14 years time difference

Deprivation of dignity has always been an efficient means of domesticating a person, such as letting a child stand in public as punishment.

"Crooked? Crooked?" The dean's muddy accent exploded in the speaker, making a long and piercing tearing sound. The clouds in the sky were very low, like a echoing speaker, and there was a rumbling muffled sound from a distant place.The students lined up in a square formation on the playground, looking from a height, like a group of black and white ants. "Way?" The loudspeaker burst out again, and the students covered their ears.

Lin Zhique stood on the high platform behind the director with his hands behind his back.The stereo seemed to be screaming frantically, and she stared at it, wondering if it would shout "Gryffindor!" or something in the next second.

But it didn't, it just screamed like crazy.A male teacher ran over from the front of the phalanx, seeming to want to check the situation.Lin Zhique glanced at the director's bald head, then at the running male teacher, stretched out his foot, and kicked the stereo viciously.

The students in the front row laughed.The sound was kicked with a bang, and it hurt, so he closed his mouth obediently.

The director turned around and glared at Lin Zhique: "What are you doing? Stand up obediently!"

Lin Zhique's hair was loose and pulled straight, her school uniform was changed, her jacket was so short that her navel was exposed, and her trousers were changed into fashionable narrow-leg cropped trousers.There were four or five other students who were punished to stand with her, those who did not wear school uniforms, those who came to school on motorcycles, and those who hid in the toilet to smoke.

The director began to deliver the longest speech in the universe, eight honors and eight disgraces, school spirit and school appearance. While speaking, he pointed to the negative textbooks on the stage and counted them down from head to toe.

Lin Zhique didn't wear a coat. Her mother bought her a rustic red wool coat, but she didn't want to wear it.The weather was cold, and she had to straighten her back desperately to prevent herself from shivering. She raised her chin high, and a short boy standing in the front row in the queue was looking at her. She gave him a hard look, which scared him immediately Look away.

A drizzle of drizzle fell from the low sky.The director touched the top of his bald head and said, "It's a little rain, everyone hold on."

Lin Zhique suspected that his snot would come out soon.She sniffed desperately.The students paused impatiently.

The rain started to get heavier, and within a few minutes, the rain became crackling. The director raised his hand to cover his glasses. Before he could react, a small group of students in the student phalanx first started to riot. Someone shouted: "Run away!" Ah!" Like a thunderbolt, the crowd began to run and disperse chaotically, and the teachers in the front row also reacted. The male teacher who just tried to run forward shouted at the negative textbooks who were punished to stand: " Go and hide from the rain!"

Lin Zhique turned around, thought for a while, turned around again, and kicked the stereo a few more times.The director saw her and scolded her, "What are you doing?" She quickly jumped off the punishment platform and got into the crowd to escape.

The thin long-sleeved school uniform on her body was already wet, sticking to her chest and back, and the hair on her temples was also wet. She walked quickly back to the classroom of Class [-] and Class [-] of junior high school. The corridor was full of students. The rain disrupted the school schedule, and everyone was reluctant to go back to the classroom for morning reading.Several female classmates greeted her: "Zhi Que! Your hair looks so good, where did you get it done?"

Zhang Wen, a boy in her class, stopped her by the back door of the classroom and said to her, "Lin Zhique, let's not break up, shall we?"

She was inexplicable: "Zhang Wen, are you crazy? Have we been together?"

Zhang Wen winked and said, "In my dream, we have spent our whole lives together."

The surrounding students made a fuss.

Lin Zhique rolled his eyes, "Then you continue to dream, dream in the next life, and we can continue our relationship."

Zhang Wen smiled nonchalantly. The boys in the back row of the classroom were booing and throwing a basketball around. Someone was whistling. In Mesopotamia~" he sang and spun around the aisle, snatched the basketball, turned around and faked a shot.

Lin Zhique was amused by him and laughed. She didn't like him, but she didn't hate him either.The female classmate who was close to her laughed and scolded: "Zhang Wen, you are such a toad who wants to eat swan meat."

At this time, a few girls from other classes came from the other end of the corridor, aggressive and hostile.They went straight to Lin Zhique, and the leading girl was neat and beautiful, and Lin Zhique recognized her.

She asked the other person beside her: "Is that her?" The other replied yes.

This girl's name is Du Zhi'an. In their grade, she was quite a celebrity. She often gave speeches on stage as a student representative, and she played the piano well during cultural performances.But Lin Zhique didn't know her because of these.Her mother warned her: Don't get too close to Du Zhian from your school.

Du Zhian stared at her, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you feel ashamed?"

Lin Zhique also gave her a fierce look in return: "What did you say?"

Several students standing close to each other looked sideways, Zhang Wen stopped playing tricks, and glanced back and forth between the two of them.

At the moment when their swords were on the verge of breaking out, the math teacher came from afar from the corridor and shouted: "What are you doing? Everyone go back to the classroom for self-study!"

Du Zhian stared at her dead, until the teacher waved the triangle ruler and got closer and closer, then finally turned and left.

Lin Zhique's heart was pounding.She was tense, as if she had really done something wrong, feeling inexplicably guilty.Du Zhi'an wore a high ponytail, his forehead was clean, and he walked with a straight and slim figure.Thirteen or fourteen years old is the time when girls are green and jointed, and both of them have already grown into young girls. If Du Zhian is like a fragile young bamboo, then she is more like a messy clump of nameless wild flowers , romantic, fragile, and humble.

All day long, she kept her heart open, wandering in class, and was criticized by the teacher as usual; Zhang Wen, who was sitting in the front seat, turned around and told her bad jokes, but she couldn't laugh; a female classmate asked her to go with her during class She didn't go to the bathroom, as if she was afraid that she would bump into Du Zhian when she walked out of the classroom.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of the sixth class, the boys rushed out of the classroom cheering. The last class of their class on Monday was physical education. Lin Zhique stood up, but her heart suddenly sank to the bottom—she remembered, This section of Ann's class is also a physical education class.Every Monday afternoon, she saw Du Zhian playing volleyball on the playground from a distance.

Her good friends had already walked to the door of the classroom and called her back: "Zhi Que, let's go!"

"I..." Her hands clenched into fists unconsciously.She was wondering if she should lie about having a stomachache or a sprained ankle.

Friends ask: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

You can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime.With a heartbroken heart, she responded, "Here we are." But her feet were not so determined, and she dragged herself out slowly.

It had rained early in the morning and now it has cleared up. The humidity in March is heavy. There are still shallow puddles on the playground. The school’s indoor gymnasium has not yet been completed. They walked through the construction On the fence outside the area, a girl who was traveling with her said, "I heard that Du Zhian's father from Class 3 donated a lot of money to the gymnasium." Ann? What did she ask you for? Do you know each other?"

A stone monument has been erected at the entrance of the gymnasium, with the words "gifted by Shenxing Group" written on it.

Lin Zhique replied blankly: "...I don't know her. She just came to borrow textbooks, and she just asked me to borrow them. But I didn't bring them either."

"I just said, you don't look like you can play with her."

Lin Zhique suddenly raised his voice: "What do I look like?"

Several female classmates who were with her were startled by her, and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment. The girl who was slapped by her said in a low voice, "...I didn't say anything."

She made a fuss for no reason, and she also felt frustrated, but she couldn't save face and continued the conversation.

After the class bell rang, their class formed a square formation on the playground, while Du Zhian and his class were on the other side of the playground.The running track was full of water, so they couldn't do any sports. The teacher only asked them to do a few warm-up exercises and then arrange free activities. Lin Zhique hurriedly sneaked away and went to the bathroom to do foreign work. She came out every few minutes. Hiding behind the pillars of the teaching building and seeing Du Zhian chatting with people on the playground, he finally felt a little more at ease.She is not even afraid of being punished to stand in front of the teachers and students of the school, but she is afraid of a Du Zhian pretending to be a little adult.

However, Du Zhian was obviously not going to let her go.

When it was almost time to leave school, she blocked her at the bathroom door.

At that moment, Lin Zhique was almost as if she was going to die generously. She didn't run away, and she didn't even avoid her eyes.

"Your name is Lin Zhique?" Du Zhian looked her up and down. "I have something to tell you."

"Who are you?" she asked knowingly with contempt.

Du Zhian seemed to be irritated by her words, "You don't know who I am? You are so cheeky."

"Why should I know who you are?"

"You spend my father's money and live in my father's house, how dare you ask me who I am?"

Lin Zhique yelled unconvinced: "Who wants your father's money and house? Tell him to take it away!"

"How dare you say it? You are a bastard with a bad name!" Du Zhi'an shouted, the school bell rang at this moment, and it rang around, she screamed loudly, trying to cover it up Ringtone: "Just like your mother!"

Several students passing by stopped.

Lin Zhique's chest heaved violently, and the emotions that had been suppressed in her heart for a whole day and were more fierce than the flood rushed out of her body. She rushed towards Du Zhian, and in the confusion, she didn't know if she was pulling the other party's collar or not. Du Zhian screamed, pushed her wildly, raised his hand fiercely, and slapped her firmly.

They wrestled, Du Zhian's meticulous ponytail was torn apart, her eyes no longer looked like a noble girl, but also became sharp and indifferent, their eyes were almost the same, like two fellow beasts fighting for territory tear each other.

The teacher ran from a distance, separated them forcibly, and took one of them to the grade office. Lin Zhique broke away from the teacher's hand and shouted, "I'll go by myself!" She turned her head and saw Zhang Wen standing at the stairs , looking at her in bewilderment.There were tears in Du Zhian's eyes, but he was still vicious.

They stand side by side.

The head teacher of class 6 scolded: "What's going on?" He came to check Du Zhian's body with concern for any bumps and injuries, and turned to ask Lin Zhique's head teacher: "Mr. , so wild!"

Teacher Chen asked sternly, "Who made the first move?"

Lin Zhique glanced at Du Zhian's teary eyes, and snorted coldly: "It's me."

Teacher Chen patted the table: "Lin Zhique, the director just criticized you in the whole school this morning. Why do you have such a short memory? Do you think that the teacher won't embarrass you because your grades are not bad?"

The head teacher of class 6 said sarcastically: "Mr. Chen, your class is really amazing. You are so embarrassing from morning till night."

Teacher Chen was still very young, and couldn't hold back anymore, so he took out his mobile phone and handed it to Lin Zhique: "Call and call your parents."

Lin Zhique clutched the phone tightly in his hand.At this moment, she realized that there was a burning spot on her face.

Du Zhian's class teacher is still fanning the flames: "Look at this hair, those who don't know it think they are social bastards, at a young age, they know how to dress up!"

Straightening hair is very popular among young girls these days, and many high school seniors have done similar hairstyles.

Du Zhian cast a sideways glance at Lin Zhique.Her emotions have calmed down, and she has returned to her straight appearance, even if she is a little unkempt, as if she knows that the situation is on her side, and she is watching the show with a cold eye.

With a volume that only Lin Zhique could hear clearly, she said contemptuously: "You think you are beautiful? My aunt is a hundred times more beautiful than you. Do you know my aunt? That is my aunt, not yours. My father Not your dad either."

Lin Zhique was still tightly holding Teacher Chen's flip PHS, she opened the cover hesitantly, and pressed the first number on the keyboard.

Just at this moment, a woman walked in the door.She knocked on the door: "Teacher, hello, I'm Du Zhi'an's mother. I heard from other students at the school gate that Zhi'an had a conflict with her classmates."

Lin Zhique also turned his head to look.

Du Zhian rushed forward, tightly grasping the hem of her mother's coat: "Mom! Why are you here? I'm fine."

Her mother is wearing well-tailored designer clothes, her hair and makeup are well-proportioned, and she has a good temperament.Lin Zhique knew her, her name was Tang Li, she was the daughter of a banker, Du Shen first entered the business world, if it wasn't for her father's help, she wouldn't be where she is today.She and her daughter stand together like a pair of noble white swans.

Lin Zhique picked at Mr. Chen's PHS with his fingernails, digging out a deep mark on the crystal sticker on it.

Du Zhian whispered to her mother: "It's her. That person's daughter."

Lin Zhique looked away.

The head teacher of Class 6 stood up: "Mom Zhi'an, you just came. The two children had some conflicts, and we are also contacting the parents on the other side. Let's see if we can take Zhi'an to check for any injuries. .”

Teacher Chen urged: "Lin Zhique, why don't you call?"

Lin Zhique lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Teacher, can you stop hitting me?"

"Why don't you call? You can call. Even if your mother doesn't have time, at least communicate on the phone. You have enough problems recently. "

She bit her lip.Almost bleeding from the bite.She said more delicately like a mosquito: "Teacher..."

The head teacher of Class 6 was still reading: "It's really outrageous, Zhi'an's mother, you don't even know that when we are teachers, we don't always meet such reasonable families and well-educated children like you..."

Lin Zhique slightly raised the volume, almost pleading: "Teacher, it's my fault, can I not call?"

She suddenly made up her mind, turned around, and bowed to Du Zhian: "I'm sorry, it's my fault." As soon as she lowered her head, hot tears fell down.

The head teacher of class 6 scolded: "What? I know I'm afraid now? What's the use of admitting your mistake? If I don't teach you a lesson, it will be the same next time, lawless!"

Lin Zhique's tears burst out of her eyes uncontrollably, she couldn't stop crying, her vision was blurred, as if looking at the world through glazed tiles, she could only hear herself saying sorry, saying that she would never do it again, never again If you fight with your classmates, you won't break your hair loose in violation of school rules, and you won't change your school uniform randomly.She cried so much that Du Zhian froze, Tang Li stretched out her hand to stop them, expressing that they didn't care about it, and then Tang Li took Du Zhian away in a hurry.

Lin Zhique is still crying, she bends over, almost kneeling on the ground, unable to stop like a bank bursting, she thinks she is a very powerful 13-year-old girl who can defy all rules and domestication, but, in this world, there are A domestication method that is far harsher than hurting dignity.

Many years later, she still doesn't fully understand why she burst into tears that day, whether it was because she bowed her head to admit defeat, or because she had no bargaining chips and could only sell her dignity to protect her mother, or because she discovered that, I have no power to protect anyone.