Chapter 125
The boy was bent over in pain and his face turned pale.
But Jiang Ning seemed to think that was not enough, and directly elbowed the tall and strong boy, knocking him to the ground.
It was quiet all around.
It was during the break time, and many people on the street turned around to look. They saw Jiang Ning's frail body beating a boy who was a head taller than her and making him lie on the ground unable to get up.
The other boys who were with this boy were also frightened, and they wanted to push Jiang Ning.
Because of the severe crackdown during the summer vacation in Wucheng, many gangsters ran away to the towns and villages below and ran rampant. Even the students in the high schools below were affected by the current social atmosphere and became very impetuous. The sophomores and juniors who were originally detained in No. 1 Middle School were fine, but the new students in Grade 11 were obviously more aggressive than the sophomores and juniors.
The boy who was knocked to the ground by Jiang Ning, after the initial pain had subsided, turned red in the face and shouted, "Fuck you!" in front of the people around him, and rushed forward to hit him.
Jiang Ning kicked him hard, causing him to fall backwards into the flower bed.
Jiang Ning then looked around and said to her roommates, "Can anyone help me call the director? And call the police by calling Yaoyaoling."
The boys who surrounded Jiang Ning and wanted to beat her were stunned when they heard her say she wanted to call the police, and they didn't dare to move forward.
Liu Ping loved to join in on the fun, so she raised her hand and said, "I'll go, I'll go!"
Lu Xuehua said: "I'll go with you!"
"I'm going too!" Wang Xia also ran after him.
He Xiaofang was afraid that Jiang Ning would suffer a loss. She was tall and strong, but timid. She still stood next to Jiang Ning, thinking that if those boys dared to hit Jiang Ning, she would look around in the flower bed for something and suddenly saw the wooden stick supporting the tree trunk in the flower bed.
The road where the conflict occurred was on the way to the playground, in front of the school cafeteria.
Many teachers would follow the students to the playground on the way and watch them do exercises. Soon a teacher noticed the commotion here and heard that some students were fighting. They hurried over to ask what was going on. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning was one of the parties involved in the fight.
Some students didn't know what happened, they just knew that Jiang Ning suddenly went over and punched the boy. Some people heard what the boy said to Jiang Ning and came over to ask what happened specifically.
The music for the exercises had already started, and many students had gone to do the exercises. The remaining teachers and a few students who were watching as witnesses were still there. Seeing that the situation was not good, the boys who were with the boy who was beaten had quietly run away to do the exercises, leaving the boy who was beaten to face the cold-faced Jiang Ning and a few teachers.
He Xiaofang originally wanted to stay, but was scolded by several teachers and asked to do exercises first.
Seeing the teacher was there, He Xiaofang felt relieved. She walked away worriedly, looking back every few steps. Before leaving, she said to Jiang Ning, "Ningning, I'm in Class 4. Call me if you have any questions."
Actually, she doesn't know how to fight. She has never fought since she was a child and is very timid. But she is here, at least she can hold her own. If she can't beat them, what if she just tickles them?
She looked at her uncut nails; they were quite long.
Xu Xiuli was smarter. Seeing that something was wrong, she immediately ran to the Academic Affairs Office to find Class 3's head teacher, Mr. Wang.
Teacher Wang is now the deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office. Everyone now politely calls him Director Wang. He is indeed younger than the original Director Wang, but his temper is much worse than Director Wang's.
When they heard Xu Xiuli say that several boys bullied Jiang Ning, they immediately called Director Wang, the two directors of the political and educational department, and two young male teachers from the competition class, and ran to find Jiang Ning.
Because of this trauma in high school, Jiang Ning maintained the habit of exercising for many years, running ten kilometers every day without interruption. During this period, he also maintained the habit of practicing Sanda and boxing at least once a week.
She wants to keep her body strong at all times.
People who have never experienced being spread obscene rumors will never know how much a girl can be ruined by being spread obscene rumors. It is an insult that everyone can spit at you, a direct slut-shaming, as if as long as you are labeled as a slut, they can do whatever they want to you.
The management at No. 1 Middle School is strict, and male and female students even have to walk separately. These people don't dare to be too blatant in school and only dare to bully in private.
All the classmates in the class heard such rumors. Even those who did not bully her just watched indifferently. They did not participate, did not stop, and did not interact or talk to her.
At that time, she did not live in the school dormitory, but lived near the school.
There are many students living near the school, including those from No. 1 Middle School, Wu Middle School, No. 2 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School.
She would never forget the evening self-study classes that lasted until 9:30 every night at No. 1 Middle School. She would be terrified every night when people on the street pointed at her, whistled at her, and even called her sister.
However, the bullying does not end when you return to the dormitory.
The place they rented was very small, in a small room next to the kitchen. There were six girls living in it, with two beds. Four girls slept on one 1.5-meter bed, and two girls slept on the other bed.
The six girls were not even from the same school. She was only from the same school with one of them, but all the girls in the dormitory had heard the rumor.
And since such rumors spread in the school, one can imagine how these people treated her.
Sometimes bullying is justifiable.
He used her hot water openly in the winter, and kicked her at night when there was no room in the bed.
After she fell asleep, she was kicked awake by someone. But how could she allow herself to be bullied? But what about the beating? When you come back from picking up rags next time, your quilt will have been watered and thrown in the yard, and things will be scattered everywhere.
The reason they used was that they thought it was dirty to sleep in the same bed with her, and they cursed her with all kinds of insulting words.
You don't even know who did it.
No one would admit it or talk to her, and anyone who talked to her would be laughed at and asked if they wanted to be a prostitute too.
But Jiang Ning is a person who no longer washes dishes because of Jiang Song's words "Girls should wash dishes". Even though she is inferior and cowardly in her heart, she has a spirit of not wanting to admit defeat in her heart, and she has been trying hard to fight against this oppression.
Even though she fought back time and time again, the shadow these things brought to her was still there.
It's no use telling your class teacher because you can't stay in No. 1 Middle School forever.
The most desperate time was when the one-month food coupons she had just brought from home in exchange for food were stolen.
How does it feel to be forced into a desperate situation?
That's because you want to die with the whole world.
Tell your class teacher, tell your parents, and tell your grandfather that you don’t want to study anymore.
How could she not want to study?
She just wanted to survive.
She can hardly hold on any longer.
Just like every time in her later growth journey, she has been trying very hard to save herself.
When she was at her darkest, most desperate, most helpless, and wanted to die with these people, it was Teacher Xia who noticed that something was wrong with her, took her home for dinner, and came over to gently ask her what was going on.
At that time, she was still a real little girl of fifteen or sixteen. She grew up in that era and was influenced by the education at that time. She could not say anything about the rumors and what those people did to her. She only said that those people bullied her and that he followed her when she was outside picking up things to sell for money.
Teacher Xia is actually not their class teacher, but a math teacher.
She didn't say everything, but Teacher Xia seemed to understand.
She took her home and let her stay temporarily. During class, she patiently asked her if she understood. If she shook her head, she would explain it again in detail.
She did not have a good face in class towards those boys who bullied her. She directly supported Jiang Ning and reprimanded and warned those boys. This allowed Jiang Ning to have a quiet study environment in her senior year of high school, and also led to her later self.
It’s just that she met a good teacher, saved herself, and was saved by others. What about those who were not saved?
So many years had passed, and that past had become a history that could be talked about lightly, but many times in her dreams, what she dreamed of was not the high school examination room, but being blocked by these people, being teased, and verbally insulted. They stuffed little pieces of paper in her hand asking her to go out and sleep with them. When she ignored them, they poked her with the tip of a pen, threw her books into the trash can behind the classroom, and stuck a note on her back saying "I am a chicken". She was helpless when she returned to the dormitory after winter evening study because the hot water had been poured away.
She woke up from nightmares countless times, only to realize in a daze that everything was over and it was just a dream.
Teacher Wang and the others rushed over in a hurry, thinking that it was Jiang Ning who was beaten, but it turned out that it was Jiang Ning who beat the boy.
But he had taught Jiang Ning for more than a year, so he had some understanding of Jiang Ning's personality. It could be said that he was a person who never caused trouble.
Occasionally, there would be conflicts in other dormitories that people would come to her to complain about. However, after the class division this year, some people couldn't wait to apply to change dormitories. As a result, after asking around in their dormitory, no one changed their dormitory, even though they were divided into arts and sciences. It can be seen that the girls in this dormitory get along harmoniously.
Such a well-behaved, sensible person who only focuses on studying suddenly started fighting with a boy. It must be that someone provoked her first.
The teachers in front had already understood the situation, so they took these boys and several students who stayed behind to testify to the office and asked them what was going on.
Jiang Ning did not hide anything: "I was in the training team for the entire summer vacation and was taking exams outside. I just returned to school not long ago and did not know these people. But today on the way to do exercises, these people suddenly insulted me and spread rumors that I was working as a prostitute outside."
She was very frank in her attitude, and because of her frankness, she seemed even more bright and open.
Teacher Wang’s face immediately turned dark.
The boy who was beaten said: "We didn't say this. It's spread all over Wuzhong. Ask yourself if there is anyone who doesn't know that you are a prostitute..."
With a slap, the boy's face was swollen.
Jiang Ning turned her palm that was hurt by the slap and looked at him coldly: "Say it again?"
The people in the office didn't expect Jiang Ning to start fighting as soon as he said so. The boy was suddenly slapped in the face and wanted to rush over to hit Jiang Ning, but was held down by the teachers. No teacher said anything about Jiang Ning hitting him, let alone Jiang Ning, the person who was rumored to be fighting. They were so angry that they wanted to hit someone.
Teacher Wang's lips, which had always been raised, finally drooped. He had always looked serious, and now the corners of his lips drooped, making him look even more fierce. Everyone could see that Teacher Wang was in a very bad mood at the moment. He said to one of the teachers, "Go call his head teacher. This matter is too serious. Let's see how to deal with it."
Jiang Ning said: "I must call the police and get to the bottom of this matter. I want to see who is behind this rumor!"
In her previous life, such rumors spread not long after she came to high school. Until the end, she was not quite sure who was behind the rumor. She just thought that the news came from Jiang Yueqin.
But since Jiang Yueqin was exposed by her last summer and the whole village knew what she was doing outside, she did not come back during the Chinese New Year last year. She did not think that she would come back this summer vacation. Even if she wanted to trick people into going into the water, she would not come to the village. Even in many nearby villages, she could not deceive people and could not do evil.
But the rumor still spread.
Originally, Teacher Wang was not in favor of calling the police. Once he got involved with the police, the reputation of No. 1 Middle School would be affected.
But Jiang Ning's behavior was really too bad. Besides, Jiang Ning had just won a provincial first prize for the school. She would have to participate in the national competition and two other competitions. She was a very precious seedling of their No. 1 Middle School. If Jiang Ning could achieve good results in the next national competition and enter the winter camp, she might be directly signed by the top universities in the country. Even if she did not enter the winter camp, a seedling like her could also be a seedling of the key universities of their No. 1 Middle School.
Jiang Ning originally wanted to transfer to Shanghai, but she stayed temporarily for the sake of the school's competition results. Whether from the school's perspective or from his personal perspective as Jiang Ning's class teacher, he must protect Jiang Ning and put a stop to this trend.
Teacher Wang, Director Wang, the director of the political and educational department and others discussed it and decided to call the police.
Before, Liu Ping and her friends wanted to find a place to make a phone call, but they couldn't find one. They wanted to go out to a public telephone booth, but the security guard wouldn't let them out. They then wanted to borrow a phone from the guard room, but when the security guard heard that they wanted to call the police, he was so scared that he didn't dare let them make the call and told them to go back to their teacher and let their teacher take care of everything.
Wucheng, which had not yet undergone later construction, was still an ancient small town, and the police arrived very quickly.
The boy who was beaten by Jiang Ning originally thought that Jiang Ning would take her reputation into consideration. She would not dare to make a big deal since she had done such a thing before. But he did not expect that she would actually dare to call the police. He knew that this must be a rumor and was afraid at this time. He said that he heard it from his classmates in Wu Zhong.
Teacher Wang and his colleagues had heard that this matter was related to Wuzhong, so they went to invite Director Wang and the principal and vice principal of Wuzhong.
The leaders of the two schools had been old acquaintances for a long time. When they heard that the police and Director Wang of No. 1 Middle School were looking for him, they felt a pang in their hearts and knew that something bad had happened. The previous rumors had reached the ears of No. 1 Middle School.
What's more, he didn't expect that the matter would become so serious that the police would come to his door.
They also called the male classmate of the boy who was beaten. This male classmate was also a freshman in high school. He was scared when he was suddenly called by the police. He was afraid that it would affect himself, so he quickly told them what he heard from someone.
So they called one by one and finally found the source.
When Jiang Hehua heard that the police were looking for her, she was confused until she saw Jiang Ning at the police station.
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