Chapter 79: Reputation in the 21st century is full of slut shaming, not to mention...
"You bastard, if I see you bullying your classmates again, I'll teach you a lesson." After saying that, Xu Heye threw the stick at him, grabbed Sun Hui's hand, and strode away.
As they walked, Xu Heye angrily cursed, "Are you stupid? You've been bullied, and you know he has bad intentions, yet you still follow him into a grove where visibility is poor and traffic is sparse."
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
Xu Heye walked so fast that Sun Hui was practically dragged along by her. She stumbled along behind Xu Heye, watching her mouth open and close as she cursed at her, but she felt a strange, rare sense of security in her heart.
Afraid that Wang Cai would catch up, Xu Heye dragged Sun Hui all the way until they walked out of the green forest, to the school gate, and to a crowded place, and then she let go of her hand.
"Should we call the police?"
Sun Hui hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "Can we not call the police?"
Xu Heye nodded in understanding.
Sun Hui: "There's one more thing. Xu Heye, could you please not tell anyone about this?"
Regardless of whether she was assaulted or not, once the matter got out, it would eventually become her fault.
When Sun Hui was still in Yunnan Province, there was a very beautiful and gentle sister in the village who was peeped by a hooligan while taking a bath.
After the story got out, instead of blaming the scoundrel, everyone scolded the older sister, saying she was indecent. Otherwise, why would the scoundrel spy on her instead of someone else?
Not only that, everyone thought she had lost her virginity and urged her and her parents to marry her to the gangster. My sister refused, and her parents were also unwilling, so they endured the rumors for a long time.
Later, the elder sister could not bear the pressure and committed suicide by drowning herself in the river one night. But even in her death, she could not redeem her reputation.
Sun Hui was very afraid that if this matter got out, people would not think of her as a victim or someone who had been violated. They would just throw dirty water on her until her reputation was ruined, she died, or she left her hometown and went to a place where no one knew her. Otherwise, this basin of dirty water would accompany her for the rest of her life.
"Don't worry, as long as you don't want me to, I won't tell a word to anyone." Xu Heye promised.
"It's just..." She raised a very realistic question, "It's just that when the perpetrator makes a mistake and doesn't get punished, he will bully the victim even more. Although I can save you this time, I may not be able to save you many times, all the time."
In the end, the only one who can save you is yourself.
Sun Hui was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand. Thank you, Xu Heye."
Sun Hui didn't want to cause any trouble. She just wanted to spend the year in peace, study hard, and strive to be admitted to a technical secondary school after the high school entrance examination. The admission score for technical secondary schools was very high, and Wang Cai's poor grades would definitely not allow him to pass. By then, she would naturally be able to avoid Wang Cai.
"Since you have figured it out, let's do it this way." Xu Heye knew that such stability was like drinking poison to quench thirst, but she was not Sun Hui, and she could not make any decision without Sun Hui's consent.
After all, life is Sun Hui's own.
Moreover, even in the 21st century, there is still sexual humiliation, not to mention the more closed-minded 1980s and 1990s. If Sun Hui doesn't have the resilience to handle it and rashly exposes this matter, she will be the only one hurt.
"Go home."
The bus they were going to take arrived. Xu Heye lifted her backpack onto her shoulder and walked towards the bus stop.
Sun Hui hurriedly followed.
The two of them boarded the bus together, got off together, and walked all the way to the big tree at the entrance of Zhangshu Alley. Only then did Sun Hui pull on Xu Heye's backpack strap and softly ask, "Xu Heye, do you think I'm a coward and useless?"
"No." Xu Heye shook her head. "Any fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl who encountered this kind of thing might not be able to do as well as you."
"But you did it well. You were brave and strong."
Xu Heye: "Then how do you know that the me now is not the me after I grow up? The real fifteen-year-old Xu Heye who has not grown up may not be as rational and tenacious as you."
If the girl in the previous life was really Sun Hui, she must have endured a lot of pain, endured it with great difficulty, and restrained herself, before she jumped off the tall building when her hope was shattered.
Xu Heye had seen all of Sun Hui's efforts over the past few months. She was studying almost non-stop, hoping to secure a future for herself.
"What do you mean?" Sun Hui was puzzled. What did it mean to be the real fifteen-year-old Xu Heye?
"It's nothing." Xu Heye shook her head. "Just remember that you are not wrong, so don't feel any psychological burden."
"I--" Sun Hui wanted to say something, but Xu Heye shook her head, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's end this topic here." Xu Heye said as she looked at the two old ladies walking down the alley.
Sun Hui was startled and subconsciously covered her mouth.
"Grandma Wu, Grandma Wang, are you going to the alley entrance?" Xu Heye greeted the two old ladies with a smile.
"Yes, yes. It's our turn to be on duty this evening." Grandma Wu replied with a smile.
"Then you guys have worked really hard."
"Don't be polite, it's the only thing we can do," said Grandma Wang. It's no wonder that since she got this job, her old arms and legs have regained their strength, which is better than staying at home.
"Then slow down, we're going home."
"OK."
After separating from the two old ladies, they continued walking down the alley. When they reached Sun Hui's house, Xu Heye pointed at her courtyard gate and said with a smile, "Come in, we've arrived."
Sun Hui looked at Xu Heye carefully, nodded, and turned back to her home.
The next day, Xu Heye went to school. Just as she reached the alley entrance, she saw Sun Hui emerge from under the large camphor tree. She followed her silently. Her hair was wet with dew, and she didn't know how long she had been waiting there.
The two entered the teaching building and met Wang Cai, whose face was bruised and swollen, in the corridor. Wang Cai saw Xu Heye and Sun Hui and immediately cast a resentful look at them.
Sun Hui was a little scared. Xu Heye blocked her way, glared at Wang Cai, and made a baton-swinging gesture, saying silently, "You still want a fight, right?"
Wang Cai shrank his neck and ran away from Xu Heye. This damn outsider is really strong.
Xu Heye walked to her seat, put down her schoolbag, and started her morning reading.
The day's classes ended quickly, and when school was over in the evening, Sun Hui still followed her home.
Xu Heye did not stop her, but only told her: "I go out on time at 6:30 every day, you don't have to wait for me under the big camphor tree."
This went on for more than ten days.
That day, Sun Hui looked at the list of students on duty on the class bulletin board and felt a little depressed.
She is the student on duty today.
The students on duty have to clean the classroom and will be dismissed half an hour later than other students. Then they won't be able to go home with Xu Heye.
Sun Hui was a little scared.
The last time that happened happened when she was on duty. She was alone when she went to take out the trash, and that's why Wang Cai spotted her.
She subconsciously looked in Wang Cai's direction and met his cold gaze. Wang Cai sneered and said silently, "Just wait until that tigress leaves, and then I'll teach you a lesson."
Sun Hui's heart skipped a beat.
Wang Cai also knew that she was on duty today. Or rather, he had been waiting until it was her turn.
Sun Hui returned to her seat nervously, looking at Xu Heye who was studying seriously in the front row. She hesitated again and again, but still couldn't express her thoughts.
It was already good enough that Xu Heye agreed to go to and from school with her.
She couldn't be so selfish and always ask the other party to accommodate her.
Time passed quickly in anxiety, and soon the fourth class in the afternoon was over.
The students were packing their bags and getting ready to go home. Class monitor Fang Sihe was writing down the list of students on duty at the podium. He then said, "Students on duty today, please clean up the classroom before going home."
Wang Cai was not a student on duty, but he did not leave. Instead, he stayed in the corridor, staring at Sun Hui in the classroom.
Sun Hui picked up the broom nervously. In the past, every time she was on duty, she wanted to sweep the classroom clean as soon as possible and go home, but today she wanted to do it later and later.
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