Chapter 39: Spinning out of control
"No matter how many times you ask me, my answer will still be the same. It was really a coincidence that I met Mrs. Dai in the theater," Wu Yue was increasingly growing more anxious. "I didn't even want to face her because I knew that she would say some shit about my Grandma again!"
Huojin asked, "So was Miss. Yin correct? That she used to bully your Grandma?"
Her gaze turned dark and furious. "I didn't know before either. But after that day when that old hag talked so disrespectfully to my Grandma, I was stubborn to know the answer. Grandma refused to dwell on it much, but I understood that Mrs. Dai was a rotten apple. She had a big gang of arrogant girls she was a part of and they took pleasure in harassing others, even their seniors."
"The school authorities never took any action?"
"One of the girl's fathers was quite influential back then. Nobody wanted to lose their jobs. The gang grew even more cocky and they started harassing their teachers too, my Grandma being one of them. Eventually, she resigned when things got out of hand. She didn't tell me in detail, but she was physically hurt," she clenched her jaw, "That old hag was really rotten! Even a month back, she was acting as if they were such good days. But in reality, she was just enjoying the sadistic pleasure!"
Jia was taking note of her every expression as she asked, "When Mrs. Dai got the attack and you turned to talk to her, was she really not in a serious condition as you had claimed before?"
"W-Why are you asking me that again?"
"Because if you saw her struggling, then you would have felt pleased to see the bully in pain. Maybe you decided to ignore her purposefully and let her condition worsen to punish her for all the harassment she did to your Grandma."
"I swear I didn't!" Wu Yue banged her palms on the desk. "I-I had really dropped my glasses and couldn't see her clearly. It was a dark and loud action scene too. I do admit that I didn't turn all the way back because I didn't want her to recognize me...But I swear she looked to be fine!" she lowered her head, twiddling her thumbs. "Can I please leave now? I will be late for my part-time job if I miss my train."