DF Chapter 26

Chapter 26 What Pride Do I Have?

Chapter 26 What Pride Do I Have?

Discovering someone nearly buried alive in the mountains is an extremely heinous event, especially when the victim is found by students, making it even more serious.

During this period, all schools have been strictly disciplining their students and simultaneously conducting safety awareness education, resolutely prohibiting them from going to narrow, remote places alone. Even going with companions is not allowed, and in case of abnormal situations, they must wait for the police to arrive.

As for Sheng Jia, Song Ji’an, and several female classmates from Class Two, who were at the center of the incident, they were given a thorough scolding by both of their homeroom teachers after being brought out of the police station.

Saving someone is a good thing, but God knows when Teacher Liu Yidong and Teacher Fang received the phone call from the police station saying that several students from their classes had dug out a near-death victim in the mountains. According to police observation, the suspect might not have even gone far at the time, and the victim had just been buried for less than an hour. Their souls almost flew out of their bodies. They stumbled to the police station to understand the situation and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were all right.

Of course, Sheng Jia and Song Ji’an from Liu Yidong’s side were relatively better. One didn’t say much and let her scold, while the other listened attentively, nodding repeatedly and promising not to do it again. The few girls on Teacher Fang’s side were not so obedient.

The one who led them to accompany Sheng Jia into the mountains was called Xia Qingzhao. Judging by her name, you can tell that her mother quite liked Li Qingzhao and named her that in the hope that she would have literary talent like Li Qingzhao in the future. But unfortunately, she didn’t inherit Li Qingzhao’s literary talent; instead, she inherited Li Qingzhao’s somewhat cynical personality.

Teacher Fang reproached her, but she didn’t care. Her eyes were bright as she asked, “Was that older sister saved?”

Teacher Fang looked at her shameless appearance, and the tight skin on her face couldn’t hold it anymore. In the end, she just sighed silently, “She’s still being rescued. I don’t know what happened.”

If a person is buried alive, it will be difficult to recover.

This incident is one of the most serious cases in Jingjiang in recent years, so it made it to the trending searches, and it was on the local hot search for four or five days. Dangui also became popular along with it.

Some media wanted to interview Sheng Jia and the other brave young people, but Ms. Lu Jing, out of consideration for protecting them, simply helped them reject the offers.

The media today may not really want to report acts of bravery; they are more interested in pursuing hot topics and explosive points, as long as they can attract attention.

Especially since the victim this time was a woman, and news related to women, whether good or bad, always carries some malice or malicious speculation once it is reported.

And the rumors about the victim have never stopped.

Perhaps Lu Jing is too sensitive, but she wants to protect her students. To this end, she specially called Sheng Jia and the others to the principal’s office and gave them a detailed lecture.

The rewards they deserve will not be less, but her only requirement is not to publicize it.

Even if the students in the school know who they are, there is no need for the media to interview them.

The girls are not ignorant, and even Xia Qingzhao agreed.

Because the suspect has not been caught, the entire Jingjiang has been in a state of panic during this period. Slogans for safety education have been plastered all over the schools in just a few days, and every teacher has repeatedly told them not to put themselves in dangerous situations.

Since the media could not interview Sheng Jia and the other students who had experienced it firsthand, they simply turned their attention to the monkey.

The monkey can save people, it is intelligent, and it even helped the victim dig the dirt off her face before finding someone so she could breathe. Everyone said that the monkey had become an elf.

As expected, this news went viral. Fajin Temple does not accept media interviews, but Dangui was already quite famous locally, and there were plenty of photos of her daily life. Piecing them together could also make a story.

This wave of attention, as Lu Jing had expected, did not bring any benefits. To avoid the ubiquitous internet celebrities who wanted to film her, the ancient temple, which had not closed its doors for a single day in more than ten years, simply closed its doors for a week.

But this still couldn’t stop it. After all, Dangui is just a little monkey, and she is difficult to restrain. The masters have lived with her for more than ten years and have never thought of restraining her. This has led to people squatting at the places where she goes for a walk in the mountains every day. It’s one thing to stay put at the exit to photograph her, but there are also those who don’t know any better and reach out to touch her, almost getting scratched.

When Sheng Jia went to look at the comments about Dangui, they had already changed from “What a clever little monkey, the monkey team has done a great job” to “Wild things are still wild things after all, they have no feelings.”

Cyberbullying a monkey is really an absurd and ridiculous thing.

The reason she almost scratched someone that day was because she was stressed. Subsequently, she was temporarily confined to the temple by the masters, waiting for this period to pass before letting her out.

Fortunately, Dangui is illiterate, otherwise it is impossible to imagine how sad she would be.

An act of kindness from a monkey brought insults to herself instead.

Lu Jing’s consideration was correct. Perhaps the few young people had obediently agreed to the principal’s words, but deep down, they were still somewhat restless and unconvinced. At this age, they are born with the desire to show the world their achievements and courage.

Dangui’s incident gave them a head start, making them much more sober.

In all fairness, Xia Qingzhao didn’t think that she could withstand the malicious speculation and various rumors on the internet while accepting the limelight. The malice towards Dangui in some comment sections made even her, the most restless person, feel a bone-chilling cold in the summer’s poisonous tail.

However, whether or not to become famous is not important to Song Ji’an and Sheng Jia. What they are most concerned about is Dangui’s living environment.

Dangui is a very cute little monkey, and she is also old. Who knows how many more years she can live, but at least during the period of her life when she enters old age, everyone hopes that she can be more free and carefree.

Midway, Sheng Jia also made a phone call with the master, agreed to take the time to see Dangui in a while, and confirmed that Dangui’s body and mind had not been greatly affected by the stress before she was relieved.

The commendations for Sheng Jia and the others came from the city government and the school, but after Teacher Fang and Liu Yidong discussed it, they decided to have each of them write a self-criticism, reflecting on their impulsive behavior. There must be both rewards and punishments, lest the few of them get carried away.

On the third day after they turned in their self-criticisms, the day after the safety awareness publicity meeting ended, the victim finally woke up.

At that time, Song Ji’an and the others were discussing whether the marathon would still be held. After all, something like this had happened, and it was possible to postpone or simply cancel it, but the various sponsors had already invested funds. This was a project of the Municipal Tourism Bureau. With such a large investment, unless there was a typhoon or some other geological disaster to stop it, it seemed that the possibility of cancellation was not very high.

As they were chatting, Liu Yidong walked into the class and called out to Sheng Jia and Song Ji’an, “Sheng Jia, Song Ji’an, you two come out for a moment.”

After the two of them came out, she led them towards the principal’s office while explaining, “The lady you saved the other day was out of danger the day before yesterday, and her condition has improved slightly today. She insisted on coming to the school to thank you in person and is now waiting in the principal’s office.”

“So fast?” Song Ji’an was a little surprised, “Isn’t her injury very serious?”

“Yes, but she was determined to come over, and she came in a wheelchair this time.” Liu Yidong said, “Teacher Fang has already taken the few from their class over there, and you two are the only ones left.”

It will take some time to get from the classroom to the principal’s office. Liu Yidong walked very fast. Seeing this, Song Ji’an waited until the homeroom teacher was a little further away before lowering her voice and whispering to Sheng Jia, “I feel that this older sister’s insistence on coming to us today may be more than just to express gratitude.”

Hearing this, Sheng Jia turned her head to look at her, supporting her by asking, “Why?”

In fact, on the day they dug out the victim, everyone was taken to the Public Security Bureau. Because most of them were minors, it was normal to notify their guardians when something like this happened. Teacher Fang was contacted by Xia Qingzhao and the others, while Liu Yidong was contacted by Sheng Jia. Sheng Jia didn’t care about the situation of Xia Qingzhao and the others, but she contacted Liu Yidong because she didn’t want Sheng Huaiying to know about this, nor did she want her to come to the Public Security Bureau.

Liu Yidong understood her family situation, and it was also related to her two students, so she would definitely come and help Sheng Jia solve this matter.

But Song Ji’an’s situation was more special than theirs. The people she invited that day were Auntie Liu and Qian Lawyer, who had helped Xu Lijing last time.

This was her second time coming here. She had entered two police stations in less than a month since coming to Jingjiang, but after Auntie Liu understood the cause and effect, she just patted her and Sheng Jia on the shoulders, smiled and asked them a few questions about their physical and psychological conditions, and then went with the two teachers, Fang and Liu, who had rushed over to deal with the aftermath of the incident.

After all, they were just there to make a record, not a big deal. The people in the police station were very kind to them.

After Song Ji’an returned home, Song Ningqiu gave her an emergency call, and she was relieved after confirming that she was fine. However, because she was curious about the beginning and end of the incident, and learned through Qian Lawyer that the victim had not yet found any family members who could help her, she decided to have Qian Lawyer provide assistance to the victim.

This is not a big deal, but Song Ji’an actually knows the first-hand news faster than anyone else.

For example, after the victim woke up, she directly called the police and said she wanted to tell the police something, but ultimately decided to go to the school first to thank the students who saved her.

There may be something hidden in this matter.

At least the victim doesn’t seem to trust anyone now, not even Qian Lawyer, who has been by her side busy with everything since she opened her eyes.

Therefore, Qian Lawyer didn’t know what she was going to do and could only infer to Song Ji’an that her purpose in coming here might not be simply to say thank you.

After Sheng Jia listened to the whole story, she nodded clearly and said something that Song Ji’an had been hovering on the edge of her lips, but felt that it didn’t seem right to say.

“She may suspect that the murderer is in Jingjiang No. 1 High School.”

Song Ji’an was slightly stunned, then smiled, “We thought of the same thing. I was afraid that you would think I was overthinking it after I said it.”

“That’s what I think, otherwise she wouldn’t be in such a hurry to come over before her injuries have healed, as if she’s afraid of alerting the enemy and letting someone run away after saying it.”

She said in a low voice, “So we may be able to stay there a little longer later.”

Sheng Jia thought of a key point, “Then what exactly happened to her, hasn’t she said it yet?”

Song Ji’an nodded, “Yes, so we have no idea how she was buried, who buried her, and what happened before she was buried.”

“You two walk faster.” Liu Yidong had almost walked a hundred meters and looked back to see her two proud students still there, heads together, not knowing what they were muttering, so she couldn’t help but shout, “Hurry up, hurry up, you have to go back to class later. Your physics teacher said that there will be a frequent and stimulating pop quiz this afternoon. If you’re any slower, you might not make it.”

Hearing this, Sheng Jia and Song Ji’an exchanged glances and then hurriedly followed her as if nothing had happened.

After returning behind Liu Yidong, Song Ji’an still had the leisure to joke, “Teacher, physics is Sheng Jia’s strength. I feel that she basically wins first place in every quiz, so it doesn’t really matter whether she goes or not.”

“Don’t talk nonsense,” Liu Yidong turned her head and glared at her, “Every exam is a consolidation of knowledge. No matter how good you are, you have to participate. Look at Sheng Jia, she’s not as arrogant as you.”

Song Ji’an shrank her neck, “What pride do I have? After coming to Jingjiang No. 1 High School, I’ve been hit many times already.”

In exams, Sheng Jia is indeed a strong opponent. Perhaps in her original school, Song Ji’an was a little proud, but after coming here, her mentality has changed. If she doesn’t work hard, not only will Sheng Jia always be on top of her, but even Su Zhaolin and Meng Yeran will bite her tightly.

The competition among the top students in Jingjiang No. 1 High School is extremely fierce, but perhaps for them, this is another kind of stimulation.

The three of them quickly arrived at the entrance of the principal’s office. Liu Yidong knocked on the door and then led the two into the office.