Tong Mo burst into the office, only to see Zhuo Wen there, along with the principal and Tong Nian with a mask covering her swollen face.
As she pushed the door open, six eyes immediately fixed on her.
It was clear they were holding a tribunal.
They really went and tattled!
Seeing that things looked bad, Tong Mo instinctively wanted to run but was stopped by Zhuo Wen yelling, "Stop right there, Tong Mo, come here and answer me, did you cause Tong Nian to be stung by a bee?"
Hearing his voice, Tong Mo didn’t dare to run anymore and could only turn around sheepishly, holding up her hands in an innocent gesture as she defended herself, "Teacher, she was stung by a bee, probably because she accidentally provoked it. Shouldn’t she be settling accounts with the bee instead of coming after me?"
Her skillful words deftly shifted the blame onto the bee.
"How dare you quibble!" Tong Nian was on the verge of madness.
She knew Tong Mo had suddenly become so friendly towards her only because she was up to no good, but she didn’t expect things to turn so perilous.
Tong Mo with an innocent look on her face, "Then do you have any proof that I’m responsible for this?"
"I..." Tong Nian opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a single word.
She truly had no evidence, but she was convinced that Tong Mo was definitely behind this.
After all, there was animosity between them.
"Enough, regardless, even if you didn’t do it, you are at fault for not protecting her; you must write a self-criticism!" The principal, already running out of patience, coldly pushed the blame onto Tong Mo and then turned to Tong Nian with an ingratiating look.
"Miss Tong, now that the matter is resolved, let me take you to the hospital to have your face looked at."
"Fine." Tong Nian cast a triumphant glance at Tong Mo and strutted out with her nose in the air.
Hmph, in the end, she was the real lady of the Tong Family. Even without evidence, the principal still put all the blame on her.
Tong Mo muttered "Pah" under her breath.
It was just writing a self-criticism, what was there to be so smug about!
After they left, only Zhuo Wen and Tong Mo were left in the office.
Zhuo Wen looked at the girl in front of him and asked with conviction, "You did this, didn’t you!"
"Teacher, you’re misunderstanding me..." Tong Mo was afraid of ruining her image in his eyes, and wouldn’t dare admit it, quickly shaking her head.
"There’s no one else here now, won’t you admit it to me?" Zhuo Wen’s gaze, penetrating from behind his glasses, was fixed firmly on her.
Tong Mo continued obstinately.
Zhuo Wen slammed his hand on the desk, "Won’t you admit it? Do you think I don’t know about the bee-attracting powder sprinkled on the bouquet you gave to Tong Nian?"
At those words, Tong Mo’s eyes widened, her voice stammering, "Teach... er, how did you know?"
"My family has a background in traditional Chinese medicine," Zhuo Wen explained.
Even though he hadn’t studied medicine, he was familiar with most medicinal powders from growing up around them.
"Are you going to expose me?" Tong Mo’s head sagged down towards her stomach, her shoulders shrugged as if she were about to cry.
Her perfect illusion was about to shatter...
"If I really wanted to expose you, I would have told the principal when he was here," Zhuo Wen saw the young girl’s tearful appearance and quickly got up from his seat, patting her on the shoulder, "Stop crying, you’re my student, and I will protect you."
"Wuu wuu... Teacher, you’re so kind!" Tears began to fall from Tong Mo’s eyes.
She had just been pretending to cry, but at that moment she truly couldn’t help it.
Having lost her mother at a young age and practically her father as well after he took up with another woman, she hadn’t felt anything like familial warmth from anyone else, other than Mengmeng.