At half past eleven, Jiang Xiaozhen finally appeared.
She was walking alone under the street lamp, carrying a small black plastic bag in her hand, her long hair was loose, and she looked tired.
Standing at the door of "Rongmei Furniture", He Yu saw a figure from a distance, but did not recognize her at first glance.
It was the first time he saw Jiang Xiaozhen in her teenage years without a princess dress and hairpins on her hair. To be honest, this one is more pleasing to the eye than her usual image.
Ordinary, normal, ugly and fat lump of black; it is better than ostentatious, colorful and unknowingly intrusive.
He Yu waited for her to come over, and he had a lot of things to ask her: where have you been? Why not wear a princess dress? What are you carrying? Were those who owed debts injured before? How is the broken leg
When Jiang Xiaozhen really stood still in front of him, He Yu opened his mouth and only asked one question.
"Are you okay, Jiang Xiaozhen?"
She nodded and gave him a curt smile.
"You came to me suddenly, what are you doing?"
"nothing… "
He didn't know where to start.
"It's good to see that you are safe. You should call your mother quickly. She is looking for you everywhere."
In an instant, Jiang Xiaozhen guessed why He Yu came here.
She saw a touch of sympathy in his gaze.
Jiang Xiaozhen used the landline of the furniture store to call her mother, and the two had a brief conversation.
He Yu looked at Jiang Xiaozhen from a distance.
She held the microphone and bit her lips anxiously while talking.
"It's me, I'm at home, and He Yu is here too."
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"... Did you borrow money from their family?"
"Come back, I'll tell you when I come back."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiaozhen walked to He Yu's side.
She crossed her hands, her brows and eyes were indifferent, and she clearly wanted to draw a clear line with him.
"When my mother comes back, you take the money away."
He Yu stared at Jiang Xiaozhen's broken lips and shook her head firmly.
"No, you want to study, and you want to live. I lend you this money, so let's get through the difficulties in front of us first."
She snorted coldly and said with a smile: "The difficulty ahead? He Yu, do you know how much my family owes? Do you still dare to lend us money? Have you visited my house? I'll take you to see it."
While speaking, she grabbed his wrist.
He Yu shook her off: "There's no need to look, I just came out of there."
"Then why do you still need to borrow? You have borrowed so much?" Jiang Xiaozhen didn't understand.
"You sympathize with me? My mother told you about us?"
She pressed on step by step, and according to her own speculation, she came to an astonishingly accurate conclusion.
"My mother is crying? Crying and begging you? It's hard for you to refuse? My mother knelt down with you?"
Jiang Xiaozhen knew it clearly, as if she was in the scene, as if she had watched that scene countless times.
He Yu quietly stared at her irrational eyes, trying to comfort her: "Jiang Xiaozhen..."
She raised her hand to let him stop what he was about to say.
"If you want to help me, He Yu, I don't plan to study anymore. Your money will be taken back. This is the conclusion."
He Yu couldn't do it, for Jiang Xiaozhen's future, he couldn't do it; for Jiang Xiaozhen's parents, he couldn't do it.
He really wanted to help Jiang Xiaozhen, he could imagine how sad her mother would be when she heard Jiang Xiaozhen say such a thing, so he even wanted to persuade Jiang Xiaozhen to accept the money before Mrs. Jiang returned.
"You know that it's not easy for your mother to borrow money, so you shouldn't let your parents down by saying such irresponsible words. If you feel sorry for them, there will be a better way to repay them. You can follow their Read the book well. If you are out of self-esteem, it is difficult to accept the money we give... I am here to tell you sincerely, Jiang Xiaozhen, everyone has difficult times, and no one’s life is smooth sailing. Now you No embarrassment, no embarrassment after receiving money."
Jiang Xiaozhen listened to what he said completely.
Her mood calmed down, as He Yu hoped.
Jiang Xiaozhen didn't speak for a long time. He waited for her to recover from the silence, whether it was the counterattack after recovery or the acceptance after recovery, he was mentally prepared.
"He Yu..."
Jiang Xiaozhen raised her eyes and said to him with a tired face.
"You think you can see through me, and you say the truth again and again, but it doesn't work every time."
"I'm serious, don't say I'm blunt and willful, I've thought about it. Personally, I don't want to read it anymore, I can't do it, I can't bear it."
Yes, Jiang Xiaozhen is serious.
He Yu believed that Jiang Xiaozhen who communicated with him had thought about it sincerely. Because, he had never seen Jiang Xiaozhen with such an expression.
The boredom pressed the corners of her eyes heavy, and her tone was full of breathless tiredness.
The phrase "can't bear it" is aimed at her personally, there is no doubt about it.
"Why? If you can read, why don't you read?"
As Jiang Xiaozhen said, He Yu thought he saw her through.
She didn't answer, so he started guessing again.
"If it's because of campus bullying, aren't you planning to transfer classes? Are you worried that if you go to another class, you will have the same experience?"
Coincidentally, at this moment, Xu Meiyin came back.
"Campus bullying? Transferring?" She was surprised and flustered, questioning what she heard: "He Yu, what do you mean, Xiaozhen was bullied at school?"
He Yu was also surprised: Xu Meiyin knew nothing about Jiang Xiaozhen's affairs at school.
What Jiang Yuan and Xu Meiyin imagined, Jiang Xiaozhen's campus life is very beautiful.
There she can make educated friends, get the best education with the city's most elite children; she has traces of being well-groomed, shiny hairpins, beautiful skirts; she is fat She is a lovely girl who loves to laugh, everyone's pistachio; she is a conscientious health committee member who wins glory for the class every week.
She should be the most popular girl in the class, and the students will like Jiang Xiaozhen as much as they like her.
In order to protect this wonderful thing, they don't care about money or hard work. But he didn't want to, despite all the hard work, he still couldn't protect their little princess and let her grow up in the ivory tower without any worries.
It was several months after Jiang Xiaozhen was bullied on campus that Xu Meiyin found out about it.
It wasn't that she was not competent as a mother, it was that Jiang Xiaozhen concealed it too well, she couldn't find any unpleasant clues from her.
"Xiao Zhen, don't worry."
After hearing about the school situation, Xu Meiyin wiped away her tears.
"My parents will help you deal with things that are not good with your classmates, and you should go back to class."
"Deal with it?" Jiang Xiaozhen asked stiffly.
"You mean, those who fill my schoolbag every day, must I give snacks to my friends? Or, do you want to find teachers, superiors, and ask them to give me justice? How do you deal with it? To my classmates Kneel down and let them play with me?"
Xu Meiyin was speechless.
"Mom, I went to find a job today."
She picked up the small black plastic bag that was left on the ground, opened it, and took out the contents.
Medicines for wounds cost a little money.
"I'm old enough to work legally, and I don't have to go to school. I went to a lot of shops, and finally found a barber shop. They are recruiting apprentices. I washed my hair all night, and I feel that I am learning very quickly. Today The nights are short and I earn less money, but if I go to work regularly, I can get more wages.”
Xu Meiyin held her daughter's icy and cold hand, kept looking at her, and shed tears silently.
Jiang Xiaozhen wiped her mother's tears, speaking slowly, gently and firmly, word by word.
"You wiped off the medicine, what if the wound is not good, then, our mother and daughter went out to eat. He Yu returned the money to them. Next, you and my father, we will work hard together and pay off the debt. The whole family works hard, When we no longer owe others money, our family will be reunited."
She hugged her mother and took the money she borrowed from He Yu from her coat pocket.
Xu Meiyin did not resist.
On the way here, Xu Meiyin told He Yu that this was not the first time her daughter had made a fuss about not going to school.
He Yu has not yet learned the reason why young Jiang Mingzhen is unwilling to go to school. But he soon learned how her parents persuaded Jiang Mingzhen not to go to school that time.
"Snapped."
Xu Meiyin slapped herself hard on the face.
When He Yu and Jiang Xiaozhen didn't react. Another slap from her, and she slapped it down again.
Her cheeks flushed immediately, and she exerted all her strength without blinking her eyes.
"Blame me!"
"I made Xiaozhen suffer. We Xiaozhen shouldn't suffer like this."
"Blame me!"
Jiang Xiaozhen trembled.
"Mom, don't do this, please."
She spoke so firmly in the previous difficult words; now these simple words, her lips trembled and her words were out of tune.
Xu Meiyin continued to slap herself, muttering something: "We Xiaozhen helped people wash their hair, didn't go to school, and were bullied. It's all my fault. It's because I don't have the ability."
"no… "
Jiang Xiaozhen began to choke up.
"Calm down."
He Yu stepped forward and grabbed Xu Meiyin's hands to prevent her from torturing herself.
Xu Meiyin's knees softened, she knelt down, and kowtowed to Jiang Xiaozhen: "Mom is sorry for you, mother is sorry for you."
The wound on his forehead opened, and He Yula couldn't hold it back. He heard Jiang Xiaozhen's scream.
She broke down, she came to stop her mother, messy hair, snot, tears, her hands were stained with her mother's blood.
"I go to school… "
Her voice was hoarse, and every word was broken.
"Go to school, go to school, I was wrong... you stop."
Xu Meiyin didn't stop, her hands and feet were restrained.
But she kept crying, kept apologizing to Jiang Xiaozhen.
"Mom, I go to school. I'm going to get my schoolbag, I'm going to wear a princess dress, I still have hairpins, one drawer of hairpins. I'm really happy, every day is happy. Mom, don't cry, you are right, you It’s true, I’m very happy.”
So whose fault is it
Jiang Mingzhen, the jewel in the palm of the Jiang family, the supreme treasure.
Obviously everything I gave you is the best, what went wrong? When did it go wrong
Parents who are in the mud, raise your hands vigorously, asking you to get out of this mud.
At that time, my mother was sick and coughed for half a month. She had no money to buy medicine, but she had money to give you a beautiful pure white princess dress on your birthday.
At that time, you passed by the western restaurant and glanced at it unintentionally. Your parents drag you in and order a piece of steak. You say you can’t eat it all by yourself and you want to share it with them, but they won’t let you eat it anyway. You don't eat them all, they'd rather have leftovers. After returning home, the two adults shared a piece of steamed buns to eat.
At that time, I only bought one hairy crab at home, and it was yours. They peeled it for you and dipped it in sauce, without any greedy eyes.
It was still at that time, when your parents refused to follow you, you sneaked out the door and saw them give up their self-esteem and kneel on the ground, clasped their hands together, begging for money from others.
Or not long ago, you saw your mother being beaten, and she was holding on to the money tightly, refusing to let go, as if she would rather be beaten to death, in order to guard your living expenses.
After all, who, where, and when, made you wrong like this.
When Jiang Xiaozhen stared at herself in the mirror.
Fancy dress, there is no need to decorate an ugly face; a body of fat, with no one caring about the decency on the shoulders.
This kind of her is the most beloved daughter raised by her parents with blood and tears.
She is their hope, their life.
Jiang Xiaozhen is no one to blame.
She has no right to be unhappy, no right to complain.