Chapter 121 The Bystander Effect



She had been used to city life since she was a child, so how could she be willing to stay in the countryside? She would not want to do that even if you killed her.

She didn't even dare to think about getting a place in the village Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Firstly, her grades were not good, and secondly, those old educated youth didn't even have a chance, so how could she possibly get one?

But she had no other way to get out of the city, so she could only put all her hopes on her parents in Shanghai, hoping that they could find a way to get her back.

So now Zeng Guiyun is using this to threaten Su Tiantian, which is really hitting the snake at its most vulnerable part.

"Did your mother really say that?" Su Nan curled the corner of his lips, speechless. In his heart, his impression of Zeng Guiyun's extremeness had reached a new low.

In order to get her younger brother married, Zeng Guiyun even put her own daughter behind.

"Yes, I really have no other choice, so I come to ask you for help." Su Tiantian pretended to wipe away her tears with her hands and looked at Su Nan calmly.

"But I really don't have any money. Zhou Rang is not from Sang'an County now. You are an educated youth, so you should be aware of this matter." Su Nan shrugged, indicating that he could do nothing to help.

In fact, she had money, quite a lot, because Zhou Rang kept most of his money with her.

But she was not a saint, why should she help someone who had hurt her? Besides, the money was not really hers, she was embarrassed to use it herself, why should she lend it to Su Tiantian.

Furthermore, based on her understanding of Su Tiantian, once the money was lent out, there was no way she could get it back. Expecting Su Tiantian to pay it back was like expecting a sow to climb a tree.

Su Tiantian put down her hands pretending to wipe her tears, widened her eyes, raised her voice in disbelief, and screamed: "I don't believe you have no money. If he doesn't give you money, why would you be with him? In this case, wouldn't you be giving it to him for nothing?"

Su Nan's face darkened and became extremely ugly. What did Su Tiantian mean by this? Didn't she just say that she was kept by Zhou Rang?

"Bah, you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. If you are dating someone like this, don't expect others to be the same as you."

Su Nan glanced at the people around him and saw that their faces changed after hearing this, and they even looked more and more excited. He felt sick in his heart.

He believes everything he hears is a sign of dirty thoughts.

"I don't care, you have to give me the money today." Su Tiantian became more and more agitated. Without saying a word, she rushed to Su Nan and grabbed the bag on her shoulder.

"Hey, what are you doing? Are you trying to rob me?" Su Nan held on to her bag tightly and pushed Su Tiantian, but it was obvious that her little strength was just a tickle for Su Tiantian.

After this push, Su Tiantian just took a step back and then continued to move forward to grab the bag.

Although Su Tiantian doesn't look as tall as Su Nan, she often did housework at home when she was in Shanghai. After coming to Xiaojia Village, she did farm work all day and gained a lot of strength.

At least she was much stronger than Su Nan. She easily pushed the delicate Su Nan to the ground and took the bag in her hand.

"Help come! There's robbery happening in the street." Su Nan shouted several times but no one stepped forward to stop it. They just stood by and watched.

Amidst the indifference, there were a few people who wanted to step forward, but they all looked hesitant, as if they were waiting for others to make the first move.

Seeing this, Su Nan suddenly remembered a post he had read online before, titled "The Bystander Effect", which means that if you see injustice but do nothing about it, it's not because you are indifferent, but because there are too many people around you.

The content of the post said that vicious incidents of hurting people often occur in society. In addition to carefully planned murders that are unknown to the public, there are also some that happen in public.

For example, you are walking alone on the street, and suddenly a group of strangers rush out and say they are your family and want to take you away. You try your best to explain to other passers-by that you don’t know them.

But no one stepped forward to stop it.

In fact, many people have noticed that you may be in danger, but why is there no one coming forward to help you?

Those “onlookers” who did not help seemed indifferent, but are everyone really so indifferent and unkind?

In fact, it is not entirely the loss of humanity, it is also related to the "bystander effect".

The bystander effect is a term in psychology, which means that in an emergency, the probability of a person offering assistance is negatively correlated with the number of people on the scene.

To put it simply, when people encounter vicious assaults, the more people watch, the less willing they are to help the victim.

They will think that with so many people at the scene, even if they don’t take action, someone else will.

But often everyone holds the same mentality, and no one will step forward to stop the bad guys.

Therefore, when you encounter danger, you must learn to ask for help in a targeted manner. When you choose one person or a group of people, they will have a sense of responsibility when facing your request for help, and will have a strong willingness to complete the task of saving you.

If they don't save you, they will feel much more guilty than before you specifically ask them for help.

Thinking of this, Su Nan raised his hand that was bleeding from being rubbed by the small stones on the ground, pointed at one of the tall men in black clothes, and begged: "Brother in black, please help me."

After these words were spoken, the man first looked down at his clothes, then rushed up without saying a word and pushed Su Tiantian, who was squatting on the ground and looking through Su Nan's bag, to the ground.

"Let me go, what are you doing? There should be no physical contact between men and women. I'm going to sue you for hooliganism." Su Tiantian was pressed to the ground, her face pressed against the stone road. She screamed in pain, but she did not let go of the banknotes in her hand.

Those were the money and some food coupons she had just found in Su Nan's bag, at least several yuan.

"Thank you, comrade. Don't worry. I can testify that you are not a hooligan. You saved me out of courage." Su Nan got up from the ground.

"Su Tiantian, you first followed me and then robbed me in the street. Don't you think prison food is not enough for you?" Su Nan angrily patted the dust off his hands and tucked the messy hair in front of his eyes behind his ears.

"Bah." Su Tiantian suddenly burst out with great force and bit the hand of the man in black clothes. When he let go of her hand due to the pain, she quickly pushed the crowd away and ran away.

Before anyone could react, the man disappeared.

Su Nan chased forward a few steps, but when he saw that he couldn't catch up, he stopped. Anyway, Su Tiantian could outrun Chu Yi but not Chu Shi Wu. She would definitely go to Xiaojia Village, so he wouldn't be afraid of not being able to catch her this time.

"Thank you so much, comrade. Without your help, I don't know what would have happened." Su Nan walked beside the man in black clothes and bowed sincerely to express his gratitude.

"It's nothing."

Su Nan said she wanted to give him a thank-you fee, but then she remembered that all her money had been taken away by Su Tiantian. She couldn't really pay a penny and could only stand there and smile awkwardly.

The man in black seemed to see her predicament, waved his hand, said it was okay, and left.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the others gradually dispersed.

Su Nan sighed, then squatted down and began to clean up the mess on the ground.

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