Chapter 335: It’s hard to live as a hero
Chapter 335: It’s hard to live as a hero
Su Xiaoyan smiled stiffly and waved her hands repeatedly:
"Thank you, I don't need it. I have work to do later."
This was of course a polite refusal. If she had any urgent work arrangements later, Hua Changle would not have asked her out at this time.
Hua Changle did not insist, but changed the subject:
"Come to think of it, Xiaoyan, you are two years older than me, so I should call you senior."
Su Xiaoyan sat very straight: "Ahaha, I don't deserve it. I'm just hanging around in the School of Engineering and Management, how can I deserve to be called 'senior sister'."
"Sister Xiaoyan, that's not right. You've been in the academy two years longer than me... No, I spent most of the semester recuperating from an illness. You've been there more than two years longer than me!"
"A long time doesn't mean anything."
Su Xiaoyan smiled.
When she saw that Hua Changle was really chatting, the stiffness in her back from nervousness lessened a little.
"How could that be? After such a long time, you must be more familiar with the academy than I am, right?"
Hua Changle asked with a smile.
Su Xiaoyan said: "That's possible. Maybe there are some places that the young lady has no interest in and has never been to."
"Oh~"
Hua Changle looked at her with a half-smile: "Then I don't know about the matter, but Senior Sister may know it too?"
Su Xiaoyan's smile froze: "W-what do you mean?"
"Come."
Hua Changle took the initiative to come to her side and brought up the light screen, which showed a video:
"Xiaoyan, let's watch something interesting together."
Su Xiaoyan's eyes were filled with fear and she gritted her teeth, but she didn't dare to refuse.
When the video starts, Mencius is shown committing violence.
The video Hua Changle showed her was the one edited by She Jiameng.
The volume of the video was very low, and the background noise made the sound of the violence even less clear.
But when the person in the video screamed, Su Xiaoyan's face turned paler.
When the video reached the scene where Chen Yuxin ran away and Yue Ningchu committed suicide by hitting her head against the wall, Hua Changle paused the video.
She pointed at the person in the video who was standing next to Yue Ningchu without stopping him:
"Su Xiaoyan, this is you."
Su Xiaoyan's body trembled slightly: "How could you have..."
"This has nothing to do with you."
Hua Changle put away the screen and returned to face her: "Tell me, senior sister, I am very interested in this story."
Su Xiaoyan bit her lower lip until it turned pale, but said nothing.
"First of all, I guarantee that no third person will know about our conversation."
Hua Changle thought to himself: 422 is not a human.
422: ?
[I suspect you are scolding me but I can’t refute you and I have to praise you by saying “You make sense!”]
After giving the assurance, Hua Changle was not in a hurry and just calmly sipped the warm water, like a crow holding his precious thermos cup.
In the quiet room, the leisurely slurping sound was like a pick, scratching Su Xiaoyan's heart.
"I said."
Su Xiaoyan squeezed out two words from between her teeth, as if relieved from a heavy burden: "I'll tell you what happened."
"But you can't tell She Jiameng that it was me who said that, or I'll tell her that you have this video!"
Su Xiaoyan pretended to be calm.
After Hua Changle nodded, Su Xiaoyan took a deep breath and explained the situation clearly.
The story is simple.
Originally, Yue Ningchu, who was a grade higher than her and was the campus beauty of the Fine Arts Department of the Academy of Arts, had nothing in common with the new student She Jiameng.
But in the freshman competition after entering school, She Jiameng lost to Hua Changle as expected.
She Jiameng has a very strong personality, and she was angry because of the humiliating defeat she suffered this time.
At this time, She Jiameng heard someone talking like this:
"She Jiameng relies on herself as the eldest daughter of the She family, looking down on everyone all day long, looking down on this and that, so annoying!"
"I don't know what she has to be proud of! She can't compare to Hua Changle in terms of strength, let alone looks?
Tsk, she's not as good as that senior from the art department who has been crowned the most beautiful girl in the school for two consecutive years!"
"It's just..."
She Jiameng was furious.
Immediately let the little sisters who followed her dig out the campus beauty.
Upon some inquiry, it was discovered that Yue Ningchu had a face as white as moonlight, a charming temperament, and outstanding artistic talent, but other than that, she had neither a good background nor any support.
The pent-up anger and jealousy was directed at Yue Ningchu.
She Jiameng began to bribe Yue Ningchu's classmates and other people around her to exclude Yue Ningchu and fabricate rumors to slander her.
In just a dozen days, Yue Ningchu fell from the altar and faded out of people's sight.
And this is just the beginning.
Afterwards, She Jiameng took a few people to use violence against Yue Ningchu, venting her inner anger on Yue Ningchu.
The most capable helper among them is Meng Ke, a member of the Meng family's side branch. She curries favor with She Jiameng for the sake of her family's business, and in this way she integrates herself into She Jiameng's circle.
But Meng Ke didn't expect that She Jiameng was not only cruel to Yueningchu, but also wary of them. She had the leverage over all of them.
Even Su Xiaoyan herself has a video in She Jiameng's hands.
But unlike Meng Ke, Su Xiaoyan would rather die than take action. In all the videos, she is helping them to spread rumors or prevent victims from escaping.
Su Xiaoyan herself said that she knew She Jiameng earlier than Meng Ke.
Her mother is an employee of the She family. She is She Jiameng's elementary school classmate. She knew what kind of person She Jiameng was very early on and was also kept by her side very early on.
Also because they had known each other for a long time, She Jiameng did not force her to do it.
Hua Changle already knew the outcome of the Yue Ningchu incident.
Yue Ningchu died and her body was missing. Chen Yuxin, who witnessed this, was forced to change her appearance and dared not see anyone.
"You are unwilling to take action, which means you know right from wrong and understand the evil of bullying."
"Then why do you want to help the evil?"
Hearing Hua Changle's question, Su Xiaoyan smiled sarcastically:
"Miss Changle, do you know?
The question you asked is, to me, the equivalent of 'Why not eat meat?'"
Hua Changle's eyes moved, and he had already figured out the reason.
Su Xiaoyan said:
"I am just an ordinary person with no power or influence. I have no ability at all, but who is She Jiameng? She is the eldest daughter of the She family, the only jewel in their eye!
She has the She family as her backer! But I have nothing, she can easily crush me to death!"
"Do you think I have no conscience if I don't stop it?"
“But, but!”
Su Xiaoyan stood up excitedly, her eyes red:
"I want to live too!"
"Why should I? How can I save others? I saved Yue Ningchu and the others, but what about me? If She Jiameng wants to get me, who can save me?"
"My parents are ordinary people, they have no power or influence and they have to rely on the She family company to make a living! They love me very much. Am I going to sacrifice myself and my parents for a stranger?"
"I carefully protect my family, but am I selfish? Am I a bad person?!"
Su Xiaoyan's chest heaved violently, and her face was covered with tears.
She collapsed on the table and cried:
"Do you think I feel good? There are so many people here. I can't sleep well at night."
"But...what can I do? I can't just ignore my parents..."
“I have no support.
When a living hero,
It's hard. "
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