A quiet apology might earn forgiveness, but not in front of this teacher.
Class teacher Li Dan seemed to be standing on a moral high ground, wantonly criticizing Ye Cheng's faults.
No one can arbitrarily comment on someone's future, not even a teacher. What makes you think that your own opinion can dictate someone else's future?
The teacher's words and actions reminded Bai Ye of some unpleasant memories.
Ye Cheng was furious, but the sight of his sister bowing and apologizing to the teacher silenced him.
If it weren't for me, my sister wouldn't have had to apologize to that kind of person; if it weren't for me, my sister could have received a better education and had a better life...
Ye Cheng had never felt so guilty as he did today, hating his own incompetence and his own fate.
Humans are born to follow a predetermined path of destiny, and even small ups and downs are within the arrangement of fate. What right do people who claim their fate is in their own hands have to change it when they have no chance of success?
A nobody is just a nobody, and their fate will not have any ups and downs, just like their vague and uneventful first half of life, which is mediocre and unproductive.
Li Dan's words echoed in the office, which was unusually quiet.
Li Dan seemed to realize that it wasn't good for other teachers to hear what he said in the office, so he put on a patient and earnest tone, as if he were doing it for your own good.
"Ye Cheng, you should go out into society and experience some of its harsh realities so you can understand your teacher's good intentions."
Bai Ye rolled her eyes; it was just a standard line.
That certainly makes some sense.
He had a good friend whose parents started out in the underworld, and later, after getting married and having children, they didn't even have the money to treat their children's illnesses. But in other people's eyes, they didn't care about their children's lives, and even his parents thought so. But in reality, they didn't have a single penny left.
Later, he worked hard to earn money, otherwise he wouldn't even have enough for his son's medical treatment. So he went to work as a waiter in some gambling dens, which involved serving drinks and helping his older brother play cards.
The two older guys in the brothel took good care of him, giving him tips and such. Then suddenly, people came to arrest gamblers. His older brothers all escaped, but he was arrested.
He borrowed 20,000 yuan from his parents. After he was arrested, the police threatened him that they would return the 20,000 yuan if he revealed information about his two older brothers.
In those early 2000s, 20,000 yuan was a considerable sum. He was a man of guts who not only refused to pay, but the 20,000 yuan was later taken away, and he even spent a few days in jail.
Later, rumors circulated that he was a gambling addict, and his relatives all said so, but now he has made a lot of money, at least his good brother is quite wealthy now.
Some people start out as hooligans, but they start to truly change after encountering certain events. People aren't inherently bad; they just haven't reached the point of enlightenment yet. So, Bai Ye finds it annoying to make judgments about someone's future based on a single statement.
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Because of the numerous similar incidents, Ye Cheng was asked to go home and reflect on his actions for a few days.
At the school gate, the atmosphere among the three was somewhat silent.
Ye Qingcheng's eyes were full of disappointment, and Bai Ye opened his mouth but didn't know how to persuade her, so he fell silent.
Ye Cheng looked at Bai Ye with a barbed gaze: "Who are you? What's your relationship with my sister?"
Bai Ye hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Me? My name is Bai Ye, and I'm your sister's... friend."
This kid's eyes are a bit strange. Could it be that he thinks he's... So this kid is a sister-complex?
Ye Cheng was about to explode!
Ye Qingcheng pinched his ear and said irritably, "What do you want to do? You've really grown up and don't listen to your sister anymore, huh? You're always causing trouble, can't you just shut up for once?"
Ye Cheng quickly begged for mercy: "Sis, let me explain! That stupid teacher is targeting me! He always makes sarcastic remarks about me in class, I just couldn't take it anymore and snapped back. Be gentle, sis, my ears are about to fall off!"
Ye Qingcheng rolled her eyes, looking rather amused: "Who told you not to learn your lesson!"
Ye Cheng glared at Bai Ye and forcefully stepped between the two of them: "Let's not talk about this for now, sis, who is he?"
Ye Qingcheng said calmly, "It's the same as what he said. Do you have a problem with that?"
Seemingly noticing the cold glint in his sister's eyes, Ye Cheng shrank back and weakly said, "I...I have no objection!"
The bloodline suppression from his own sister completely crushed him!
Ye Qingcheng said helplessly, "Go back tomorrow and apologize to your teacher properly, okay?"
Ye Cheng's heart grew heavy, and he reluctantly said, "Okay..."
Ye Qingcheng's voice softened: "You're not allowed to talk back to your teacher anymore, understand?"
This time, Ye Cheng did not back down: "If he keeps his mouth shut."
Ye Qingcheng put her hands on her hips, striking a pose like an older sister: "Are you... are you trying to drive me crazy?"
Bai Ye patted her on the shoulder, signaling her not to be angry.
"Listen to his reasons first. Don't be angry. Listen to what the teacher has to say. We can't just listen to what the teacher says, right? We have to look at both sides of things and not just listen to one side of the story."
Ye Qingcheng felt a warmth in her heart, but looking at her younger brother, a bitter feeling welled up inside her again:
"Tell me, what did the teacher say this time that made you so angry?"
She knew her own family best; she understood her younger brother's temper and knew he wasn't easily angered.
Ye Cheng clenched his fist and looked at Bai Ye: "I don't need you to speak up for me!"
Ye Qingcheng glared at him: "He's my good friend, watch your words!"
Ye Cheng felt a little wronged. His sister had always been on his side before, but this time she was being mean to him because of an outsider!
This man definitely has a special relationship with my sister!
Ye Cheng had no choice but to suppress his anger at the thought of keeping the man away from his sister and began to recount the whole story:
The incident occurred during a class in the morning. The teacher was being sarcastic and irrational. At first, he tolerated it and ignored him, but later the teacher seemed to become more and more addicted as he got thinner.
The attack escalated from personal attacks to insults against his family, and the target shifted from his parents to even his sister.
They say that like father, like son; the son's character is reflected in the father's character.
He clenched his fists and held back, until he insulted his sister.
Li Dan said that his sister, who only graduated from a vocational school, couldn't possibly be anything special. Since he had better opportunities than his sister, he should study hard. His words were clearly a dig at him and his sister.
This completely ignited the anger in his heart; a dragon has scales that cannot be touched and will surely die!
You can insult me all you want, but you shouldn't insult my family, especially my sister!
(I encountered a teacher like this in junior high school. He made sarcastic remarks about me, which then escalated to my parents. But I had no choice but to hit him, otherwise I would have to drop out of school. There was only one private junior high school in the county, and the rest were public. I didn't get a spot in the lottery for rural junior high school, so I had no choice. If I hit him, I wouldn't be able to go to school at all.)
So he couldn't take it anymore and started arguing. He was about to fight, but his friends pulled him back and told him not to be impulsive.
His eyes were red with rage, and he wanted nothing more than to kill that person on the spot!
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