Chapter 62 - 24: Apology (Part 3)

"Let’s see how to answer this question. Why do my plants look like they’re about to die? Can they be saved?" A senior handed several pots of flowers to Su Xiaocai.

Touched, they’re doomed!

Others crowded around, "Are your plants infested with pests?"

"Doesn’t seem like it."

"Maybe they’re sick."

"Waa, what do I do, this batch is for sale, and there’s no—"

Su Xiaocai picked one up and looked at it, "They’re a lost cause, little ground fleas have burrowed in, almost reaching the roots, can’t be saved in a short time. There are too many ground fleas here."

The ’ground flea’ is just a generic term; they’re really just a kind of small bug, there’s no known scientific name for it, it’s just called that for convenience.

Ground fleas are smaller than ants, a species with strong reproduction and survival abilities, robots can’t catch them, so the only way is to use bait to gather them together and then collectively eradicate them.

The senior unceremoniously threw the flowers away, "Hurry, teach me how to identify them, I’ll go dig up another batch, pity my old waist."

Su Xiaocai told her everything she knew in detail.

Afterward, Su Xiaocai told them she would go on a mission with the Mecha Department, "I’ve asked the professor to help take care of things, I’ll definitely trouble you guys then."

So she wanted to treat them to a big meal tomorrow, hoping they would pay extra attention to her fields in return.

"No need to be too courteous, junior."

"No, really."

"We’d feel bad eating that."

"So what’s on the menu for the big meal?"

Everyone side-eyed the idiot asking what’s on the menu, considering how much Su Xiaocai had helped them, he actually had the nerve to ask for food.

Su Xiaocai laughed and said, "It’s not luxury cuisine, but there will definitely be meat and desserts, let’s set the gathering place here. I’ll bring the food over, let’s just call it an afternoon tea."

An afternoon tea they could accept, it shouldn’t cost too much, they thought.

Two hours passed quickly, just in time for the end of class, and the school broadcast screen and pole screens displayed four students standing in a row.

"Wow, it started so fast?" The seniors quickly gathered to watch the apology scene.

The four people on the screen hung their heads, standing in front of the camera, reading the apology letter they had written that morning.

Shou Xin and the other two read with expressionless faces and all bowed to apologize to Su Xiaocai afterward.

This type of internal school live broadcast apology allows for comments, the school has around forty thousand people, even if only a quarter watched, the comments would still be quite numerous, not to mention the incident happened on campus.

"I saw that message too and commented, saying bad things about Su. I’m sorry."

"Me too, really sorry, from now on if I see such comments, unless there’s solid proof, I won’t comment."

"Came to Military Training not to study, but to do these ridiculous things, it’s silly."

"Won’t talk about those in the Agricultural Research Institute. Aren’t there enough courses in the Mechanical Academy? So idle."

"Sigh, why target others, what’s the point."

"I feel this punishment is a bit too much."

"Who posted the above comment, is there anyone from the network technology department? Track them down, see if they dare to say the same thing again."

The righteous comments drowned out the twisted reasoning, no one dared to say the principal’s approach was inappropriate anymore.

The first three people went smoothly, then it was Mijiali’s turn, she timidly looked at the camera, then quietly read the apology letter, her tone aggrieved.

Unintentionally, a tear fell, crying covered the muffled voice, the last "sorry" still stuck in her throat.

The seniors from the Agricultural Research Institute, fiery-eyed, deliberately posted sarcastic comments targeting her.

"Oh, I knew there would be an incident."

"She seems very aggrieved, is someone bullying her?"

"Cry and people will sympathize with you."

"So it’s to gain sympathy, shameless."

Su Xiaocai laughed at the comments, the seniors were too cute.

Mijiali couldn’t have anticipated that her crying would completely ruin her likability, they had apologized seriously, and fellow students wouldn’t remember them too long.

Crying while apologizing is different. If you’re the victim, you can cry to elicit sympathy.

But you’re the perpetrator.

The military training students are not fools; if you were wronged, you could completely report it.

Seeing how Mijiali’s mother doted on her yesterday, she would absolutely support her.

Insisting on making a scene during the apology only made it more unpleasant.

In the end, Mijiali sobbed uncontrollably.

The apology scene was interrupted, and it was time for an unfamiliar school leader to speak, explaining yesterday’s general situation and how Su Xiaocai was wronged.

He sternly criticized the students who spread rumors, giving them a demerit, while praising Su Xiaocai for her calmness, intelligence, and magnanimity.