"I tried many methods... I deliberately interrupted the teacher during class, tore up my homework and test papers, threw away my classmates' backpacks, and I even ran to the school entrance to make a scene with the security guard, all to get them to kick me out or call my parents, anything would do, I just wanted to see if I could actually leave the school—"
Chen Hui bit her lip, lowered her head, and her voice grew increasingly muffled: "But no... I was just taken to the head of discipline's office, got a scolding, and when the bell for the fourth period rang, I was back in the classroom, at my own seat, where my desk mate nudged my arm, asking me how I dared to sleep during the homeroom teacher's class... Everything had returned to the beginning."
As Bai Youwei listened, she pondered. Chen Hui's description was like a tight, seamless storyline that looped back on itself, forming a closed loop.
