Wei Linlin was not faring any better. Her eyes were bloodshot, a bloodstain marred her pale face, her hair was disheveled, and blood stained the tips of her lips and fingers, giving her the appearance of a vengeful spirit.
For a moment, no one could tell who looked worse.
However, Jiang Yingying was crying the loudest. Yet, those who had witnessed her earlier ferocity found it hard to sympathize with her.
Eventually, a security guard took off his jacket and draped it over her.
Upon contact with the clothing, Jiang Yingying trembled in pain but dared not discard it.
“Let’s go to the hospital first,” a teacher who had rushed over said as they secured the scene and dispersed the surrounding students who were watching the spectacle. “Everyone disperse! Go prepare for class! Put away your phones! No recording!”
With that, everyone scattered.
Once most people had left, Jiang Yingying and Wei Linlin were arranged into two separate cars to be sent to the hospital.
Sitting in the car, Jiang Yingying shivered with pain, her eyes filled with hatred. She didn’t even dare to glance at her reflection in the mirror.
Just then, a figure walked past the car window. Jiang Yingying suddenly froze, her gaze snapping towards the figure. She saw Xia Qingtian, impeccably dressed, smiling and chatting with Li Xiaoxiao as they walked towards the teaching building.
Jealousy, resentment, and unwillingness intertwined. Jiang Yingying burst into wails of anger.
She would remember the humiliation she suffered today for the rest of her life!
She would not let this go!
None of these bitches would get away with it!
After Jiang Yingying was sent to the hospital, she immediately contacted her parents.
The Jiang parents were furious. Their daughter had been perfectly fine before school, and then, in the blink of an eye, she was torn apart and sent to the hospital. This was outrageous!
They immediately began preparing to pressure the school, demanding a resolution from the perpetrators. They even contacted media reporters, intending to create a huge scene.
Seeing this, Jiang Yingying was naturally pleased.
Although her body ached, seeing her parents’ care and concern made her feel much better.
Moreover, with her parents pressuring the school like this, even the school board and administrators, in order to smooth things over, would have to apologize to her!
The leaders and teachers knew her family’s influence, so they would likely cherish her just as much as they cherished Xia Qingtian. In the future, who would dare bully her?
The only pity was that the person who beat her into the hospital wasn’t Xia Qingtian, but the useless Wei Linlin.
If it had been Xia Qingtian, she could have used her status as a victim of campus violence to completely ruin Xia Qingtian’s reputation!
But it didn’t matter. Jiang Yingying had learned her lesson this time. Next time, while protecting herself, she would definitely make Xia Qingtian pay.
However, things did not unfold according to Jiang Yingying’s desired trajectory.
Faced with the furious Jiang parents and the media, the school presented ample evidence.
It proved that Jiang Yingying was the instigator of the entire violent incident. The surveillance footage outside the restroom showed her logging into Wei Linlin’s phone and leaving the comments that led to Wei Linlin being cyberbullied.
Jiang Yingying’s injuries were merely superficial, minor abrasions. She didn’t even need to be hospitalized. The Jiang parents deliberately admitted Jiang Yingying to the hospital and orchestrated this entire affair, which was utterly unnecessary.
“Are superficial injuries the main focus now?” Jiang’s mother said with a cold snort as she looked at the evidence. “My daughter, pure and innocent, was stripped naked at the entrance of the teaching building! What kind of deep-seated hatred could lead to such humiliation! I suspect my daughter has suffered psychological damage! We have the right to demand compensation!”
“Now you merely suspect psychological damage, but classmate Wei Linlin has been diagnosed with a mental illness, triggered by classmate Jiang Yingying’s actions. We have obtained a copy of the relevant medical diagnosis from the hospital, and Wei Linlin’s leave of absence is already being processed,” a school official said coldly to Jiang’s mother. “Given that Jiang Yingying’s campus violence is an established fact, Z University hereby formally announces the expulsion of Jiang Yingying from school and her mandatory withdrawal!”
“Wh-what!” Jiang Yingying and her family were stunned. Before they could even recover, the hospital room door was violently broken open.
Wei Linlin’s uncle and a red-eyed Wei’s mother rushed in, ready to fight the Jiang family.
The scene quickly devolved into chaos.
The media personnel who had been called in did not stop their cameras as they witnessed such a major reversal.
That day, reflections on campus violence topped the trending searches, and Jiang Yingying was made an example of, finally overshadowing Xia Qingtian, who was second on the trending list.
However, this time, Jiang Yingying couldn’t manage a smile.
Because the Jiang family’s business was affected by this incident, plummeting dramatically. While not to the point of bankruptcy, it dealt a severe blow to the Jiang family.
Jiang Yingying was expelled and forced to withdraw from school. Her accumulated experience as a victim of campus violence would likely never be used again.
As Jiang Yingying wailed and cried in her room, her face swollen like a pig’s head and being attacked by the entire internet, the discussion section for the second trending topic was as lively as a festival.
Because, after waiting for so long, Xia Qingtian had finally returned to business!
[July Finland K&S Fashion Exhibition, Special Guest: Xia Qingtian]
Unlike the foul insults dominating the first trending topic, the second trending topic was filled with Xia Qingtian’s beautiful photos, with fans calling out “Happy New Year!”
Soon, new trending topics emerged.
[Gu’s Entertainment’s historical drama “Flower Month Cherishes Spring the Most” Scheduled for Summer Release]
This new trending topic surged to the top with unstoppable momentum, followed by various praises for the main cast and comparisons to “Drunken Sword Mandarin Duck Records.”
There were also deliberate efforts by paid posters to state that “Flower Month Cherishes Spring the Most,” following “Drunken Sword Mandarin Duck Records,” was merely a substitute and not worth looking forward to.
The resulting comparisons fueled fan wars, causing the popularity of various related terms to skyrocket.
Ultimately, what topped the trending searches was a photo of a cloud taken casually by Xia Qingtian.
This cloud was interpreted in various ways by passersby, paid posters, fans, and anti-fans, causing it to explode in popularity.
The trending topic about Jiang Yingying’s campus violence was quickly submerged in the rapidly changing internet landscape.
But Jiang Yingying felt no joy at all.
Even after being beaten to this state, even after driving a living person insane, it couldn’t compare to a cloud Xia Qingtian casually photographed?
This twisted pain surged within her, making Jiang Yingying hate everything in the world. Yet, she knew she could never measure up to the person she had initially looked down upon the most.
Xia Qingtian’s name would continue to appear on major platforms, shining brightly, and in this era of big data, Jiang Yingying would never be able to avoid her brilliance in her lifetime.
The name Xia Qingtian would ultimately become her lifelong nightmare, her eternal pain.
“Ah!” Jiang Yingying hurled her phone far away, covering her head with her hands and crying out hoarsely.
She knew in her heart that this was only the beginning of her tragic life.