To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

However, the chair couldn't be pulled away, and Zhiyuan's bottom remained firmly on the chair.

This "game" has been played out almost every day since he started school. He fell down once, then fell down a second time, and was warned not to tell the teacher, or he would be severely beaten.

He didn't complain.

However, it wasn't because he was afraid of being beaten, but because he believed that it wasn't a good way for a man to solve problems by complaining.

He wants to solve it himself!

So, starting from the third time, he never fell again.

However, there are endless ways to play pranks.

For example, when a teacher is teaching a nursery rhyme in class, after teaching it a few times, and wants to choose a child to stand up and recite it alone, someone in the audience shouts, "Li Zhiyuan can do it!"

He really is capable.

He has a great memory. He can learn everything after the teacher has taught him only once or twice. Moreover, he recognizes all the words. He can stand up and recite them in a loud and expressive voice.

However, his performance did not earn him praise from the teacher. Instead, the children in the classroom burst into laughter, and the teacher wore a bewildered expression.

"What is he saying?! Hahahaha!"

"Is that what they say in the countryside? Hahaha!"

The teacher tried her best to hold back her laughter and asked him to repeat it. So he repeated it again, but this time, his voice was noticeably softer.

The teacher then had him read along, sentence by sentence, and later word by word.

He didn't understand why, even though he tried his best to read according to the teacher's instructions, the sound he made was different from the teacher's.

Finally, the teachers gave up and asked him to sit down.

Since then, he has never spoken a word at the kindergarten.

The teacher never called on him to perform alone again.

He became the kid in the corner of the class, the kind of kid who would probably go unnoticed if he didn't come.

However, even though he remained silent, the turmoil never stopped.

Cut a hole in his blanket, tear up his handmade crafts, and steal his chicken leg...

Endlessly.

Led by a chubby boy named Yun Xiaoshan, they would cause trouble for him almost every day, always calling him "country bumpkin".

Is he angry?

Of course I'm angry!

If this were in Gujia Village, he would have started a fight long ago. However, his aunt said he couldn't fight and had to listen to the teacher, so he remained silent and endured it all.

However, she would secretly imitate the way people spoke on TV at home, and the words spoken on TV were the same as those spoken by Yun Xiaoshan and the others.

However, half a month has passed and he still hasn't made any progress.

He misses Gujia Village...

But he couldn't bear to part with his aunt...

The little boy kept his worries to himself. He didn't really want to go to kindergarten every day, but he couldn't bear to make Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu worry and be disappointed, so he could only force a smile and pretend to be happy.

Today, he settled into his seat, wondering what tricks Yun Xiaoshan and his companions would have up their sleeves next.

While the children were playing by themselves, Yun Xiaoshan came over with his entourage and gave him a piece of chocolate. "Hey country bumpkin, want some? You don't have any in your rural area."

Zhiyuan glanced at it but didn't say anything.

How could he not have eaten chocolate? Both his aunt and his former mother had bought it for him.

But actually he doesn't like chocolate, because when his mother abandoned him, she bought him a whole bunch of chocolates.

He was quite happy at the time because he loved sweets. However, he never expected that it would be the last time he saw his mother, who never came back.

He still loves sweets, but he doesn't like chocolate. Even if his aunt gives it to him, he only eats it because he doesn't want to spoil her mood.

He was saddened by his past.

Yun Xiaoshan, however, thought he had never seen anything good before and was staring at it with longing. He proudly put his hands on his hips and said, "Call me Grandpa, and I'll give it to you!"

Zhiyuan has met his grandfather.

After his father passed away, he was first taken back by his grandfather.

Grandpa was very good to him, giving him meat and steamed buns, while he himself ate some kind of gruel.

When he went to his grandfather's house, it was winter. His grandfather held him in his arms and roasted sweet potatoes and potatoes in the ashes of the kitchen stove. He also sang folk songs for him and told him not to be afraid, because his grandfather was there for him.

But that very winter, Grandpa fell seriously ill and passed away...

Later, Uncle Gu came to the village and took him back to Gu Family Village.

His grandfather was a warm presence in his heart, and now that Yun Xiaoshan had spoken to him like that, he could no longer contain his anger.

Seeing his angry expression only made Yun Xiaoshan more smug. "What? You won't call me? Then ask your mom and dad to buy it for you! Don't you have mom and dad?"

Zhiyuan's sore spot was touched...

He turned and left, not wanting to stay any longer, because he was afraid he would lose control and beat up Yun Xiaoshan.

But Yun Xiaoshan wasn't going to let him off the hook. She slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Hey! I'm talking to you! Why are you leaving? How rude! You're just as rude as someone from the countryside!"

Zhiyuan was a little annoyed, so he grabbed the hand on his shoulder and yanked it away.

He originally just wanted to shake off that hand, but Yun Xiaoshan was so fat, a head taller and half the width of him, that he was actually pulled down by him.

Yun Xiaoshan fell to the ground, roared angrily, and charged at Zhiyuan, trying to knock him down.

But when Li Zhiyuan braced his hands on Yun Xiaoshan's shoulders, Yun Xiaoshan suddenly couldn't move.

No matter how much Yun Xiaoshan gritted her teeth and her face turned red, she couldn't bump into Zhiyuan.

When Yun Xiaoshan got angry, she turned around and bit Zhiyuan's arm.

Zhiyuan was forced to let go and pushed Yun Xiaoshan's head hard.

This time, Yun Xiaoshan was determined and refused to budge.

The two remained locked in a stalemate until a child saw what was happening and went to tell the teacher that Li Zhiyuan and Yun Xiaoshan had started fighting.

The teacher rushed over and separated the two.

Two rows of deep teeth marks were left on Zhiyuan's arm.

The teacher first applied medicine to Zhiyuan, and then asked what happened.

What happened? Don't the teeth marks on Zhiyuan's arm prove anything?

Yun Xiaoshan's voice was louder than anyone else's, "Li Zhiyuan hit me first."

"Really? Li Zhiyuan?" The teacher looked at Li Zhiyuan.

"No." His answer was simple and straightforward. He didn't want to mention his grandfather or his father to outsiders.

“He threw me to the ground! They all saw it!” Yun Xiaoshan pointed to the other children.

"Really?" the teacher asked the students.

The students witnessed the fact that Li Zhiyuan grabbed Yun Xiaoshan's hand and threw Yun Xiaoshan to the ground.

A row of little heads nodded frequently.

"No, I just wanted to slap his hand away. I didn't mean to," Zhiyuan explained in broken Mandarin.

Another burst of laughter erupted behind him.

Zhiyuan blushed and shut his mouth tightly.

He hadn't spoken in class for a long time.

The teacher frowned slightly. "Li Zhiyuan, all you need to do is tell me whether you started it or not."

Clearly, the teacher did not understand what Zhiyuan said.

Zhiyuan shook his head.

“Li Zhiyuan, you’re lying! A real man doesn’t dare to admit his mistakes! You threw me to the ground, look at my clothes, here, here, they’re all dirty from being thrown!” Yun Xiaoshan pointed to his clothes.

The teacher's face darkened. "Li Zhiyuan, lying is not the way of a good child."

So Li Zhiyuan fell silent, and no matter what the teacher said, he stopped responding.

The teacher had no choice but to say, "Li Zhiyuan, it's good to admit your mistakes and correct them. Apologize to Yun Xiaoshan, and I'll have Yun Xiaoshan forgive you. Then this matter will be over, okay? We can still be good classmates and good friends."

Li Zhiyuan remained silent.

He would never apologize to someone who insulted his father and wanted to be his grandfather.

“You…” Normally, if you do this kind of work, the problem between the two children will be solved. The two children can shake hands and the matter will be over. But Li Zhiyuan is so stubborn!

“Li Zhiyuan, I’m giving you a chance,” the teacher said, frowning. “Otherwise, I would have called your parents.”

Li Zhiyuan frowned.

One of the children shouted, "Li Zhiyuan doesn't have a father or a mother! His mother doesn't want him anymore!"

Zhiyuan's face turned deathly pale.

The teacher paused, then said, "What about Li Zhiyuan..."

Before the teacher could finish speaking, Zhiyuan said "I'm sorry" to Yun Xiaoshan, then turned and ran to his own bed in his bedroom.

Behind me, the laughter of everyone could still be heard.

"Li Zhiyuan can't even say sorry, hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

Zhiyuan doesn't cry easily, but he's still a child after all. The spot on his arm where Yun Xiaoshan bit him hurts, but what hurts even more is his heart. It feels like something is swelling, both sore and painful, as if it's going to burst his chest.

He suddenly missed his father.

When my father was still alive, although he was often away from home, whenever he came back, he would carry me on his shoulders, take me to play ball, and teach me boxing...

"Dad..." he whispered hoarsely, "Zhiyuan hasn't been naughty, why don't they all like me? Dad, if only you could come and take Zhiyuan home again..."

He heard footsteps behind him, so he quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"Li Zhiyuan".

It was the voice of the childcare worker.

He pretended to be asleep and didn't open his eyes.

The caregiver sighed and covered him with the blanket.

He didn't even get up for lunch; he just kept sleeping.

When it was nap time, the other children came in to sleep as well. A little boy with a round head was lying in the bed next to Li Zhiyuan's.

"Li Zhiyuan, are you crying?" the boy asked him.

Li Zhiyuan remained silent.

“Yun Xiaoshan is naughty, he bit me too.” The boy stretched his chubby arm, which looked like a lotus root, over the other side of the bed, and pointed his chubby finger to a spot on his undamaged arm. “Here, it’s all better now, Li Zhiyuan, you’ll be better too.”

Zhiyuan glanced at it and shoved his arm back in.

That noon, Zhiyuan had a dream. He dreamt that he was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the kindergarten, and when school was over, the teacher called out, "Li Zhiyuan, your father is here to pick you up!"

He ran out quickly, and it really was his father!

It really was his father who stretched out his hands to him, smiling broadly, and said, "Zhiyuan, Dad's here to take you home!"

He ran over, and his father lifted him high onto his shoulders. He turned around and proudly said to Yun Xiaoshan and all the children, "I have a dad! My dad has come to pick me up!"