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Jane is living in a living environment where the parents are dead. From an early age to bear the same treatment with their peers: aunt's despise, cousin's contempt, cousin's insult and beaten ... ... However, she did not despair, she did not self-destruction, and not in the insult The infinite faith of love, but it is Jane. Love the strong and unyielding spirit, a can overcome the inner personality strength.

Unfortunately, in the study of life, Jane is still suffering from the physical punishment and spiritual reminder of the school's donor Roche Hearst not only in front of the school teachers and students face slander her, and put her in shame The stage to show her in front of the school teachers and students to lose his face, but Jane is

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