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The sound of ripped paper played Jiahao's head over and over. He dropped to his knees and started to cry as Yuhan's shoes tapping grew distant. Yuhan was definitely going to throw away her notebook and here Jiahao was, dropped to the floor, almost waiting for the impossible to happen.


"Hong-Fei... Stop. Please. I'm scared..."


That ought to be the last time Jiahao would see his notebook but then a sharp object hits him on the side of the head. Jiahao flinched, a little too late and felt his cheek to see faint blood on his fingertips.


'̵̡͎̱̲̗̳͇̤̘̯̘̩̖̏̑̎̒̇͂͛̕͝͝ͅH̶̛̛̲͐͗͌͛̓̒̈́̾o̸̧͙̰̺͔̻̬̥̲̙̰̥̦̞̯̾n̷̡̛͎̫̤̜̻̞̤̰̯̖͉̙̰̂̅̔̍͘g̷̨̛̝̣̫̰̥̖̤͎͈̤͆͑̏̃͌̍͒́̒͘͝͝-̴͙̔̿̃̊̚̚̚̚F̴̫̟͚̣̝͇̟̩̖̈́͐̈́͂ë̷̲̞̇̔͗̑͛̅̂̇̒í̵̞̻̜͇̮̩̠̠͉̙̮͇͋̃̃̽̾͠?̷̡̙̖̲͈̩̰͎̣͍̲̟̱̹͊̑̅̍͠͠ͅ'̶͕͍̫̠̲̿̓́͑͐̍͂̐̋̑̃͂̍͘


Oddly enough, it didn't hurt. The scar on Jiahao's cheek felt more like a paper cut. Then, right beside him was Jiahao's answer. The notebook was thrown back- at him- and for a split second there, before Jiahao was about to reach for the notebook and rejoice, Yuhan---


He ripped it to pieces. He stepped on it. Over and over, and over- with each thumping sound louder than before.


'̷̙͕̉͋W̸͖͎̔a̸̖͐s̵̢̖̑͘ ̸̡͔̏i̵̫̠̊t̷̨̼̐ ̶̤̓͠ḃ̷̻͕ȇ̶̞̫c̵̽͜a̴͔̓͜u̶͖͆̇ș̵̓͂͜e̸̜͊͝ ̶̧͖̈́͐o̶͈̿ḟ̷̠̦̑ ̶̗̲̎m̸̘̒̾ë̶͍̳́̔?̶͇̒͝ ̶͙̆'


"Hong-Fei! Stop being like this!"


Jiahao yelled out those words at the top of his lungs, uncontrollably scared. As he's forgetting how to breathe, Jiahao couldn't count how many tears ran down the side of his cheeks nor couldn't tell how long his knees buckled up and shook. Jiahao's head has been hurting like hell now.


'Mr. Liu?"


In the middle of the empty hallway, a door opened. Alerted by the screams, a nurse came out, rushing to----


"Mr. Liu?! Is something the matter?"


All Jiahao can answer was with a rush of words as he held the nurse by the shoulder, thinking that she wouldn't believe what he had to say. She needs to believe in Jiahao as he needed someone else to tell this to.


'翔御韩 .'


"Hong-Fei... She... destroyed my notebook!"


"For the last time, this 'Hong-Fei' isn't here, Mr. Liu..." She responded, with a hint of concern in her voice. The nurse shook off from Jiahao's grasp and added, with a disgusted tone in her voice.

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