One moment she was worried about gains and losses, and the next she was coaxed into a good mood by a few sweet words.
Liang Jing was so scared that she drank a few sips of water to calm herself down, and comforted herself that she was overthinking it.
After all, her daughter had always liked Zhang Ye before, and it shouldn’t be so easy to change her orientation.
Thinking this way, Liang Jing felt a little more at ease.
As for Zhou Yining, she had just arrived home. She took a change of clothes to take a shower.
Zhou Yining planned to rest early, she had many things to deal with tomorrow.
Zhou Yining got up early the next day.
She went to bed before 11 o’clock yesterday, so she was in good spirits in the morning.
After eating breakfast at home, Zhou Yining went to school.
She deliberately went a little early to see if she could meet Lin Shaohui and his friends, but unfortunately, Zhou Yining didn’t see Lin Shaohui and his friends.
Zhou Yining didn’t listen much to the two classes in the morning.
She was still thinking about the video, and she hoped to deal with this matter today.
After finally enduring until the end of the second class, Zhou Yining finally saw Lin Shaohui and his friends in the 9th grade class lineup during the running exercises.
After running, Zhou Yining deliberately didn’t leave, pretending to be walking on the track.
Lin Shaohui and his friends were not in a hurry to return to the class.
The three of them had been very unhappy recently because of Zhou Yining’s matter, especially after being snubbed by Zhou Yining a few times, which made them very suffocated.
Therefore, the three of them recently began to provoke the other three girls who were filmed in the video again.
Han Fei saw Zhou Yining from afar and pointed to Zhou Yining’s direction.
“Brother Lin, Zhou Yining is over there, do we want to go over?”
“Heh, are you crazy? What are you provoking her for? She’s like a mad dog now,”
Lin Shaohui didn’t want to cause trouble, so he didn’t want to provoke Zhou Yining.
Han Fei was not convinced.
“What’s so great about her? She looks like she’s not afraid of anyone after being filmed in a video. I just can’t stand her.”
“What’s the use of not standing her? Can you really post the video online?” Lin Shaohui glared at him and said.
“What’s wrong with posting it online? It’s been so long, even if it’s posted, the school won’t know who took it,” Han Fei muttered in a low voice.
Lin Shaohui reached out and pushed him. “I warn you, we’re going to be in the third year of high school soon, don’t cause me trouble.”
Han Fei was not convinced, but he still endured it. After all, Lin Shaohui’s family had money.
Because Lin Shaohui didn’t want to cause trouble, the three of them almost walked around Zhou Yining.
Zhou Yining also felt strange, was she really that scary now?
She could actually make bullies walk around her? But this was not easy to handle.
If she didn’t have contact with them, it would be difficult to deal with the follow-up matters.
It was like this for several days in a row.
On Thursday, Zhou Yining received an invitation from Jiang Xizhi to attend Jiang Xizhi’s birthday party this Sunday night.
Jiang Xizhi’s birthday was actually on July 16th, but because that day was Saturday, Jiang Xizhi had to go to school and it was not easy to prepare a birthday party, so she changed the time of the party to Sunday night.
Zhou Yining noted this down, but she only had six hundred yuan on her.
She probably couldn’t afford to buy Jiang Xizhi an expensive gift, so she could only think about making a special gift.
Zhou Yining had dinner with Tian Xue and walked out of the cafeteria.
The two of them hadn’t walked far when Zhou Yining was stopped by a few people.
She turned to look at those people and saw that one of them was Li Yuting, whom she had seen that day.
The other two people also looked familiar, like the remaining two girls in the video.
“What’s the matter?” Zhou Yining asked.
Li Yuting quickly nodded. “Can we find a place to chat?”
Zhou Yining nodded. “You go back first, I’ll be back in a while.”
Tian Xue looked at the three people opposite and then at Zhou Yining. “Don’t you want me to come with you?”
“No need, it’s not a big deal, I can handle it myself.” Saying that, Zhou Yining waved to Li Yuting and the other two, signaling them to follow.
They walked to the other side of the teaching building, to a corner where there were not many people.
Zhou Yining silently turned on her phone’s recording function, and then, after she stood still, asked,
“What is it?”
The three people opposite looked at each other, and Li Yuting spoke first.
“Zhou Yining, can you stop provoking Lin Shaohui and his friends? The previous matter has finally passed, and they haven’t bothered us for several months, but now they’ve started again, and they say it’s all because you’re stimulating them.”
Tan Yue, who was on Li Yuting’s left, was already crying.
She sniffed and looked at Zhou Yining.
“Yes, things have already passed, everyone can continue to study well at school, why are you provoking people like him?”
“The person who did the wrong thing was him. Shouldn’t he be punished?
Also, as long as the video is in their hands for one day, you have to be prepared to be threatened by them at any time.
Now they’re just teasing you and humiliating you, what about later?
What if you have great achievements in the future and become celebrities or company executives?
Lin Shaohui and his friends can use that video to get more benefits from you.”
Zhou Yining swept her gaze over the three people and continued.
“Escaping is not realistic. Since that video already exists, we have to find a way to solve it, and it’s best to let Lin Shaohui and his friends get the punishment they deserve.”
Shi Qian, on the other side, also cried out. “You make it sound easy, what if they really post the video online? How are we supposed to live?”
“Why not live? The ones who did the wrong thing are Lin Shaohui and his friends, the ones who secretly filmed the video are also Lin Shaohui and his friends.
They haven’t died yet, why should we die before them? I don’t know what you think, but anyway, I want to get justice for myself. I won’t give up on this matter.” Zhou Yining said.
“Then what are you going to do?” Li Yuting stared at Zhou Yining and asked.
“You don’t need to worry about that. Anyway, looking at the way you three are, you won’t help me.”
Zhou Yining didn’t trust these three people. Although they were also victims, they obviously wanted to settle the matter.
“Zhou Yining, can you stop only thinking about yourself when you do things? If you don’t care about your reputation, we still do,” Shi Qian said crying.
Zhou Yining looked at her coldly.
“It’s because I care about my reputation that I want those who have hurt me to pay the price. The more you retreat and compromise, the more excessive Lin Shaohui and his friends will become.
I’ve said everything I need to say, and I don’t want to persuade you anymore. You don’t need to persuade me either.”
After saying that, Zhou Yining walked away.
She suspected that these three people had come to her today at the behest of Lin Shaohui and his friends.
After leaving, Zhou Yining saved the recording.
Although the place where they were talking just now was remote, there was a set of cameras opposite, which was why Zhou Yining chose this place.
Zhou Yining
was walking in the playground when they were discussing.
It turned out to be a big deal, which made all the people in the playground feel uneasy, but Zhou Yining was not the kind to be easily bullied.
She knew how to think about everything, and would make a move when needed.
Zhou Yining was very happy, knowing that Lin Shaohui was being set up, and the more Lin Shaohui defended himself, the faster he would be finished.
When she was in school, she was very concerned about Lin Shaohui.
She would be upset even if she was in love, but in the end, she did not know how to help Lin Shaohui.
Now, after Zhou Yining finished school, she was no longer able to help them.
Zhou Yining felt a little bad.
After Zhou Yining left, Li Yuting and the other two went to the playground, where Lin Shaohui and the other two were waiting.
“How was it? What did Zhou Yining say?” Lin Shaohui asked.
“Zhou Yining, Zhou Yining said that whoever has done evil will pay, and she also said, she said she will do whatever it takes to make the person pay,” Li Yuting replied.
Zhou Yining asked her to tell Zhou Yining that she would not provoke Zhou Yining.
Zhou Yining did not listen, and was very determined to go against them, but Li Yuting did not say that.
“We told her not to provoke you, but she didn’t listen at all. Lin Shaohui, we have really done everything we could. Please let us go, please let us go, Zhou Yining wants to go against you, so find her!” Shi Qian cried.
“Damn you, what are you crying about! You are useless pieces of trash!
We told you to disgust Zhou Yining, but you all went back crying, you idiots, useless pieces of trash!” Han Fei scolded.
Because Lin Shaohui wanted to use the video to threaten the three people, he scolded them.
The three of them hugged each other, afraid of angering the others.
Lan Guangtao asked, “Brother Lin, do you think Zhou Yining will report us to the police? What are we going to do?”
Lin Shaohui sighed. He regretted that he went to the cafeteria to provoke Zhou Yining.
It seemed that things were going to turn out badly.
As the three of them asked Zhou Yining, he thought Zhou Yining was really going to take a hard line with them.
“I don’t know. After the running in the morning, let’s go and test her, we can’t make this a big deal. High school is starting soon, and I don’t want to be kicked out at this time,” Lin Shaohui said.
With that, he gave Han Fei a look.
Han Fei shouted at the three of them, “You trash, listen up! If someone asks about your video, you need to deny it, or you know what will happen!”
“We understand,” Tan Yue said through sobs.
“Get out of here, what a bunch of useless people,” Han Fei said, disgusted.
The three of them went to the study building in tears. Li Yuting wiped her tears and said, “I think Zhou Yining is right, are we really going to be threatened by them forever?”
“But if we don’t listen to them, what about the video? What if everything is leaked?” Tan Yue cried.
“I don’t know, I’ve just had enough, I’m really fed up with this. I don’t want to be scared anymore. Do you know how disgusting they are? What they say is so awful!” Li Yuting exclaimed, as tears fell once more.
Since that incident, she had very few nights where she could sleep well.
Every night, she would dream about being threatened by Lin Shaohui and the others, or that she was on her knees, begging them, but it would only result in more scolding and insults.
Every time she woke up from the nightmare, she would feel like she was about to drown.
The three of them cried and hugged each other, and they felt that this was too embarrassing, and could not face their families, but they were afraid of reporting to the police, and thought the video would be spread.
It had already been a year, and they were physically and mentally exhausted from being harassed by the video, but now it all exploded in front of them.
At first, Lin Shaohui had not bothered them for several months, and the three of them thought that the matter was finally over, but Lin Shaohui and the others dragged them into the abyss once more, which was why the three of them blamed Zhou Yining.
However, the three had the wrong targets.
They should hate the evil doers, and not those who were trying to make sure that they were safe.
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