Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 257 Thorny Rose (14)

Yan Zhen and Jiang Xicun were both sent to the hospital for a more comprehensive and detailed examination.

After spending two days in the hospital and confirming that she was alright, Yan Zhen was discharged and returned to school.

Although the fire in room 307 was quickly extinguished, the dormitory was burned beyond recognition.

Seventy percent of the items in the living room were burned, and the fire spread to two other rooms, leaving the ceilings blackened by the thick smoke.

My roommates have all moved out.

As Yan Zhen was packing her things, her counselor, Teacher Zhang, told her about the cause of the fire and the subsequent arrangements for her accommodation.

"The fire department has investigated and found that the fire was caused by Jiang Xicun lighting scented candles while watching TV in the living room. When he went back to his room to sleep, he forgot to turn them off. The candles ignited the wool blanket in the living room, and the fire spread from the wool blanket to the sofa and then to the carpet."

The counselor sighed and lowered her voice, saying, "I've repeatedly emphasized that we shouldn't pile up these flashy but impractical flammable materials in the dorms, but these rich girls just wouldn't listen. Now look what happened, it almost caused a disaster, thankfully no one was killed..."

Knowing the real cause of the fire, Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow slightly where the counselor couldn't see.

"The dormitory needs renovation and won't be habitable for a while. We've already arranged for the eight girls in room 307 to move to other dorms with available beds," the counselor said. "Everyone else has already chosen their new dorms. Since you came back late, there are only two dorms left to choose from: room 311 and room 206 on the second floor. Which one would you like to go to?"

Yan Zhen casually replied, "206, I guess."

Living on the second floor means she can avoid climbing one flight of stairs.

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you now."

Yan Zhen packed her things, and her counselor helped her carry one of her suitcases downstairs.

When they arrived at dormitory 206, the counselor knocked on the door for quite a while before it opened a crack.

A petite girl stood behind the crack in the door, her voice timid: "Teacher Zhang, the people in our dormitory have discussed it and we don't want any new roommates to be assigned to our dormitory."

Teacher Zhang frowned: "Why?"

The girl's gaze fell on Yan Zhen, but she only glanced at him before looking away.

She was clearly pushed into saying this by her roommates, and she forced herself to say, "We heard some news about our new roommate... and we don't want to disrupt the harmony of the dorm, so..."

The door to dormitory 206 was quickly closed again.

Teacher Zhang, with a preconceived notion, applied the short girl's words to the recent uproar over the school-wide bullying of Lin Xun.

The bullying was initiated by the son of a school board member. Although Ms. Zhang was aware of it, as a junior counselor, she was powerless and dared not intervene.

She turned to look at Yan Zhen and saw that Yan Zhen's face was expressionless, and she was neither sad nor embarrassed by being rejected.

Teacher Zhang asked helplessly, "Shall we go and take a look at dormitory 311?"

"it is good."

When they arrived at room 311, these people wouldn't even open the door. They shouted at Teacher Zhang through the door, unwilling to accept Yan Zhen as their new roommate.

Yan Zhen vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

She's the bullied victim with a million-dollar reward and a promise of three years of unscathed high school. There are only two days left in the deadline. So many people want to get close to her and find a chance to make her drop out of school.

It's understandable that people in dormitory 206 don't care about the money and promises and turned her away, but what about dormitory 311?

Surely we can't all give up on forcing her to drop out of school just because of a fire, can we?

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The students at the school were all from wealthy or influential families, and Teacher Zhang, who was always good at mediating disputes, didn't want to force anyone to do something against their will, lest he offend them.

Having encountered setbacks one after another, she was at a loss. She looked at Yan Zhen and said, "Well... Lin Xun, why don't you commute for a while and come back to live here after 307 is renovated?"

Day school?

Does that mean I have to go back to Wang Jianchun's house?

It was impossible for Yan Zhen to commute to school. She had no intention of making things difficult for Teacher Zhang, who was a working-class person. So she simply walked past Teacher Zhang and raised her hand to knock hard on the door of room 311.

She banged on the door loudly, and it opened quickly. All seven girls from room 311 gathered at the doorway, looking at Yan Zhen warily. One of the tall girls said aggressively, "What are you doing?"

Yan Zhen glanced around and noticed that Lü Yan, who used to live in room 307, was also there.

She had a guess in her mind.

Yan Zhen didn't answer the tall girl's question, but instead looked at Lü Yan: "What did you say to them?"

Lu Yan was stunned, her face immediately changed, and her eyes were filled with guilt: "I...I didn't..."

The tall girl couldn't stand seeing Lü Yan being "bullied" like this by Yan Zhen, so she stood in front of her and shouted, "If you dare to do such a thing, why won't people tell us? Let me tell you the truth, the reason we won't accept you to move in is because you are too vicious!"

The commotion in room 311 attracted the attention of people from several surrounding rooms. They opened their doors and either watched from a distance or gathered at the entrance of room 311 to see what was going on.

With more people around, the tall girl became even more imposing. Pointing at Yan Zhen, she said to the classmates who were watching the commotion, "Do you know what Lin Xun did? She had a conflict with Jiang Xicun from 307. On the night of the fire, Lü Yan saw her press Jiang Xicun down in the fire and not let her leave, saying she wanted to burn her to death."

These words caused an uproar, and everyone turned to look at Yan Zhen.

"Wow, that's too much!"

“This is clearly murder. Jiang Xicun can sue her for intentional injury.”

"I used to feel sorry for her when I heard that Qin Huai had instigated the whole school to bully her. Now it seems that there is always a reason why someone is pitiful. She deserved to be bullied!"

Yan Zhen stood at the center of the discussion, listening to the chatter of the girls her age around her. Her expression remained unchanged as she stubbornly asked Lü Yan, who was hiding behind a tall girl, "Did you tell them?"

Only Lü Yan and Jiang Xicun, who were present at the time, knew about this. On the day Jiang Xicun went to the hospital, she was picked up by the Jiang family after completing the examination. The only person who would spread this story at the school was Lü Yan.

Having witnessed the brutality and ruthlessness with which Yan Zhen beat Jiang Xicun that night, Lü Yan felt a chill run down her spine and her scalp tingle when Yan Zhen asked her this question: "I... I only told one person..."

"Did you tell them how Jiang Xicun treated me?" Yan Zhen asked. "It's one thing that he bullied me and Xu Zhiyun in the dormitory before, but he also instigated Qin Huai to mobilize the whole school to force me to drop out of school. And on the night of the fire, Jiang Xicun wouldn't let you notify me that there was a fire in my dormitory, trying to make me burn to death without knowing it... Did you tell them about these things?"

Lü Yan: "..."

Her trembling appearance said it all.

"Since you're going to talk about it, why not explain the whole story clearly? It's as if I provoked Jiang Xicun," Yan Zhen asked. "Are you bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"

“…” Lü Yan almost cried.

Seeing this, the tall girl reached out and shoved Yan Zhen: "Why are you being so fierce! When the dormitory catches fire, everyone is thinking about escaping. It's a favor if they notify you, it's their right not to. To burn Jiang Xicun to death for such a reason, you're absolutely disgusting!!"

Yan Zhen was pushed so hard that he stumbled and leaned back.

Behind her were students watching the commotion. Someone suddenly shoved her hard from behind, and Yan Zhen's thin body swayed like a sunflower in the wind. She lost her balance and fell to the ground.