Chapter 169: Very much like a charlatan

Zhang Chen went to ask about the condition of his nephew Dou Zikun, and was relieved to learn that he just had a fever.

But when he came back, he found that his sister and brother-in-law were arguing.

Brother-in-law Dou Hangtian frowned, looking at his sister Zhang Miaozhu with eyes full of complaints: "It's all your fault. You have ruined a good child?"

Zhang Miaozhu was so angry that she cried and said aggrievedly: "Is it easy for me to take care of a child? You work outside every day, and it's very hard, but I'm busy at home, isn't it hard too?"

"Is that what I'm talking about? Yes, you are also hard-working, but I'm talking about the child's education!" Dou Hangtian looked a little aggressive: "Look, a good child has been forced into what he has become? You have to force the child to death before you will stop, right?"

"I didn't want to say anything to you before, but now I think you've gone crazy!"

Zhang Chen didn't want to interrupt originally. After all, it was his sister's family affair. If he interrupted, the conflict might escalate, which would affect his sister's family harmony.

But seeing that Dou Hangtian's words were getting more and more unpleasant, he could no longer bear it and frowned, saying, "Brother-in-law, aren't you a little too harsh?"

Dou Hangtian opened his mouth, his face flushed, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Zhang Miaozhu looked at him and lowered her head to wipe her tears.

"Ask your sister how the child became like this?" Dou Hangtian held his forehead weakly and hid aside.

Zhang Chen was still unhappy in his heart. No matter what, he shouldn't say that about his sister.

However, when he heard what Zhang Miaozhu had done, he didn't know what to say.

"It's Zikun again. He didn't do well in the exam. I... I was a little angry, so I locked him out." Zhang Miaozhu said, and seeing her brother's face turn ugly, she quickly explained: "He was wearing thick clothes, and he was only locked in for a while. I really didn't expect him to have a fever!"

"I'm his mother, how could I be so cruel, how could I not feel sorry for him?" Zhang Miaozhu was incoherent: "I was just mad at him, don't you know his grades..."

"Grades, grades, grades, grades all he talks about!" Dou Hangtian had obviously been patient for a long time, he couldn't help but said: "Which is more important, the child or the grades? How many times have I said this? If the child wants to study, let him study, why do you have to force him?"

"Dou Hangtian! What you said is a bit too much!" Zhang Miaozhu raised his voice: "I forced him? Am I harming him by forcing him? I did it for him! If he doesn't study hard, his life will be ruined. He is young and ignorant, but are you also ignorant?"

Dou Hangtian's face turned red with anger, his chest heaving, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: "You are simply unreasonable!"

Zhang Chen probably knew that there must be something wrong with his sister, he frowned and said: "What's going on?"

Zhang Miaozhu looked at his brother guiltily: "I was really mad at him, you don't know, he got the last place in the exam again this time!"

Zhang Chen was puzzled. In his impression, although his nephew had never ranked first, his grades were always top-notch, either second or third. Now elementary schools have started to take exams, and it is already very good for a junior high school student to have this result.

But suddenly he said that Dou Zikun ranked last in the exam, and even his uncle didn't quite believe it.

"It's true, if it wasn't for this, would I be so angry?" Zhang Miaozhu was really angry, and she felt ashamed when she mentioned that her son ranked last in the exam.

Dou Zikun's grades were good, but Zhang Miaozhu was still a little dissatisfied. Every time she talked about Dou Zikun's grades, others praised him.

But isn't there room for improvement for second or third place? Her son would rather be first.

And Zhang Miaozhu has been a full-time housewife since Dou Zikun was born, and has devoted almost all her energy to cultivating Dou Zikun.

It can be said that Dou Zikun's grades are her career, and she is a strong person, and she wants to prove to Dou Hangtian that even if she doesn't work, she can still make indispensable contributions to the family.

Because of her mentality, Dou Zikun has lived under heavy pressure since he was a child. Occasionally, when he got the first place in the exam, he would be lectured by Zhang Miaozhu for a long time because of the one point that was accidentally deducted.

He almost never received any praise from Zhang Miaozhu.

As long as he was deducted one point, even if he got the first place, Zhang Miaozhu would say: "Look, you are just lucky this time. The original first place must not have performed well, so you have the opportunity to get the first place. I remember that the first place kid always got full marks before. You can only catch up with him if you get full marks. So, don't be proud, okay? Okay, mom won't say much to you this time, you can do another test paper for each subject tonight."

Whenever this happened, Dou Zikun would do the test paper without saying a word, because he knew that it would be meaningless to refute, but it would only bring more lectures from his mother.

He just wanted to rest early.

Zhang Miaozhu felt that she had done nothing wrong. She was trying to make her son less arrogant and impatient. Didn't she see how calm her son was now?

Until one day, Dou Zikun came back to her happily, contrary to his usual behavior, and said, "Mom, I am confident that I can get full marks this time!"

Zhang Miaozhu was very happy to hear that, but she was used to the repressive education, and she said, "Don't be too proud, you don't know, sometimes the more proud you are, the easier it is to do poorly on the exam."

Dou Zikun was contrary to his usual behavior this time, and did not get depressed. Instead, he continued to ask, "Mom, if I get full marks this time, can you praise me?"

Zhang Miaozhu saw that he was indeed confident, and she couldn't help but believe him a little, but she still said, "The results haven't come out yet, don't think too much. The exam has just ended, and everyone is relaxing. You should seize the time to study hard. This is your chance to overtake others, understand?"

"Got it..." Dou Zikun felt too exhausted, carrying a heavy schoolbag, as if he would be crushed at any moment.

Zhang Miaozhu secretly made a note to pay attention to her son's grades this time. In fact, even if she didn't have to make a special note, she would always ask the parents about the grades first.

She was still thinking that her son was not very happy just now, and if he could really get full marks this time, it would not be a bad idea to give him a small reward. In

this way, Zhang Miaozhu spent the weekend in a good mood. Of course, although she was in a good mood, she did not forget to supervise Dou Zikun's homework.

She would often whisper in Dou Zikun's ear: "Mom is a graduate of a 985 university after all. I became a housewife for you and I'm always around you. Don't let me down."

Dou Zikun had heard this many times, and every time he heard it, he felt particularly heavy, as if he would let Zhang Miaozhu down if he was distracted for a moment while studying.

Finally, the day came when the results came out. Although Zhang Miaozhu said she didn't expect it, she still called Dou Zikun's class teacher as soon as possible.

The result was totally different from what she expected. She did not get praise from the head teacher for Dou Zikun's intelligence, hard work, and perfect score.

Instead, when she asked about Dou Zikun's grades, the head teacher was silent for a long time, sighed and said, "Dou Zikun's parents, if you are free, please come to school."

Zhang Miaozhu was full of questions. Although she didn't know what happened, she always felt that it was not a good thing.

Could it be that Dou Zikun did not perform well this time and did not get perfect scores? But even if that was the case, there was no need to ask her to go to school specifically, right?

Zhang Miaozhu really couldn't figure it out, so she could only go to school with a nervous mood. When

Dou Zikun's head teacher heard that she was here, he quickly came over, poured a glass of water, and then looked at Zhang Miaozhu with a nervous face.

"Dou Zikun's parents, your child is very hardworking. I have never seen a child who can resist going out to play with other classmates after class and just sit in his seat to do homework." The head teacher said this, intending to make Zhang Miaozhu realize that she was putting too much pressure on her child.

As a result, Zhang Miaozhu was completely unaware of her intentions and looked very happy: "Oh, our child has been very sensible since he was young."

The head teacher: "..."

Forget it, she should stop being so euphemistic.

The head teacher cared about the students not only in terms of their grades but also in their lives. As a woman, she could be more attentive, so she discovered a very serious problem: "Dou Zikun has no friends in the class. How can a child of this age not make friends? I asked several classmates in the class, and it’s not that they deliberately didn’t play with Dou Zikun. It’s that Dou Zikun is studying all the time, and other children have no chance to play

with him." As a result, the head teacher didn’t expect that even though she said it so bluntly, Zhang Miaozhu still didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter. Instead, she smiled and said, "Our child is more mature than his peers and can’t play with them. This is good as it doesn’t affect his studies."

The head teacher was speechless. She kept talking about studying. In the eyes of some parents, is the value of their children only about grades?

Thinking of Dou Zikun's test results this time, the head teacher became more and more worried.

She had to persuade Zhang Miaozhu: "...Don't put too much pressure on the child. He is only in his teens. He should go out and play more like his peers..."

The smile on Zhang Miaozhu's face faded a little. She felt that Dou Zikun's head teacher was too unprofessional. Shouldn't the head teacher pay close attention to the child's grades? Now he came to tell her not to care too much about the grades.

She was muttering in her heart, but after all, he was Dou Zikun's head teacher. Even though she was dissatisfied, she still smiled and said: "Yes, teacher, you are right. Let's talk about Dou Zikun's grades this time. You can also help me analyze it..."

Head teacher: "..." Well, it was all in vain.

She naturally knew how much Zhang Miaozhu cared about grades. Whenever the grades came out, the first thing she asked was if there was anything about Dou Zikun that she was not satisfied with, and she would even ask her, the class teacher, to analyze it.

Not to mention Dou Zikun, even she, an adult, felt a little breathless when facing Zhang Miaozhu.

"This time's grades..." The class teacher hesitated. Should she take out the report card?

Seeing Zhang Miaozhu's expression gradually change from expectation to impatience, the head teacher sighed, handed the report card to Zhang Miaozhu, and comforted her: "Don't be angry yet, Dou Zikun is..."

"Last place!" Zhang Miaozhu was in no mood to listen to the head teacher. Every time she looked at Dou Zikun's report card, she would read from top to bottom. This time was no exception. When she saw that the first one was not Dou Zikun, her face immediately turned bad, and the more she thought about it, the uglier her face became, until she saw Dou Zikun at the last one, she made a sharp sound.

The teacher in the same office heard the noise and looked over. When she saw Zhang Miaozhu's face, she immediately cast a sympathetic look at the head teacher.

The head teacher sighed and could only try to comfort him: "Parent, I think Dou Zikun is under too much pressure. This time..."

"Where's the test paper? I want to see what he wrote. He actually ranked last!" Zhang Miaozhu couldn't hear what others were saying. She was like a mad lioness. Whoever dared to approach, she would tear the other person to pieces without hesitation.

The head teacher didn't dare to say anything at the moment, and felt more and more distressed for Dou Zikun.

After receiving the test paper, Zhang Miaozhu glanced at it and laughed angrily: "This is simply a mess, and it makes no sense!"

The head teacher tried to save the situation: "I think Dou Zikun may have a psychological problem, please don't force him..."

"He has a psychological problem! I'm around him all day, but he got the last place in the exam. Don't I have a psychological problem?!" Zhang Miaozhu felt extremely embarrassed. All her years of hard work became a joke when Dou Zikun got the last place!

These papers seemed to be laughing at her!

Zhang Miaozhu knew that with Dou Zikun's grades, it was impossible for him to get the last place. The other party did it on purpose and told her that he would get full marks this time. In fact, he was declaring war on her! It 's

ridiculous. The son she raised for more than ten years is declaring war on her!

All her efforts over the years are bullshit!

Zhang Miaozhu simply couldn't understand whether she was putting too much pressure on her child. What kind of pressure could there be? She did everything perfectly in Dou Zikun's life. He only needed to concentrate on his studies. How could she have such good conditions back then! She was a top student from a 985 university. She gave up her career, not to teach a child who ranked last!

Zhang Miaozhu was filled with anger, but she endured it until Dou Zikun got out of school.

Dou Zikun was quite happy to see Zhang Miaozhu coming to pick him up. However, after approaching and seeing the other person's expression, the smile on his face disappeared immediately, and he looked at Zhang Miaozhu with some fear.

"Weren't you quite happy just now? Why aren't you smiling?" Zhang Miaozhu sneered: "Do you also think that I put too much pressure on you, and that you can't breathe?"

Dou Zikun was a little confused: "No..."

"No? Then take a good look at what mess you have written this time, Dou Zikun, I think you did it on purpose!" Zhang Miaozhuo said, and threw the test paper directly at Dou Zikun's face. Regardless of the fact that they were at the school gate where people were coming and going, she cried and cursed: "You are really so heartless. I worked hard to take care of you and let you study hard, just for you to deliberately declare war on me with your grades?"

Dou Zikun looked at the scattered tests on the ground, and the familiar classmates who occasionally walked by. He remembered that classmate's grades were not good, but now he was happily following his mother, pulling his mother's arm and acting coquettishly. His mother looked helpless, but the doting on her face could not stop it.

It turns out that even if you are not good at studying, you can still be liked by your mother? But why can't he be liked by his mother? He has obviously worked very hard.

"Speak up! You are resisting me again without saying anything, right?" Zhang Miaozhu's voice interrupted his fantasy, and she poked his head hard with her finger.

"No..." Dou Zikun lowered his head, trying to defend himself, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Zhang Miaozhu again: "You are still saying no, look at you..."

This one-sided humiliation ceremony lasted for an unknown amount of time. Dou Zikun only remembered that he was almost out of breath, and finally followed Zhang Miaozhu home in a daze.

He had no appetite, but he didn't dare not eat, because Zhang Miaozhu would use this as evidence of resistance. He could only mechanically stuff rice into his mouth, listening to his mother telling his father how disobedient he was at the dinner table.

Dou Hangtian glanced at his son, frowned and said, "That's enough."

"Is it my fault?" Zhang Miaozhu scolded Dou Hangtian together, "Dou Hangtian, let me tell you, if I hadn't worked so hard every day to run this family, do you think you could work outside with peace of mind? After all, I am a top student from a 985 university. For you and your son, I even quit my job, but you don't even show any gratitude..."

In the end, it was like this again, ending with the silence of their father and son and Zhang Miaozhu's crying.

Zhang Miaozhu thought that after she talked about Dou Zikun this time, he would behave himself, but who knew that Dou Zikun would always be the last in every exam, as if he was deliberately going against her.

How could she not be angry? So today, she locked Dou Zikun out of the door. At first, Dou Zikun knocked on the door, but she ignored him. Later, there was no movement. Zhang Miaozhu even looked through the cat's eye, but she didn't see Dou Zikun at the door.

She thought Dou Zikun had run away, but when she opened the door, she found him lying on the ground with a red face.

Zhang Miaozhu was completely anxious. She reached out and touched Dou Zikun's forehead. She immediately rushed him to the hospital.

"How could I know? He had a high fever in just a short while." Seeing her brother looking at her with frowns, Zhang Miaozhuo defended herself guiltily, "I'm his mother. How could I hurt him on purpose?"

Dou Hangtian looked at his son who was taking a long time to wake up and couldn't stand it anymore. He shouted, "You really didn't hurt him. I think you just wanted to force him to death!"

"Dou Hangtian! What you said is too much!" Zhang Miaozhuo stared at him in disbelief, "Have you ever taken care of the child for a day? I worked so hard to raise him, and you said I wanted to force him to death, Dou Hangtian, do you have any conscience?"

"It's like this again. You are like this every time!" Dou Hangtian mocked, "Look at what you have done to the child. He is rebelling against you and your tyranny. He got the last place on purpose because you forced him to do that!"

"Dou Hangtian, you have no conscience!" Zhang Miaozhu burst into tears, feeling extremely wronged. Her son was disobedient and her husband didn't understand her: "You are all like this, what's the point of me living, I'm going to die, you and your son will be happy when I die!"

"Okay!" Zhang Chen had a headache: "If you want to quarrel, go outside, this is a hospital, not your home!"

Zhang Miaozhu opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't say anything.

Jiang Yiqing turned his head and glanced at Xiu Yan, who whispered: "Don't say anything yet, let's see how the situation develops." Jiang

Yiqing frowned slightly, but nodded in the end. If he went up to say it now, it would be a different matter whether the other party believed it or not.

"Sorry to make you laugh." Zhang Chen came over, his face full of shame: "Hey, my sister has a good heart, how could she not care about her own son? But I don't know what's wrong with her now, she seems to be crazy."

Jiang Yiqing didn't know what to say about other people's family affairs, so he nodded: "... You can persuade her later."

Zhang Chen nodded, but there was sadness between his eyebrows. As for his sister's matter, if he could really persuade her, then it wouldn't be a big deal.

Well, no matter what, let's cure his nephew's illness first.

Zhang Miaozhu wiped her tears and took alcohol to cool Dou Zikun down. She really cared about Dou Zikun, but as Zhang Chen said, when it came to performance, she was like possessed.

Logically, after the injection, the temperature should have dropped in no time, but Dou Zikun's temperature did not drop and was still 40 degrees.

"What should we do?" Zhang Miaozhu was so anxious that she was running around in circles. If this continued, the child would be feverish.

Dou Hangtian glanced at her and wanted to say that he was now anxious, but he didn't say it out loud. He was not in the mood to argue with Zhang Miaozhu. It was pointless.

Zhang Chen looked at the situation and frowned, saying, "Go get a blood test. It may not be an ordinary fever. See if it is caused by other reasons."

"How could this happen? Zikun has always been in good health." Zhang Miaozhu murmured in a panic.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and take the child to get a blood test!" Dou Hangtian said anxiously.

Soon, a doctor drew blood from Dou Zikun, and the family waited anxiously for the test results. The results showed that there was no problem.

Dou Zikun's fever seemed to have no reason.

The family's atmosphere became even more heavy. Dou Zikun woke up once in a daze, and he was still talking nonsense: "I didn't, I didn't mean to... I didn't do well in the exam..."

Zhang Miaozhu cried after hearing this: "He won't return the money, what can I do!"

Dou Hangtian's face was full of sorrow, and he subconsciously reached out to touch the cigarette, but then he remembered that this was a hospital, so he had to take his hand back.

Zhang Miaozhu cried: "As long as Zikun can get better this time, I will never force him to study again. I was wrong, I was really wrong, as long as Zikun is fine."

Zhang Chen was anxious to see what other tests he could do, thinking what's the point of saying this now?

He took Dou Zikun to complete the tests one by one, but strangely, no problems were found.

Regardless of his mental condition, Dou Zikun has been kept healthy by Zhang Miaozhu for so many years.

But not being able to find any problems is sometimes the biggest problem. Now even doctor Zhang Chen is anxious.

Just when Zhang Chen was so anxious that he wanted to call his teacher to take a look, he suddenly met Jiang Yiqing's eyes. He pressed his forehead and walked over: "Sorry, I forgot about you all in a hurry. Look here... I can't leave for a while, another day..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yiqing suddenly said: "I remember that you are a materialist?"

Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he said this.

This is also the reason why Jiang Yiqing didn't say it at first, because Zhang Chen wouldn't believe it, and might even think that there was something wrong with his brain.

Only when he completes all the tests and finds that there is no problem, the other party may be willing to try to believe him.

Jiang Yiqing: "Do you want to believe that there are ghosts in this world?"

"Your nephew's fever may not be caused by pathological factors?"

Zhang Chen: "..." Junior, you really look like a charlatan now.