Yu Yuehui continued, "She turned around, pulled me up from where I had fallen to the ground, and before I could even say thank you, she started cursing at me. The cursing was so awful! I was so shocked by her words that I almost shut up. I kept my head down and didn't dare to look her in the eye."
Do you know how good she is at swearing?
Xie Yan: "?"
He obediently shook his head; he couldn't have imagined it without experiencing it himself.
Yu Yuehui had a complicated smile on her lips, and her eyes still held a hint of lingering fear as she said, "Ever since then, I get scared whenever I see her! Not just seeing her in person, but even just hearing her voice from afar makes me panic."
Xie Yan: "..."
The scene flashed through my mind: a little girl with two pigtails sticking up, hands on her hips, arrogantly scolding someone, while a big guy listened with his head down, trembling.
Xie Yan sighed, wondering how he could possibly find such a scene so appealing to a couple.
He mentally slapped himself twice. This was his wife! Was he out of his mind?! Trying to arrange a marriage for his wife!
Forcibly pulling himself back to reality, he thought to himself: This person's cursing skills are indeed impressive; it's rare to see someone so frightened.
Yu Yuehui laughed and said, "When she left, she even said something threatening. If she ever saw me being bullied again and didn't dare to fight back, she would come to school with me and follow me around to teach me a lesson!"
"You have no idea how devastating those words are, they're absolutely devastating! I'd rather she beat me up." Even now, Yu Yuehui still feels a chill when she talks about it!
"For someone who has been bullied for a long time, it's really too difficult to get them to fight back. I have a deep-seated fear of those people."
Speaking of this, Yu Yue sighed. When she was little, any little thing would make her feel like the sky was falling. She was so worried about this that she couldn't sleep at night. "In order not to be scolded or lectured by her, I could only force myself to fight back. I was really trembling when I fought back."
Xie Yan could picture that scene, of her being manipulated by her teacher and bullied by her classmates, especially since the teacher was the one who started the bullying. It really made her feel sorry for her.
Parents can't see this pain. Even if you tell them, how many parents will stand up for their children and seek justice?
They would just think, "Kids are just playing around, it's normal."
Little Yu Yuehui could only stand up shakily by herself, tears welling in her eyes, trying to protect herself.
Sure enough, Yu Yue said with lingering fear, "You have no idea how terrifying she is. There's no way I can avoid her. Every time I'm bullied, she appears in my sight like a ghost, scaring me so much that I tremble and fight back."
"Once, she appeared so suddenly that I was startled and used a little force to push two of the people who were bullying me off the edge of the embankment. Those two were useless; they fell off the small embankment and twisted their ankles."
Xie Yan said in unison, "These two are just too useless. When I was young, I even jumped into a brick kiln and I was still fine."
Yu Yuehui nodded excitedly. She really felt that those two people were all wasted on being so tall; they were completely useless.
Xie Yan: "And then?"
Yu Yue took a deep breath, feeling utterly lost. What happened next was a painful memory. "Then! Then those families came to my house. Luckily, she was there. She was the one who threatened me from behind, which gave me the courage to stand up and tell them about their long-term bullying of me."
“My parents were very angry when they found out that I had been bullied for so long, and they got into a fight with those families.”
Xie Yan: "Didn't you tell your parents before that you were being bullied?"
Yu Yue shook her head. "They know I'm strong and they're afraid I'll get into conflicts with others and hurt people because I don't know my own strength. They keep telling me that suffering a loss is a blessing, and that when others are just playing around with us, we should try to avoid getting into conflicts with them."
Xie Yan felt a deep sense of powerlessness and suddenly envied those parents of unruly children, because at least they always stood on the side of their children.
Xie Yan sighed and asked cautiously, "What happened next? Did your parents avenge you?"
Yu Yue laughed, tears glistening in her eyes. "Yes! My mother argued with them for days. I was terrified at the time, and I even regretted telling them about it."
"If I hadn't spoken up, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did!"
Xie Yan frowned deeply and asked, "It's clearly their child's fault, so why are they arguing?"
In this kind of situation, right and wrong are obvious at a glance, and with Yu Yuehui having witnesses, what is there to argue about?
Yu Yuehui sneered, "It's just that some people are mentally ill. They always think their own children are more precious, and even if they bully other people's children, they'll only think that the other child has a problem and is the one being bullied."
"He's being unreasonable, insisting that I caused problems for their child."
"She even insulted me, saying I'm a girl and a good-for-nothing, that I look like a black bear and am so wild, that I'll never get married. How could my mother like hearing that? I started arguing with her."
"The situation escalated directly into an argument!"
Xie Yan: "?"
His brows furrowed instantly, his eyes filled with anger and indignation, and he couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath: "How can there be such unreasonable, mentally ill people everywhere in this world!"
The thought of little Yu Yuehui filled Xie Yan with terror. Seeing her wronged and self-reproachful expression, Xie Yan felt as if an invisible hand had ripped through his heart, causing him excruciating pain.
He slowly raised his hand, his movements as gentle as if he were handling a rare treasure, and carefully touched Yu Yuehui's head, trying to convey all his comfort and heartache with this simple gesture.
He tried to force a gentle smile, but the smile couldn't hide the heartache in his eyes. He coaxed her softly, "It's okay, honey. Don't take their nonsense to heart. I know best how good you are to me."
He paused, a determined glint in his eyes, and then said, "Tell me, which bastard insulted you?"
Yu Yue composed herself and looked at him with a smile, "What, you still want to avenge me? That happened so many years ago, our two families have already made up!"
"I've long forgotten about this matter and don't care about it anymore."
Xie Yan: If he weren't familiar with Yue Hui, he would have really thought she had let go. But how could she let go? From a timid and fearful child to the strong adult she is now, only those who have experienced it can understand the pain.
There is no such thing as true empathy in the world.
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