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Later I learned that the person who actually
reported it was Principal Lewis.
Although the school, to minimize the impact,
gave the recommendation to Willow, Principal
Lewis continued to investigate privately.
She checked the surveillance footage,
interviewed many school leaders.
Finally, she found the administrator who had
been in contact with my parents and obtained
the deleted surveillance video.
The evidence and testimony were irrefutable.
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Principal Lewis didn’t cover it up for the
school. She went directly to the Education
Bureau and made a formal report.
I specifically went to the principal’s office to
thank her.
Principal Lewis just gently patted my head
and smiled: “Good girl, you’ve suffered these
past few months.”
“But grades can be fake, knowledge is your
own. What belongs to you, no one can take
away.”
“Keep up the good work.”
Principal Lewis’s embrace was incredibly
warm, melting the layers of ice in my heart,
thawing all my defenses and vigilance.
Revealing the raw, bleeding wounds on my
heart.
It had always hurt.
I tried to freeze it, to trick myself into thinking
it didn’t.
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But I was just being tough.
It really hurt.
I was truly aggrieved.
But I didn’t dare to cry out in pain, because
no one would care. My parents would only
blame me for being dramatic, and Willow
would mock and ridicule me.
But at this moment, I suddenly wanted to cry.
When my parents gave up on me in my past
life, I didn’t cry.
After being reborn, when my parents were still
biased, I didn’t cry.
When Willow bullied me again and again, I
didn’t cry.
When the whole class ostracized me, I didn’t
cry.
But this time, I couldn’t hold back.
And I didn’t want to hold back anymore.
I threw myself into Principal Lewis’s arms,
sobbing:
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“Thank you, Principal Lewis.”
Thank you for believing in me.
Thank you for caring enough to go through all
this trouble for me.
Thank you.
