Chapter 061 – Listen And Distinguish! (2/2)

“Let him come here.” Lin Zhengyin's stood still with her back straight, and thundered in a stern voice.

“Headmaster, you must not let him get too close—-” Zhang Chen s.h.i.+elded in front of headmaster, and said, concern in his voice: “Me and him were cla.s.smates for many years, this man can do anything.”

“Move aside.” Lin Zhengyin chose not to believe in this. Her eyes were fiercely staring at Li Muyang, then shouted in a deep voice: “Li Muyang, what are you trying to do? Are you still a student of this school? Do you still want to come back to this school and retake the year? Are you still going to sit the entrance examinations? Do you still want there to be a future for you?”

Li Muyang's footsteps paused for a moment, the red clouds within his eyes scattered, and his black pupils were like a cold puddle closely watching Lin Zhengyin.

“A failure is not terrible, what's terrible is when you're unable to recover after a minor hitch, to the extent of being jealous of and blaming others. Those who had became a general, who hasn't been pierced by sharp blades? Those who accomplish something great, who hasn't experienced torment? ”

“The sharpness of a sword results from sharpening on a grindstone, the fragrant of the plum blossom arrives after the bitter cold. I have said this sentence over and over again, this sentence is also the school's motto—-Have you ever read these words? Have you never properly thought about the deep meaning contained within these words? ”

“Headmaster, don't waste your breath talking to these kinds of people, he won't listen at all—-” Zhang Chen saying in a 'friendly' reminder, hoping that Lin Zhengyin will quickly make a decision.

Lin Zhengyin' gaze swept across Zhang Chen, and said with a stern expression: “What do you have against him, that you want to ruin him like so? ”

Zhang Chen was startled, he hastily tried to explain: “Headmaster, I did not—-I'm not trying to defame him. Although me and him have a little tiny past, but every word I say was true. As you can see, everyone said he cheated, and not only just me.”

“People have eyes, not only to let you see, but to allow you to distinguish right and wrong. People have ears, not just to let you listen, but so you can to listen to both sides. Did you see his eyes? His eyes were filled with grief and indignation, would a bad student who used a brick to hit people have this kind of expression in their eyes? Did you hear what he said to his sister? The older brother is caring and kind and the younger sister is a virtuous person, when they came across danger and when they know there is a possibility of being punished they desperately tried to push each other away—–Someone who cares so much for their loved ones, how could their character be that bad?”

“But you, you can easily swear on your parents' health and safety, and use such a cruel a.s.severation to curse your parents to have a tragic death. This is enough to make people shudder. You don't even respect or love your own parents, then the way you treat outsiders, how could it not be cruel and merciless?”

“But headmaster—–”

“At the moment when I heard you say his character is bad and he hits people, I also believed it was true. But after carefully thinking about it, I noticed many things are suspicious. You all speak unanimously, trying to stir up a wave to form a storm, so Li Muyang can't say anything and can't argue back—–The words are becoming clearer and clearer, the truth is becoming more and more obvious. You are trying to block his mouth, trying to block that little girl's mouth. This proves that you are up to something, and there's something wrong. A scheme like this, you can only use it to bully a bunch of children, don't tell me you want to deceive me too? ”

“Headmaster, you've mistaken, we don't even want to bully him, we just——just said the truth.” Zhang Chen felt weak. How come this old woman would not react in a conventional manner?

Lin Zhengyin swept her eyes over all the students in the crowd, lifted up her sleeves and dusting it. The veins across her forehead were throbbing as she yelled loudly:

“At such a young age, you are all so ruthless, where is your moral integrity? How can you carry any responsibility? You've been learning in this school for many years; propriety, righteousness, honesty and sense of shame, have you ever understood one of these four words?”

“And also you, you, you there, and you—–You thought by not saying a word, and by just sitting on the sidelines and simply watching, you can have a clear conscience? Seeing good but don't try to emulate him, seeing evil but not obstruct, you are just the same as the murderer and their accomplices. You are the accomplices to this crime.”

“——–”

The entire crowd became silent, even the falling of a needle could be heard.

Zhang Chen, Wu Man, and the others face reddened in embarra.s.sment, their eyes evading any eye contact. More students also felt ashamed and were afraid to directly meet Lin Zhengyin in the eye.

“It's my sin.” Lin Zhengyin directly faced Li Muyang, then bowed with both her hands in front, and whispered hoa.r.s.ely: “As the proverb says, a teacher for a day, a father for life. As half your teacher, the headmaster of the school, I was not able to teach them well. It's my fault they did such a heartless and shameless thing, as the headmaster I did not do enough, I am an incompetent headmaster——-After what happened, I'm going to notify the ministry of education and resign from the post of headmaster as a punishment.”

“Headmaster, it's not your fault——” someone exclaimed aloud.

“Headmaster, I need to testify.” Zhao Mingzhu squeezed through from the back of the crowd, because of running too quickly she was gasping for breath.

Zhao Mingzhu stood by the headmaster's side, looked at Li Muyang opposite of her and said: “Once I was prejudiced against him, and when he achieved good grades I suspected him of cheating——the reason why there are rumours of him cheating at school was because I suspected him. So, I would like to publicly apologise to Li Muyang.”

“After later investigation, Li Muyang did not cheat in the exams. He relied on his own efforts to achieve that kind of result. Without any evidence I still suspected him; although he has not appear on the list of heroes above this time, but he is still a good student in my heart. ”

Zhao Mingzhu looked at Li Muyang with a sincere face and said: “Li Muyang student, if you wish to continue to stay in my cla.s.s, I will certainly do my best to help you get on the hero list next year.”

Yes, like this.

This was the recognition he wanted, the respect he wished for.

This is what he worked so hard for. Not for special treatment nor special attention, but just to be treated and looked at in the same way as other students.

The evil tendencies in Li Muyang's heart evaporated, but his blood is still boiling.

His fist relaxes then clenches tightly again, clenches then let go.

His throat choked back the urge to burst into tears.

“Thank you, teacher.” Li Muyang deeply bowed down, lowering his proud head that he held high all long.

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