Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The fight between Lin Wenwen and Duan Ling soon spread throughout the school.
Even the first grade students in the lower grades generally knew about this. After Chen Shujun heard the gossip from Jiang Di, she said to Jiang Sui with twinkling eyes: “That Duan Ling is the daughter of the big boss. I heard that she was born with a defect and looks very strange. It is said that Duan Ling dropped out of her previous school because she was afraid of others talking about her appearance, so this time she came to our school to study, and her father even asked a boy to study with her.”
Jiang Sui nodded and used a ruler to draw lines.
If she didn’t understand it that day, she should understand it now. Chi Yan was the one who accompanied Duan Ling to study.
In her memory, Chi Yan never gave an interview or mentioned the past, so Jiang Sui didn’t know how bumpy and difficult his road to success was, but now this road was one of his choices.
Chen Shujun asked: “Jiang Sui, the school does not allow students to fight. What punishment do you think they will receive?”
Jiang Sui thought for a while: “Whoever is at fault will be punished more severely.”
Chen Shujun said: “That’s not necessarily the case.” Lin Wenwen was the pride of the school, but Duan Ling had a background. It was impossible for the school not to deal with this matter leniently. After all, Sunshine Junior High School paid attention to reputation assessment, but when it came to dealing with it, they didn’t know who they would favor.
Chen Shujun came over and whispered: “I heard that someone was telling Lin Wenwen that Duan Ling had a strange forehead. Duan Ling did not teach the person who spoke a lesson, but instead hit Lin Wenwen, and then they started fighting.” She muttered, “Sure enough, it’s because she doesn’t want to see others look good.”
Jiang Sui was stunned.
If you put it this way, it was actually Duan Ling’s pride that was at work.
Of course, various versions were circulated in the class, and some people even discussed: “The boy who came to study with Duan Ling is the most embarrassing existence, right?”
“I know him. His name is Chi Yan. He is the elder brother of Chi Yiming, who is number one in our grade.”
“No way!”
“Really, I won’t lie to you. He used to repair cars under the Second Bridge, and many people saw it…”
The students opened their eyes in disbelief.
Jiang Sui knocked on their table, and everyone looked at her. Jiang Sui said seriously: “Duan Ling beats people when others talk about them.” She changed “her” in the version to “them”, but the effect was unexpectedly good.
“…” The classmates looked at each other in embarrassment and closed their mouths one after another. They had heard that Duan Ling, who was in the third grade of junior high school, was very scary when she hit someone.
At the school’s flag-raising ceremony next Monday, the punishment for the fight was indeed announced.
The teaching director read out the punishment, with Lin Wenwen “recording minor demerits” and Duan Ling “recording major demerits”. This result surprised many people. After all, Duan Ling had such a big background, everyone thought that the school would favor her.
However, the simple school spirit was hung high on the national flag stand, with the words “morality and impartiality in educating people”.
Jiang Sui looked at these words, her bright peach blossom eyes turning into crescent moons.
In some places, although it was not an aristocratic school, their school’s noble quality was incomparable. This was why she loved her past, her alma mater, and her youth.
In addition to demerit penalties, the school also imposed the punishment of cleaning up.
Lin Wenwen had to clean for two weeks because she had “minor demerits”, while Duan Ling needed to clean for a month.
It was already early April when the punishment began to be carried out.
The hills behind Sunshine Primary School had become warm. This was where former students took nature classes. But the school later canceled the nature course, and it gradually became a small piece of deserted forest.
School leaders loved environmental protection and were reluctant to part with this lush green mountain forest, so they asked students who had made mistakes to sweep fallen leaves and pick up previously discarded plastic bags from here.
The mountain forest was fenced and there were no dangerous animals inside, making it very safe for students. Therefore, the punishment system had been passed down over the years.
However, this punishment was beneficial to Duan Ling, because she had someone who would help her with her work. But Lin Wenwen didn’t.
When Lin Wenwen’s punishment got over, Duan Ling just sat comfortably in the car and waited, only Chi Yan was still holding the school’s garbage basket and plastic bag with garbage tongs.
In mid-April, after school, a strong wind blew.
The air was still a bit chilly in spring, and Chi Yan never thought something would happen to him on the mountain.
When the strong wind began to blow, he frowned and immediately started going down the back mountain.
He thought that his scarred body was immune to the erosion of wind and rain, but suddenly he felt a cramp in his stomach.
Even though his bones were turned into steel, his stomach was overwhelmed by the life of hunger. Thus, he had severe stomach problems.
It was okay under Wen Lei, but Duan Ling turned her anger on him into punishment. She even gave him two plates of mustard every day and watched him eat it.
When the wind blew down the branches, Chi Yan’s eyes turned black and he rolled down the path.
The garbage basket and iron tongs also fell along with him.
He endured the pain and subconsciously protected his head.
The overgrown branches hit his stomach, and he almost fainted from the pain.
The wind blew harder.
The leaves fluttered and fell. If this wasn’t spring when everything came to life, he would have thought it was a cold autumn. He had never been afraid of the cold, but he was shivering from the cold at this moment.
He knew better than anyone that if he couldn’t find a way to go back on his own, no one would come for him.
Duan Ling didn’t know how. She must be looking through fashion magazines and wouldn’t even ask a question about him. In her eyes, he was really just a dog wagging its tail begging for mercy.
Neither would his younger brother Chi Yiming. He knew that Chi Yan was “working” now and was used to Chi Yan’s strength.
Chi Yan leaned against the tree trunk, panting and closing his eyes.
Why did people come to this world? When he came, he couldn’t help himself, and when he left, he couldn’t help himself. He had no father or mother, and there was only a piece of paper with the word “hate” in his infancy.
He had no strength left, and he could not survive the sudden cruelty of this world.
In the spring of 2000, he thought nothing of anything and his mind went blank because he knew that no one would come looking for him.
….
After Jiang Sui finished her duty, she closed the door and locked the windows.
She walked to the school gate, a little worried about the windy weather. When she walked to the school gate, she happened to see Duan Ling’s car.
The black car had its windows half-open to let some air in. Jiang Sui glanced at it from a distance. There was a middle-aged driver sitting in the car, and Duan Ling, who was wearing a mask, was sitting in the back seat.
Duan Ling said angrily: “Lao Zhang, drive!”
Lao Zhang said hesitantly: “But Chi Yan hasn’t come back yet.”
Duan Ling’s voice was sharp: “Should I wait for him? Who is he? He can walk back by himself, he has legs after all.”
Lao Zhang sighed. Chi Yan usually helped him with a lot of things, so he decided to speak for him: “Our home is far away from here. If it rains, it will be hard for him to take a taxi back.”
Duan Ling said: “This situation is all caused by him. Drive immediately, or I will tell my dad that you won’t even listen to me.”
Lao Zhang glanced at the school and started the car helplessly.
Jiang Sui took a few steps and frowned after reacting. They went home regardless of Chi Yan.
The wind was blowing so hard that although it was a little far away from the back mountain, he should have come down long ago.
Chi Yan was not the kind of person who would tarry in his work. He knew that the weather was bad, so he would have come down the mountain immediately.
But even though she, a slow-moving person, had finished her cleaning, he still hadn’t come down. In her memory, Chi Yan was very punctual. He once said that he would tell her the news about the liver source at three o’clock in the afternoon three days later, and he was waiting there early.
He shouldn’t have not come down from the back mountain.
Such a calm and punctual person would not let Duan Ling wait, knowing that she had a bad temper.
The patrolling teacher had already left after checking the classroom, and Chi Yiming should have gone home long ago.
Jiang Sui was afraid that something might have happened to Chi Yan, so she quickly turned around and walked back to school.
….
The road to the back mountain was not rugged, and when Jiang Sui stepped on the soft soil, she didn’t just fall once.
She tightened her school bag. People who were more likely to fall would always walk more carefully.
Until she saw a garbage basket blown by the wind next to a pine tree.
Jiang Sui opened her eyes wide, something must have happened to Chi Yan.
She looked around and saw no sign of him. Jiang Sui walked along the path and shouted: “Chi Yan!”
No one answered her, but then she saw the garbage tongs at her feet.
Jiang Sui looked again this time and saw his figure.
At that time, the leaves were blowing into the air, and the boy was huddled next to the tree, pressing his hand firmly on his stomach, trembling and having almost lost consciousness.
The whole world said that he was very powerful. He was not afraid of humiliation when he was young, and he was brave enough to endure hardships. Even Jiang Sui thought so, but when she stumbled down to him while holding on to the tree trunk, and touched his cold body temperature, she realized that such a tenacious person could still be injured or die.
She had seen his silent resistance and struggle so many times, but this time, he felt too painful and lonely.
He seemed to have given up.
“Chi Yan, Chi Yan.” She gently wiped the dirt off his cheek, holding back the tears for a moment, “It’s okay, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Jiang Sui took off her coat, covered the trembling Chi Yan, and wrapped him tightly.
“It’s okay.” She gently touched his hair, “Be strong. You will be a very powerful man and the greatest person in the future. You must survive and everything will be fine. I will be back soon.”
Jiang Sui knew she couldn’t move him, and she didn’t want her schoolbag, so she left it where it was and ran to school.
The school janitor must still be there.
When she left, he had still closed his eyes as she touched his heart. Perhaps even he himself couldn’t believe that in April, when he was sixteen, and he was at his most desperate and had surrendered to his fate, destiny blessed him with a little goddess.
From then on, no matter how many years he wandered, no matter where he was, she would always be the gentlest and brightest little moonlight from his youth, residing in his heart.
The wind was no longer cool.
This year Jiang Sui had not completely learned to control balance, and this was the first time she had used this body to run hard. She fell down and got up again. Even she didn’t know how many times she did this. She ran down the back hill, across the playground, through the green shade, and reached the guard room. She fell 8 times in between.
But it only took her fifteen minutes.
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