“Zhi Zhi, who are you talking to?” Jiang Yueyi asked tentatively.
“No one, Sister, I’m done drinking, I’m going back to rest first, you should rest early too.”
After saying this, Jiang Xizhi went upstairs in a very good mood, so happy she almost floated.
Jiang Yueyi raised her eyebrows.
It’s over, her sister is really smitten.
But who is that person anyway?
Jiang Xizhi was completely unaware of her sister’s worries.
She went back to her room and happily rolled around on the bed holding her quilt.
All the frustration of the day disappeared, and she could have a good night’s sleep tonight.
Saturday morning, Jiang Xizhi had the driver send her to school early.
She got out of the car near the school and then bought a whole bag of snacks at a nearby supermarket, as she had promised Zhou Yining last night.
After Jiang Xizhi brought the snacks back to the class, she kept thinking about giving Zhou Yining the snacks.
She couldn’t concentrate on the morning reading.
Finally, when the first class ended, Jiang Xizhi ran out of the class carrying the snacks.
She arrived at the door of Class 19 and immediately asked someone to call Zhou Yining out.
Zhou Yining heard the commotion at the door, got up and walked outside, seeing Jiang Xizhi standing in the corridor waiting for her.
Zhou Yining smiled at Jiang Xizhi, “Here to feed me?”
“Yeah, I said I would yesterday, here you go.”
Jiang Xizhi’s ear tips were slightly red as she handed the bag to Zhou Yining.
Zhou Yining reached out and took it.
She opened the bag and looked, seeing it was full of snacks.
“Great, now I have snacks for the whole week.”
“Aren’t there other girls giving you snacks?”
Jiang Xizhi pursed her lips, her beautiful fox-like eyes staring at Zhou Yining, waiting for her reply.
“Of course, the ones you give me are the best.
You are different from them.”
Zhou Yining looked at Jiang Xizhi with a gentle smile, smoothing the little fox’s fur.
Sure enough, Jiang Xizhi blinked her beautiful fox-like eyes, a smile appearing on her face, “That’s more like it.”
“Listen carefully in class later, I’ll see you tomorrow morning.”
“Okay, see you tomorrow morning.”
Jiang Xizhi was easily coaxed, but she didn’t want to leave just yet.
She and Zhou Yining hadn’t said a few words, and class was about to start again.
But there was no choice.
Jiang Xizhi looked at the time and went downstairs.
After seeing Zhou Yining, her state was finally back, and she didn’t drift off in class anymore.
Zhou Yining carried the big bag of snacks back, she was in a good mood and took out a yogurt to drink.
Xu Yueming looked at the big bag hanging by Zhou Yining’s desk, his tone sour, “Getting so many snacks, can you even finish them all yourself?”
“Is that any of your business?
Even if I can’t finish them, I’m happy just looking at them.”
Saying that, Zhou Yining continued to drink her yogurt.
Xu Yueming was extremely envious.
These snacks weren’t that expensive, and it wasn’t like people couldn’t afford them.
Sometimes they were left at home, and no one ate them, but for some reason, once they were at school, all the snacks seemed delicious.
But Xu Yueming was concerned about his pride, knowing that Zhou Yining didn’t like him, and he was too embarrassed to ask Zhou Yining for some.
When the second class ended, Chen Yitong urged the students in the class to go downstairs for the morning exercise,
“Hurry up, if you go late, you’ll get points deducted.
Everyone wake up.”
None of the students in the class wanted to do the morning exercise, but there was no choice.
Every class had to do it.
Some students went downstairs in groups of twos and threes, while others took their vocabulary booklets to look at before the exercise.
Zhou Yining didn’t know where this study method came from, but she didn’t advocate it.
The queuing before and after only took a few minutes, and the surrounding environment was noisy and chaotic.
How many words could you remember with a vocabulary book?
It was better to spend more effort during self-study.
Soon, each class lined up.
Zhou Yining stood in the queue, running with her class.
They had to run ten laps, plus one more.
It was actually a very tiring thing for students.
They were already sleepy, and they had to run so many laps.
They would only be more tired after returning to class.
Zhou Yining didn’t understand the reason for doing this.
Did it only make the students more tired?
Finally, when the exercise was dismissed, the students in the class went back to rest or catch up on sleep one after another.
Zhou Yining’s legs were a little sore from running, so she decided to take a walk before going back.
After the morning exercise, there were twenty minutes of free activity time.
Zhou Yining walked around for a while and felt a little hungry, preparing to go back to class to eat some snacks.
At this time, there were already few people on the playground.
Zhou Yining walked back along the road.
When she passed a corner on one side of the playground, she saw a few boys blocking the way, not knowing what they were talking about.
Zhou Yining glanced over there.
There were trees planted there, and the view from the playground track was somewhat blocked, not very open.
She looked over again, and the more she looked, the more familiar the boys seemed.
It looked like Lin Shaohui and his two followers were blocking a girl there.
The girl seemed to be crying.
Zhou Yining looked over with a cold face.
She turned on the recording function of her phone and put it in her pocket, then picked up some pebbles from the edge of the playground and went over, “What are you doing?”
Lan Guang was startled, “Damn, who’s being a busybody?
Want to die?”
Lin Shaohui and the others also looked in Zhou Yining’s direction.
Seeing that the person standing by the playground was Zhou Yining, Lin Shaohui’s mouth twitched a few times.
He had been defeated by Zhou Yining yesterday.
He wanted to threaten the other party.
He had just scared the girl to tears, and Zhou Yining came again.
Lin Shaohui frowned tightly, “Zhou Yining, what’s wrong?
You can barely protect yourself, and you still have the mood to worry about others?”
“How can I barely protect myself?
I think you guys should go see a doctor if you’re sick.You like to build your happiness on the suffering of others so much, you’re all a little sick, right?”
Zhou Yining frowned.
“Zhou Yining, you’re asking for death.
Do you really think we don’t dare to send that…”
Han Fei was choked by Zhou Yining’s attitude, and retorted with his neck stiffened.
Zhou Yining nodded at him,
“Don’t just talk about it.
You guys are like maggots in the gutter, wearing wigs to sneak into the girls’ locker room to take pictures of the girls.
After succeeding, you’re still complacent.
How can there be such rotten people in this world?”
“Zhou Yining, who are you scolding?”
Han Fei was also very angry at Zhou Yining.
“I’m a good citizen, unlike you maggots in the gutter.
I won’t scold people, but I’m telling the truth.”
“Damn it, if you say it again, if you dare to say one more word, I’ll post the video on the Nanchuan City forum, so everyone can see how shameless you guys are.”
Han Fei scolded, his face flushed.
“We haven’t done anything, what’s there to be afraid of?
You’re the ones who did something wrong, you’re the ones who are shameless.
No, I’m wrong.
You maggots living in the gutter don’t even have a face, so there’s no such thing as being shameless.”
Zhou Yining looked at them with a mocking expression.
She was sure that these cowards wouldn’t dare to post the video.
Even if they did, it would be okay.
She could directly call the police, and the evidence was complete.
“Damn it, Zhou Yining, I’m really going to post it, really going to post it.”
Han Fei took out his phone.
When Lin Shaohui saw him take out his phone, his face changed.
Just as he was about to go over to stop him, the girl who had just been scared to tears knelt down to Han Fei, “Don’t post it, please don’t post it.”
Saying that, she cried and looked at Zhou Yining, “Please don’t say anything, don’t provoke them anymore.
I really don’t want people to see that video, I really don’t want to.”
Han Fei looked like he had won, and smiled at Zhou Yining, “See, even Li Yuting, who was filmed with you, is kneeling down to me.”
Zhou Yining looked at the girl kneeling down to Han Fei, and felt a pang of sorrow in her heart.
The original Zhou Yining had also been forced to kneel by these people.
Zhou Yining walked over quickly.
Ignoring Lin Shaohui’s gaze, she walked over to help the kneeling girl up.
But the girl shook off Zhou Yining’s hand,
“Don’t mind me, Zhou Yining, I’m not the same as you.
You may not care about your reputation, but I do.
If that video is really released, how will I live in the future?
What will my parents think of me?
What will the people at school think of me?
How can I stay in First High?
I beg you, don’t say anything, don’t say anything, don’t provoke them anymore.”
The girl took a breath and continued to look at Zhou Yining with tears in her eyes,
“They haven’t bothered me for a while now.
They had already let me go.
Why did you have to anger them?
The matter is already over, can’t we just pretend it didn’t happen?”
The girl cried so hard that she was about to faint.
Zhou Yining opened her mouth slightly, but in the end, she didn’t say anything.
After a long while, Zhou Yining recovered.
She could also understand what this girl meant.
Society’s demands on women were always very strict.
When something like this happened, it was understandable that she wanted to escape first.
Otherwise, if the video was really released, the victims might suffer many times more damage.
People would only temporarily judge the people who took the photos, and some people might even sarcastically say things like, ‘Flies don’t bite seamless eggs.’
Even worse, some people might ask for the videos.
In short, there were many people with low moral character, especially on the internet, where all evil thoughts would be infinitely amplified.
This was the reality that many women were facing.
It was also difficult to truly achieve fairness in some things.
But Zhou Yining didn’t think these were reasons to back down.
Just because they were afraid of being attacked, afraid of being judged, and afraid of other people’s gazes, should they let the abusers go?
She wouldn’t do that.
No matter what the reason, the people who did wrong should be punished.
“If something has already happened, there’s no way to pretend it didn’t happen.
Moreover, it’s not my fault, and it’s not your fault.
You shouldn’t kneel to these people, they’re not worthy, and they’re not worth it.”
Seeing the girl crying even harder, Zhou Yining continued,
“Also, if you don’t pull out this thorn, it will follow you for the rest of your life.
Whenever you’re about to go out, you might suddenly think of this again.
The best way to deal with things is never to escape.”
Lin Shaohui chuckled and mocked,
“Zhou Yining, you’re good at studying now, so you’re good at lecturing.
That’s funny, pulling out this thorn?
How are you going to pull it out?
Do you have evidence?
That’s hilarious.”
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