All Those Years - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Bullying Too Much
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
I returned to school in a very depressed mood. I felt like a drowning dog. I felt that everyone around me was laughing at me.
Yes, I was very poor. Zhang Han could help Zhou Yingying pay off the school loan, but I was unable to repay Liang Xue’s loan. What made me even sadder was that Liang Xue actually wanted to break up with me over this matter.
I loved her so much. All the money I earned from the work-study program, as well as all the scholarships, I spent all the money on her. Her last few words were like a punch to my chest. Was our relationship so fragile?
Bang!
I passed a garbage can and a gust of wind blew in from nowhere. Half of the sour garbage spilled out of the overturned bin.
If it was any other time, I would have picked up the garbage can. However, I was in a bad mood and pretended not to see it. I was ready to go into the classroom.
Suddenly, I noticed a girl standing in front of me. I could clearly feel her inexplicable anger.
I recognized this girl. Her name was Zheng Yuxun. She was in the same class as me. She was very pretty and delicate, and she was known as most beautiful girl in our class.
Oh right, she also joined the Student Union’s health department.
Zheng Yuxun looked at me and then at the overturned garbage can. I understood where her anger came from.
However, just as I was about to explain, Zheng Yuxun gave me a very disdainful look and rebuked, “Zhang Lu, how can you be like this? You deliberately kicked over the garbage can and destroyed the school’s hygiene. Your behavior is really disgusting!”
I did not know whether to laugh or cry. I thought to myself, ‘Did you really see me kicking over the garbage can?’
Zheng Yuxun did not give me any chance to explain at all. She crossed her arms and acted like a high and mighty bureaucrat.
She continued, “I saw it all. You were the one who knocked down the trash can. Hurry up and pick it up. Also, you have to put all the spilled garbage back in. If you don’t do as I say, I’ll immediately report it to the entire school, and everyone will know that our school has such a morally corrupt trash student like you!”
Zheng Yuxun’s high and mighty attitude made me very unhappy. The main thing was that I was not the one who knocked down the garbage can. What right did she have to make me the scapegoat?!
“I won’t help you, and I definitely won’t pick up the trash!” I got angry and walked around Zheng Yuxun to leave.
“Stop right there!” Zheng Yuxun seemed to have been provoked, so the garbage can was no longer important. She caught up to me and slapped me in the face.
Although she was a girl, this slap made my face burn.
I came from the countryside, but my parents were not the type who would hit their children.
However, Zheng Yuxun directly slapped me out of a disagreement. Was I such an easy bully target to her?
“Zheng Yuxun, don’t go too far!” I clenched my fists. I really wanted to retaliate, but in the end, I gave up.
I was a boy. If I slapped her, Zheng Yuxun would definitely cry. When that happened, people would gather around and watch. No matter how reasonable I was, I would still be scolded.
Girls were always defined as weaklings in front of boys. Most importantly, my form teacher is Zheng Yuxun’s cousin. I don’t want to offend the form teacher in my final year, I don’t want to put my graduation certificate at risk.
“I’ll ask you again. Are you going to help me or not? Are you going to pick up the trash or not?!” Zheng Yuxun was very arrogant, as if it was only natural for her to slap me just now. She thought that there would be no consequences.
Zheng Yuxun kept pestering me. If this continued, it would definitely attract a lot of attention. When the time came, Zheng Yuxun would insist that I was the one who knocked down the trash can, and would not be able to clear my name even if I swore in the name of the Gods. I would even be despised by the entire school and become the target of public criticism.
After much consideration, I finally put down my dignity as a man. I turned around and walked over to the garbage can and picked it up. Then, I picked up the sour-smelling garbage and placed it back into the garbage can.
Zheng Yuxun was finally satisfied. She snorted coldly at me and said, “You’re very tactful. However, I’ll still let everyone in the school know that you’ve violated the school’s Hygiene!”
I looked at Zheng Yuxun’s back as she left. Anger and grievance welled up in my heart. Zheng Yuxun had clearly trampled on my dignity. I had also followed her instructions, but why was she still so aggressive?
Before this, I had not even spoken a word to her, let alone bear any grudges. She was going too far.
Zheng Yuxun did not disappoint me. When I returned to the classroom, the entire class looked at me with disdain. There were also some people who criticized me.
“You clearly have nothing to do. Did that trash can offend you? You destroyed the school’s hygiene. It’s really embarrassing to be in the same class with such a person!”
“Hmph! Aren’t all the children from the countryside like this? They have no manners at all!”
“It seems that out of the 40 to 50 students in our class, only Zhang Lu came from the countryside!”
I lowered my head and silently walked to my seat. This was all thanks to Zheng Yuxun. However, she had already reversed the truth and made everyone think that I was the one who knocked down that trash can. No matter how I tried to defend myself, no one would listen to me.
What was even more disgusting was that that little slut Zheng Yuxun actually acted like a victor. She pouted at me and said, “You want to fight with me? Why don’t you take a piss and look in the mirror to see what kind of person you are!”
I felt extremely bitter in my heart. I could not help but think, ‘Zheng Yuxun, Oh Zheng Yuxun, you are the prettiest girl in class, you are a member of the Student Union, and the form teacher is your cousin. As for me, I am just an invisible person who came from the countryside. How could I ever think of fighting with you?’
She was clearly bullying me.
Liang Xue was in the same class as me. She was sitting to the left of Zheng Yuxun.
After Zheng Yuxun was satisfied with me, she said to Liang Xue, “Liang Xue, the whole class is mocking your boyfriend. Aren’t you going to comfort him?”
I hoped that Liang Xue would comfort me at this moment. I wished that she would take back what she said about wanting to break up with me.
However, the truth was cruel. Liang Xue did not even look back at me. From her cold attitude, it was clear that if I could not help her pay off her campus loan, she would really part ways with me.
“Zhang Lu, come out!” Suddenly, a deep male voice sounded from the classroom door.
I raised my head and looked over. It was our form teacher, Yang Gang.
When I saw Yang Gang’s angry expression, I guessed that that little b*tch Zheng Yuxun must have told Yang Gang about what happened just now. Therefore, I could not help but face the storm which was Yang Gang.
I obediently walked to the classroom door and followed Yang Gang to his office. I thought that I would receive a scolding from him, and I would have to sign a letter of guarantee.
However, I did not expect that Yang Gang would kick me in the stomach the moment I walked into his office. I lost my balance and retreated to a corner before I could barely stabilize myself.
Yang Gang’s kick was much more lethal than Zheng Yuxun’s kick. I panted heavily and my head became dizzy.
“I really didn’t expect you to be so despicable. What’s the point of kicking over a trash can? What do you gain? If the school management knew about this and found out that you’re my student, how embarrassing would it be?!” Yang Gang wanted to eat me up in one bite.
My nose turned sour and I felt extremely upset. However, since things had already come to this, I could not defend myself. In the end, I could only lower my head and say, “I’m sorry, teacher, I was wrong!”
Yang Gang wanted to scold me again, but his phone rang. It was his girlfriend calling, and it seemed like something had happened.
Yang Gang’s girlfriend also worked at this school. She was our grade’s life coach, so I also knew her.
Her name was Xia Qingrou. She was very beautiful. Her voice was so sweet that it made people want to stick with her for three days. In the spring, she often wore a white dress, just like a snow lotus on the mountains.
“Hand in a 1,000-word guarantee letter tomorrow. You can go back first!” Yang Gang impatiently waved his hand at me.. I nodded and hurriedly walked out of his office.
