Chapter 10: Where Can She Retreat To?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“What’s your relationship with Cen Yi?”

Qiu Chen stood firmly in front of Qiao Lingxiang with an arrogant expression. When he saw Qiao Lingxiang shaking his head, he lifted his hand and pushed Qiao Lingxiang’s shoulder.

He asked again, “I’m talking to you. Are you dumb? If you don’t have any relationship with him, why did he hit me in the morning?”

“How would I know why he hit you?”

Qiao Lingxiang started frowning when she got pushed. She felt that this wouldn’t end so easily. This was very troublesome, extremely troublesome.

They even started hitting her.

Qiu Chen was quite famous in their high school. Just like Cen Yi and his friends, his academics were bad but his physical fitness was good.

However, Cen Yi and his friends didn’t bully anyone at school. They just didn’t study and were good at fighting. On the other hand, Qiu Chen’s reputation in the junior high section wasn’t good. He was like a tyrant; no one dared to offend him.

He always beat up young high school students until they cried.

Normally, they would call Qiao Lingxiang dinosaur or stupid fatty… Qiao Lingxiang pretended that she didn’t hear and that it wasn’t a huge deal. Everyone in Xiang City High School knew that she was the younger sister of the school belle, Qiao Yuelan.

Thus, people laughed at her, pranked her, and abused her emotionally. Everyone ostracized her. However, this was the first time someone stopped her at school with obvious intentions of giving her trouble and wanting to hit her. This was Qiao Lingxiang’s first time encountering this since starting high school.

Naturally, Qiao Lingxiang was beaten when she was young so this was normal for her. But primary school students weren’t as frightening as high school students. They normally just pat her forcefully, kicked her, or pushed her. They were afraid that teachers would find out so they didn’t dare to go overboard.

On the other hand, Qiu Chen brought two sidekicks to surround Qiao Lingxiang. It was obvious that he wanted to beat Qiao Lingxiang up. This was too frightening.

The man beside Qiu Chen looked as if he was only in year one of junior high. His name was Xiong Yangbo. He seemed unruly.

He walked over directly and pushed Qiao Lingxiang furiously.

“Are you talking back to me?”

Qiao Lingxiang took a huge step back when she got pushed.

She lowered her head and clenched her fat fists. Just suck it up!

“You’re so ugly. Did Cen Yi hit me because he likes your older sister?”

Qiu Chen thought he guessed the real reason. He took a step forward and slapped Qiao Lingxiang’s head. Her head tilted sideways from the force.

At the edge of the garden, three young men who were about to enter adulthood surrounded an unlikable fatty.

Maybe it was because they had grown up and gotten bolder. Maybe it was because of how everyone treated Qiao Lingxiang all this while. Either way, they felt that no matter how they treated Qiao Lingxiang, it wouldn’t matter.

It was also probably because no one cared. In this slowly collapsing world, youths out of control could release the evil in their hearts without fear.

Qiao Lingxiang’s eyes turned red. She dealt with the beating and retreated step by step. She took it, she took it, she took it.

All the abuse, all the insults, all the baffling evil intentions, all the jeers towards her—she could take it. There was nothing she couldn’t handle.

But they were still beating her without stopping.

The three youths blocked her, carrying a malicious aura with them. It seemed as if they wouldn’t be satisfied if they didn’t display their maliciousness in full force.

She retreated step by step all the way to the field. Could anyone tell her where she was supposed to retreat to? How could she deal with it?

If she sucked it up, would they stop mistreating her in the future?

If she sucked it up, would Qiu Chen and his sidekicks give up and stop beating her?

If she sucked it up, could she integrate into the crowd and be accepted and liked by everyone?