It’s Sheng Tang.
She was warning him, yet she gave him a way out.
Less than one gram, the sentence would be much lighter. His family has lawyers, maybe after some maneuvers, he would only be sentenced to a few months and then pay a small fine.
Only a few months, he could accept that, much better than several years.
Han Xiaozheng stared blankly, his heart was filled with mixed emotions. Suddenly he realized, he really was a worthless person, he was utterly rotten.
Why was he so bad?
"I don’t know, I really don’t know..." He cried out loud, at this moment he was no longer scared or aggrieved. Deep inside, there was an almost imperceptible warmth.
This warmth moistened his eyes.
Sheng Tang, that damn fatty, why does she insist on maintaining a bit of kindness?
She should have retaliated tooth for tooth, that hypocrite!
If she had really returned everything, Han Xiaozheng wouldn’t have such complex feelings right now.
He would rather live in hatred than in guilt.
"It wasn’t me..." He choked out.
Later, his dad hired the best criminal lawyer.
The school was also in an uproar.
There’s no wall that doesn’t let the wind through. As long as one student knows, the whole school knows.
Han Xiaozheng hiding drugs quickly became widely known.
"...his family knows the judge, maybe they would just fine him a bit more, detain him for fifteen days, then let him out." Gu Shiting mentioned the matter, still feeling dissatisfied, thinking Sheng Tang’s retaliation was too weak.
"I didn’t want to make him serve several years in prison."
"But he wanted you to!" Gu Shiting said, "Tangtang, repaying evil with kindness, how will you repay kindness?"
Sheng Tang smiled: "I considered that he just turned eighteen, still a child, so I thought I’d give him a minor punishment. If he were an adult, I definitely wouldn’t be lenient."
"Don’t be so soft-hearted towards people." Gu Shiting said.
Sheng Tang didn’t care.
After this incident, Sheng Tang didn’t go to Gu Shiting’s home to practice whip techniques that day, but went straight home.
She really wanted to see her parents, her grandmother, and her younger brother, to feel the warmth of family.
"...I heard there’s a boy hiding drugs in your school, is that true?" Dad asked Sheng Tang.
Sheng Tang nodded: "Yes, that’s true."
"How come the management is so strict, yet incidents still happen?" Dad frowned, "It’s better for Huishi not to stay."
"Probably it’s a first offense, he didn’t use it himself." Sheng Tang said, "It’s not a big deal. Huishi is still quite good."
Mom served Sheng Tang some soup: "As long as it’s not from your class, we won’t get involved. Those students, it’s their own problem."
Grandma also said: "Yes, Tangtang should study well in school."
Sheng Tang looked at her family, feeling very warm inside.
She suddenly realized, if she weren’t so sensitive, if she didn’t know Song Chen, who could take her to the classroom at midnight, the one in trouble would be her now.
If she ended up in the police station, how worried and anxious would her loving family be?
They would definitely be driven crazy.
Showing mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself and one’s family.
Sheng Tang silently drank the soup, thinking: "This must be the last time. From now on, I must repay kindness with kindness, and face evil with justice."
Her misguided kindness, up to now, hadn’t brought her any crisis.
Maybe, when Han Xiaozheng gets out, he would still try to cause her trouble?
In the following days, Sheng Tang still attended classes daily and went to practice whips at Gu’s home.
Ten days later, both she and Gu Shiting mastered the techniques, they could hit the target precisely; During these ten days, she slimmed down under Gu Shiting’s guidance, shedding three more pounds.
Her body had noticeably changed, her school pants had become so loose they were unwearable.
She told her parents: "I need to buy new school uniforms."