Ye Cheng's heart tightened, and she asked subconsciously: "The person came to the school? Do you know who it is?"
"If someone knew, everyone wouldn't guess like this." Yu Kun said, "The principal has done a good job of keeping secrets."
While talking, Lu Xiao came over while patting the basketball.
Yu Kun was still feeling emotional: "Finally someone can stand up and treat Zhang Qi. I hope God will bless others."
Lu Xiao paused when he patted the ball, and took the basketball in his hand.
"What happened to Zhang Qi?" he asked.
Yu Kun described the general process, and Ye Cheng saw that Lu Xiao's face was getting darker and darker, and she knew that Chen Zhen had something to do with it.
Sure enough, before Kun finished speaking, he threw the ball towards Jiang Jin, said "If the teacher asks me, tell me I went to the toilet", and then ran away without looking back.
Ye Cheng was worried that he would make a fuss in the principal's office on the spur of the moment, so she hurriedly followed.
Jiang Jin said distressedly: "Why did you leave again, ah, what reason do you need for this?"
Lu Xiao ran so fast that Ye Cheng caught up with him until he reached the door of the principal's office.
The door was locked, however, and it appeared they were all gone.
The two glanced at each other, Ye Cheng slowly adjusted her breathing and asked, "Is it Chen Zhen?"
Lu Xiao gritted her teeth and nodded.
"What is the video?" Ye Cheng said.
Lu Xiao was silent.
Time passed minute by minute, so long that Ye Cheng almost thought that he would not answer, and suddenly he punched the door frame of the principal's office.
Ye Cheng was startled, and hurried to check his hand.
Fortunately, the skin was scratched a little, and there was no bleeding.
He held the hand with the bulging veins, and exerted a little force: "Calm down, since he has stood up by himself, it means that he also wants to make a complete break with the past. Not only Chen Zhen, but also you , you should all look forward."
Lu Xiao's chest rose and fell violently, and she swallowed with difficulty.
When he spoke, his throat was full of rust, "Zhang Qi, that bastard, took his nude photos."
His voice was hoarse and filled with hatred, as if he wanted to tear Zhang Qi into pieces.
"He stripped Chen Zhen and threw him in the parking lot. I was the one who found him."
Ye Cheng cursed, "Fuck!"
He instantly understood why Lu Xiao beat Zhang Qi to the hospital. If it were him, it would be impossible to bear it.
A thought came to Ye Cheng's mind, and he tremblingly said: "Could he be strong..."
He couldn't say the next thing, Lu Xiao shook his head, "He just wanted to punish Chen Zhen, and give me a bad name by the way, and he didn't do that kind of thing, or he would have entered the juvenile detention center early."
Ye Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing whether it was luck or misfortune.
He also finally understood why Chen Zhen was always shrouded in gloom. Even if he pretends well and tries to socialize and live normally, he still shows some clues unknowingly.
Lu Xiao said, "I'll go to the classroom to get my cell phone and give him a call."
"Okay." Ye Cheng nodded.
This semester, the school has strictly checked their mobile phones. They usually hide their mobile phones in their schoolbags or drawers, and do not carry them with them.
After Lu Xiao left, Ye Cheng stood at the door of the principal's office for a long time.
The hardware facilities of No. 13 Middle School are getting old. The door frame was smashed just now, and some sawdust fell off. I don't know if the principal will check the monitoring when he finds out.
He was in a mess.
During the year when he transferred to No. 13 Middle School, many things happened that he had never encountered in his previous life.
He remembered the first time he set foot on this building. Dirty ground, faint smell of smoke in the corridor, old and mottled Class 20 house number, and a group of students watching him like monkeys.
In fact, Lu Xiao is right, this is his life, a field that Ye Cheng has never touched, full of rebellion, violence and injustice.
He suddenly felt that he was being too harsh on Lu Xiao.
Chen Zhen was able to get that video today, which meant that the group of people had been threatening him with the video most of the time. One can imagine how much pain he had to endure.
From this point of view, Lu Xiao's appointment with Zhang Qi was considered light, and if he wasn't beaten to death, his ancestors had accumulated virtue.
In the end, Lu Xiao couldn't get in touch with Chen Zhen. The other party sent him a message, saying that he was busy and would reply him later.
This incident gradually spread in the school.
Fortunately, Chen Zhen left early, and he went to the principal's office during class, so no one saw him. Everyone spread rumors, some said that Zhang Qi made people's stomachs bigger, and some said that Zhang Qi stabbed people with a knife, and the wind direction became more and more crooked.
During evening self-study, Ye Cheng took a leave of absence.
He remembered that Chen Zhen's grandfather was still in the hospital, so before going to see Ye Qiaoqiao, he went to the eighth floor of the inpatient department. He remembered that Chen Zhen said he was here last time.
After asking the nurse, he walked along the ward to find Grandpa Chen Zhen's ward. This is a six-person room, and almost all the people living in it are elderly people.
Chen Zhen was peeling apples for grandpa, Ye Cheng knocked on the door, "Can I come in?"
Everyone looked at him.
Chen Zhen also looked over and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Immediately, his expression became panicked.
Ye Cheng walked over and said hello to the old man lying on the bed: "Grandpa, I am Chen Zhen's classmate."
"Hello."
Grandpa is as thin as a stick, with age spots on his skin, and looks older than Gao Qiulan by ten years.
There were many patients and their family members in the ward, and those family members were all middle-aged women with a strong desire to gossip, staring at him all the time, it was really not a good place to talk.
"Chen Zhen, are you free to go out for a chat?" Ye Cheng asked.
Chen Zhenzheng was at a loss, nodded immediately and said, "Grandpa, let's go out for a while."
"Oh, good." Grandpa looked at him kindly.
Chen Zhen put the peeled apple in his hand, turned around and walked out of the room with Ye Cheng.
They found an unoccupied smoking area. Chen Zhen leaned against the wall and lowered his head, his fingers couldn't help but grab the corner of his clothes.
Ye Cheng said: "Don't be afraid, I have no other intentions, and I won't say it in front of your grandfather, I just want to come and see you."
Seeing his grandfather lying on the bed with a tube inserted, he didn't need to think about it and knew that he must not know. Chen Zhen seemed to be worried that he would slip up and came out with him in a hurry.
Chen Zhen said in a low voice, "I know you won't talk nonsense."
Ye Cheng looked at him, only seeing a hairpin, he asked: "Who is going to school with you today?"
"Did you see us?" Chen Zhen raised his head, his eyes widened.
Ye Cheng hurriedly said: "No one saw it, and everyone didn't even know whether you were a man or a woman."
Chen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's an uncle I know on the construction site. He helped me pretend to be a parent."
"I can't tell, you're quite clever." Ye Cheng said.
Chen Zhen relaxed a little, and leaned against the wall and said, "I didn't dare to tell my parents, and I didn't dare to tell the teacher at that time. Later, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I told my grandpa that I wanted to transfer. Grandpa also felt that my part Time is very unhappy, so I promised."
Ye Cheng looked at him with complicated eyes. The reason for many campus problems is that the bullied dare not complain. The reason is simple, once they file a complaint, they will be bullied even worse.
There are only two solutions to this situation.
Either Shi Geng gets up and fights back, or transfers to another school to change the environment.
Chen Zhen said: "In those days I always thought, what did I do wrong, they want to treat me like this."
He became agitated, "I will never forget that Zhang Qi asked me to take off my clothes in front of a group of people, and if I didn't take off, they would burn me with cigarette butts. When I begged for mercy, they laughed louder. Every night, those laughter will appear In my nightmares, like a spell..."
Ye Cheng stepped forward to hug him, clenched his fists tightly and said, "Stop talking, Chen Zhen, don't say any more."
Chen Zhen's chin rested on his shoulder, and tears washed away, "I really don't understand what I did wrong, why did I do this... I have thought about telling the teacher many times, and I want to resist..."
Ye Cheng felt that he couldn't breathe for a moment, so he could only hold Chen Zhen tightly, patted his back lightly, and told him over and over again: "You are not wrong, it is them who are wrong, and those people will be punished. You do That's great, you've been very brave."
Sometimes, what the victim lacks the most is the understanding and encouragement of family and friends.
He can empathize with Chen Zhen's hesitation—he dare not tell his teachers and parents, on the one hand, he is afraid of Zhang Qi's retaliation, and on the other hand, he does not have confidence in whether they can trust him after being away from his parents for a long time.
Perhaps the first reaction they heard was not anger or distress, but "Is what you said true?" "How could such a thing happen?" "You are not lying, are you?"
In the final analysis, there is still a lack of communication between family members.
Ye Cheng kept stroking his back, and Chen Zhen's sobbing finally died down.
"I'm so ashamed, I'm sorry, I made you laugh." He let go of Ye Cheng, rubbed his eyes and said.
Ye Cheng said: "I don't laugh, and I don't feel ashamed. I admire your courage. If it were me, I might not be able to do as well as you. And you can tell me these things, which makes me feel that I have respect for you." value."
He told Chen Zhen that he wanted to cry again. He once told a friend who had a good time about it. Apart from being sympathetic and annoyed, the other party also felt that being videotaped was very shameful for him.
Only Ye Cheng will tell him that you are not shady, but they are the ones who are shady.
It's great and brave of you to do this.
He bit his lip to control his tears, and said, "I should thank you."
Ye Cheng patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about the past, you didn't do anything wrong, and you don't need to let these become a sharp weapon to torture yourself. The ones who should really have nightmares are those trash who bully classmates. "
Chen Zhen sniffed, and said seriously: "I promise you, I'm already working hard to get out. I also want to get into a good university and find a good job in the future so that grandpa can live a comfortable life."
Ye Cheng felt sore in his heart, smiled at him and said: "No, I have good news for you. Uncle Ma told you to give Xiaoyu a class. If the effect is good, you can take the share of the construction site. quit the job."
"Really? Is he really willing to want me?" Chen Zhen said pleasantly. He didn't expect too much.
He scratched his face and said: "Ye Cheng, I really don't know how to thank you, it seems too light to invite you to dinner."
Ye Cheng interrupted him and said: "What thanks do you say between friends, you teach Xiaoyu well, that is the best thank you to me."
"I will!" Chen Zhen said.
The two chatted for a while, and Chen Zhen's mood stabilized a lot.
Ye Cheng bid him farewell and went up to see Ye Qiaoqiao.
As soon as he walked to the door of the ward, he heard laughter and laughter from inside.
"Just brag, how can you pick ten out of ten!"
"Really, I'm a strong output thief. It's because your brother won't let you play the game, otherwise I have to show you something."
He opened the door and went in, and sure enough, he saw Lu Xiao.
Ye Qiaoqiao was on a drip, and he was sitting by the bed talking with her.
Seeing Ye Cheng coming, Lu Xiao stood up and said, "Are you finished chatting?"
Ye Cheng raised her eyebrows, "How do you know?"
"I saw you guys talking just now, so I came up." Lu Xiao said.
Because of Chen Zhen's matter in the morning, the two reconciled briefly.
At this moment, Lu Xiao remembered that he was still introspecting in the small black room, and felt a little unnatural, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Ye Cheng saw a lot of tissues thrown in the trash can by the bed, and Ye Qiaoqiao's eyes were swollen into walnuts, so she went over and touched her head and said, "Why are you crying, grandma said you won't eat it for two days Things, are you courting death?"
Ye Qiaoqiao glanced at him furtively, then at Lu Xiao.
"She said she was hungry just now, and I was going to buy her something to eat." Lu Xiao smoothed things over.
Ye Cheng said: "I'm hungry too, let's go for a walk and bring her a bowl of porridge back by the way."
Ye Qiaoqiao muttered, "Brother, I want to eat fried chicken."
"Hold it, you can't eat fried food." Ye Cheng said mercilessly, and she immediately sank down.
The two walked to the door and reached for the doorknob at the same time.
When Lu Xiao touched Ye Cheng's hand, she immediately retracted and said in a low voice, "You go first."