Ye Wan returned with neither the smile she had when she left nor the calmness she showed when doing crafts. Instead, she seemed slightly angry, as if she were annoyed.
Thinking that Ye Wan had overheard the conversation he had just had with his mother, Wen Duoyu became instantly nervous. "Ye Wan, I... I'm not a bad kid, I..."
Ye Wan had already taken a few steps towards Wen Duoyu. "Did someone at school call you a freak?"
Wen Duoyu was stunned, unable to bring himself to utter the explanation he had on the tip of his tongue.
Feeling pricked by those words, he lowered his head and nodded.
"Then why didn't you hit them?"
???
"Hit... hit them?"
Wen Duoyu looked at Ye Wan with his mouth half-open, as if he hadn't considered it at all.
"Did the teacher know they called you a freak?"
"Yes."
