Quick Transmigration: Kitten's Healing Handbook - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Light In The Cracks 1

In the opening ceremony of the senior third year’s first semester, this was the third time Lin Yao, as the top of the grade, spoke on stage as a student representative, encouraging new junior students and sharing her learning methods.

But beneath her bright image on stage, she was hiding her hands, clenching her clothing hem to try and hide her nervousness and fear. Before going on stage, she had just had her hair pulled by Xu Qiuran, her roommate, because the review materials Lin Yao gave her last semester did not help her get into the top ten of the grade, thus she couldn’t get her allowance from home.

Xu Qiuran’s grades were originally in the middle of the grade, like most people. Because they lived in the same dormitory, she was bullied and afraid. She gave her roommates more detailed key review notes than those who bullied her. Xu Qiuran made it into the top fifty this time, which she considered a great improvement. However, what Xu Qiuran wanted was clearly not improvement, but the allowance from her home.

Considering that Lin Yao would be giving a speech soon, Xu Qiuran decided not to overdo it: “Look forward to today’s lunch break, my dear roommate. ”

This was the first time her mother came to her opening ceremony. But when Lin Yao’s speech was just beginning, she saw her mother leave hastily. She guessed it probably had something to do with her brother.

She had thought about confiding in her mother about her experiences, but every time she couldn’t stay in the dormitory and ran back home, her mother was only concerned about her brother, indifferent to the reason for her return. She said she had gotten used to it—not being noticed, not being cared for. The desire to confide was gone…

From the time she could remember, her mother would occasionally ask her if she wanted a brother to play with. When she actually had a brother, she was already in elementary school, at an age where she was half-understanding. At first, she liked her brother very much and helped her mother take care of him. But when she noticed her mother’s obvious different treatment, she started to get angry and hate her brother.

Obviously, her temper meant nothing to her mother. When her brother got older, her mother kept asking her to give in to him. Right or wrong, if her brother cried, she would get scolded. It was at that time that she understood that explanations were useless and would only bring about more severe scolding. So she learned to be silent, and her mother became even more indifferent to her.

At home, the only warmth she felt came from her father. Only he would send her birthday wishes.

But her father was very busy; the number of days he was home in a year could be counted on two hands. Even on family holidays, he might still be busy abroad.

Her family environment led to her silence, taciturnity, and poor communication skills. But in high school, everything was still normal. She had good grades, and her classmates were willing to ask her for help, and she never refused. Perhaps it was her inability to refuse that gave them the opportunity to take advantage of her.

In the second year of high school, she was assigned to the science class. She liked to immerse herself in the world of problem-solving. Every time she solved a difficult problem, it seemed to prove a little bit of her worth.

After the reassignment, there were already few classmates from her original class in the same class, and not many girls chose science, making it even less likely that she would be in the same class as the girls from her original class.

However, all her roommates were in the same class as her. At first, everything was peaceful. But in this new class, there was a boy with poor grades who often fought and was disciplined. She always avoided him.

But poor students seemed to have a natural aversion and hatred for good students. Ling Sheng incited and bribed her classmates to isolate her.

At first, she didn’t even notice. She never had the need to actively communicate with others. No one disturbed her reading and solving problems; she felt comfortable.

Ling Sheng may have realized that isolation was ineffective, or perhaps he saw that she did not resist. His bullying of her gradually escalated from cold violence to actual violence…

Her textbooks were filled with obscene words in colored pens, her desk drawer was filled with other people’s trash, and her desk became the class trash can. When the daily duty teacher saw it, other students’ names would be on the cleaning roster. By the time school was over, her name would be written there.

“What’s the point of studying garbage? You’re so good at cleaning. You’ll definitely be a cleaner in the future; you don’t need a diploma, hahaha. ”

Listening to her classmates’ laughter and even worse insults, she didn’t understand why things had escalated to this point…

Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Yao mustered her courage, took her defaced textbooks, and went to find the head teacher. Of course, the head teacher believed what a good student said, but belief couldn’t be spent like money. Ling Sheng, the poor student, was able to be in the same class as the top student in the grade because his family had paid money, and that money ended up in the head teacher’s pocket. To not upset the backer, they could only upset the good student.

“Lin, I know you’re being bullied, but it’s just a minor matter. It’s not as serious as you say.

And you say so many classmates are bullying you. Shouldn’t you reflect on whether you’ve done something wrong? Why don’t they bully others? Don’t always look for others’ faults; you should look for the reasons within yourself. ”

The teacher had heard this kind of PUA rhetoric so much from her superiors that she was immune to it. But for a student who hadn’t yet entered the big dyeing vat of society, it was like a bolt from the blue, causing her to fall into constant self-doubt.

Lin Yao, who was not good at expressing herself, did not receive the teacher’s help but was instead subjected to PUA. Because she reported to the teacher, she was bullied even worse. At the same time, she began to constantly ask herself why she was being bullied. Was it really her fault…

Although she didn’t know what she had done wrong, since her classmates were bullying her, it must have been her fault…

A week before the final exam of the second year of high school’s first semester, Ling Sheng stopped Lin Yao, who was returning to the dormitory after cleaning duty. Lin Yao subconsciously clutched her schoolbag and lowered her head, unable to say a word.

“Good student, give me your study notes. ”

At that time, Lin Yao still had her own principles. Those were her own learning results. She could help those willing to learn to improve their grades, but Ling Sheng, who only knew how to bully her, had no right!

Lin Yao’s silent resistance only made Ling Sheng more excited. Previously, those who were bullied were too docile, which was boring. Knowing how to fight back made bullying more satisfying!

Ling Sheng beckoned to the side, and Xu Qiuran, her roommate, along with several girls from the class, dragged her back to the classroom building. At this time, the students were either in the dining hall or had already returned to their dormitories. The quietness made Lin Yao’s hair stand on end.

She was so scared that she resisted the force of those pulling her, trying to run back to the dormitory, but there were too many of them, and she couldn’t escape. They dragged her into the toilet, pushed her to the ground, and snatched her schoolbag—they remembered that Ling Sheng wanted Lin Yao’s notes and couldn’t get them dirty.