Those tender and awkward years our scars

  "White silk."

  When Bai Xue walked to the entrance of the alley after school, she heard a woman's voice behind her, not loud or soft, but just right in her ear. This woman always appeared when she was off guard. She turned around to face Su Yu, waiting for her next words.

  "Peng Size, why didn't he come with you?" Su Yu said lazily, hugging her arms.

  "This seems to have nothing to do with you." Bai Xiu raised an eyebrow, tightly grasping the strap of her slanting bag as she took two steps forward towards Su Yu, "Even if you were originally Peng Sizhe's girlfriend, that was in the past. You understand the principle of winners and losers, right?"

  "How could I not understand, but do you think Peng Sizhe really likes you? He just treats you as a tool, a cheap tool that has forgotten me. You're not even worth a nail, because apart from causing me a little heartache, you can't produce any social value at all."

  "It's enough for me that you're suffering." Bai Xiu smiled as she gazed at Su Yu's slowly cooling face.

  "Do you want to die?" Su Yu narrowed her eyes, her tone icy cold. At this moment, there was only half a meter between the two of them, and she could even touch Bai Xiu's face with just one swing of her hand.

  "I don't want to." Bai Xue's tone was still relaxed, but her palms had already begun to sweat slightly, and she could feel the bag she was holding onto becoming slightly damp.

  "Then you'd better stay away from Peng Sizhe for me! Further away!" Su Yu almost shouted out these words. The boy she deeply liked, since he couldn't tolerate her violent temper and left without even looking back, only then did she realize his importance. He was like air, filling every corner of her life. But the moment she said they should break up, the air was sucked away, making it hard for her to breathe. Now, in order for him to return to her side again, she's willing to give up everything.

  "I refuse to, when his ownership is still mine, I won't give up." Bai Xue said resolutely, "Absolutely."

  "Go die!" Su Yu said, clenching her fists and punching one into Bai Xue's face while the other hand tightly gripped her neck. Her facial expression was twisted to the extreme, her ferocity fully unleashed as she wished to snap Bai Xue's slender neck and make her writhe in agony at her feet, so that she would never have to see this detestable face again. She increased the force of her grip, completely disregarding Bai Xue's struggles, watching as her cheeks turned almost crimson.

  "Let... let go..." Bai Xue didn't expect this girl to use such a large amount of force to put her in a life-or-death situation. She had underestimated the girl's ruthlessness. Since endurance could no longer solve the problem, she had to fight back with equal ferocity. So, she pulled out a small knife from her pocket and quickly and accurately slashed at Su Yu's forearm, creating a thin wound that wasn't deep enough to cut through tendons but was enough to cause pain. Almost simultaneously, fresh blood flowed out of the wound, illustrating the girl's fierce counterattack in her angry roar. This war would ultimately end with a tragic conclusion marked by blood. Later, when Su Yu loosened her grip on the girl's neck due to pain, Bai Xue grasped her backpack strap and swung it forcefully at Su Yu's head.

  Su Yu's hair was suddenly hit by a backpack, and her eyes were filled with bloodshot. She panted heavily on the spot, biting her teeth tightly. With a sideways glance at the wound on her forearm, fresh blood had flowed to her fingertips and dripped down from her middle finger. She raised her arm, put her middle finger to her mouth, and was full of sweet and fishy smell of blood. She stuck out her tongue and licked it. Since that's the case, let my blood splash your brain! Su Yu rushed in front of Bai Xue, grabbed her long black hair, and tore at it nonstop. She opened her mouth and bit into her face. I can't beat you up, but ruining your looks is always an option, right? Will Peng Sicheng still like you then?

  Bai Xue kicked her with her foot, but didn't expect her to stick so tightly. She felt a deep and sharp pain on her face, "Su Yu, I really don't want to hurt you, don't force me." She shouted loudly, feeling very disgusted by the girl's behavior. For the first time, she disliked someone so much, someone as slippery and disgusting as a loach, who was so annoying.

  Su Yu still refused to back down, seemingly determined not to let go until she had bitten off the girl's face. She sobbed and spoke unclearly, but Bai Xue heard her clearly: "I want to disfigure you, I want you to suffer for the rest of your life."

  Bai Xue was finally enraged, she pinched Su Yu's nose with her hand, forcing her to open her mouth, and the other hand slammed her temple, don't you want to live? Then let's all die! She gradually increased her strength, like a colorful poisonous snake, slowly tearing and biting Su Yu, her curved fingers were like a sharp dagger, fiercely stabbing Su Yu's head, without any politeness, until Su Yu finally had difficulty breathing, her brain suffered a severe impact and she fainted to the ground...

  Su Yu lowered her eyes, looking at her mangled body, her head throbbing in pain, as if small insects were jumping around, tearing her flesh apart. Was she going to die? She lifted her head and gazed up at the sky, that dull grayish-blue color, just like her dismal mood. The shock made her forget what she was doing. She really wanted to close her eyes and not look at the girl in front of her, not look at her face with the blood streaming down from the wounds she had inflicted. Had she disfigured herself? Such deep wounds would definitely leave a scar. But why wasn't she happy? Why wasn't she happy? She closed her eyes, and tears fell silently. It seemed that she too saw the sadness in Bai Xue's eyes. She was once a beautiful and charming girl, but now the gruesome wounds on her face made her no longer receive admiring glances from others. She furrowed her brows, squatting down to the ground, ignoring the strange expressions of passersby and their quickly retreating figures, as if drowning in her own world, sinking deeper and deeper until she disappeared into thin air...

  Until the white BMW stopped at the entrance of the alley, her slender long legs got out of the car elegantly. She slowly walked to Su You's side, grabbed her arm, carefully examined the wound on her forearm, then grasped the injured part tightly and pulled her up, completely ignoring Su You's hissing pain, "How did you end up like this?" she raised an eyebrow.

  "Me...Yin Jie..." Su Yu lowered her head, and that wound started bleeding again.

  "Was it you?" Peng Yin asked, after a silent default, she slowly walked towards Bai Su, lit a cigarette, and looked down at her with narrowed eyes, "Was it you?"

  Bai Xue gazed into Peng Yin's eyes, this exquisite woman with purple-red lip color, fiery short hair, exuding an aura of evil charm. The noble fragrance mixed with a faint scent of tobacco, giving off a strange and alluring feeling. She had only heard of the name, but never seen her in person. This time, it seemed that the rumors were not far off.

  "Speak." Peng Yin commanded, staring at the girl's bewildered eyes.

  "It's me."

  Peng Ying swiftly drew a sharp dagger from her waist and pressed it against Bai Xue's flawless left cheek, "If you dare to harm her again, I'll make this face of yours even more miserable. Do you understand?"

  "I understand," said Bai Xue calmly.

  "Then get out of here."

  Bai Xu got up from the ground, glanced at Su Yu, and finally fixed her eyes on Peng Yin's face. One day, she would return all these humiliations to them intact. She limped and hobbled towards the end of the alley, her weakened back trembling slightly in the wind. She didn't know why her mother had given her the name "Xu", whether it was meant for her to fly further or because she was too fragile and would shatter at a touch. She didn't know, but at this moment, she really wanted to cry. Her face... From then on, there would be an additional shameful mark on her face, like a beautiful flower that had been brutally plucked and broken into pieces, becoming fragmented and ugly. She bit her lip and moved forward step by step, passing by a store with a clear and pure song playing in the background. The woman sang, "The coconut wind stirs up the silver waves, the sunset hides behind the clouds to take a peek, seeing a beautiful girl sitting alone on the golden sandy beach, her eyes shining like stars, her eyebrows curved like a new moon, wearing a red gauze dress, as red as the lipstick on her mouth... She was sighing, sighing for that heartless lover..." Bai Xu suddenly let out a sob. She was like an unwanted child, alone on the deserted street, hugging her painful wound, licking it gently, and secretly crying. From afar, she was just a solitary figure, like a tiny dust in the vast world, trembling slightly in the gloomy sky, and might shatter into pieces at any moment.