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My face still bore varying degrees of bruises, and my phone was constantly buzzing with messages demanding payment.
In the end, he was convicted and punished for spreading others' private information, successfully sending himself to work on a sewing machine.
After the school learned the ins and outs of the incident, it immediately decided to expel Xiao Bailiang.
That damned confession wall and those few idiots also received appropriate punishment.
The incident spread like wildfire, and the school took this opportunity to hold a series of lectures aimed at establishing correct values.
The unhealthy trends were curbed, and the once-pure pursuit of knowledge returned to the academic atmosphere.
After the final exams, I ranked first in my grade.
My two roommates also achieved impressive results, coming in seventh and tenth respectively.
At the beginning of the school year, our dormitory had made a pact that if all of us ranked in the top ten of our grade, we would go on a trip to an island together.
We kept our promise and spent a full ten days on the island, each of us getting tanned like little coal balls.
This idea was originally proposed by Xiao Bailiang; he said he grew up in the northwest and had always dreamed of seeing the ocean.
After returning from the island, I brought photos and my report card to see him.
He had lost quite a bit of weight, but thankfully, his face was free of bruises.
He showed no interest in my report card; instead, he stared at my clothes for quite some time.
"What brand is this? I've never seen it before. Is your watch imported from abroad?"
I felt a bit helpless but patiently replied, "The clothes were bought from a roadside shop for 30 yuan. It's not a brand, but it's very comfortable to wear."
"The watch I bought online for 100 yuan with free shipping. It's lightweight, comfortable, and waterproof."
He looked at me with disbelief. "Stop pretending. Did you come here just to show off in front of me and enjoy my misfortune?"
I picked up my report card and said:
"You are wrong. Do you remember? I was the last one to get into our dorm, and now I ranked first in the entire grade."
Xiao Bailiang asked in confusion, "What do you mean? What are you trying to say?"
"I want to say that there are no shortcuts in life. Everyone has to put in a hundred times the effort to achieve something."
"Haha, I have worked hard, but what has it led to? No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to squeeze into your upper-class society. You are just a naturally privileged young master; you have no idea about the struggles of us poor people at the bottom!"
"Are you talking about working hard to show off or to attract attention? You want to take shortcuts in life by dressing in luxury and relying on rich women, but there are no shortcuts in life. And as for your so-called upper-class society, everyone has to put in extraordinary effort just to maintain that superficial glamour."
Xiao Bailiang became somewhat irritated and shouted loudly, "Don't lecture me! It's your fault that I am like this today!"
"My fault? Did I stop you from studying properly? Or did I sabotage you behind your back?" I replied. "You have let down your parents, your lover, and your friends just to satisfy your pathological vanity. Do you think all of this is worth it?"
Angered by my words, Xiao Bailiang began to yell continuously until two police officers arrived to restrain him, which calmed him down a bit.
Once he was calm, he slowly said to me, "My mistake was choosing the wrong person. I should have held onto that Silly Woman; then I could have lived a life of wealth and honor!"
I sighed deeply, feeling nothing but speechlessness.
Before leaving, I told him that the underwear was actually fake; his obsession had been wrong from the very beginning.
I left him the report card and a photo of the island.
The photo not only showed the island scenery but also included a picture of me and my two roommates, with an empty space left for him.
I hope he understands.
When the new semester started, our dorm welcomed an Overachiever, and thus we all entered a mode of Deep Involution.
Finally, during our graduation year, our entire dorm secured spots for graduate studies at Tsinghua and Peking University.
An Zhizhi also received an offer from a top university abroad through her own efforts.
On the day of moving to the dormitory, I heard the name Xiao Bailiang again through a few old classmates.
I heard that after he was released from prison, he was determined to make a fortune and ran off to Northern Myanmar to commit fraud at the beginning of this year. Since then, there has been no news of him.
Now, hearing this name again and thinking of this person only feels strange.
Everyone has their own fate; I wish him well.
Right now, the most important thing for me is my graduation trip.
Just thinking about the beautiful landscapes of my homeland excites me.
Before getting on the bus with my packed luggage, I reluctantly looked back at every corner of the campus.
The broadcast was playing Mayday's "Forgetful Song."
The midday sun was just right, and every spot in the light was the best tribute to youth.
【The End】
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