Sun Yeshu's words made Chen Ru cry.
Being taunted for her plump figure and round face was more than the young woman could bear.
She knew she was an anomaly. At a time when most people were struggling to get enough to eat, she was overweight. She already had low self-esteem, and now she felt utterly mortified.
The girls around her saw her crying and offered a few perfunctory words of comfort.
"Chen Ru, don't pay any attention to her. She's just jealous of girls who are prettier than her and can't stand it, so she deliberately takes her anger out on you."
"Exactly. What's wrong with her? Chen Ru, you're... not unattractive, really."
Chen Ru was the most good-natured of the group. She was often berated by Sun Yeshu, but she acted as if she had no temper at all and never got angry.
After offering a few more verbal platitudes, the group dispersed.
Pressing her lips together, Chen Ru walked home alone.
She was used to licking her wounds alone.
「Leng Yuan's house.」
