Chapter 104 Papa?

"Dad?" Mona, with her backpack, watched Zhen Hu running around after Julian because Lu Xiaoyao had hit Qi Hai葵. She stood there, perplexed, and called out to him.

"Ah, Bo... Mona, what's wrong?"

"It's so late, aren't we going home yet?"

"We are. It's all on the way. Let's wait for Zhu... wait for Thomson and the others. This is just too unlucky. How could a good girl be framed like this?"

Even though Zhen Hu arrived late, he didn't believe Lu Xiaoyao had started it. Subconsciously, he stood on Julian's side.

Unfortunately, he couldn't go to the office to support Julian and the others right now.

"We're just missing a witness..."

Zhen Hu sighed, remembering Lu Xiaoyao's disadvantage. Then, as if remembering something, he looked at Mona and asked, "Weren't you with her the whole time? What exactly happened this afternoon?"

"I... I don't know. I went back to the dorm to pack my luggage, and when I came out, I didn't see Daisy."

Mona's words didn't arouse Zhen Hu's suspicion. Instead, Zhen Hu became even more convinced that Qi Hai葵 was framing Lu Xiaoyao.

"Why does Dad trust Daisy so much? Senior Danny is indeed very popular... Maybe..."

Before she could finish, Zhen Hu interrupted her, saying, of course, he believed her. But when he explained the reason, he managed to find a timely excuse.

"Of course, I trust the classmates you play with!"

"Is... is that so?"

Mona was stunned. She looked up at Zhen Hu's bright, piercing eyes. The sincere light made Mona instinctively avoid his gaze.

It was clearly the same face, but Mona felt a sense of disorientation.

"Haha, of course," Zhen Hu said with a smile, reaching out to pat her head as if she were a child. "Because she's your friend, I especially believe her! I trust your judgment!"

With Lu Xiaoyao's personality, Zhen Hu could easily make friends.

As he rubbed her head, Zhen Hu completely missed the dark shadows that veiled her lowered eyes.

At that moment, Zhen Hu was happily thinking: if only Lu Xiaoyao could influence the Boss!

…

Lu Xiaoyao, who was being so "highly anticipated," was currently in the office with Julian.

Present were two homeroom teachers, the "victim" Qi Hai葵, and Qi Hai葵's parent, who was also the Dean of Academics, her uncle Li Yuan.

Julian's mind had cleared up the moment he finished saying "Papa doesn't allow it."

And he seriously considered the current situation.

Li Yuan and Qi Hai葵 were probably in cahoots, and they were trying to break up with all of them!

Just now, Lu Xiaoyao had been whispering to him that Qi Hai葵 had approached her, trying to plot against her. Then, Mingmei burst in, and just as she hit her, a large group of people suddenly appeared and saw it.

It was just too unlucky!

But no one present believed these words except Julian.

Qi Hai葵's homeroom teacher was naturally on Qi Hai葵's side. And Lu Xiaoyao's homeroom teacher kept glancing at Li Yuan, who was standing behind Qi Hai葵, as he asked questions. What could he do?

Although he wasn't as flattering and ingratiating as Doug, he didn't think he was particularly upright either.

He didn't need to stand up to the Dean of Academics for Lu Xiaoyao's words, who had no witnesses or evidence to prove her innocence.

Besides, Lu Xiaoyao even revealed the reason why Qi Hai葵 had approached her, exposing the truth about the "fight" that had been causing a stir in the school recently.

He didn't even know about this!

Wasn't it too far-fetched?

The homeroom teacher looked shocked, as if to say, "Don't come over here! I don't want to hear about this!"

He turned incredulously to Qi Hai葵's homeroom teacher next door, only to see that he was very calm and even took the time to adjust his glasses.

Lu Xiaoyao's straightforward and direct behavior wasn't just impulsive. She just wanted to see what kind of people were in this school.

And the result?

Qi Hai葵's homeroom teacher clearly knew and was covering it up.

Lu Xiaoyao's homeroom teacher, although he had just found out, remained silent and didn't express his opinion.

Then, Li Yuan, who was usually taciturn in reality, was able to say a lot of words in one breath, the most direct of which was asking Lu Xiaoyao for evidence.

It seemed like he was blaming everything on Lu Xiaoyao's one-sided lies.

…

"How... how could this happen?"

Bai Xiao stood in the crowd from beginning to end and witnessed everything.

She hadn't thought that Li Yuan and Qi Hai葵 would do such a thing.

Even though Mingmei and he were eventually asked to leave, and they didn't see the final result, Bai Xiao could already imagine that Lu Xiaoyao wouldn't get any advantage from this.

"These people always protect each other."

Yuan Fang poured Bai Xiao a cup of hot water with his only remaining hand and said this.

Mingmei, who heard this, just raised her head, but was interrupted by the hot water that Mu Chen happened to hand over.

At this time, Mu Chen had also rushed back and learned about what happened at school in the afternoon.

Mingmei took the water that Mu Chen poured, squeezed the cup, and never drank it. In the end, she just apologized to Bai Xiao.

"This time, you brought me in, but Qi Hai葵 immediately called security and found out it was you... and even caused you to lose your job."

Mingmei thought for a moment and said, "My shop can hire another person. Don't worry about not having money."

Mingmei had clearly seen the look of horror on Bai Xiao's face when she lost her job because of Mingmei this afternoon. It was as if the sky had fallen.

Connecting it with her character setting in this round, Mingmei felt it was necessary to stabilize her emotions.

"No, it's okay. It's not good to have everyone crowded in one shop for collecting information. I'll go out and look again later. Maybe there will be other ways?"

Mingmei didn't expect Bai Xiao to refuse.

"They've already started expelling people from the school who aren't in their group..." Mu Chen added, "I might be next."

"How could things have developed like this?"

Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang frowned at the same time. If this was the case, their situation would be terrible.

But even now, they couldn't figure out why Qi Hai葵 and Li Yuan would betray them.

"Could it be that they're planning a roundabout way to save the country, trying to please the Boss to get clues?"

Mingmei and Mu Chen hadn't told anyone that the characters were very likely to be influenced by the Boss's will and become no longer themselves, but closer to the character settings envisioned by Mona.

"Who knows, maybe this Boss has some ability to manipulate the psychology of the characters?"

Mingmei said this half-jokingly, but saw Bai Xiao shout "Oh no!"

"What's wrong?"

Mingmei looked at Bai Xiao, but Bai Xiao said, "Then isn't Zhen Hu's situation very dangerous now? After all, he's the Boss's father now! Isn't he going to betray us too?"