Chapter 67 Result
On the afternoon when Jiang Lihua talked to Zhang Yunqi, the parents of 168 boys in Class who had brought their own homemade stoves all rushed to the school after receiving the notice.

Throughout the afternoon and evening, these boys and their parents talked with Jiang Lihua, Dean of Academic Affairs Luo Dahai and higher-level school leaders.

Those thirteen boys were all miserable, and almost all of them were scolded by their parents. The education of children in that era was relatively rough and simple. Wang Xiaokai told Zhang Yunqi that during the conversation, several boys were beaten by their parents. Yu Renli in the class was the worst off. He was beaten by his father until his mouth bled. It was Luo Dahai and Jiang Lihua who persuaded him to stop.

What frustrated the school was that after several hours of talks, no one had gained anything, and no one admitted that they had started the fire. This was exactly what Zhang Yunqi had expected, and he even felt that it was a huge mistake for the school leaders to call the parents of these students to the school.

The reason is very simple.

The two people who accidentally caused the fire must be among the thirteen boys. After all, they are young, not mentally strong, and afraid of trouble. If the scrutiny is strengthened, the person who actually caused the fire might be shaken and admit it.

Now that their parents are here, they have a backbone. These parents must have learned about the situation privately, talked to their children, and taught them how to deal with the school's investigation. In this way, the school has no evidence and the possibility of finding out becomes lower.

The fact was just as Zhang Yunqi had expected. This group of parents scolded or beat their children just to express their attitude to the school regarding the issue of their children bringing their own homemade stoves privately. However, no one admitted that they had caused the fire.

The next day, the school had no choice but to ask the parents of the 13 students to leave the school. The result of the fire handling was not announced, and the fire incident was not reported by the television and newspaper media in Jiangchuan City.

Zhang Yunqi remembers that media reporters came to interview him on the night of the fire. Apparently, although the school top brass has remained calm these days and has not given an explanation to students, parents and the outside world, they must have been using various relationships in private to control the fermentation of public opinion.

In school, the public opinion about the fire could not be controlled. As long as the school leaders did not give an official statement, the gossip about the fire would spread more and more. In the days after the fire, almost every student was discussing the incident, and all kinds of internal information were circulating among everyone. Class 168 became a famous tourist attraction in the No. Middle School in the city. During breaks, there were always students running over to see the novelty.

Zhang Yunqi also became a rare animal.

During breaks, students would often walk to the windows of their classrooms, point at him and say to their classmates who were all in awe: "That's him! That's him!"

Zhang Yunqi was greatly affected. Whether he was in class, eating or walking on the street, people often looked at him with curiosity. However, the fire did not seem to have any effect on Lin Cong. He attended classes as usual every day. Because the books of most students in Class 168 were destroyed, every class was a self-study class.

In math class every day, Lin Cong sat on the podium reading. Occasionally, a few female students would go up to ask questions, and he would explain and analyze them in detail.

When no one asked him anything, he would slowly flip through the book in his hand with a calm and composed look on his face.

In the classroom, only the experienced Zhang Yunqi could notice some differences in Lin Cong. In the past, when he was explaining questions to female classmates, he liked to stare into their eyes and smile, but now, he never even glanced at girls.

One day in a math class, Zhang Yunqi discovered that Lin Cong, who always liked casual and simple style, suddenly wore a white shirt and black suit, with a steady blue tie, and held a stack of information in his hands, looking very energetic and handsome.

During the first half of the class, Lin Cong studied on his own as usual. He sat on the podium, reading a book and carefully explaining the questions to his classmates.

With a few minutes left before the end of the get out of class, Lin Cong divided the stack of materials on the podium into several portions and asked the class monitor Lin Yueying to distribute them to each student.

After distributing the materials, Lin Cong clapped his hands to attract the attention of the students. He said, "This material is my math notes from high school. It is my personal learning experience. I am giving it to you now. I hope it will be helpful for your future studies. I have gained a lot in the past six months with you. Thank you all."

Lin Cong said: "Finally, what I want to say is that the three years of high school are very hard, but how can you see a more magnificent life without suffering? I wish you all a bright future."

The bell rang for the end of get out of class. Lin Cong smiled, put away the books on the podium, and left the classroom under the slightly surprised eyes of his classmates.

Zhang Yunqi looked at him silently, and saw the volcanic emotions suppressed in his smile, and saw the kindness and decadence of a dying man in his departing back.

The next day, Lin Cong did not come to the math class.

The students in the class became more and more confused, but the head teacher did not give any explanation until that afternoon, when the school issued a notice regarding the handling of the fire in Class 1993 on January 1, 13.

On the way to the cafeteria for lunch, Zhang Yunqi saw this notice on the school bulletin board. The content was concise and clear, and directly dealt with a group of parties involved.

Lin Cong was the teacher of Class 168 on the night of the incident. He left his post without permission during the evening study session and went out to have dinner with friends. He was seriously derelict in his duty and failed to supervise the students, which led to the fire. He was held heavily responsible and was directly removed from the teaching team.

Thirteen boarding students from Class 168 disobeyed the school's order and brought their homemade small stoves to the classroom for evening self-study on the night of the incident, despite the school's clear prohibition on making small stoves. This resulted in a fire and all of them were given serious warnings.

This disciplinary result did not cause an uproar in the school. On the contrary, it put an end to many gossips that were spreading more and more outrageous. However, in this fire, Lin Cong took such a big responsibility and was directly expelled, which was beyond the expectations of many students.

Probably the only one who was not surprised was Zhang Yunqi.

Zhang Yunqi knew that the reason why Lin Cong was expelled was not the fire. The fire was just an excuse to expel him and a reason to give an explanation to the student's family, because two days after the notice was sent out, Zhao Yali from Class 170 dropped out.

Apparently, the school found out about them.

Thirteen students from Class 168 were given serious warnings. This punishment was very severe and they felt very uncomfortable. At least that was how Zhang Yunqi saw it on the surface. As for which two students felt relieved or even secretly proud of themselves, it was unknown.

In the following days, Zhang Yunqi also discovered that gaps, conflicts and suspicions gradually emerged among these thirteen boys who had been so close at first.

One day in a physical education class, Zhang Yunqi played basketball with a group of boys in the class. At that time, Yang Wei and Yu Renli were on the same team. During an attack, Yang Wei did not pass the ball to Yu Renli who was in an open position. Yu Renli said a few words to Yang Wei, and Yang Wei immediately refuted Yu Renli.

The two of them argued and started quarreling.

Yang Wei, who was angry and embarrassed, pointed at Yu Renli's nose and cursed: "Don't you think you are a good person? You really think I can't guess that the fire a few days ago was caused by you, you coward! You dare not take responsibility for it, and you make everyone suffer for it!"

Yu Renli angrily said: "You are talking nonsense! Do you have any evidence? I still think you caused the fire!"

"Fuck you, you are slandering me!"

Yang Wei rushed forward and started wrestling with Yu Renli. The boys in the class were watching nearby, especially those who were punished for the fire. They all stared at Yu Renli with an indescribable look.

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(End of this chapter)