When the management lady arrived at the scene, Xylean was entangled with her housemate.
Her housemate had the upper hand in the fight and looked less miserable compared to Xylean.
The shampoo foam on Xylean’s hair had collapsed and was now all over her face and body. She had a higher risk of accidentally exposing her private parts as well since her towel was loosely wrapped around her body.
There were a few scrapes with fresh blood traces on their faces, particularly Xylean’s neck. Her neck was severely wounded due to the scratches.
The lady and the other girl pulled them apart after much difficulty.
While being held back, Xylean and her housemate glared at each other, refusing to show any signs of weakness!
The lady donned a stern face and reprimanded them furiously. “What are you two doing! Don’t you know that fighting is not allowed on the school compound? A demerit will be given to the people who fought! In severe cases, they might even be expelled from the university!”
The guilty party complained. The housemate whined. “Auntie! I’m innocent! Xylean bullied us! Xylean was the one who started the fight! Auntie, look at the slap she ruthlessly gave me on the face! Can’t I retaliate since she slapped me first!”
The aunt asked the girl beside her. “Did you witness who started the fight? Was it Xylean?”
The girl nodded. “It was Xylean indeed.”
Xylean clenched her teeth and her face was flushed in rage. “Why didn’t you two tell her that you two were the one who purposely shut the water valve off while I was showering!”
“Did you see us shutting off the valve? You have no evidence! How dare you hit someone without proof!”
Xylean could not hold in her fury anymore and cursed at them. F*ck!
She had never met such shameless people in her life!
As they were quarreling, the lady glanced at Xylean who did not have any clothes on her. She felt a little jittery. “Xylean, go in and tidy up before we continue talking about this. You two, follow me out of the dormitory!”
…
Xylean stood under the showerhead and continued her shower.
Hot water splashed over her body and she felt a burning sensation coming from her wounds. It was so painful that she wanted to cry.
Grievance, anger… These emotions were bottled up within her and she clenched her fists tightly.
No one could distinguish if the water drops on her face were just the hot water from the showerhead or her tears anymore.
…
After taking a shower, she did not bother drying her hair and immediately put on her clothes and went out to find the management lady.
The lady was talking with the two girls.
Xylean was not a person who could be sorted out easily. She stomped toward them and grabbed the housemate who fought with her by her collar. “Let’s see if you’re daring enough to repeat the humiliating words you told me just now!”
The lady quickly separated them and glared at Xylan solemnly. “Xylean! Why did you pick a fight again! If you two fight again, I will report this matter to the police!”
“Report it to the police then! In short, she was the one who started the fight first! I want to see if the police are reasonable or not!”
Xylean’s eyes reddened in anger. She could feel a vortex of rage swirl inside her and could not tamp down her fury. She could not tolerate such an insult and just let things slide!
“Aunt, listen to her! Report it to the police!”
The lady was dumbfounded and dismayed. “You two… Why are you two so troublesome? Okay then, you guys want to make a big deal out of it no matter what, right! I will inform your teacher right away!”
…
Half an hour later at the police station.
The policeman’s ears nearly went deaf after listening to their quarrel.
“Can you two just calm down first!”
“It’s not even a big issue and you two are from the same dormitory. Can’t you two just resolve your dispute privately?”
The police found it ridiculous. It would be torture to them if they only handled such trivial matters every day.
The police glanced at the girls’ faces and furrowed. “Everything was fine between you two. Why did you two scratch each other’s faces?”
Xylean gulped her saliva. She felt embarrassed too. She turned her head aside and did not answer the question. Her eyes welled up with tears. It was not because she was afraid of them or felt that she was wronged. She teared up because she felt like she had traveled back to the old days and had been brought into the police station because of the people like her housemate.
“You. What’s your name?”
After they were brought into the police station, her housemate knew her place and started to feel a little scared. “Yasmine Larson.”
“How about you? What’s your name?”
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