Commissar Yan was persuading Ye Jian while Commander Liu protected her. The two of them sang in chorus, leaving the parents’ faces with a hint of embarrassment.

Their words had made the family seem like they were forcing Ye Jian to forgive Yao Jing!

“Yao Jing, sit back!” Yao Jing’s dad looked grim and reprimanded, “Do you think that your mistakes would be solved by just apologizing? You’re asking for a lesson! You said the wrong words today. If you don’t learn your lesson, you will only get worse!”

“Dad, I’m apologizing to her. I know I’m in the wrong.” Yao Jing did not listen to her dad and stood stubbornly beside Ye Jian, lowering her attitude and added, “I’m sorry, Ye Jian. I don’t ask for your forgiveness, I just hope that you would hear my sincere apologies.”

If Ye Jian didn’t nod today, all the students would sympathize with her, while she herself would become the public enemy of the school – teachers included.

There was no way she would let Ye Jian step on her shoulders and get what she wanted!

“Yao Jing, if you had apologized immediately when An Jiaxin told you that my mom was a martyr and not threaten me, I would have chosen to forgive you.” Ye Jian had finally spoken. But to Yao Jing’s parents, they would have preferred if she had stayed silent.

“You’re not being sincere. From insulting my mom to threatening me, you haven’t apologized to me or my mom. Even if you are standing in front of me right now, you’re just apologizing for your mistakes and not to my mom.”

Yao Jing’s face was slightly pale. She… didn’t expect that Ye Jian would actually care about the timing of her apologies.

She was so angry then and was only thinking about how to deal with her. She wasn’t thinking about apologizing!

Now that she had said it out… it seemed like she really was not sincere in apologizing.

“Threaten? Ye Jian, tell me what she said.” Mrs. Tong had wanted to persuade Ye Jian to forgive Yao Jing. But having heard that, she became solemn. “Speak slowly, don’t worry.”

Yao Jing’s eyes flickered as she trembled. She seemed afraid and regretfully said, “I’ll… I’ll say it myself.” She didn’t dare to let Ye Jian say it. If she said it, she won’t be able to escape disciplinary action.

“I said that I wouldn’t let her off and that I would kick her out of Provincial No.1 Middle School… Someone did say that Ye Jian’s mom was a martyr, but I thought it wasn’t real, so…”

At this point, Yao Jing was still capable of finding a reason for others to believe her. Ye Jian sneered in her heart and looked at her clearly. “Ye Ying said that to stand up for you, she said that you didn’t know it and it was unintentional.”

“It’s okay that you didn’t believe what An Jiaxin said, but Ye Ying is your friend. You doubt your friends? And you still didn’t apologize then. You only stayed silent when my classmates stood up for me.”

Ye Jian’s voice was crisp and clear, and she spoke calmly. Every sentence made Yao Jing’s face change its color continuously. Her gaze was cold and intimidated Yao Jing, forcing her to step back.

“Yao Jing, the reason why I don’t accept your apology is that you think your mistake was saying the wrong things and landing yourself in such a situation, not because you hurt me! Your apology is only for yourself, it has nothing to do with sincerity!”

“That’s why I will never accept your apology. No matter how apologetic you are, I will never accept it!” Yao Jing was smart, and her threat was many times more dangerous than Ye Ying’s.

The clever thing about her was that she would not be implicated in all of these after she had hurt people.

Taking a step back from a person like Yao Jing would not bring you peace, it only shows weakness. She would continue to push her luck and take advantage of it.

It was best to let her understand now that Ye Jian was not someone she could provoke as she wished! There will be consequences and it will not be something that she could bear!

Just like now!

Yao Jing didn’t dare to say anymore. Her face was still stinging with pain, and she understood that she had picked on the wrong person! She had thought that Ye Jian would be easily manipulated like Ye Ying. Although Ye Jian seemed upright and well-disciplined, she was not someone who could be provoked!

She was like a cactus flower, full of grace and beauty. But when you touch or provoke her… she would make you bleed and think twice before acting lightly again.

She lowered her head and didn’t see her infuriated father. He was barely suppressing his rage. If it wasn’t for her mother’s incessant pleas in her gaze, her father would have slapped her.

Ye Jian looked at the pair and her harsh, cold tone immediately softened. She politely remarked, “Uncle, Auntie, if today it was me who insulted the both of you and threatened to kick Yao Jing out of school, would you forgive me easily?”

“I only slapped Yao Jing for the sake of defending my mom. It was for her. If I can’t even protect my deceased parents’ dignity as a daughter, how can I face anyone?”

“I won’t forgive Yao Jing, please forgive me, Uncle and Auntie.”

She did not leave an overbearing impression on the elders, but she would let them understand that teenagers could not be taken advantage of.

Yao Jing’s parents heard Ye Jian and were put on the spot. Ye Jian was neither humble nor pushy and was polite yet full of character. It only made the couple feel ashamed.

“These two military leaders, we have failed as parents. We raised such an ostentatious daughter. It’s normal for Student Ye not to forgive her. We will strictly discipline her and we will not let her carry on like this.”

“If something happens to Ye Jian, as long as I find out that it has anything to do with Yao Jing, I will personally send her to the Youth Detention Center! I will never let her come out to harm others!”

Her father’s promise was a layer of protection to suppress Yao Jing.

Ye Jian looked down and said indifferently, “I came to Provincial No.1 Middle School to study, not to cause trouble. If no one provokes me, I will not provoke them. I will remember this and if Yao Jing does anything to me, I won’t sit still.”

Standing alone by the side, Yao Jing’s face was pale as she lowered her head gently and her fingers fidgeted. No matter how angry or how unwilling she was, she was powerless. She realized that she had kicked a block of steel[1].

[1] Thinking the other party can be easily bullied but got defeated by them in the end.