Chapter 577: Chapter 577: Is It Fair?
The matters of Huishi High School did not cause a big stir within the school or society.
After all, bribery does not trigger societal pain points.
Song Chen was also worried that things might get out of hand, keeping his heart in suspense, but fortunately, everything was under control.
It was the weekend again, Sheng Tang and Jiang Baocu went to sweep Lu Yuanyuan’s grave.
A light rain was falling that day.
Jiang Baocu and Sheng Tang each held a bunch of small white chrysanthemums, placing them in front of Lu Yuanyuan’s grave.
The graveyard was very simple and quite cheap, it was said that Lu Yuanyuan’s mother had insisted on buying it.
"...Her parents got divorced," Sheng Tang said to Jiang Baocu, "Brother Song told me, shortly after Lu Yuanyuan committed suicide, they divorced."
A mother could not truly be unaware of her child’s matters, nor could she really be without suspicion about her husband’s sudden promotion. She was just an ordinary housewife, and her husband was her breadwinner. How could she break her own bowl until the very end?
So, she deceived herself, thinking she was just overthinking.
Until her daughter took her own life, and she could no longer fool herself.
"I think it’s unfair." Jiang Baocu bent down, using a handkerchief to wipe the rainwater off the tombstone, Lu Yuanyuan’s photo on it gently looking at them.
Sheng Tang said nothing.
Jiang Baocu continued, "Although the principal had an outcome, no one knows what Lu Yuanyuan went through. Society should give her justice."
Sheng Tang also knew it was unfair.
However, where is absolute fairness in this world?
In consideration of greater interests, Song Chen could only do so much.
Lu Yuanyuan was destined not to have her grievances redressed.
"Why can’t we talk about it?" Jiang Baocu, still a passionate young girl, was full of thoughts of revenging injustices quickly and decisively.
But the adult world is filled with balancing and compromise.
Sheng Tang told her, "Because she is not the only victim, there are three more girls who are still alive. I think they might not want these things to be made public either.
The nightmare has already happened, and now that it’s over, they want a chance to rebirth with their scarred hearts.
They don’t want to be dragged out, allowing the students and netizens to stomp on their hearts another ten thousand times. After we finish watching the drama, for them in the future, they will face pointing fingers wherever they go, never having peace in their lives."
Jiang Baocu fell silent.
Sheng Tang’s words got through to her.
"Moreover, besides the victims, there are many funded students in Huishi High School. They used to be very proud because the funded students were top achievers.
Once these things are exposed, in the future, when others find out their funded student status at Huishi, would they speculate that they have also experienced what Lu Yuanyuan did?
They are all innocent students, yet they would have to endure such humiliation, would you call that fair to them? Not just them, people have always been willing to speculate about others with the greatest malice.
When the time comes, rumors would say all the girls at Huishi are not ’clean.’ Do you think that’s fair? For other students, rumors are like sharp arrows, forcing them to endure undue shame—where’s the fairness in that?"
Jiang Baocu said nothing more.
In her high school, she saw the suffering of the human world, and sadness overwhelmed her for a moment.
They completed sweeping Lu Yuanyuan’s grave.
Although Sheng Tang did not take revenge for Lu Yuanyuan, there was a conclusion to the matter. At least, Lu Yuanyuan’s wish that there wouldn’t be more victims was fulfilled.
Both Sheng Tang and Jiang Baocu breathed a sigh of relief.
The heavy stone in their hearts could be set down, for now.
What was most important now was the final exams.
For Sheng Tang, what mattered most was the art exam.
In this world, just like in Sheng Tang’s original world, the art exams also began in mid-February every year.
