What scared Yu Xinghe more than the small dark room at home was the ferocious faces of his father and mother.
And the slap that followed.
Her self-esteem was broken again and again, but she stitched it up and reassembled it.
Every time she woke up in the middle of the night, it was like a nightmare that haunted her.
Especially during the days after the exams when I was waiting for the results to come out, I couldn't sleep.
She remembered a final exam in junior high school when she had a high fever for several days. Her teachers and classmates all advised her to take care of her health, but she continued to review day and night.
His whole body was tense like a spring, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was on the verge of collapse.
I dragged myself into the exam in a daze.
In the exam room, I didn’t take the medicine because I was afraid of the side effects and making me sleepy.
She felt dizzy and almost fainted. Some people secretly mocked her for being pretentious and pretending to be noble, and for feigning illness to gain sympathy.
She heard it, but just frowned slightly and didn't take it to heart.
After all, she had heard such words countless times.
When sleepiness came over me, I would poke my fingers with the tip of the pen.
Only the sharp pain could make her sober up a little, and she barely managed to finish the exam.
However, when the final results came out, he still performed poorly and only ranked around 30th in the grade.
For most students, a ranking of more than 30 is worth celebrating.
But for Xinghe, it is...
Scolding and beating.
…
“Kneel down!”
Yu Ma brought Yu Xinghai, who wanted to cry and beg for mercy to his sister, into the room and dragged Yu Xinghe to the door of the house.
His angry face was almost distorted, and his voice was as sharp as a ghost.
The door was closed and the lights were off. She knelt on the ground with her back to the light, her movements slow, like a numb puppet.
The high fever had just subsided, and my cheeks were as red as the red leaves in late autumn, about to be swallowed by the heavy winter snow.
Her breathing was barely audible.
"Look at your test score!"
The report card was thrown hard in her face. She closed her eyes but did not dodge.
The sharp edge scratched his cheek, drawing blood.
Her eyes were red and she lowered her head to look at the toes of the two pairs of feet in front of her, as if she didn't feel any pain.
Yu's father stood aside silently.
Without saying a word, he watched coldly.
It was as if the person kneeling in front of him was not his daughter, but a stranger.
Yu Ma's pretty face was squeezed together, and her fingers were poking her head again and again.
"Tell me! Are you secretly in a premature relationship?! Otherwise, why would your grades drop so badly?"
My heart feels like it's fallen into an icy cave, and it's aching all the time.
My throat felt like it was blocked and I couldn't speak. The floor beneath my knees was cold and hard.
All the strength in her body seemed to be drained away, and she sat down on her knees.
He took a hard gulp of air.
Yu's mother was furious. Seeing that she was keeping her head down and not saying anything, she walked up to her and slapped her hard in the face.
The crisp sound echoed in the living room.
Her head tilted to one side, her cheeks instantly became red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corners of her mouth.
But the tears stubbornly refused to fall.
Yu Ma looked at her hands and seemed stunned.
Seeing that she still didn't speak, she walked around the living room in annoyance.
"Not saying anything means you agree!"
"Yu Xinghe! Do you think you've grown stronger now?!"
"A few days ago, I saw you walking out of the school gate with a boy, talking and laughing! Was it him?!"
Suddenly, Yu Ma came over, grabbed her ears and forced her to look up.
"Speak! Don't act like a mute."
"What's his name? Which class is he from? He doesn't look like a good student!"
There was no light in Yu Xinghe's eyes.
She actually doesn't have many friends at school.
Most junior high school students are more sensitive.
She has a good personality and good grades, so naturally many boys pursue her.
But she kept a normal distance from them.
But the girls had a problem with her because of this.
The love of adolescence comes and goes quickly, and over time, there are fewer and fewer people around her.
However, there are more and more negative reviews.
Many of her ugly photos were posted on forums and made into emoticons and circulated maliciously.
Just because she doesn't care doesn't mean she won't be sad.
Yu's father and mother never knew about these things and didn't care about them.
The only person they cared about from beginning to end was Yu Xinghai.
It was only when Cong Nian, who was always quiet and shy, stood up and criticized them and ordered them to delete the photos that the matter was finally dropped.
The boy that Yu Ma was talking about was just an ordinary friend.
Because he did well in the final exam, she sent him her blessings.
It's that simple.
But even if I tell them, they won't believe it.
Don't believe what she says, and don't trust her.
It's quite boring.
Yu Xinghe tilted her head and shook off Yu Ma's hand, without any unnecessary expression on her face.
This irritated Yu Ma even more.
Yu Ma took out the cell phone from her pocket, as if she wanted to call someone.
"You're not going to tell me, are you? I'm going to call your homeroom teacher right now. He must know who that boy is."
"You're so young, but you're not studying hard and you're actually thinking about falling in love!"
"You must drop out of school!"
Yu Xinghe was frightened. He stood up, grabbed the phone that Yu Ma had just dialed, and hung up in a hurry.
"He's just an ordinary friend!"
The explanation was pale as she curled up on the ground, her forehead pressed against the cold ground, her body curled into a small ball.
Trembling constantly.
Like a trapped animal struggling in its death throes in a cage.
"friend?"
Yu's mother obviously didn't believe it. "Give me the phone. I have to ask the teacher."
"No, no."
The phone was eventually taken away and the call was connected.
The target of Yu Ma's anger became the teacher.
Father Yu, who had been standing there for a long time, spoke and looked at her with disappointment, as if she were a dead object.
"How can I have a daughter like you, eh."
A heavy sigh shattered her last line of defense.
Yu Xinghe cried.
In the end, the boy's parents were called in and made another big fuss in the office.
The parents of both sides almost came to blows.
Yu Xinghe kept his head down the whole time and said nothing.
No one would believe anything she said anyway.
The boys distanced themselves from her and avoided her like the plague.
Fortunately, her head teacher was kind and willing to help her keep the secret, which made her life in school less embarrassing.
Later, she always ranked first in all the tests, and won numerous awards, which allowed the family to regain its superficial peace.
I rarely even went into the small dark room.
But this did not make her feel at ease.
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