My sister was shouting "go away" in her dream.
"In front of him, I feel like a person without a soul, only left with an empty shell. I just hope all of this will end as soon as possible." On the fourth time leaving Principal Li's house, Wu Xiao said she could barely stand while leaning on the wall. Finally, due to exhaustion, she was forced to take another leave and returned to her aunt's home. The next day, Wu Xiao fell out of bed, remained unconscious for 6 hours. She was eventually discovered by a visiting classmate who reported it to the head teacher. Upon learning the news, Principal Li Huaisong immediately came to visit, called an ambulance, and personally carried Wu Xiao from the ground into the ambulance.
Wu Xiao's brother, upon hearing that his sister had fallen ill and fainted, rushed back to Shię³ County and took her to Xi'an for examination to see what serious illness she had. During the seven or eight days he spent with his sister, the brother noticed that Wu Xiao often slept restlessly at night, looking terrified, and frequently shouted in her sleep: "Go away, go away." When the brother asked Wu Xiao the reason, she excused herself by saying she had nightmares, falling into deep water and unable to swim ashore. "At the time, I didn't think much about it, nor dared to think in that direction." However, after a series of examinations, the doctor said there was nothing wrong with Wu Xiao. Later, when the brother heard the news again, he was taken away by people from the Education Bureau. "When I called my mom, she then told me that my sister had been bullied by the school principal." The brother said that the worst thing he feared had happened, but he never expected it would be a teacher, and even the principal.
After recovering, I could return to school to study, but I still couldn't attend classes normally. Li suggested again that I take a leave to recuperate at home. Due to my eagerness to return to school, I signed an agreement with the school. The agreement stated that if anything happened during my stay at school due to disciplinary violations or health reasons, the school would not be held responsible.
After signing the agreement and returning to school, I discovered pregnancy symptoms, which made me panic and unsure of what to do.
The Chinese teacher noticed my abnormal reaction and suggested I get checked. So on April 23rd, I went to the Shiquan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital under a false name and age for an internal medicine check-up. The result was negative, which temporarily calmed me down. But the doctor said that the test result might not be accurate due to the timing of the examination and recommended I go to gynecology for further checks, giving me some anti-nausea medication.
I went to the gynecologist. After reviewing my prescription and asking about my symptoms, the doctor asked whether I wanted to keep the child. If so, I shouldn't take the prescribed medication and was advised to come back for another check-up in a week.
After leaving the hospital, I accompanied a classmate shopping for clothes. After walking for a long time, feeling tired, and eating some cold drinks, I felt severe abdominal pain near Yingbin Road. Inside the nearby public restroom, I found many blood clots and a dark-colored blood ball discharged. As the bleeding decreased, the pain also lessened, and I went to the nearby county hospital to explain my bleeding condition without mentioning the possibility of pregnancy. The doctor prescribed some medication for me.
Later, I consulted another doctor over the phone, mentioning the pregnancy. She said there was a 90% chance that I had miscarried.
Unavoidable Secrets
On the afternoon of April 24th, the head teacher learned about my miscarriage and advised me to go home to recuperate. Naturally, I understood he was protecting me, so I obediently went home. Before leaving, I handed my phone to a teacher (the one I trusted most).
After reviewing the text messages between Wu Xiao and Principal Li Huaisong, the teacher was shocked and subsequently reported the major situation where Wu Xiao was suspected of being raped by Principal Li Huaisong to the Director of the Education and Sports Bureau.
On April 25th, the teacher reported on my behalf to the leaders of the Education and Sports Bureau, who then reported the incident to the public security authorities.
The two text message photos provided by the teacher showed: "I suggest that no matter what happens, you should understand the situation before reporting to the director." "Everything should prioritize the bigger picture. We should face any problems correctly."
The teacher believed that the director revealing such crucial information to the accused clearly violated the relevant regulations to protect whistleblowers and preserve evidence, leading to questioning why the Education and Sports Bureau director had betrayed him. For this, the Director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Shiquan County specially apologized to the whistleblower.
In the materials provided by the Publicity Department of the Shiquan County Committee, it was stated: At 11:00 am on April 25, 2011, a teacher from Shiquan No. 3 Middle School informed the main leader of the Education and Sports Bureau of Shiquan County that there was an important situation to report in person. The main leader paid high attention and immediately formed a three-person investigation team led by the bureau's discipline inspection commission secretary and composed of members of the bureau's discipline inspection committee to go to No. 3 Middle School for investigation and verification, and then proceed to the party's home for investigation and verification.
Through preliminary investigation and verification, the investigation team believed that the reported issue exceeded the scope of investigation and handling by the bureau's discipline inspection committee, and decided on the same day to immediately report the case to the Criminal Investigation Team of the County Public Security Bureau. That evening, the County Public Security Bureau sent personnel to take Li from the Education and Sports Bureau. After learning about the situation, the leaders of the County Party Committee and County Government quickly convened a meeting, demanding that relevant departments handle the case swiftly, severely, and strictly.
An office staff member of the Education and Sports Bureau explained to the reporter that the investigation of Li Huaisong's issues was conducted in extremely secret circumstances, and Li himself did not know. That evening, the director of the Education and Sports Bureau telephoned Li Huaisong to come to the bureau once, and finally directly called the captain of the Shiquan County criminal investigation team, allowing the police to take Li directly from the director's office. An office staff member of the Education and Sports Bureau indicated that Li Huaisong's principal and teaching qualifications were revoked because he was suspected of a criminal offense and brought significant negative impacts to the education system. According to the provisions of the Teachers' Law, Li indeed was unsuitable to serve as a teacher anymore. A teacher from Shiquan No. 3 Middle School told reporters that the vote to revoke Li's party membership received unanimous approval from all 18 party members in the school.
Determined to use the law to defend her dignity
On the evening of April 23rd, I knew it was probably too late to report the case since the child was gone, losing the most critical evidence. Therefore, I deliberately sent him a text message telling him I was pregnant, making him confess the truth verbally, preserving these text messages as evidence to hand over to the public security authorities.
I questioned him in a probing tone about what to do if I were pregnant. He strongly insisted I abort it and told my family that I was raped while unconscious due to illness, without knowing who the perpetrator was. Hearing this, I was deeply shocked; to protect himself, he was willing to sacrifice everything.
That evening, Li asked me to pick up money from the union, claiming it was for my medical expenses. I knew that the money was donated by teachers for a girl named Ma Yumei in the second year of junior high school, so I refused. I didn't want to trade my self-respect with him.
I completely broke down, regretting my previous weakness. I wanted to wait for an opportunity to revenge him, tolerating him made him lose his shame, causing me to lose my self-respect and the person I loved most. I decided to retaliate against him and make him pay the price. I told this to my Chinese teacher, who also encouraged me to use the law to protect myself.
I became more determined to expose his ugly behavior to the public and send him to a cold prison. He asked me to delete all the information related to our contact, but I kept the mobile phone messages as evidence.
After Li Huaisong was criminally detained, descriptions of his alleged rape crimes spread rapidly, even being referred to as the 'evil person of Shiquan' by netizens.
People familiar with the incident expressed that Li Huaisong's repeated misconduct allowed a young girl to seize his vulnerability, serving as the best punishment for his impulsiveness.
51-year-old principal attempted to elope with a 14-year-old female student
On the evening of April 26th, Li Huaisong was detained by the public security authorities. During the interrogation period, I mentioned to them that after the second time I had relations with Li, he gave me 500 yuan to pay for the school's material fees. Unbeknownst to Li, I tore up that money and threw it in the bedroom trash can.
That night, Wu Xiao wrote in her diary: How can there be such a despicable person, solving problems with such base methods? Is this your conduct? Don't you think this is shameful?
Wu Xiao told reporters that her two brothers and uncle would immediately send money whenever she needed it, so she wasn't short of money. What she needed in front of Principal Li Huaisong was a person's dignity. The two audio recordings she provided showed that relevant individuals analyzed that after considering Wu Xiao's and Li Huaisong's situations in Shiquan city, they both agreed that neither could stay. If Wu Xiao cooperated, Li Huaisong was willing to find her a school elsewhere and fund her education, living together. This emphasized Li Huaisong's intention.
Seven years later, I'm still a vibrant young girl, while he's nearly sixty. Letting me continue to live with him and endure his humiliation is too despicable. You must remember, his son is older than me. By common sense, he should be like an elder to me, but now I hate myself so much for admiring him initially. Now thinking about it, I truly have eyesight problems, stupid to such an extent that after being humiliated by him, I wanted to endure silently for life. Ha ha, I'm somewhat naive. What does he think I am? A doll, a prostitute, a woman who doesn't value herself and sells her body for money, a woman who lacks the courage to protect herself, a woman who doesn't respect or love herself.
As for me now, I seem to have lost all respect for him. Using money to trample on my self-respect, daring to act but not take responsibility, sacrificing his own flesh and blood for his own interests. A complete scoundrel with no humanity or conscience. The person I admired so much turns out to be a well-dressed beast. No, using the word 'beast' to describe him defiles those two words.
They asked me to change my confession
During Li's detention, Li entrusted someone to privately reconcile with me, offering a compensation package, then going to the public security authorities to tell the interrogators that I voluntarily had relations with Li. I didn't agree. Because among the trustees was a lady who was the hospital director, very kind, so each time Li entrusted her to come to me. That doctor treated me well, unlike some others who weren't polite.
During Li's detention, Li's family repeatedly entrusted that doctor to accompany them to my home, asking me to agree with their approach. Li's brother-in-law once said he wanted to compensate for this mistake and minimize the harm to me, hoping I would say that the relationship between Li and me was voluntary. I wasn't moved, though I had some compassion, remembering the harm I endured strengthened my resolve to move forward.
On April 26th, Li Huaisong was criminally detained by the public security authorities on suspicion of raping a junior high school girl.
On April 28th, the Education and Sports Bureau of Shiquan County held a full faculty meeting at No. 3 Middle School, announcing the removal of Li Huaisong as principal of No. 3 Middle School.
After Li was released on bail, under the arrangement of his family, I had a conversation with Li. He begged me to let him go and withdraw the lawsuit. Seeing his current predicament, I sympathized but harbored stronger hatred and didn't agree.
On May 3rd, due to insufficient evidence, according to legal procedures, the public security authorities provisionally granted Li bail pending trial. On May 5th, the County Discipline Inspection Commission, County Supervision Bureau, and County Education and Sports Bureau made the decision to expel Li Huaisong from the Party, remove him from administrative positions, and revoke his teaching qualifications.
There are various opinions online about this incident. I hope to gain help from society to bring him to justice and give me fairness.
Is Principal Li Huaisong even a human being? Is Li Huaisong even human?
To verify the authenticity of the relevant situations Wu Xiao provided to the reporters, the reporter personally went to Principal Li Huaisong's place guided by Wu Xiao for direct confirmation. On the fifth floor of a residential area, Li Principal's door was locked tightly. The reporter knocked for a long time, but there was no response inside. Wu Xiao also provided the reporter with a relative's phone number of Li and told the reporter that this relative had repeatedly persuaded her to change her testimony. After the reporter made the call, the other party was surprised how the reporter managed to call them. A man claiming to be a relative of Li told the reporter that he had just returned from a business trip and already knew about Li's trouble. He would verify the truth, and if true, his family would sever ties with Li and consider him no longer a relative. This man also expressed that he would convey the reporter's desire to give Li a chance to speak. Regardless of whether Li agreed to the interview, he would give the reporter a definitive answer. After waiting for a long time without results, the reporter called again, only to hear busy signals. The Education and Sports Bureau of Shiquan County also cited Li as a suspect involved in the case, stating they couldn't interfere with the case and couldn't contact Li himself for media interviews.
A staff member of the Shiquan County Public Security Bureau told the reporter that due to insufficient evidence, bail pending trial was applied to Li Huaisong, but bail pending trial is also a process of investigation and evidence collection. According to the law, it is strictly prohibited to allow suspects freedom during bail pending trial. If there is evidence proving that Li Huaisong indeed engaged in colluding with witnesses during the bail period, it will be treated as destroying evidence, and Li Huaisong will be immediately imprisoned, restricting his freedom.
Both are victims of lacking familial affection
After suffering sexual abuse, Wu Xiao recalled her prematurely deceased father in her diary: Every day I live like a walking corpse, missing your gentleness and care, recalling our laughter, I am in great pain. Living in the shadow every day, life feels worse than death. Really, I am so tired, so exhausted, wanting to lean on your shoulder to relax, feeling protected, having a sweet dream, but it's impossible now. You left so freely. Truly, only now do I realize how much I cared, cherishing after losing, what's the point!
After discovering the miscarriage, Wu Xiao felt completely hopeless, her heart filled with fear and endless hatred: I am so scared. It's no wonder, a girl under 15 years old undergoing prenatal check-ups in the hospital is really laughable. To cover up my real age, I wore uncomfortable high heels. After the miscarriage, I knew I shouldn't wear skirts or shorts, but to maintain my fragile dignity, I wore adult sexy mini-skirts and shorts, risking lifelong physical pain.
Wu Xiao explained that her deliberate adult-like attire was just to give herself the courage to face others' strange looks.
A female teacher pursued by Li Huaisong analyzed that Wu Xiao, growing up in a single-parent family with a lack of paternal love, quickly developed a father-complex after receiving Li Huaisong's care. And Li Huaisong, whose family was broken with long-term marital emotional voids, misinterpreted Wu Xiao's concern for his daily life as love and her tolerance as acceptance. Therefore, both Wu Xiao and Li Huaisong were victims of a lack of familial affection. Nevertheless, regardless of the situation, as a teacher, Li Huaisong should have controlled his emotional development and curbed his physiological impulses. The occurrence of sexual relations was Li Huaisong's fault because he was an adult, while Wu Xiao was still a child.
After the incident involving Wu Xiao, her mother was at a loss, repeatedly advising her daughter, "Just endure it, don't cause more trouble." This rural woman understood that for a rural girl branded with the stigma of rape, survival under societal scrutiny would be extremely difficult. She advised her daughter to accept the other side's request, take the compensation, go as far away as possible, and never return.
But Wu Xiao insisted on seeking a reasonable explanation for herself and sending her principal to jail.
Students should learn to protect themselves
Dr. Wang Dawei, a Ph.D. in Educational Jurisprudence from the People's Public Security University of China, provided relevant analysis and preventive measures for young women to avoid sexual assaults: As long as the other party has the motive to sexually assault a woman, it can be considered sexual assault. For instance, telling dirty jokes also counts as sexual assault. Women aged 15 to 25 are the most vulnerable group. Offices and schools, where people aged 15 to 25 gather, are therefore "dangerous places." In an unequal relationship, when a superior forces an employee or a teacher forces a student, many people adopt silence and tolerance, which undoubtedly encourages the occurrence of sexual assaults in offices and schools.
According to incomplete statistics, at least 80% of women have experienced sexual harassment in their lifetime. Girls who suffer sexual assaults aren't necessarily "wild kids" or "sexy ladies" in our traditional concept; rather, the more "good girls" are likely to suffer sexual assaults. "Good girls" have always listened to their parents, thus believing "what adults say is right," making them easily deceived by adults with bad intentions. Moreover, "good girls" often have timid personalities, and when bullied, they usually dare not speak up, giving attackers opportunities. Therefore, we teach girls a phrase: Do not stay alone with a man for more than 30 minutes. I also give them a vigilance formula: Vigilance is inversely proportional to trust and familiarity. That is, the more familiar you are with someone or an environment, the lower your vigilance becomes.
Japanese surveys show that 60% of sexual assault cases occur between acquaintances. I want to emphasize again that we should be more vigilant with acquaintances. Those special warm closed environments are high-risk times and spaces for sexual assaults and harassment.
The core view of Stockholm Syndrome is: humans can be tamed, possessing a weakness to submit to cruelty. Therefore, once criminal offenses happen to us, we should firmly fight against them, report them to the police, relying on the People's Police to overcome criminals.