Soapberry
The boy was a little out of breath, and it was easy to tell that he was very anxious.
Seeing the girl sitting in the school infirmary safe and sound, the girl turned her head to look at him. The sunlight fell in the school infirmary, on the yellow table, on the bed, and on the girl's hair.
At that moment, Tan Zhao finally let go of the emotions in his heart.
Seeing her safe and sound, even if he just sat there doing nothing, he would feel happy. If he had to describe it with one feeling, it would definitely be "peace of mind."
"Why are you here?"
"Did a teacher ask me?"
Tan Zhao let go of the door handle and walked towards her. "How are you? Are you okay?"
Chen Xiyu: "Oh, it's okay. I just fell accidentally. But I don't know what happened to the other classmate who fell."
It was also boring in the school clinic, so Chen Xiyu said goodbye to Mr. Yang and left with Tan Zhao.
She was indeed a little worried about Yang Xiaoxiao, but she didn't know where Yang Xiaoxiao had gone. Maybe she had gone outside.
After returning home, Chen's mother saw that her daughter was limping, although Chen Xiyu had tried hard to prevent her parents from noticing.
Chen's mother was so distressed that she even said she would make a nourishing soup for her daughter.
When she came to school the next day, Chen Xiyu got up several minutes earlier than usual and asked her mother to go to a dessert shop to buy her favorite strawberry cake.
She was still thinking about how the girl she bumped into yesterday was doing and wanted to give her a small cake.
However, she didn't expect that when she came back, the topic of #ChenXiyubullyingclassmates had already spread all over the place.
Chen Xiyu sat down as usual, but along the way, she noticed that many people were discussing something, and when they saw her, they seemed to be hesitant to speak. Some people even quickly shut up when they saw her, and quickly touched others and said "hush".
Last night, Tan Zhao said he was going back to his hometown to get a new ID card and would be home for the day. This morning, Chen Xiyu was clearly bored.
While waiting for the big break at noon, Chen Xiyu just stepped out of the classroom door with a small cake in her hand, and saw Jiang Hui with a serious expression, arguing with a group of people in a very angry manner.
"If anyone dares to mention bullying again, don't blame me for tearing them apart! Is it your style to criticize someone without understanding the truth?"
"But it's true that Chen Xiyu bumped into Yang Xiaoxiao. So many people saw it. She didn't even apologize."
The group of girls were bold because they were in large numbers. "It's true that Sister Bully is jealous of others. Today, Yang Xiaoxiao didn't even go to the retest for the admission exam to University A because she injured her leg."
"If it weren't for Chen Xiyu, Xiaoxiao would definitely apply to University A. She ruined a girl's future."
With a thud, Chen Xiyu's grip on the cake loosened unconsciously. The strawberry cake fell to the ground, rotten. Her mind went blank.
All I could think of were these few words: "She ruined a girl's future."
It was only then that Jiang Hui and the other girls noticed Chen Xiyu around the corner.
The girls looked embarrassed and nervous about talking bad about someone behind their back, and they quickly prepared to leave.
Jiang Hui was shocked by Chen Xiyu's appearance and held Chen Xiyu's hand, "Xiyu, don't be sad, I believe you."
The girls were pushing and shoving each other and getting ready to leave when Chen Xiyu, who had been silent the entire time, spoke.
"stop."
"Speak clearly."
Those two or three girls were brave enough to dance behind others' backs, but they didn't dare to dance in front of the main person.
"We also heard it from others," said one of the girls.
"Xiyu, let's go and ignore them." Jiang Hui pulled Chen Xiyu's sleeve. She was afraid that Chen Xiyu would be sad if she heard it.
Chen Xiyu shook her head. "Go ahead and talk. I want to listen."
"Instead of sitting here and covering my ears to the maliciousness, I'd rather face it head-on. I want to know what others are saying about this incident and what the bully Chen Xiyu is really like."
Chen Xiyu forced a wry smile.
She also didn't know why, after one night, she became a bully in the eyes of her classmates.
"We just heard that Chen Xiyu seemed to have deliberately knocked Yang Xiaoxiao down and refused to apologize, causing Yang Xiaoxiao to injure her leg and be unable to take the admission exam."
Chen Xiyu was so angry that she vomited blood after hearing this, and so was Jiang Hui.
"Intentionally? Who spread it?"
"And you also know that you heard it." Chen Xiyu's face turned cold. The girl who was usually amiable and cheerful looked extremely cold when she didn't smile.
"It's none of our business." The three girls were scared away.
They were just going to the bathroom together, and on the way they talked about the gossip they heard last night. Unexpectedly, the protagonist's best friend heard it first, and the protagonist came over before they knew it.
Jiang Hui clenched her fists in anger, "Who is spreading rumors? Who is talking about our Xiyu?"
Chen Xiyu looked down at the strawberry cake that had fallen to the ground.
"Huihui."
"Um?"
"I can't eat the strawberry cake anymore."
Chen Xiyu, who was as aggressive as a little tiger just now, disappeared. She lowered her head, as if she had no strength left. She squatted against the wall and buried her head in her knees.
Maybe it was the pressure of gossip, or the false accusations. Or maybe it was the pain from the last fall. Chen Xiyu couldn't help but drop her little pearls.
"Wuwuwu" came the girl's soft and restrained sobbing sound.
Jiang Hui hugged the girl distressedly, patting her back gently. At that moment, Jiang Hui felt that before the truth was revealed, people who only listened to one side of the story were blaming her. Even if Chen Xiyu acted indifferent, she was still a fragile girl at heart. Thinking of this, Jiang Hui unconsciously clenched her fists, determined to seek justice for her.
The bell rang for class. The girl squatting on the ground crying wiped her tears and stood up, still a brave woman.
Along the way, Jiang Hui held Chen Xiyu's hand and observed her emotions. Chen Xiyu's nose was red, and she was smiling. If it weren't for her red eyes, no one would have known what kind of maliciousness this girl had just experienced.
"If I'm unhappy, then those who don't like me will achieve their goal and they will be happier. Instead of that, I might as well make myself happier." After school, Chen Xiyu put on a smile and said to the classmates who came to ask her.
Yes, Chen Xiyu is such a person. The more you try to trip her up, the more she will be like the little sun who gets up after falling down, wipes her tears, and keeps moving forward with a smile.
Within a few days, the incident quickly split into three groups. One group was the girls from Yang Xiaoxiao's class, Class 6. They claimed that Chen Xiyu, the monitor of Class 10, had bullied someone and refused to apologize, causing Yang Xiaoxiao to lose her admission to university.
One faction was Class 10, where Chen Xiyu was. The students in Class 10 said that they were not fools and knew what the class monitor was like. They would never bully others. Besides, what did it mean to lose a place? Did that mean Yang Xiaoxiao would definitely get in?
There is another group of students who maintain a neutral attitude.
Tan Zhao, who had taken leave, was unaware of all this, but he felt that Chen Xiyu hadn't been as cheerful these past few days. She wasn't as cheerful and energetic as usual after class, but rather more reserved. She'd hunched over the table, chatting with him idly or doing English exercises.
"Chen Xiyu, are you going to study hard recently? You won't go out to play after class."
"I, Chen Xiyu, have learned from my mistakes and decided to study hard."
Chen Xiyu was lying on the table writing reading questions. Tan Zhao came to ask her questions after solving a physics problem.
Chen Xiyu glanced at the answer he wrote. "I know every symbol, but why do they seem so unfamiliar when I write them down on paper?"
"Then can you understand those articles? Every time I read them, I get confused."
"It's okay. I usually rely on my knowledge. For other things I don't understand, I guess 70% of them."
Chen Xiyu thought of something interesting. "By the way, Tan Zhao, do you know your city ranking? The ranking was released in the last monthly exam. I overheard it when I went to my teacher's office last time."
Tan Zhao was twirling his pen, thinking about the question, and glanced at her when he heard that.
"And then, did you see yours?"
"My physics is holding me back, so how could I possibly do that? However."
Tan Zhaoti stopped working and started spinning the pen in his hand, turning towards Chen Xiyu.
Chen Xiyu knew that Tan Zhao was interested, so she covered her mouth with one hand, as if afraid that others would hear, and moved closer to Tan Zhao and started to keep him in suspense.
"When I went there, they were saying that only five students from our school made it into the top 50 in the city."
"Do you think you are one of them?"
Tan Zhao met the mysterious gaze of the girl in front of him, his eyes sparkling, and asked tentatively: "Yes?"
Chen Xiyu laughed and shook his head, "No"
"Then why are you being so mysterious? I thought I became so awesome someday." Tan Zhao blushed, thinking that he had become a super invincible academic master.
Chen Xiyu looked at Tan Zhao's red ears and finally realized the fun of teasing his deskmate. He held his stomach and laughed even more wildly.
After calming down, I said to him, "Okay, okay, but the top student in physics is in our class. You are the top student in physics in the whole city."
"The only one with 100 points."
Chen Xiyu couldn't help but add, "This physics exam is so incredibly difficult. Are you crazy to have gotten a perfect score? Damn."
Tan Zhao then smiled, with a pair of dimples on his face.
"It just so happens that the questions this time are all in the areas I'm good at."
The boy must have just showered and washed his clothes last night. His hair was fluffy, with bangs that reached his eyebrows and were parted in a 3:7 ratio. Beneath his eyebrows were a pair of soulful, slender, peach-shaped eyes. He had a faint scent of soapberry.
Chen Xiyu just didn't hear the latter part of the sentence, and was staring at the dimples on Tan Zhao's face.
It was not until the dimple disappeared that Chen Xiyu slowly came to her senses.
During the class, it was physics class again. Teacher Tang kept talking about the extra knowledge points in the textbook. Chen Xiyu could no longer listen and was drawing simple sketches on the book.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon. The sun had just risen to a certain position and was shining through the curtains little by little, the area getting larger and larger.
Chen Xiyu couldn't help but look out the window under the warm sun. Her peripheral vision caught sight of the young man beside her, who was holding a pen and listening attentively.
The sunlight shone on his hair, making it look like gold.
I could still faintly smell the pleasant scent of soapberry on him.
Chen Xiyu was in a daze, thinking that she must ask him what brand of laundry detergent he used after class. She couldn't help but wonder what kind of girl could have such a boy.
Quiet, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, humble and polite.
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