Chapter 29: Admission Ticket Torn (6)
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Chen Hesong hadn't cried like this for many years.
He didn't cry when He Yu threw a toad on his bed.
He didn't cry when he was beaten and kicked by He Yu and his followers.
He didn't cry when he was locked in the room by He Yu and missed the competition.
But when his mother reached out to pull his clothes to cover his scar, he suddenly burst into tears.
This is just a very common action.
In order to maintain his mother's marriage, he gritted his teeth and persevered for ten years, compromising in every way.
Until just now, he was still thinking that the surveillance video might not be clear enough and his mother did not see clearly what happened to him.
He lifted up his clothes and mustered up the courage to show his ugly scar, but his mother covered it with her own hands and pretended nothing had happened.
Chen Hesong hugged his teacher tightly and burst into tears.
Zhu Qingchen also hugged him tightly and touched his head: "It's okay, it's okay, the teacher is here."
Chen's mother stood by at a loss, her hand pulling his clothes still suspended in mid-air.
After a while, Zhu Qingchen's cell phone suddenly rang.
Zhu Qingchen gently let him go, but Chen Hesong still held him and refused to let go.
Zhu Qingchen could only put one hand on his shoulder and use the other hand to take out his cell phone and answer the call.
"Hello, I'm Zhu Qingchen."
"Xiao Zhu, right?" A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone. "I'm Vice Principal Zhou. We met at the new teacher orientation meeting."
"Well, Vice Zhou, what can I do for you?"
Zhu Qingchen glanced at He's father, who was sitting on the sofa with an unconcealable look of smugness on his face.
Zhu Qingchen knew before that the He family knew Vice Principal Zhou, and that He Yu was able to enter the school through his back door.
He also signed Chen Hesong's application for repeating a grade, which shows that he has a close relationship with the He family.
Vice Principal Zhou asked again: "You are in the police station now, right?"
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen came back to his senses and took a deep breath, "A student in the class was bullied."
"Are you alone in the police station now?"
"I'm alone, but I've already notified Teacher Gao and the section chief, and they'll be here soon."
"I've heard about this incident, too. It's just a minor fight between students. There's no need to report it to the police station. I'm on my way to school now. Bring the student back and we can handle it ourselves. It won't sound good if it gets out."
Zhu Qingchen frowned, moved his phone further away, then covered Chen Hesong's ears and solemnly declared: "Vice President Zhou, this is not a trivial matter."
He said sternly: "My student was beaten by five or six students, punched and kicked. His body and back are covered with bruises and scars from cigarette burns."
"This is not just a fight, this is assault and bullying!"
What a joke, how could he possibly bring Chen Hesong back?
If they really left the police station, the two of them would be caught in the act.
Before the matter was resolved, Zhu Qingchen took Chen Hesong to live in the police station.
"How can you be so stubborn, kid?" Vice Principal Zhou said anxiously, "What good will this kind of thing do if it gets out? Besides, don't you know what kind of family the He family is?"
"I don't know. Vice President Zhou, what kind of family is the He family? How can they bypass the police and the law?"
This kind of thing could only be said quietly in private. Vice President Zhou didn't expect Zhu Qingchen to dare to ask him back so loudly. The old man's face turned red on the other end of the phone.
Vice Principal Zhou gritted his teeth and whispered, "You'd better think it over carefully."
"You'd better think it through." Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "If a student is bullied and the school handles it seriously and expel the bully, it won't look bad if it gets out. If a student is bullied and the school keeps quiet, it won't look bad if it gets out."
"My student is the top student in his grade and the whole city. He is the future top scorer in the college entrance examination! He has done nothing wrong. This school doesn't want him, but other schools are vying to get him. If this kind of thing gets out, it will be unpleasant."
"Did you actually attend the new teacher orientation meeting with me? Do you remember that we took the oath together? Do you remember what the oath was?"
"My phone recorded the whole thing. If you think I was wrong, I'll post the recording online for everyone to judge..."
Vice Principal Zhou's tolerance was really too poor. Zhu Qingchen asked him a few questions, but before he finished speaking, he quickly hung up the phone.
Then He's father received his message.
[Lao He, I can't help you with this matter, go find someone else]
He's father's hand holding the phone was shaking slightly.
Zhu Qingchen put away his phone and turned around. Chen Hesong was looking at him worriedly: "Teacher, as long as I don't have to repeat a grade, you don't have to..." What if he causes the teacher to lose his job?
"No." Zhu Qingchen said, "I signed the contract."
They themselves knew that what they asked Zhu Qingchen to do was shameful and they wished to keep it secret forever, so how could they dare to provoke Zhu Qingchen?
If Zhu Qingchen gets angry, he will tell others about the matter. Zhu Qingchen is just a small teacher and he can catch them all.
What about workplace thick-skinnedness and boss flattery? Right is right and wrong is wrong. Zhu Qingchen doesn't bother with those twists and turns.
But Chen Hesong still looked at him worriedly.
Not long after, Director Duan and Teacher Gao also arrived.
They both live quite far away and happened to have just returned home today, so they hurried over, sweating profusely.
Teacher Gao asked, "Where is my child?"
Zhu Qingchen quickly raised his hand: "Here!"
Teacher Gao rushed forward and looked at Zhu Qingchen and Chen Hesong: "How are you? Where are you injured?"
Teacher Gao glanced at the bruises on Chen Hesong's body and said, "Look at the bruises on my child. Does it hurt?"
The section chief was negotiating with the bully's parents: "No, this matter is non-negotiable. Chen Hesong will not be held back, and the bully must apologize, pay compensation, be given a serious demerit, write a letter of guarantee, and be put in jail for a few days. Nothing less."
Immediately, some parents began to wail: "Our children are still so young, how can you be a teacher like this?"
Teacher Gao strode forward and said, "Our child is this young too! We can settle this privately. Let us beat up your child, too."
The section chief quickly tugged at Mr. Gao's sleeve, signaling him to put it away: "We are all teachers, we must follow the procedure."
Teacher Gao rolled up his sleeves and said, "Damn it! I'm going to retire soon, why would I bother with so much!"
"Calm down, calm down."
On the other hand, He's father almost looked through the entire address book, but couldn't find anyone who could help.
He had no choice but to accept his fate and agree to all the demands made by the other party.
He also began to regret that if he had not let Chen Hesong repeat a grade, there would not be so much trouble now.
Chen Hesong was sitting on the sofa. Several students who had beaten him up in the afternoon, including He Yu, were standing in front of him.
They folded their hands in front of them and bowed 90 degrees to Chen Hesong, their voices quieter than a mosquito's.
"I'm sorry, Chen Hesong, we were wrong. We shouldn't have hit you."
Chen Hesong knew that they were not apologizing sincerely, but they had to apologize due to the situation.
But he didn't care.
Afterwards, several students were asked to write handwritten letters of guarantee and apology, and the section chief was also filling out documents to give them serious warnings.
The revocation period for a serious warning is one year. They are now in their second year of high school. In the next year, they can only have a chance to eliminate the punishment if they obey the law. Otherwise, they will go to college with the punishment, if they can get into college.
In the next year, they probably won't dare to cause trouble for Chen Hesong again.
After getting the outcome of the incident from the police, as well as surveillance video, it was proven that Chen Hesong was forced to repeat a grade by the bully. Zhu Qingchen was now qualified to challenge the school.
To be on the safe side, Zhu Qingchen took another application for boarding school and asked He's father and Chen's mother to sign it.
As for prosecution, it would take too long, so Chen Hesong is not considering it for the time being. He is only thinking about the college entrance examination.
From beginning to end, Chen's mother looked at Chen Hesong with tears in her eyes, but Chen Hesong had turned his head away and no longer looked at her.
After doing these things, Chen Hesong can leave.
Those students also wanted to leave, but were stopped by the police.
"The document here has also come out. Minors who cause trouble and bully in school will be detained for 15 days."
"What?" The bullies were shocked. "Hasn't it already been punished?"
"That's the school's handling, this is the police department's handling."
"no……"
They all began to resent He Yu without any prior agreement.
"Fuck, it's all your fault. Why did you have to beat him? We have nothing to do with him in the first place. Isn't it all for you?"
"Why not just not let him repeat the grade in the first place? What the hell are you doing? You idiot."
He Yu looked gloomy, raised his head suddenly, and roared: "Shut up!"
Zhu Qingchen covered Chen Hesong's ears, ignored the fighting and took him away from the police station.
Suddenly, Chen's mother ran out from the police station and called out, "Xiao Song?"
Chen Hesong thought that his mother probably wanted to plead for He Yu again, so he didn't look back and walked straight out.
It was completely dark by then, and the bright moonlight shone upon him.
Mother Chen stood there blankly, and Father He's angry voice came from behind her.
"How dare you cry? Damn it, this is your son!"
*
Coming out of the police station.
Teacher Gao took Chen Hesong by the hand and said to him, "The section chief and I will go back to school right away to explain the situation to the leaders. You stay with Teacher Zhu. Let Teacher Zhu take you to dinner, and then buy some things for living on campus. You will stay on campus tonight."
"Yes." Chen Hesong nodded, "Thank you, teacher."
"Don't worry about this matter, the teacher will take care of it. Just adjust yourself and study hard. If you have any questions, tell the teacher immediately."
"Okay, I understand."
After saying these words, Teacher Gao pulled Zhu Qingchen aside again and asked: "Has the school contacted you?"
Zhu Qingchen answered honestly: "Vice President Zhou called me."
"Don't worry about him. If he dares to make things difficult for you, just tell me. I'm going to retire anyway, so I'm not afraid of him."
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "My phone has an automatic recording function, he doesn't dare."
"That's good. Duanzhang and I deliberately didn't report what happened tonight because we were afraid that Vice Zhou would keep quiet. Duanzhang and I are going to go over the headmaster's head and the Student Protection Committee. I think they'll have a meeting tomorrow to discuss this matter. You should be prepared."
"Um."
After seeing off the two teachers, Zhu Qingchen turned around and waved to Chen Hesong: "Let's go, what do you want to eat?"
Chen Hesong smiled and said, "It's all right."
Zhu Qingchen thought that since Chen Hesong was injured, it would be better for him to eat light food, so he took him to the Cantonese restaurant they had been to last time and let him order his own food.
Chen Hesong only ordered a pot of seafood porridge and a portion of red rice sausage.
The last time he was sitting at the bus stop, Teacher Zhu gave him these two kinds of food.
Zhu Qingchen said: "Order a few more, is it enough for you?"
Chen Hesong was still a little hesitant and didn't dare to order more.
After he ordered, Zhu Qingchen took the menu and ordered a few more items.
Chen Hesong was at a loss and said quickly, "Teacher, they just transferred the medical expenses to me. Let me pay for it."
"You have to save your money. You will need it in many places in the future. What if they don't give you money in the future?"
"Yes." Chen Hesong lowered his head and whispered, "Thank you, teacher."
Tonight, along the way, he has said "Thank you, teacher" dozens of times.
Before the food was served, Zhu Qingchen asked him, "Why didn't you call me at the beginning? It's not a bad thing that you have an idea in your mind. You can tell me and we can discuss it together. How dare you act alone?"
Chen Hesong said: "I think... I can handle it myself, so..."
"If you were to face them alone in the police station tonight, do you think you could handle it yourself?"
Chen Hesong lowered his head and shook it gently.
If Teacher Zhu had not been with him in the police station and helped him explain the situation clearly, he might have been scared away by He Yu or directly taken to the hospital by He's father.
The matter just ended like that.
How can he compete with He's father alone?
Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously: "I also want to get evidence and teach them a lesson. But you shouldn't have acted alone without consulting the teacher. Fortunately, nothing happened to you this time. What if you were really hurt?"
Chen Hesong nodded obediently: "I remember it."
Zhu Qingchen sighed and said softly: "The teacher and you have only known each other for a short time. It is normal that you don't trust the teacher. Then you can also go to Teacher Gao. You shouldn't be alone..."
Chen Hesong raised his head and explained anxiously: "No, I don't distrust the teacher. I just don't want to implicate the teacher. I'm worried that the teacher will..."
"No." Zhu Qingchen said, "I am a clean and honest person and will never be threatened by anyone."
Only those who have witnessed fairness and justice and grown up in love can be as brave and just as Zhu Qingchen and dare to reject any unreasonable demands from anyone.
Even if the king of heaven comes, don’t try to threaten him!
But Chen Hesong had been in the darkness for too long and had not seen the light for too long, so naturally he didn't believe in these great principles.
He was afraid of bringing trouble to the teacher. He was afraid that the teacher would think he was vicious and that his image as a good student in the teacher's mind would be shattered.
So, he could only do it by himself.
At this time, the waiter brought up a pot of hot water and a basin.
Zhu Qingchen picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of Chen Hesong, and Chen Hesong subconsciously stretched out his hand: "Teacher..."
Zhu Qingchen helped him scald the dishes and put them back in front of him.
Chen Hesong pinched the slightly hot porcelain spoon handle and asked in a low voice: "Will the teacher think I'm a bad person?"
"Won't."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously.
"He Yu and that group of students bullied you. That's called 'bad'."
"It's obviously your child who did something wrong, but you still want to call someone to settle it. This is called 'bad'."
"You were just protecting yourself. What's 'bad' about that? Good people shouldn't be bullied by others. Using some small tricks to make them pay is called 'bravery and strategy'."
Chen Hesong looked at his serious expression and shyly showed his first smile of the night.
It's great that he's not a bad student.
Not long after, their order arrived.
Zhu Qingchen finally said: "If there is anything in the future, you must tell the teacher."
"good."
"Don't just say it, remember it in your mind too."
"Yes." Chen Hesong nodded vigorously. "Remember, if I have any problems in the future, I will go to the teacher."
"Have a meal."
Zhu Qingchen picked up a piece of red rice sausage and stuffed it into his mouth.
The system reminded him: "I didn't have dinner, but you already had dinner."
Zhu Qingchen chewed and chewed: "Is there?"
"Why not? You ate a big bowl of beef broth noodles with fried eggs at the school gate in the evening."
"I'm hungry again!" Zhu Qingchen said confidently, picking up more food for Chen Hesong, "Eat more."
Chen Hesong smiled and said, "Thank you, teacher."
The little light ball sat next to him: "You're still thanking him, he was just afraid that he would eat too fast and finish it all, and you wouldn't get a single bite."
Zhu Qingchen took out his cell phone and placed it on the table. The teacher and the student watched cartoons while eating.
Chen Hesong showed a long-lost smile on his face: "Teacher, thank you so much."
*
After dinner, Zhu Qingchen took Chen Hesong out of the Cantonese restaurant.
The night breeze is cool, blowing on the face, making people clear-headed.
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Is there anything else important in that house?"
Chen Hesong shook his head: "No, I carry my ID card with me, the other things are not important."
"Then don't go back there, no matter what happens."
"I know."
Zhu Qingchen was watching TV recently and saw many characters who had clearly escaped from the criminals, but said that their family heirlooms/love jade pendants/a hair of theirs had fallen there and they had to go back to get them.
As a result, he was caught again, which made Zhu Qingchen so furious that he pounded his pillow wildly in front of the TV.
He would never allow his students to fall into the same trap!
"Let's go to the supermarket to buy some things." Zhu Qingchen waved his hand, "Let's go."
"Okay." Chen Hesong followed him obediently.
In the supermarket, Zhu Qingchen was pushing a cart and Chen Hesong was putting things into the cart.
Toothbrush, toothpaste, towels, shampoo, bed sheets and blankets are provided.
As time was running out, they could only buy some necessities first. If there was anything missing, they could slowly make up for it later.
Zhu Qingchen pushed the cart, kicked his foot, and the cart slid out with a "whoosh".
When it came time to pay, it was Zhu Qingchen who paid.
He asked Chen Hesong to keep the money for college and pay him back when he made money in the future.
Anyway, Zhu Qingchen couldn’t take his salary with him, and he couldn’t eat much by himself.
system:?
"Shit, you eat a lot."
"Shut up."
Of course, Zhu Qingchen still gave the receipt to Chen Hesong, asking him to keep it and remember to pay him back later.
In this way, Chen Hesong will not think that it is natural for the teacher to pay, will not develop a habit of dependence, and will study harder.
They were carrying their things back to school. When they passed by the pharmacy, Zhu Qingchen suddenly remembered something and said to him, "I'm going in to buy something. You wait for me outside for a while."
Chen Hesong asked: "Is the teacher sick?"
"No, I bought a box of fruit-flavored stomach and digestion tablets. I ate too much just now."
"Okay, I'll wait for the teacher here."
Zhu Qingchen walked into the drugstore and whispered to the clerk: "Hello, do you have any..."
After a while, Zhu Qingchen came out with something in his hand and gave him a digestive tablet: "Let's go."
"Um."
When they returned to school, evening self-study had just ended.
Zhu Qingchen led Chen Hesong, said hello to the dormitory manager, and then took him upstairs.
The boys' dormitory was noisy. It was summer, and a group of boys were running around in the corridor like monkeys, as if they were unaware of the heat.
A student almost bumped into Zhu Qingchen, he slammed on the brakes, turned around, and saw it was Zhu Qingchen, he felt terrible.
"Blessings, blessings, blessings...blessings, teacher!"
When the other students heard what he said, they stopped playing and stuck their heads out to observe.
Zhu Qingchen looked at them helplessly: "Go back and rest quickly."
"Okay." The students all ran away.
Zhu Qingchen stopped in front of the door of Room 308 and knocked: "Open the door."
The students inside answered: "Teacher, we are not here... No one..."
Zhu Qingchen tried his best to endure: "I'll count to three, one..."
“Here it comes! Here it comes!”
The student inside rushed over to open the door for him, and his eyes lit up when he saw Chen Hesong.
"Chen Hesong?" Looking at what he was holding, they understood, "You're back? You're going to live on campus too?"
Chen Hesong nodded shyly: "Well, I will live on campus too."
Zhu Qingchen pushed Chen Hesong forward and said, "There are only three people in your dormitory, so add one more. Chen Hesong has never lived on campus before, so you can help him adapt and he can help you study."
"OK."
The three students agreed readily, pulled Chen Hesong over, and, grinning foolishly, hurriedly divided the luggage in his hands.
"I wish the teacher peace of mind."
Zhu Qingchen reminded: "Ask him to help you study, not to copy your homework."
"Got it. We will take good care of him."
"Um."
It was getting late, and Zhu Qingchen was ready to go back.
"Goodbye, teacher. See you tomorrow."
The door of Room 308 was closed, and the roommates warmly welcomed Chen Hesong.
"Chen Hesong, this cabinet is yours, and the empty shelf in the bathroom is for you to put your things."
"We have put something on your bed. Wait a minute, we will take it down right away."
"Damn it, who stuffed the test papers that failed the basic test into the bed? And there are also papers from last semester, Li Ye, are you crazy?"
Chen Hesong couldn't help but laugh.
He washed a rag and wiped the bed board and the mat. After they were dry, he put the sheets and quilts on them.
He will just sleep on it for one night and wash it tomorrow. There is a straw mat on the bedding, so it is not dirty. He is not that picky.
Chen Hesong sat on the bed, unzipped the package, took out the thin quilt, and shook it.
Suddenly, there was a "click" and something fell to the ground.
Li Ye, who happened to be passing by, picked it up for him and threw it on the upper bunk: "Something has fallen."
"Thank you." Chen Hesong reached out to take it.
He originally thought it was a tag on the quilt, but...
Chen Hesong looked at the scar-removing ointment in his hand and was stunned for a moment.
How did this thing get into the quilt? Did a supermarket employee put it there accidentally?
Definitely not.
He suddenly remembered that on the way back from the supermarket, Teacher Zhu went to the pharmacy. So it was Teacher Zhu who bought him the ointment and stuffed it into the quilt to avoid embarrassing him.
Chen Hesong placed his hands on his ribs. Through the thin summer school uniform, the scars caused by cigarette burns were uneven and very obvious to the touch.
He suddenly felt the scar in his palm getting hot, almost burning him.
Chen Hesong lowered his head and rubbed his eyes twice.
After taking a shower, Chen Hesong applied ointment in the bathroom. When he came out, the lights in the dormitory were off.
But he hasn't done his homework for today.
Chen Hesong quietly picked up his schoolbag and the newly bought desk lamp and returned to the bathroom.
In the small, dark bathroom, a small light was on. Chen Hesong was sitting on a small stool with a taller plastic stool in front of him.
He put on his glasses, bent down, and began to write the test paper in this somewhat awkward posture.
His roommates who were secretly playing with their cellphone in bed and refusing to come out even though they were sweating all over were all shocked.
“I’ll go!”
“Is this still a human being?”
Chen Hesong asked: "Will it disturb you? Then I will close the bathroom door."
"No, no." The roommates waved their hands repeatedly. Out of some guilt, they silently put down their phones, picked up the test paper and took a look.
Chen Hesong must do well in the exam, leave here, and go to a better place to attend college.
Moreover, he wants to be admitted to a good school so that Teacher Zhu can get a bonus! !
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