Jun Yokokawa sighed, "I just never expected you to do this."

“Because your method, teacher, is too biased towards others.” Xia Wuzhao said, word by word, “The wounds of childhood are like a continuous rain throughout one’s life. If you just expect Asahi Aoi to forget the sadness here after she goes to the Second New Tokyo, she will become cheerful under the guidance of new friends.”

"—Isn't this too cruel? It's practically forcing Aoi to swallow her anger and do nothing, just hoping she'll forget on her own. Is that really the right thing to do?"

"In my belief, if you do something wrong, you need to be punished."

"If we only criticize Aoi Sola while ignoring everyone else, we're just being harsh on her."

"Mr. Yokokawa Jun, this is just a cover-up, a concealment, an escape. Nothing has been resolved, nothing has been punished, and nothing has been saved."

Xia Wuzhao answered Yokokawa Jun in this way, and he said it with absolute certainty.

Jun Yokokawa smiled helplessly and ruffled Natsumi Kai's hair: "So, you high school students, you're all so precocious, but when it comes to the crucial moment, you turn out like this."

"Let me tell you, this is what it means to be an adult, this is what maturity is."

"But at least she's not an adult yet."

Xia Wuzhao replied, "And is it really that easy to forget? Is it really that easy to reconcile?"

"Even if I forgot about it at the time, just thinking about it occasionally will still break my heart. In the rest of my life, whenever I think about what happened when I was a child, I will feel sad and tears will flow uncontrollably."

"Not to mention, what if your life is affected by this?"

"Then you will suffer day and night, and when you encounter a difficulty, you will keep thinking about it."

"If I had been braver when I was a child, would things be completely different now?"

"Thinking about it day and night, feeling wronged day and night, and regretting it day and night."

"The rest of my life will be shrouded in this gloom and rain."

Jun Yokokawa looked at Kai Natsugiri and said, "So, you just did it?"

"Yes, so I did it."

Xia Wuzhao said, "All I can do is make sure they don't regret it later."

"At least, when I think back on it in the future, I will only look back on my successes and failures with equanimity, instead of regretting that I was too cowardly to take action and just silently endured it."

Jun Yokokawa looked at Natsugiri Kai, who was speaking in this way, and seemed to be convinced.

She sighed and said, "Xia Wuzhao, I'm worried about you. You're always talking about other people, but what about you?"

"At least you should be worried about your wounds."

Xia Wuzhao simply said, "It's just a superficial wound; it will heal on its own in a few days."

"So what about your relationship with Aoi Asahi?" Jun Yokokawa looked at Kai Natsugiri gently: "Your relationship is completely broken now."

"It will be difficult for them to reconcile in the future."

"Why should we make up?" Xia Wuzhao said indifferently, "Even if we don't make up, what difference will it make?"

"You rascal." Jun Yokokawa tapped Natsumi Kai's head, scolding her angrily, "Since you've made this choice, it's impossible for your teacher to interfere or criticize everything you've done."

"But you must remember. There may still be people in this world who care about you."

Xia Wuzhao said, "Teacher, I have no parents. Even the old man who adopted me is dead. I'm just an orphan. Who would care about me?"

Jun Yokokawa simply smoked, shaking his head and sighing.

Chapter 61 The Ever-Rotting Contract

After this incident occurred at the school, the school's first reaction was not to resolve it.

It's not about covering it up.

Because it was too disgraceful, an agreement has been reached to merge the school with the Second New Tokyo School.

But this incident could very well cause some complications in the matter.

Therefore, the school decided to punish both of them equally, ordering them to go home and reflect for a week.

As for the matter of keeping records, which those people are concerned about, it's a lie.

The school does not allow Jun Yokokawa to leave such obviously negative comments on students' posts. It's not a matter of right or wrong, but rather a matter of whether it's troublesome or not.

If a student's parents come to the school to cause trouble, or even if all the parents of the entire class come.

It would cause a huge uproar at the school, which is something the school leaders don't want to see.

When Aoi returned to the classroom, her fingers were bandaged.

Her bangs were swept aside, revealing her delicate and beautiful face.

The continuous rain outside has completely stopped, and the dark clouds have been cleared.

The sun behind them shone with brilliant golden rays in all directions.

Her beautiful face shone brightly in the light streaming in from the window, her skin as clear as snow.

Everyone was stunned by her beauty, and could hardly contain their jealousy.

But what's the use now?

Asahi Aoi is second in her grade and is liked by the teachers.

In the past, jealousy would have been just jealousy.

But now, the sunflower is not someone to be trifled with.

I could only suppress this jealousy deep in my heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, the class monitor stood up and quickly walked to Asahi Aoi.

Holding Asahi Aoi's hand, she said, "Asahi, don't worry. We'll all help you."

The girl cheered on the sunflower.

The others chimed in, "That's right, we all saw it. Risa Yajima is absolutely outrageous; she's ruining our class's reputation!"

Especially Risa Yajima's former friends, they all said with annoyance: "Asahi, I always thought you were a good girl. It's all because Risa Yajima kept saying bad things about you, she's really awful."

They fawned over them, as if they were extremely humble.

It's as if just an hour ago, they weren't the ones who were so vicious and despicable.

The crowd surrounded Asahi, showing her their own beauty.

He showed his kindness and his concern for her.

They chattered amongst themselves about how to punish Risa Yajima, initially just suggesting that they publicize the bad things she had done.

But later on, he was to do evil on Risa Yajima's desk.

Just like before, write insulting words on the blackboard and dump trash on her chair.

They hid her books, ostracized her, and ignored her.

Talking badly about someone behind their back.

The classroom was washed clean by the post-rain sunshine, making everything sparkle.

As Aoi watched this scene, she suddenly felt that everything was utterly tasteless.

She said, "Could you please move aside? You're all so boring, can you please stop crowding around here?"

Asahi Aoi stated this directly, and after her chestnut-colored eyes swept over them, everyone involuntarily lowered their heads.

However, they were still indignant: "Asahi, everyone is concerned about you. How could you do this?"

"Oh? Is this considered showing concern?"

Aoi Asahi sneered, "You're just afraid. You're afraid I'll suddenly attack you. You're afraid I'll retaliate against you, just like you're afraid of being retaliated against by Risa Yajima, so you choose to remain silent in front of your teacher."

"You're all crowding in front of me now, pretending to be good people. You don't actually think that everything from the past is wiped clean, do you?"

"You don't think I should thank you, do you? That's ridiculous."

She spoke freely, but her heart was pounding.

This was the first time she had ever acted so recklessly.

Although she hesitated, she did it anyway.

Looking at the unpleasant expressions on these people's faces, I felt extremely relieved, as if some dark clouds had suddenly been swept away.

She said, "They only rushed to appease me after seeing what I did. Do they want my forgiveness? Do they think I should accept their apology? They seem too presumptuous."

"Ah, we've done all that, why won't you forgive us?" Aoi Asahi said sarcastically, "You might be thinking that, but you all seem to be taking yourselves way too seriously."

"You are completely irrelevant to me."

Asahima coldly uttered these words and pushed away everyone who was gathered around.

Those people, subconsciously, wanted to say some excessive things.

But Aoi seemed to have a premonition and suddenly turned around.

A girl was so frightened that she fell to the ground. Looking at these people, she said, "Risa Yajima is right, Keiko Nomura is indeed a barmaid. But what does all this have to do with me?"

After saying that, she ignored the girls.

As always, I sat in my seat and studied.

But no one dared to treat Aoi Asahi as they used to, even though she remained silent, it still worried everyone else.

Asahi studied, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Even after saying those words, she felt somewhat uneasy.

He seemed to be throwing caution to the wind, venting his pain on those people.

But after calming down, she realized it wasn't a big deal.

This is just a very simple counterattack.

"Then why didn't I do this before?"

The girl thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with a reason.

She finally understood when school was over.

"I thought that as long as I endured it, I would be able to find happiness."

But that's not the case.

Alone, she walked home from school on a path strewn with fallen leaves and glistening puddles.

She finally returned home as dusk settled in.

Huizi was still drunk, slumped over the table, looking disheveled and extremely haggard.

Aoi Asahi didn't even look at Keiko; she simply walked straight to her room.

"stop!"

As Keiko looked at the beautiful sunflowers, a nameless fire of anger ignited within her.

To Keiko's surprise, Aoi Asahi did not obey her orders today.

How dare you!

She stood up angrily and grabbed Asahi Aoi's sleeve tightly: "I called you, didn't you hear me?"

"What's wrong? Are you still going to try and show off your motherly authority in front of me?"

Aoi spoke without any emotion.

"How dare you speak to your mother like that!" Huizi said angrily and menacingly. "I provide you with food and clothing, what more could you possibly want? Huh? Can't I have the authority of a mother?"

"Without me, you would have died long ago!"

In the past, whenever this question was asked, Aoi Asahi was unable to answer.

But today is different. Asahi said, "That's what I got in exchange for giving you a place to live in your old age. It's just a transaction."

Chapter 62 This Crown of Thorns Contains Madness

"Yeah."

Huizi was so angry that the powder on her face was falling off in a flurry.

"How could you say such a thing? Do you think that just providing for my old age will compensate me for what I've lost? Let me tell you! Impossible!"

He frantically grabbed Asahi Aoi's arm, even leaving bluish-purple marks on it.

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