Rebirth: The Fake Young Lady Is A Real Young Lady

ed at Jiang Xue, a teasing half-smile on her lips, “Oh? Jiang Xue, why wouldn’t you advise Su Ni to report the situation to the police? If she’s innocent, there’s nothing she needs to be afraid of.
Or are you saying that the police aren’t trustworthy? What is it you’re afraid of? Hm?”

Su Ni eyed Jiang Xue suspiciously.

Jiang Xue swallowed her instinctual retort.
How was it that Shen Xi could read her thoughts? “I think the school should resolve this matter.
If a student not from our school did it, it would tarnish the school’s reputation if the word were to spread.
I’m saying this for the school’s sake,” Jiang Xue said, doing her best to maintain the air of righteousness around her.

“Moreover, we don’t even know whether this is a big or small problem.
Why go to the police when the school could easily resolve the matter? No real harm was done.
Shen Xi, why do you need to hound Su Ni so aggressively?”

Shen Xi found Jiang Xue’s words rather amusing.
“You say that no real harm eventuated… if not for Guan Lei, those students would have shown no mercy.
The truth remains unchanged: someone hired people to hurt our students, causing innocent students bodily harm.
Jiang Xue, I’m not the one holding preventing Su Ni from clearing her name.
You are!”

The others may not have known what Shen Xi was referring to, but Jiang Xue did.
Shen Xi knew she was responsible for hiring Peach to beat her up, and now she was trying to use Su Ni to expose her.

Zhao Yuan, who was at the side, exposed her injured arms and face, allowing everyone to see what she had suffered.
“Am I not proof enough that real harm was done? Jiang Xue, why don’t you let someone beat you up and see whether that counts as ‘real harm’.”

Jiang Xue knew there was no way to wriggle out of the situation unscathed, so she did what she did best: Deflected.
“It’s not like I did anything.
The two of you don’t have to gang up on me like that.
I’m just stating the facts.
We’re all classmates.
Do you have to push Su Ni over the edge? Can’t you forgive and forget?”

In this way, Jiang Xue subtly influenced public opinion, pushing the blame onto Su Ni’s shoulders.

Su Ni tugged at Jiang Xue anxiously.
She knew that Jiang Xue was speaking up for her, but she was innocent, so Jiang Xue was misrepresenting her involvement.

Jiang Xue patted Su Ni’s hand, supplying her with a measure of confidence.
Su Ni naively thought that Jiang Xue had a way to help her, so she instantly quieted down.

Seeing how they had reached a stalemate, and the bell for the start of the class had just rung, Sun Ling had no choice but to escort all the students to the office to avoid delaying the day’s lessons.