The Fall Out 1.0

In the last chapter, Ai Yue was outcast by her classmates until Fen Yi came and became friends with her.

Ai Yue became really close to Fen Yi, and let's just say they were really close to one another. Fen Yi really worked hard with Ai Yue for semester 1 of the school year, which is why Ai Yue wanted to keep working with her. But little did Ai Yue know that Fen Yi was actually making use of her.

When semester 2 came, Fen Yi avoided Ai Yue and ate with other people from other courses, such as Media and Fine Arts. Ai Yue didn't think of this as a threat or anything; she just thought that Fen Yi had other friends that wanted to eat lunch with her. But, in fact, Fen Yi chose not to eat with Ai Yue.

Then, one fine day, when Ai Yue was doing her business in the toilet, she heard Fen Yi entering the toilet. Fen held a cigarette in one hand and a phone in the other. She was talking really loudly on the phone.

"Don't worry about me, my friends; my grades will not be affected as I have my own personal slave doing my work! She is just a girl who is so shy that the mice can't even hear her!"

Ai Yue froze. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Ai Yue thought to herself, "So, I have been taken advantage of for all this time? But, why? I treated her with respect, and she decided to treat me like this."

"You know, she doesn't even know I am taking advantage of her. She thinks I am some little friend of hers, but that isn't really what she is to me."

Ai Yue started sobbing softly, and she had never felt so betrayed in her life. She felt as though her whole life was a lie. Ai Yue couldn't take it anymore. She wiped her tears and opened the toilet cubical door slowly.

"What are you doing here?", Fen Yi's face turned pale as Ai Yue walked out of the toilet cubical.

"What do you mean by what am I doing here? This is a public restroom. Now, what did you say on the phone?", Ai Yue stared at Fen Yi.

"O-Oh, it's nothing! I was just talking to my friends about schoolwork."

It was evident that Fen Yi was shaking due to pressure and stress from Ai Yue. Ai Yue looked at Fen Yi and said, "I don't need a friend like you. And making use of me isn't that simple." Ai Yue then proceeds to walk out of the restroom and towards her next class. As Ai Yue walked out, Fen Yi could finally breathe again. "This crazy bitch, who does she think she is? Just because she is the daughter of the famous Lu Qi Shan!"

Fen Yi said angrily, "Ai Yue, I will come after you!"

Ai Yue was still in the corridor while walking to class. She heard what Fen Yi was screaming and recorded every bit of it. However, she couldn't understand how a person so kind could become like this.

"We used to be so close..." Ai Yue mumbled.

After recording, Ai Yue went to class. During class, Ai Yue and Fen Yi were sitting next to one another as the seats were already assigned at the beginning of the year. It was very awkward to sit with one another. When class ended, Ai Yue just packed her things and walked out of the room for the chauffeur to fetch her home. Ai Yue actually lives in the dorms at the school. But, for today, Ai Yue decided to go home. Her house isn't that far away from school, but Ai Yue wanted to experience independence, which is why she moved into the dorms. Ai Yue's mother, Lu Qi Shan, was shocked that Ai Yue was coming home. It was a Thursday, and Ai Yue had school the next day as well, which made it even weirder for Ai Yue to want to come home.

As Ai Yue opened the front door of the mansion, she walked in and looked at her mother. Her mother knew something had happened to her dearest daughter. Ai Yue ran towards her mother and cried.

Qi Shan looked at her own daughter and sighed softly. She thought to herself, "Who made you cry like this?"

Ai Yue cried even harder in her mother's embrace. Her tears were like a floodgate that had been closed for a while. Her mother then tapped on her back and said, "Let all your emotions out. It's okay to do that here."

That day, when Ai Yue went home, her older sister came home as well. Her older sister, Han Ling, works under Lu Qi Shan's brand as a jewellery designer and is also married to a famous singer. Her younger sister's cry made Han Ling tear up. As Ai Yue calmed down and sat on the sofa, Han Ling held her hand and calmly asked, "Who made you cry like this?"

This was when Ai Yue confessed everything that she heard from school and what had happened in school. When Han Ling heard Ai Yue confess everything, she was very upset with the people who dared bully her little sister.

"Not only did they call you names, but they also took advantage of you." Han Ling said it angrily.

Ai Yue nodded.

"I don't care what time it is; we need to open a bullying investigation case." Han Ling took out her phone.

"Hang on, Ling Ling, I think we can only do it tomorrow. No one will answer phone calls at this moment."

Ai Yue suggested, "Instead of opening a bully case, could I change classes instead? There are 10 classes, so maybe we could just change classes?"

Han Ling and Qi Shan nodded. This way, the situation would be handled better, and it would be better for Ai Yue to have a change of environment. But soon, this would become a problem again.