"Ah! Someone jumped off the building!" students on the first floor shouted after witnessing the scene.
The gardener who had just watered the flower beds ran over, saw Tan Jing in the muddy flower bed, and slapped his thigh, saying, "Kid, what could be so bad that you have to jump off a building?"
Tan Jing hadn't fallen to her death; her classroom was on the third floor, and she had fallen into the flower bed below. The soil was wet since the flower bed had just been watered. Furthermore, the shrubs had lessened the impact, so Tan Jing didn't die immediately.
After seeing Tan Jing jump, Tan Rou quickly grabbed her backpack, packed up her desk items, and rushed out. Instead of taking the stairs, she followed Tan Jing's lead and jumped but aimed for a nearby tree. She landed on a branch and swung down from it.
"Tan Rou!" Father Tao was frightened out of his wits, but after seeing Tan Rou land safely, he heaved a sigh of relief. He slumped over the railing, his legs weakening.