Chapter 85 I don’t know what to do
In this country, abandoning a child is illegal.
Once you have a child, you have an obligation to take care of the child until he or she reaches adulthood. Otherwise, the child can take legal action to force his or her parents to pay child support.
There are no exceptions.
But maybe because the couple had too little education or some other problem, they naively thought that as long as they could prove that their child had a mental problem and they really couldn't afford to raise the child, they could just throw the child to an welfare institution.
When they contacted the director of the welfare institution, he immediately felt it was outrageous and speechless at their ignorance.
This situation definitely could not be agreed to, and the child was already in the second year of high school, and was no longer old enough for the welfare home to take him in. The director rejected the couple.
But the couple still left a deep impression on the dean.
"I've never seen such a weird couple. The husband kept blaming his wife, saying she shouldn't have given birth to the child, and his wife kept crying. They both looked very uncultured."
"I feel a little bit neurotic. It's hard to describe. I feel like I have a mental problem."
As the dean spoke, he was still frightened and felt helpless about having encountered a madman.
Bai Qiuwu listened thoughtfully.
"Have you seen that child?" she asked the dean.
"Yes, I have. The couple brought their child with them. I only met them briefly."
"So what do you think of that child?" Bai Qiuwu asked again.
"It's hard to say. He seemed a bit introverted. He kept his head down and followed his parents from a distance, looking listless. But it's understandable. He's old enough and sensible. It must have been a huge blow to him that his parents didn't want him."
The welfare home has taken in many orphans over the years, some of whom were abandoned by their parents, so the director is very angry about this behavior.
"If you can't afford to raise a child, don't have one. Your life is already a mess, so why have a child? Will it only make your life more difficult? And then, if you can't raise the child, you'll end up abandoning it. This is a human life, not some random cat or dog."
The dean was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at me. "In all these years, this is the first time I've seen such excessive behavior from this couple. They've raised their son so big, and they still say they don't want him. They must be mentally ill."
Bai Qiuwu nodded, almost understanding the situation.
After saying goodbye to the welfare home, she summarized her gains of the day in front of the camera.
"Judging from the comments from all parties involved, the boy should be a relatively introverted and shy child. His family situation should not be very good, and there are frequent quarrels at home. So the divorce should be true."
"And it's true that they're going to hand him over to welfare. Next, we're going to continue visiting his neighbors to see if we can find out what the couple's living conditions are."
Bai Qiuwu is undoubtedly very responsible. She did not believe in one side's words, nor did she comment with any personal emotions. She just told the information she knew impartially.
But she can avoid being disturbed by her personal emotions, but those netizens watching the live broadcast cannot.
Life is so dull, only cattle and horses adorn the world. I want to see what kind of perfect couple this is. My keyboard is ready, I'm going to curse them to death! Damn, they can do such perverted things, they are really not worthy of being human. Can the country control these people? Is this illegal?
I feel so sorry for that little boy. He was so young, yet his parents brought him to an orphanage. He had to listen to his parents say they didn't want him, and even slander him as having mental problems. How heartbreaking it must be! I can't bear it just thinking about it. It's so painful.
If this kind of person doesn't get punished, it's simply unforgivable. What will happen to the little boy in the future? I'm so worried and sad. It turns out not all parents in this world love their children. I feel so sad for some reason. Children are the most innocent. Sigh.
If I were this little boy, I would have gone crazy a long time ago, hacked my scumbag parents to death, and then let them do whatever they wanted. I wouldn't be able to live at all. I never understand those people who have a messy life but still insist on having children, and then don't want to raise them. Why do they have children?
I feel that children are the most vulnerable group in the world. Because their parents give birth to them and raise them, children can only become their parents' decorations and have no ability to resist at all. Sometimes I really feel sorry for some children. Some people are really not worthy of being parents.
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Barrages of comments flashed one after another, and most of them were condemnations. Bai Qiuwu and Pu Xi looked at each other, and thought that this trend was okay, so they ignored it.
If there are debates and topics, it means the direction is right and there is money to be made, so there is no need to worry about it.
With the information provided by the little boy, Bai Qiuwu came to where they lived again.
The little boy's family is not well off and he still lives in a very poor alley where several families live together. The houses are small and shabby with poor sound insulation.
When people stand inside, they even feel like they are from the last century.
And because the place is small and there are only a few people living there, it is very easy to find out what's going on inside.
Bai Qiuwu grabbed a passing uncle and asked, "Does Wang Wei live here?"
The uncle glanced at them for a few seconds, seeming reluctant to pay attention to them, but finally nodded and pointed to a room inside.
"That's their home."
After the uncle finished speaking, he was about to leave. Bai Qiuwu quickly stopped him, smiled politely, and then asked: "Brother, do you know about their family situation? I am Wang Wei's class teacher."
"Our school held an interview program to interview students' families, and we chose Wang."
The uncle looked at them suspiciously, as if he didn't quite believe it.
But the original owner of Bai Qiuwu's body came from the entertainment industry after all. Although he didn't have much acting skills before, he could still pretend to be sincere.
The uncle looked at it for a long time but couldn't see anything wrong, so he reluctantly said, "Their family is in chaos every day."
"Really? How's your child doing at home? I always feel like he's quiet at school and always seems to have a lot on his mind. I've asked him a few times, but he won't say anything. The school doesn't know how to help him even if they want to."
"I thought about going to his house and asking, but I didn't think I'd get anything out of him. His parents seemed to be avoiding the issue and didn't care about their child. So I thought I'd ask the neighbors, and they might be able to tell me more."
Bai Qiuwu's tone was very sincere, and his expression was serious. It was hard to tell whether he was playing a prank or joking, so the uncle gradually relaxed his guard.
People are naturally sympathetic to the weak, and Wang Wei's child looked really pitiful. The uncle probably couldn't stand it anymore, but he just couldn't intervene too much, after all, he was an outsider.
Seeing that someone finally took care of it, he didn't hesitate and started talking directly, with a rather disdainful tone.
"That family is simply bizarre. I don't even know how to describe it. The man doesn't work every day and beats his wife and children. The woman refuses to divorce him. I don't know what she's doing. They quarrel every day, and it's as if the child isn't theirs."
"I could hear noises coming from their house every night. You have no idea how outrageous they are. In the middle of the night in the dead of winter, they drove the children out onto the street and didn't even let them wear warm clothes. I felt like they just wanted to freeze the children to death and they didn't let me say anything."
"One time, I couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but say a few words. Then I brought the children to my house to keep warm. As a result, they came to me and accused me of meddling in their affairs. They looked so neurotic. It seemed like the whole family had a problem with their brains."
The man spoke angrily, and the more he spoke, the stranger Bai Qiuwu's expression became.
This doesn't sound like simple child abuse. Just like what this uncle said, it seems like this family has a mental problem.
Is it a genetic mental illness?
Bai Qiuwu thought about this and asked, "Has their family always been like this?"
“It seems not.”
As a result, this time the uncle gave an unexpected answer: "They have always lived here. I heard that they were very happy when the baby was just born."
"This family had been pregnant several times before, but they secretly checked the gender and aborted the babies when they found out they were girls. Finally, they gave birth to this boy."
"It's said they went to great lengths to get a boy. I don't know how much money they spent. When he was first born, they treated him like a treasure. But then, for some reason, he started to act up."
"Maybe they think raising a child is too expensive? Who knows what that family is thinking? They must be mentally ill."
The uncle's words contained a lot of information. Bai Qiuwu and Pu Xi looked at each other and immediately knew that they had unearthed a big melon.
But that’s all the uncle knows, and nothing else can be asked.
After watching the old man leave, Bai Qiuwu looked at the camera and summarized his analysis: "The environment here is indeed not very good. The conditions of the families living here must be really average."
"Then according to my understanding from various sources, the wisher's father has no job, likes to drink, and will beat people when drunk. The wisher's mother works in the service industry, doesn't make much money, and has no say in the family."
"They did want to abandon Wang and contacted the orphanage, but they refused because abandonment is illegal in our country."
"But they really wanted a boy from the beginning, and their attitude wasn't always this bad. Something must have happened."
Bai Qiuwu analyzed the situation and discovered the biggest question: "What kind of event could make a couple who desperately wanted a boy so desperately want to abandon their child?"
As soon as this question was asked, all kinds of comments started to appear in the live broadcast room.
[You can't really think that raising a child is expensive and then you don't want to have one, right? No, how much can raising a child cost? And I was so excited at the beginning, I should have raised one even if I had to sell everything I had. How could this happen? I have a feeling that something terrible is going to happen.]
Is the child rebellious? Bad grades? Likes to spend money recklessly? Other than that, I can't think of anything else. This child must have been disliked since he was a child. What can a child of that age do? I think it's the couple's fault. They probably wanted their son to be successful, but ended up being useless.
[The person who said raising a child doesn't cost much, why don't you try raising one? Do you know how much it costs to raise a child? Earning money for milk powder is not an adjective. A large bucket of milk powder costs thousands for a good one, hundreds for a bad one, and it's gone in just three or five days! There are all sorts of other expenses, it's impossible to afford to raise a child at all!]
It was actually not that bad when I was little, but the main problem is the education expenses after I got older. There are all kinds of tutoring classes, all kinds of test papers. The money goes away like water, and the children still don’t learn anything. Sometimes it’s really suffocating. Seeing them learn like that, I wish I could stop them from studying.
[This isn't a reason to abandon the child, right?... They insisted on having a boy in the first place, and the child didn't have to be born from them. They had no choice. I feel bad for the girls who had abortions, but I also think they were lucky not to be born into such a family. It's hard to describe.]
[I think this matter isn't as simple as we suspect. At least, it's definitely not as simple as we suspect. I suggest you try to find out more about the situation. There must be something behind it, right? I think there is. Master Bai, I'll leave it to you!]
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Bai Qiuwu looked at the comments without making any comment, but she responded thoughtfully to the last one.
"I think this is a bit strange, too. Let's wait and see. We haven't seen the person involved in such a long time. Let's go to the school and see him now."
Then they changed buses again and arrived at the school again.
This time I was familiar with the way and went straight into the head teacher's office.
Because they had agreed on their purpose in the morning, when the head teacher saw them arrive, he immediately sent someone to call someone, and soon a somewhat silent boy came.
The boy was about 1.6 meters tall, not very tall, with dark skin. He kept his head down and seemed a little introverted.
"This is Wang," the head teacher introduced them, then gave them some space: "Go ahead and chat whatever you want. I'll be leaving first."
Bai Qiuwu politely thanked the head teacher and continued to observe the little boy.
There's nothing special about it, just like an ordinary kid.
"Hello, classmate Wang, did you make a wish online?" Since the boy didn't speak, Bai Qiuwu had to take the initiative to find conversation.
The boy really seemed to have a bad temper. When asked questions, he just said "hmm" and didn't even look up.
"I just want to ask you, do you spend much time with your parents? How do you get along? Can you tell me about it?"
Bai Qiuwu's tone was very soft, as gentle as possible, and she sounded like an intimate older sister.
The little boy seemed to be infected by her gentleness and gradually relaxed. After a moment's silence, he slowly spoke.
"I...I don't spend much time with them."
"They thought I was in the way, that I spent too much money, that I had poor grades and no future, so they disliked me and wanted to send me away."
The boy's voice was low. He clenched his fingers nervously, his head drooping even lower. "I don't know what to do."
(End of this chapter)
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