Chapter 76: Scolding (Three)

  Qiao Anyu Liang, with her head hung low in shame, had no choice but to walk out of the classroom and stand with Shu Zimo and others in a horse-riding stance. She was always the teacher's favorite, an object of envy among her classmates. Now, not only was she publicly scolded by the director of the discipline office, but also had to accept punishment under the watchful eyes of everyone, and it was a humiliating horse-riding stance, with herself being the only girl among them. Qiao Anyu Liang felt that she had lost all face, and tears welled up in her eyes. But she knew she couldn't cry, or else it would make her classmates laugh even more.

  During the second class, when they were doing horse-riding stance, Shu Zimo sneaked up beside her and whispered: "Woman, how can you be so stupid? I told you to pretend to be ill, but you still ran into the classroom like a madwoman, seeking death."

  Qiao An didn't respond to him, she just lowered her head and squatted in a horse stance. She was afraid that once she opened her mouth to speak, tears would fall down. She had to pretend to be strong, if even this pretence were to be dismantled, the dignity she had worked so hard to maintain would completely collapse.

  "Hey, woman, don't squat anymore. I have good eyesight, as soon as that old man comes, I'll tell you right away, and then you can just pretend to him. With your weak and frail appearance, you definitely won't last this class."

  Qiao Anyu didn't respond to him, stubbornly maintaining her horse stance, while the classmates behind her were all attending class, but she knew that more people's eyes were focused on herself. The humiliating tears filled her eyes again, and she forced them back down.

  This woman is so concerned about saving face that she'd rather suffer. Is it necessary? She's lucky to have someone willing to help her, but she just ignores them.

  Shu Zimo had no choice but to stand silently beside her as well.

  During this time, the head of the dormitory came several times. Each time he saw them slouching with bent legs instead of squatting in a standard horse stance, he shouted: "It's punishment to squat in a horse stance, not to stand on tiptoes! Bend your feet down for me!"

  Qiao Anyu was kicked by the director of the discipline office several times for not standing in a standard posture, and her legs were trembling. Shu Zimo couldn't bear it anymore, stood up straight and said to the director: "Teacher, don't be too overbearing, she's a girl, her physical strength is naturally weaker than ours; besides, she was late today, maybe she hasn't even had breakfast yet, you let her maintain such a energy-consuming posture, we boys feel unbearable, let alone her. Are you qualified as a teacher to be so demanding of her?"

  The director of the discipline office scolded: "You can't even take care of yourself, what are you doing managing others?! Shu Zimo, don't think I don't know about you. If it wasn't for your dad going to great lengths to find the school leaders and repeatedly donating money to the school, would you have passed the entrance exam to get into our prestigious middle school? Do you think I'm not aware of those little tricks you usually play?! Let me tell you, don't be too arrogant. Having a rich family is nothing to brag about! That's your dad's money, not yours!"

  Qiao Anyu tried to hold onto Shu Zimo, not letting him quarrel, she knew his temperament, and he might even fight with the director of the disciplinary committee. However, her whole body was constantly breaking out in cold sweat, her heart racing extremely fast, her entire body had no strength, a wave of dizziness washed over her, what Shu Zimo and the director of the disciplinary committee were quarreling about, she gradually couldn't hear anymore, only seeing Shu Zimo's increasingly blurry back, revealing a rare gentleness. She wanted to smile, but before she could, everything went black, and she lost all sense of balance, falling to the ground.

  "An Yu!" Shu Zimo's shout came from a distance, Qiao Anyu could hear him calling out to her, but she couldn't open her mouth to respond.

  When she came to, she was in the school infirmary. She hadn't eaten breakfast and had been doing squats, which were very energy-consuming, so her already weak body finally couldn't take it and she fainted from low blood sugar. After being given glucose intravenously, she slowly came to, with a bottle of glucose still hanging from her arm. Next to her was Gu Si-ting, as well as her mother who had rushed over upon hearing the news and was discussing something with her math teacher.

  "Yu Liang, you're awake! Thank goodness!" Gu Si Cai exclaimed with surprise and delight.

  "What...what's wrong with me?" Qiao Anyu struggled to speak.