Ye Xingbei opened her eyes wide: "Dead?"
"No," Gu Junzhu sighed, "Disabled."
"Disabled?" Ye Xingbei felt a block in her heart: "What about that woman? Was she sentenced?"
"No," Gu Junzhu said, "At that ti, she was not yet eighteen, protected by the Juvenile Protection Law, not having to bear legal responsibility. The court ruled her family should pay compensation, but her family wasn’t any good people, just a bunch of scoundrels, and they didn’t pay a single cent to the victim."
Ye Xingbei was stunned: "So that’s it?"
"What else could be done?" Gu Junzhu shook his head: "There are good people and bad people in every group. A small minority of bad juveniles have tarnished the original intention of the Juvenile Protection Law. It’s heartbreaking yet helpless."
We can’t abolish the Juvenile Protection Law because of a few bad juveniles, which would leave many good, defenseless juveniles without protection.
That’s the reality; there are many unfair things.
It’s quite frustrating.
Ye Xingbei frowned: "And then?"
"And then?" Gu Junzhu said, "After that girl jumped, she was expelled from school. After expulsion, she went to work as a prostitute in a bar, trading her body. That day, after finishing a job, she was crossing the street, ran a red light, and was hit by Lin Hongyao."
"As I said earlier, her family wasn’t any good people. Seeing that the Lin Family offered a high price, they agreed to settle privately, took 1.5 million from the Lin Family, cremated her body, buried it hastily, and left Beijing with the money."
After hearing this, Ye Xingbei was in a daze for a while.
A mont later, she let out a gentle breath: "It’s kind of a case of evil ets evil, but it’s a pity for that girl who jumped. Such a great life hadn’t even started before it beca incomplete."
"Every pitiful person has a cause for scorn," Gu Junzhu said, "School bullying is certainly wrong, but that girl’s psychological endurance was too weak. So what if she got her nude photos taken? What if a naked video was recorded? She wasn’t willing; she was forced. Even if there were nude photos and videos, she shouldn’t have felt unable to hold her head up. She didn’t wrong anyone, had dignity and self-respect, and could have lived with her head held high."
"You’re right," Ye Xingbei said, "but many people wouldn’t be able to take it. Such videos being posted online would lead to a lot of mockery. People say not to care about others’ opinions, but very few can do it."
"In this world, the only one who can defeat a person is herself," Gu Junzhu said, "When she thinks it doesn’t matter, then it’s like dust in the eye—a good cry can wash it out. But when she thinks it’s a matter of life and death, she’ll choose to jump and end her life."
"But what does jumping solve? It only brings pain to loved ones and joy to enemies."
"The one who took her nude photos won’t feel an ounce of guilt because she jumped, nor pay a cent for dical fees. Her parents, who raised her, would have to take care of her disabled self for life, breaking their bodies and spirits."
Ye Xingbei was silent for a while before nodding: "You’re right, that girl who jumped actually had many choices. She could’ve even sought revenge on the one who took her photos, just to vent her anger. If she wasn’t afraid to die, why would she fear beating up that woman for revenge? So many paths, and she chose the most wrong one, harming herself and her family."
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