After being punished twice on the first day of school, Chen Ge's name soon spread around the school.
He stood at the classroom door with his bag. The students that passed by all looked at him, and he studied those students.
"The mission that Chang Wenyu gave me sure is difficult. Every student looks like they have an abnormal side to them."
The bell rang, but Mr. Liu did not return. Chen Ge returned to the classroom.
He moved the chair that belonged to the second fainted student to his seat and sat down comfortably.
The new teacher started the class. Chen Ge did not pay attention. He took out a pen and paper from his bag and started to think about how to find the children who had the right to be the door-pusher.
He was deep in thought when a small note suddenly reached out from the table next to him. There were only two simple words on it — Thank you.
Seeing Chen Ge, Chen Ge was surprised. From how he saw it, there was only despair and negative emotions in the red world behind the door. The people there would not be able to say thank you.
"What's there to thank? You were bullied because of me, so of course, I have to stand up. This is what I should do." Chen Ge turned to speak to Da Bing, who was sitting at the same table, but Da Bing did not dare to reply. He maintained his posture like Chen Ge was talking to himself. There was no communication between him and Chen Ge.
"Are you afraid?" Chen Ge knew the worry in Da Bing's heart.
"I'm sorry." After a long time, Da Bing passed him another note.
This time, Chen Ge was smarter. He took out a pen and wrote a few words on the back of the note.
"It's fine. They've crossed the line. I can't stand them."
He handed the note back. When Da Bing saw it, he picked up the pen and started writing again. "Me too, but I don't dare resist. I have no friends, no one to help me. The teacher only cares about my grades, but I'm stupid."
On Da Bing's note, there was helplessness between the lines.
"In the future, you'll have friends. My name is Chen Ge. What about you?"
"Lee Bing. Since my name has the character Bing in it, and my face is big and round, they call me Da Bing."
"Got it. I'll remember that."
"Chen Ge, I'm sorry just now. I should have stood up. But I'm really scared. Do you think I'm a coward? "
"No one is born strong. Besides, a person's personality and cognition are highly malleable. This is a kind of adaptability to society and living environment. I know that you are actually very hardworking." Chen Ge handed the note to Da Bing. A moment later, he took out a new piece of paper and wrote a sentence on the front. "Can you tell me about your past?"
Chen Ge suspected that Li Bing was one of the people he was looking for, so he started to test him.
"What are you referring to?"
"About you and the other people in this class, when did they start bullying you?"
Looking at the contents of the note, Li Bing hesitated for a long time before he started writing. He wrote a long paragraph and handed it to Chen Ge.
"My actual situation is different from what they say. My parents love me very much, so what they say doesn't hurt me. From how I see it, they are a group of demons who like to dig up other people's scars. They build their happiness on other people's pain. I just need to endure it for a while. After all, there is a teacher here, and they don't dare do anything to me. Chen Ge, I advise you not to get into conflict with them in the future. They have their own clique, and the guy that you knocked out earlier seems to know some ruffians from outside the school. "
The content of the note made Chen Ge feel unsettled. The bullied had lost the courage to fight back and only wanted to escape. Perhaps deep down in their hearts, they believed that one day, they would grow up and leave this place, so they just endured it and got over it.
They did not know that some experiences would be carved into their bones and become a shadow that they could not shake off. Whenever they were reminded of it, even if they tried to deny it, they would still feel uncomfortable.
Chen Ge looked at the note, but he did not argue with Li Bing. What could a child do in a situation like this?
They were defenseless, isolated, and helpless. When the evil came, it was like they were stripped naked under the spotlight. There was nowhere to run, and they could only hold on to what they had and endure it silently.
Seeing Chen Ge's silence, Li Bing passed him the second note. "Just endure it. If you resist, you might end up like Yan Fei."
"Who is Yan Fei?"
"The student who used to sit in your seat."
"Where is he now?"
"After that incident, Yan Fei dropped out of school."
"He left the school?"
"No, he is still at the nurse's office. It was his parents who helped him with the paperwork." Li Bing then handed Chen Ge another note. "He has been freed. Do not disturb him."
Chen Ge pocketed Li Bing's note, and his eyes moved between Li Bing and his own seat.
When he first entered the classroom, his seat had been stepped on, and it looked like it was about to fall apart. There were various scratches on the table, and the drawer was sticky like it was stuffed with a lot of trash.
These were all things that had happened to Yan Fei. Compared to Yan Fei, Li Bing's situation was much worse.
The people who were bullied were Yan Fei, and Li Bing was just a replacement that they found after Yan Fei left.
The evil in the world behind the door was magnified, and the bad side of human nature was fully exposed. Just by looking at the table and chair that Yan Fei had used, one could understand what had happened to him.
"Is he at the nurse's office because he was injured by those people?" There was a fire burning in Chen Ge's heart. He had no idea why he was so angry. Perhaps it was because of the school's incompetence, or perhaps it was because of the bullies who lacked education.
"That's not it." Li Bing shook his head and tore out another piece of paper. After writing a few sentences, he sneakily passed it to Chen Ge. "They have been bullying Yan Fei, targeting him at every turn. They threw away his homework, destroyed his table and chair, and scribbled on his bag and shirt."
"Why do they have to bully Yan Fei?" Chen Ge had a feeling that Yan Fei was the person he was looking for, and he wanted to get to the bottom of Yan Fei's past.
"I don't know. Yan Fei grew up in a normal family, just like you and me. The only difference is that he has a strong sense of pride, and he doesn't like other people's jokes. He is a bit of a loner. Perhaps those people wanted to throw Yan Fei's pride to the ground and step on it to satisfy their own desires.
"Yan Fei used to be quite good at school, above average, but due to many things, his results got worse and worse.
"His parents were worried, and the teacher treated him coldly.
"Finally, one day, when someone was fighting over his notebook, he got into a fight with them.
"Yan Fei endured it for a long time, but he was alone, and he was soon pinned down.
"Since it was in a classroom, the teacher soon came to pull them apart.
"Later, when the teacher asked for the reason, many people were silent. The few who spoke were the bullies' friends. They said that they were just joking. Yan Fei's pride was too strong, and he couldn't take a joke, so he attacked first.
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