DipNovel Chapter 100 She Hates Zhao Henshan
Chapter 100 She Hates Zhao Henshan
To be honest, Ji Shanqing was quite surprised when Xiao Jiming asked that question.
The girl tilted her head: "There are many."
Ji Shanqing said calmly.
"There have been many over the past six years."
—"These past six years."
Xiao Jiming immediately noticed the timeframe that Ji Shanqing mentioned.
Six years, a very delicate period of time, exactly the length of time since Zhao Henshan's death.
There are so many people, so what is the relationship between all these people and Zhao Henshan?
Did Zhao Henshan give them the power to take revenge?
However, Xiao Jiming did not recall ever hearing any news of students dying without cause other than Ji Shanqing.
Even news about Ji Shanqing was obtained by Jiang Xingni through Xu Niannian, who then relayed it to him.
If it weren't for Jiang Xingni, Xiao Jiming believed he would never have known anything about Ji Shanqing.
"Why six years? What's the connection to Zhao Henshan?" Xiao Jiming asked quickly. "She gave you the power of revenge? Did you get your revenge?"
Ji Shanqing's eyes sparkled, and her smile became even brighter and more enthusiastic.
She said, "Of course I've already taken my revenge."
She said, "You don't know, nobody knows, isn't that a good thing?"
"Guess why, after Zhao Henshan's revenge nearly killed everyone in that graduating class, Fourth Middle School still has students who can enroll, and why its college entrance rate has increased rather than decreased?"
Xiao Jiming: ...
Xiao Jiming: Wait a minute.
"What does it mean to kill everyone in that class?" Xiao Jiming repeated Ji Shanqing's question, enunciating each word clearly.
Xiao Jiming then reviewed the memories in his mind.
My memories of choosing to enroll in the Fourth Middle School two years ago are not very clear, but they are not completely blank either.
Because it was the best high school in the city, because its competition class was famous throughout the country, and because Jiang Xingni—Xiao Jiming had already heard of Jiang Xingni's name from others at that time—chose the Fourth Middle School.
Therefore, Xiao Jiming also chose the Fourth Middle School.
Ji Shanqing's gaze fell on Xiao Jiming again, this time with a hint of bewildered surprise.
"I thought that 'cultivators' like you would know about our affairs," Ji Shanqing said softly.
He ignored Ji Shanqing's teasing remark, which wasn't exactly a joke, and remained silent, waiting for an explanation.
Ji Shanqing rested her chin on her hand and looked at Xiao Jiming. Instead of giving him the answer he wanted, she started talking about things that seemed completely unrelated.
"Zhao Henshan said that you should play the victim in my illusion," Ji Shanqing said casually.
"In her world, she showed all the suffering she had endured in her life to visitors, hoping to gain their sympathy and understanding."
"But I don't think there's anything about my situation that's worth using to elicit sympathy." Ji Shanqing fell into deep thought.
"What did she do to deserve the visitor's forgiveness?" Xiao Jiming ignored the implication in her words and only focused on the point that mattered most to him.
Zhao Henshan's revenge is certain.
However, according to most people's values, when victims of school violence seek revenge against their perpetrators, regardless of the legal verdict, most people will not believe that the person seeking revenge has done anything wrong.
If she wants the visitor's forgiveness, then it means that Zhao Henshan did more than just kill the perpetrators.
While seeking revenge, she also did other things in an attempt to gain others' forgiveness in order to prove that she was "not wrong".
But this is a paradox in itself.
She already knows that what she did was wrong, but she still needs to prove to others that she was "not wrong" and "innocent".
What happens to those who deny her innocence? And what happens to those who admit her innocence—which, in a sense, is tantamount to lying?
Ji Shanqing fell silent for a moment.
She looked up at Xiao Jiming, suddenly unsure of what to say.
The past six years at the Fourth Middle School are truly a mess; no one can untangle the issues or calculate the details.
Even Ji Shanqing herself only began to guess at the truth of all these years after her death, from the gaps in her words.
"She killed almost an entire graduating class back then," Ji Shanqing said. "It wasn't something that happened overnight."
"If I told you," she stared intently at Xiao Jiming, "what could you do for me? Could you kill her for me?"
Xiao Jiming: ?
Xiao Jiming casually pulled over the stool next to Ji Shanqing, then sat down next to her, adopting a "listening attentively" posture.
"Before you begin, may I ask a question?" Xiao Jiming looked at Ji Shanqing.
Only after Ji Shanqing slightly raised her chin, adopting a "please ask" posture, did Xiao Jiming finally speak.
"Why me?"
Xiao Jiming didn't think he had any personal charm that would make people trust him from the first time they met.
If it were Jiang Xingni, it would be more or less the same—he admitted it without the slightest hesitation or resentment.
Few people dislike Jiang Xingni; she possesses a charm that inspires trust at first glance, and then, after spending time with her, people unconsciously gravitate towards her.
Upon hearing this question, Ji Shanqing raised an eyebrow.
"No," Ji Shanqing said. "You're not the special one."
Ji Shanqing said calmly.
"I say these words to everyone I meet."
Despite Ji Shanqing saying this every time, no one has ever been able to meet her requirements, and most people continue to repeat their past fates.
Upon discovering that he wasn't the only one, Xiao Jiming not only didn't get angry or embarrassed, but even silently breathed a sigh of relief because of this commonality.
Fortunately, he wasn't the special case.
Special circumstances often mean being embroiled in trouble.
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Ji Shanqing didn't pay much attention to Xiao Jiming's reaction. She remained silent for a while, and then began to tell her story.
Just as she once said, Ji Shanqing didn't actually like to play the victim, especially to show her suffering to others in order to gain their pity.
Moreover, what she experienced was not as tragic as what Zhao Henshan had gone through.
Six years is a long time, especially for high school, and it's more than enough time to raise the intensity to a higher level.
Ji Shanqing did experience school bullying, but due to her busy studies, the bullying was not as severe as that against Zhao Henshan.
Although this does not change the fact that it is still "school violence".
"I'm actually used to it..." Ji Shanqing pondered for a moment. "This kind of thing, being ostracized, being isolated."
"But I won't die because of something like that."
Xiao Jiming quickly pieced together the subtext of her words in his mind.
—She was not as neutral as she thought.
If Zhao Henshan's hatred was indiscriminate slaughter, then Ji Shanqing's hatred was much more targeted.
She hates Zhao Henshan.