The moment they met, Yuan Yuan's father slapped him.
Just as Yuan Yuan's father was about to force him to apologize to the teacher, Yuan Yuan exploded.
He shouted all kinds of vile insults.
It was hard to believe a child could say such things.
The teacher was so furious she burst into tears.
Yuan Yuan's father was even angrier. He chased after Yuan Yuan and beat him viciously.
The sounds of shouting and blows echoed through the entire office.
It was only after several teachers stepped in to intervene that Yuan Yuan's father reluctantly stopped.
Only then did the boy understand why Yuan Yuan had taken three days off and why he'd been so resentful toward him.
He hadn't told his parents that he'd been beaten.
Just as he hadn't told them that his classmates had ostracized him.
What good would it do to tell them?
If his mother got angry on his behalf...
Wouldn't that only make his classmates hate him even more for being the teacher's kid?
He could handle these things himself.
But he realized he'd made everything seem too simple.
Things were gradually getting beyond his ability to handle.
"Stop!"
The boy cried out, his face full of panic, but he couldn't move with someone restraining him on either side.
"Haha!"
Yuan Yuan laughed as he tore up the boy's homework.
The boy's pupils shrank.
"Class monitor—oh, right. You're not class monitor anymore."
Yuan Yuan clapped his hands, shaking the scraps of paper from them.
"What should I tear up next?"
The other boy's malicious gaze only made him calm down.
He realized he'd been wrong.
His attitude of not wanting to pick fights with his classmates... probably just looked like cowardice to them.
He'd been so full of himself.
"...Again