"I didn’t!"
“Bang!”
Jiang Jiang only had time to shout before his father's hand landed on his back with a loud noise.
He used a lot of strength in this slap, and Jiang Jiang staggered, and even Grandma Jiang was rushed forward.
But Grandma Jiang couldn't bear to let go of his hand. She was afraid that Jiang Jiang would run away, and she was waiting for Jiang's father to slap Jiang Jiang a few more times!
Seeing Jiang Jiang, who had talked back to her, being beaten, Grandma Jiang felt so happy.
After all, Jiang's father still remembered the severity of the blow, and he slapped Jiang Jiang on the buttocks a few times. There was a lot of flesh on the buttocks, so the beating did not harm the child.
"Don't even think about going to school anymore. You just need to help me in the store from now on. I'll keep a close eye on you and see if you dare to do anything bad again!"
Jiang's father said this viciously, and then he wanted to slap Jiang Jiang again.
The place where Jiang Jiang was hit by his father instantly felt a burning pain. "I didn't cheat! The teacher didn't send anyone to the store to tell us! That person lied to you!"
Jiang Jiang took the opportunity to speak.
But no one believed her at that time. Her classmates had all come to her home, so how could she be trying to deceive them?
"You are still making excuses now. I don't think you feel any pain!"
Father Jiang wanted to slap the child again, but Grandpa Jiang stopped him, "That's enough. The child is still young."
Jiang's father had already slapped him several times with great force. If he continued to slap him, even on his buttocks, Jiang Jiang would definitely not be able to bear it.
"What do you mean by young? She is almost an adult. She is already 15 years old today! When she was 15, I was already working outside to earn money. What about her? We paid for her to go to school, but she still didn't study hard. She talked back to adults at home and cheated outside. If we don't beat her, she will become crooked."
Father Jiang said this, but he didn't raise his hand.
"I think she should be beaten again. Children will not become useful if they are not beaten. We don't expect this dead girl to become useful, as long as she doesn't become a worm!" Grandma Jiang quickly added fuel to the fire.
Father Jiang thought it made sense, wiped his right hand on his pants, and prepared to continue beating.
Jiang Jiang, who was being controlled by Grandma Jiang and Father Jiang, suddenly sneered, "If you don't believe me, you should at least believe the class teacher. Why don't you call the class teacher now and ask what's going on?"
"Your class teacher sent your class study committee member to the store, how could it be fake!" Jiang's father glared.
"Then how do you know that person is the study committee member of our class? What is his name?"
Father Jiang frowned slightly when he heard this. He really didn't know the person's name. "How should I know her name? Anyway, she said she was the study committee member of your class."
"The study committee member of our class is a boy, about 1.80 meters tall, wearing glasses, and his name is Wang Siran." Jiang Jiang said coldly to Jiang's father.
Father Jiang was stunned when he heard this. The person who came to the store today was a girl.
Jiang Jiang saw his expression and knew that the person who came to the store today was definitely not the class study committee member.
"If you don't believe me, you can call our head teacher and ask her. She will never lie to you."
Father Jiang was a little suspicious at this point. Was the person who came today really a liar? Then why did she come to deceive them for no reason?
"You must be lying. Why would anyone come to our store to deceive us?"
"Then why should I cheat? My mother said that I have to pass the regular high school entrance exam before she can let me continue my studies. Even if I cheat now, can I cheat in the high school entrance exam as well?"
Jiang Jiang's words made Jiang's father pause. He felt that what Jiang Jiang said made sense and it was useless for Jiang Jiang to cheat now.
He glanced at Jiang's mother, who was also frowning, as if thinking about something.
"Okay, I'll call your teacher right now. If your teacher also says that you were cheating, I'll beat you!" Jiang's father said fiercely, then took the phone and handed it to Jiang Jiang.
Jiang Jiang looked up at him, not knowing what he meant.
"I don't know your class teacher's phone number." He didn't care much about Jiang Jiang's studies and didn't save Jiang Jiang's class teacher's phone number.
Jiang Jiang just laughed out of anger.
She took the phone from Jiang's father, pressed a few numbers on it, and then dialed.
The call was connected quickly. When Jiang Jiang heard the gentle female voice, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed and tears flowed down his cheeks.
"Hello, this is 110. How can I help you?"
Jiang Jiang held back his tears and choked up as he spoke, "Hello, I'm Jiang Jiang, a junior in Linjiang Middle School. Today, a classmate claimed to be the study committee member of our class and came to my parents to accuse me of cheating. Now my dad is beating me. I live in Room 603, Unit 2, Building 11, Jinjiang Community."
After saying this, Jiang Jiang couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.
The female voice on the other end of the phone immediately comforted her softly, "Don't cry yet, wipe your tears, the police will be there soon."
Jiang Jiang nodded, "Thank you, sister."
Father Jiang was puzzled. Didn’t he call the teacher? Why did he thank his sister?
"Didn't I tell you to call your homeroom teacher?"
Jiang Jiang wiped his tears, returned the phone to his father, and said indifferently, "I called the police."
After saying that, she took advantage of Grandma Jiang's distraction, shook off her hand and went straight back to her room.
Father Jiang could never have imagined that Jiang Jiang would actually call the police directly. He was stunned and didn't know how to react for a while.
The rest of the family was in the same mood until Grandma Jiang spoke up, "Calling the police for such a small matter? Are they going to ask the police to arrest her parents?"
Jiang Jiang locked herself in the room. She had just been slapped several times on the butt by her father and it hurt so much that she couldn't sit down at all.
Jiang Jiang had no choice but to lie down on the bed.
Soon, the sound of a police car was heard downstairs, and not long after, there was a knock on Jiang's father's door.
Following the police came a group of people from the community who were there to join in the fun.
Jiang's father awkwardly led the police into the house, and then tried to close the door, but the people watching the excitement at the door refused.
"Don't close the door. What happened in your house? Did you call the police?"
"Yes, let's take a look and see if we can help."
The neighbors were talking in a lively atmosphere.
Just as Jiang's father was about to say no, the leading police officer spoke up, "Are you Jiang Jiang's father? Are you the one who beat the child?"
Father Jiang said with an embarrassed look on his face, "I only hit him a few times, the child is fine."
Jiang Jiang, who was in his own room, limped out of the house.
She wasn't pretending, she was really in pain. She just took a look and saw that her entire butt was covered with slap marks and was swollen.
"Uncle, my name is Jiang Jiang." Jiang Jiang shouted in a hoarse voice, his eyes were red and tears were hanging in the corners of his eyes. He did not look very well.
The leading police officer frowned immediately, "You call this okay?"
After asking the question, he glanced at a female police officer nearby. The female police officer immediately walked over to Jiang Jiang and said softly, "Can you show me your wounds?"
Jiang Jiang nodded, and the two of them went into the house together.
Outside, the leading policeman asked about what happened, and Jiang's father spoke a little awkwardly.
"We didn't know that the man wasn't the study committee member of their class. We thought it was true. And my daughter's academic performance has improved rapidly recently, so I believed it."
Father Jiang said this with some grievance.
Just then, the female police officer brought Jiang Jiang out. When she heard what Jiang's father said, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
"You can't be so harsh on your child. This is domestic violence. It's a crime. You should go to jail!"
"Can he go to jail for just hitting his child twice? Can't I even hit my own child?" Grandma Jiang immediately said in dissatisfaction.
"Grandma, domestic violence is a crime now."
"What is domestic violence? I don't understand." Grandma Jiang turned her head away.
The female police officer was too lazy to explain to her and looked at Jiang's father. "It's probably a soft tissue contusion. You need to take the child to the hospital."
Father Jiang nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll take her to the hospital in a bit. I was impulsive this time. When I heard that she cheated, I thought that the child must not be corrupted and should be taught a lesson, so I did it. We usually don't beat our children, but today I was really angry."
Father Jiang said this very sincerely.
Seeing his good attitude, the leading policeman's expression improved a little.
He looked at Jiang Jiang again, "We will go to your school tomorrow, don't worry."
Jiang Jiang nodded and whispered, "Thank you."
The female police officer couldn't help but touch her head. Although Jiang Jiang was not short, she was very thin and looked very small, which made people feel sorry for her. "If your father hits you again, call the police. Don't be afraid."
After saying that, she looked at the other two chubby children sitting on the sofa. "Children are growing up, they need to get more nutrition. Look how thin she is. Even if you don't like her, she is still your biological daughter. Is it necessary to abuse her like this?"
When she examined Jiang Jiang's body, she found that the child was terribly thin. She asked if he didn't eat well. Jiang Jiang told her that his grandmother deliberately cooked seafood every meal and his father and mother deliberately didn't give him food money.
Although she said it unintentionally, the listener took it to heart and the female police officer hated this family very much.
The female police officer's words instantly made Jiang's father's face turn ugly, but he couldn't argue with the police, so he nodded and said, "Okay, we will give her more nutrition in the future."
After a few more instructions, the three policemen left. The noisy crowd returned home with the gossip, intending to share it with their families.
The Jiang family suddenly became quiet.
Father Jiang looked at Jiang Jiang, his eyes full of anger, "You are really capable!"
Jiang Jiang was not afraid of him at all, and looked at him calmly.
Jiang Jiang used to be very afraid of Jiang's father because she respected him and she was afraid that if she did something wrong, Jiang's father would dislike her even more.
But now she no longer cared so much about Jiang's father's attitude. She was not a clay figurine, not something that Jiang's father could manipulate at will. She was a person, a living person!
"Take me to the hospital."
"Should I take you to the hospital so late at night? Go by yourself if you want to!" Father Jiang rushed.
"If you don't take me with you, I will continue to call the police." Jiang Jiang didn't want to continue to confront Jiang's father at this time, but the slaps she received from Jiang's father were a bit heavy. If she didn't apply some medicine, it would probably take a long time to heal, which would affect her studies.
Father Jiang also got angry, "Go ahead and call the police! If I don't give you a cell phone, I wonder what you can use to call the police!"
The father and daughter just confronted each other, neither of them giving in.
Finally, Jiang's mother, who was sitting on a chair in the dining room, spoke up, "Take her there."
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