Teacher Leng seemed a little reluctant, but still followed Bai Song to an independent office.
He was about to get off work and had planned to go out on a date with his girlfriend in the evening. Naturally, he was unhappy about being delayed by Bai Song.
There is no student from a particularly good family in this school, and no one is from Beijing. The parents of the children who go to school here are all migrant workers. Elementary schools do not pay as much attention to grades as middle schools, and generally speaking, elementary school students are not very capable of getting into trouble, so many teachers here are like Teacher Leng - they leave work on time, never work overtime, and never delay classes.
"I don't think the situation you're talking about exists," Teacher Leng interrupted Bai Song after hearing a few words from him, "Tiangeng doesn't cause trouble on weekdays. I think he's usually okay."
"Okay, teacher, I understand, thank you." Bai Song didn't ask any more questions.
The teacher was a little surprised. He occasionally met parents of students and they were always very difficult to deal with. These migrant workers always wanted to bring something when they came to see the teacher, but the things they brought were things that the teacher didn't need and couldn't take, which was very annoying. Moreover, they always nagged a lot. It was rare to find someone like Bai Song who only asked one question and then stopped.
Bai Song definitely didn't want to ask. Teacher Leng couldn't even pronounce Tian Gen's name correctly. What could he know? He was probably the kind of head teacher who would leave after teaching.
Then, Bai Song went to find Tian Gen.
Tian Gen at this time was a little different from a few minutes ago. He became more embarrassed and didn't dare to look up at Bai Song at all.
Tian Gen was a little kid. He didn't realize anything when he first saw Bai Song, but after Bai Song called the class teacher away for a few minutes and chatted with Wang Liang for a few words, he knew that Bai Song was there to help him. He wanted to cry, but he gritted his teeth and chose to bear it silently.
"It's just me and your uncle Wang Liang," Bai Song said, "There are no outsiders. Tell us what's going on."
"Nothing happened to me..." Tian Gen said, "I..."
He would not and did not want to lie to Bai Song. He did not know how to explain it at this moment, so he just gritted his teeth and did not say another word.
Bai Song looked at this scene and sighed inwardly, this child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
Those who have suffered in their childhood know how to cherish a good environment. Many parents always blame their children for being ignorant, and most of them blame the parents for spoiling their children too much in their early childhood.
"When you become a man, you will be responsible for everything in this world." Bai Song touched Tian Gen's head and said, "How about this, let's make a deal. When you turn 18 and go to school, you will pay me an IOU for all your expenses. When you start working, you can pay me back. Okay?"
"Okay!" Tian Gen agreed immediately, but still didn't raise his head.
"Well, you are not yet 18 years old, so you still have to rely on me for anything you need." Bai Song said softly, "Remember one thing, appropriate tolerance is necessary, but tolerance is only for a better result, not just for the sake of tolerance."
"I..." Tian Gen seemed to understand: "I won't let those people off."
Having said that, Tian Gen clenched his fists tightly, and his whole body was shaking.
"What, do you want to take revenge on them?" Bai Song felt that Tian Gen was not in a good state.
"I..." Tian Gen stopped talking again.
Bai Song's heart skipped a beat, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind. He looked at Tian Gen and asked, "Where did you put the phone I gave you?"
"I didn't lose it," Tian Gen thought Bai Song was worried that he had lost his phone, so he took the phone out of his pocket and handed it to Bai Song.
Bai Song took the phone and found that it was in flight mode. He turned on the mobile data, checked Tian Gen’s WeChat, and then looked at Tian Gen’s bill. He was shocked to find a consumption record of 26 yuan. The name of the merchant was "Shunhai Hardware Store."
Seeing this, Bai Song gently closed WeChat and handed it to Tian Gen: "Your phone is well saved."
"Yes, I carry this with me every day." Tian Gen nodded vigorously.
He didn't know how to use WeChat very well, and didn't know that after deleting the chat history and payment records, one could still see the consumption records on the bill. Naturally, he thought Bai Song knew nothing.
Bai Song knew that this matter had become a big deal. This place was close to the suburbs, and the hardware store sold a wide variety of items, including some common tools and some common daily necessities, but in any case, they were not things that Tian Gen should buy.
This kid must have thought of something extreme. What has driven him to this state?
Thinking of this, Bai Song felt a little guilty. He then remembered Tian Gen's experiences from childhood to adulthood and his final encounter. Tian Gen was actually different from these kids. If he really played tough, other kids would understand nothing.
Bai Song took out his phone and looked up the location of the hardware store on the map. He found that it was only about 400 to 500 meters away from the school, so he said to Wang Liang, "You go to the cafeteria with him to have a meal first. I have something to do outside."
"Okay," Wang Liang nodded.
Bai Song quickly left the school, scanned a shared bicycle at the school gate, and arrived at the hardware store in two minutes.
After entering, Bai Song was very direct. He took out his police officer ID and asked what a primary school student had bought for 26 yuan at noon today.
Seeing that Bai Song had already asked about the specific time and amount, the shop owner knew it was not the time to lie, so he could only tell the truth: "He bought a fruit knife."
"What kind of thing is it? Let me see," Bai Song said.
The shopkeeper reluctantly took out a knife and handed it to Bai Song.
Bai Song took a look and saw that it was a machete. He quickly cut a few times with the knife, which frightened the boss. At this time, Bai Song asked, "You are a profiteer. Why are you selling this fruit knife for 26?"
"No, no..." The boss regretted what he said. After thinking about it, he admitted it and took out a butcher knife. "It's this."
"How dare you sell this to an 11-year-old kid?" Bai Song suddenly got angry, and his aura looked indeed shocking.
"I...he told me that he used it to cut meat at home...I..." The boss was only concerned about making money on weekdays and would never think so much.
"Then why don't you sell him the kitchen knife?"
"He doesn't want..." The boss was already scared at this time. On the one hand, he was frightened by Bai Song's eyes, and on the other hand, he didn't dare to think about what would happen next.
The police are here, something must have happened!
That kid bought a knife like that, he wouldn’t kill anyone, would he?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He could no longer stand. Regret spread throughout his body, and then he collapsed on the stool.
Bai Song knew that now was not the time to be angry. Fortunately, he came here today, otherwise this would be on the news tonight.
If Tian Gen killed someone, although the 11-year-old boy would not need to bear criminal responsibility, he would definitely be detained and educated in a juvenile detention center. What would he do in the future?
If you slap someone, the mistake can be made up for, but if you kill someone, it is impossible.
Now was not the time to blame himself, Bai Song said: "Give me your ID card."
"Leader, what happened..." The boss was trembling as he searched for his ID card, but couldn't find anything.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up," Bai Song growled.
The boss was startled, then he found his social security card and handed it to Bai Song in a crying voice: "I really can't find my ID card."
"Okay." Bai Song checked it was not fake and took a photo with his mobile phone. "I can tell you responsibly that no one is dead yet, otherwise I would take you away right now. But if this happens again in the future, I will punish you severely!"
After saying that, Bai Song threw the social security card to his boss and rode his bike back to school.
The boss was sweating all over. He swore that he would never sell things randomly again. In fact, he wanted to run away, but the police knew his identity. The goods in this hardware store were worth more than 200,000 yuan, which was all his money. How could he run away? Where could he run?
Bai Song returned to school and went straight to the cafeteria. There were not many people in the cafeteria now, so Bai Song easily found Wang Liang. He discovered that Wang Liang was eating and his food sounded delicious. Tian Gen, who was sitting opposite, saw Wang Liang eating and also opened his mouth to eat.
Seeing Bai Song coming, Tian Gen immediately put down his chopsticks and moved back.
"Look at you, the children are afraid to eat when you come. Don't scare them," said Wang Liang.
"It's okay, I'll go buy some food too and eat together." Bai Song acted as if he didn't notice anything. He used cash to buy some food and brought it over to eat together.
Seeing Baisong eating, Tiangen started eating too, but he couldn’t lift his head.
By the time they finished their meal, the cafeteria was almost empty.
Tian Gen is in the fifth grade this year. There is no evening self-study for fifth graders, and generally no one lives on campus. However, this school includes nine years of compulsory education, so Tian Gen lives with the first-year students. This kind of thing can be done in this school by paying money.
This school is a boarding school. There is someone to take care of it on weekends. Generally speaking, there are not many classes. The school will take students to study on their own, and will also take boarders out for collective shopping, bathing, etc.
"Take me to see your dormitory," Bai Song said.
"Yeah," Tian Gen stood up, took his own plate, then stopped, picked up Bai Song and Wang Liang's plates together, and brought them to the sink.
Following Tian Gen on the way to the dormitory, Bai Song discovered that Tian Gen took a detour, which meant that he must have hidden the knife on another road.
Such a little idea seemed too simple to Bai Song, but he still didn't say it out loud.
After a quick look at the dormitory, he found that no one was there. Bai Song found an opportunity when Tian Gen was not paying attention and talked to Wang Liang alone about what had just happened. He asked Wang Liang to look for another knife in the holly bushes on another road.
Wang Liang was shocked when he heard Bai Song say this, but he didn't show it and just left the dormitory building.
After Wang Liang left, there were only two people here. Bai Song said, "Tian Gen, did you remember everything I just told you?"
"Yeah," Tian Gen nodded.
"Please repeat it to me," Bai Song said.
"When I turn 18, if I..."
"Not this sentence, what about before the age of 18?"
"I can't...um...I need to talk to you about something..." Tian Gen's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Then tell me, what's wrong with you now?" Bai Song got closer to Tian Gen, "Tell me, I'll help you solve it."
"I..." Tian Gen's eyes were filled with tears, but he didn't cry: "I can handle it."
"Do you still remember your dream?" Bai Song took a math book from Tian Gen's bed and said, "Tell me about it."
"I want to be a scientist..." Tian Gen blurted out, but he got stuck before he could finish the sentence. His tears could no longer stop flowing, and he cried harder and harder.
Bai Song watched Tian Gen crying quietly, without any intention of stopping him. He just stayed with Tian Gen quietly. When Tian Gen stopped crying, he took out toilet paper from the basin under the bed and handed it to Tian Gen.
"Did the meal card and money get stolen?" Bai Song asked.
He knew what kind of person Tian Gen was. If he had been robbed, there would not be just these few injuries on Tian Gen's body. It must have been after the theft. Tian Gen knew who had stolen it, so he went to argue and ended up being beaten.
This kind of beating would not be particularly severe, because Tian Gen did not see it with his own eyes, so it was not that "immense".
Tian Gen looked at Bai Song, as if asking how Bai Song knew this.
"You, Tian Gen, a person who wants to be a scientist, are now 11 years old, and you want to exchange your future for the life of someone who is nothing?" Bai Song asked.
"But..." Tian Gen seemed a little helpless, and he cried again: "But I told the teacher and the dormitory manager, there is no surveillance... They all said there is nothing they can do..."
"I only have a few hundred yuan in cash left for you," Bai Song said, "If it's lost, it's lost. I can report the loss of your meal card. I set a maximum spending limit on your meal card, which cannot exceed 100 yuan per day, so just report it lost."
"Ah?" Tian Gen's eyes lit up: "It can be like this!"
Tian Gen knew that meal cards could be used in stores, and even if it was 2,000 yuan, it could be spent in one day. The school cafeteria had video recordings, but the store didn't, and the store was actually pretty bad, and it would definitely cover up for bad people in this kind of thing.
Just then, Wang Liang walked in with a butcher knife in his hand and threw it aside nonchalantly.
Tian Gen didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment. He was not happy, but was caught in multiple emotions such as confusion, self-doubt, sadness, and inferiority.
He knew that Bai Song and Wang Liang were protecting him, but he knew those two bad students in the first grade and knew that no one could subdue them. Unless they transferred to another school, there would be conflicts.
"Child," Bai Song did not criticize Tian Gen, "You have to remember who you are. I have talked to you many times. You are very talented in mathematics and other aspects. You may become a useful person to society in the future. It is not worth it for something like this to happen here. It is absolutely not worth it. I never asked you to be a purely good person. This time you were bullied, and I will help you vent your anger. You tell me the matter clearly, and then you will see how I vent my anger."
"Don't worry," Wang Liang also touched Tian Gen's back, "We will never suffer this loss."
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