Xu Yan spoke and took out his phone, opening the voice recorder to play an audio clip.
The voice of a young man with a hint of coldness rang out: "Do you understand what you're doing today?"
Immediately after was Daniel's irritable voice: "What the hell are you pretending to be, a big bad wolf? This is attempted rape, do you get it? Taking photos of a girl like that, are you even a man? You're disgusting."
"I was wrong, I shouldn't have taken inappropriate photos of her, and I shouldn't have had ill intentions. Please let me go because nothing happened," Matthew's voice in the recording was completely different from his calm demeanor in front of the police.
Interspersed was Emily's voice and the young man's somewhat blunt inquiry about whether she wanted to call the police.
...
The policewoman taking the statement had neat short hair, a beautiful face, and upon hearing this, she looked up at Matthew and said, "Didn't you say you never had any contact with this girl?"
Matthew's expression froze, he clenched his fingers, and said, "We originally had no contact, we hardly ever communicated, and that day I was clearly forced to say those words by them. They fight and bully classmates at school all day, it was them who threatened me to say these words, I am innocent, officer."
Daniel was angered by his shamelessness, his fists clenched loudly, he glared at Matthew, and said, "I have never seen someone so shameless."
William, however, reacted indifferently, calmly saying, "If I remember correctly, there are surveillance cameras in the equipment room."
Maggie looked at the young man in front of her and said, "There are surveillance cameras in the equipment room?"
William made a sound of affirmation and said, "Previously, equipment went missing from the equipment room, so the school installed surveillance in a more concealed location inside, not many people know about it."
Maggie looked at the male police officer beside her and said, "Go and retrieve the surveillance footage from the school."
Matthew, who had been clenching his hands tightly, spoke up, "Don't bother, I admit it, I did take Emily to the equipment room, and what they said afterwards is also true."
Maggie looked at the young man in front of her, who seemed gentle and had top grades in the school. He could have had a bright future after graduation, but ruined it because of his own evil thoughts.
"Why did you do these things?" Maggie asked the young man in front of her.
Daniel suddenly raised his head and said viciously, "Was I not good enough to her? Why did she just dump me as she pleased? And with a high and mighty attitude, telling me not to contact her in the future, why? Tell me why? That bitch was just playing with my feelings."
William calmly said, "Feelings are based on mutual consent, if it works, you're together, if not, you part ways. Why so many questions? If everything needed a reason, there wouldn't be so many breakups in the world."
Maggie also agreed and said, "Moreover, you are currently in the second year of high school, your focus should be on studies, not these things."
...
Matthew was taken away by the police, and should be sentenced to at least three years.
He could have had a great future, all destroyed by his own hands.
On the way back.
Daniel asked William, "William, when was there surveillance installed in the equipment room? I didn't know about it."
"There's no surveillance," William glanced at him.
"Damn, William, you bluffed him. William is really smart."
"Get lost."
...
After William left, everyone in Class 17 exploded.
"Damn, that girl didn't commit suicide because of William, did she? Why was William suddenly taken away?"
"Because of your head, what does it have to do with William?"
"Could it be that she couldn't get William and was troubled by love, leading to suicide? It's not impossible. The girl doesn't need to be too upset, after all, William is as cold as an ice block, you can't warm him up."
"You're right, this possibility does exist."
"Shh, listen to me, is there a chance that the girl was William's secret girlfriend, and they were having an underground relationship, but were forced apart by their parents, so the girl wanted to die for love?"
"I spit, your theory is as likely as the sun rising from the west tomorrow. What kind of girl William would like, I can't imagine."
"I heard that Matthew from Class 7 was also taken away."
After a moment of silence, everyone began to speculate anew.
...
William just entered the class, and all eyes in Class 17 fell on him. His face was cold, and he looked fierce. He went straight back to his seat.
Daniel listened to the whispers in front of him and couldn't bear it anymore, speaking up, "Damn it, if your imagination is so rich, why not write a novel?" In less than one class, these people had come up with so many versions.
Those people didn't dare to bother William and asked Daniel instead.
"Alright, stop asking. Anyway, that girl is not because of William, and William hasn't done anything wrong." Daniel looked at those faces eager to know and said, "If you dare to ask William, you wouldn't be bothering me."
"If we dared to ask William, who would bother you."
Ellie had an impression of the girl they were talking about. A few classes before the incident, she had seen her and even helped her up.
She thought she was unwell, but it turned out to be...
She lowered her eyes, stared at her practice questions for a while, and then continued to work.
Daniel turned his head and whispered to William, "William, can we tell others about this?"
William looked at him and said, "It depends on how the school and the police handle it."
"But William, they are all saying you bully classmates. I'm afraid some idiots from Class 7 will say you beat their good student and caused their classmate to commit suicide."
William's tone was casual, "So what? I don't live in their mouths." Moreover, the truth won't change because of a few words from these people.
Although the two were speaking softly, Ellie heard their conversation clearly. She was slightly distracted and stopped writing.
"Do you want to know?"
Ellie heard a sudden voice beside her and turned her head to meet William's teasing eyes. She shook her head and said, "I don't want to know."
"Insincerity isn't a trait of a good student."
Ellie said, "I never said I was a good student."
William chuckled, his black eyes filled with some amusement, looking less fierce. He said, "So you admit you're insincere."
Ellie realized she had been tricked by him. She pursed her lips, stared at him with her clear apricot eyes for a moment, and then said, "I didn't."
William looked at her eyes like a deer and said, "I won't tease you anymore, you should study."