"I'm sorry." he said, patting her back repeatedly. His embrace was warm, like soaking in a hot spring. She hugged him and felt drowsy, not wanting to let go for a second.
When it was almost dawn, he woke her up and told her to go home quickly. Yun Zhao left him reluctantly and returned home. He covered himself with the blanket as if nothing had happened.
The next day, her mother came to visit her and cooked delicious food for her. Yun Zhao casually ate a little and felt that his cheeks hurt on both sides. It hurt whenever he ate.
"Don't argue with your father. You know he has a bad temper.”her mother advised.
She did not say a word. She felt that she had nothing more to say to them. She just wanted to finish this winter vacation as soon as possible and return to school as soon as possible. When she became an adult, she would go far away.
Seeing that she was silent, her mother began to wipe her tears again. Yun Zhao looked at her and felt sad. Perhaps in her eyes, she was really a cold and unfilial daughter. They always blamed her for not understanding their hardships, but she had never seen her suffer.
In the middle of the night, Yun Zhao felt that person again. In a daze, she felt someone pull the blanket for her and kiss her forehead.
The corners of her eyes could not help but tear up. That voice said softly,"Don't cry, be good." The next day, she found an app on her phone. Yun Zhao opened it and found that it was a diary app.
She was surprised to find a sentence written inside: "Zhaozhao, be happy, grow up quickly-Feng Li"
She looked at the date. It was last night. Her eyes couldn't help but tear up. She silently dragged the software into the most inconspicuous corner and replied with the word " okay."
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Yun Zhao knew that he was not human, but she was not very afraid. Instead, she felt at ease. She had nothing to begin with, so what was there to be afraid of losing? At the very least, there was someone in this world who was related to her.
However, after a few days, when that person did not appear again, she began to wonder if it was a dream that day. Perhaps something had happened to her mind under pressure.
Before school started, her mother sent her to the station. As she wiped her tears, she repeatedly told her to be obedient when she arrived at school and not to hang out with boys anymore.
Yun Zhao nodded lightly and said goodbye to his mother. Three days later, Yun Zhao returned to City Z. After leaving the bus station, she chose to take a bus to save money. After getting off the bus, she was still some distance away from school. She dragged her suitcase slowly towards school. Suddenly, a car stopped beside her. With a beep, Yun Zhao turned around and saw their physics teacher. It had been a long time since they last met, but he still looked the same.
"Get in the car." He said," I'm going to school too."
Yun Zhao was stunned for a moment and instinctively refused,"No need, it's not far." She was afraid that some strange words would spread to her parents. She would not be able to explain it even if she opened her mouth ten times.
He didn't say anything. He got out of the car and placed her suitcase in the trunk. Then, he said,"Let's go."
Yun Zhao got into the car silently and didn't say anything else.
"It's only been a winter break. Why do you look so listless?”He did not start the car and turned to ask her.
Yun Zhao rubbed his cheeks and forced a smile."No way."
Jiang Ying turned to the side and fastened her seatbelt. He then said,""You're in your second year of high school, so you have to work harder. If you don't know any questions, you can come to my office to find me, understand?”
"Okay, thank you, teacher." she whispered.
"Don't brush me off. Are you going or not?”He asked," I've been telling you this for a year, but I've never seen you take the initiative to ask a question. Do you know how to do it?”He turned to look at her sternly.
Yun Zhao turned his face away in shame. He was right. " Han Yunzhao," Jiang Ying said after a moment of silence," if you want to get rid of something, it's useless to run away. The most useful way is to strengthen yourself. Do you understand what I mean?"?”
Yun Zhao was slightly stunned. He looked at him and didn't know what to say for a moment. To her, perhaps destroying him was the most satisfying revenge for her. If she did as Jiang Ying said, wouldn't she be following their wishes again? She felt annoyed at the thought of this.
"Han Yunzhao, you're an independent individual. They brought you into this world, but you don't belong to them. Your life doesn't belong to them, and they aren't the ones who hurt themselves.”He said meaningfully.
Yun Zhao didn't say anything. He just lowered his head and played with his fingers. He didn't know how to answer him. He guessed what she was thinking. However, she was already very happy that they could not get what they wanted. Even if her life was ruined, she felt the pleasure of revenge when she saw them anxious, stomping, furious, and desperate.
This was also her final protest as a tool. As long as she was useless, no one could use her and extract any value from her.
"Han Yunzhao, hurting yourself can only be used to take revenge on those who love you. For those who don't love you, the ashes of your destruction won't hurt them at all. Since that's the case, what's the point of your revenge on someone who doesn't love you?”
Yun Zhao suddenly looked up at him and was suddenly confused for a moment. Did he mean that they didn't love her at all?
Ah, right. Her so-called revenge was based on the fact that they still had feelings for her. If they didn't, then she couldn't take revenge on anyone.
"Grow for yourself." He said," Don't compete with others anymore. You are free and can control your own life.
Yun Zhao looked at him hesitantly, not knowing what to say. In the end, he said,"Go to school well. If you don't know how to do it, come and find me, okay?”
She nodded silently. A sense of gratitude suddenly rose in her heart, like a ray of sunlight shining into the darkness.
"Thank you." she said in a low voice, grateful that she was indeed a little stupid and had gone into a dead end.
"It's good that you can think it through. When you have the ability, the world is so big that you can gallop freely. Who dares to say anything?”
She suddenly smiled and sighed deeply, then said,""Jiang Ying, thank you. You're really good.”She bit her lips and continued,"I really don't know how to repay you. I'm just an ordinary person.”
"This is just my duty and obligation as a teacher. You don't have to worry about it. Just do what you should do.”
"But now, I don't like studying so much. Even if I get into a good university and have a good job, so what? I still don't feel the joy and meaning of living. In order to get married and have children in the future, leaving behind a descendant, you want to repeat my life?”
Jiang Ying took a deep breath and thought for a moment before saying,"Yun Zhao, there's actually no point in living. Living is living. Life is not about setting a goal and then shooting at the target or being an ascetic monk. It doesn't matter if you really don't want to go to school. You can do other things, but you have to do them happily.”
She looked at him and said with difficulty," I don't feel happy about anything. I don't want to do anything."”
"You have to try to know if this will make you happy.”
"But I'm not interested in trying." She frowned and said indifferently, as if this world had nothing to do with her anymore. Nothing could arouse her fighting spirit and will again.
Jiang Ying stepped on the accelerator and suddenly started the car. He drove to a deserted place and stopped.
"What are you doing?" she asked coldly.
Jiang Ying didn't say anything. Instead, he slowly inched closer and closer to her. As she looked at the other party's body that was constantly pressing down on her, she suddenly panicked.
"What are you doing?" Panic suddenly rose in her eyes. She looked at him in disbelief and kept shrinking back. She covered her chest with her hands and tried to push him away.
"I want to see if you really have no fear of this world.”As he spoke, he inched closer to her.
"Stop, stop! Go away!" She curled up in the passenger seat and screamed in horror," Please go away!”
"Hey, aren't you not afraid of death? Are you panicking now?" He stepped back and said.
She tugged at her clothes in a panic and turned to open the car door to get out.
"Running away again? What else can you do besides running away?”He narrowed his eyes at her helplessly.
"Open the door." She looked at him angrily.
"What if I don't? What can you do to me?" He spread his hands and said shamelessly.
"If you dare, I'll call the police. If the school finds out, you'll definitely be expelled.”She said fiercely, her hands and feet trembling uncontrollably.
He sneered and said,""Hurry up and go. I can't do this job for another day.”He put his hands behind his head and said indifferently.
"If you can't do it, resign." She said with wrinkles," Don't mislead others.”
"Oh really?" He said," If I remember correctly, our class is ranked first in the grade, right? If you weren't holding me back, I could have gone higher.”
Yun Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't keep his face up."You said you didn't want to do it."”she said gloomily.
"I'm so angry at students like you that I don't want to work anymore.”he said gloomily.
"You…" She took a deep breath and said unwillingly,"I passed, okay?" she whispered.
"But isn't our average above the passing line?”he added.
Her face was livid and she lowered her head to play with her fingers again.
"Let's go back." He watched her lower her head and start twisting her fingers again. He knew that it was useless to say anything, so he said helplessly.
On Thursday, the second week after school started, it was Yun Zhao's turn to be on duty. There were a total of six people on duty, but only she and another girl swept the floor in the morning.
She did not sweep the floor in the afternoon. She was about to leave when the labor committee member stopped her and asked her to stay behind to sweep the floor.
Yun Zhao looked at the tall labor committee member and said unwillingly,"I already swept it in the morning. Why did I sweep it in the afternoon? The remaining four didn't sweep in the morning, and now they're running away. Why don't you stop them?”
The labor committee member's face was a little pale, but he still insisted,"No one said that if you sweep in the morning, you don't have to sweep in the afternoon.”
"Then go and tell those who ran away.”She glanced at him and prepared to leave. The remaining girl quietly went to the back of the classroom and picked up the broom to sweep the floor.
"You don't have to sweep either." Yun Zhao looked at the girl and said. The girl was also from the countryside. She was usually quiet and rarely spoke.
"It's fine. It's just sweeping the floor.”She smiled at Yun Zhao and started cleaning herself.
"Han Yunzhao, I'll tell the homeroom teacher about this.”Seeing that she was ignoring him, the labor committee member felt a little embarrassed.
"Go ahead and sue the remaining four. Are you picking on the weak? Of the other four, two of them are very good at their studies, and two of them are very rich. You don't dare to offend them, so you're only looking for trouble with me, right?”
The labor committee member was exposed by her and his face turned ashen. He gritted his teeth and said,"Just you wait, I'll teach you a lesson."
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