Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

"Tick-"

The crystal clear water droplets slowly slid down the girl's wet clothes to the ground, making a crisp and pleasant sound, but this did not mean that the girl was baptized by rain.

The instigators were a group of young and ignorant children, who were Mi Yu's classmates.

When they learned that Mi Yu suffered from a congenital ear disease, instead of feeling any sympathy for her, they were filled with malice and mocked, isolated and even bullied the poor girl.

If someone were to ask these kids why they did this, they might give the following answers:

"There's no special reason. I just saw everyone else treating her like this, so I did the same. After all, she is the one who is different from the others!"

Bullying their classmates just because of physical differences is such an absurd thing that actually came from the mouths of a group of innocent children.

Human nature is good? What a joke.

At first, the children just unanimously excluded Mi Yu, but when they realized that Mi Yu didn't care about it, they began to say bad things about her behind her back.

Mi Yu's attitude of silently enduring became their capital to make further demands.

They scribble on the desks, tear up textbooks on purpose, put dirty garbage in the seats, snatch hearing aids and mock them...

These behaviors were already bad enough, but later they became even more excessive, and some people even beat Mi Yu and poured cold water on her.

It’s hard to imagine that these are things that elementary school children can do.

Mi Yu didn't dare tell this matter to his teacher or family members, for fear that it would bring trouble to his family.

Today, on the way home from school, a few boys picked up the water pipe used to water the flowers on the roadside and poured water on the rice bath. Then they ran away amid their laughter.

Mi Yu's hair and clothes were soaked in water, and he looked in a terrible state.

She lowered her head silently, tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, and tried hard to hold back her tears.

She kept telling herself: It's okay, just be patient as usual.

My mother works very hard every day. What should I do if I make her worry more?

So, you must be patient... You must be patient...

Mi Yu suppressed the grievance and pain in his heart and walked to an empty corner.

She sat there quietly, waiting for the clothes to dry a little before going home.

By then, she would still need to make up a lie like "accidentally knocking over the cup" to avoid arousing her mother's suspicion.

Even though the lie was clumsy, she had no choice but to do it in order not to worry her mother.

Mi Yu kept comforting herself, hoping that everything would pass, and that she just had to be patient a little longer...

Mi Yu wrung the water out of her clothes vigorously, but her expression seemed somewhat distressed.

At this moment, the sun had already quietly set, and she couldn't help but wonder when her clothes would be completely dry.

Just then, a towel suddenly caught her confused eyes - or more precisely, a hand holding a folded towel.

Mi Yu looked up in astonishment, only to see a boy of the same age as her appear in front of her.

"Don't you need this towel? Actually, a bath towel might be more suitable."

The boy nodded thoughtfully, then took out a neatly folded bath towel from the huge suitcase beside him that was taller than him.

Mi Yu took the towel timidly and said thank you softly.

Having been bullied by classmates before, Mi Yu always has an inexplicable fear of his peers.

"Why are you soaked all over?"

the boy asked curiously.

"Uh...I accidentally knocked over the cup."

Mi Yu replied in a low voice.

"oh?"

The boy looked up and down at the girl who was wet from head to toe in confusion. His eyes lingered on the hearing aid on Mi Yu's ear for a moment, he blinked, and then looked away.

I just accidentally knocked over the cup, could it really make it so wet? The boy thought to himself.

The boy put his doubts behind him. He was not familiar with the other party, so it was not appropriate to pursue the matter further.

"What's your name?"

"Rice bath."

"Rice bath..."

The boy muttered these two words and smiled softly.

"It's a nice name. My name is Lin Yi, I'm from Qinghai City, and I came to Shanghai for tourism."

"travel?"

This term is somewhat unfamiliar to Mi Yu, because her family conditions are not enough to support her to do such a thing.

He has such a good temperament and wears all famous brands. He must be the child of a wealthy family, right? But...

“Are you traveling alone?”

Mi Yu looked around and didn't see anyone traveling with Lin Yi, so he asked in confusion.

"No, my parents brought me here."

Lin Yi forced himself to smile, his smile was somewhat miserable:

"But when they flew back, they forgot about their son, so they left me in the Magic City. By the way, the bench you're sitting on is the bed I'm going to sleep on tonight."

Lin Yi's tone contained a hint of self-mockery and helplessness, as if he was already accustomed to such encounters.

He looked into the distance silently, his eyes revealing an unspeakable fuck-up.

"Ugh?"

Mi Yu hurriedly jumped off the bench, his young face full of shock.

"Are your parents not nice to you?"

"It's good, but..."

Lin Yi racked his brains but couldn't find a suitable word to describe his complicated feelings at the moment. In the end, all his thoughts turned into a long sigh.

"Oh...never mind! The sun is almost setting, you should go home, and I have to eat dinner too."

"Dinner? What do you eat for dinner?"

Mi Yu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, and she asked cautiously.

"See that tree over there?"

Lin Yi pointed at a tree not far away.

"Yes, I saw it, but at this time of year, the peaches are not ripe yet. If you eat them, you will definitely get a stomachache!"

Mi Yu's tone was very firm.

"I'm not talking about this peach tree." Lin Yi shook his head. "Although sweet peaches have the effect of detoxification, its leaves are highly poisonous. Don't touch them."

Mi Yu heard this, his face was full of question marks: "???"

What is that? Leaves?

Just when Mi Yu was extremely shocked, he saw Lin Yi walk to a shorter tree, break off a branch, stuff the leaves on it into his mouth, and chew it vigorously, as if he was eating some delicacies from the land and the sea.

At the same time, he did not forget to explain to Mi Yu:

"The leaves of this tree have a lighter taste, not that bitter. There's a faucet over there, so you can drink some tap water if you're really thirsty. Anyway, it's enough to fill your stomach, so let's just make do with it for now, and live one more day at a time~"

"..."

Mi Yu's eyelids twitched wildly as he looked at Lin Yi who was eating with relish and fell into deep thought.