Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 14 Bullying

Behind the teaching building is a small open space with a tree growing next to the wall. When autumn comes, the yellow leaves on the tree fall one by one. A young girl stands under the tree and sweeps the leaves that have just fallen on the ground into a basket.

Just as she was about to take the basket away, the wind blew and two leaves swirled down again. Her head turned with the leaves, and when the leaves fell completely to the ground and tried to roll away, she jumped up and stepped on them, picked them up and threw them into the basket.

Li Xu stood not far away, touching his chin and watching the scene.

If the standard for cleaning is to keep the public area free of leaves, then this girl won't have to do anything else all day.

Sure enough, not long after, two more leaves floated down from the tree. This time, the leaves were shaped like parachutes, floating very slowly, swaying from side to side. The girl tilted her head back, rolled up the hem of her school uniform into a dustpan shape, and also swayed to catch them.

The leaf fell into the girl's pocket, and a triumphant smile appeared on her face.

Then the smile froze slightly.

Because when I looked in this direction, I happened to see Li Xu not far away.

Xia Xiaohe picked up the leaves from his pocket somewhat helplessly, pretended nothing had happened, forced himself to remain calm, and threw the two leaves into the garbage basket.

Li Xu put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked over slowly.

Xia Xiaohe lowered his head, not knowing where to put his hands.

Li Xu found her expression somewhat funny. He originally thought that being forced by Liu Ruilan to sweep the public area would be a very painful thing for her, but from this scene, it was obvious that he was overthinking it.

His purpose in coming here was not to dress himself up as a savior and preach some nonsense, saying things like, "You can't be so weak and let others bully you."

Everyone has her own way of dealing with things. The key lies in whether she is satisfied with her own situation and whether she can be self-consistent with what she experiences.

Li Xu was just curious and wanted to take a look.

Walking to Xia Xiaohe's side, Li Xu thought for a moment and said, "Oh, by the way, I've typed all the letters you gave me into the computer and sent them to the address you gave me..."

Before she finished speaking, Xia Xiaohe's face flushed red. She lowered her head and said in a mosquito-like voice, "You...you've finished reading it all?"

She was extremely upset. Last night, when she found that the letter was missing, she had an idea: should she go to Li Xu's house in the dark and get the iron box back... before he saw it.

It was only a few kilometers away, and it was night, so I had to give up.

At this time, Li Xu said that he had sent all the letters to Teacher Wu... Doesn't that mean that he has seen them?

Xia Xiaohe's mind went blank.

Li Xu secretly laughed, but pretended to be calm, not letting his tone reveal any clues. He nodded and said, "Yes, I have read it all, but Teacher Jiang hasn't replied to me yet. I will go back this afternoon to take a look."

Have you really finished reading it all?

Xia Xiaohe stammered in agreement: "Oh...oh...thank you..."

"I forgot to bring those letters today, but you probably won't need them. Why don't you give them to me as a souvenir?" Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe and said slowly.

Xia Xiaohe immediately raised her head and said incoherently: "No... No, no... How can this be..."

Li Xu said nonchalantly, "Why not? Just think of it as a gift from you to me, as a souvenir... You see, we city dwellers have this custom of exchanging gifts when we meet. Didn't I give you chocolate?"

He wanted to tease Xia Xiaohe, but the next moment he couldn't laugh anymore.

Xia Xiaohe lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Xu noticed that Xia Xiaohe was a little depressed and confused. He didn't understand what was wrong with his simple words. Uh, did he say something wrong?

But Xia Xiaohe was in a low mood, and this was a real thing, so Li Xu didn't want to continue teasing her. It was getting late, so he helped her clean up the few leaves that had fallen to the ground, picked up one side of the basket, and accompanied her to take out the trash.

Back in the classroom, Xia Xiaohe still didn't say anything. Li Xu felt out a bag of chocolates from his schoolbag, thought about it, took it out and tore it open.

At this moment, Xia Xiaohe suddenly stared at the chocolate, her nose slightly wrinkled, her lips pursed, and she suddenly choked with a sob, looking like she was about to cry. She said, "Last time I ate your chocolate, I... I'll return it to you after a while. Can you also return those letters to me?"

Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe silently for a while.

After all the fuss, the little girl was depressed all the way. Is it because of this?
Does she really think that there is such a custom in the world that when you receive a gift from someone, you must give them something of equal value in exchange?
Li Xu looked at Xia Xiaohe's serious and earnest expression and couldn't help laughing...

"So that's the reason..."

Xia Xiaohe opened her mouth slightly and looked at Li Xu with some confusion.

Why is he still laughing?
At this time, Li Xu slowly opened the chocolate wrapper and broke off a small piece. Xia Xiaohe hadn't reacted yet and finally tried to resist, saying, "You're laughing... huh?"

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted.

Li Xu stuffed the small piece of chocolate into Xia Xiaohe's slightly opened mouth with lightning speed.

Xia Xiaohe's mind went blank, and then her eyes widened, as if she was frightened. "Li... Li Xu, you..."

Li Xu ignored Xia Xiaohe and rummaged through his desk. He took out the iron box and placed it on Xia Xiaohe's desk. He said unhappily, "Here I give it back to you..."

Xia Xiaohe stared blankly at the iron box, her mood rising again from its lowest point. This time, she really couldn't hold back a tear and let it fall. She turned her head to look at Li Xu, trying to think of words to summarize his behavior and the corresponding words of resistance, but in the end, she just sniffed, pouting, and said in a very weak tone: "You...you bully..."

Li Xu finally couldn't help laughing.

As he smiled, his mood became extremely cheerful... Although this cheerfulness seemed to be based on the sadness of this little girl, he did not feel any guilt... Being a rich second-generation, finding a group of friends who only like money, listening to those false flattery, how could these things be as fun as bullying a simple girl?

The little bit of gloom that was left from the previous life completely dissipated.

Xia Xiaohe's emotions came and went quickly. At this moment, she opened the iron box, secretly glanced at Li Xu, and then carefully searched for the letter that she thought should not be seen by Li Xu.

But after a while, Xia Xiaohe's face showed a puzzled look. After hesitating for a while, he looked at Li Xu, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Finally, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Um...are all the letters here?"

Li Xu said honestly, "They must all be here! Could it be that one or two are missing?"

Xia Xiaohe was startled and quickly shook her head and said, "No, no..."

But she couldn't help but look at Li Xu with suspicion, but unfortunately, she really couldn't tell anything from Li Xu's expression.

Could it be that I really remembered it wrong and the letter was not in there?
if it is like this……

Xia Xiaohe became happy again. Does that mean Li Xu didn't see the letter?
Where did the letter go?
While thinking about something, Li Xu broke off another large piece of chocolate and handed it to her. Xia Xiaohe then realized that she had chocolate in her mouth and subconsciously shook her head...

Li Xu didn't care about that. He just put the chocolate in her hand and said, "I don't like chocolate. You eat it for me."

"what?"

Xia Xiaohe blinked her eyes. Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like chocolate?
After hesitating for a long time, she finally picked up the chocolate and said to Li Xu seriously this time, "Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)