Walking on the streets in 1996, I didn't feel much of a stranger.

Although decades later, many high-rise buildings have been built in the city, the roads have become wider, and the road surfaces have become smoother.

But the city remains the same city, the hometown where Feng Haidong lived an ordinary life from birth to his death.

In 1996, Feng Haidong was a technician in a machinery factory.

However, the factory was already struggling financially, and for more than half a year from last year to this year, it hadn't received any decent work.

Over the next two years, both the machinery factory and Feng Haidong's family will face a series of changes.

It can be said that Feng Haidong is now standing at a crossroads that will determine the rest of his life.

According to the course of one's life in a previous life.

The following year, at the urging of her younger brother, his wife did the only daring thing she had ever done in her life.

He embezzled a batch of public funds from his wife's company and gave them to her younger brother to invest in stocks.

As a result, his wife's brother failed to sell his shares in time, causing his money to be tied up in the stock market.

Later, when the incident came to light, Feng Haidong and his wife's parents used all their savings to help his wife cover the debts.

Furthermore, the wife's father intervened and, through his relationship with the wife's superiors, managed to protect her from legal punishment, but she could only be laid off.

Shortly after his wife's incident, the machinery factory where Feng Haidong worked also faced bankruptcy.

Ultimately, Feng Haidong and his wife both lost their jobs.

Originally, after being laid off, Feng Haidong could have easily found a job in a machinery factory in another city with his skills, and could even have earned more money.

However, after suffering a blow, his wife seemed depressed all the time, to the point that she developed mild depression.

To take care of his wife, Feng Haidong gave up the opportunity to work in a machinery factory in another city and chose to stay in his hometown and do odd jobs in a private machinery processing plant.

Although life was tough at first, with Feng Haidong by her side, her wife's depression improved quickly.

Even now, when Feng Haidong recalls these events, he still harbors no resentment towards his wife.

However, he certainly wouldn't do nothing.

Rather than waiting for things to happen, Feng Haidong decided to make some changes and efforts in advance to prepare for certain changes that were bound to occur.

While pondering what to do, Feng Haidong unconsciously walked to the gate of his son's school.

Standing at the school gate, Feng Haidong suddenly muttered to himself, a little confused, "Why did I come to my son's school today?"

After a long pause to think, Feng Haidong finally remembered why his son had been called to the parent-teacher meeting today.

The reason is actually quite simple. My son is in the third grade this year. During recess at school, he was playing with two classmates in the corridor outside the classroom when he knocked off the newly laid tiles on the railing of the school corridor.

Then the son's homeroom teacher asked him to pass on a message to Feng Haidong and his wife.

The parents need to come to the school this afternoon to discuss compensation for the damaged railing tiles.

Recalling the incident, Feng Haidong couldn't help but mutter to himself, "It seems that my son's grades suddenly started to decline after this incident, right? Was it because I scolded him in front of the teacher and other parents, and I think I even hit him?"

Recalling the incident, Feng Haidong also thought of the chain reaction it triggered.

My son is currently learning the violin in his spare time, and he's been doing very well. His violin teacher was originally planning to have him participate in a performance in the city during the summer vacation.

However, this incident caused his son's grades to drop, and his ranking in the midterm exam fell by several places.

Naturally, Feng Haidong was summoned to school by the teacher again.

Furthermore, at that time, his son's homeroom teacher, in front of other teachers in the office, gave Feng Haidong a scathing reprimand.

Back then, Feng Haidong didn't dare to confront his son's homeroom teacher. However, when he got home, he was still angry and found that his son wasn't doing his homework at home but was playing with his classmates in the residential compound.

In a fit of anger, Feng Haidong gave his son a severe beating for the first time.

Furthermore, following the advice of the homeroom teacher, she stopped letting her son learn the violin.

Looking back on his past lives, Feng Haidong couldn't help but whisper, "It seems that I was the one who ultimately ruined my son's life."

Now that we know the source of this event that would later affect our son for half his life.

Feng Haidong naturally couldn't let the events of his previous life repeat themselves.

After pondering for a moment in front of the school gate, Feng Haidong suddenly remembered that the school building where his son studied had just been renovated, and the tiles on the railings had also been replaced not long ago.

After considering the situation in his mind, Feng Haidong came up with a completely new strategy for dealing with today's events.

After thinking it over, Feng Haidong walked to the school gate and said to the old man in the gatehouse, "Good afternoon, sir. I am a parent of a student inside. Teacher Yan from Class 2, Grade 3 asked me to come this afternoon."

The old man had clearly been greeted by his son's homeroom teacher, and immediately responded by asking, "Oh, you're a parent of a student in Teacher Yan's class, right? Teacher Yan told me, what's your last name? You can go in if you register with me."

Feng Haidong said politely, "Okay, thank you. My surname is Feng."

After registering with the gatekeeper, he entered the school through the gatehouse.

After thanking the old man at the gatehouse again, Feng Haidong slowly walked towards the teaching building.

However, after entering the teaching building, Feng Haidong did not go directly to his son's homeroom teacher's office, but went straight upstairs to the principal's office.

I gently knocked on the principal's office door and heard a voice inside say "Come in."

Feng Haidong gently pushed open the door to the principal's office, and asked with a smile and great politeness, "Hello, are you Principal Wang?"

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