After school, Anning clenched her little fists and stopped Gao Nana and Dong Xue.
"Big sis, can, can you guys accompany to class one?"
Dong Xue guessed so of the reasons.
Gao Nana didn’t know why, but she didn’t ask Anning about it.
She slung her bag over her shoulder in a carefree manner, her long legs taking a big stride: "Let’s go."
Anning went to class one with Gao Nana and Dong Xue.
Generally speaking, as the advanced class, teachers tend to drag out the class to so extent, anyway, they finish later than class twelve.
When Anning arrived, the teacher of class one had just left, and the students were packing up their bags.
Anning stood at the classroom door, saw Zhao Mingzhu tidying up her stuff thodically, she was also chatting and laughing with her classmates, looking quite at ease.
Anning took a deep breath, turned around and hugged Gao Nana and Dong Xue tightly, although she was trembling all over, she still mustered up the courage to enter the classroom of class one.
She stood on the podium, her big eyes red and a bit scared, but more than that was rage.
Her cheeks were flushed with anger, making her look even more like a pure little rabbit.
But now, this little rabbit was ready to bite.
She gritted her teeth, held back the fear in her heart, and said loudly: "Zhao Mingzhu, why are you spreading rumors about everywhere? Explain yourself to now."
Zhao Mingzhu was stunned, looking at Anning in disbelief.
She still rembered how scared Anning looked when she saw her.
Moreover, she had once spoken with Mrs. Liu on the phone and knew how Anning was treated in the Liu Family.
Such a Anning would never dare to confront her.
It was precisely because she knew this that Zhao Mingzhu dared to say those things.
But she never expected Anning to really dare to find her.
"What rumors?"
Zhao Mingzhu intended to play dumb and pretend to be confused, after all, there was no evidence, Anning couldn’t really do anything to her: "I don’t understand what you’re talking about."
As she spoke, she also slung her bag over her shoulder: "If you have an issue, we can walk and talk about it."
But Anning didn’t want to leave; her eyes grew even redder, and they were moist, making it obvious she had been crying.
"The whole school only knows about you and , before I transferred I only knew you, if it wasn’t you who said it, who else could it be?"
Anning loudly refuted Zhao Mingzhu: "I’ve been avoiding you, and I even thought about getting along with you, but who knew you... would bully people like this."
Zhao Mingzhu blinked.
She thought to herself that this was not good, but her face didn’t show it.
"Anning, I don’t know what you heard to misunderstand , let’s go outside to talk about this, shall we? It’s dismissal ti, you are delaying everyone."
Anning clenched her fists tight: "I’m not stopping everyone from leaving; I just want to make things clear with you here."
Zhao Mingzhu glanced at her classmates: "There’s a misunderstanding between and my sister, I will explain it to her properly, this is our family matter, I think it’s best that everyone doesn’t eavesdrop."
The students of class one still respected Zhao Mingzhu.
Hearing her say this, everyone smiled, grabbed their bags, and was about to leave.
However, when everyone reached the classroom door, they were blocked.
Xiao Yuan’s tall figure was standing at the classroom entrance, and at so point, Xiao Yuan had locked the back door.
He stood at the front door, blocking the classroom doorway completely.
"Truth fears no questions, since it’s a rumor about Anning, then Anning should clear it up in front of everyone."
Xiao Yuan wore a rogue-ish smile on his face, but his eyes carried a threatening gleam.
The students of class one also knew Xiao Yuan was fierce in fights, and none really dared to provoke him.
Still, a few boys were dissatisfied and tried to push Xiao Yuan away.
Right at that mont, several boys from class twelve ca over to back up Xiao Yuan, together they blocked the door firmly.
Gao Nana said loudly: "Now in front of the students of class one and class twelve, let’s let Anning speak her mind, to prevent any misunderstandings."
Dong Xue also said: "Our Anning is a good student, always demure and skilled, and she is timid, how could she possibly be that kind of person?"
The students of class twelve knew Anning, and they knew she wasn’t the person the rumors made her out to be.
But the students of class one didn’t understand.
They all looked at the students of class twelve through tinted glasses.
They believed that since Anning was assigned to class twelve, she must be a no-good student.
Quite a few people from class one started to jeer: "The words are all yours, what evidence do you have to prove Anning is not that kind of person? Are you going to the small county to inquire?"
So were even more malicious towards Anning: "Zhao Anning, what right do you have to co to our class looking for Mingzhu? You’re just an orphan with no parents, and it was only out of pity that Zhao Mingzhu’s parents brought you to the Capital. Not only are you ungrateful, but you also turn and bite Zhao Mingzhu..."
Uh?
All the students in class 12 looked at Zhao Mingzhu.
Their gazes were tinged with malice.
Anning burst into indignant laughter.
"I have no parents?"
She pointed at the person who had spoken: "Did Zhao Mingzhu tell you that? She said I’m parentless, just a relative from her family, that I was brought to her ho because nobody wanted ?"
The person nodded: "That’s right. What, can’t you admit it?"
Zhao Mingzhu’s head suddenly felt swollen, and she almost blacked out and fell to the ground.
It was also because of Anning’s arrival that she was driven out, and she harbored resentnt against Anning, so she had made up so stories in front of her classmates.
She didn’t expect Anning to co and confront her, nor did she anticipate that the fool would expose her in front of so many people.
Now she couldn’t deny it even if she wanted to, not in front of so many.
Zhao Mingzhu pressed her forehead, scrambling for a way to respond.
She bowed her head and started crying: "Anning, I’m sorry. If you think it was who said it, then it was. I apologize, alright? Don’t be angry, I... I will find a way to clear things up."
Anning let out a cold laugh: "Zhao Mingzhu, don’t try to sidestep the issue."
The more Anning spoke, the angrier she beca, and her voice grew louder. In her anger, she montarily forgot her fear.
She pointed at Zhao Mingzhu: "You actually told others I’m an orphan without parents, who are you cursing? Your own biological parents or your adoptive parents?"
With this question from Anning, the whole class was dumbfounded.
Anning quietly supported herself on the desk, gathering more courage.
"Didn’t Zhao Mingzhu tell you how her ’sister’ ca to be? Didn’t she say that I’m the Zhao Family’s biological daughter? I have no blood relation to her at all. It’s just that there was a mix-up at birth, which led to all of this. I grew up in her biological parents’ ho until I was fifteen—that is, the small county town you all look down upon. That’s where Zhao Mingzhu is really from."
"Ah?"
The chubby kid in class was stupefied.
He hadn’t imagined such a lodramatic plot twist.
"That’s like the story from that tragic love series, right?"
He glanced at Zhao Mingzhu again, wondering if she and Zhao Ming Rui could develop an unspeakable romance like in the TV dramas.
Anning bit her lip, holding back the bitterness: "Everything I said today is true. I swear it and am not afraid to confront anyone. Zhao Mingzhu, do you dare?"
Anning repeatedly challenged Zhao Mingzhu.
Indeed, Zhao Mingzhu did not dare.
Her mind was truly in chaos, and she had no idea how to deal with it.
She could also imagine what the classmates would say about her tomorrow.
They would definitely say that Zhao Mingzhu was just a child from a poor family, not the biological daughter of the Zhao Family.
Surely, those with influence would distance themselves from her and gossip.
And her status in class would plumt.
Thinking of all this, Zhao Mingzhu felt extrely suffocated.
Faced with pairs of eyes that were either sizing her up or harboring malice,
Zhao Mingzhu simply rolled her eyes and fainted.
Anning watched Zhao Mingzhu collapse to the ground, and the students crowded around, calling for her, causing chaos.
She felt all of this was incredibly ironic.
Her legs were weak, but she forced herself to walk down from the podium.
Dong Xue caught her.
"You okay?"
Xiao Yuan and others also ca over to check on Anning with concern.
Anning smiled a warm smile: "I’m fine. With your support, I feel so much braver."
Gao Nana patted Anning on the shoulder with a laugh: "Well done, that’s my sis. That’s how you should deal with soone like Zhao Mingzhu."
Dong Xue nodded: "Strike the snake where it hurts, or it will turn back to bite you."
A few girls also ca to accompany Anning out.
Gao Nana grabbed her bag and said while walking with Anning: "Let accompany you ho."
Anning looked at her puzzled.
Gao Nana smiled and raised her eyebrows: "I’ll be your witness."
Xiao Yuan’s eyes sparkled: "I’ll co with you too."
Dong Xue raised a hand: "And , and ..."
In the end, Anning went ho with a whole convoy of cars.
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