On Sunday afternoon, Mihaela and Nina went back to Toronto.

Ye Wei didn't get Nina's forgiveness, she basically didn't pay attention to him anymore, no matter what he said, she just shook her head in a low voice, and said a few words such as "You don't have to coax me", "We broke up", "You can say it if you like", "It's over".

Mihaela says Nina needs some time to calm down and get her mind in order, and says he needs to do the same.

It takes time to sort out your mood. Ye Wei hated these two things, but how could he not be, Nina needed it. He wished he had received a call from her early the next morning and heard her laughter: "Yonick, get up! FORGIVE YOU, NIUNI CONTINUE!"

He won't give up on winning her back, but he also has to deal with other things, academically, careerally, and he has fallen into a huge whirlpool.

The case was being settled out of court by lawyer Chabury, but his characterization of violence and injury could not be changed, and there were too many witnesses, so he punched first and then injured two people.

Because of this designation, the school had to decide whether or not to expel him through the Honors Review Committee.

The Honor Review Committee is an organization dedicated to the deliberation of student cases of serious offenses, consisting of two parts, one is the teachers and faculty, and the other is the student representatives elected by the students of the whole school. Students who violate the rules are also required to attend for self-defense, and the results are judged by voting scores, but the scores of teachers and student representatives are different.

Since the parents' opinions are not taken into account, Ye Wei's parents do not need to attend, and if they are not satisfied with the result, they can appeal or even take the school to court.

There are only a few days left for the fall semester, and the adjudication is just after school on Monday.

On Monday, there was a sense of tension in both the middle and high schools of Harvard-Westlake, and the whole school already knew what was going to happen and what might happen today.

From morning to noon, and then to the end of school in the afternoon, there are young students on both campuses who are constantly talking about this:

"I heard that VIY was fired, and he had to be expelled from ordinary fights, and he was a violent crime. ”

"I really don't want him to be fired, I really don't want to!"

"Who would think? That's VIY! ”

"I'm going to go to the council room to show my solidarity with him. ”

"Let's go!"

......

High school ends at 3:10 p.m. on Mondays, and it's time for the blue sky to shine brightly on this sprawling campus. The honors room in the academic building was also lively, and the sound of footsteps, conversations, and moving chairs was heard in this courtroom-like place.

The old headmaster of Hednut usually smiled and looked kind, but now he had an old face. The other dozen or so teachers are also like this, some of them are Ye Wei's homeroom teacher, the dean in charge of his tutoring, the coach of the football team, the assistant teacher of the club, and the teacher of the committee...... Everyone's expression was stern.

They took their seats at the chairman's table in the row above the spacious conference room, and on the wall behind them hung the Harvard-Westlake Wolverine red and black school emblem flag, as well as the honor code sign.

The student representatives also arrived, and more than a dozen elegantly dressed teenagers, none of whom had a hip-hop look, took their seats on both sides, and several of them exhaled quietly.

Today is really a heavy task, and the whole school is waiting for the results.

"Good luck, Brother Wei!", "Defend well, you can do it!", "We all have your back!"

The corridor outside the deliberation room was even more lively, a large group of students escorted Ye Wei here, and the members of the Dream Chasing Alliance were all here, and Lev, Jiya and other friends naturally had a lot. There were instructors who kept order and told them to leave and do their own thing, but more and more students were gathering in the hallway.

It's all for the boy in the red and black jacket and jeans.

"Thank you, everyone, get busy, thank you. Ye Wei smiled at everyone, and in a show of solidarity, he opened the door and walked into the deliberation room.

The layout of the room is a U-shape, he walked to the chair placed in the middle, his eyes naturally scanned around, and he was stunned for a moment, and saw a figure in a white dress sitting above the seat on the right-hand side, Lily. She was a member of the student representatives, and she hadn't noticed that she was too busy to participate in the election.

Lily was also looking over and nodded slightly. Her complexion is good, her two heroic thick eyebrows are raised lightly, her eyes are shining with a calm light, and she really doesn't have the feeling of ADHD at all.

Everyone in the deliberation room, Ye Wei knows, and the student representatives include all ethnic groups, including student unions, student mutual aid associations, and friendship committees......

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Ye Wei looked at everyone, "Hello." Everyone nodded, and he sat down in the orange chair with a calm expression.

The old principal of Hednatt in the middle of the top began to deliberate solemnly: "Ye Wei, our VIY, what he, what he did, I don't need to introduce more, you all know." Looking at a copy of the text on the table, the old principal said, "Let's take a look at Ye Wei's honor record first." ”

The committee all looked at the same document on the table in front of each of them, from the seventh grade to the current eleventh grade, Ye Wei's violations were really a lot, noisy, impolite language, excessive pranks, and prom conflicts...... There have also been two major events, last year's drinking and fighting, and now the violence hurting people.

And his honor is very dazzling, never fails, the champion of the second team of football, and the founder of the popular club Dream League...... The festival even set up an award in his name.

Lily saw "Fall semester of 9th grade, November 3rd, on Monday, the rally was noisy, and the penalty was increased by 5 hours Operation Cuttlefish", her eyes blinked, and she pursed her lips.

After a while, everyone finished reading it, and the old principal said to Ye Wei in the middle of the deliberation room: "Wei, you are one of the biggest prides of the school in recent years, Harvard-Westlake is proud of you, but you also make her ashamed of you, because you have done very strict, bad, and disappointing things." What is your explanation for this incident?"

Everyone's eyes were looking at Ye Wei, the room was quiet, and the students were looking forward to something.

"I don't have any explanation. The first sentence of Ye Wei's defense made everyone frown, but he was not frivolous and arrogant, and he was very peaceful: "The reasons, processes and results of this incident are clearly written in the honor record." I am willing and also responsible for my actions, and I am sorry for disgrace to the school because of my personal actions. ”

The teachers looked at each other, and the coach of the football team said hatefully: "Captain, tell us what you think, why did this happen?"

Before today, Ye Wei had thought about what to say, he was expelled nine out of nine, but Lily still had to continue to study here, and of course what he said to Alice couldn't be said here.

"I was really angry, the woman was stealing and saying nasty things, and I was out of control. He sighed and repeated, "I'm just out of control." ”

Seeing that Ye Wei didn't seem to be ready to defend himself, the students were a little anxious, it was already difficult to recover, and VIY still had this attitude of "I accept being expelled"!

"Anything else?" asked Ms. Axel, Dean of Counseling.

"Nothing. Ye Wei said.

Just as the atmosphere of deliberation froze, a beautiful girl's voice suddenly sounded: "I'm sorry, I want to say a few words." ”

Hearing this, Lily Collins, she said and stood up. Everyone knows that she and Ye Wei have been in love, this is too legendary in school, what does she want to say?

Ye Wei's brows furrowed, and he whispered, "Lily, you don't need to ......"

"The woman he hit, Doloris Palak, was a former home assistant in my family. Lily ignored him and said calmly: "She did steal a box of things, which was given to me by him during my relationship with Ye Wei." Because of this incident, we had a big misunderstanding and broke up. In terms of the cause of the incident, I can confirm Ye Wei's sincerity. ”

Her words sent a murmur from the students. Ye Wei was in a complicated mood, Lily, you don't like this, don't force yourself...... I don't want that kind of support from you......

Lily continued: "I won't comment on his punch yet. I would say that no one here will understand anyone but me and him. She blinked her clear eyes, "I can't tell." Our beauty was ruined because of someone else's theft. ”

She glanced at everyone, "Here, some people are in their youth, some people have youth, and there is love. You can understand an emotion that, when you first met, wondered whether to wait for him to text or text him, agonizing about what to say...... When you're in love, you can talk on the phone all night and talk about everything...... You get the idea.

I want to say that his punch was not a violent crime, it was just an irrational loss of control, and those are the reasons.

I know this guy!"

Lily stared at Ye Wei who was silent over there, "You also know this guy, he is not a bully of others, can you find someone in the school who said, 'I was bullied by VIY', 'I hate VIY', can you find a few real school bullies, that is the person he bullies." ”

"Look here!" she spread her hands a little excitedly, her eyes reddening, "like he's done something hugely wrong." No, I sued you, it was me, I told him I wanted an apology, and he went to great lengths to find the woman, and he ran away stupidly. ”

Ye Wei closed his eyes, don't say anything, Lily...... It's okay, it's really okay.

"Do you think Ye Wei can't think of a smarter way to deal with it? He may be smarter than any of us here. ”

Lily's words paused, "But that's him, a hero." I have to remind you of the fact that every hero is irrational! I talked to him about that. ”

The faculty and students listened attentively and looked thoughtful.

"No sane person will become a hero!" Lily looked at the teachers above and said sincerely and confidently: "The people who set foot on the battlefield, the people who rushed into the blizzard and the fire to save people, these people are all irrational, because you are likely to be a dead corpse tomorrow, what consequences are stricter than death?"

She shook her head, "I don't think so." However, the hero will still risk his life irrationally, ignoring the strictest consequences, and set off, not thinking so much. ”

"People who only think about themselves in everything, that's a bad guy!" her voice trembled a little, and she couldn't suppress the sadness in her heart, "Only a bad guy will always be sensible, and will think about his own interests first in everything he does." They're cowards, they're selfish ghosts!

You see someone drowning in the river, even if you're a swimming instructor and you jump into the river to save someone, your life is in danger. At that time, why don't you think about your family, your school, and yourself? When you start from reason, you will not save people, and you will not do anything that has nothing to do with your own interests. Is that what we encourage?"

Ye Wei looked at her with a smile......

The people who were moved to hear it saw Lily purse her lips and shake her head, and she said: "We have always encouraged individual heroism, and the United States encourages individual heroism the most! Why do we like heroes? Because the villain is only himself, and the hero represents many people, maybe justice, maybe dreams, family affection, friendship, love...... It's just not rational!"

Lily paused again after raising her voice, and pointed her right hand at Ye Wei, "If we accuse him of being irrational and say how wrong he is, how ridiculous it is! Then do we want to blame other heroes, why don't you think about it before you die? What should you do with your family when you die? Why do you want to save people? Why do you want to take action for others?"

If Ye Wei's irrationality was to do something bad, I would be the first to accuse him! But he is not, the villain is not him, the villain is Doloris Palak.

Villains can do whatever they want for themselves, but heroes don't have to be restricted for themselves?

But you're wrong! Why do you want to be a hero? Why!?"

Lily looked at Ye Wei, her eyes were filled with tears, and she said questioningly: "Be an ordinary person, or be a villain, don't you have nothing at all?"

"I don't know......" Ye Wei said abruptly, "I don't know." ”

"Of course, you don't know, heroes are all idiots!" Lily's tearful eyes scanned the crowd, "but we love these idiots, and we love him." Because we know that when we are bullied, he will also punch for us. For me, for you, for a stranger, when he needs to make a move, he will not hesitate to do it irrationally.

Because heroes don't always think about interests, heroes always think about sacrifice!

If anyone agrees to expel him, does that encourage us to treat everything in the most rational state and put our own interests first? What kind of conscience is that? What kind of honor is that? I want to say that it will be a huge mistake to expel Ye Wei! We will lose our honor and our heroes.

Ye Wei, he is a hero. ”

Lily endured her crying, nodded to everyone, and looked at Ye Wei apologetically, "I'm done." ”

At the same time as she sat down, the student representatives warmly applauded in the deliberation room, and the faculty also applauded, Ye Wei shook his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Applause came out of the hallway, and all the students who were listening were applauding with emotion, and Lily said it so well! No one was shouting, everyone was very serious.

After Lily, several more student representatives spoke one after another.

Laurel Sean, president of the Alumni Society, said: "I completely agree with what Lily Collins said, this incident cannot be defined as a violent injury, it is a loss of reason, and when it comes to the cause and circumstances, it is understandable and forgivable. Ye Wei is usually very busy, but he also actively participates in the mutual help of his classmates, and he has brought us too much. ”

"In my personal case, it really helped me a lot. "You don't know what I was like when I was in seventh grade, it wasn't the teacher here who changed me a lot, it was VIY, I wasn't even a good friend of his. He took me to football, took me to play, met friends. He's a great asset to us, and I can't imagine a school without him. ”

"Lily Collins is right, he's going to do it for someone else, and none of you know it to me. "When we were in eighth grade, he used to teach me a lesson, and I won't say who it was, he had his eyes on me, and he often had verbal bullying and some small bullying against me, which the teacher couldn't help."

I was very annoyed and didn't know what to do, but when I heard about it, he blocked that guy for me, and taught the other party a lesson half-frightened and half-beaten, not ruthless, no one else knew.

He said that he learned this from "Freaks and Nerds", if someone keeps pestering and bullying you, if you go and beat him, he won't dare to mess with you. After that, the guy really saw me and walked around and didn't bully anyone, because VIY said to him, 'I'm staring at you.'" 'He always helps others, but he doesn't show off everywhere, that's why everyone respects him and calls him a boss!"

At the same time, the students in the hallways were still congregating, more and more crowded, crowded but orderly.

The student representatives in the deliberation room spoke and expressed their attitude, and the student committee members unanimously decided not to expel Ye Wei, but could give some punishment for community service.

The faculty members all grimaced, exchanged essays and ideas, and it was so difficult to make a vote, a star student who was a business card and loved by his classmates.

It was a long time before the results of their vote reached the old headmaster Headmaster Headmaster, who had already made a decision himself, and he seemed to be suddenly many years older, looking at the final result of this deliberation, he did not speak for a long time.

Seeing the old principal like this, the students' hearts were raised, and they felt relieved just now, Ye Wei would be fine...... Lily raised her eyebrows, no, no!

"As a result of the Committee's ruling, this review has come to an end. The old principal finally spoke, "The school decided to expel Ye Wei from the school. ”

"No !!", "Can't be expelled!", "It's a mistake!" the student representatives all shouted and stood up, but Lily sat there as if she couldn't stand up.

VIY was expelled! The corridor outside was suddenly in a bang, and the students shouted in surprise and dissatisfaction: "Disagree!", "Leave Ye Wei!!", "VIY!!"

As expected, Ye Wei leaned back in the chair and stood up slowly a little weakly.

"Silence!" shouted the old headmaster, and the students soon fell silent, but each of them was unconvinced, and the teachers were uncomfortable.

The old principal looked at Ye Wei in the field, sighed, and said, "We know what kind of good student Harvard-West Lake has lost. In the more than ten years that I have been the principal, the school has expelled some students, and no one has made it more difficult and painful for us than Ye Wei. ”

He knew that not only the student representatives on both sides, but also many people in the corridor were listening, and said loudly with a solemn face: "Students, there are too many things in this world that are not clear about right and wrong, so we need the law and the school needs discipline." Whatever the reason, the law is the law.

Harvard-Westlake is not a stage for someone's hero's show, we have a style of study and a reputation to maintain, and we must have an attitude: Violence is absolutely not allowed. Based on this consideration, and only having a history of severe punishment, the school decided to expel him.

Students, while you are proud of Ye Wei, take this as a warning. ”

No one could listen, and all the student representatives were flushed at this time, and their cries rang out in the room and in the corridors one after another: "Principal, give him another chance!", "Expelling VIY is never an honor!", "He's a hero!......

Lily clutched her forehead, wept silently, sobbed suddenly, and looked at the floor, not looking at anyone.

"Thank you. At this time, Ye Wei spoke loudly, and the surroundings immediately became quiet, he looked at Lily who was sobbing over there, looked at the old principal and everyone, and said with a smile: "Lily Collins's words are very moving, but she said a few words, being a hero has a price, and you can also call it a sacrifice."

If I'm a hero, that's the price I'm paying.

I understand 100% of the school's decision that a person can be a hero or not, and what the school does is to provide an objective, good and strict environment for us to choose what kind of person we are, except for the bad guys. So, I don't think there's a right or wrong way for me to throw punches, and the school is right to expel me.

There are many reasons to be a hero, and there are many reasons to be irrational, justice, compassion, morality, salvation...... One of them is anger, and that's what I'm irrational about this time.

I love a line from "Batman": anger gives you great strength, but it can destroy you if you go too far.

This is the biggest reflection I have gained from this incident, as the principal said, everyone should take this as a warning, thank you. ”

After Ye Wei finished speaking, everyone was still silent, the students were speechless, and the teachers couldn't help sighing.

Lily still held her forehead, her shoulders trembling, her blank eyes with tears, and did not look at him...... The student committee unanimously decided not to expel Ye Wei, but to give some punishment for community service.

The faculty members all grimaced, exchanged essays and ideas, and it was so difficult to make a vote, a star student who was a business card and loved by his classmates.

It was a long time before the results of their vote reached the old headmaster Headmaster Headmaster, who had already made a decision himself, and he seemed to be suddenly many years older, looking at the final result of this deliberation, he did not speak for a long time.

Seeing the old principal like this, the students' hearts were raised, and they felt relieved just now, Ye Wei would be fine...... Lily raised her eyebrows, no, no!

"As a result of the Committee's ruling, this review has come to an end. The old principal finally spoke, "The school decided to expel Ye Wei from the school. ”

"No !!", "Can't be expelled!", "It's a mistake!" the student representatives all shouted and stood up, but Lily sat there as if she couldn't stand up.

VIY was expelled! The corridor outside was suddenly in a bang, and the students shouted in surprise and dissatisfaction: "Disagree!", "Leave Ye Wei!!", "VIY!!"

As expected, Ye Wei leaned back in the chair and stood up slowly a little weakly.

"Silence!" shouted the old headmaster, and the students soon fell silent, but each of them was unconvinced, and the teachers were uncomfortable.

The old principal looked at Ye Wei in the field, sighed, and said, "We know what kind of good student Harvard-West Lake has lost. In the more than ten years that I have been the principal, the school has expelled some students, and no one has made it more difficult and painful for us than Ye Wei. ”

He knew that not only the student representatives on both sides, but also many people in the corridor were listening, and said loudly with a solemn face: "Students, there are too many things in this world that are not clear about right and wrong, so we need the law and the school needs discipline." Whatever the reason, the law is the law.

Harvard-Westlake is not a stage for someone's hero's show, we have a style of study and a reputation to maintain, and we must have an attitude: Violence is absolutely not allowed. Based on this consideration, and only having a history of severe punishment, the school decided to expel him.

Students, while you are proud of Ye Wei, take this as a warning. ”

No one could listen, and all the student representatives were flushed at this time, and their cries rang out in the room and in the corridors one after another: "Principal, give him another chance!", "Expelling VIY is never an honor!", "He's a hero!......

Lily clutched her forehead, wept silently, sobbed suddenly, and looked at the floor, not looking at anyone.

"Thank you. At this time, Ye Wei spoke loudly, and the surroundings immediately became quiet, he looked at Lily who was sobbing over there, looked at the old principal and everyone, and said with a smile: "Lily Collins's words are very moving, but she said a few words, being a hero has a price, and you can also call it a sacrifice."

If I'm a hero, that's the price I'm paying.

I understand 100% of the school's decision that a person can be a hero or not, and what the school does is to provide an objective, good and strict environment for us to choose what kind of person we are, except for the bad guys. So, I don't think there's a right or wrong way for me to throw punches, and the school is right to expel me.

There are many reasons to be a hero, and there are many reasons to be irrational, justice, compassion, morality, salvation...... One of them is anger, and that's what I'm irrational about this time.

I love a line from "Batman": anger gives you great strength, but it can destroy you if you go too far.

This is the biggest reflection I have gained from this incident, as the principal said, everyone should take this as a warning, thank you. ”

After Ye Wei finished speaking, everyone was still silent, the students were speechless, and the teachers couldn't help sighing.

Lily still held her forehead, her shoulders trembling, her blank eyes with tears, and did not look at him......