Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

CHAPTER 568 I WON’T JUDGE YOU

When Cecelia heard the word "retaliation," she shrank back a little. "I forgot."

Cecelia had only been focused on advocating for Yozan just now and had forgotten that she would have inadvertently offended the person who was trying to cause Yozan trouble. Since that person was trying to frame Yozan, the person must have prepared for everything that could happen. She had just stood up so boldly to vouch for him, which meant she would probably get dragged into it too. Even the person who had thrown the note at Yozan might not spare her.

"You two are quite bold." The two of them were whispering to each other while the disciplinary teacher was lecturing them on the side. Seeing that they didn't respect him at all and were speaking to each other while he was talking, he got angry. The disciplinary teacher spoke fluent Edenese and criticized them particularly harshly. Cecelia shrunk in embarrassment and didn't know what to do.

Soon, the principal came over. He looked at Yozan, then at Cecelia. With a deep gaze, he asked, "What's going on here?"

"Hello, sir. I'm Cecelia from the student exchange class. Just now in the exam, Yozan was framed for cheating by someone. I saw it with my own eyes. A boy in front of him threw a note onto his desk," Cecelia explained.

The disciplinary teacher's face darkened. "What nonsense are you talking about? Who would want to frame him?"

Yozan had always been a troublemaker in school. Even though Yozan didn't have any powerful connections at home, he still misbehaved, and everyone knew it. So, even if someone saw that it wasn't Yozan who did it, no one would come forward to testify for him.

However, Cecelia was unexpectedly bold and came forward to challenge the authority. "But that's what I saw. Don't we have surveillance cameras in the classroom? Just retrieve the surveillance footage and the truth will be revealed," she insisted.

The principal nodded, deep in thought. "Yes, this student is right. We just need to retrieve the surveillance footage and we'll know."

The disciplinary teacher suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "Sir, the school's surveillance system broke last night."

"Are you saying that there's no evidence because the surveillance cameras are broken?" Even Cecelia, who was somewhat naive, could immediately sense that something was wrong.

It wasn't Cecelia's nature to be suspicious, but the events today seemed too coincidental to be ignored.

"How dare you speak to a teacher in that manner, young lady?" The disciplinary teacher's lack of confidence left him with no choice but to reprimand Cecelia to regain his composure. It's all her fault for meddling. If it wasn't for her, there wouldn't be so many problems, and we could have just punished Yozan directly.

Yozan was usually obedient and didn't say a word when facing any punishment. However, today, he suddenly became less compliant.

"Sir, I really didn't cheat," Yozan spoke coldly.

The disciplinary teacher's face fell. "We caught you red-handed. Your denial won't solve anything."

Why does Yozan seem a bit different today?

"Sir, how about this? We can examine the handwriting and do a handwriting analysis. If we can prove that Yozan wrote this note, then we can say he cheated." Cecelia had a brilliant idea.

However, the disciplinary teacher didn't buy it and burst out laughing. "Young lady, don't you know that Yozan comes from a poor family who lives in a slum? They probably can't even afford the expensive fees for the handwriting analysis."

Yozan is from a poor family living in a slum? Although Cecelia's family wasn't among the top wealthy families, they were still considered well-off, and the place where they lived was carefully chosen. Yozan lived next to her, so how could he come from a slum? Besides, his clothes were from designer brands, so how could he be poor? But at this moment, Cecelia could only awkwardly say, "I'll pay for the fee."

"I suggest you mind your own business, young lady, unless you want to get yourself into trouble." The disciplinary teacher's words were a blatant threat. He dared to speak like this in front of the principal, which was enough to prove how influential the student he wanted to protect was.

Yozan remained silent and only glanced at the headmaster with a mysterious expression.

"In my opinion, there is currently insufficient evidence to prove that Yozan cheated," the principal said.

The comment instantly froze the smug smile on the disciplinary teacher's face. "Sir, you can't say that. I caught him cheating with my own eyes. He definitely deserves a severe punishment," the disciplinary teacher insisted.

"Then you can retrieve the surveillance footage first. If it proves that he was cheating, then he was cheating," the principal replied.

The surveillance system had malfunctioned the previous night, so asking the disciplinary teacher to produce the footage was unreasonable. The disciplinary teacher was furious. "But..."

The principal casually glanced at him and said, "Are you the principal or am I the principal?"

As an old and experienced principal, he had a prominent status, so the disciplinary teacher didn't dare to say anything. He could only swallow his anger and give the two of them a fierce glare. "You can go now. This matter is over. Don't let it happen again!"

Although Cecelia didn't know what was going on, she was relieved to see the crisis resolved and smiled happily.