Chapter 16
In the conference room, Ruan Yaotian's questioning voices made the audience silent.
"Don't ask Loren to come in and confront him. I believe this is his work, and I believe he has been scattered in the black market." A thick middle-aged male voice broke the silence. It came from principal Xia Hui, which was also his first speech at this meeting.
Li Xiang's expression was ashamed. Could it be that the principal was also standing on Ruan Tianyao's side and was going to make a final decision?
Ruan Tianyao also looked solemn, and turned his head to look at Xia Hui. He had never dealt with the principal and did not believe that the other party would support his point of view.
Xia Hui continued: "About Loren, I want to share a little story. He has been off school for three years and from time to time he works part-time at a restaurant opposite the east entrance of Shanglin Flower Market. Hey, that's right, it's the food stall that night that would set up a table."
Tian Feng was puzzled: "If Loren was in the black market, he should not be short of the money for part-time jobs in restaurants, right?"
Xia Hui explained: "That's right, Ms. Tian Feng. The land is close to the black market, and it is settled by hourly wages. Loren can make some money in his spare time when he has no work in the black market. Alas, but it can be seen how tight the little guy's economy is..."
Tian Feng nodded thoughtfully, and the principal continued, "I remember one night, a haggard little girl passed by the restaurant. Her eyes fell on the food on the dining table from time to time. Hey, she must be hungry, but I guess she has no money on her body, so I can only walk with a bitter face, looking like she would fall down at any time, and she looked really pitiful...
At that time, Loren walked up and stopped her. Facing the little girl's vigilant gaze, he told the other party that a middle-aged woman had passed by here, holding the girl's photo and looking for her everywhere. The woman also left money and said that if the girl passed by here in the photo, she must give her some food. So Loren gave the little girl a fast food, hey, the little girl looked voracious at that time, and she was still crying while eating..."
Ruan Tianyao frowned and interrupted: "Principal, is this like a public service advertisement that promotes maternal love, the mother is looking for her daughter who ran away from home, and... "
Xia Hui interrupted: "Of course not. There was no middle-aged woman passing by, and no one was looking for people around the street with the girl's photos. This was all fabricated by Loren, and the money for the fast food was also paid by him. The most important thing is that the girl was moved by this fictional maternal love and promised to go home and stop wandering."
Tian Feng's voice also softened: "Then Loren did a good thing, but how did he guess the girl's situation?"
Xia Hui said: "Yes, the waiter on duty with Loren also asked a similar question. Loren said that the little girl's schoolbag was very old and had thirteen patches, but each patch was tightly pressed, with cute cartoon patterns embroidered on it, plus the exquisite hand-sewn mutton on the schoolbag chain, and auspicious totem with a mother and daughter's concentric knot as embellishment. This shows that the little girl has a mother who loves her very much. Although her family is poor, she still tries to give her daughter the best.
The concentric knot has traces of being torn, and the threads pulled out are still new. This is probably because the little girl had an argument with her mother. She wanted to pull off the puppet to vent her anger, but because the sewing was too good, it did not succeed..."
Ruan Tianyao couldn't help but insert it, "Principal, why did you say it as if you had witnessed it with your own eyes?"
Xia Hui glared and responded: "I just witnessed it with my own eyes. I was the owner of the restaurant. I was there at the scene! The boy Loren also said a lot of analysis at that time, but I can't remember it. Anyway, after the analysis, I guessed various possibilities, including the small probability of her mother's death, which led to the little girl wandering, but the greatest probability was that the mother and daughter quarreled, so the little girl ran away from home. The result was verified that he was correct!"
He clenched his fist, knocked the table hard, and looked around the conference room: "In my opinion, Loren is a good kid. There are many similar stories. You don't mind my long-term talk. I can continue to say it! Hello, I said, everyone, it's not the first time we have been suspended from school. Why are you doing so serious? Loren just took a long time off from school, so I need to be so careful? He really has a bad impact on No. 1 Middle School, and I'll be expelled again. Is that true?"
Li Xiang felt that the future was clear and bright. He really didn't expect that the principal who did not value Loren in the past has now become Loren's biggest supporter.
Ruan Tianyao wanted to speak but stopped, his face dark.
Xia Hui immediately pointed at him, and his voice turned cold: "Also, if you have been through the black market, you must be a bad person? Ruan Tianyao, I'm not afraid to tell you that I occasionally go to the black market to play part-time and seek the fun of life. Why, can I be a bad person too? In any circle, there are good people and bad people, and the same is true for the black market!"
Ruan Tianyao had no choice but to smile back and comfort Principal Xia Hui who seemed to be in a state of rampage at any time.
Xia Hui waved his hand, calming everyone, and said solemnly: "Okay, time is precious, don't talk too much, vote directly. Those who agree with Loren's resumption of school will raise their hands!"
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The door of the conference room opened, breaking through the silence of the corridor.
Loren turned around and couldn't help but stand up, which meant that the leaders' discussion had already come to a conclusion.
Li Xiang's face was bitter and his expression was full of regret.
Loren's heart also sank, but soon, Li Xiang smiled again, stretched his eyebrows, and blinked at Loren quickly.
Loren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and replied to Yi Huanrong. Teacher Li Xiang's behavior seemed to be like this. It seemed that something must have happened at the end of the hearing, which made him feel proud and naughty.
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After that, all the procedures for resuming school went smoothly, new school uniforms, new version of the full textbook, brand new student manual, new class, introduction to freshmen joining, and new deskmates...
However, this new deskmate is very familiar.
This is a smiling fat man, and he complained enviously: "You must have a good relationship with the opposite sex. When you kid stood on the podium, the girls' eyes were glowing. Bah, they are so superficial!"
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"But, my relationship with the opposite sex is not bad. I secretly tell you that I have two girlfriends... Hello, why are you looking at my left and right hands? What do you mean?"
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"The teacher was quite vague when introducing you. Are you a transfer student or you have returned from school?"
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"I secretly told you that yesterday evening, I saw someone jumping off the building downstairs of the teaching building. Haha, I took a photo immediately and it became a hot topic."
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The fat man was still outlining the picture in the void in front of him. A woman and a short fat man stood by the fence on the rooftop and spit down. A tall and mighty handsome man passed by below. Unfortunately, he was in trouble and looked up angrily.
He introduced: "I felt something was wrong at that time, and it turns out..."
Loren finally couldn't help it: "Wait, who is the tall and powerful man below?"
"That's right, it's me." The fat man looked puzzled, obviously despising Loren's understanding.
"...Okay," Loren pointed to the chunky on the rooftop again, "Then is this person again?"
"I was a complicitor of the woman who jumped off the building. At that time, I took a look from afar below and remembered, "How is it? Is it vivid?" The fat man continued to outline. In the picture, the woman jumped down the building. The short and fat man was on the rooftop, jumping and applauding, looking like a clown, while the tall man below looked sad and sympathetic, and immediately took pictures and collected evidence.
Loren: "…"
Chapter completed!