Back at Sixteen, This Time She Won't Give In

At sixteen, Lin Xiaolan was told by her teacher to apologize in front of the whole class over a school scandal. It wasn't her fault, but her father thought it was too much trouble, and her mother only told her to put up with it. In her previous life, she lowered her head. From then on, rumors, exclusion, and one concession after another changed almost her entire life. It took her many years to understand that what hurt most back then wasn't simply being bullied by others. It was that everyone thought she should be sensible and give way. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at sixteen, in the same classroom, hearing the same words: