In the third year of high school, I exchanged bodies with Yukinoshita

"As for why my shoes were taken away as well, it's probably because our two shoe cabinets are connected. You saw this morning how damaged your shoe cabinet was. Maybe the dog was particularly eager to chew things today, so my shoe cabinet was also attacked. It must have been an accident."

"It's a bit unexpected that a puppy showed up on the playground with your shoe in its mouth. Yukino was just unlucky."

Kujikawa Hikaru blamed everything on luck.

Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't find any more words to refute, or she didn't want to continue to dwell on this matter.

It was soon time for lunch break and everyone started looking for their friends to eat their lunch boxes.

Yukinoshita Yukino sat alone in her seat, with no one sitting next to her. The students around her had gone to find their friends in other seats.

"Why don't you sit at your place today?"

"What if she thinks we are bullying her if we sit next to her while eating?"

The classmates in the class looked at Yukinoshita Yukino stealthily and teased her in a low voice. This situation started after the end of physical education class.

When you walk by someone, they'll deliberately stop the conversation and wait until you're gone before continuing. They'll also add, "You're talking too loudly, or she'll say you're bullying her."

The air was filled with discomfort, but Yukinoshita Yukino still chose to face these experiences.

This is what she deserves. She should be punished for her wrongdoing. Yukinoshita Yukino chose to punish herself in this way, facing their cold words.

While she was eating, she saw that Kujikawa Hikaru was called away by the boys who took away the comic books. Yukinoshita Yukino thought to herself that this was not good. She couldn't let others get involved because of her, so she quietly followed them.

"Why do you always stand on Yukinoshita Yukino's side?" The boys asked Kujigawa Hikaru aggressively, with a warning tone, "From now on, you are not allowed to play with her."

This was exactly what Kujiko wanted. She was worried about how to get away from Yukinoshita Yukino. Based on her understanding of Yukinoshita's personality, she would definitely not sit idly by after seeing someone else pull her out. At this moment, Yukinoshita must be hiding somewhere watching, so she had to put on a good show.

"Because we are very similar, we are both on the margins of the class. We are afraid that you will bully us, so we hug each other."

When a few boys heard this, they found it a little funny and laughed, meaning to mock her.

"But you should have noticed that Yukinoshita Yukino is being bullied by the whole class. Will you still stand with her?"

Kujigawa Hikaru pretended to be thinking and did not answer.

"If you continue to stand with her, you will be bullied by us." Their words were full of threats.

"So there's a preview for bullying. You all know you're bullying Yukinoshita-san now."

"What's your answer?" Their tone was no longer polite.

This made Yukino Yukinoshita, who was hiding nearby, almost unable to hide any longer. She wanted to go out and draw a clear line between herself and her. When she was about to go out, she heard what Kujikawa Mitsuru said and froze in place.

"Of course I have to stay away from her. Didn't you see that I didn't go to see her at noon today? I only went to see her because I was afraid of being bullied. In fact, I don't like Yukinoshita Yukino at all."

Kujigawa Hikaru bared his fangs and revealed his malice towards Yukinoshita Yukino. The betrayal of Yukinoshita Yukino at this time was the most hurtful to her.

"She's just taking advantage of her family's wealth and influence. She never talks to us, and it always feels like she's looking down on us. Her student number is next to mine, and we even sat at the same table for a while at the beginning of the school year. But guess what? She doesn't even know my name, or that we used to sit at the same table. If I hadn't spoken up for her, she might have finished elementary school without even knowing I existed."

"Yes, you're absolutely right. She doesn't usually communicate with us. At the time, I thought she was just a loner, but now it seems she's just dark inside."

Several people began to agree, and the meeting to denounce Yukinoshita Yukino began.

"She relies on her family's influence, and the head teacher has to look after her. Look at how strict the head teacher is with us. But he always speaks softly to her. We have never heard the head teacher speak in that tone before."

"That's right. If we lost our things, we would only get a scolding if we went to the homeroom teacher, but she can get the whole class to cooperate with her. The discrimination is too obvious."

"The homeroom teacher must be afraid of her family's connections."

Everyone was talking about how Yukinoshita Yukino was being treated differently by her homeroom teacher. Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't stand it anymore and quietly slipped away.

Kujigawa Hikaru noticed Yukinoshita Yukino's departure.

"It seems that we can still reach an agreement on this point. Can I join you?" Kujikawa Mitsuru took over the topic, and now she has control of the rhythm of the conversation.

Several boys were confused by her sudden change of topic. They looked at each other in confusion, hoping that someone would speak up and answer her question, but none of them wanted that person to be themselves.

"Why don't you take us to find your boss, Hayama-san?" Kujigawa Hikaru suggested. She also wanted to cut off Yukinoshita Yukino's last remaining connections.

Several boys frowned and started discussing.

"It seems like you're still suspicious of me. After all, I just argued with you this morning." Kujigawa Hikaru put his hand to his mouth, deliberately acting cute. "Aren't you curious why Hayama-san cares so much about Yukinoshita-san?"

"Of course I like it." A boy who didn't look very smart answered immediately.

"That's not right~. Hayama-san's father works at Yukinoshita-san's family's company, so you understand."

Kujigawa Hikaru deliberately left the conversation unsaid, not specifying the partnership, leading others to mistakenly believe it was an employment relationship, creating the image of Yukinoshita Yukino who bullies others by taking advantage of her power.

"So that's how it is. I understand. He's worthy of being Boss Ye Shan. He endures humiliation and bears heavy burdens all for his father." The boy who didn't look very smart sighed. It seemed that he had imagined a big drama in his mind.

"I can make your boss and Yukinoshita-san break up."

"Will this affect the boss's family?"

"No, we can let Yukinoshita-san take the initiative to break up with Hayama..." Kujigawa Hikaru gave a suggestion.

"I think we can take her to see Boss Ye Shan."

Several people also tacitly agreed to this proposal, and took Kujigawa Hikaru to find Hayato Hayama sitting in the courtyard. He was surrounded by people who had just played football with him, and they were happily chatting about their performance on the field.

Hayato Hayama looked at his friends in the class walking towards him with Yukino's friends, and his expression was a little surprised.

Didn't they have a conflict? Why did they get together?

"Can we talk somewhere else? There are too many people here and it's not convenient to talk."

Kujigawa Hikaru said to Hayama Hayato. When the people around heard this ambiguous remark, they started whistling loudly and drove the two of them away with an expression on their faces that we all understood.

"what do you want to say?"

Hayato Hayama is a little confused about the situation now. He is now alone with Hikaru Kujigawa.

"Well, I think we can improve Yukino's current situation. You know, Yukino's current situation remains unchanged."

“How do we change this?”

"Those friends of yours have conflicts with Yukino. If Yukino can get along well with them, then there will be no need for others who don't have conflicts with Yukino to continue this behavior."

Kujigawa Hikaru was fooling Hayato Hayama like this. He didn't seem to have any opinions of his own. He looked easy to fool. She smiled and said to Hayato Hayama.

"Is it possible?"

"Of course it's possible. Your friends all agree that I can join you. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." Kujigawa Hikaru looked at the tree behind Hayato. Hayato's friends were hiding inside.

"Yes, we have become good friends." It was still the answer of the not-so-smart person.

Hayato Hayama looked at Kujigawa Hikaru and his friends, and they seemed to be getting along really well. This would solve Yukinoshita Yukino's current predicament. After all, if Kujigawa Hikaru, who had directly clashed with them that morning, could be accepted by them, then Yukinoshita Yukino could be accepted as well. Hayato Hayama thought naively.

"Then I'll go to the classroom to find Yukinoshita-san. The sooner it's resolved, the better." Hayato Hayama said impatiently. The beautiful scene of everyone living in harmony was already wandering in Hayato Hayama's mind.

He ran to the classroom, found Yukinoshita Yukino, and without saying a word, took her to where Michihisa Jikawa Hikaru was, and expressed his request that everyone live in harmony.

Yukinoshita Yukino felt even worse. She was just saying bad things behind people's backs, and now she turned around and asked everyone to live in harmony. Who was wrong with her brain?

"Impossible." She rejected him without any emotion. "I don't need friends like that. Friends who stick together like that are fake."

It seems that she was badly stabbed in the back by Kujikawa Hikaru, and no longer believed in the friends formed by this kind of group behavior, and began to yearn for friends on a deeper level.

"Besides, I hate betrayal." She stared at Kujikawa Hikaru with a complicated expression.

"That's all I can do. I thought we could get back to normal." Kujigawa Hikaru said with a smile, "Why don't you join us? Maybe your reputation will improve."

"I don't need this fake relationship. It's going to betray me again sooner or later."

"So do you think your relationship with Hayama-san is real?"

Yukinoshita Yukino had not expected to be asked this question and was unable to answer for a moment. Kujigawa Hikaru looked at the speechless Yukinoshita and began to press the advantage.

"Let me tell you, Hayama-san may not really want to get involved in your affairs. He just has a good personality and has always tolerated you. Hayama-san doesn't really want to get involved in your affairs, right?" She turned her gaze to Hayama Hayato, "We all know that, Hayama-san."

Hayato Hayama seemed to have been deeply troubled by this. He actually found Yukinoshita Yukino's recent behavior quite annoying. He was unable to respond immediately. At this time, his unintelligent younger brother had already answered for him.

"If there wasn't a family connection between the two of you, Ye Shan wouldn't want to get involved in your affairs."

Looking at Hayato Hayama who had remained silent, Yukinoshita laughed at herself. If she didn't have the connections in her family, she would have nothing.

The people I thought were my childhood playmates didn't want to care about my affairs, the things I had always believed in were overturned, and the people I thought were my friends never liked me very much. These things happened one day.

Being bullied is nothing compared to these things. Today is the worst day of my life.

Chapter 28 Changes

Yukinoshita Yukino, who had experienced the worst day of her life, was sitting in her car.

The car cut her off from the outside world, and she could only watch the scenery recede as the car moved forward. The only sound in the quiet car was the roar of the engine. Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't in the habit of chatting with the driver. She held her cheek and looked forward, her pupils unfocused.

On the way home, Yukinoshita Yukino's thoughts were still on what happened at school today.

Did I do something wrong? Probably not.

It is correct to ask the teacher for help when something goes wrong, and it is also correct for the teacher to take their comic books away. Why do they blame themselves? They think it was because they asked the teacher to check that they were found out.

But if you bring it to school, there is a risk of it being taken away. Also, Kujikawa Hikaru and Hayama Hayato are not real friends.

One of them became friends with me because his family is related to mine, and the other one became friends with me because he wanted to use my reputation.

As expected, what is fake is fake and cannot be made real. A relationship like this, connected by other connections, cannot be called friendship.

True friendship must be better than this kind of fake relationship, and it must not be useless at the critical moment. Yukinoshita Yukino firmly believed it.

The car drove to the house. Normally, no one was at Yukinoshita's house at this time. But today, Yukinoshita's mother was sitting on the sofa in the living room. Her expression didn't reveal much, but when she looked at Yukinoshita, there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

"Go back to the house first. I know everything that happened in school today." She said to Yukinoshita Yukino who had just entered the room, her tone very serious, "Wait for your sister and father to come back, and then we will have a good talk about what to do."

Yukinoshita Yukino returned to her room obediently, feeling deeply troubled. She could see her mother's disappointment. Was she going to put her in solitary confinement after disappointing her? She sat at her desk, working on her already limited homework.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Yukinoshita Yukino got up and opened the door. Standing at the door was Yukinoshita Haruno, whose expression was not as relaxed as usual, but solemn.

Yukinoshita Haruno led Yukinoshita Yukino to the living room, one in front and one behind. Yukinoshita Yukino felt as if the atmosphere around her was about to take her to court. The bailiff was her sister, the court was in the living room, her mother was the judge, her father was in the jury box, and there was no lawyer to defend her.

The atmosphere in the living room was just as Yukinoshita had imagined. She stood before her mother and father, awaiting her death sentence.

"Yang No, have you found out what happened to the Yeshan family's child today?" The judge began to inquire about the case.

"After investigation, we found out that Yukino was bullied." The bailiff stated the truth concisely and clearly.

"Then Yukino, do you understand how you were bullied?" the judge began to question the defendant Yukino.

"I mistakenly trusted my own judgment and made myself disliked in class." Yukino told what she thought was the truth.

The judge looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with eyes filled with disappointment and pity, as if he was wondering why his daughter was so stupid.

The jurors began to speak up, "No, we're not talking about bullying. We're talking about the fact that you were deceived by your friend, right?"

"I know she's not my friend."

"What did I deceive you about?" the judge said to the defendant standing in front of the coffee table.

"She didn't really want to be my friend. She just wanted to be with me because she was afraid of being bullied. She wanted to be my friend because of this kind of weak-knit group behavior. I don't think this is friendship."

"You're wrong. She's afraid of being bullied. But her way isn't to unite with you, but to use you as a target."

When Yukinoshita Yukino heard what her mother said, she was a little slow to react.

"Looking at your expression, it seems like she's still keeping you in the dark. She used just a few tricks to take you out, and you haven't figured it out yet. I'm really disappointed. Yang No, tell your sister what happened."

Yukinoshita's mother passed the words to Yukinoshita Haruno. In this atmosphere, she didn't dare to act weird and could only tell the truth behind it seriously.

"Kujigawa Hikaru has always been jealous of you. Everything that happened to you was planned by her. Here is the proof." Yukinoshita Haruno pulled out a few photos, some of which showed Kujigawa Hikaru buying dog food and feeding the dog. The dog in the photo was the one that appeared on the playground today.

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the photos in disbelief, and questions arose in her mind: when were these photos taken, and when did her family know about this matter?

Seeing Yukino's puzzled expression, Yukinoshita Haruno gave her answer. "Actually, when you mentioned her name that day, the family sent a private detective to investigate her situation. These photos were taken the day after you mentioned that. You should know what this means."

"She deliberately framed me and damaged my reputation in the class. And I didn't even know about it." Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head. She had originally thought that Kujigawa Hikaru was just trying to get along. Now it seemed that the situation was even more malicious.

"Yes, this was originally a test for you." Yukinoshita Haruno didn't want to admit that she hadn't passed the test. She was afraid that her sister would be sent away because of her lack of ability. "It's a pity that you didn't see it."

"I failed, so what should I do next?"

"Do you want to transfer schools? After all, you can't stand staying in that school anymore, and there's nothing you know to pay attention to." Yukinoshita's mother asked Yukino.

Should I transfer schools? A change of location might make my situation better, but would it help me grow?

"I want to stay. I won't transfer. Since I failed the test, I should bear the consequences." Yukinoshita Yukino asked to stay in a firm tone.