The person in front of them was Meng Su's older brother, Meng Jing.
That is, the eldest son that the aunt mentioned, who gradually became rebellious as he grew older.
He Yubai silently paid the bill, taking the opportunity to sized up the newcomer.
He was slightly shorter than him, with a neat buzz cut, strong features, even skin tone, and large, bright eyes.
"I came back last night, what about you?"
Meng Jing wasn't exactly Jiang Mian's childhood playmate; the other was a few years older than him, and they really didn't get along.
In addition, Meng Jing was a leader among children when he was young. Many little kids recognized him as their big brother and followed him around eagerly.
Jiang Mian is one of them.
From childhood to adulthood, due to the relationship between the two families, Meng Jing took good care of him, showing him the kind of affection an older brother would show to his younger brother.
She would bring him candy and snacks, take him to play in the mountain towns, and stand up for him like a hero when he was bullied.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Mian's thoughts drifted away.
He still remembers being dragged into an alley and bullied by a few bad kids, because they were in the same school, and Meng Jing was only two grades older than him.
Later, he somehow found out about this, and one day after school, he saw the group of bad kids walking home together.
Meng Jing followed silently behind, and when they passed the alley, he suddenly slammed them all into the alley.
He pulled out a wooden stick he had prepared beforehand from his schoolbag and gave those guys a brutal beating.
Meng Jing was still a child, so he was a bit weak. The others looked bruised and swollen, but they weren't actually seriously injured.
Aside from the kid who led the bullying, Meng Jing knocked out several of his teeth, and he knelt on the ground crying loudly, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth—it was hard to tell if it was saliva or blood from his gums.
Meng Jing became famous overnight for no apparent reason. The news spread to the school, and he became known as the school bully. In short, the rumors that followed became more and more outrageous.
Prior to this, the parents of the beaten children had also come to the door.
The police couldn't handle this because Meng Jing was young at the time, and the others who were beaten only suffered minor injuries.
No matter how you look at it, it's not enough to file a case; they can only settle it privately.
It's easy to imagine how furious the parents were when the police gave those reasons.
They claimed it was a private mediation, but they all went to their great-uncle's house to make a scene.
Since he was in the wrong first, Meng Jing was punished by his uncle to kneel for a day and apologize to the parents with a smile.
When his uncle demanded an apology from Meng Jing, he refused and coldly berated the parents: "Pah! Like father, like son! You shameless bastards! You gave birth to such ill-mannered beasts, it's just that I'm too small and weak, otherwise I would have beaten them all to death long ago!"
His words nearly made the family members so angry that they hadn't recovered yet. The uncle's face turned black, and he pulled out his belt to hit him.
Jiang Mian remembered the situation at the time. Her aunt tried to stop her uncle from using violence, but she rushed over and hugged Meng Jing, crying and begging her uncle not to hit him and not to hit her brother Meng Jing.
Seeing this, the uncle was caught in a dilemma. He couldn't hit or scold them, but the parents naturally refused and started demanding compensation.
Why should we compensate you?!
From childhood to adulthood, the TV dramas and cartoons they watched conveyed the idea that good will always triumph over evil.
But Meng Jing helped him get justice, he is a hero!
Why should we pay money to these aggressive and vile people now?
Jiang Mian was furious. Suddenly, she found the courage to retort. She lifted her clothes, revealing bruises on her arms and body that had been slapped.
Jiang's parents originally came to speak on behalf of the Meng family, but they never expected to see their son covered in injuries.
Jiang's mother couldn't sit still any longer. She rushed over and looked Jiang Mian over. Although they were all old injuries that were almost healed, Jiang's mother's tears welled up at that moment. She grabbed Jiang Mian and asked him what had happened.
Perhaps it was unfair to treat Meng Jingge like that, or perhaps I was genuinely harboring resentment at the time.
Even though he was small at the time, he still straightened his back and sternly denounced the bullying he suffered at the hands of those bad kids.
When I was very young, bullying among classmates was just taken as a malicious joke.
Before the word "bullying" even came into being, those bullies who made jokes and inflicted pain on others went unpunished and continued to grow up with impunity.
The victim is left to lick their wounds alone, and it will take a lifetime to soothe that broken heart.
Even after Jiang Mian presented such evidence, those parents still shamelessly claimed that it was just children playing around and that it was normal for boys to fight.
normal?
Upon hearing this, Jiang's mother snapped. She rushed forward, grabbed the woman who had spoken by the hair, and slapped her twice across the face: "You son of a bitch! Call your son out here, and I'll jokingly beat him up too!"
Women are inherently weak, but become strong when they become mothers.
Behind every unruly child, there's bound to be an unruly parent.
In some ways, these parents who condone their children's violence are more despicable than their children!
Jiang's mother's sudden outburst immediately plunged the scene into chaos.
Originally, Jiang's parents, who had come to persuade him, became the ones who fired the first shot, while his great-uncle and great-aunt stepped in to help and take sides.
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