She couldn't finish her sentence and cried even harder.
I didn't want to watch her performance, so I cleaned up my desk and prepared to leave the classroom.
But then I heard a loud angry voice, "Julia, why are you bullying Lucy?"
"Can those who are academically superior bully those who are not?"
Poor Students?
That reminded me of Lucy's grades.
In the countryside, her grades were considered excellent, but in university, her level was always in the middle to lower range of the class.
The fact that she was able to enter the national civil service exam's interview alongside me was entirely due to my relentless tutoring of her.
This time, I looked at the boy who had burst into the classroom and angrily confronted me.
If you like to battle together so much, I'd like to see you create the future together. I won't accompany you anymore!
The boy who entered the classroom was Ryan, the campus's heartthrob. He had a handsome face and an excellent family background, but his grades were not good.
However, he didn't seem to care much, as he was destined to inherit his family's business after graduation.
"What I despise the most in my life is people who bully poor students just because they have good grades."
Lucy sobbed and grabbed Ryan's hand, trying to push me away, but accidentally fell into his arms.
"Ryan, you're misunderstanding. Julia didn't really bully me that much."
Just like in a friendship or a relationship, when viewed from a third-person perspective, everything becomes clearer.
In my previous life, I couldn't see it clearly, but now I watched her with amusement.
"Can you please tell me specifically how I bullied you?"
"When you didn't listen in class, I took notes for you?"
"Or when you went to work, I helped you summarize the exam questions?"
"Or when you were feeling unwell, I take care of you?"
Lucy's face paled as she listened, and she weakly defended, "Why are you bringing up past things?"
"But now you don't want to tutor me for the civil service exam."
"Do you think I'm stupid and a burden to you?"
She finally stepped out of Ryan's arms and looked at me earnestly.
"Yes," I replied, having already packed up my things and preparing to leave. "Haven't you burdened me enough already?"
"This is a fork in the road of life. I'm not prepared to take a burden with me."