Chapter 313 Xue Siqi Provokes Public Outrage
Chapter 313 Xue Siqi Provokes Public Outrage
Lin Fei's eyesight was exceptionally sharp among his peers. When he noticed Li Qianfan's face darkening, he assumed that the trio's laziness had angered Li Qianfan, and he immediately said, "Instructor Li, don't worry, I'll hurry them up."
With that, Lin Fei trotted over to Xue Siqi and the others.
Under Lin Fei's urging, Xue Siqi and her group quickened their pace slightly, but only by a little.
Everyone's eyes were on Xue Siqi and the other two, quietly waiting.
About two minutes later, they finally arrived next to the squad. Xue Siqi glanced at Li Qianfan and then, with a dismissive smile, was about to enter the squad.
"Stop, who said you could join the squad?"
Li Qianfan suddenly let out a shout, startling some of the students who were distracted.
"Why are you shouting?"
Xue Siqi, also startled, sharply turned to look at Li Qianfan and said displeasedly.
Li Qianfan first glanced at his watch, then said, "Because of you three being late, you've wasted five minutes of everyone's time. Run five laps around the field and then join the squad—that's your punishment for being late."
"Run how many laps?"
Xue Siqi was taken aback and looked irritably at Li Qianfan.
Li Qianfan didn't pamper Xue Siqi at all. He said coldly, "Run six laps."
"You're being unreasonable!" Xue Siqi's face instantly changed as she said through clenched teeth, "It's only the first day of military training, what's the big deal if I'm five minutes late?"
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"Then why weren't others late?"
Li Qianfan's attitude grew even more assertive. "If you're late five minutes, he's late five minutes, if everyone is late five minutes, then is this still military training? If you don't want to waste everyone's time, then quickly go and take your punishment, or else, Class Eight might as well stand here all day. Anyone who dares to move won't need to attend my military training anymore!"
The next moment, Li Qianfan turned and went over to Classes Five, Six, and Seven.
After all, he was responsible for four classes and couldn't afford to waste too much time on Class Eight.
After Li Qianfan left, Feng Xiaorou and Yue Yuanyuan immediately came to Xue Siqi's side and asked, "Siqi, it seems like Li Qianfan is serious. What should we do?"
"What should we do?"
Xue Siqi, with a scornful smile, said, "Are we afraid of him? Just because I'm five minutes late, he wants me to run six laps. Does he think he's the king? I'm not running today, and neither of you are allowed to run either. It would be better not to have military training."
"It doesn't seem great to keep so many students standing here because of us, does it?"
Feng Xiaorou quietly observed the many classmates, then cautiously asked.
"Don't worry, it's fine." Xue Siqi was slightly embarrassed, but now that she was already butting heads with Li Qianfan, if she obediently ran, wouldn't it seem like she was scared?
From a young age, she had never backed down to anyone, including her irresponsible, wealthy father.
Seeing Xue Siqi's firm stance, Feng Xiaorou and Yue Yuanyuan said nothing and firmly stood by Xue Siqi's side.
Since other students were not familiar with Xue Siqi and her two friends and seeing that the trio had dyed hair and wore unusual outfits, they looked like trouble, so no one dared to confront them.
Eventually, it was Lin Fei who stepped forward to persuade the three, but he ended up being scolded by Xue Siqi. Being new to the school, he didn't dare to provoke these three locals who seemed troublesome.
It seemed like Li Qianfan was only giving military training to Classes Five, Six, and Seven, but he was actually silently keeping an eye on Class Eight's movements. As long as Xue Siqi and her group didn't take their punishment, he definitely wouldn't bother with Class Eight. They could just keep standing there.
Standing for too long, there were bound to be complaints amongst the students, and as long as one dared to stand out, there would be more joining in.
All of this was within Li Qianfan's expectations.
During the morning time, when other classes began practicing standing at attention, Class 8 students stood out like anomalies—remaining stagnant in the middle of the playground. As the sun grew stronger and many classes sat under trees sipping on cool drinks, they still stood under the sun, enduring the torture.
Many students couldn't take it anymore and started to complain.
Although they didn't mention names, the predicament of Class 8 was entirely linked to Xue Siqi and her two friends.
Zhao Susu, who already had a grudge against Xue Siqi and her friends, was the first who couldn't restrain herself anymore. She glared at Xue Siqi and said, "Xue Siqi, enough from you three. It was clearly you who were late, you should be the ones being punished. Because of the three of you, a whole bunch of us are standing here. Do you have no shame?"
"Why should I feel ashamed? If we are standing, then we stand. I wonder how long he can keep us here!"
Feeling the gaze of many, Xue Siqi felt embarrassed, but for the sake of pride, she still brazenly responded.
After Zhao Susu bravely spoke out, the intolerant students also stepped forward, criticizing Xue Siqi and the others.
At first, Xue Siqi could rebuttal a few times, but as more and more people joined in, she gradually couldn't hold up. After all, it wasn't wise to have conflicts with so many classmates on the first day of school.
"You three really went overboard, clearly it was you who were late, and as a result, you caused so many of us to be out here in the sun."
"Exactly, it was just running six laps, it won't kill anyone. Now we are nearly heatstroked to death!"
"And also dying your hair yellow, the teacher said no hair dying, you don't look like students at all."
More and more people joined in criticizing Xue Siqi and her friends.
This made the three feel extremely ashamed, realizing they had taken it too far.
Xue Siqi, full of resentment, glanced at Li Qianfan not far away. When she saw the triumphant smile on his face, she suddenly understood everything. The public outrage caused by the three of them was all deliberately orchestrated by Li Qianfan, that damn guy, he's truly cunning.
Xue Siqi didn't want to study here to begin with. Now, being targeted by so many classmates, she instantly had the idea to drop out.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
Just then, Xue Siqi's phone rang. When she saw the caller, her expression immediately darkened, and she said, "What do you want?"
"Daughter, how do you feel about school?" A man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Not good at all!" Xue Siqi glanced around at the classmates criticizing her and said flatly, "Old man Xue, just process my withdrawal from school. I don't want to study anymore!"
"Why?" Xue Tian asked in return.
Without any hesitation, Xue Siqi explained all her conflicts with Li Qianfan and how she had infuriated the crowd to her father.
"Is that so?"
Xue Tian's voice rose a few decibels as he said, "Someone dares to bully my daughter Xue Tian, leaving me with no face, huh? Coincidentally, I am in the principal's office. Let this instructor come see me. I want to have a word with him!"
Although Xue Siqi did not put him on speaker, a few students standing close to her heard Xue Tian's words.
One of these students was a local. Upon hearing the conversation, he was utterly shocked. So Xue Siqi was Xue Tian's daughter... In the next moment, his look towards Li Qianfan was filled with sympathy. Offending Xue Tian's daughter, wasn't that akin to seeking death?
Well, this instructor just met his tough match!