Chapter 192: Just Laugh It Off
Her black hair was slightly curled at the ends, with an exquisite headband, and she was wearing a ladylike white dress, looking very innocent and clean.
She came over with a smile to smooth things over, and took Zhao Huan's hand and talked to Bai Youyou.
"We are old classmates. We haven't seen each other for so many years. I am just a little excited. Don't think too much. Take your seat quickly."
The seemingly harmless person in front of you is called Shen Xiaoyu. She, Zhao Huan and Peng Xuan were the famous "threesome" in their class when they were in high school.
At that time, it was quite popular to recognize brothers and sisters. Because Shen Xiaoyu knew some people from society outside the school and had a pure appearance, she always had a bunch of brainless followers behind her in school...
In order to stabilize her position, she always likes to act pretentiously, and weakness is her best disguise. Which boy can resist such a beautiful girl who needs to be protected?
Shen Xiaoyu's methods of winning people's hearts are extremely skilled.
She is well aware of the principle of "attacking the heart first". Rather than direct conflict, she prefers to use the method of boiling a frog in warm water to slowly break down a person's psychological defenses.
Zhao Huan and Peng Xuan are her best chess pieces.
On the surface, the three of them seem to be very close, but in fact, Zhao Huan and Peng Xuan are more dependent and trying to please Shen Xiaoyu.
They enjoy the material benefits brought by Shen Xiaoyu, and also enjoy the sense of security brought by relying on a strong person.
Under Shen Xiaoyu's deliberate manipulation, their hostility towards Bai Youyou became deeper and deeper.
Bai Youyou's emergence broke Shen Xiaoyu's status as the center of attention in the class.
Her unique temperament and outstanding appearance attracted the attention of many boys.
In addition to the business connections of Bai Youyou's family, she always looks special and different, and she is much prettier than Shen Xiaoyu.
She had a sense of mystery. How could Shen Xiaoyu, who always enjoyed being the center of attention, willingly let the boys in her class focus their attention on other girls?
This made Shen Xiaoyu feel deeply threatened.
Bai Youyou's family is in the business of picking up radishes, which in the eyes of many people means dealing with that kind of thing, and is a symbol of bad luck and inauspiciousness.
Shen Xiaoyu quickly grasped this point and began to spread rumors about Bai Youyou behind her back.
She called Bai Youyou an "unlucky person" who would bring bad luck.
What started as whispers turned into open ridicule and exclusion.
Shen Xiaoyu gave Bai Youyou all kinds of ugly nicknames, such as "coffin board", "paper money" and "White Impermanence". These vicious words were like sharp knives, piercing Bai Youyou's heart again and again when she was young.
Zhao Huan and Peng Xuan also actively cooperated with Shen Xiaoyu. They spread rumors in the class and incited other students to isolate Bai Youyou.
Bai Youyou's desk was often graffitied with obscene words.
Her schoolbag was often filled with garbage, even dead mice and cockroaches.
During lunch break, she always sat alone in her seat, and no one wanted to get close to her.
Her classmates looked at her with fear and disgust.
She was isolated from everyone as if she were infected by the plague.
Bai Youyou tried to resist, but she was alone and weak and could not compete with Shen Xiaoyu's "three-man gang" at all.
She reported the situation to her teacher, but the teacher simply criticized Shen Xiaoyu briefly and did not take any substantive measures.
Shen Xiaoyu comes from a wealthy family and has a certain influence in school.
The teacher didn't want to offend her either.
Isolated and helpless, Bai Youyou could only endure it all silently.
She became more and more taciturn, with a hint of sadness always on her face.
The once lively and cheerful girl gradually lost her smile.
She began to fear going to school, afraid to face those malicious and mocking eyes.
Seeing that what she did was effective, Shen Xiaoyu's heart was filled with twisted pleasure.
She enjoyed the feeling of being in control and the sense of superiority of stepping on others.
She wanted to make Bai Youyou understand that she was the only queen in this class.
The three years of high school were a dark time that Bai Youyou could not bear to look back on.
The only person who was kind to her was Wei Feng, who was willing to be her deskmate at that time, making her entire high school life not too difficult.
That experience of being bullied was like a deep scar, forever engraved in her heart.
Now seeing the culprit who had put her in such a desperate situation, Bai Youyou felt extremely calm.
Perhaps she had seen too much helplessness in life, and in her heart she just laughed off that experience.
She took Zheng Duoduo and found a seat to sit down. At this time, a hearty laugh came from behind.
"Sorry, I'm late..."
When everyone turned around, they found a boy wearing a gray sports suit, white sneakers, and a black backpack casually slung over one shoulder. He had a sunny smile and always gave people an approachable feeling.
"Hey, Wei Feng, you're finally here."
Zhao Huan greeted Wei Feng at the door enthusiastically, and even opened the seat next to him and asked Wei Feng to sit there.
Wei Feng smiled, looked around, and walked to the other side of Bai Youyou with familiarity and sat down. Zheng Duoduo looked at Zhao Huan's angry face who was frozen in place across from him, and smiled secretly with his head down.
"Long time no see, deskmate!"
He put his schoolbag between his back and the back of the chair and looked at Bai Youyou, greeting her cordially as if she were a friend he had been in touch with for many years.
"Wei Feng, from your tone, it seems that you and Bai Youyou have been in contact for many years. You don't feel unfamiliar with each other at all."
Peng Xuan also walked to Zhao Huan's side at this moment, sat in the seat she had just prepared for Wei Feng, and said something with a hidden meaning.
Wei Feng then curled his lips and smiled, "We are all classmates. I haven't seen each other for so long. I am so happy."
"Is it because he is happy to see us, or is it because he is happy to see someone else?"
Another tall, sturdy boy with an unfriendly look joked.
It wasn't that there were no rumors about the scandal between Bai Youyou and Wei Feng back then, and she almost believed it during that time.
Later, she found that Wei Feng seemed to be so enthusiastic towards everyone, so she let it go.
This time when I saw Wei Feng again, the face of the boy with a little youth and kindness overlapped with the memory...
Something seems to be different.
"Okay, it looks like we're all here. I suggest we have a toast."
The one who spoke was the class monitor, a model student who liked to show off in front of the teacher, and also one of Shen Xiaoyu's brain-dead pursuers. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he looked so safe and would definitely not be in Shen Xiaoyu's eyes.
But the teacher liked him, and with such a positive person as their helper, they became more reckless in bullying others.