I'm willing to apologize.
As soon as these words were spoken, the teachers who were noisy at first fell silent in an instant.
But compared to the male teacher named Tanaka who was gloating about his misfortune and had a victor's smile on his face, Mr. Kawaguchi was shocked and confused, as if he didn't understand the intention of the girl's words. Most of the other teachers had relieved smiles on their faces. It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this sudden answer.
After the girl finished saying this, she fell silent again, as if waiting for the other party's answer.
Teacher Kawaguchi's throat twitched, and her face was full of confusion, anxiety, loss, and a little bit of relief. Finally, she couldn't help lowering her voice and asked warmly for the first time: "Saito, what are you doing? do what?"
"I said, I am willing to apologize, Mr. Kawaguchi."
The girl repeated it again, her voice calm and serious.
The corners of Teacher Kawaguchi's mouth trembled. She wanted to say something more, but couldn't. She stared quietly at the thin figure of the girl in front of her, as if she could feel the grievances hidden under this body spreading through her voice. The girl's The calmer the voice, the sadder she became.
This sadness finally gathered together like a stream and turned into a raging river, leaving her speechless for a while, and she could only stand silently and guiltily.
For the first time, she felt discouraged. She felt that being a teacher was such an exhausting and powerless job, and she couldn't help but sigh silently.
Fortunately, before she could even take a breath, a voice cut in forcefully.
"You can't apologize."
Everyone present except the girl frowned and looked to the other side following the source of the sound. A young man with a delicate appearance and a lazy temperament was standing at the door with his hands in his pockets. When everyone looked over, he had a look on his face. The harmless smile looks very approachable.
"Who are you?"
Since this person did not look like a junior high school student, the teachers naturally asked this question.
The young man was of course Baiyunshan. He glanced at the girl on the other side who was also looking at him with her eyes wide open and her small mouth open. The smile on her face seemed more sincere. She looked a little shy and lowered her head slightly. He rubbed his hands and said politely: "I'm sorry for disturbing you. I heard that something happened to her at school and I rushed here. I am considered... Asuka's family member."
After saying this, Bai Yunshan winked at the girl and signaled her not to speak.
"family?"
At such a young age, it couldn't be the father. I remember that the girl stated in her family relationship that she had several brothers, so this was probably one of them.
The teachers nodded subconsciously, and then they realized what the person in front of them had just said, and their faces became a little worried.
"So... Saito's brother, what did you mean by what you just said?"
"What do you mean...of course it means literally, right teacher?"
Although he hesitated for a moment to be called brother, Baiyunshan immediately reacted, accepted the identity calmly, and looked at Mr. Kawaguchi with a smile.
Teacher Kawaguchi's face was still a little confused, as if he hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he could only nod in confusion.
"Do you want to discuss it all over again? But Saito already said she would apologize, didn't she?" The male teacher named Tanaka frowned and spoke, his expression looking a little cold.
"She...what she says doesn't count, what I say does."
As Bai Yunshan spoke, he looked at the male teacher in front of him, with a half-smile on his face: "I have actually been here for a while, but seeing that the teachers were discussing very intensely, I was embarrassed to interrupt, so I could only... I'll wait for you to finish. But precisely because of this, I almost figured out what happened. I hope the teacher can answer my few questions honestly."
Tanaka's expression changed. The subtext of Saito's brother in front of him was very obvious. He was clearly telling you that he knew what happened and the truth, so don't think about fishing in troubled waters or coping with the problem. He also knew what he had just said, including those It sounds a bit harsh, so I hope you can cooperate well.
The situation was stronger than the person. After all, someone heard the bad words behind his back. Tanaka didn't have the confidence to refute. He coughed with an embarrassed expression and could only signal the other person to speak with a stern face.
Bai Yunshan smiled slightly, seemingly satisfied with the other party's attitude, but his eyes suddenly turned cold as he smiled. The temperature in the entire office seemed to have dropped a few degrees, turning from summer to winter in an instant.
"Then I'll start asking. If it's a question, the teacher doesn't have to tell me the answer directly. I'm just curious. You can just listen for now."
The smile on Baiyunshan's lips disappeared in an instant.
"Then first question, I want to know why the book I gave to my sister was torn up by the student named Ishida?"
The office was quiet, and the only thing that could be heard was the wind blowing from the window and entering the room through the cracks in the window.
Baiyunshan nodded with satisfaction, twitching the corner of his mouth and continued: "Second question, why was the student named Ishida not punished after my sister's book was torn up?"
The adults remained silent, seemingly disdainful, and seemingly not knowing how to answer this question.
"The third question is, why should my sister be punished when she chooses to seek justice on her own and be called to stand in the office? Where is the student named Ishida? I haven't seen him yet. .”
Baiyunshan's voice became louder and louder, and his questions became more and more pointed. There was sarcasm in his tone. The adults already seemed a little lacking in confidence, and they coughed from time to time to hide their embarrassment.
"The fourth question, since everything is clear, it was the student named Ishida who made the move first, then why should my sister apologize instead of him? Is there any logical operation or profound logic that I can't understand? Does it make sense? I want to ask the teachers to tell me."
As Baiyunshan spoke, his eyes swept across the faces of the group of people. Except for Mr. Kawaguchi, everyone subconsciously looked away and did not dare to look at him.
"It seems not."
Baiyunshan smiled coldly without any surprise, and then continued unhurriedly: "Then, the last question, since you think what I said above is reasonable, why do you still do it? Teacher -"
The air has dropped to freezing point, and the office that was noisy just now is now so quiet that a young man can hear the drop of a pin with just a few words. The atmosphere was filled with embarrassment and speechlessness. After all, these people's shame had not yet reached the level of politicians. Therefore, in the face of such questioning, they were still unable to open their eyes and tell lies due to their shame.
Especially Tanaka, who was the first to bear the brunt. At this time, his face was no longer flushed, but turned green and white. The arms on his side were shaking, but he was stunned and couldn't say a word.
"It seems you can't answer."
Baiyunshan glanced at him with disgust, then looked at the little flying bird who was looking at him blankly, and his expression suddenly became gentle.
He slowly walked over and rubbed her little head, smiled helplessly, and looked into the girl's watery eyes as if he knew what she was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "So you understand, you can't apologize."
