"No one can help me." The girl spoke softly. "Even minors who commit intentional murder are sentenced to death here. There's no one else like me at school."
"Have you tried anything else?" Xu Huo asked.
"I'm not allowed on the rooftop or near knives, forks, or other sharp objects. I can't go near the stairs or walls, either." The girl answered honestly.
"Then how did you get that wound on your hand?"
"A classmate gave me a piece of metal. He's been locked up already. It's my fault he got in trouble." The girl looked remorseful.
Xu Huo paused before asking, "Could I take a look at your file?"
The girl unclipped the badge from her shoulder and set it on the small table beside her. Then she said to him, "Teacher, I'm tired. Can I go back to bed? I won't try to kill myself."
Xu Huo agreed and went outside to call the woman to come get her.
The woman arrived quickly, but she was displeased with him. "You haven't fulfilled your duty to treat her."
"Treatment doesn't have to happen all at once. It'd be better to let her get some proper rest," Xu Huo said.
The woman was adamant. "This child is seriously ill. She needs a counseling session before she can sleep alone."
Right in front of her, Xu Huo opened the girl's file. It was extremely detailed and didn't gloss over what she had been through. It recorded in serious detail how, after being assaulted, she had been beaten and suffered multiple fractures, and how she had been in critical condition three times. Even with the medical care available in District 008, she had spent a full month in the hospital.
On top of that, after the criminals who had hurt her were