I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 40. The Light of Righteousness
"Dominating the world, I roam freely, admired by all!"

"Dominating the world, I have no need to look back!"

Xu Qingfan slapped Wang Junze and Zhao Hao, who were leading the group, once each. "What are you singing for? Did you even find out? Wu Yifan's dormitory is on this floor, right?"

"Brother Fan, you can rest assured about what I do. I have a kindergarten classmate who was in the same class as that bastard, and I've found out everything!" Zhao Hao awkwardly scratched the back of his head and nodded as he spoke.

"Damn it, how dare he bully the girls in our class!"

"Let's get him!" shouted the dozen or so henchmen following behind him in unison.

Xu Qingfan glared at Wu Dongsong, who was making a ruckus, and gestured for everyone to quiet down, "Keep your voices down, or you'll attract the Japanese!"

"We're here to bring warmth to the community, don't act like a triad!"

"Listen to Brother Fan!"

"Listen to Brother Fan!"

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This morning, the grade leader brought those two naughty kids from yesterday to Class 16 to read their self-criticisms. The two of them did indeed read a few words from the paper in a rather perfunctory manner.

Putting aside their bad attitude, even if their attitude were better, they would never gain the approval of their classmates. After they finished reading, they slunk away amidst the boos of the students in Class 16.

Unless the two of them kneel down and kowtow in front of the whole class, Xu Qingfan couldn't think of any reason why their classmates would be satisfied with their self-criticism.

This gave Xu Qingfan an excuse to find fault, under the guise of supervising them to write self-criticisms. After all, it was something the class leader had promised, so he couldn't go back on his word!
A group of people quickly surrounded room 4-404 in the boys' dormitory. Xu Qingfan politely knocked on the door.

"Who is it? The door's unlocked, just come in!" came an impatient voice from inside the dormitory.

Xu Qingfan pushed open the door, and Wang Junze, Zhao Hao, and Wu Dongsong followed him in.

"Holy crap!" The people inside first saw the densely packed people in the corridor, and then they saw Xu Qingfan's handsome face.

"What are you doing here?!" one of them asked, instinctively covering his groin.

"You know someone here? You haven't lifted up girls' skirts since you started elementary school, have you?" Xu Qingfan patted the man's shoulder and sat down on Wu Yifan's bed.

"Playing Yu-Gi-Oh!? Finished writing your self-criticism?" Xu Qingfan took the Giant Warrior from Wu Yifan's hand and rubbed it between his fingers. "An authentic copy? The quality is pretty good."

His opponent sitting opposite him was so frightened by Xu Qingfan and his group that he forgot to breathe.

"What do you want to do? I've already written a self-criticism. If you dare to hit me, I'll tell the teacher!" Wu Yifan's hands were trembling with nervousness, but he still stubbornly insisted.

Xu Qingfan shook his head and lovingly rubbed his head. Wu Yifan wanted to slap his dirty hands away, but seeing Wu Dongsong standing to the side, he didn't dare.

“We agreed yesterday that your self-criticism must satisfy the whole class, otherwise you’ll have to rewrite it.” Xu Qingfan took out a bag of spicy strips from his pocket and opened it. “Want one, classmate?” he asked the student sitting opposite him.

"Oh, okay... thank you." The man, still half-asleep, took two spicy strips and left.

"Your roommate bullies girls, he's no good, you should stay away from him," Xu Qingfan said with a smile. "Ah? Oh, okay!"

"What do you want? If you don't leave, I'll tell the teacher!" Wu Yifan, enraged, slammed the cards in his hand onto the bed.

Xu Qingfan continued to pat his head to soothe him, but Wu Yifan probably really got angry and slapped his hand away.

"Look, so many people bullied Zhang Yiyi when she was in kindergarten, but only the two of you have to write a self-criticism. Aren't you angry?"

"Whether I'm angry or not is none of your business! Get out of here right now! You're not welcome here!" Wu Yifan shouted as he stood up.

Wu Dongsong rolled up his short-sleeved shirt and gestured to the muscles on his arms, and Wu Yifan immediately cowered.

“Well then, I know that many of the students from your kindergarten are attending primary school here. Find them for me, and for each one you find, you can write 50 fewer words in the guarantee. How about that?” Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

Wu Yifan's eyes lit up. Why were so many people who bullied the little mute boy unharmed, but he and Zhai Tianlin were in trouble? He was not satisfied!

"Okay, what do you want to know?" Wu Yifan had made up his mind to betray his teammate.

"Name, class, dormitory number, and how they used to bully Zhang Yiyi. You'd better hurry up. If Zhai Tianlin writes it down beforehand, the duplicates won't count."

Xu Qingfan shoved the newly opened bag of spicy strips into Li Neng's hand, waved, and the group left the dormitory in a very domineering manner.

[No wonder so many people wanted to be the boss when they were in elementary and middle school, it must have been pretty cool!]
A large group of people stormed into Zhai Tianlin's dormitory and tried to persuade him with reason, just like before.

In his previous life, Xu Qingfan had seen a post on Zhihu about school bullying. The poster asked: How are those who used to bully students doing now?

Xu Qingfan was deeply moved after reading the highly-rated answers. A young girl with severe depression wrote: "The boy who used to bully me went to university without any problems. After I dropped out of school and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, I haven't left the house for four years."

The hospital's diagnosis report is attached below.

He wondered if Zhang Yiyi hadn't met him in this timeline, would her final fate have been the same as that little girl's?

Lin Wanning, too, visibly became more lively and cheerful after meeting me.

The little girl left a final message: "Those who bullied me became doctors, teachers, and civil servants. They all have wonderful lives, as if the world belongs to them."
A few days later, the girl's mother posted the news of her daughter ZS's death on her account.

He doesn't like this kind of world.

As Lu Xun once said, "Give off whatever heat you have, give off whatever light you have, without waiting for a torch. If there is no torch after this, I will be the only light."

Even if he were reborn, he would still be an ordinary person, and he could not make his country great again.

But perhaps he can make teachers, parents, and netizens across China aware of the phenomenon of school bullying and its harms twenty years earlier.

Let school bullying be exposed to the light of day, and let all bullies be condemned by public opinion!
Thank you for the monthly pass from Baojun.

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