Si Ruoran sneered, clever, using her to change the topic.

"Of course, this thing isn’t mine; it’s yours, Chen Jing."

"Alright, let’s leave it at that," Principal Chen seemed a bit weary, displaying his authoritative demeanor, "There are only two ways to handle this: Chen Jing voluntarily withdraws from school, or claim this thing belongs to your parents, and you just accidentally brought it to school. Whether the dormitory inspectors and the disciplinary department believe you depends on your own skills. This concerns your future; if you don’t manage it well, no one can save you."

The principal was also quite annoyed by this matter. After all, the dormitory inspector discovered the item personally and quickly reported it to the disciplinary department; he couldn’t avoid addressing it.

Actually, he didn’t want to ruin a girl’s future like this.

This morning, after hearing about the incident, he even asked the Class 2 teacher about the students in the dormitory, and they seemed to have fairly good grades and potential for the future.

This Chen Jing, just made a momentary mistake.

At this age, girls are usually quite naive and immature; getting trapped in such dilemmas with boys is quite normal.

"Ruoran, Li Xiao, Chen Jing, please don’t bring up this matter again, just pretend it never happened, okay?" Looking at the principal’s serious face, Si Ruoran only sneered inwardly and didn’t respond.

Commit a wrongdoing and you can be forgiven so easily, why?

Originally, she could have acted like nothing happened, since it was unrelated to her, but Chen Jing pointed her out in front of so many people, trying to escape, and that offended her.

Later, if they all act as if this matter never happened, students might not get a clear answer, and may even assume Si Ruoran was doing something promiscuous with boys, with the principal and teachers covering it up.

"Principal, what about our reputations? Now that we entered the principal’s office in front of everyone, how will they view us?"

The principal was a bit taken aback and said, "Can’t everyone take a step back? Surely you don’t wish for Chen Jing’s future to be ruined because of this, right?"

The principal’s voice was gentle, attempting to continually persuade her.

Si Ruoran felt uncomfortable, thinking whether they really should endure this, considering it was Chen Jing who did wrong, yet they seemed to be the ones suffering.

Xin Yibin also felt suppressed, glanced at the principal who was still working on their thoughts, and the teacher who was speaking earnestly, and felt sorry for this girl.

"Let’s go."

Xin Yibin suddenly grabbed Si Ruoran’s hand and pulled her outside, swiftly leaving the principal’s office.

Zhang Jia, Li Xiao, and Chen Jing were all stunned, truly not expecting Xin Yibin would just pull her away in front of everyone, even with the principal present.

No one stopped them; everyone looked at each other, only Li Xiao seemed extremely excited.

Xin Yibin dragged Si Ruoran outside, both of them ran all the way to the playground. Si Ruoran gently gasped for breath, seeing the sunlight quietly fall between the tree leaves, her mood gradually improving.

"Can’t believe it, you actually dared to pull me out in front of the principal, not afraid of him criticising you?"

Having escaped that oppressive place, Si Ruoran felt cheerful, as if the rage in her heart was slowly dissipating.