Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 483 Her Thoughts
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As Risa Yasuhara pulled the handbrake, the black sedan came to a smooth stop across the street from Enkei Private Junior High School.

"Sister Risa."

Hayakawa Yuki, who was sitting in the back row, suddenly called out to her.

"what happened?"

Risa Yasuhara paused for a moment, even her action of unbuckling the seatbelt stopped for half a second.

"Do Jiang Tianqian's parents abandon her? Or what?"

Yuki Hayakawa took a deep breath and asked the question.

Actually, she hesitated a little before calling out to Risa Yasuhara, but once she did, those hesitations vanished instantly.

That's just her personality; once she decides to do something, she'll definitely do it to the extreme.

"Her parents..."

Risa Yasuhara raised her eyebrows and glanced at Yuki Hayakawa sitting in the back seat with some surprise in the rearview mirror before explaining, "She doesn't have a father, only a mother."

“But her mother is very busy with work, so she doesn’t have much time to take care of her. For events like parent-teacher meetings, her grandparents usually attend.”

In a sense, Akane Eda was actually a pitiful little girl.

But she really didn't have the ability to pull her back, so even if she felt empathy, she could only endure it.

"So her mother didn't know she was being ostracized at school?"

Hayakawa Yuki bit her thin lips, a hint of empathy appearing between her brows.

She had been bullied at school and knew all too well how painful that feeling was.

"know."

Risa Yasuhara shifted to a more comfortable position and nestled into the chair.

"Did her mother take any measures?"

Hayakawa Yuki pressed for more details.

Generally speaking, if parents don't take bullying seriously, then school teachers will be even more likely to turn a blind eye.

After all, there's no need to do something so thankless and likely to cause gossip.

“It was taken.” Risa Yasuhara clasped her hands behind her head and leaned back in the driver’s seat in a more comfortable position. “Her mother stood up for her.”

"That strong-willed woman solemnly went to see the principal, the grade head, and the teachers, and the school did indeed step in to mediate, but..."

She drew out her words and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Before becoming a teacher, she always thought that an excellent teacher could solve all the problems between students, but after actually becoming a teacher, she realized that there are so many problems that teachers cannot solve.

Let alone solving the so-called 'all problems' she envisioned at the time, even solving half of the problems would be a struggle.

Dealing with students who are immature yet eager to prove their maturity is not an easy task.

"but what?"

Hayakawa Yuki instinctively sensed something was wrong, but she still asked a question.

"Many times, the problems between students are really beyond the teachers' ability to solve."

Risa Yasuhara closed her eyes, crossed her hands on her lower abdomen, and her tone became more wistful.

"What do you mean?"

Yuki Hayakawa frowned and asked, puzzled.

In her personal experience, being a teacher is quite useful at the junior high school level.

At least no one in the class dared to disobey, not even the most mischievous students, especially when they encountered those fierce-looking teachers.

"During junior high school, students' values ​​are developing rapidly. If you try to force them to accept a certain viewpoint, it will most likely only have the opposite effect."

Risa Yasuhara paused, the feeling of utter exhaustion intensifying.

This is a necessary step for every teacher. The first lesson upon taking the job is to recognize reality: that you cannot be the savior of all your students; it is an objective fact that you cannot do so.

"..."

Yuki Hayakawa didn't respond, but silently looked out the window.

Outside the light brown one-way glass, the sky had turned gloomy. The tall buildings blocked the sunlight that had been shining brightly just moments before, and the sky looked like the end of the world, a bottomless gray.

"The tougher the stance, the more likely it is to result in outward compliance but inward resistance."

After saying that, Risa Yasuhara chuckled and shook her head.

This is especially evident in junior high school, followed by senior high school. Surprisingly, the easiest job for a teacher is elementary school.

"...You mean, her situation of being bullied and isolated hasn't actually changed?"

Even though she already knew the answer in her heart, Hayakawa Yuki couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, but also not right."

Risa Yasuhara opened her eyes and looked at the street scene outside the windshield of the car in front.

The visibility was much lower than before, and the sky had turned yellowish, looking like a torrential downpour was about to hit.

What does "both right and wrong" mean?

Hayakawa Yuki picked up the conversation.

The car was quiet; only their conversation could be heard.

"The problem is that it wasn't entirely ineffective. At least with the teacher's intervention, the 'tacit' bullying behavior was brought to a strict boundary, meaning they wouldn't dare to go as far as before."

As she spoke, Risa Yasuhara carefully observed the weather outside the front car window.

The weather forecast said there would be no rain today, but given the current situation, that "no rain" is questionable.

"But it's impossible to expect them to stop there. They will choose to 'ignore' her and treat her like air. In this way, they will avoid contact with her unless necessary, thus avoiding being reported to the teacher and maintaining their 'identity' in the class."

Although she didn't know the specifics of Jiang Tianqian's situation, what she said was something she had heard from the old teacher who had mentored her.

Students at this stage are far smarter than they imagine, and they understand better what it means to outwardly comply but inwardly defy.

In a sense, students at this stage learn bad habits the fastest.

"...That's too much!"

Hayakawa Yuki remained silent for a full three seconds before finally managing to squeeze out those words.

Actually, when Risa was analyzing the situation, she had already vaguely guessed that this would be the outcome, because she had experienced the same thing. But that's the crux of the matter: it was precisely because she had experienced the same thing that she had such expectations.

She hoped that the worst would not happen and that something different from the harsh reality would occur.

But the facts remain the facts, and they did not change because of her thoughts.

"So it's understandable that this child has become like this, but if we put ourselves in their shoes, there really isn't a good solution."

Risa Yasuhara sighed deeply.

As a teacher, she could clearly understand this sense of powerlessness.

She wanted to help the other person, but she couldn't. Moreover, due to the students' insubordination, she couldn't do anything more.

This feeling is really, really bad.

"Ha, so that's why she cherishes those two 'friends' she bought with money?"

Yuki Hayakawa took a deep breath and gave a self-deprecating chuckle.

So nothing has changed since she was in junior high school.

"Yes."

Risa Yasuhara gave an affirmative answer.

"In other words, if we intervene without authorization, it might actually cause her to lose the friendship she has worked so hard to gain?"

Hayakawa Yuki continued speaking along with Yasuhara Risa's train of thought, but the sarcasm in her tone was obvious to everyone.

I have reservations about this issue.

Risa Yasuhara wasn't angry. She understood Yuki's indignation and knew that she felt the same way.

There is only one kind of empathy in the world, and that is the empathy of someone who has truly experienced something similar.

Because they've both experienced the same setbacks, pain, and confusion, they understand each other's vulnerability, sensitivity, and fragility all too well. "What do you mean?"

Hayakawa Yuki's tone became less friendly.

However, she herself was unaware of this.

“I’m more inclined to let her lose this ‘friendship’ that she bought with money, even if she keeps saying that she knows what she’s doing. But from another perspective, the person who says that is actually the least clear-headed.”

Risa Yasuhara calmly expressed her thoughts.

"They always get so caught up in their own analysis that they can't pull themselves out."

The more clear-headed a person is, the less clear-headed they actually are.

"What if those two hot girls weren't bad?"

Hayakawa Yuki instinctively retorted.

"Let me give you an example. Would you rather have a good school select good students, or would you rather have a place like Crows Zero select good students?"

Risa Yasuhara remained calm and continued asking questions peacefully.

She is very patient at times like this.

"...the former, I guess."

Hayakawa Yuki hesitated for a moment, but in the end, reason prevailed, and she did not resort to stubbornness.

“Right, so you know that too.” Risa Yasuhara paused, “I believe there are definitely some good-natured, even kind-hearted, girls in the 'gyaru' (gal) group, but the vast majority of gyaru…”

"To put it bluntly, they were the first group to go astray."

"People's thoughts are easily influenced, let alone when it involves real interests. Compared to working hard, this way of making money is too fast and too easy."

She has the right to say that.

Because she didn't rely on her family for the money to go to university, nor on the savings from the New Year's money she received before; she borrowed the money while working part-time and studying.

She is very proud of this.

This means that she completely broke away from her family and earned enough money with her own hands to support her studies and life.

Although the work was indeed tiring, and she did encounter some unpleasant things, such as unreasonable demands and verbal sexual harassment, she did accumulate sufficient and diverse social experience in this kind of work.

This is why she was able to quickly become one with the students.

Because she had also experienced what they had experienced.

"..."

Hayakawa Yuki fell silent once again.

She understood what Risa was saying; the quick way to make money, Risa, was through compensated dating.

Back in junior high, a few girls in the next class were doing this.

"She may be able to control herself now, but what about later? You know how students in junior high school can change their minds every day. She can hold her ground today, but who knows what she might do tomorrow."

Risa Yasuhara sighed, then continued, "She probably doesn't want money; she just wants to get revenge on her mother for neglecting her."

"It's not that I always think the worst, but that's just the way it is. Most of the time, all we can do is avoid being in a dangerous situation."

She had seen similar cases, and the endings were extreme: the child chose to end their own life, leaving behind their parents who were stunned and heartbroken afterward.

"Can……"

Hayakawa Yuki opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to say something, but the words she was about to say were swallowed back down.

Because she suddenly realized that she couldn't refute Risa's words.

"To solve a problem, you have to face it. And to treat a festering wound, you have to disinfect it first, and even cut off the part that is producing pus. I mean, this is necessary pain."

Risa Yasuhara provided a final supplementary explanation.

"How can you say that so casually?"

Hayakawa Yuki turned her head, biting her lip so hard that her teeth even scratched her lips, drawing a little blood.

She agreed with the first part, but the last sentence really made her feel a bit stressed.

"Yuki!"

The young lady coughed lightly and stepped in to smooth things over.

“It’s alright. Yuki wasn’t wrong. This statement does sound arrogant, but it is indeed the best way. It’s better to have a short pain than a long one. We have to choose one to suffer.”

Risa Yasuhara waved her hand dismissively.

Outside the car window, the yellow sky finally darkened, becoming as gloomy and desolate as the apocalypse in a movie.

"Isn't there any other way?"

Hayakawa Yuki took a deep breath, controlled her emotions, and forced herself to calm down.

"At the moment, no."

Risa Yasuhara shook her head.

The only people who can actually help them are themselves.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Hayakawa Yuki fell silent and sighed quietly.

She didn't think too much about it; she just felt a little sad.

"Ahem, actually there is a way."

The young lady gently patted her shoulder.

"any solution?"

Risa Yasuhara turned her head and looked at her with great surprise.

"..."

Although Hayakawa Yuki didn't speak, she raised her eyebrows and looked at her expectantly.

Having lived under the same roof, she understood Ayana's personality well and knew that the latter was definitely not the type to make promises lightly.

"Make her completely change her mind, understand what's really behind the mutually beneficial arrangement, and then help her turn her grades around."

Ayana Amamiya didn't keep anyone in suspense and went straight to her thoughts.

"Generally speaking, bullying of someone in a class is often because that person is too easy to bully and there is no corresponding group. It is true that circles are divided into different levels, but no matter how they are divided, one thing is certain."

As long as she's in school, her viewpoint can't possibly be wrong.

She was extremely confident about this.

What is certain?

Hayakawa Yuki asked the question.

"If you have good grades and are valued by your teachers, then no one will try to offend you; instead, they will take the initiative to get closer to you."

Ayana Amamiya casually uttered this core point.

"what do you mean?"

Risa Yasuhara's brows relaxed slightly as she suddenly grasped Ayana Amamiya's thoughts.

“What I mean is that we should take two steps. The first step is to make her understand the current situation, as you just mentioned. The second step is to help her become ‘stronger’. Only when she becomes strong can she avoid becoming a target of bullying.”

The young lady appeared relaxed, but she stated her thoughts firmly.

"What do you think?"

After saying that, she turned her head and first looked at Hayakawa Yuki, then at Yasuhara Risa sitting in the driver's seat.

At that moment, the sky outside the window finally reached its darkest point, accompanied by a deafening clap of thunder and lightning, and then a torrential downpour began.

"I think...it's feasible."

Dense raindrops pattered against the car roof, creating a continuous dripping sound.

Hayakawa Yuki also solidified her thoughts amidst this constant dripping.

(End of this chapter)