Chapter 7 — Fake Apology

"She hasn't finished writing yet, why should I say I don't blame her?" "Because she feels like she's implicating everyone." "Involving who?" Hua Chieu Da was asked until he was speechless. Chu Linh rushed forward: "Nguyen Tinh Ha, don't pretend to be stupid! Mien Mien is in a bad state because of you!" Mom directly raised the phone. "Continue talking, recording." Chu Linh's face changed. Hua Chieu Da frowned: "Auntie, it's not appropriate for you to do that." "Is it appropriate for you to block my daughter's room door on the day of the university exam?" Mother said each word very firmly. "Now go back and rest. If you continue to harass me, I'll report to the police a second time." Ha Mien Mien finally stepped forward. Her eyes were red and swollen, her voice choked: "Auntie, I really don't want to disturb Tinh Ha, I just want everyone to be good." Mom looked at her. "So now you can clearly say in the class group that Nguyen Tinh Ha did not push you, did not stimulate you, did not harm you from not finishing your essay." Ha Mien Mien's expression stiffened. Hua Chieu Da immediately said: "Auntie, Mien Mien's emotions are unstable right now, don't force her." "If you don't dare to tell the truth, then don't come and play the honest role." Mom slammed the door. The hallway was quiet for a few seconds. Then came Ha Mien Mien's suppressed cry. At noon, I only slept twenty minutes. On the afternoon of the Math exam, my condition was better than expected. After collecting the cards, Hua Chieu Da did not appear again. But public opinion has fermented. On the school forum, someone posted: "On the day of the university entrance exam, I witnessed the terrifying controlling desire of the head of the block, forcing weak classmates to collapse, and my mother even slapped the male god of the school." In the photo, the moment my mother raised her hand was cut out very clearly. Cause and effect are removed. Comments quickly piled up several hundred floors. "Is the head of the block that arrogant?" "A weak beauty and a male guardian of flowers, a certain Nguyen looks like an evil woman." "I heard that she was afraid that Ha Mien Mien would surpass her, so last night she started to destroy people's psychology." Doan Te Nguyet threw the phone on the bed. "Are they crazy?" Mom was arranging documents with her lawyer, and hearing that, she raised her head: "Don't look." Before taking the exam the next day, At the entrance of the test site, a few strangers appeared holding cell phones. They pretended to be parents, but the camera was still chasing me. "Are you Nguyen Tinh Ha? I heard that you bully your classmates?" Mom stood in front of me. The teacher leading the team immediately called security. But the other people backed away and shouted: "The university entrance exam is not an exemption card! If you make a mistake, you must apologize!" The surrounding candidates were made noise and turned their heads one after another. Ha Mien Mien stood on the other side of the school gate, her face pale. She didn't move forward. Just bow your head and post a post around your friends. Doan Te Nguyet quickly took a screenshot for me. "Please don't come anymore, I don't want to influence anyone because of me. He also has to take the exam." It looks like advice to stop him. It's essentially an endorsement. The morning the general exam ended, as soon as I left the exam room, the head of the grade called me back. "Nguyen Tinh Ha, your mother is in a conflict with someone else at the school gate." My head rang. Outside the school gate, a man was holding a phone on the ground, screaming: "She stole my phone! Hit someone!" Mom held the phone in her hand, her face pale. The security guard pulled her back. Ha's mother stood in the crowd, crying and saying: "Their whole family is like that, the slightest move will hit someone." Hua Chieu Da was also there. He saw me, his eyes were complicated. "Tinh Ha, you really moved your hand just now." I rushed forward. "Mom?" Mom gave the phone to the police. "He secretly filmed under my daughter's skirt." The other man immediately jumped up: "You're lying! I filmed interview documents!" The police opened the photo album. The crowd watching suddenly became silent. The man's face turned white

at speeds visible to the naked eye. In the album, not only me, but also close-up photos of other female students' feet. The people who had just scolded my mother stepped back one by one. Ha's mother's lips moved, but no words came out. The police took the man away on the spot. My mother's wrist was grabbed red, but she touched my head first. "It's okay, let's eat." Hua Chieu Da stood in place, his face awkward. Doan Te Nguyet laughed coldly: "Who told you to move your hand just now?" Hua Chieu Da looked at me. "I didn't know he secretly filmed it." "There are a lot of things you don't know." As soon as this sentence ended, Ha Mien Mien suddenly covered her mouth and ran to the side of the road to vomit. Ha's mother immediately caught her. "Is it the fever again?" Ha Mien Mien shook her head, tears falling. "Mom, I don't want to take the English test anymore." Everyone's eyes once again turned towards me. Fifteen minutes before the English test, test scores stop being entered. In the end, Ha Mien Mien still came in. Hua Chieu Da stood outside the door, until the loudspeaker urged him to run into another exam building. When the final bell rang for the last class, I didn't immediately breathe a sigh of relief. Because the real battlefield has just begun. At the school gate, people like reporters are no longer there. The police are still dealing with the hidden cameraman.