Chapter 36

The surveillance footage came to an abrupt end, the last image being Ying Feifei’s face, smug and wild.

“…”

The office fell silent, everyone was shocked.

Ying Feifei’s face turned deathly pale, “No, that wasn’t me, I didn’t do anything… ”

Ying Zijin actually had surveillance footage?

How was that possible?

Lady Ying also froze, her face instantly flushing red.

The image on the screen was like a slap in her face.

Under everyone’s gaze, Lady Ying was extremely embarrassed, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Ying Zijin packed up her computer, returned it to Teacher Deng, and said another word of thanks.

This segment naturally wasn’t something she had copied from the surveillance room; she had hacked into the surveillance system and taken a few clips directly.

New technology was handy and saved her the trouble.

Teacher Deng obviously recognized what Ying Feifei had torn. It was the practice booklets she had meticulously prepared, and even with her good temperament, she was angered.

He Xun was taken aback, clearly not expecting the truth to be like this.

He pursed his lips slightly, his expression complicated as he glanced at the girl, not saying a word.

He knew about Teacher Deng’s preparation of the practice booklets.

Only then did Teacher Xu recover from his shock, his voice deepening, “Ying Feifei, look at what you’ve done. Why did you tear up Ying Zijin’s book?”

“I, I…” Ying Feifei couldn’t argue anymore. She cried out, “Who told her to always hold our class back?”

It wasn’t intentional; Ying Zijin herself deserved a lesson. Could she be blamed?

“That’s no excuse for what you did!” Teacher Xu was so angry he had a headache, “You even have the nerve to say that Ying Zijin bullied you? Aren’t you ashamed?”

He couldn’t believe that there could be a student like this in the Elite Class.

What kind of quality was this?

Ying Feifei cried even harder, as she had never been spoken to so harshly by a homeroom teacher before.

“Teacher Xu, even if our Feifei did these things, it doesn’t justify her hitting someone.” Lady Ying quickly hugged Ying Feifei in her arms and sneered coldly, “She must apologize!”

Her tone was forceful, “In any case, it’s your fault.”

Lady Ying was not afraid at all. She remembered Teacher Xu saying earlier that Ying Zijin’s parents were too busy to come.

Being too busy meant they wouldn’t deal with it, right?

The Ying Family wouldn’t come forward, so what difference would evidence make? Could it turn the world upside down?

Ying Feifei gradually regained her composure.

Yes, indeed.

Zhong Zhiwan had already said that Zhong Manhua wouldn’t care.

How could a foster daughter compare to the real daughter of a wealthy family?

Thinking of this, Ying Feifei finally breathed a sigh of relief, only annoyed she hadn’t been more thorough.

In her smugness, she provocatively tilted her chin upward.

However, Ying Zijin didn’t even spare them a glance.

She turned her head slightly, her voice calm, without much emotion, and even let out a faint smile, “Teacher Xu, may I ask what the punishment is for premeditating the murder of a classmate?”

“A demerit? Or expulsion?”

Teacher Xu’s expression changed drastically, “What is this now?”

“Teacher Xu, you are uninformed.” This time, it was Teacher Deng who spoke, her voice very cold, “Zijin is terrified of spiders, to the point of fainting and suffocation.”

She had discovered it by chance and had specially warned the other students in the class.

Unexpectedly, it had been exploited by Ying Feifei.

Ying Zijin paused, surprised that Teacher Deng would speak up for her.

She had been bitten by a spider before she fully regained consciousness and had nearly lost her life, if not for Wen Tinglan being there.

Although there was no serious harm in the end, she had developed arachnophobia, a psychological disorder.

After she woke up, naturally, she wouldn’t have such an obstacle.

But Ying Feifei wouldn’t know the twists and turns involved.

Ying Feifei’s face, which had barely regained some color, turned pale again, “How should I have known? It was just a coincidence, I…”

“Shut up!” Teacher Xu slammed the table, even angrier, “Ying Feifei, if Ying Zijin had gotten hurt today, do you know you would be arrested?!”

Ying Feifei couldn’t even cry anymore.

Bearing so many gazes, Lady Ying felt even more uncomfortable.

She hadn’t expected Ying Feifei would do such a thing, but what of it?

Wasn’t the person fine?

“Fine, let’s just leave it at this, you weren’t harmed, so what’s there to fuss about?” Lady Ying pulled out ten banknotes from her wallet, “Just a few books and workbooks, I’ll compensate you with a thousand, is that enough?”

Without any power to confront her, what else did she want to do?

She tossed the money and pulled Ying Feifei, “Feifei, let’s go.”

After saying that, she even looked back triumphantly, only to see that the girl just lifted her head, the clear black and white of her eyes showing no disturbance.

But it sent chills down the spine.

Lady Ying had reached the door, but strangely she didn’t dare to take another step forward.

Ying Zijin held a phone in one hand, casually swiping her fingers across it.

He Xun saw that it was the Weibo interface and remembered what Lady Ying had said earlier.

This was about fighting fire with fire.

If this incident got exposed by a big V on Weibo, Ying Feifei’s reputation would be ruined.

But in the end, there was no harm done, so it wouldn’t be right to destroy a minor’s future.

He Xun frowned, wanting to step forward and stop the girl.

But just then, the door was kicked open.

With a “clang,” Lady Ying was knocked aside, her newly done nose skewed.

Then a careless voice drifted in,

“Hey, The Seventh Young Master, look at this. A thousand bucks and she’s acting so high and mighty. Is there no one left in Shanghai City?”