Chapter 203 - Lin Luodong’s Classmates (Part 2) (1/2)
Huang Weijian is the new transfer student. He is wearing a worn sweater under the school uniform. His bangs cover most of his face. If so, he only looks like an introverted little boy. However, he carries an old bag all day. As a result, one month later, he takes the place of Lin Luodong and becomes the one to be bullied in Cla.s.s Three, Grade Six.
Now, it is break time. Ma Ming, a chubby boy, thinks that Huang is unpleasant to his eyes. Ma goes to pick up a fight. Huang Weijian is so introverted that no matter what Ma Ming says, he says nothing in return. Ma is annoyed by Huang’s reaction.
The situation gets intensified in the next few minutes. Ma Ming asks his minions to tear Huang’s books.
“Hey, we’re all cla.s.smates. Don’t go that far!”
Before saying this, Lin Luodong has hesitated and felt scared. When he actually opened his mouth, he realized that it was not so difficult.
Ma Ming and his minions paused and then burst out of laugh.
“Lin Luodong, just mind your own business! You think you’re better than us after going on a trip this summer vacation? Bulls.h.i.+t! The pictures of yours must be downloaded from the internet! Stop pretending to be rich!”
Lin Luodong has a good temper. But Ma Ming is being so aggressive. His arrogant tone makes Luodong want to punch him. This summer, Luodong went on a trip from the north to the south with his sister. He got to feel the beauty of nature. Luodong cherishes the days of living in the mountains so he printed the pictures he took.
Recently, in order to help Luodong become more independent, Lin Luoran has asked him to do things by himself. Therefore, days ago, Luodong went to fetch the pictures from the photo studio during lunch break and he planned to take the pictures back home after school. Unfortunately, his desk mate knocked the pictures off on the ground by accident. Many of Luodong’s cla.s.smates saw the b.u.t.terflies and dewdrops on flowers, as well as Luodong’s sister’s side face. Luodong’s cla.s.smates, who used to look down on him, were stunned.
Kids today know that SLR cameras are expensive. After knowing that Luodong went to Mount Hua with his sister, everyone in Luodong’s cla.s.s realized that Luodong was not from a poor rural family.
As a matter of fact, Luodong’s cla.s.smates are only teenagers. They are not sn.o.bby. They only treated Luodong badly because they were laughed at every time they tried to talk to Luodong. This was all Ma Ming and his minions’ fault.
Everyone started to treat Luodong better after seeing those pictures. Ma Ming was unwilling to let this go. He questioned the authenticity of those pictures in order to isolate Lin Luodong.
Luodong never bothers to argue or explain because he has become an optimistic person. Now, Ma Ming is bullying his cla.s.smate again, and somebody speaks up for Lin Luodong.
Luodong’s desk mate, study secretary of the cla.s.s, stands up and says,
“Ma Ming, you were wrong in the first place by tearing Huang Weijian’s book. And you talked so offensively. You’ve gone too far!”
Ma Ming opens his eyes widely and answers, “Wei Xue, this is between us boys! It’s none of your business! I told you Lin Luodong was from a poor rural family and he only pretended to be rich… Have you fallen in love with him? Is that why you care so much? Wei Xue, I didn’t know that you’re such a sn.o.b!”
Wei Xue feels so wronged for being accused of a sn.o.b. She has never felt so disrespected since she was selected as the study secretary. Her eyes are filled with tears.
Some of the cla.s.smates are looking at her with doubts. Thinking about what her cousins told her about “premature love”, Wei Xue starts to cry.
Ma Ming and his minions laugh and throw Huang Weijian’s pencil box into the waste bin. They walk to Lin Luodong and say,
“Wei Xue is just a weak little girl. Lin Luodong, you should pretend to be rich after getting yourself a tougher backup. Ha-ha…”
“I don’t need a backup.” Lin Luodong says seriously, staring at Ma Ming.
“Pardon?” Ma Ming didn’t hear Lin’s words clearly. Maybe he did but he didn’t believe that Lin Luodong could be so tough. This is the reason why he asked Lin to repeat his words.
Lin Luodong sighs and says, “I don’t need a backup. And… I’m going to hit you.” Luodong is not able to throw a hard punch, but his move has become so fast after all the mountain-climbing during the summer vacation. Ma Ming doesn’t have a chance to dodge Luodong’s attack.
“Ouch!” Ma Ming covers his nose and falls back. His minions catch him and help him up when he is falling on the ground. Ma Ming didn’t expect that Lin Luoran would have the b.a.l.l.s to hit him. After all, Ma believed that Lin Luodong was a coward because he never fought back when he was bullied.
More importantly, what kind of person would say “I’m going to hit you” when he actually hits someone?
Ma Ming feels that something warm is in his hand. He looks down at his palm and sees blood. His nose is bleeding! Ma Ming now finally has a different impression on Lin Luodong.
“Hit him! Hit him to death!”
Ma Ming’s minions hesitate. Seeing this, Ma Ming says, “I’ll give all of you a treat at the dinner!”