My Arrogant Young Lady

Seeing her start putting on her shoes, a look of disappointment immediately crossed my face. She quickly noticed this. She laughed, her face turning red, "Hahaha, you really are a foot fetishist, you pervert!"

"I didn't!" Hearing her words, I was so ashamed I almost cried.

"Nothing's wrong, look at your disappointed face. Hahaha, that's hilarious..." Tang Ning clutched her stomach, laughing so hard she could barely breathe.

She meant no harm; she was just gossipy and curious, and liked to tease me. I blushed bright red from her teasing, and I felt utterly helpless looking at her adorable antics.

A little angry, I yelled at her, "I just like feet! Go ahead and look at them a few more times if you dare!"

"Haha, you've really spoken my mind. Next time, I'll take you home first." Tang Ning stood up.

Good times always fly by, and Tang Ning's teasing made me feel much better. I'd been badly beaten by Chen Xun this time, but I could still walk. As Tang Ning and I walked out of the school, I couldn't help but feel secretly grateful. I thought to myself, Tang Ning is such a kind person; she must have been trying to cheer me up because she felt sorry for me.

I heard that Tang Ning is very popular and has many good friends at school. She doesn't look down on me at all; a girl like that must have many friends.

I couldn't help but glance at her petite figure again, and I couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment. It's a pity I'm not good enough for such a wonderful girl.

"Let's just let this be, and don't fight with Chen Xun again. He's a really good fighter, you can't beat him," Tang Ning said to me as she saw me into a taxi.

Although I can't fight and I'm sickly and weak, I'm quite proud and really don't want to be looked down upon. Especially since I don't receive respect, I value my self-esteem more than most people. Thinking about Chen Xun's arrogant manner that afternoon, and how badly he beat me,...

My gaze turned cold as I said to Tang Ning, "Don't worry, I will definitely take my revenge."

"Sigh, you're too concerned about saving face." Tang Ning didn't try to persuade me anymore, but sighed.

"Goodbye, stocking thief!" She generously handed the driver a hundred yuan, then smiled at me.

"Don't help me get the money, I..." I panicked as soon as I saw Tang Ning helping me get the money. But then I realized I didn't have any money in my pocket, and my words faltered.

"Don't be so polite. You got beaten up because of Xuanxuan. Go home now, or your parents will worry." Tang Ning smiled at me again, then waved and left.

Sitting in the car, watching Tang Ning's petite figure from behind, I felt inexplicably moved once again. I made a decision in my heart: I must become stronger to repay her properly.

"Have you seen enough? If not, go back down and look around some more?" Suddenly, the driver spoke to me.

Hearing the driver's words, my face flushed instantly. Looking at his expression, I saw a hint of mockery. I thought to myself, he's looking down on me because he thinks I'm taking advantage of a girl. Tang Ning paid the fare for me; I absolutely have to find a way to pay her back.

When I got home, the driver gave me ninety-five yuan in change. I carefully kept the remaining money, feeling it was incredibly precious. Then I limped into my room, lay down on the bed, and stared blankly. I felt a little lonely, and the events of the day brought back waves of sadness.

Just as I was lost in thought, the door suddenly opened. It was Zhang Xuan, wearing a snow-white long dress, looking at me coldly.

She was still as beautiful as ever, but her pretty face was somewhat pale. Her eyes seemed a little red and swollen, making her look rather pitiful.

But seeing her cold attitude towards me, my gaze gradually turned cold as well.

She just stared at me coldly for a while. Suddenly, she opened her delicate little mouth and said to me, "Thank you for today. It makes up for all the dirty things you did before. We're even now. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other."

Hearing Zhang Xuan's words, my heart clenched. Looking into her cold eyes, I felt a strange pain in my heart.

"I'll never bother you again. That's it. From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other." She gave me a cold look and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" I suddenly called out to Zhang Xuan through gritted teeth.

"What are you doing? Are you never going to stop?" Zhang Xuan turned around and looked at me angrily.

"Zhang Xuan, do you really think that there's nothing more between us from now on? Don't forget, I'm living in your house now. There can never be no connection between us!" I looked at her earnestly, my voice tinged with pain.

"Then, what do you want?" Zhang Xuan's expression changed slightly.

Smiling, my eyes welled up with tears. A thin mist clouded my vision. "Sister, I know we're not really family. My surname is Wang, and your father's surname is Zhang. I'm just an orphan your family raised. You don't need to treat me like family, nor do you need to look up to me."

"But I want to say, although I'm just a temporary resident staying at your house, and I might leave in the future, we see each other every day. Can't you be a little nicer to me?"

After hearing my words, Zhang Xuan laughed. A disdainful smile curled at the corner of her lips, and her gaze towards me became strange…

Chapter Seven, Brother, I heard about you...

Her arrogant expression made it impossible for me to figure out what she was thinking. But looking into her disdainful eyes, my heart ached as if pierced by needles.

A silence fell over the room, broken only by the ticking of the clock. She stared at me with a cold, mocking gaze.

Finally, she spoke, "Wang Xi, are you trying to seduce me?"

"No, I just want to get along with you. After all, we see each other every day, and it would be too uncomfortable if we didn't talk." My heart was pounding.

"Heh, is that so? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you shameless piece of trash, you pervert who stole my stockings to do bad things!" She insulted me, then casually closed my door and left.

After she left, a huge sense of loneliness washed over me again. Thinking about the way she spoke to me just now, I felt terrible.

That night, the places where I'd been hit started to ache. My face was badly swollen, and there were many bruises on the places where Chen Xun had kicked me. I went downstairs to get a bag of ice to apply to my skin, and thinking about Chen Xun's arrogant manner filled me with rage. He hit me twice and made me lose face; I had to get my revenge!

The next morning, I went downstairs for breakfast. My aunt and Zhang Xuan were already awake and were sitting at the table, chatting and tearing at their bread.

Seeing me walk downstairs, Zhang Xuan's expression immediately turned cold. My aunt looked at me with surprise and said, "Wang Xi, you got beaten up again?"

"Yes." I nodded with a wry smile after hearing my aunt's words.

"Heh, she's nothing but a fighter now. This time, it's not Zhang Xuan's fault, is it?" My aunt immediately gave me a disgusting look and said with disdain.

As my aunt's voice faded, I clearly saw Zhang Xuan's face turn pale. I thought to myself, "What the hell? I got beaten up because of your precious darling!"

But I didn't say anything, I just smiled and sat down at the table to eat my bread.

"You look disgusting after being beaten. I can't even eat anything looking at you." My aunt looked me up and down, her eyes filled with disgust.

"Mom, I can't eat anymore either," Zhang Xuan suddenly said, putting down the bread in her hand.

"Were you disgusted by him? Haha. I told him to eat somewhere else, and you should have a glass of milk before you go, honey," Auntie quickly said to Zhang Xuan.

"No need, I'm already disgusted." With that, Zhang Xuan gave me a cold look.

Seeing Zhang Xuan's eyes, my heart ached again. I couldn't help but smile bitterly to myself, thinking that no matter how much I gave to this kind of girl, it was useless. I was so pathetic.

"Mom, give him some money later so he can go see a doctor," Zhang Xuan suddenly said coldly.

"What!?"

My aunt was stunned, and so was I. Because my family never gave me money. Before, when my uncle secretly gave me money, it was only after Zhang Xuan complained to my aunt.

"After all, he looks disgusting right now. Let him get better quickly so we won't find him so repulsive. Anyway, our family has already spent a lot of money on him." With a sudden change in expression, Zhang Xuan turned and left.

After hearing Zhang Xuan's words, my aunt couldn't help but look at Zhang Xuan, and then at me. Seeing my miserable state, my aunt thought for a moment and took two hundred yuan out of her bag and gave it to me.

Zhang Xuan's family is rich; my aunt gave me two hundred yuan right away. Looking at those two hundred-yuan bills, I was immediately excited.

My mood inexplicably improved, and I felt an indescribable joy on my way to school. But as soon as I got to the classroom, my mood soured again, and seeing those disdainful faces made me feel suffocated.

And then there's my chubby deskmate. Looking at her cold expression, I really wanted to punch her. She always reads those gay comics during class, and she even picks her nose while reading them. She's way more disgusting than me, and she still thinks I'm a pervert.

I occasionally glanced at her comic books and saw the offensive dialogues inside.

"Big Tree, Springtime, let us burn brightly!"

In the morning, I went to find Tang Ning to return the money. Afraid of embarrassing her, I deliberately lingered outside her classroom for a long time, hesitant to go in. Tang Ning saw me and generously invited me in. When I entered her classroom, I noticed many of her classmates giving me strange looks and whispering among themselves.

"Are you looking for me? What do you want?" She said lazily, with one foot propped up on the table, wearing clean Adidas trousers.

"Give me back the money," I said.

"Didn't I say you didn't need to pay me back? That money was what I paid for your nutritional supplements. You don't need to pay it back, you can go now." Tang Ning waved her hand with a smile, like a heroine.

"No, I can't take advantage of a girl. Take it, or I won't feel right," I said.

"Whatever you want." Tang Ning sat on the edge of the bed, her face flushed from the sunlight.

"Okay." I placed the money on her desk and prepared to leave.

"Aren't you going to chat for a little while before leaving like this?" Tang Ning looked at me with a smile.

"I'm not chatting anymore," I said with a smile.

“Okay then…” As if she had thought of something, Tang Ning suddenly said to me, “Come find me after school at noon and we’ll go home together.”

After hearing Tang Ning's words, I felt something was off, a sense of foreboding. But before I could ask Tang Ning any more questions, the school bell rang.

As I walked out of Tang Ning's classroom, I heard a boy say to her, "Tang Ning, isn't that guy the pervert who steals stockings in Class One? He's disgusting. Why do you make friends with such random people?"

"Tch, aren't you disgusting? You're always telling me dirty jokes, you slut!"

"Don't say it out loud, there are so many classmates here..." the boy whispered, and his classmates all burst into laughter.

Listening to Tang Ning laughing and talking loudly with the boys in the class, I felt extremely envious. I thought to myself, when will I be able to be like a normal person?

When I returned to the classroom, I saw Zhang Xuan glance at me. Her gaze was gentle when she looked at me, but it turned cold the moment our eyes met.

After seeing Tang Ning, my mood improved considerably, and a faint smile appeared on my lips. Seeing Zhang Xuan looking at me with that expression, I also put on a stern face and revealed a cold expression.

She was surprised and glared at me fiercely.

I thought to myself, "Didn't he say he wouldn't talk to me yesterday? He even cursed at me. Damn it, he's looking for trouble again."

Because I had to be hospitalized every few months, my studies fell behind and became very poor. Everyone ostracized me, and this environment made me even less motivated to study. My chubby deskmate was reading gay comics again. She was engrossed in them and kept secretly breaking off pieces of instant noodles from her desk to eat.

I couldn't concentrate on studying and was about to sneak out my phone to read a novel. Just then, I saw a message from an unknown number: "Go home with Tang Ning after school, Chen Xun is going to beat you up."

I was initially calm, but after reading this message, I completely lost it. After all, Chen Xun is a thug, and I'm genuinely afraid of him. I can't beat him in a fight, and he has a lot of connections. If he wants to hit me, I have absolutely no chance of fighting back.

"Who are you?" I replied to the message, my heart pounding with panic.

After waiting for a long time, that person finally replied with a message: "I am the person you hate the most!"

"Chen Xun, I'll fuck you!" Even though I was terrified of Chen Xun, I still cursed him. Because I hated him so much; he had beaten me so badly.

After replying to her message, my heart was pounding. I was nervous, yet there was an inexplicable sense of anticipation. But as I waited, she didn't reply. Disappointment crept in, and I put my phone away.

Perhaps Chen Xun had spread the word that he was going to beat me up, because all morning many people were giving me strange looks. And, pointing at me, they said, "Wang Xi, there's going to be a good show after school."

I was furious, but I was powerless to stop the humiliation from so many people. I was ultimately a useless person; I couldn't possibly beat up everyone who looked down on me.

I just want to become stronger so that I won't be looked down upon anymore.

Tang Ning even called me specifically to tell me that I had to go with her after school. Being protected by a girl made me feel very uncomfortable, but I still agreed.

I was about to be hit by Chen Xun, which scared me. When the third class ended, I couldn't help but go to the washroom and wash my face.

I had only washed half my face when a boy suddenly walked in. He had a serious expression and coldly stared at me as he locked the door.

"What are you doing?" Sensing his hostile intentions, I looked at him in surprise.

"Hey bro, I heard you have a foot fetish?" He laughed, a lewd expression on his face...

Chapter Eight: Justice Resides in the Hearts of the People

Here we go again, that awkward topic! My face instantly turned red. Right now, I'm burdened with two major accusations: thief and pervert. Either one of these accusations makes me ashamed. Because of these two charges, everyone ostracizes me, everyone dislikes me. Almost no one in the whole school wants to say a word to me. It feels incredibly shameful to be associated with me.