Chapter 42 - Some More Trouble

A small camping trip turned into a weeklong vacation at Ava De's house.There Shi Ai got to experience the more serious side of Zhang Min as he coped with Bella's death and tried to keep himself together.She now realized that why he was not interested in the army like his father and elder brothers.He wanted to be a vet.Shi Ai also had a chance to observe the interaction between Ava and Zhang Min and thought to herself that they would make a cute couple.Ava and Zhang Min were actually childhood friends and though Zhang Min was clueless about her feelings Shi Ai was sure that he would reciprocate them once he understood.She just hoped that Ava wold let go of the age barrier.A year older was not much.Shi Ai would have done something to make them realise but she decided that there was no hurry as they would soon be together in the Vet school.

Ava was already in Vet school and Zhang Min had already decided to followe her footsteps.Shi Ai imagined Zhang Min making a good doctor to animals.By the time the vacation was over,Zhang Min had come back to his usual happy self though he sometimes still spaced out.Shi Ai had made a new friend in Ava and even become a bit tanned from learning to ride and looking around the fields.Soon they were back and the holidays were at an end.

Yao Yao,who had been unable to meet Shi Ai during the holidays was frustrated beyond belief.She had planned her holidays before Shi Ai had moved away so she had been unable to brea the plans.But she had cut short her foreign trip so that she could meet Shi Ai at Senior brother's house,only to be told that the family had gone for a vacation.And when she had called Shi Ai,the latter had not even answered her phone and instead messaged her that she was at a funeral!Shi Ai seemed to think that she was dumb!

To teach Shi Ai a lesson,Yao Yao had prepared a welcome back gift.Yao Yao was going to teach Shi Ai a lesson for lying to her.Like before the holidays,Shi Ai and Zhang Min arrived together.But this time there was no crowd and so Zhang Min let Shi Ai go to her own class while he went to his directly.However,as Shi Ai walked towards the classroom,she could feel her skin crawl as if something bad was going to happen or someone was staring at her.She even felt that all the students were looking at her weirdly.She could think of nothing that would cause this and dismissed her instinct as paranoia.However it was soon clear that something was wrong when she reached her classroom or more specifically her locker in the classroom.There in bold letters was a leaflet that read,"SHI AI-BAS**** BABY OR SUGAR BABY?"

Shi Ai was angered once she read this note that was stuck to the locker but she did not remove it or throw it away.Though she wanted to crush it,she would not give the perpetrator the chance to be happy at having successfully provoked her.She simply took out her phone and clicked a picture.And then instead of opening her locker,she went towards her desk.There also was stuck a piece of paper which read Sl** and an offending drawing of dogs had been made.Again she did nothing and clicked a picture before going to the front and taking out an extra chair for herself.Placing her bag on the chair,she then went to the white board in the front that was used by the teachers and picking up a marker started writing on the board.

The tudents who had expected a crying denial or accusations or screaming and were waiting for some entertainmentbut were instead were given no reaction.They thought that Shi Ai was giving a written explanation so eagerly started to read the contents of the board but soon realized they understood not a word she wrote: Title IV and VI Civil Rights Act,Title IX of the Education Amendments Act,Section 230 of Communication Decency Act.

As everyone stared bewildered,Shi Ai turned back to the class and said casually,"These are the acts I can sue you under for bullying,defamation and harassment for writing these notes and spreading malicious gossip.According to the punishments in these acts,the person who has done this will mostly suffer aa few years in prison but it will leave a black mark on their career.So I suggest whoever has done this,better remove it before lunch hour is over or I will go to the Authorities.Rest assured the perpetrator will be found.I have already sent the pictures to a lawyer so maybe you might want to hurry up."

With that Shi Ai went back to the chair she had taken out for herself and sat with her back facing the stunned class..Soon..the notes had disappeared and so had the talks.