When Xu Keke went to pick up Meng Jia at the school gate after school at noon, she saw Gao Jiaqing walking out of the No. 2 Primary School gate with two scratches on his face. Xu Keke opened her mouth but couldn't say a word for a long time.
“They said my mother was a hanged ghost, and that I was an unwanted child.” Meng Jia said, then hugged Xu Keke and started crying.
"So what did you do?" Xu Keke crouched down and hugged Meng Jia. Meng Jia looked like she'd been wronged, but not like she'd been in a fight. Gao Jiaqing, standing there dumbfounded, looked rather pathetic.
Meng Jia sobbed, "I was busy doing my homework and ignored them. They wouldn't stop, they came over as soon as class was over. Jiaqing told them to leave, but they wouldn't listen, so I hit them."
"Did you lose?" Gao Jiale kicked his younger brother.
Xiao Jiaqing then said with a gloomy face, "Didn't you say we shouldn't fight with women?"
Gao Lan tapped his head, "Look at you, they're gone now. Point them out to me, and you're supposed to be Gao Jiale's brother. Let them ask around, right now at Nanfeng Middle School, is there anyone who dares to talk back to our brother? A bunch of elementary school kids, daring to bully you, they've got some nerve."
Gao Lan seemed to be talking about Gao Jiaqing. Her fierce and menacing appearance frightened the surrounding elementary school students, who all walked around her.
Gao Jiaqing didn't know his sister was just bluffing. He pointed to four or five little girls standing by the school gate, too afraid to come out, and said, "It was them, it was them who hit me."
Gao Lan headed straight for the girls. Gao Jiale whispered something in her ear. Gao Lan glanced at Xu Keke and Meng Jia, then slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked away.
The girls were so frightened they didn't dare move, and even forgot to run. Gao Lan scolded them for a long time until they cried. Only after they promised they would never dare to touch Gao Jiaqing again did she swagger back, like a victorious female general.
Gao Lan's voice wasn't quiet when she reprimanded them, and she didn't mention Meng Jia at all. Although she knew Gao Jiaqing's words earlier were unintentional, Gao Lan was definitely deliberate. Xu Keke was very grateful to them. If they had stood up for Meng Jia today, and that group of girls made Meng Jia's life at school even more difficult. This way, after Gao Lan scared them, they would think she was being scolded because of Gao Jiaqing, and wouldn't hold a grudge against Meng Jia.
Xu Keke knew she was being selfish, but what could she do when Meng Jia was so weak? Becoming stronger takes time. Some people who are bullied in their youth do indeed grow stronger through hardship, while others are crushed and become even more timid. Even if you become stronger while being bullied, the memory of that humiliation will leave a mark on your heart; it's not a valuable asset. It's best to never have it in your life.
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