Chapter 50 Chapter 50
The school bell finally rang. Ren Li packed her things, just like she did at No. 4 Middle School, and waited for Yang Yi to come downstairs together.
Perhaps because she didn't want to go with her, Yang Yi was slow in packing her things, but she didn't express it directly, so Ren Li didn't rush her. She sat patiently in her seat and reviewed her English until they were the only two left in the classroom.
"Hey, isn't this a stingy guy? Why did he come here to attend cram school?"
A burst of mocking voices came from the front of the classroom. Ren Li looked up and saw a girl with a round face standing at the door with her arms folded, looking at Yang Yi with ill intentions.
"It really is her." A thin girl with pink, banged-over hair squeezed in. She squinted toward the back of the classroom for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "Why aren't you wearing your eight-hundred-year-old uniform today? I almost didn't recognize you."
Hearing this voice, Yang Yi shrank back unnaturally. Ren Li turned around and saw this scene.
She didn't know what the relationship between the two girls at the door and Yang Yi was, but their words were full of sarcasm and ill intentions, which anyone could hear.
"Are you ready? Let's go." Ren Li said, reaching out and tugging at the corner of Yang Yi's clothes.
But she suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something, and she avoided Ren Li, shrinking back and almost sticking to the wall behind her.
Ren Li looked forward and saw that the two girls were already walking towards her.
They walked straight to the last row and stood in the aisle, blocking Yang Yi completely.
"I'm asking you a question. Are you mute today?" The girl with dyed hair said, suddenly raising her hand and slapping the back of Yang Yi's neck repeatedly. "It's only been a few days since we last met, and you're already so arrogant."
Her voice suddenly rose, and she raised her hand, knocking the schoolbag on Yang Yi's desk to the ground.
The books fell out of the schoolbag with a clatter, landed on the ground, and were stepped on by the girl.
Ren Li had never seen such a scene before and was suddenly frightened. She stood up from the desk with a bang. Her movement was so big that the two girls turned their heads away in unison.
Ren Li didn't know them and had no intention of making enemies. She just felt that their actions were too extreme: "Why are you bullying her?"
"Sister Zhen, here comes another nosy person." The girl with dyed hair pouted at the round-faced girl. "She's quite arrogant. What's the matter? Let me teach her a lesson for you?"
Yang Yi in the corner suddenly said, "Didn't you say you wanted to go home? Leave me alone and go."
"Did I ask you to speak? Ah, you don't have the right to speak here." The girl with dyed hair raised her hand. Yang Yi was so scared that he shrank his arms and covered his head.
The girl with dyed hair raised her hand but didn't put it down in the end. When she saw Yang Yi like this, she giggled.
"Hey, where did you steal this?" The hair dye girl saw the hair tie on Yang Yi's head and suddenly became interested. She reached out and pulled the hair tie and a few strands of hair off Yang Yi's head. "This is a brand name. You probably can't afford it."
Ren Li saw what they were doing, and she now had reason to believe that these two people were definitely bullying Yang Yi.
"Ignore them, let's go back together." Ren Li lowered her voice and stretched out her hand to Yang Yi, but the girl grabbed her arm tightly.
Yang Yi's face was filled with fear, and his voice was trembling: "Ren Li, please go back first and really leave me alone, okay? I just remembered that there are some things, really..."
"You're so close, why don't you all stay here?" The girl with dyed hair said with a smile, blocking Ren Li's way. "That's perfect, let's play together later. But first, don't cry when the time comes."
Ren Li was stuck at the back of the classroom, not knowing what was going to happen next. But she still had a glimmer of hope, refusing to believe that school bullying would actually happen to them.
"Yang Yi." Ren Li suppressed her inner panic, trying to ignore everything that was happening in front of her, still thinking about how to get rid of it all. "Let's go now."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl with dyed hair rolled up her sleeves and raised her hands.
The slap was carried by the wind and almost passed by Ren Li's face. With a "pa" sound, it landed on Yang Yi's face.
The clear sound echoed in the classroom for a long time. In an instant, bright finger marks appeared on Yang Yi's originally pale face.
To be honest, being mentally prepared and seeing something actually happen are two different things. When Ren Li faced the scene of school bullying for the first time, she just stood there in a daze.
However, the bully didn't stop. The dyed-haired girl's slaps repeatedly landed on Yang Yi's face and head. Yang Yi covered his face with his hands, whimpering softly, and kept dodging backwards until he had nowhere to retreat and was forced into a corner.
"Are you fucking deaf?! You agreed to be obedient before, but why are you so annoying today? What? You were so tough just now, but why are you so quiet now? You're still glaring at me. Have you forgotten how you knelt down and begged us before? You're such a fucking bitch..."
Those words were so unbearable that Ren Li's tears fell unconsciously.
She was probably protected too well by Lin Yuan since she was a child, so she naively believed that there were only good people in the world.
Now she can only watch the violence happen, not knowing what to do.
Calm down, calm down, Ren Li kept telling herself.
She tried hard to concentrate and regain her sanity, but her body was completely out of control.
"Cry, try crying again and I'll beat you to death..." The girl with dyed hair seemed to be tired of beating and finally stopped, but she seemed to still feel unsatisfied and finally turned her gaze to Ren Li who was standing beside her.
"You're the one who backed Yang Yi. Come on, let me see how powerful you are."
As she spoke, she pushed Ren Li. Ren Li had no experience in fighting and before she could react, she was pushed out by the girl with dyed hair, and her lower back hit the corner of the table behind her.
In an instant, the piercing pain made her eyes go black. She couldn't hold on any longer and squatted on the ground, tears welling up in pain again.
The girl with dyed hair snorted softly and wanted to do something, but was stopped by the round-faced girl who had been standing by with her arms folded and watching coldly from beginning to end.
"Forget it, don't make a big deal out of it."
The girl with dyed hair was feeling indignant. The round-faced girl leaned in close to her ear and whispered, "That's enough. Look at what she wears and uses. They're all brand-name clothes. It seems like she comes from a well-off family. Just teach her a lesson and don't make trouble for yourself."
The girl with dyed hair also understood the principle of picking the weak ones to squeeze, so she nodded.
She squatted down in front of Ren Li, rolled up her sleeves and showed her wrist to Ren Li: "Look, I pushed you and you scratched my wrist, so we're even.
But let me be clear, I'm letting you go today for Sister Zhen's sake. Don't be ungrateful. If you dare to go out and tell anyone, I'll have someone kill you. Do you understand? "
Ren Li was still in a daze, tears fell to the floor, her lower back was sore and painful, she didn't know what was going to happen next, but now she was really filled with fear from the bottom of her heart.
After the girl with dyed hair finished speaking, she stood up and continued to laugh. I don’t know what she said to the round-faced girl, then she pushed Yang Yi and the few of them went out.
As the sun moved westward, Ren Li held her waist, squatted on the ground for a long time, and sobbed for a long time.
She didn't know why she was crying, maybe half because of the pain and half because of the shock.
Her thoughts were confused for a while before her sanity finally and gradually returned.
The pain in her lower back finally subsided. Ren Li stood up with the help of the table. The cell phone in her pocket had fallen out during the argument just now, and the screen was broken.
She wiped her tears and picked up her cell phone from the ground.
When she saw the missed calls from Wen Shuo on her phone, Ren Li seemed to feel relieved for a moment, but now, she had more important things to do.
Yang Yi is now being taken away by those two girls. They might do more things like bullying her before, and she can't just abandon her like that.
After thinking for a moment, she dialed the sacred number - 110.
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Five minutes later, a police car with red lights flashing stopped under the office building.
Ren Li sat quietly at the desk, waiting for the police to arrive, until she heard footsteps in the dark corridor.
She looked up and saw several tall police officers in blue uniforms appear at the classroom door.
One of them knocked on the open classroom door and asked, "Little girl, did you call the police?"
In his sight, the little girl in front of him, who looked gentle and had tears on her face, was stunned at first, and then nodded vigorously.
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"... Damn it, do you know who I am? How dare you lock me up here? I'm suing you. I'm not done with you today..."
Next to the radiator in the corridor of the police station, the girl with dyed hair had one hand handcuffed to the horizontal bar next to her. She was kicking her legs and cursing non-stop.
The drunk man who was handcuffed nearby and had sobered up, and the gangster who had bruises on his head from a fight, watched and laughed as they heard the noise.
"Save your energy." One of them couldn't help but say, "You are really making a noise. The man handcuffed here just now said he was a local traitor. Look, he was brought into the interrogation room and just sat on the chair. He was still saying yes and no, but he didn't even dare to say a word and he became a coward.
"Just kidding yourself. This is a police station. If the crime isn't serious, then stop whining. Sign the mediation agreement and go back."
The girl with dyed hair seemed to suddenly remember where she was. She felt a little timid for a moment, muttering something under her breath. She turned to look at the round-faced girl leaning against the radiator and said, "Sister Zhen, don't you know that guy at the Public Security Bureau? Didn't you call him just now? What's the matter? Can you handle it?"
The round-faced girl folded her arms and sneered, "What the hell? I told you to take it easy, but you didn't listen. I'm telling you, if anything goes wrong, you'll be the one to bear the consequences. It has nothing to do with me."
"Hey, Sister Zhen, you can't do this. You said you didn't like Yang Yi and asked me to teach you a lesson. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come here for the hell."
"Stop, stop, this has nothing to do with me." The round-faced girl said, "I never touched her at all..."
The two were arguing so loudly that the police officer at the end of the corridor couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "What are you doing? This is the Public Security Bureau. You don't understand the word 'quiet', right?"
In an instant, the girl with dyed hair wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.
"Yes, Commander." The round-faced girl raised her hand to her ear and saluted, putting on a well-behaved smile. "We won't make trouble anymore, and we've almost reflected on our mistakes. Could you please ask for permission to remove the handcuffs from our hands?"
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In the mediation room of the police station, Ren Li and Yang Yi sat beside a long table.
Female police officer Xiao Liao turned around and filled two cups of hot water from the water dispenser, and handed them to the two people: "Come, drink some hot water. You were scared just now, right? You're okay now."
Ren Li said thank you and took the water. Her gaze fell on Yang Yi, who was standing beside her with his eyes lowered and not saying a word.
Not long ago, the police found her in the toilet next to the classroom.
Fortunately, the police were called in time, and she didn't suffer any more serious injuries. The police took the two girls and the two bullies back to the police station. It took some time to examine their injuries and apply medicine. After that, the gentle police officer Sister Liao brought them here.
After some psychological counseling, Ren Li finally felt less frightened and nervous.
Yang Yi, on the other hand, seemed to be greatly stimulated. He stared blankly at the small space in front of him and refused to say a word.
Ren Li's injury was not serious. She only had a small bruise and a bruise on the back of her waist, but fortunately her spine was not injured.
Yang Yi, too, had no apparent serious injuries besides the palm prints on her face. But when Ren Li heard the doctor mention her numerous old injuries, both large and small, and asked if they were related to the case, she simply shook her head, leaving the doctor feeling overwhelmed.
Ren Li also tried to say something to comfort her, but those words were pale and powerless. After seeing Yang Yi's somewhat hateful eyes, she swallowed the rest of the words back into her stomach.
She didn't know what Yang Yi had experienced. It was obviously not just what she saw today.
The mediation room fell into a brief silence.
After a while, the sound of hurried high-heeled footsteps could be heard outside the corridor. The door to the mediation room was pushed open, and Lin Yuan walked in.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw Ren Li, and her voice suddenly changed: "Li Li, let mommy see where you are hurt. Can you move your arm?"
Ren Li raised her head and saw her mother pulling her arm anxiously, which made her calm down a lot.
She held Lin Yuan's hand and shook her head: "Mom, I'm fine. I'm fine."
Lin Yuan was about to cry: "What happened? I just heard Officer Jiang say on the phone that you called the police at the cram school. Did someone bully you? Tell your mother everything..."
"Mom, I'm really fine. If you don't believe me, ask Officer Liao."
She turned to the female police officer nearby for help, and she hummed, "Yes, Ren Li's mother, don't be too anxious. Ren Li was acting bravely to help her classmates."
She was very brave today. The two girls who beat the man have been apprehended. They refused to cooperate and are now handcuffed to the radiator. We'll sit down and talk things over once both guardians arrive."
Lin Yuan received a call from the police station when he was about to get off work.
Although the police officer's explanation on the phone was simple—there was a fight between girls in the cram school, and Ren Li bravely called the police—Lin Yuan had a hunch that things were more complicated, so she immediately left work early and drove here.
From childhood to adulthood, she has always protected Ren Li very well. Fighting is unheard of in Lin Yuan's dictionary.
She knew that Ren Li would never actively participate in such things, but even if she participated passively, it might leave a psychological shadow.
On the way here, she drove very fast and almost exceeded the speed limit several times on the overpass. Finally, when she saw Ren Li sitting leisurely in the mediation room, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Officer Liao," she said, turning around. "I've just spoken to Officer Jiang and learned exactly what happened. I refuse mediation. If an apology is enough, what's the point of the law?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi suddenly raised his head, and a barely perceptible light flashed in his eyes.
"Mother Ren Li, I completely understand how you feel right now," Officer Liao said, subconsciously glancing at Yang Yi. "But Ren Li's situation is a little different."
"We tried to retrieve the surrounding surveillance footage, but the qualifications and procedures of this tutoring class were incomplete, and there was no surveillance in the classroom, so we didn't record what happened at the time."
"What do you mean?" Lin Yuan's voice was a little high.
"Although the two girls are unanimous in their claims of not doing anything, rest assured, we have investigated and have a basic understanding of the situation. Once the guardian arrives, you can raise any requests for mediation."
At this time, the door of the mediation room was pushed open again, and the person in charge of the cram school and the representative of No. 12 Middle School also arrived.
The person in charge was a fat middle-aged man. He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead as soon as he entered the door.
On the contrary, the school representatives seemed to be accustomed to such scenes and appeared much calmer.
After a while, the girl with dyed hair and the round-faced girl were also brought here by the police, along with their mothers.
The huge mediation room suddenly became crowded.
After seeing the two girls brought in by Officer Jiang, Yang Yi's body tensed up again almost instantly.
Her back was straight, and she was in a defensive posture, looking warily at the people sitting across from the long table.
The last two women who came in, after seeing Lin Yuan, seemed to have found their "mission" instantly. They walked straight up to her and began their "apology".
"Sister, I'm sorry." One of the women said, and slapped the girl with dyed hair on the head. The latter was caught off guard and couldn't help but stare and scream, "What are you doing!"
"Stop embarrassing yourself here and apologize."
After she finished scolding her daughter, she looked at Lin Yuan again and said with a smile, "Children are ignorant and just playing around. I've already scolded her. I'll ask her to give your daughter a gift and apologize, and this matter will be over..."
Lin Yuan's face turned pale and he didn't want to pay any attention to her.
Officer Jiang held up his phone and dialed the number Yang Yi provided several times. After no one answered, he frowned and asked Yang Yi, "Do your parents have any other phone numbers?"
Yang Yi pursed his lips and shook his head.
"Xiao Liao, go check the system. No matter what, one of Yang Yi's parents has to come."
"Yes, Master, I'll go right away." Police Officer Liao stood up. Ren Li didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that Yang Yi in the corner shook unconsciously.
Officer Jiang saw everything and had a general idea of what was going on. He knew that the little girl probably wasn't telling the truth and hadn't given the police her parents' real phone number.
Since Yang Yi's guardian did not come, in order not to waste everyone's time, Officer Jiang decided to mediate the matter regarding Ren Li first.
He had just read the transcript and the course of events was very clear. Ren Li witnessed an incident of school bullying in the cram school and then bravely called the police.
The bruise she got from being hit could barely be considered a minor injury. However, this was the first time she met the two little girls today, and they had never had any conflicts. However, the key surveillance evidence was missing. Judging from the results, even if the two little girls admitted to pushing her, there would be no substantial punishment measures.
Only those with minor injuries or above can be detained for more than five days but less than ten days in accordance with the Public Security Administration Punishment Law. Moreover, those two are minors. If both parties can reach an acceptable mediation, it will be the best way to resolve this matter.
But Yang Yi's situation was more troublesome. He keenly felt that Yang Yi was not just being bullied on impulse this time, but was a case of school bullying.
However, in order to determine the nature of this matter, we need to further review the school's surveillance, visit teachers and students, and check past chat records.
He also has a daughter, and on the one hand he is very angry about what happened to Yang Yi, but this matter involves the school and all parties, and it depends on whether both parties are willing to mediate. If it is really classified as school bullying and completely resolved, there is still a long way to go.
On Lin Yuan's side, the two women were obviously well prepared. After some negotiations, they felt that sweet talk was not working, and they immediately started to act as if they wanted to default on their debt.
After hearing Lin Yuan's demands and the amount of compensation, they completely lost their initial humble attitude and started cursing and almost rolled on the ground like scoundrels.
The girl with dyed hair and the girl with round face seemed to be used to it as well. They looked like they were watching the fun and had no intention of repenting at all.
Lin Yuan always protected Ren Li behind him and faced the two spiteful women calmly.
Seeing that things were beginning to get chaotic, Officer Jiang knocked on the table seriously: "Quiet, quiet, what are you doing! This is the police station."
"Comrade officer, you just saw it. Even after I was in such a state, she still refused to give in. That's too much. Even if my daughter pushed her daughter, let them fight back. Beat her to death. If she dies, it's my responsibility."
Lin Yuan was already very angry, and she refused to give in at all on the bottom line.
Seeing that there was nothing more to say, she took out her cell phone, dialed the lawyer's number, turned on the amplifier, and threw the phone on the table:
"I contacted a lawyer. Five minutes later, if my demands are not met, then let's not settle this matter. Let's sue and resolve it through legal means."
The two women seemed intimidated by Lin Yuan's aura.
In fact, this was not the first time they were called to the police station because of their daughter's fighting, but this time was different.
After seeing Lin Yuan's extraordinary aura, she realized that Lin Yuan must be different from the people she had met before.
"Sister, let's talk it over."
"No need to discuss, two minutes." Lin Yuan said coldly.
One of the women suddenly started to get hysterical again:
"We accept your terms, an apology. Forget an apology, even making my daughter kneel down and kowtow is fine. But isn't compensation extortionate? A phone screen only costs a few dollars. A hundred yuan is enough to fix the phone, right?
There are also medical expenses. My daughter's hands are scratched. How do you think we're going to pay for this?! You're asking for thousands of dollars, so go ahead and sue me. I'm even going to sue you for extortion."
"Lawyer Ming, you've heard everything, right?" Lin Yuan said to the person on the other end of the phone. "Then there's no room for negotiation. Let's follow the procedure."
After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone, grabbed Ren Li's hand and stood up to leave angrily.
The two women panicked immediately, realizing that she was serious, and quickly stepped in front of her to stop her.
Officer Jiang maintained order and rapped his knuckles on the table again, reiterating the fact he had repeatedly emphasized:
Everyone knows what their daughter did. If Yang Yi really wants to sue them in court, they will both be sentenced!
When they heard that they were going to be sentenced, the two women immediately calmed down.
In the end, amidst whispered curses, they reluctantly agreed to Lin Yuan's request for mediation.
However, internal strife arose over how much compensation each party should pay.
"It was your daughter who pushed him down and caused him to fall. Your family should be the one paying for this."
"Stop talking nonsense. Your daughter is the mastermind. My daughter was just used as a pawn. And you still have the nerve to ask us to pay for it."
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Lin Yuan was so annoyed by their quarrel that she was furious to the extreme. But fortunately, she still maintained her composure and did not throw the mediation document in their faces.
Officer Jiang and his team had seen this kind of thing many times and were extremely helpless. In the end, under his stern warning, the two women once again reluctantly reached an agreement.
Lin Yuan thanked Officer Jiang. She rubbed her brows. After the two signed the mediation agreement and transferred the money, she really didn't want to stay here any longer. She took Ren Li's hand and left.
Before leaving, Ren Li couldn't help but look back at Yang Yi.
"Let's go, Lili," Lin Yuan gently advised Ren Li, "You have to believe that justice will always prevail. We believe that the police will resolve your friend's problem fairly and impartially."
She knew what Ren Li was thinking at the moment.
Ren Li has always been soft-hearted, and after going through so much with that girl today, it is normal for her to want to help her.
But as for this matter, she really didn't want her daughter to continue to be involved in it and get hurt.
At this time, the door of the mediation room was opened from the outside again.
A man appeared in front of everyone. He stood at the door of the mediation room and looked around. After seeing Yang Yi, an angry expression suddenly appeared on his face.
He took two steps at a time and walked to Yang Yi's side, raising his hand in front of everyone.
"Pa" a slap landed hard on Yang Yi's face, and the sound echoed in the mediation room for a long time.
"What crime have you committed this time? You've even been taken to the police station." The man looked down at her with a fierce look in his eyes. "I told you to stop causing trouble for me, but you just wouldn't listen."
Ren Li froze in place. This incident had a greater impact on her than when Yang Yi was bullied by those two girls.
Yang Yi covered half of his face and glared back with the same vicious eyes, tears welling up in his eyes.
But this time she held back, staring at the man in front of her with wide eyes, never letting the tears fall.
"Didn't my mom divorce you, a scumbag? What qualifications do you have to stand here and lecture me now?"
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