Li Meiling swallowed her saliva hard, unable to control the development of the situation at all.
She didn't dare to face Ye Ning's anger, and she felt too guilty to look at Zhang Guozhu.
"No...it's not what you see. It has nothing to do with me..."
Because of nervousness, his voice also trembled slightly.
No matter how she tries to quibble now, it's all pointless.
Zhang Guozhu knew that there was no need to ask anything. The injuries on Zhu Jiabei's body were the best evidence.
"Li Meiling, you really disappoint me!"
Li Meiling was forced to burst into tears, "Director Zhang, listen to my explanation. I really just want to educate Zhu Jiabei. You know, if she hadn't relied on Ye Ning, she wouldn't be qualified to come to the art troupe. Such a person... …”
"Who are you saying is not qualified?" Ye Ning resisted and did not continue to take action, already giving Zhang Guozhu the greatest face, staring at Li Meiling gloomily, "Now let me tell all of you clearly, Zhu Jiabei never joined the art troupe because of anyone, she was admitted based on her own ability!"
If she said this before, no one would believe it. Because they only believe what they want to believe.
But it was different now. Ye Ning's anger really fell in everyone's eyes, making everyone feel unusual.
Zhang Guozhu also understood what he should do and immediately affirmed: "I can prove this. During the interview, neither I nor the team leader knew about the relationship between Zhu Jiabei and Ye Ning. The reason why I admitted Zhu Jiabei was because of her Excellent ventriloquism imitation.”
No one in the drama department would question Zhang Guozhu's words, because Zhang Guozhu was a person who never bothered to lie.
So Zhu Jiabei was actually admitted through a normal interview.
Li Meiling's face looked as ugly as if she had swallowed raw feces at this moment.
In fact, she targeted Zhu Jiabei more because of her dissatisfaction and jealousy towards Ye Ning, but this reason could not be revealed at all.
In anger, he started shouting indiscriminately.
"Even if I teach Zhu Jiabei a lesson, so what? What does she compare to me? She is just a stinky girl from the countryside. My three brothers are all soldiers. They risk life and death for the people of the country. I will beat them! "
Her shouting made the atmosphere in the entire rehearsal hall freeze.
Those who were originally on her side in the drama department also showed shocked expressions.
It is really hard to believe that such despicable and arrogant words came from the mouth of a cultured and educated female lead in a cultural troupe.
Zhang Guozhu's eyes when he looked at Li Meiling were even sharper and unfamiliar, as if he had seen this girl clearly for the first time.
Ye Ning faced the hysterical Li Meiling with an extremely cold expression.
"I just heard the biggest joke in the world. Li Meiling, are you the only one who has three brothers? Is your brother the only one who is a soldier? Is your brother the only one who protects the family and the country? Let me tell you, Zhu Jiabei has one too!"
At the end of the speech, Ye Ning's voice became excited and even louder.
Zhu Jiabei suddenly trembled, and she burst into tears when she mentioned that Zhu Shan could no longer control her emotions.
The people in the drama department looked at each other, but they had never mentioned that Zhu Jiabei mentioned his brother.
After all, if there is a family member with a relatively high position in the military, they will also care about it. Just like if Zhu Jiabei was the chief's daughter, Li Meiling would not dare to bully her no matter what.
It wasn't until they heard what Ye Ning said that they realized that Zhu Jiabei also had a brother in the army.
The next second, Ye Ning stared at Li Meiling, who was full of disdain, and said word by word: "You said your brother was born and died, right? But Zhu Jiabei's eldest brother has already died for the country!"
As soon as the words "sacrifice one's life for the country" were uttered, the surroundings fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Zhu Jiabei.
Shocked, solemn, sympathetic.
The expression on Li Meiling's face froze, and she looked at Ye Ning blankly. She felt as if the last trump card in her hand had become worthless.
Ye Ning's eyes were as cold as ice and he continued to question: "The Zhu family only has one son and one daughter. Zhu Jiabei's brother died for the country, but the martyr's sister has to be trampled and humiliated by you. What's the point?"
It's nothing more than offending public outrage.
Li Meiling breathed quickly, knowing that she had no room to make a comeback, so she kept retreating to escape.
All the eyes that fell on her turned to reproach, which made her feel like a thorn in her back.
Ye Ning had finished what she needed to say, and finally looked at Zhang Guozhu.
"Director Zhang, are things clear enough now?"
Zhang Guozhu's face became more serious and he nodded, "It's all clear. Leave the rest to me."
"Jiabei, let's go." Ye Ning softened her voice again when facing Zhu Jiabei.
Zhu Jiabei couldn't control her tears at all, she was still crying and followed Ye Ning obediently.
"Director Zhang, look at my hair..." Li Meiling also burst into tears, and finally tried to impress Zhang Guozhu with tears.
Zhang Guozhu was completely indifferent, "You really disappoint me."
One sentence completely stopped all Li Meiling's thoughts.
"Who else is involved in this matter? Come to me and tell me clearly. Don't wait for me to find out!"
Anyone caught by his sharp gaze would shrink their necks unconsciously, for fear that they would be implicated.
Among them, several girls who had bullied Zhu Jiabei together with Li Meiling were trembling and pale.
They will eventually have to pay for what they have done.
Ye Ning took Zhu Jiabei directly to a remote corner outside, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
"Stop crying and wipe your tears."
Zhu Jiabei choked, "Sister-in-law... I don't want to do this either. Did I... embarrass you?"
She's already working on it.
Ye Ning sighed and stopped urging her, giving her time to calm down.
About seven or eight minutes passed before Zhu Jiabei finally calmed down a little.
"Sister-in-law, I've caused trouble for you."
She was really apologetic and uneasy because Ye Ning had offended Li Meiling because of her.
"You didn't cause me any trouble. In fact, you should have told me a long time ago." Ye Ning thought of the harm Zhu Jiabei had suffered. It would have been better if she could have discovered it earlier.
"I thought that as long as I followed them, they would change sooner or later. Besides, I am thick-skinned and thick-skinned, so I would be fine even if I got beaten a few times." Zhu Jiabei's voice became weaker and weaker, and in the end it was completely negligible.
Ye Ning frowned when she heard this. She really didn't expect that she had such a personality and had such ridiculous ideas.
"Tolerance and appeasement in the face of evil people will only make them worse. Jiabei, you must learn to resist rather than endure."
