Do you really want to know about the video?

After finishing her meal, Zhou Yining found the noise from her family unbearable, so she left early and went to a nearby internet cafe to check on her submissions.

Opening her submission email, Zhou Yining actually found that one of her short stories had been accepted.

The editor had left contact information, and Zhou Yining added the editor’s WeChat.

Zhou Yining: [Hello, has my short story been accepted? I’m Zhou Yining.]

After a while, Zhou Yining received a reply.

Wu Xinyu: [Yes, your story has been accepted. We will schedule your story for the third issue next month. Since this is our first collaboration, the provisional rate is 150 yuan per thousand words.

If the response is good, we will increase the rate.]

Zhou Yining: [Okay, thank you.]

Zhou Yining calculated that she could earn 900 yuan for this short story.

Although it couldn’t compare to her previous life, it wasn’t bad and could cover immediate needs.

Wu Xinyu then asked Zhou Yining for her bank card number for payment.

Then Zhou Yining realized that she only had one bank card, and it had no money in it.

Zhou Yining didn’t want to use the previous bank card again.

After all, given the original Zhou Yining’s personality, her family probably knew her card number and password.

Zhou Yining didn’t want her hard-earned money to end up in someone else’s hands.

Fortunately, the bank was open as usual at noon.

She went and opened a brand new bank card and canceled the old one.

After giving the new card number to Wu Xinyu, Zhou Yining went to school.

The afternoon consisted of two consecutive English classes.

Teacher Cao still didn’t like Zhou Yining.

He never called on Zhou Yining to answer questions in his class.

Zhou Yining never listened to his lectures anyway.

Her own English was already very good, and she didn’t need to listen to the class at all.

So, Zhou Yining simply started writing a novel outline.

Making money was the most important thing.

When it was time for lunch in the afternoon, Zhou Yining packed up her things and realized that Tian Xue had disappeared early on.

The two of them had just had an argument at noon, or rather, it could be said that Tian Xue unilaterally wanted to argue with her.

Zhou Yining got up and walked towards the cafeteria. Yu Yang and another female classmate who often asked her questions saw that Zhou Yining was alone and went to find her.

“Zhou-jie, do you want to eat with us?” Yu Yang grabbed Zhou Yining’s wrist and asked.

She had been asking Zhou Yining math questions recently and had become familiar with her.

“No, I have something to do later. You guys go ahead,” Zhou Yining said with a smile.

“Okay, if you don’t have anyone to eat with, come find us.”

“Okay, I know,” Zhou Yining nodded.

She went to the cafeteria to get food and immediately saw Tian Xue.

Tian Xue was still sitting in their usual spot, eating alone.

Zhou Yining sighed. After thinking about it, she still walked over.

They had just had an argument at noon, and it was Tian Xue’s fault.

If she took the initiative to make amends now, she might be able to ask about the video.

For Zhou Yining, investigating the video was a bit difficult.

The only person she knew who knew about it was Tian Xue.

The easiest way was to directly ask Tian Xue what was going on.

Zhou Yining walked over with her tray and sat down opposite Tian Xue.

Tian Xue didn’t seem to expect Zhou Yining to come and find her.

Her eyes flickered, and she unconsciously wore a flattering smile.

“I thought you wouldn’t talk to me anymore. I was wrong about what happened at noon. I was too emotional and shouldn’t have said those things to you. I’m sorry.” While speaking, Tian Xue observed Zhou Yining’s expression.

Zhou Yining smiled at her. “It’s okay. It’s good that you’ve thought it through. Friends are bound to argue.”

“Yeah, do you want to drink milk tea? Let’s go buy it now. My treat.” Tian Xue originally didn’t have any friends in Class 19.

If Zhou Yining wasn’t with her, she wouldn’t even have anyone to eat with.

Now that she had regained what she had lost, Tian Xue was especially happy.

“Treat me after school tonight. By the way, I still want to know what the video is all about.

I’ve been studying every day recently, and my mind is a mess.

I can’t remember some of the things from before,” Zhou Yining asked tentatively.

Since Tian Xue was in the wrong because of what happened at noon, Zhou Yining felt that this was an excellent opportunity.

If she brought up the question now, Tian Xue would most likely answer in order to appease her.

Tian Xue looked into Zhou Yining’s eyes and said seriously,

“What I said before was the truth. It’s better to forget than to remember. Do you really want to know?”

Zhou Yining nodded seriously.

“Yes, no matter what it is, it’s the road I’ve walked. Whether it’s good or bad, I want to know. There’s no point in running away.”

Tian Xue gave Zhou Yining a deep look.

“You’ve really changed a lot. Do you remember the sports meet last summer?

Everyone basically signed up for one or two events, and everyone would go to the changing room next to the track to change clothes.”

Tian Xue looked at Zhou Yining. Seeing that Zhou Yining didn’t react, she continued,

“At that time, Lin Shaohui and his group found a follower who was wearing a wig and snuck into the girls’ changing room and secretly filmed a video with their phone.

The sports meet was about to start, so everyone was changing quickly. Therefore, you were in it.”

“Later, Lin Shaohui and his group came to find you several times. They wanted to use that video to bully you and said a lot of nasty things, threatening to post the video online.

Later, you wanted to jump down, and Lin Shaohui and his group were afraid of making things worse, so they deleted the video. But whether that video is still there, only they know.”

Tian Xue observed Zhou Yining’s expression.

Zhou Yining took a deep breath. She knew it wouldn’t be anything good. “Was everyone wearing clothes in that video?”

“I haven’t seen it, but I heard that it circulated within Lin Shaohui’s group. It should only be people who are close to Lin Shaohui and his group who have seen it.

You were just changing your sports clothes, so you should have been wearing underwear,” Tian Xue continued.

She looked at Zhou Yining’s expression, somewhat surprised.

Tian Xue thought that Zhou Yining would break down and cry again if this matter was brought up, because that had happened many times in the past.

Every time Lin Shaohui and his group came to find Zhou Yining, Zhou Yining would break down and cry.

Although she always hid far away, she had secretly seen it.

Tian Xue remembered that once, Zhou Yining even knelt down and begged Lin Shaohui and his group to delete the video, but all she got was more intense verbal ridicule and abuse.

It was also that time that Zhou Yining ran to the rooftop without regard for anything.

Lin Shaohui and his group were also frightened and tried to persuade her for a long time, and they deleted the video in front of Zhou Yining.

Only then did Zhou Yining not jump, but it was hard to say whether there was a backup of that video.

Lin Shaohui and his group also stopped provoking Zhou Yining because of her jumping off the building. This matter was almost a year ago.

Zhou Yining’s expression was calm, but her heart was turbulent.

It turned out that the original owner had suffered more pain than she had imagined: a chaotic family; being ostracized and isolated in class, being an invisible person in the class; and being filmed changing clothes, being threatened by Lin Shaohui and his group, and being uneasy every day.

These days were really bleak. Even an adult who had lived a lifetime felt that the situation was terrible, let alone a young girl who was not yet 18 years old?

The original owner’s pain and confusion had no one to confide in.

No one in her family would care about her.

She even had to endure PUA and verbal abuse from her family. Faced with these injuries, she could only lick her wounds alone.

Perhaps the only thing that could give the original owner comfort was her friend Tian Xue.

“Are you okay? Don’t think about doing anything stupid like last time,” Tian Xue said quickly, observing Zhou Yining’s expression.

“I’m okay. Do you know who the other girl who filmed the video was?” Zhou Yining asked again.

Tian Xue shook her head. “I don’t know her. She’s not from our class.”

“Okay, let’s eat first.” Zhou Yining picked up the food in front of her and started eating.

No matter what happened, she had to eat.

Since Lin Shaohui had the guts to do such a shameless thing, then she had to make him pay the price.

“Are you really okay?” Tian Xue asked tentatively again.

“I’m really okay. The ones who deserve to die are someone else. I can’t punish myself for other people’s mistakes. Don’t worry, remember to treat me to milk tea later.”

Zhou Yining smiled at Tian Xue, not wanting to worry her.

“Okay, it’s good that you’re okay,” Tian Xue nodded.

After the two finished eating, they walked towards the teaching building together. When they reached the second floor, Zhou Yining said, “I’m going to Class 1. You go back to class first.”

“Okay,” Tian Xue nodded and went upstairs.

Zhou Yining thought for a long time in the corridor on the third floor.

With her current ability, it would be difficult to get the video from Lin Shaohui’s hands, and there were no witnesses.

Even if she called the police, the incident had happened so long ago, and the surveillance videos nearby should have been automatically deleted long ago.

She needed evidence to prove that Lin Shaohui and his group did this. 

Among the people she knew now, only Jiang Xizhi could help her.

Zhou Yining pursed her lips.

She wanted to keep her friendship with Jiang Xizhi pure and didn’t want to rely too much on Jiang Xizhi’s connections and relationships.

Jiang Xizhi had helped her with the diary incident last time, and Zhou Yining didn’t want to use Jiang Xizhi’s connections again.

In addition, Jiang Xizhi’s family should be very protective of her.

If she asked Jiang Xizhi for help again, her family might think of her as a villain who wanted to cling to their family.

Zhou Yining sighed, and then she thought of Zhong Yumeng. Maybe she could ask Zhong Yumeng for help.

In exchange, she could waive Zhong Yumeng’s tutoring fee and tutor her in math for the whole year.

Zhou Yining adjusted her expression. This matter couldn’t be rushed and had to be done slowly.

She had to go and explain the wrong questions to Jiang Xizhi first.

When she arrived at the entrance of Class 1, the boys sitting in the first row recognized her.

“Are you here to find Jiang Xizhi again?”

Zhou Yining smiled and nodded at him. “Yeah, you’re pretty on the ball.”

“That’s right, this place is almost a reception room.” The boy said and shouted into the class, “Jiang Xizhi, someone’s looking for you.”

“Coming.” Jiang Xizhi responded, knowing that it was Zhou Yining who had come to find her.

She had prepared the questions she had gotten wrong yesterday and took out her notebook and pen.

Zhou Yining smiled at her. “Let’s go, let’s go to the old place.”