Before long, the students in her class started shirking their own duties, in effect giving Mei all the work to do herself. After this treatment from her peers, Mei had lost faith in the intentions of people and distanced herself from others.
Gradually, the students in her class started neglecting their tasks, which left all the work for Mei to do alone. Following this experience with her classmates, Mei became disillusioned about others' motives and isolated herself from them.