Reborn As Lucky Star
Chapter 731: Dropping Out

Chapter 731: Chapter 731: Dropping Out

To avoid attracting attention, the class teacher specifically called for Zhou Xitong after school in the afternoon.

Zhou Xitong followed behind the teacher, heading towards the principal’s office.

Her eyebrows were tightly knit together, and her heart was fraught with anxiety.

"Why have you called me? What’s the matter?"

Zhou Xitong asked coldly, yet prayed inwardly that it was for some other reason.

The class teacher sighed as she looked at her, then comfortingly responded,

"The principal wants to understand a situation, don’t be nervous, just tell the truth about what’s happening."

Zhou Xitong’s heart hung suspended in her chest, she clenched her teeth, and her lower abdomen throbbed with dull pain.

The class teacher saw Zhou Xitong with her head held high yet appearing somewhat fearful and felt that, after all, she was still young and had simply strayed at one point.

She whispered in consolation, "We all make mistakes in our lives, more or less, particularly at your age. It’s normal to be curious about certain things, only—"

Zhou Xitong snapped before the teacher could finish, "Shut up, I don’t want to hear any of your sermons; it’s all nonsense!"

The class teacher shook her head and closed her mouth, more certain than ever that Zhou Xitong’s emotional instability was one of the signs of pregnancy.

Upon opening the principal’s office door, the principal asked the class teacher to leave first.

Only Zhou Xitong and the principal were left in the room.

Before the principal could even speak, Zhou Xitong took the initiative.

"That pregnancy test is not mine."

The principal glanced at her, "I know, but isn’t this you incriminating yourself?"

Zhou Xitong’s breath hitched, and she heard the principal sigh deeply.

"Each year, our school has students who are sponsored with funds. After all, without this money, the school couldn’t keep improving, letting more students enjoy a better environment. From this perspective, we each have our needs met."

Zhou Xitong watched the principal bewilderedly, not understanding why he was bringing this up.

The principal shook his head and continued, "But among these students, I really didn’t expect that you would cause me so much trouble."

Zhou Xitong immediately grew furious, "How have I caused trouble? It’s others who provoke me."

"It was Yue Qingqing who provoked you, it was Lu Zhu who provoked you with their issues, and even with Sun Tianyu, it was him who provoked you. There are just too many people in this world that can provoke you. Our school really can’t afford to accommodate such a grand Buddha as yourself, so you should just withdraw on your own accord."

The principal still left Zhou Xitong some dignity by not mentioning her pregnancy, simply requesting her to withdraw voluntarily instead of being expelled by the school.

This was also considered giving the girl a way out.

Zhou Xitong said resentfully, "Why should I withdraw? My dad has donated a lot of money to the school."

"That money was because of your poor middle school examination results, paid to secure your admission. It was an equitable exchange with the school; Yizhong doesn’t owe you anything," the principal said coolly. "You don’t have to withdraw if you don’t want to, but how will you hide your growing belly in a few months?"

Zhou Xitong was being so ungrateful that he couldn’t be bothered to save face for her anymore.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhou Xitong’s arrogance immediately vanished, and she stopped talking back.

The principal waved his hand, signaling her to inform her family to come to the school and handle the withdrawal procedures.

"We will try to find a respectable reason for your withdrawal. I hope you will behave yourself."

And so, Zhou Xitong was persuaded to leave the school.

In the end, the school still preserved her face, first clearing the rumors during the flag-raising ceremony.

They explained that a student spilled juice or another liquid on the pregnancy test, leading to rampant rumors, and causing some to be wrongly implicated.

The principal urged everyone to be attentive during classes and not to doze off, lest they become the subject of suspicion, eliciting a wave of laughter from the audience.

Because of this attitude, most people took the incident as nothing more than a malicious prank and didn’t take it seriously.

And as for the rumor that Zhou Xitong was withdrawing early to study abroad, it did not catch much attention either.

However, many who noticed Zhou Xitong’s absence were well aware that she was not truly going abroad; she was clearly acting out of a guilty conscience.

And the more Zhou Xitong thought about it after returning home, the more bizarre it seemed until she became sure that the pregnancy test was a trap aimed at her.

As for who would do such a thing, Zhou Xitong didn’t even need to think—she immediately pinpointed Yue Qingqing as the culprit.

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