While "Forever 18" was surrounded by people, Yan Jiu was quietly leaving a follower.
System: [The panel detected that this customer's adoptive parents left her a large inheritance after their passing. Her biological parents are now claiming kinship; could they be trying to steal her money?]
Yan Jiu did not speak.
In her eyes.
The past of "forever 18 years old" was simple.
Because she was born a girl, her parents named her Zhaodi. Later, she was abandoned by her biological parents. Fortunately, she met her adoptive parents who were studying in China and followed them to China.
Unfortunately, her adoptive parents passed away the year she came of age. Even more unfortunately, she was so outstanding that she made international news and was seen by her biological parents.
Without a doubt.
The phrase "forever 18 years old" has become a slang term for being obsessed with.
In order to get rid of it.
She chose the Scholomance Academy, which would empower her, but she was still found by her snobbish biological parents.
System: [The client is a freshman at the School of Psychic Paths. Should the host go and remind them?]
After Yan Jiu followed the system's instructions, she threw away the trash and went downstairs, directly responding to the system with her actions.
As is widely known.
Public opinion is a terrible beast.
It can turn a person who is full of glory into someone despised by everyone, and it can destroy a person with ease.
"Forever 18" doesn't want to acknowledge relatives or fulfill netizens' expectations of a family reunion.
As a result, she was criticized and insulted.
Where was Master Jiu rushing off to?
[I followed her, and she followed me again!]
[Oh no, after "Skateboard Clown," he's now following "Forever 18"!?]
[I just compared them, and guess what I found? The classroom in the "Forever 18" video looks familiar.]
Are you in the same school?
[I was just about to ask Jiu Ye how he ended up at this school, and even became a tutor here, but his sudden attention changed my mind. So, tell me, why are you paying attention again?]
[Many people may not know that "Forever 18" could have been admitted to Harvard University without taking the entrance exam, but lost his eligibility due to his biological parents and public opinion.]
[Harvard? So that's what education is all about. I just fulfilled my duty to go to school. Can't you spare a little of your brainpower?]
Wait, what biological parents?!
What did I miss?
Each netizen offered a comment.
They thoroughly investigated the life of the "forever 18-year-old" couple, but they did not become part of the public discourse.
Instead, they genuinely stood up for others injustice.
The life of "forever 18" has already been ruined once by her biological parents, and it looks like it will be ruined a second time.
How can we tolerate this?
[I'm blanching it, my temper is flaring up!]
People tend to sympathize with the underdog, and these parents deliberately adopted a humble approach online, successfully using public sympathy to morally blackmail the idea of "forever 18."
Even a dog would shake its head at this.
Don't make your intentions too obvious!
[That's not the case either. What if the parents were actually the ones who were abandoned?]
[Exactly, if the roles were reversed, would we really get understanding?]
What are you trying to express? Are you trying to provoke opposing viewpoints?
[If this is the truth, why engage in a sham swap?]
During an online argument.
Yan Jiu sped up.
He leaped down more than a dozen steps.
【！！？？？】
[He leaped several meters in the blink of an eye.]
[Ninth Master: What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen light-footed kung fu before?]
【You people from country Z all know martial arts!?】
No, no, we won't.
[Play it in reverse, it must be played in reverse!]
Thank you, Drummer! I almost became a drummer myself.
[Isn't it normal for humans to have good jumping ability? (Just kidding.)]
I'm sorry, I've let humanity down.
[You guys are going too far! This person is clearly not normal!]
[What nonsense! Master Jiu is just an ordinary person~]
Because of Yan Jiu's actions.
The netizens' attention was briefly drawn back.
Then a new round of arguments ensued.
They kept arguing and arguing.
Yan Jiu arrived at the school gate.
A gentle breeze was blowing, and the setting sun seemed to be intoxicated by it, but it still couldn't dispel the filth at the school gate.
“Child, there is an old saying in Z country that says one should not forget one’s roots. You should acknowledge your ancestors and return to your ancestral home.”
"Do you want to escape your family of origin?"
"Those are your parents who gave birth to you."
“Zhao Di, come home. Your parents will not blame you for being greedy for the freedom and wealth of the United States.”
"Forever 18" listened to the scolding with her head down.
The sound of the wind couldn't drown out the sound of tears falling.
Who is crying?
She is a girl who cannot see the end of her life.
The world sank into shadow, as if the girl whose life had been taken had nowhere to retreat or advance.
What does it mean to forget one's roots? What does it mean to crave freedom and wealth? So, it's not like you were the ones who were abandoned!
[What business is it of yours if you don't acknowledge your relatives?]
[You have no morals, yet you try to morally blackmail others?]
[Why are there so few comments? Where are the others? Didn't they buy a keyboard?!]
The more immoral a person is, the more they enjoy using moral blackmail.
[Were these parents in a vegetative state for the first ten years or so? Why are they only starting to look for them now?]
Don't give stigma to people in a vegetative state.
[Giving birth but not raising it is like cutting off a finger to repay a debt, but I suggest just trimming its nail.]
Yan Jiu handed the girl a tissue, blocking the reporters' view, and said, "I'm really happy for you guys that I came here to scold you for being shameless."
The noise suddenly stopped, leaving everyone bewildered by Yan Jiu's unexpected words.
Yan Jiu continued, "Even if you fail to recognize your relatives 99 times, you still have to try one more time to make it a round number and annoy people, right?"
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