Shh, stop talking. He has a lawyer and might send you a lawyer's letter if he's unhappy."

"Hahaha! We didn't say anything bad about anyone. The lawyer's letter is too exaggerated."

"Can't stand a joke."

A burst of laughter passed by her ears, and Su Xiaocai got off the car as usual, silently memorizing the faces of those people.

She also holds a grudge and childishly said that she would never play with these people again, huh.

Ah Q consoled himself mentally.

Su Xiaocai found Teacher Mei Lan, the one with a high hairline and half bald forehead.

I haven't seen the teacher for a while, and it seems that his hairline has moved back a little.

Hearing that Su Xiaocai wanted to take part in this special training, Mei Lan was surprised: "You want to join the patrol too?"

He felt that it was unnecessary. Su Xiaocai was very strong and it would be fine if she could have special training with the school players before the competition.

"It's her roommate, and I'm her personal trainer now."

Mei Lan: “…” A very strong reason.

Are there more part-time programs for college students?

The registration time was almost over. Mei Lan thought for a while and then an idea came to her mind. "Would you like to be an accompanying staff member?"

Su Xiaocai: “???”

What entourage?
Mei Lan explained.

The accompanying personnel include logistics personnel such as distributing supplies, maintenance, and running errands, and all of these require the participation of students. When the time comes, she will be one of them and blend in with them, and there will be absolutely no sense of incongruity.

It’s just that the registration time for the accompanying personnel is inconsistent with that of the Mecha Department.

"If you have no objection, it's decided." When the registration time for accompanying personnel came, Mei Lan registered a place for Su Xiaocai.

Su Xiaocai praised Mei Lan for her wit. The entourage was better, so she had more time to improve her Qi.

Others say that it is a hurdle to advance from level 3 to level 4 in terms of Qi perception, and it is also difficult to advance from level 4 to level 5.

As long as you can get past level five, it will be much easier to reach level seven or eight through hard work.

The highest-ranking person announced was level 13, a lieutenant general.

I don't know if there is a higher one.

The public also doesn’t often come into contact with military personnel. The military is so popular thanks to the heavy promotion of mechas on television, in movies, and on the Internet.

Su Xiaocai had a feeling that she would make a breakthrough this year, but she was a little confused. She heard that there was a big difference between the fourth and third levels of Qi perception, but she couldn't tell exactly where the difference was.

There are still two months until the end of the semester, so Su Xiaocai is not in a hurry.

Since Mei Lan helped her sign up, she no longer worried about this matter.

On the way back, Su Xiaocai received a message from the principal, which said: The matter has been clarified, and the four students will publicly apologize in school. The apology letter is being written and will be completed within two hours.

With the principal's supervision, Su Xiaocai has nothing to worry about.

There was one thing she found strange. Her performance in school was not very low-key, but it was definitely not eye-catching.

After leaving Su's planet, all kinds of situations emerged one after another, and troubles came to her inexplicably. Could it be that she had a hidden physical condition, the trouble complex?
Su Xiaocai thought that she might have to trouble her seniors to help take care of the fields, so she took a detour to Professor Li's experimental field.

The flower fields in the experimental field are in full bloom. The square-shaped flowers sway in the wind, and the petals occasionally fall off, dancing gracefully, which is so beautiful that it is intoxicating.

The weather was good and sunny in the morning, and the senior students were standing in a small shed under the shade of trees, processing the cuttings of flower seedlings.

The senior standing in the sun is dark and healthy, and his big white teeth are particularly eye-catching when he smiles.

Seeing Su Xiaocai coming over, the seniors immediately pulled her over and hugged her with concern, "Caibao, you were great yesterday, especially that shoulder throw, so cool."

"Those who say bad things about you online are mean people. We all know what kind of person you are, so there's no need to take that kind of shortcut."

"We must strike hard at the villains. We will all go and listen to when those people apologize."

The senior students indignantly condemned the person who spread the rumor and stood up for Su Xiaocai.

Su Xiaocai leaned on the arm of a senior student and said, "Except for my roommates, you are the only ones who trust me so much. I am so touched." "Yes, we are so good."

"Come and see how to answer this question. Why do the flowers here look like they are about to die? Can they be saved?" A senior student handed a few plates of flowers to Su Xiaocai.

I am so touched!
Others also came over and asked, "Are your flowers infested with insects?"

"Not like."

"Maybe he's sick."

"Wow, what should I do? I don't have the flowers I want to sell."

Su Xiaocai picked it up and looked at it. "It can't be used. There are fleas eating into it. It's almost eaten into the roots. It can't be saved in a short time. There are too many fleas here."

The so-called ground fleas are just a general term. In fact, they are a kind of small insects. No one has a technical name for them, so it is called that for convenience.

Ground fleas are smaller than ants and have strong reproductive and vitality. Robots cannot catch them, so they can only be attracted to gather together with bait and then destroyed collectively.

The senior student simply threw the flowers away and said, "Come and teach me how to look at them. I'll go dig a new batch. Please, my old waist."

Su Xiaocai told her in detail what she knew.

Afterwards, Su Xiaocai told them that she would follow the Mecha Department to carry out the mission, "I asked the professor to help take care of it, and I will definitely trouble you when the time comes."

So she wanted to treat them to a big meal tomorrow and asked them to take care of her fields.

"You don't have to be so polite, Junior Sister."

"no need."

"We are embarrassed to eat it."

"So what's for dinner?"

Everyone glanced at the funny guy who asked what was for dinner. Su Xiaocai had helped them so much, yet he had the nerve to ask for food.

Su Xiaocai smiled and said, "It's not a luxurious meal, but there will definitely be meat and desserts. Let's set the dinner location here. I'll bring all the food over and we can just treat it as afternoon tea."

Afternoon tea was acceptable to them; it shouldn't cost too much, they thought.

Two hours passed quickly and it was time for the get out of class to end. The school broadcasting screen and the screens on the lampposts showed students standing in four rows.

"Wow, it's starting so soon?" The seniors quickly gathered together to watch the apology scene.

The four people on the screen lowered their heads, stood in front of the camera, and read the apology words they had just written in the morning.

Shou Xin and the other two read it expressionlessly, and bowed to Su Xiaocai to apologize.

This kind of live apology on campus is allowed to be commented on. There are a total of 40,000 people in the school. Even if only a quarter of them watch it, the comments will be quite objective, not to mention that the incident happened on campus.

"I saw that message and commented on it, saying bad things about classmate Su. I apologize, too. I'm sorry."

"Me too, I'm really sorry. I won't comment on this kind of comments in the future unless there is solid evidence."

"It's boring to come to the military training and not study, but do these messes all day long."

"Let's not talk about the Agricultural Science Academy. Aren't there enough courses in the Mecha Academy? You're so free."

"Alas, why bother targeting others?"

“I feel like this punishment is a bit excessive.”

"Who posted the message above? Is there anyone from the Network Technology Department? Dig it up and see if it says the same thing again."

Comments with positive views drowned out evil ideas, and no one dared to say that there was anything wrong with the principal's behavior.

The first three people went very smoothly, and then it was Migali's turn. She looked at the lens timidly, then read the apology letter in a low voice with an aggrieved tone.

Inadvertently, a tear fell, and the sound of crying covered the vague voice. The last word "I'm sorry" was still stuck in my throat.

Su Xiaocai's predecessors at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences all had angry eyes and deliberately sent barrages of comments to mock her.

"Oh, I knew there would be an accident."

"She seems very aggrieved. Is someone bullying her?"

"Only if she cries will people sympathize with her."

"So he's just trying to gain sympathy. How shameless."

Su Xiaocai laughed at the comments. The seniors were so cute.

Migali could never have imagined that after crying like that, her goodwill would be completely gone. If they had apologized sincerely, their classmates would not remember them for too long.

It’s different if you cry while apologizing. If you are a victim, you can cry and arouse people’s sympathy.

But you are the perpetrator.

The students who receive military training are not idiots. If you are wronged, you can call the police.

Seeing how much Migali’s mother doted on her yesterday, she will definitely support her.

She insisted on making a scene during the apology, which was very disgusting.

By the end, Migali burst into tears.

The apology scene was interrupted, and it was the turn of an unfamiliar school leader to speak, explaining what happened yesterday and the injustice suffered by Su Xiaocai.

He severely criticized the student who spread rumors, gave him a demerit, and praised Su Xiaocai for being calm, quick-witted and magnanimous.

The official tone was so precise that Su Xiaocai blushed. She hoped he would finish speaking quickly and stop talking awkwardly.

At the end, the school leaders warned the students not to make the same mistake again and to improve their behavior. If a similar incident occurs again in the school, the student will be expelled.

Su Xiaocai accepted this apology statement, but she didn't really want others to apologize sincerely.

The apology was just a formality to clear her name.

Now, the campus channel network is very quiet.

The person who leaked the student union information was kicked out of the student union, and the other students who did wrong lowered their heads and hid in the dormitory.

Time brings forgetfulness. Many people have forgotten what they have done, but their classmates and roommates still remember it clearly.

They all had a bad attitude towards the rumormongers.

Especially in the girls' dormitory, most women are emotional, and their expressions are particularly obvious in terms of love and hate.

No one sympathized with Migali's tears, and Migali lived in a dormitory on the first floor.

Su Xiaocai and her roommates were passing by one day and happened to hear a quarrel inside. The reason was that Mijiali always had a sad face, was unwilling to do housework, kept making noise, and sighed all day long, wanting others to comfort her...

"Don't you even look at what you've done? Do you deserve it? What sin have I committed to deserve being with a rumormonger like you?"

The girls kept yelling harsh curses, pointing out Migali's shortcomings.

Migali cried and shouted, "If you hadn't seen my boyfriend being harassed by other women and didn't tell me, he wouldn't have broken up with me, and I wouldn't have been a nuisance to you in the dormitory all day long."

"You can blame us for your boyfriend breaking up with you? It was your best friend who pestered the man's brother every day. It was your best friend who stole your boyfriend. What does it have to do with us?"

"Wuwuwu...you are the ones who bully me. You all bully me."

"Get lost, what the hell is this?"

The crowd of onlookers overheard the incident and secretly posted the video on the campus network to make everyone laugh.

This could be considered as evil deeds being punished. All the vicious words that Su Xiaocai had said before, which would not last long, backfired on Migali.

Migali soon dropped out of school due to mental problems, and it is unclear when she will return.

As for the afternoon tea that Su Xiaocai prepared for the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the seniors felt guilty about it. There was a lot of fish and meat, various dishes, and some rare seafood and wild delicacies.

It not only filled their stomachs, but also satisfied their mouths.

When Professor Li informed them that there was a piece of land that needed extra care during the holidays, each of them actively participated, taking turns for one day, and Professor Li did not need to make any special arrangements.

Professor Li didn't know the inside story and was proud of it for a long time, thinking that the students he selected were helpful.

A week after the rumor incident, the detective Zhang Ruikai introduced to Su Xiaocai found some clues.

The two chatted online because she just wanted to know whether any of the five parents had any connections with the Xue family.

The detectives quickly found out.

Among the five parents, Shou Xin’s mother was the initiator of this trip to the school. When Migali’s mother found out, she was worried about her daughter, so she followed.

One of the students' parents was a gambler. His wife often paid attention to the campus network. He heard about this incident by chance, contacted Shou Xin, and then contacted Shou Xin's mother.

If for no other reason, he wanted to extort some unexpected money. He was not very courageous, but he had a big heart.

There was also a woman who was silent throughout the whole process, like an invisible person. She was a reporter and planned to film the incident and report it as news.

It was a good idea, but it was intercepted by the person filming the live broadcast.

(End of this chapter)