Xua Ying Yue felt her teeth rattle as she stared at the headmistress in stunned surprise. Did she just hit her? The headmistress?
" I will be leaving now, headmistress Huang," said Lu Biya who was watching Xua Ying Yue like she was looking at a clown. With her arms folded in front of her, Lu Biya walked over to her like a queen walking in her courtroom. " I will leave this to you, Headmistress Huang."
"Of course, you can, Miss Lu," with a soft simpering smile, Huang Xin turned to look at Lu Biya, her fierce expression leaving her face at once while she looked at Lu Biya. " I will make sure that this matter is dealt with properly."
" Thank you, headmistress Huang," Lu Biya tittered as she looked at Xua Ying Yue who was staring at the sight in front of her in pure disbelief. " I will ask my father to donate a few more buildings to the school for your guidance, if not for you…" she smirked looking at Xua Ying Yue's despair-filled face. " I would not have gotten this award."
" You are too kind, Miss Lu." Huang Xin bowed her head and respectfully sent Lu Biya out of her office before turning to look at Xua Ying Yue who stood in the same spot. All the smiles that Huang Xin offered to Lu Biya were gone and replacing them was a solemn expression as she turned to look at her receptionist and said, " Turn everyone away for the next one hour, tell them that I am busy."
The receptionist looked at Xua Ying Yue and the headmistress before she bowed her head and walked out of the room, not forgetting to close the door behind her.
" So, what did you say?" Huang Xin walked over to her desk where she usually sat and then picked up a rattan stick. While she was picking up the rattan stick, her gaze fell on the photograph of her son and daughter that sat on her table.
Her eyes flickered as she looked at the innocent smiles of her son and daughter and she placed the photograph in her drawer before turning to walk over to where Xua Ying Yue stood.
" I am asking you," she repeated as she raised the rattan stick in her hand. " What did you say just now?"
Xua Ying Yue looked at the woman who stood in front of her coldly, she saw how this woman was even scared of showing her wrong side in front of the photograph of her children but was not even guilty of slapping her student.
" I said that the work that won the award was mine—-ah!" Xua Ying Yue screamed as the rattan stick fell heavily on her legs which were not covered.
Her pale skin turned red under the impact as she looked at the headmistress while heaving hard. She swallowed harshly as she looked at the woman who had used a rattan to hit her and screamed, " No matter how much you try to hide it, it's mine! Ahh!"
Huang Xin raised her rattan to hit Xua Ying Yue again and every time she spoke against her, she would hit her. Again and again, the rattan stick fell on her skin and soon Xua Ying Yue could smell the scent of blood filling up the office.
Her consciousness wavered as she stared at Huang Xin who threw the rattan stick on the ground and then reached out her hand to knot her hair harshly as she tugged her head back.
"Listen here, Miss Xua," she said to the half-unconscious Xua Ying Yue. " I have nothing against you, in fact, my heart hurts for you as well but the truth is that you are nothing, you winning this award will not bring any glory to this school nor any benefits."
"But if I was to push Miss Lu into your position, she will not only bring glory to our school but she will even bring me hundreds of benefits," Huang Xin emphasised her words as she looked down at Xua Ying Yue with a crazed smile. " So do us all a favour and keep your pretty little mouth shut eh? If you do then I will be kind enough to add some good recommendations to your report card when you pass out of this school, eh?"
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" If you keep this up, you are going to set a new record, do you know that, Ying Yue?" Doctor Li said as she tied the bandage around Xua Ying Yue's calves and looked at the girl who was sitting on the stool without any expression on her face.
Seeing that the girl was not replying, Doctor Li placed the roll of bandage on the cabinet and looked at Xua Ying Yue. " Why don't you give up, Ying Yue… it will hurt a lot less——"
" It doesn't hurt," before Doctor Li could finish speaking, Xua Ying Yue interrupted her as she looked at the latter and calmly stared into the eyes of the latter. " It doesn't hurt at all."
Snip. Snap. Snip.
Only a string of what remained of her morality remained as Xua Ying Yue covered her pain and answered Doctor Li.
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" You didn't see her, she came barging into the office and acted like her objections would make a change, haha," Lu Biya told everyone as she sat on the table with a cigar in her hand.
" Then she is more of a fool than I thought she is," Ren Nianzu commented with a book in his hands. " See, did I not tell you that sometimes being smart is not enough one has to be wise as well." He looked at Si Yi who rolled his eyes.
" Yes, Yes, young master Ren, you were absolutely correct." Si Yi conceded just as he was going to say something, the door of the classroom was pushed open and Xua Ying Yue walked in, everyone in Lu Biya's group turned to look at her.
Su Meirong snickered as she nudged Tan Jing who turned her head and took a jibe at Xua Ying Yue, " Woah, there is Miss Justice… what happened did you make the world a better place?"
" No," Xua Ying Yue raised her head and looked at Tan Jing who showed a surprised expression when she saw Xua Ying Yue reply. " You bunch of idiots are still alive, how can this world be a better place?"