Zhou Huiyan also knew that what she said had no evidence and was pure defamation.

But to apologize to Xu Qinghuan in front of the whole class, she couldn’t do it.

Xu Qinghuan turned around to call the police when Li Hu came in. He had been standing at the door for a while, listening to the argument inside.

"Zhou Huiyan, apologize to Xu Qinghuan!" Li Hu used a commanding tone.

Although Li Hu was a senior and an older student, he had genuinely graduated from high school, was very capable in studies, followed the worker-peasant-soldier student path, yet was a real academic, having already signed a stay-on-campus agreement with the school.

By the end of June this year, he would be a member of Yan University’s extensive faculty team.

Zhou Huiyan was unwilling, but the class teacher had the right to evaluate students. She apologized to Xu Qinghuan with a very perfunctory attitude.

Xu Qinghuan raised her chin, "I didn’t hear it."

She smiled at Li Hu, "Brother Li, I was originally going to report to the public security. On your account, I’m giving a chance. If someone doesn’t appreciate it, don’t blame me for not giving you face."

Li Hu got angry, "Zhou Huiyan, if you can’t learn to take responsibility for your actions, I advise you to go back and learn before coming again."

Zhou Huiyan didn’t dare, only feeling deeply humiliated, "I’m sorry, Xu Qinghuan, I shouldn’t have said that about you."

Xu Qinghuan turned around and said to her, "Zhou Huiyan, you should say, I shouldn’t have defamed and slandered you."

Zhou Huiyan was instantly furious, but seeing Li Hu’s unmerciful gaze, she deflated like a punctured balloon.

"I’m sorry, Xu Qinghuan, I shouldn’t have defamed and slandered you!"

After speaking, tears rolled down.

No one sympathized with her; instead, after Li Hu’s words, everyone recognized her as a troublemaker.

Li Hu said, "The reason for this class meeting is also according to the college’s intent, to inform everyone of a matter. Our instructor, Teacher Jiang, has had some health issues.

Earlier, she did labor in the countryside for nearly ten years, causing certain trauma both physically and mentally, which often makes her emotions uncontrollable."

Most of the classmates felt a sense of realization, because not only Xu Qinghuan felt that abnormal targeting from Jiang Dongxue before.

Back then, many people didn’t understand; now they finally got it.

"It’s not only in class, but in other places and with other people, she’s also like this. For Teacher Jiang’s health, the school has specially brought doctors from the military for comprehensive treatment, so starting next week, we will change our English teacher. This is one matter."

Li Hu glanced at Xu Qinghuan, "There’s also another matter, Xu Qinghuan, as one of the best students in our grade, has been chosen by Old Cen to be his disciple. Next Monday, Xu Qinghuan will report to Old Cen. In the future, you may work on projects with him, but you must not neglect your basic courses. You will have exams every semester, and grades will be recorded."

"Okay, thank you Brother Li for the reminder." Xu Qinghuan said politely.

Xu Bingbing stayed calm for a while and asked, "Teacher Li, can I ask what is the standard Old Cen uses to select disciples?"

She smiled slightly, "I don’t mean anything by it. I just want to know if I might have such an opportunity in the future to prepare in advance."

Old Cen accepts closed-door disciples. Her question was obviously questioning whether Xu Qinghuan got in through the back door.

Li Hu said, "There are standards, but these standards are something not even we seniors can meet. Last week, Xu completed a high-difficulty heart surgery at the Army General Hospital.

This surgery had been consulted for almost a month, and almost no one dared take it on. Xu participated in a consultation and successfully completed the surgery."

The classroom fell silent.

Xu Bingbing hung her head, accepting the class’s attention. She indeed felt jealous before, but at this moment, she realized she wasn’t even qualified to be jealous. Even just being jealous made people see her as presumptuous.

Leaving the classroom, it coincided with the after-school rush, and there were many people.

Jiang Xingye was somehow delayed. Xu Qinghuan waited at the usual meeting spot for him when she heard someone rushing towards the school gate, "Hurry, I heard someone abandoned his wife and child after getting into college. That woman is kneeling at the school gate now."

This kind of thing was quite common in that era.

Those who could get into college were mostly educated youth.

Previously, people didn’t expect there’d be a day when they could return to the city through examinations, so they got married and had children with local commune members in the countryside. But if there was a chance to change their fate, few would pass it up.

"Who is it?"

"Who else, it’s Zhang Huaishan from the clinical department. When he went to the countryside as an educated youth, he married a woman in the village. After getting into college, he didn’t want her anymore, and now she’s with the child at the entrance."

Xu Qinghuan quickly ran over and indeed saw a rural woman holding a three or four-year-old child, kneeling at the school gate.

Zhang Huaishan was pushed over by several men. He struggled, his face alternately pale and flushed. Seeing the mother and child, he trembled with anger, "What are you doing here?"

"Huaishan, you can’t abandon us after getting into college. In the countryside, if it wasn’t for my dad, you’d have starved to death. You can’t be so ungrateful!"

Xu Qinghuan looked at Zhang Huaishan, this was her teacher when he was young. She had seen the youngest photos of Zhang, even older than now.

He never mentioned his time in the countryside. Xu Qinghuan only heard a few words saying he had a downtrodden wife whom he divorced after becoming successful, abandoning the daughter born to his ex-wife.

She also heard that the daughter born to the so-called downtrodden wife wasn’t actually his. He was forced to become a stepfather by the accounting officer of the production team in the countryside.

Later, she specifically asked someone to investigate this matter, and upon learning the truth, she was filled with unspeakable indignation.

She wondered, how did the teacher endure it back then?

The crowd was full of discussions.

Zhang Huaishan’s name was repeatedly mentioned, and people said all sorts of things, but without exception, he was an ungrateful man who abandoned his wife and child, a scumbag, comparable to the unfaithful Chen Shimei, unfit to continue studying at the school, and should be sent for reformation.

Xu Qinghuan struggled to contain her anger because her mentor was not such a person at all.

Xu Qinghuan pushed through the crowd. She touched the child in the woman’s arms, and the child turned around and bit her hand hard.

Xu Qinghuan was caught off guard and bitten on the hand knuckle. The child had sharp teeth and refused to let go.

The woman not only didn’t tell the child to let go but also yelled angrily, "Are you the witch who bewitched my man Zhang Huaishan? What are you doing to my child? Did you seduce him and make him deny our mother-daughter relationship?"

Xu Qinghuan pressed a point on the child, causing the child to release. She gently wiped the bleeding knuckle and said calmly to the woman, "Are you sure this child is Zhang Huaishan’s daughter?"

The woman panicked, "I don’t know what you’re talking about."

Xu Qinghuan raised her voice, "Zhang Huaishan went to the countryside in Chiping Town, Qiuling Team, in Yun Province. This person is the daughter of the Qiuling Team’s accountant named Qiu Taohua, and this child isn’t born to her and Zhang Huaishan, but to a truck driver who frequently delivered goods to Chiping Town from elsewhere."

"Nonsense! It’s nonsense! Who are you to Zhang Huaishan, why are you defending him by slandering me?" Qiu Taohua stood up in shock, advancing towards Xu Qinghuan.

How can anyone here know about this?

Xu Qinghuan stepped back a few steps to avoid her.

Zhang Huaishan looked at her silhouette, his eyes warm.

He thought today’s trouble would be firmly pinned on him, and he didn’t know how he could prove his innocence.

"Who is this woman, anyway? Is she Zhang Huaishan’s accomplice?"

"From the Chinese medicine department, a freshman, Old Cen’s closed-door disciple!"

"Can’t be, she’s only been in school a few days, it’s her?"

"She’s remarkable. When she was an educated youth, she was asked by the Army General Hospital to perform surgery, shush, listen!"

Xu Qinghuan said, "Who am I? I’m from Shen City. I went to the countryside in Anguang County, Shangjiang Team, in Hei Province. I’m not acquainted with this classmate Zhang Huaishan."

Someone asked, "Classmate, since you’re not acquainted with him, how do you know about his matters when he went to the countryside in Yun Province?"

Xu Qinghuan replied, "I’m not acquainted with him, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t acquainted with anyone else."