I just want to drop out of school

Bai Lan shrugged: "That's fine. Anyway, if Karuizawa did something like this, she deserves to be expelled from school because she missed the exam due to suspension."

Horikita argued, "But, given the severity of her behavior, she really should have been punished with a mere 'suspension', right?

If you only need to suspend your studies, but end up dropping out because of bad timing, isn't that too much?

Should we get her just a suspension from school, which won't eventually lead to her expulsion?

Should we find a way to get the school to delay punishing Karuizawa, or to punish him in stages, or to provide him with a chance to retake the exam?

In short, she must be able to take the exam eventually.

I don't want to shield her or let her avoid the punishment she deserves, I just hope the punishment is 'appropriate'."

Bai Lan shook her head: "No, you are wrong, she is not innocent, she clearly knew that the exam was coming up, clearly knew that she would be expelled if she failed the exam, and clearly knew that once she did something like bullying, she would most likely be severely punished, and suspension from school is one of the 'severe punishments'.

She is too old to be unaware of the risks involved.

However, even so, she still chose to do this when the exam was approaching.

It's her choice.

Since she has made her choice, she should pay the price for it.

Anyway, if she really did something like this, I would not cover it up for her. Even if she is a member of our class and her punishment would cause losses to the class, I would not want to protect such a person. "

"Brother probably recognized you because of your uprightness. Simply protecting the people in the class and preventing them from being deducted points may seem to be in the best interests of the class, but in fact, it will also make the people in the class become unscrupulous under their protection, and it will become increasingly difficult to manage."

Horikita sighed, and then said: "However, according to Karuizawa, she said she was wronged, she did not bully others, in fact, she was the one being bullied, she just felt dangerous when she was bullied, and she subconsciously fought back, and the other party was the first to complain.

We can't give up on her until we figure out the situation.

Maybe someone is deliberately using Karuizawa to attack our class."

Bai Lan nodded: "Yes, I don't want others to bully me. If Karuizawa is innocent and is just used as a breakthrough point by others to attack our class, then we must find a way to fight back."

"Then let's go together at noon?"

"Ok."

After a while, Bai Lan received two emails in succession.

The emails were from Hirata and Kushida.

They also came to ask Bai Lan for his opinion on the affairs of Karuizawa.

Bai Lan's answer was basically the same - don't shield bad people, don't wrongly accuse good people.

Hirata and Kushida both looked very uneasy at Shiran's response.

Hirata doesn't want anyone in his class to "drop out" because of "suspension", so he hopes Bai Lan can help think of a solution.

In order to maintain her image, Kushida cannot give up on her classmates easily. She must at least pretend to have "tried her best". Thinking of the upcoming troubles, she couldn't help but complain to Bai Lan on the phone.

.......

Time flies and it's time for lunch break.

When the bell rang for the end of get out of class.

Hirata and Kushida, who were sitting in the front, immediately turned their heads to look at the corner where Shiran and Horikita were.

Through this action, Hirata, Kushida, and Horikita seemed to realize something.

Afterwards, Shiran, Horikita, Kushida and Hirata looked at each other, signaled with their eyes, nodded, and finally confirmed that they were all the people that Karuizawa needed help.

Then, the four of them left the classroom together without eating, and then went downstairs together.

Soon, Bai Lan and his four companions arrived at Karuizawa and sat on the side of the road in front of the teaching building.

When Karuizawa saw Bai Lan, her eyes lit up and she showed some joy on her face, but soon, she seemed to remember something and instantly put away her joy. Then she said angrily, "I'm so angry. How dare she wrongly accuse me? I can't stand this grievance! I signed the class rules agreement. As long as you don't violate the rules, you are the managers of the class, so you have to protect me!"

This hot girl was clearly asking someone to do her a favor, but her tone was extremely arrogant.

Although it was Bai Lan's request.

"Tsk~" X2

Karuizawa's words immediately drew two dissatisfied smacking sounds.

Bai Lan and Horikita subconsciously turned their heads to look at each other and found that they both seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"You vomit first." Bai Lan made a "please" gesture and said.

Horikita opened her mouth, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, I don't want to waste time. I was assigned the task of getting a high score. If I finish it early, I will have more time to continue studying. Let's get down to business. It's hard to explain on the phone. Please tell me the details again. The more detailed the better. Some details may become strong evidence."

Karuizawa raised his chin and said unhappily: "Obviously I should be the most anxious one! I don't want to waste time, so I'll just say it directly..."

"Wait, why don't we go over there, sit down, and talk while eating?" At this time, Hirata said

Kushida continued, "After all, we have an hour of free time during lunch break. Once we finish talking and eating, we can go to the student union and file a complaint."

Bai Lan: "Agree."

Horikita: “That’s fine.”

Soon, the five of them gathered on the chairs around the convenience store next to the teaching building and started discussing while eating lunch.

During this time, Karuizawa recounted in detail what happened yesterday.

Others would occasionally raise questions about certain things they discovered in Karuizawa's words.

ten minutes later.

"I've asked all the questions. Do you have any solution?" Karuizawa asked.

Horikita: “As it stands now, your situation is very unfavorable.

The other person was injured, but you were fine. In addition, the surveillance camera at the toilet door can prove that you had contact in the toilet yesterday. It probably also captured the other person fleeing out of the toilet in a panic. All these are in favor of the other party.

And I can’t say anything that’s good for you.”

"What should we do then?" Karuizawa asked anxiously.

At this time, Bai Lan spoke up: "Don't worry about it, just appeal first. After all, accepting the punishment is equivalent to directly accepting expulsion."

125. Karuizawa: All the words she said were my words!

After lunch, Bai Lan and the other four went to the student union together, ready to file a complaint to the student union regarding the incident in Karuizawa.

The closer they got to the student council office, the more hesitant Horikita Suzune became.

However, the others did not give Horikita Suzune much chance to hesitate.

Without waiting for Horikita Suzune to prepare herself mentally, Bai Lan pushed open the door of the student union as if she was catching up with the plot, and walked into the student union office first, followed by others.

Horikita Suzune, who has always liked to be alone and hates being "carried away by the group", feels for the first time that being "carried away by the group" occasionally is not a bad thing.

After entering the gate, everyone soon saw the student union members working.

Those familiar people are all here.

Manabu Horikita, Akane Tachibana, and Nagumo.

The moment she discovered Horikita Manabu, Horikita Suzune subconsciously wanted to get scared.

But in front of so many outsiders, she didn't want her brother to see her embarrassing him.

Thinking of this, Horikita Suzune straightened her back and took the initiative to walk to the front of the team, ready to perform well as the "first spokesperson" of the team.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Ju Qian raised her head when she heard the door open, and asked when she saw Bai Lan coming in with a group of people.

"We are here to file a complaint." Horikita Suzune said, and while she spoke, she did not forget to carefully glance at Horikita Manabu who was busy processing documents.

Hearing the familiar voice ringing in his ear, Horikita Manabu looked up and found that the person who spoke was his sister. He did not show any strangeness, but just said in a businesslike manner: "Tachibana, help them register first."

After saying that, Horikita Manabu lowered his head again and continued to work.

"Okay, President." Tachibana Akane responded, then took out a small notebook from the desk and asked Horikita Suzune, "Please register first, class, name, content of the appeal, reason for the appeal..."

Horikita Suzune felt a little aggrieved when she saw that her brother treated her like a stranger, but she was also slightly relieved that she didn't have to confront her brother.

After that it’s just a matter of going through the procedures.

Soon, Akane Tachibana wrote the content of the appeal in her notebook: First-grade student Megumi Karuizawa from Class C was suspended for "bullying classmates."

Reason for appeal: There was no bullying.

Ju Qian showed Bai Lan and the others what she had written for them to review and confirm.

After everyone confirmed that the content was correct, they asked Karuizawa to sign his name in the "complainant" column.

Tachibana Akane handed the document she had just completed to Horikita Manabu.

During this period, Bai Lan said nothing, but secretly observed Nan Yun's reaction.

Nan Yun seemed to know nothing. While signing the document, he looked at Bai Lan and the others curiously with an expression of watching the fun.

"It's hard to confirm." Bai Lan thought to himself.

After reading the complaint document, Horikita Manabu took out his seal and stamped it, then put it away and said seriously: "Karuizawa-san, I will arrange an arbitration meeting as soon as possible for you to face the whistleblower. I will notify you of the specific time and place later.

If nothing goes wrong, you will be notified before the club activities start this afternoon. At the latest, it will be tomorrow. Is this time convenient for you?"

Seeing the student council president talking to him, Karuizawa didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After all, Bai Lan only asked Karuizawa to cooperate with Horikita Suzune and the others, and never told him how to answer the student council president's questions.

Therefore, Karuizawa didn't know whether he should answer "convenient" or "inconvenient" at this time.

Karuizawa: Mr. Bai has never taught this question!

Being at a loss, Karuizawa subconsciously looked at Bai Lan for help, but it was only for a moment. She remembered that Bai Lan would not let her expose the special relationship between them, so she immediately looked away and glanced at the other helpers who were invited, and finally her eyes stopped on Horikita who was standing at the front of the team.

Karuizawa saw what Horikita Suzune was doing recently, and her behavior seemed to be that of an assistant to Shiranashi.

In addition, Horikita Suzune just took the initiative to stand up and speak on behalf of everyone, which made Karuizawa feel that Bai Lan might have arranged some important role for Horikita in this matter.

In that case, if you encounter something you don't understand, just leave it to Horikita Suzune.

"Horikita-san, is it convenient for me during the 'period of time' that the president mentioned?" Karuizawa asked Horikita Suzune.

Everyone present subconsciously followed Karuizawa's pleading gaze and focused their attention on Horikita Suzune.

"Horikita?" After hearing this surname, Nanyun looked at Horikita Suzune, then looked at Horikita Manabu, looking thoughtful.

In response to Karuizawa's question, Horikita Suzune asked, "Are you okay these two days?"

"Being suspended from school, is that a big deal?" Karuizawa asked back.

In response to Karuizawa's question, Horikita Suzune first sighed.

"Besides the suspension, do you have anything else to do?" Horikita Suzune asked rhetorically.

"No."

“That’s convenient.”

"Oh, then I moved. It's convenient for me." After getting the answer, Karuizawa excitedly replied to Horikita Manabu.

.......

After returning from the complaint, Horikita Manabu used the free time during lunch break and the subsequent class breaks to constantly ask Karuizawa about the details of the case. He even went to the women's restroom where the case occurred several times, trying to find useful clues.

Surprisingly, there was no accident this time.

During the break before the last class in the afternoon, Karuizawa received an email notification from the student union.

The email stated the starting time and location of the arbitration meeting.

Soon, the last class in the afternoon ended.

Bai Lan and other four went to a special classroom on the fourth floor of the teaching building.

Enter the special classroom.

Bai Lan found that the classroom was arranged a bit like a court.

Two rows of tables and chairs are facing each other.

There is also a "judge's seat" on one side.

There were still a few minutes left before the court opened.

However, Horikita Manabu had already sat in the middle of the "judge's seat", with Secretary Tachibana sitting next to him.

After saying hello to Horikita Manabu, Bai Lan and his group chose seats on one side and sat down.

Another few minutes passed.