Chapter 416 I’m Sorry to Disappoint You

On the rostrum, Principal Zhang Yunxiu sat in the center, with Liu Quan beside her, holding a microphone and personally presiding over today's meeting.

He glanced at the audience below, then said, "Teachers and students, the first item on our agenda today is for Teacher Ye Bufan to come to the stage and explain the situation."

Chang Hao sneered as he looked at Ye Bufan, thinking to himself, "Let's see how you're going to resolve this." He had clearly seen Hai Mingzi's attitude at the school gate yesterday; she didn't give anyone Face.

Ye Bufan, however, didn't even look at him. He walked calmly onto the podium, picked up the microphone, and said, "I believe everyone already knows what happened at the school gate yesterday, so I won't go into too much detail. Below, I will mainly discuss two points.

First, this matter is Hai Mingzi's fault. She must return all the money and possessions of the other students.

Second, she must publicly apologize to those students and make a self-criticism to all the teachers and students of the school."

His words were few, but after he finished speaking, the entire venue was in an uproar. Everyone in the school knew who Hai Mingzi was; she was the big boss of Grade Two, Class Five, the most difficult person to deal with in the entire school.

Moreover, Hai Mingzi's father was Hai Dafu of Dafu Group, one of the few tycoons in Jiangnan City whom even the principal dared not provoke.

This new young teacher actually opened his mouth and told her to come to the stage to apologize and make a public self-criticism. Was he not awake last night, or did he get water in his head while bathing?

Not only did the school teachers not hold out hope, but even the students who had paid protection fees to Hai Mingzi dared not hold any hope. They didn't believe that the money they had been taken would be returned.

People discussed animatedly, and some teachers even laughed, thinking that this was simply impossible.

"Who is this guy? He really thinks he's someone important. Even if he wasn't kicked out of Class 2 Year 5, there's no way he could make Hai Mingzi obediently listen…"

"Did I hear that right? This guy actually told Hai Mingzi to apologize. He really is ignorant and fearless. I think he got it wrong; he should tell the principal to apologize publicly, that would be less difficult…"

"What do you think Hai Mingzi's reaction will be? Will she go up and give this guy two big slaps to make him sober up?"

In the Grade Two, Class Five queue, Zhu Mingyu's lips curled into a cold sneer. As one of the core members of the class, he knew Hai Mingzi best.

It seems that Teacher Ye has become a bit carried away after establishing himself in the class, daring to say anything.

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He'll soon know what it's like to be publicly humiliated.

He turned his head and said, "Mingzi, that guy wants you to go on stage and apologize. Do you want to give him some Face?"

Wu Zihao said, "Hai Mingzi, if you ask me, you should go up and publicly ask him if the sun will come out from the west…"

The people around burst into laughter. No one believed that Hai Mingzi, with her temper, would apologize publicly. But then their laughter abruptly stopped; Hai Mingzi actually stepped forward and walked towards the stage.

Chang Hao was standing by, looking smug, waiting to see Ye Bufan's joke, but he was astonished to find that Hai Mingzi actually walked onto the podium.

And Hai Mingzi today, compared to yesterday, was like a completely different person.

Her delicate Face was without makeup, her long black hair was tied into a neat ponytail flowing behind her head, and she was wearing a white long dress. The whole person looked like a beautiful lotus emerging from the water. Where was the little delinquent who went around collecting protection fees?

"What's going on? Why did this girl suddenly change her ways?"

If he wasn't extremely familiar with Hai Mingzi, he would have really thought he recognized the wrong person, or that Ye Bufan had found a fake imposter to take her place.

The teachers below the stage were also stunned. Firstly, they didn't expect Hai Mingzi to actually go on stage, and secondly, they didn't expect her to change into her current appearance. This completely subverted their understanding.

"What is Hai Mingzi going up there to do? Apologize publicly or slap Ye Bufan's Face?"

This was the question in everyone's mind at this moment.

Normally, it was impossible for her to apologize, but her appearance today was clearly abnormal.

Under everyone's gaze, Hai Mingzi went on stage, respectfully took the microphone from Ye Bufan's hand, and then said to the audience below, "Hello, teachers and students, I am Hai Mingzi, and today I apologize to everyone…"

"Holy moly, Hai Mingzi really apologized! What's going on? Was she bewitched by that guy named Ye?"

Zhu Mingyu, Wu Zihao, and others simply couldn't believe their eyes; this was completely unscientific.

The other teachers and students also gaped in shock, dumbfounded.

The most devastated was Chang Hao. He wished he could rush up and slap Hai Mingzi twice, telling her she was wrong.

But he couldn't do that, nor did he dare to do that. He could only watch from below, gritting his teeth.

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Zi ignored everyone else, took out an A4 paper, and wrote a lengthy 5,000-character self-criticism. And this self-criticism sounded heartfelt, not just a perfunctory one.

Finally, she put away the draft and said, "The person I should be most grateful to for realizing my mistakes is Teacher Ye.

It was he who taught me the principles of being a person, it was he who pulled me back from the dark abyss, it was he who gave me family happiness, it was he who gave me a completely different life."

Hai Mingzi's words were entirely heartfelt. If not for Ye Bufan, she wouldn't have been able to have a complete family again. If not for Ye Bufan, she would have lost not only her mother but also her father, becoming a lonely orphan.

Only she understood these things, while others were utterly confused, not understanding what this had to do with family and personal happiness. They also didn't understand why Hai Mingzi gave Ye Bufan such high praise.

At this moment, she took out a small notebook: "To all the classmates I have hurt, I apologize to you again.

For more than a year, all the money I took from you has been meticulously recorded, with your names and specific amounts. I will return it to you tenfold later."

"Boom…"

The audience was completely stirred up. At this moment, everyone truly believed that Hai Mingzi had genuinely reformed, genuinely wanted to apologize to everyone, and genuinely wanted to return the money she had taken.

What shocked everyone even more was, how did Ye Bufan do it? In just one day, how did he make a stubborn little delinquent turn over a new leaf?

Many of them had interacted with Hai Mingzi, and from the principal to the teachers, everyone was helpless. Were they incompetent? Or did this new young teacher have extraordinary abilities?

After Hai Mingzi publicly apologized, she turned and bowed deeply to Ye Bufan, then walked off the stage.

Back in the class, Ai Meili softly said, "Mingzi, what happened? Did Teacher Ye help you solve that matter?"

In the entire school, their relationship was the best, and only she knew Hai Mingzi's secret.

Hai Mingzi didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

When the matter was over, Ye Bufan also walked down from the podium. As he passed by Chang Hao, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Director Chang, I disappointed you."