That night, Likan watched the video again. Still not satisfied, she resolved to ask Dan about the matter the next day.
The next day, she didn't go in the morning as usual, as she had tutoring at home. Later, she walked along the road, reviewing her lessons, with many questions she was determined to get answers to. When she arrived at the school gate, San, who had been waiting for her since an unknown time, playfully took her bag and teased her about her short stature. He mentioned that her dinner cooking was delicious last night, but asked why she had come to see him then. Likan replied with an "Oh!" and explained her true intention: she wanted to know about sister khai. Khai had called her yesterday but hung up abruptly, which made her worry. She was thinking of visiting his house, and since San was her nephew, San might know something. San understood and gave her the same explanation Khay had given her yesterday but San ask why you two looks closely?.kan tell the story of her and Khai then Before parting, she asked, "Where is Dan?"
San asked are you was looking for Dan to talk about that matter?. Likan was surprised and pretended to ask what matter you meant (she didn't want San to know, as Dan had warned her not to tell him). San then revealed that he knew and pointed to the wounds on his face, confessing that he had fought with the person threatening Dan yesterday. Likan pulled San's arm and asked if he knew what the threat was about. San replied that it was about Dan seeing them steal the exam papers. San complained that Dan was too secretive and had even lied about uncle (Dan's father) beating him. Although San said this, he looked like he was hiding something more. Likan felt a little relieved, thinking San didn't know about the video of Dan threwing the ball and was also relieved that San hadn't noticed anything unusual in his room. "Dan?!" Likan asked San for a moment to speak with Dan alone. San said goodbye to them and headed to class, but before leaving, he leaned down and whispered into Likan's ear, "Don't tell Dan that I beat up those 11th graders!" Likan was startled that he got so close to her face and whispered so suddenly, but she agreed, though she felt frustrated that she had become the mediator between them.
On the way, Dan noticed an 11th-grade male student, the same one Chay had seen entering the class yesterday, whom Dan also seemed to recognize. Likan noticed Dan staring at that student, but she didn't realize that Chay had diverted her attention back to himself at that time because Chay didn't want Likan to get involved by asking that person! But why would Chay care? She redirected Dan's attention by asking, "Is that person in 11th grade?" Dan nodded. Likan continued that she was also planning to ask the 11th graders about the broken window, but she hadn't gone yet. Dan was alarmed and said Likan could ask any other 11th grader but not him! Likan laughed and asked why that person was so unusual. Looking over again, she saw a student thrown out of a classroom with injuries. Dan confirmed, "See? He's a thug!" Likan turned back to Dan, asking why he seemed to know him so well. "Never mind!" Likan got straight to the point and showed Dan the video. "I want you to explain quickly!" Dan watched it and exclaimed, "What a coincidence!" meaning, why did the camera film that exact angle! Dan answered that he did it because someone threatened to injure San's hand permanently.
Likan was reluctant to believe it, finding it ridiculous. Why would San, a normal student who just plays football, a poor student, be threatened like this? She asked who gave the order. Dan still wouldn't say! But he begged Likan not to ask that 11th-grade student and not to ask him any more questions, saying he would take the blame himself. Likan replied that the video wasn't conclusive. Understanding Dan's predicament, she didn't press further, but continued to look closely, noting that if she couldn't find anything new, she would have to tell the teacher that Dan was responsible. Dan again pleaded with Likan not to tell San. Likan agreed, confirming that this was the second time Dan had asked her not to tell San. She reiterated that if he was hiding anything, he should tell her now, but Dan just smiled in response, said that was all, and thanked Likan before they separated for their respective classes.
Back in class, Mala hinted, "It looks like some people are relieved now that the teacher has asked to replace the window, and they might be feeling good since their investigation seems to have failed!" Hana smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mala. I'll help Likan with the investigation." Tata asked why Hana was suddenly like this. Hana replied, "Aren't we friends?" mutu, the class president, told everyone to be quiet, collect their phones, and distributed exercise papers for everyone to work on, as the Math teacher might be a little late today. At that moment, Mala took Liv's phone and hid it, asking liv to lie that he hadn't brought his phone, because she wanted to check if he had secretly taken her picture just now. In fact, liv was just taking a picture of a flock of birds flying outside, but the frame beautifully captured Likan, who was sitting, looking as if she were admiring the outside view, but in reality, she was looking at the window glass and the large nearby tree. The new window was clean, letting the air flow freely, and the breeze gently swayed the nearby curtains, which could easily make one sleepy, but the noisy sound of an argument broke out. It was between Mala and liv, with Mala accusing liv of daring to take her picture. Liv denied it, saying he didn't take Mala's picture. Mutu saw them and went to grab the phone, but in the struggle, it slipped and fell onto Likan's desk. Likan picked it up and saw the picture of herself looking outside. Her finger slipped and pressed hard, making the screen show a blurry image. She then saw a picture of the old, broken window. She pondered something. Seeing the continuous argument, she handed the phone to mutu.he checked and said, "He only took a picture of Likan!" Mala was furious and glared at liv! Everyone was surprised and teased liv, saying, "A quiet person like him seems to have a girlish nature!" Likan didn't respond, as she didn't want to care. Hana said, "That's enough, everyone. Likan is my friend, so watch what you say!" Everyone seemed to be wary of Hana. Likan smiled, relieved that Hana was using her influence to protect her and that she had Hana by her side.
Before break time, Likan pulled Liv's arm, with Tata and Sing sing following them. Since they were following too closely, she told liv to run faster! They managed to escape to the volleyball court, which seemed empty, suggesting nobody was playing yet. Likan didn't care; she immediately asked Liv, "Why do you have a picture of the broken window in your phone?"
Oh! It's a picture I took of the sky outside. I came to school that Sunday too. Didn't you come too?" Likan nodded and asked, "But i didn't go up to the classroom, so what were you doing up there?" Liy replied that he was just walking around the quiet school to clear his mind and also wanted to get his book from the classroom. The door was locked, so he went to the bathroom, and when he came back, the sky was beautiful, so he took a picture. Then, the maintenance crew came to fix the window and opened the door. He went in to take the picture and get his book! Likan was extremely happy and thanked liv, asking him to send her that picture, and to not forget. After liv left, Likan sat by the volleyball court, thinking that she had never focused on the broken glass, so she should look at it carefully. Suddenly, there was a whoosh sound a volleyball flew quickly near where she was sitting, and the sound of it landing echoed, which everyone knew was the power of a spike. She was stunned that it was a volleyball and that it came so fast. She looked up and saw a tall male student, the school's volleyball player. He immediately apologized, saying it was unintentional and he didn't know anyone was there. Likan didn't mind, but she felt it wasn't unintentional but too coincidental, and she was lucky it didn't hit her! Before walking away, he asked, "Senior, don't you have any words for me?" His question made Likan very confused. How could she speak to someone she had never met? She wondered if he had a crush on her. She answered herself in her head, Who would have a crush on me? I'm not famous or pretty. She was startled out of her thoughts by a whisper from behind!
"Wouldn't you wish me luck for the competition?"
Likan turned quickly and backed away immediately. She was truly shocked. Was he a human or a ghost? How could he follow her without making a sound? The distance she backed up showed that she barely reached his chest, even below his shoulder. He must be taller than San a little bit, as she only reached slightly below San's shoulder. How tall are they? She felt pressured whenever tall people stood near her. Likan asked him if she had to speak to him. The junior replied, "You don't have to." At that moment, many female students came out for break to watch the volleyball team practice. Likan didn't stay long and quickly left.
She mumbled to herself, "Do students nowadays have to come and watch athletes play, or why are they so opportunistic? Or is it just me who never knew or paid attention to the activities of my fellow students? Yes, that must be it. I never paid attention. It was only the table and the blackboard that I used to enjoy taking pictures with."
Hana and Siv siv came back from the canteen and bought Likan some milk, teasing her again, telling her to hurry up and grow taller! Since she had been obsessed with her height all day, Likan was stunned and couldn't respond. Siv siv said, "Hana is just joking using the truth!" Likan then said she had something to tell both of them. Seeing the look on Likan's face, they thought she was going to say something serious, so they leaned in for Likan to whisper, as she gestured for them to lean down. Likan then pinched their cheeks and warned them never to tease her about her height again. As they were playfully chatting, the juniors Jin and Phea ran up!
Sister Likan! Sister Likan!" They addressed Likan as "sister" out loud! They handed Likan their notebooks to copy 20 exercises each because they had answered the teacher's questions incorrectly. Seeing them call her "sister" so openly, Likan thought they were terrible, only calling her "sister" when they needed help. Nevertheless, Likan accepted with a straight face and asked them since when she had become their sister. When the two arrived, they saw Hana and Siew Siew and couldn't help but admire how beautiful and smart the seniors were. Their eyes glanced at Likan, intending to subtly tease her. Likan simply smiled, annoyed, and asked them when they were going back to their class. At the same time, jin and Phea exclaimed upon seeing tuna being handed a letter and a gift by some 10th-grade boys to give to Senior Sara, and they threatened tuna never to let Sara break up with them again! After tuna complied, Phea couldn't stand it and went to ask them why they didn't deliver it themselves. Likan, sensing trouble, tried to pull Phea back. Jin and Phea cooperated in scolding the boys. Likan told Hana and Siv siv to go to class first, as she would go break up the fight, but Hana and Siv siv said it was fine, and they wanted to know what was going on too! The boys wanted to hit jin and Phea because they spoke too frankly, seemingly looking down on them, saying they were men but lacked courage, relying on a girl, and calling them parasites who clung to tuna! As they were about to fight, Likan couldn't hold the two girls back; jin and Phea refused to back down and tried to fight the boys back. Hana stepped forward and asked them to stop! The boys recognized Hana as the top student who always represented the school and won competitions against other schools! They stopped and said to Jin and Phea they would see each other next time! Hana asked them what the matter was and why they were escalating things, but the boys didn't answer and walked away.
Likan asked jin and Phea why they weren't afraid the boys would hit them?Phea replied that she wasn't afraid; it was too much. The boys always treated tuna like a servant! Jin added that tuna also let them use her as they pleased. Hana said tuna probably had her own difficulties. Anyway, they separated. On the way, Siv siv said tuna seemed like the main character in a movie who gets bullied but doesn't dare to speak up. Likan said she couldn't believe such things existed in real life. Hana reply anything could happen, and then ran ahead to class, saying whoever got there first would win, and the loser would treat them to food. Likan was stunned by Hana. However, she wasn't bad either and ran, beating Siv siv! So, she would have to treat them to food next time.
Back in class, Likan noticed that Tan was attending class this hour. She really wanted to ask him directly, but his demeanor seemed difficult to approach. Seeing her look at him too much, Tan asked, "Are you interested in me?" Everyone in the class turned to Likan, who was stunned, eyes wide open, thinking, What kind of ridiculous question is that? Tan looked at her face and then went back to sleep. Likan turned and saw Hana's face trying to laugh at her. Likan knew exactly what Hana was thinking she wanted to tease her. She turned to see yin looking at her and shaking his head, as if in disbelief or shock. Likan was extremely annoyed. Why did everyone act so strangely over such a simple matter? She glared at Tan and said to herself, Tan can never be the Man in Black. The Man in Black is a gentleman, cool, and warm. Then she looked at Tan a stark difference. Later, the History teacher came and assigned them group work. Likan ended up in a group with Tan, Mala, and liv. She saw that liv seemed good at History, so she let liv be the group leader. They helped each other find the answers and organized the points for each member to speak. They also assigned who would answer the questions.
Only Likan and liv seemed to be talking to each other, while Tan mostly slept after writing a few answers, and Mala just glared at liv. Likan asked liv if something was wrong, wanting to know about liv and Mala. Liv didn't know what was wrong either. Mala always did things that accidentally hurt liv, like a hit from an arm, a book, or a foot, pretending it was unintentional. Seeing it happen too many times, Likan asked why Mala kept bullying liv. Hearing this, Mala became extremely annoyed and said, "Someone who steals her friend's boyfriend has no right to speak to me!" When Likan heard this, she was speechless, because that was exactly what Likan had done to Hana! Luckily, Mala spoke softly, trying to intimidate Likan. If she had spoken loudly, everyone would have known or brought up the matter. Likan remained silent, truly wondering if that matter had not yet been forgotten. However, Likan didn't well on it for long. When her group's turn came, she had to perform well. After the assignment was finished, and before she returned to her desk, Mala whispered to Likan, "Don't poke your nose into my business if you don't want me to remind you of that matter again. You should focus on your stupid investigation, Likan!"
When they went out for break, liv spoke to Likan, telling her not to worry about Mala's words. Mala was always angry like that, and he apologized on her behalf. Likan replied that it was fine, because what Mala brought up was true. Liv didn't know what to say because Likan herself said Mala was speaking the truth. Nevertheless, liv encouraged Likan, as they were both quiet people, saying that whether it was true or not, Likan could think a lot, but shouldn't think for too long; you should just forget it. Likan laughed and asked is that was Liv's way of encouraging people?. She then asked hypothetically, "I can forget, but what if they don't?" Liv countered, "Does the matter they haven't forgotten affect them or you?" Likan replied, "It affects me , but it also makes them happy to see us affected!" liv continued by asking directly, "Does the matter still cause problems for you now? Think about it!" Likan paused to think and then said, "When Mala first mentioned it, I was stunned. My emotions reminded me that I was indeed wrong then, though it started with intention and then became unintentional. Anyway, it was still wrong." She paused again, trying to think, then took a deep breath, seeming to calm down. She admitted, "I think I can accept it, because that's what I did. At least everyone knows, but it was a long time ago, and maybe they've forgotten, which is why they don't pay much attention. But this time, Mala seems to want to bring it up again, so I'll prepare myself and accept the truth. Oh! Look, after talking to Liv, I feel okay. Thank you, liv!"
Liv, walking back to class, saw Mala sitting alone. He asked her if he had done anything wrong, and if so, to please tell him. Mala was irritated, thinking, Is he an baffalo to be so stupid? She told liv to quickly go buy her some water. Liv immediately went. Mala then mumbled after him, "Look at his character. How dare he go encourage her (referring to Likan)?" Meanwhile, tuna took those gifts and letters to Sara, and this time, Sara seemed in a good mood and accepted the gifts. They then continued filming their short video, preparing to post it. Tuna was busy serving them. While only mew, Tang, and Lin were away, tuna asked Sara could you keep your promise?. Sara laughed and walked out with the behavior hide something looks like between Sara and tuna only know.