She stared at Su Yue, her eyes swirling with mixed emotions .
Su Yue nodded in agreement and gave Bai Jing a smile .
After one lesson, it was lunchtime .
Bai Jing and Su Yue walked along the path that led to the dormitory . Students came and went in a continuous stream .
Su Yue realized that they were all giving her weird looks .
Although everyone had been giving her extra looks after they had termed her the school belle, the looks they gave her that day made her uneasy .
Those looks were not unfamiliar to her, however .
Those were the same looks her classmates, friends, and teachers from the orphanage and at school back in Country Y gave her .
Su Yue’s expression turned cold . She hung her head and hugged her textbooks to her chest, quickening her pace .
“Su Yue, what’s wrong?” Bai Jing asked, concerned . She had also hastened her pace to catch up with Su Yue .
Su Yue didn’t answer her . She continued walking, her head still hung low .
Everyone that she met on her way looked at her in mockery .
Su Yue ran all the way back to the dormitory block . She took out her card and prepared to swipe it .
But a poster posted on the glass door diverted her attention .
“Su Yue, you’re an illegitimate daughter that nobody wants . Your mother is a mistress . ”
Su Yue’s eyes widened . She opened her mouth in shock as she read the words on the poster .
‘You’re an illegitimate daughter that nobody wants . Your mother is a mistress; You b*stard child . ’
‘Your mother was shameless . She seduced someone else’s husband . You’re an illegitimate child with no father . ’
‘You illegitimate daughter… You illegitimate daughter…’
All of a sudden, memories of her being scolded and mocked by others flooded her mind .
Su Yue shook her head .
‘Slam!’ The books she was hugging fell to the floor .
She retreated backward .
“Who pasted these?” Bai Jing hurriedly tore the posters off the door . “Who is so immoral and heartless?” she angrily scolded .
“I’m an illegitimate daughter . ”
Suddenly, Su Yue turned around .
“I’m an illegitimate daughter . I’m an illegitimate daughter…” she repeated to herself as she ran towards the East gate .
Indeed, Su Yue was an illegitimate daughter . Her mommy didn’t want her, and her daddy didn’t either .
She didn’t stop sprinting and similar posters were pasted all around .
The words ‘illegitimate daughter’ was like a curse that tormented her in her mind .
“Su Yue, stop running,” Bai Jing shouted as she ran after her .
But she couldn’t catch up with her .
Memory fragments of all the times she was humiliated, bullied, and looked down upon back in Country Y kept running through her mind .
‘Chicken wings, I want chicken wings . ’
‘Continue shouting and I’ll throw you out to feed the wolves . You can only watch others eat . ’
She exited the East gate and crossed the road, running into the open park opposite .
Bai Jing chased her all the way to the East Gate . When she saw her enter the park, she stopped in her tracks and took out her phone to call Yan Rusheng .
But nobody answered .
She hesitated before dialing Xuxu’s number .
When Xuxu heard the phone ring and realized that it was Bai Jing on the other end, she answered hurriedly . “Hello, Bai Jing . ”
It was the first time Bai Jing was phoning her . Perhaps she was having some difficulty and needed help .
When Bai Jing anxiously explained the situation to her, Xuxu’s expression changed . “What?!”
Without waiting for Bai Jing to continue, she turned around and bolted out the door .