Chapter 104 Transferring Schools
What the vice principal called a minor disturbance was escalated into bullying the children of "angels in white" in Gao Ming's eyes.
A mother is on the front lines providing aid, while her children are being falsely accused and beaten at school. If the health bureau really gets involved... Principal Kong is in for a scolding.
Vice Principal Wu looked embarrassed. His nephew came to complain at noon, but didn't mention a word about the reason for the fight. Instead, he said something as nasty as cursing his classmate to die.
Even if Gao Nianping's mother wasn't a doctor involved in the rescue, they still have no grounds for argument today.
“Principal, my nephew deserved to be beaten. I apologize to Comrade Gao and Gao Nianping on his behalf. We will definitely educate Mingliang properly.”
"Vice Principal Wu is joking. For Jiang to say that Li Shuaishuai got sick because Nianping's mother spread such rumors, one can only imagine how his parents educate him at home!"
"For an eleven or twelve-year-old child to so easily curse a classmate to death, I think this is no small matter!"
“I remember…” Gao Ming looked at Vice Principal Wu with a hint of probing, “Jiang Mingliang’s parents should also be doctors, right?”
Jiang Mingliang's parents were among the earliest employees of the Workers' Hospital, and their seniority was much greater than Chen Yun's.
Jiang's mother works in the hospital's logistics department, and her father is a pediatrician. They occasionally have work handover with Chen Yun.
Normally, I've never heard my wife mention any unpleasantness with any of her colleagues at the hospital, but today Jiang Mingliang's words were full of malice, and it's clear that he couldn't have just come up with such a vicious idea as Zhang Shuzhu.
Gao Ming felt that Jiang Mingliang's parents were likely involved in this.
"Comrade Gao, please don't misunderstand." Vice Principal Wu's voice suddenly rose, his panic quickly suppressed: "Mingliang's parents are busy with work, and he's usually taken care of by his grandparents. It's possible that the grandparents often say crude things, and the child has overheard them. We'll definitely give him a good talking-to when we get back..."
Jiang Mingliang snorted somewhat defiantly, but before he could finish pouting, a large hand suddenly reached out and slapped him so hard that he staggered and felt a sharp pain in his body.
"Waaah..."
Vice Principal Wu used considerable force in that slap, and Jiang Mingliang, who was already feeling some soreness, immediately looked up in pain and began to sob.
Gao Ming's brow twitched upon seeing this.
The slap was somewhat unnecessary, and the stark contrast in attitude before and after made it all the more puzzling.
"Cough cough cough—"
Principal Kong, who was almost invisible, coughed twice and hurriedly stood up to shake hands with Gao Ming: "Comrade Gao, don't worry. Now that we know the problem, we just need to solve it."
Gao Ming had dealt with Principal Kong before. When the school moved its library, it rented trucks from a transportation company, but the payment has yet to be made.
...He's also someone who's good at smoothing things over.
“I was a bit too harsh just now.” Gao Ming suddenly softened, as if his anger had subsided, but his tone was still somewhat stiff: “Principal Kong, tell me, which parent can remain indifferent when they see their son injured?”
“Oh dear… I’m a parent too, of course I can understand Comrade Gao!” he said, patting Gao Ming on the shoulder.
“We will absolutely not shirk our responsibility to cover Gao’s medical expenses. Comrade Gao, please take your child to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible… The child’s parents are busy with work, so I will call my wife and ask her to accompany you.” Vice Principal Wu then added.
Gao Ming waved his hand, his tone much better: "Forget about the medical expenses! I just hope this kind of thing doesn't happen again. If the words cursing Li Shuaishuai were to reach his parents' ears, I believe today would be more than just sitting in the office talking."
"Comrade Gao is right. Old Wu must go back and give Jiang Mingliang a good talking-to! Make him realize his mistake."
"Principal, you're right to remind us. We parents will definitely educate our children properly in the future." Vice Principal Wu knew that Gao Ming and Principal Kong were just trying to let the matter drop. While repeatedly making his assurances, he kicked Jiang Mingliang in the calf and said, "Hurry up and apologize to Gao Ming."
Jiang Mingliang groaned in pain, wiping away tears as he apologized, "I'm sorry, I'll never dare to say bad things about Li Shuaishuai again!"
"Hmph!" Gao Nianping turned his head away and ignored him, but his anger was not going to subside so quickly.
But the adults' conversation had already shifted to other topics, and Principal Kong mentioned the school's plan to demolish the old teaching building and build a new one.
Demolishing old buildings means generating a lot of construction waste such as bricks and soil that needs to be removed.
Principal Kong's words implied that he wanted to borrow trucks from Gaoming Company to help transport the garbage, but if he couldn't provide the trucks, he would also need to send people.
Gao Ming slapped his thigh, his face full of regret: "That's really unfortunate! There isn't a single car at the North City parking lot right now, they've all gone to the Haishi Wharf... Why don't you ask Principal Kong about Li Shuaishuai's dad?"
Principal Kong: "..."
Gao Ming not only refused to take responsibility for the matter, but also wanted the school to contact Li Shuaishuai's father. If Li Huguo knew why the argument started today, it would be a miracle if he agreed.
Principal Kong's expression stiffened, and the smile on his face faded considerably.
Gao Ming, however, seemed not to notice anything, and smiled as he looked around the office: "Then I'll take the child to the hospital to get some medicine. Principal and Vice Principal, you can continue your conversation."
We left the school gate.
The setting sun had only a last ray of light hanging on the horizon, its orange glow shining directly on the black sedan parked by the roadside.
"Dad," Gao Nian'an called out cautiously.
Gao Ming remained silent the entire way, and the quieter he was, the more uneasy the siblings felt. In the end, they took the initiative to start a conversation.
"Nian'an, get in the car first."
Gao Nian'an quickly got into the car and sat down, his clear black and white eyes looking at Gao Ming's face through the somewhat blurry car window.
Dad was smiling, and he was smiling very proudly.
“You should learn from your younger brother. Use your brain more often and don’t always think about solving things with violence.”
"If it weren't for my older sister, I would have really been injured!" Gao Nianping still had her back to Gao Ming, so her expression couldn't be seen. We could only guess from her words. At this moment, she was only focused on taking the blame herself: "I acted impulsively today. I shouldn't have fought with Jiang Mingliang."
"Really injured?" Gao Ming turned around quickly, his gaze falling on his son's torn school uniform: "Looks like he did this himself?"
Gao Nianping nodded: "Jiang Mingliang is no match for me. I even kicked his butt several times. If he's so tough, let him take off his pants and complain!"
clever:"……"
"I taught my younger brother..." Gao Nian'an gestured excitedly, half of his body leaning out of the car: "Specializing in the bottom lane, every move is fatal!"
clever:"……"
"Dad," Gao Nianping said, eager to explain further.
"Dad's not angry." Gao Ming turned around and made room for the car door. "Since you're not hurt, there's no need to go to the hospital. Dad will take you out to eat!"
"Oh oh oh oh—" Gao Nian'an excitedly moved to the left: "Little brother, come on up quickly, we're going out to eat today."
Gao Nianping breathed a sigh of relief and obediently got into the car and sat down.
The car started and quickly drove onto the newly built highway.
"Nianping, what do you think of No. 8 Middle School?"
"It's alright." Gao Nianping fiddled with the zipper of his school uniform, somewhat regretting that he shouldn't have used brute force earlier, as he had to replace the zipper after tearing it.
"How about Dad changes your school next semester?" Gao Ming asked.
"..."
The siblings almost simultaneously stuck their heads between the front and driver's seats, asking questions out of curiosity.
"Let Nianping come to No. 5 Middle School. With me protecting him, let's see who dares to bully him."
"I'm taking the high school entrance exam next year. Is it too late to change schools now?"
Looking through the rearview mirror at Gao Nianping, who looked more and more like Chen Yun as he grew older, Gao Ming could only vaguely see a resemblance to himself from the slightly upturned corners of his eyes.
Not only does her son look like Chen Yun, but his personality is also almost identical to hers.
Gao Nianping's intelligence is quite average among his peers, but he excels in hard work and perseverance.
Therefore, Gao Nianping failed the entrance exam for No. 5 Middle School and could only attend No. 8 Middle School, which was closer to his home. Even when he was in the first year of school, his academic performance was only average in his class.
In previous years, Gao Ming was so anxious about this that he often suffered from insomnia, and he even considered sending his child to tutoring classes to improve his grades.
It was Chen Yun's words that eventually dispelled his idea.
Not every child is academically gifted. Gao Nianping was excellent in every way except for his slightly lagging academic performance.
Besides, Chen Yun didn't think her son was stupid... He was clever only because her daughter was so outstanding that she mistakenly thought all children should be like that.
After the couple had a heart-to-heart talk, Gao Ming stopped comparing Gao Nianping's exam scores with anyone else's.
If you do better than last time, you get a reward; if you do poorly, you have to try again.
Unexpectedly, Gao Nianping perfectly inherited Chen Yun's competitive spirit. If he scored two points higher on the final exam than on the midterm exam, he would absolutely not allow himself to score worse next time.
With this perseverance that can make up for lack of talent, he became the first in his class and the second in the grade in the first semester of fourth grade, and maintained this position until fifth grade.
If he wants to get into No. 5 Middle School, Gao Ming believes that with such good grades, they will definitely be willing to accept this transfer student.
"Dad thinks we have enough time. Are you confident?" Gao Ming asked rhetorically.
"I have confidence!"
"If you have confidence, then Dad will take care of the rest."
"Is it really No. 5 Middle School?" Gao Nianping asked again.
Gao Ming blinked in the rearview mirror: "Fifth Middle School is building a new teaching building, and Dad donated 50,000 yuan... Don't worry about the school uniforms from Eighth Middle School, summer vacation is coming soon anyway."
"Okay." Gao Nianping tossed aside the broken lock and happily leaned back in his chair. "No wonder you didn't do the favor Principal Kong asked you to. You must have already thought it through!"
"Why do you think Principal Kong called me today? Isn't it because he wants to take this opportunity to make me work for free without daring to ask for money, so that the money reported to the school will naturally go into his pocket?"
"No wonder the teacher made us fill out our parents' jobs as soon as school started. Turns out it was to find out what our classmates' parents do in advance!"
Gao Nianping finally understood why the principal would come to the class and chat with several students' parents every time there was a parent-teacher meeting.
Thinking about it now, those classmates' families are either in business or are relatives of government officials.
Too much of a purpose...
"You can take care of school matters after your final exams. We have an important task to do today!"
Even though they didn't know what the mission was, the siblings instantly became excited.
"Let's go look at houses after dinner." Gao Ming's tone was also filled with excitement. He turned to look at the siblings while the car was stopped at a red light: "When your mother comes back, we'll give her a big surprise."
The promise I made to my wife before coming to Beicheng finally came to be fulfilled.
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