On Monday, as soon as Lin Bei sat down in her seat, she found the meat bun on Su Yu's head that had not yet disappeared. She immediately exclaimed, "Suyu, what's wrong with your head?" As he spoke, he reached out and touched it. Su Yu gently took her hand and pretended to smile easily: "I accidentally fell while riding a bicycle when I went home, it's okay." ”

Lin Bei's dark eyes stared at her tightly, as if to look into the depths of her heart, "Is it true?" 

"It's true." Su Yu looked very uncomfortable for her, and said avoiding her eyes. 

"I hope you're telling the truth." Lin Bei still said with suspicion. 

"I didn't lie to you." 

"Actually, if you don't tell me, I know what's going on! The bag on your head must be someone's victory. I really don't understand you, such a thug still has to cover up his crimes!" Lin Bei was a little indignant. 

"Don't say it." Su Yu's face was a little pale. 

"Don't say? I am not used to the atrocities he has done to you. When did you say you came home without adding a scar? You can still endure him. He's just crazy, sadistic! I've never met a father like him!" The louder she spoke, the more excited she became, so that everyone around her looked at her curiously. 

"Look, what to see? What's there to see! I didn't have an extra nose today!" Lin Bei said angrily to those who looked at her. After speaking, he opened the English book angrily and read it aloud. In her heart, she had an encounter with Pan Shixiong. 

That day, Su Yu couldn't resist Lin Bei's repeated requests, and finally made an exception and agreed to take her home. Originally, it was a very normal thing, Lin Bei was her best classmate, and no matter who changed her family, there would be no problems. But in Suyu's family, there will be such and such problems. On the day Lin Bei went, it happened that Pan Shixiong lost the gamble and drank a lot of wine. As soon as he got home, he beat Su Man headlessly. Su Yu felt sorry for her sister, so she stepped forward to try to persuade him. In this way, Pan Shixiong transferred all his anger to her, he cursed her while splitting her hair and brain, and at the same time grabbed her head and beat her face. 

Lin Bei was frightened by the scene in front of her, she had never seen such a terrible and unreasonable scene when she was so big. For a moment, she stared at all this, without any thoughts, and suddenly, without knowing where the courage came from, she rushed forward and said loudly to Pan Shixiong, who was beating her daughter in a daze: "Why are you unreasonable at all? Scrambled and cursed?" 

Pan Shixiong was called by her, stopped beating Su Yu's hand, as if he had discovered a new continent, stared at the childish little girl in front of him suspiciously with two red strange eyes, suddenly sneered, pointed to Lin Bei's nose and said, "What are you?" What does Lao Tzu teach his daughter about you? Do you care about me? I see that you have fine skin and tender meat, and you have never been offended by daring to love, you don't think you live too easily, don't you? Good! I'll give you a little bit of sin!" Before he finished speaking, the big fist had already swung towards Lin Bei. Before Lin Bei could react, she had already received a heavy blow on her face, and she only felt that her ears were "buzzing", and only Venus was popping up in front of her, and she couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and everything seemed to be rotating. And the face that had been beaten was even more like a fire, and it hurt hotly. For a long time, Lin Bei covered her beaten face and looked at the red eyes in a daze, she never dreamed that this stranger, who had never met before, would really do it to herself! From childhood to adulthood, not to mention beating, even scolding, it is very rare. But the drunken man with a stubble beard in front of him actually ...... She covered her face and muttered in distrust, "You hit me? You beat me?" 

"What's wrong with beating you? Who told you to be nosy? Believe it or not, I'll come back and let you taste my awesomeness again? Let's see if you dare to do more!" As he spoke, he really raised his big hand and waved it at her. 

"Dad! Stop! That's my classmate, you can't hit her!" Su Yu said and cried and stepped forward to hold Pan Shixiong's hand. Who knew that it was okay if she didn't pull, but as soon as she pulled Pan Shixiong, he was even more energetic, he was like a mad cow out of control, waving his hands strangely and scolding while persistently hitting Lin Bei: "What about classmates? I'll beat anyone who can't get along with me!" Su Yu hugged her father, who had lost her mind, and shouted to Lin Bei: "Lin Bei, go quickly, go quickly!" 

Lin Bei seemed to have entered a dream like a Arabian Nights, she was still stunned, everything in front of her seemed to be empty, and even Su Yu's hoarse cry was as if she hadn't heard it. "Lin Bei, go quickly! I beg you!" Su Yu had already slapped Pan Shixiong again, and she couldn't hold him anymore. Fortunately, Lin Bei finally heard Su Yu's shout, turned around and quickly stepped onto the bicycle and left. 

Lin Bei galloped forward mechanically as if she was hypnotized, she could no longer hear and see the war behind her, until she walked far away, she still wondered if everything just now was just a dream? But the burning pain in her face told her that it was all true. The events of that day have passed, but they will remain in Lin Bei's memory forever. So she knew what kind of father Su Yu had, and she also knew the reason for Su Yu's frequent scars and bruises. Su Yu had apologized to her with such guilt afterwards. As a result, Lin Bei learned more stories hidden behind her weak appearance, as well as her extraordinary endurance and unyielding self-motivation. Since then, Lin Bei's feelings for Su Yu have added another layer of admiration and sympathy to her affection. Since then, she cares about her more and often takes her home, so that she can share the love her parents give her and let her feel a little warmth of family. 

Suyu is so strong, she almost never confides in others the pain in her heart. She is grateful for Lin Bei's care and sympathy, but she doesn't want to be pitied by others, and she doesn't want to affect her good friend's mood because of her misfortune. Lin Bei commented on her father, although she was very uncomfortable, she didn't blame her, because it was a fact, but who wants her father to be such an image in the eyes of others...... 

Towards the end of the morning reading class, the homeroom teacher, Mr. Wu, reminded them again: "Please pay the application fee as soon as possible." ”

This ordinary sentence will not stir up too much turmoil in anyone's heart, but in Su Yu's heart, it is like throwing a piece of ice into it, and his heart is suddenly chaotic: "What should I do?" What should I do?" 

At noon that day, she only bought five cents of green vegetables and ate lunch indiscriminately. Then, she couldn't go to the classroom to review as she normally would. Wandering around the campus in a distraught mood, he pitifully clutched the two cents and six cents that had been collected after rummaging through the cabinets and searching all the pockets of his clothes, which was a far cry from fifty. She looked up to the sky in pain and helplessness and sighed: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, please tell me, what should I do?" What to do?" But there is nothing but the blue sky, where is the Bodhisattva? Su Yu's tears rained down her cheeks. At this time, although it was summer, there would still be a cool breeze from time to time, and Suyu stood on the school road, the wind blew the leaves, rustling. Blowing away her long hair, the hair brushed on her face, itchy and cold, she subconsciously pulled her soft and fine long hair. 

Suddenly, a new thought illuminated her desperate heart: "Hair? Hair! Can I sell my hair? Her eyes lit up with excitement at the new thought. However, her face turned white again, and it was more uncomfortable for her to sell her beloved long hair than to cut off a piece of her flesh. She is not a girl who only knows how to dress up beautifully, but this long hair is what she usually cherishes the most, which is almost what she cherishes the most in addition to studying. But now, she has to cut them off for the sake of learning, what a cruel thing! She stood in the wind, clutching the long, black and soft hair, hesitating, struggling. After a while, she bit her lower lip: "It must be sold!" There was stubborn firmness in her eyes behind the tears. 

Once she had made up her mind, she ran out of the campus. Panting, he pushed open one of the most luxurious hair shops in town. "Do you want hair here?" All eyes in the hair shop stared in amazement at the emaciated pale visitor, and no one answered her question. "Do you need hair? I have hair to sell!" Su Yu held her hair in her hand and repeated quickly, she was really afraid that she would not have the courage to sell anymore if she waited any longer. 

"I'm sorry, little girl, we only cut hair here, we don't buy hair." A young man in his mid-thirties finally answered her question. 

Su Yu's contradictory and eager heart gradually cooled, cold, despair tightly grabbed her wounded and helpless heart, and the heart that was still so contradictory and expectant just now and thought that it had found hope had been shattered by the word "no". Tears crept up into her eyes again, and she said weakly to the young man, "Sir, can you help me?" It's something I've been keeping for a few years, and it's something I love the most. I'm about to take the high school entrance exam, and now I have to pay the exam fee, but I don't have the money to pay ......," Su Yu said incoherently. 

The young man seemed to be moved, and after a moment of silence, he finally said, "I'm sorry, little girl, I sympathize with your situation, but we really don't need hair here, and there is really no precedent for buying hair." Please forgive me for not being able to do anything. ”

"Well, excuse me." Su Yu wiped away the tears of uncontrollable disappointment and slowly turned away. My heart was overflowing with despair. It was only a change of two or three minutes, but for her, it was a long leap between hope and despair. She was now like a traveler walking on the desert, and in the midst of her parched despair, she suddenly noticed an endless oasis in front of her. The oasis is lush with lush grass and the lake is crystal clear. But when he ran to it with hope and joy, it seemed to be always out of reach, but always out of reach. Only then did I suddenly realize that it was a mirage! Then all the strength of the traveler will be lost in that moment, his throat will be drier than ever, his body will be weaker than ever, and his heart will be more desperate than ever! Sometimes hope in despair is too short than never hopeful! 

Su Yu pulled the glass door of the art store, and the warm sunlight greeted her so brightly, but she didn't feel anything anymore. She walked down the road, feeling at a loss where she went. "Little girl, wait, little girl—" Someone behind her was calling, was he calling her? Instinctively, she glanced back faintly. "Come back, little girl." The young man from the hair shop stood at the glass door, waving to her. 

"What?" Su Yu looked at him suspiciously, could there be any hope? 

"Little girl, if you really need that little money, maybe, I can make an exception for you." 

"Really? Are you telling the truth?" Su Yu's eyes were illuminated by the sudden hope, and she ran back without thinking about it. 

"It's true. for I was too poor to read. ”

"Thank you so much, sir!" Su Yu bowed to the young man several times with tears in her eyes. 

"Come in and talk about it." The young man took her in again and told her to sit in a chair. "Little girl, show me your hair first." So Su Yu untied the tied hair bundle, and immediately, a waist-length hair hung down like a black waterfall in the sun, "Wow, what beautiful hair!" The hair immediately drew a room of admiration and envious glances. 

"That's it, I'll give you 100 yuan, cut to the ears, and we'll help you trim it, what do you think?" 

Su Yu bit her lip vigorously with tears, "Okay, thank you!" 

The young man wrapped a snow-white scarf around her, picked up scissors and prepared to cut it. Before cutting, as if she was afraid that she would regret it, and as if she couldn't cut such a good long hair, she asked her again and again: "I'm going to start cutting, it's too late for you to regret it." Su Yu closed her eyes and said with difficulty, "Cut it!" Then I'm really going to cut it. "Cut it!" Su Yu nodded vigorously, she was really afraid that she would escape. But cut it, as long as she can get the money, let her get through this difficulty, let her take the high school entrance examination smoothly, and let her continue to study and go to school, even if she doesn't have a single one, she is willing. However, when the scissors "clicked" in her ears, her heart still felt like it had been stripped away, after all, it was what she cherished the most. She didn't dare to open her eyes to see, and every time the scissors "clicked" in her ears, her heart twisted, and her teeth bit her lip. When the master said "All right" to her, her lips were red with the blood that had been bitten out. She didn't have the courage to look at herself in the mirror again, so she hurriedly took the money from the young man's hand and ran away from there. 

Now, she has 12 yuan and 8 cents and 6 cents in her hand, and in addition to paying the registration fee, there is 52.86 yuan left, which is enough for her food for about two weeks. Su Yu held the 100 yuan tightly in her hand, and her heart was warm and sad. She was grateful that there were so many good people in the world, and she was saddened by what happened to her mother and siblings.

In the afternoon, Lin Bei came to the classroom and found a strange short-haired girl sitting in Su Yu's seat. "It's strange, Suyu has always arrived early, what's wrong today? Who is this strange girl?" Lin Bei walked to her seat full of doubts, and looked at the girl with her eyes, "Oh my God! You...... You...... Aren't you Pan Suyu? How did you become like this? Where's your long hair?" After Lin Bei saw it clearly, she was startled and couldn't help but exclaim loudly. 

"Is it pretty? On a whim, I ran to get my hair cut. Su Yu stroked her short hair calmly and satisfied. In fact, she had no idea what her short hair looked like, and she had no confidence in the way she looked now. 

"Why did you suddenly realize that short hair was convenient after so many years?" Lin Bei knew the place of that long hair in Su Yu's mind. How many times she persuaded her to cut her long hair shorter, she was always reluctant. "Why didn't I hear you mention cutting your hair?" 

"I'm busy with my studies now and don't have that much time to take care of them, so I suddenly decided to cut them today." Su Yu couldn't convince herself. 

"Suyu, don't you hide anything from me, right?" Lin Bei never believed that Su Yu would cut off her hair on a whim for no reason. She is not a person who does things with a passion of the moment. Lin Bei thought for a while, and then asked, "Is it because of the nerd Zhang Jianlin in class (3)?" Or is it because of Mr. Gao? Or is it because of Meng Haolun? Or is it for some other reason? I think you've been weird lately. Suyu, we're good friends, aren't we? Is there anything you can't tell me? I don't think you'll cut off that beloved long hair for no reason. ”

"Lin Bei, don't be careful. I cut my long hair really just on a whim, for no particular reason, and it doesn't have anything to do with anyone. Lin Bei, please believe me, okay?" 

Lin Bei looked at her big sincere eyes, and her heart softened: "Suyu, it's not that I don't believe you. I didn't doubt what you meant, but I was genuinely worried about what was going on with you. You are good at everything, but sometimes you hide your heart too tightly, and you want to bear all the difficulties by yourself, endure them alone, keep everything in your heart, and don't want to say it. Suyu, I also want to say that we are good friends, if you have anything, don't bury it in your heart and say it. As long as I can do it, I will be willing to share it for you. ”

"I know." Su Yu nodded with tears in her eyes. Such a friend, such a person, it is enough to be lucky enough to meet one in life. What else did she complain about? Perhaps, I really did it wrong. However, she has found her way to go, and she can go on her own! 

"Suyu, I still want to say a few more words. I think you know better than I know what the most important thing is right now. Regarding Zhang Jianlin, you can completely ignore him, and I also believe in you about Teacher Gao. As long as we're not wrong, don't care what rumors others say!" 

"Lin Bei, I won't pay attention to their nonsense, don't worry." 

"Bell—" The class bell rang, interrupting the conversation between them. And they didn't know that there was another person in the classroom who was also disturbed by Su Yu's sudden disappearance of long hair. That person was Duan Yihong, the secretary of the Youth League branch in the class. 

Duan Yihong has been in love with this female classmate with beautiful long hair for a long time. He admired her delicate and elegant temperament, admired her big smart eyes that always had a hint of melancholy, and fell in love with her beautifully written articles. Yesterday night, during his self-study, he finally couldn't help but write her a letter expressing his admiration. He actually knew that the letter was written at the wrong time, but he really couldn't control his restlessness. He doesn't regret it now, he just regrets that he shouldn't call her "Jade Satin Fairy". It turned out that because Su Yu's long flowing hair was particularly eye-catching, coupled with her slender figure and elegant manners, I don't know which boy gave her such a nickname. Who knows that the more and more it spreads, as long as the "jade satin fairy" is mentioned, everyone knows that it is Pan Suyu. "It's all my fault, I'm such a bastard!" Duan Yihong was blaming himself fiercely. How did he know that Su Yu had lost it without even looking at it. 

In addition to Duan Yihong, there is another person who is also full of troubles. That is Zhang Jianlin in the third (3rd) class of junior high school mentioned by Lin Bei. When Sook passed by class (3) just now, he had already seen her short hair. Zhang Jianlin once went to class (1) to find one of his primary school classmates and accidentally saw Pan Suyu. But since that day, he always ran to class (1) after class, as if there was some magnetic force there that attracted him, and he always ran there involuntarily with the bell after class, and then involuntarily watched Su Yu's every move. He just felt that only when he saw her would his heart settle down, and only when he saw her could he listen to the next lesson, even if it was just a glance. For a year and a half, he has almost become a habit. Although she never looked at him more, he still ran to class (1) as the bell rang for the end of class without interruption, and still looked at Suyu uncontrollably. Gradually, more and more people learned about his secret. So his classmates joked about him and Su Yu. At the end of class this morning, he habitually went to class (1) again, and when he came in, Sook was also walking at the door and preparing to go out. So the mischievous male classmate was shouting "Jade Satin Fairy" while pushing Zhang Jianlin towards Suyu, making Suyu rush away at a loss...... 

At the end of school, the two of them apologized to her one after another, and promised not to disturb her again in the future, Su Yu looked indifferent in the face of their apology, how could she have time to be sad about these things for these people now. She is full of thoughts about how to pass the high school entrance examination smoothly, how to win the opportunity to study for herself, and how to change her fate! 

After dinner that day, she habitually went to the classroom with books to study in the evening, and when she passed by the lotus pond, she ran into Teacher Gao again. Teacher Gao Wei is her Chinese teacher from the first to the second year of junior high school, and she is also the teacher that Su Yu admires the most.

Gao Wei is not tall and handsome. He was of medium height, and although he was only in his early thirties, he was already on the verge of making a fortune. His skin is slightly dark, and if there is any attraction to his whole face, it is his deep, dark eyes. Gao Wei admires this weak and intelligent female student. This schoolgirl's mind has maturity beyond her years and a slight melancholy. Sometimes when he reads her essays and talks to her, he can clearly feel that she is far beyond her age, which makes him involuntarily want to care about her.

"Teacher Gao!" Su Yu greeted him as usual.

"Oh, it's Pan Suyu!" Gao Wei's soft baritone was quite harmonious with the dusk, and he was a little stunned when he saw Su Yu's short hair, and he didn't recognize it immediately.

Noticing his expression, Su Yu subconsciously raised her hand and swept her short hair a little shyly. "Teacher Gao, I'm going to review." After speaking, he hurriedly ran from Gao Wei's side and ran in the direction of the classroom. 