Chapter 38 Admission Ticket Torn (15)
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In preparation for this exam, Zhu Qingchen has been eating in the cafeteria these days and hasn't even had milk tea.
Go to bed early and get up early, stay healthy and energetic, and set a good example for students.
Chen Hesong was not very lucky. He was not assigned to the examination center of his own school, but to the examination center of No. 8 Middle School which was 30 minutes' drive away.
The school arranged a caring shuttle bus from volunteers to pick him up. Fortunately, there were two other boarding students taking the exam in the same room with him, so they could go together.
The day before the exam, the three of them familiarized themselves with the exam venue with their admission tickets and went there together. Zhu Qingchen even greeted the volunteer driver on purpose.
This is a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties who drives his own car and is responsible for picking up and dropping off candidates.
Zhu Qingchen shook his hand and said, "Thank you. I'm sorry for your hard work these past few days."
The driver smiled and said, "You're welcome, Teacher Zhu. I will definitely send them to the examination room safely and bring them back safely."
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "That's good, thank you."
The driver asked again: "Aren't the parents of the students coming?"
"My home is quite far away, and there are some special circumstances."
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime event. If there was no other way, I would have come to see it. It's okay. I'll pick you up."
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen smiled, opened the car door, and called a few students to get in the car, "It's almost time, hurry up and get in."
Several students said "thank you" to the driver and got on the bus.
Zhu Qingchen followed behind on a small electric scooter.
Teacher Gao stayed in the school to look after the students, while Zhu Qingchen followed them to the examination hall at another school.
He cannot ride in the same car, so in case the car breaks down or he encounters an emergency along the way, he can ride an electric scooter to find a temporary solution.
After arriving at the examination room, Zhu Qingchen specifically reminded several students to remember the route and nearby buildings.
In addition, Zhu Qingchen also specifically asked several students not to wear school uniforms but casual clothes.
Because Chen Hesong had good grades, he ranked first in the city in several mock exams.
If conditions permit, Zhu Qingchen also wants to dye his hair.
Dye his head green so that you can tell at a glance that he has poor grades and won’t be targeted by people with ulterior motives.
Of course, he didn't dye his hair in the end. Zhu Qingchen was worried that he might be allergic to the dye, and he was also afraid that it would be a bad omen for him to have green hair.
Zhu Qingchen has always done his best and left the rest to fate.
He did everything he could to the utmost, without leaving any room for error. The rest depended on God's will.
*
After visiting the examination room, it was already evening when the group returned to school.
When the first and second year high school students went home for the holidays, there were a lot of people at the school gate.
The driver said hello to them and said, "I'll go back first. I'll be at the school gate tomorrow. Look for my license plate number."
"Okay, thank you."
The driver drove away.
Just at this time, Xie Chao came to find Chen Hesong to walk the dog together.
Zhu Qingchen didn't want to disturb them, so he finally reminded Chen Hesong: "Your ability is there, just take the exam as usual. Go to the cafeteria to eat later, and go back to the dormitory to rest early after eating. Don't review too late."
Chen Hesong nodded: "Okay, see you tomorrow, teacher."
"Well, see you tomorrow."
On the other side, the driver drove away from the school.
He Yu also walked out of the school gate with his schoolbag on his back.
He took out his cell phone and called Chen's mother: "Auntie, my brother will take someone else's private car to the examination center tomorrow. The car doesn't look very good. The license plate number is..."
The black car stopped on the roadside.
The mother sat in the car and carefully wrote down everything He Yu said: "Okay, I got it."
He Yu once again showed that weird and vicious smile on his face: "Brother will take the college entrance examination tomorrow. If Auntie can't personally send brother to the examination room before the exam, you will definitely feel regretful, right?"
"Yes." Chen's mother said with regret, "I didn't see Xiao Song for the whole year of senior year. I definitely can't miss him taking the college entrance examination this time."
"Then Auntie, please go find the driver quickly. He has already passed by. I'm hanging up first."
"Okay, thank you, Xiaoyu."
Mother Chen hung up the phone, unable to contain her excitement.
She thought, as a mother, she was certainly looking forward to her son's college entrance examination.
After all, it only happens once in a lifetime, how could she be absent? How embarrassing would it be if the news got out?
Just at this moment, a volunteer driver drove past.
Chen's mother immediately ordered the driver: "Hurry, follow."
Chen's mother followed the volunteer driver all the way to the downstairs of the community.
As soon as the driver stopped the car, Chen's mother opened the door and rushed forward: "Hello, I am the mother of classmate Chen Hesong."
The driver was stunned for a moment, then responded: "Oh, hello, hello, may I ask, this is..."
"Chen Hesong had a quarrel with his family and hasn't been home for a long time. I don't dare to go to see him. He is about to take the college entrance examination, so I don't dare to go to see him. I heard that you are a caring driver, so I brought some gifts here specially."
Mother Chen's eyes were red and she was wiping her tears, looking like a poor mother who was extremely angry at her rebellious child.
The driver said quickly, "Don't cry, this child is really too ignorant. No matter how busy you are with the college entrance examination, you can't not go home. Just tell me, what do you need me to do for you?"
Mother Chen took out a tea box and said, "I am really sorry to bother you. I don't have any big requests. I just hope you can help me see the child."
"this……"
The driver hesitated for a moment. The next second, Chen's mother looked around and carefully opened the tea box: "Look."
The driver pursed his lips and nodded: "Okay, let's make it clear first, we can't delay the students' exams."
"I know. I'll just see him once and send him over right away. It won't waste any time."
*
After walking the puppy with Xie Chao for half an hour, Chen Hesong went back to the school cafeteria for dinner.
Xie Chao originally wanted to ask the chef at home to bring him meals, but Chen Hesong did not agree.
The cafeteria specially prepared some new dishes for the students, but Chen Hesong didn't order any of them. He still ordered the two dishes he usually eats.
He remembered clearly every word that Teacher Zhu said.
Don't be greedy or eat too much or too cold food, and don't eat things you have never eaten before.
After dinner, Chen Hesong went to the study room with his schoolbag.
Take out the wrong answer book for the subject you will be taking the exam for tomorrow and look through it. The time is almost up.
He packed his things slowly and returned to the dormitory.
Several roommates took a shower early and went to bed.
Chen Hesong walked in quietly, not wanting to wake them up, and did not turn on the lights. He carefully took out his toiletries and pajamas and prepared to take a shower.
Suddenly, someone sat up from the bed and scratched his hair.
"I can't sleep. I've never gone to bed so early."
The other roommates also sat up: "I thought you two were asleep."
"I thought you guys were asleep."
Chen Hesong stood in the middle of the dormitory holding a washbasin.
They waved their hands at Chen Hesong and said, "Turn on the light. I can't sleep at all."
"Okay." Chen Hesong smiled and walked into the bathroom
.
At nine-thirty, Chen Hesong turned off the lights and the four of them lay back in bed.
"One sheep, two sheep, happy sheep, lazy sheep..."
"Teacher Zhu said that even if you can't sleep, you should close your eyes and take a rest."
"Yes, Mr. Zhu is right, go to sleep."
After a while——
"Are you asleep?"
"not yet."
"Shh—Chen Hesong is asleep, shut up."
"oh."
The dormitory fell into silence again, with only the electric fan hanging on the ceiling whirring.
Chen Hesong lay flat on the mat with his hands folded in front of him, sleeping very soundly.
But he frowned, as if he was not sleeping well.
Like a kaleidoscope of events, many things flashed through his dreams.
He followed his mother to the He family when he was eight years old. He got along well with He Yu at first. But before long, He Yu found out that "Mother Chen would not protect Chen Hesong", and his true nature began to show.
It turned out that he had such a hard life during these years in the He family.
She did the laundry and cooked every day, tutored He Yu in his studies, and endured He Yu's sarcasm, beatings and kicks.
I didn’t feel it was hard before, and all I thought about was getting through the day. Looking back now, Chen Hesong was shocked that he had actually endured this for ten years.
However, Teacher Zhu was not in the dream.
Without Teacher Zhu, no one would teach him how to collect evidence and go to the police station to report the incident, no one would help him report the incident to the school, and no one would protect him.
He could only act like a puppet, forced to repeat a grade and forced to be He Yu's companion in study.
The day of the college entrance examination finally arrived. Just like today, he reviewed his wrong answer book, packed his schoolbag, and went to bed early.
In a daze, he turned over and vaguely saw He Yu standing beside his bed, holding his schoolbag in his hand.
Chen Hesong opened his eyes wide and wanted to get up from the bed to stop him, but he seemed to be pinned down by something and couldn't move.
He could only watch He Yu open his schoolbag and take out his admission ticket.
No!
Chen Hesong opened his eyes wide, and physiological tears flowed from his eyes. He could not move or shout.
No! That's his admission ticket! Stop!
In a trance, he heard someone say: "Xiaoyu just doesn't want to leave his brother."
"Xiaoyu is a high-needs baby. He is afraid that his brother will leave him, so he has been using extreme methods to prevent his brother from leaving. Although it is extreme, it is understandable."
He Yu took his admission ticket and gently tore it in half.
The next second, Chen Hesong found strength from somewhere, broke free from the unknown restraints, sat up suddenly from the bed, and punched He Yu.
The fist created a sound of wind, shattering the phantom beside the bed.
Chen Hesong gasped, came to his senses, quickly climbed off the bed, opened his schoolbag and checked his admission ticket.
Fortunately, my admission ticket and ID card are still there.
He checked it three times, and then remembered what Teacher Zhu said, that there was no need to worry even if the admission ticket was lost, so he slowly calmed down.
Chen Hesong was careful and kept his admission ticket and ID card separately. He placed the admission ticket at the innermost part of his schoolbag and the ID card in his wrong answer book.
This way, even if one of them is lost, the other one may not be lost.
My roommates have all fallen asleep and the dormitory is very quiet, with only the sound of their breathing.
After Chen Hesong finished doing this, he realized that he was sweating coldly and his back was wet.
He went to the bathroom and used cold
I washed my face with water to make myself feel more awake.
If the dormitory door had not been closed at night, he would have wanted to set off for the examination room right away and wait outside.
He came back to his senses and wanted to read a book and review, but then he remembered what Teacher Zhu said, that even if he couldn't sleep at night, he should lie in bed and close his eyes to rest.
So Chen Hesong carried the schoolbag to the bed, placed it next to his pillow, and then lay down quietly.
The sound of an electric fan whirring came to his ears, and Chen Hesong seemed to hear those noises again.
"Xiaoyu is a high-needs baby."
"Xiaoyu just wanted to stop her brother from leaving. What did Xiaoyu do wrong?"
Chen Hesong covered his ears, turned over, hugged his schoolbag in his arms, silently recited the ancient Chinese poems that would be tested tomorrow, recalled what Teacher Zhu had said in class, and slowly fell asleep.
Keep away all those demons and monsters.
*
The next day, seven in the morning.
The alarm clock rang on time. Chen Hesong opened his eyes and suddenly found his three roommates surrounding his bed. He was startled and sat up from the bed, almost punching them.
Chen Hesong was a little stressed, but when he came to his senses, he breathed a sigh of relief: "What's wrong? Are we late?"
The six eyes of the three roommates looked at him eagerly.
"No, it's still early."
The three roommates stretched out their hands to him. Chen Hesong hesitated and stretched out his hand, and they hurriedly grabbed Chen Hesong's hands.
"Yes! I shook hands with the top student in my grade!"
"I'm number two!"
Chen Hesong smiled, and the tense mood that had been in his mind all night eased a lot.
He simply washed up, went to the cafeteria to have breakfast, and finally went to the school gate with his schoolbag to wait for the driver.
Chen Hesong comforted himself in his heart, it’s okay, everything will be fine once he gets on the bus.
While waiting for the bus, he took the small notebook of composition materials and took a look at it.
At exactly eight o'clock, the driver arrived at the school gate on time.
Chen Hesong got on the bus with two other classmates, said "thank you", and then breathed a sigh of relief.
We will arrive at the examination room in thirty minutes.
The driver glanced back at him and asked, "Teacher Zhu, aren't you going with us today?"
Chen Hesong nodded: "Yes, Teacher Zhu is afraid of traffic jams on the road, and for the convenience of scheduling, he will arrive at the examination room early to wait for us."
"Okay, let's go." The driver started the car.
It’s only eight o’clock, but the traffic is already a bit congested.
While driving, the driver turned around to look at Chen Hesong, as if chatting with him: "Classmate, your name is Chen Hesong, right?"
"Yeah." Chen Hesong looked at the notebook carefully and responded casually.
"Why don't you ask your parents to take you to the exam?"
Chen Hesong closed the notebook, looked up, and felt something was wrong.
His nerves, which had been tense last night, became tense again.
"Your family is local, right? Did you have a fight with your parents? Otherwise, why didn't you ask them to send you off? They should still care about your studies. Even if you had a fight with them, it would be fine in a few days. The college entrance examination is something that only happens once in a lifetime, so how could you not ask them to send you off?"
Chen Hesong did not answer. He silently stuffed the notebook back into his schoolbag and held his phone tightly.
He had heard such words too many times, from Vice Principal Zhou in the past and from those teachers who tried to smooth things over later, each of them had advised him to forgive.
But he didn't know this driver at all, he was just a stranger, why would he suddenly say such a thing?
There is definitely a problem.
The driver continued, "As the old saying goes, there are no parents who are not right.
You said that the most important thing in the college entrance examination is your attitude. If you go to the college entrance examination with a lot of anger in your heart, you will definitely not do well. "
"If you are not filial, it doesn't matter how well you do in the exam. If you are given a chance, are you willing to say 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' to your parents?"
Now Chen Hesong was basically certain.
He asked, "Did someone come to you and tell you something?"
The driver said, "No, your mother came to see me yesterday. She cares about you very much. She gave me a gift and told me to take good care of you and take care of you. She cried so hard. You should go meet her."
I see.
Chen Hesong said calmly: "She remarried and allowed her stepbrother to abuse me."
The driver paused. "How can it be that serious? Kids nowadays are just pretentious. When we were young, there were a lot of fights between brothers. Some even got their heads broken, but they would make up soon after. What's domestic violence? You make it sound so serious."
Chen Hesong didn't want to pay any more attention to him. Using his schoolbag as a cover, he turned on his cell phone and switched to Teacher Zhu's phone page.
If there is any problem, he will call Teacher Zhu immediately.
Suddenly, another student in the car exclaimed: "Driver, where is this? This road is wrong, right?"
The driver smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I'll take Chen Hesong over first."
"What? Where are you taking me?" Chen Hesong was shocked. "Let me off! Let me off right here! I can walk there by myself!"
"Okay, only after you have dealt with your family affairs can you concentrate on the exam. Parents' encouragement is the most important thing. Without parents' encouragement, the college entrance examination is incomplete."
The other two students in the car were terrified and tried to help Chen Hesong explain.
"Master, you misunderstood. Chen Hesong's family situation is really bad. He really has been abused!"
"The school even issued a notice about this incident. Chen Hesong was really badly bullied."
The driver was very stubborn: "I have lived for decades and have seen more things than you kids. You are just hypocritical. You get depressed all the time and always blame your parents and talk about your original family."
Unable to explain clearly to him, Chen Hesong immediately dialed Teacher Zhu's number in his schoolbag, then stuffed the phone into the inner pocket of the schoolbag and zipped up the schoolbag.
At this time, Zhu Qingchen was already waiting in the examination room of No. 8 Middle School.
He glanced at his phone and picked up the call: "Hello, Hesong? What happened? Are you guys here?"
Zhu Qingchen did not hear Chen Hesong's answer, but only heard noisy sounds coming from the other end of the phone.
The next second, Chen Hesong's voice came, but it was not directed to him.
"Driver, I'm warning you for the last time. You are a volunteer, not a family mediator. Since you signed up for the volunteer activity, you are responsible for taking us to the examination room, not sending me somewhere else on the way."
Zhu Qingchen held the phone in his hand, his expression grim.
What's going on?
That driver kidnapped the students?
That's impossible. Volunteers have all passed layers of screening. How could this happen?
At this time, the driver said: "Okay, your mother is waiting for you in front. She has prepared a surprise for you. I will take these two students to the examination room first, and your mother will take you to the examination room in person later."
"Morning Garden is just across the street from the examination hall. It only takes ten minutes to get there. Don't worry, you won't be late. Your mother just wants to see you."
Morning Garden? Mom?
Zhu Qingchen on the other end of the phone quickly grasped the key words, covered his phone, and said to the teacher who was traveling with him: "I'm going to Chenxi Garden. If I'm not back in 20 minutes, I'll
Call the police, Chen Hesong's family seems to be here."
"Please keep an eye on the other two students and see if the driver has brought them here."
"Okay." The fellow teacher also knew Chen Hesong's family situation and quickly agreed.
Zhu Qingchen grabbed the key to his electric scooter, put on his helmet, stepped on the accelerator, and drove away.
But now is the peak period for sending students to take the exams, and there are many cars on the road. Even if he rides a light electric scooter, he can't get there quickly.
In the car, two classmates wanted to speak up for Chen Hesong, but were stopped by Chen Hesong.
They also have to take exams, and if they keep arguing here it would be bad if it delays their exam time.
Chen Hesong said: "Driver, you'd better think it through. I was subjected to domestic violence and school bullying. It was not a minor incident. I was taken to the police station and the police examined my injuries. Not allowing me to contact my family was a joint decision made by the school and the police station."
"Drive us to the examination room right now. There's still time. I won't tell anyone about this. If you drop me off here, you will be responsible for anything that happens to me."
Seeing how determined he was, the driver hesitated for a moment.
But how could a middle-aged man like him, who loves to give orders, admit that he was wrong?
At the end of the alley, there was a car parked.
The driver stopped the car and opened Chen Hesong's door. "Hurry up and get off. Your mother is waiting for you in front. You will understand her painstaking efforts in the future. Without her participation, you will not be happy even if you do well in the exam."
Chen's mother, who was wearing heavy makeup, ran forward, smoothed her newly permed long curly hair, and said to the driver with a smile: "Thank you, thank you so much."
The driver waved his hand proudly: "You're welcome, it's just a piece of cake."
He turned around and looked at Chen Hesong: "Go quickly, no need to thank me."
Chen Hesong glanced at the other two students and said, "Then you have to send these two students to the examination room safely."
"Of course. Go down quickly and talk to your mother before taking the exam."
In order not to delay the exam of innocent classmates, Chen Hesong got off the car.
Before getting off the car, Chen Hesong shook his head at them, signaling them not to worry.
The two classmates looked at him worriedly and wanted to whisper something to him, but were afraid of being heard by the driver. They could only use their eyes to reassure Chen Hesong that they would go to find the teacher as soon as they arrived at the examination room.
The driver drove away, and before leaving, he pushed Chen Hesong towards Chen's mother.
Chen Hesong staggered and stopped one step away from Chen's mother.
Chen's mother smiled and said to him, "Xiao Song, you have an exam today. I saw something online and specially wore a cheongsam, which means 'a successful start'. I also specially wore red to make it more festive. I hope you can do well in the exam."
"Yeah." Chen Hesong nodded and turned to leave. "I'm almost too late. I'll leave first."
Mother Chen held him back and said, "I'll take you there in a minute. Don't worry. The exam is only an hour away. Talk to me. I'm here to cheer you up."
Chen Hesong said with a serious expression: "The college entrance examination is not an ordinary exam. I need to enter the examination room early. You are already wasting my time."
Mother Chen took out the insulated box from the bag: "Mom specially prepared lobster for you, to nourish your body, and it also symbolizes the fish leaping over the dragon gate."
Smelling the strong fishy smell of seafood, Chen Hesong quickly took a step back: "I have never eaten seafood before. My stomach can't stand it."
"Just take a bite, just take a bite. Mom picked it especially for you."
Chen Hesong raised his head: "Are you doing this for me or for yourself?"
Mother Chen was stunned for a moment.
"You bribed the driver to send me here, delaying my exam time and disrupting my exam mentality, just to show me your cheongsam and feed me lobsters that I can't eat. You said you did it for me?"
Chen Hesong looked at her seriously and said, "Are you going to take another short video and post it on your Moments to tell everyone, 'Look, I didn't abuse my son. I treated him very well.'"
"Whether you are doing this for me or for yourself, you know it clearly in your heart."
Chen's mother was shocked when his thoughts were exposed: "You...how can you think of your mother like this? Mom is doing this for your own good!"
"For my own good, he allowed He Yu to order me around, beat me, and kick me. For my own good, he wanted me to repeat the grade and be He Yu's companion."
"Mom is doing this for your own good. He Yu will inherit the He Group in the future, and you won't get anything. You have to please him, and he will treat you well in the future! Besides, your grades are so good, so if you stay for another year, you can have another year to review..."
Speaking of this, Chen's mother herself did not have the confidence.
Chen Hesong mercilessly exposed her: "You are just worried that he won't provide for you when you are old."
"You are not doing this for my own good. You are only doing this for yourself. Stop using the excuses of 'I don't understand' or 'I am doing this for your own good'. You are a clear-headed adult. You are almost fifty years old. You are not a five-year-old child anymore."
He broke away from Chen's mother's hand and said, "I'm going to take the exam. If you still have a little bit of conscience and maternal love, don't stop me."
Mother Chen stood there, stunned.
The next second, a familiar black car stopped at the entrance of the alley, blocking Chen Hesong's way.
"How can you talk to Auntie like that? It hurts Auntie's heart so much."
He Yu opened the car door and got out.
Chen Hesong hugged the schoolbag tightly in his arms, lowered his head, and said to the phone in the schoolbag: "He Yu, you want to stop me too."
Zhu Qingchen was riding his bike while listening to the voice coming from the phone, and his face changed.
He Yu is there too? !
He turned around and saw several traffic police standing at the intersection directing traffic. He rushed over to them and said, "Hello! I'm a teacher at No. 1 Middle School. My students are being blocked in the alley by hooligans!"
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