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After math class, Zhong Xiu was called to the office by Lao Zhang during recess.

"Zhong Xiu, your mother called me and said she wanted to transfer you to a key class. You also know that the door to the key class is always open for you from the entrance exam," Lao Zhang said after deliberation: " I want to hear your opinion, why don't you want to go to the key class?"

Due to the nature of his work, Father Zhong was often transferred to work in other cities. He felt that this was too much trouble. He wanted to let Zhong Xiu go to the school at his grandfather's house, but Yang Yingqiong flatly refused.Not under her nose, she was afraid that President Zhong Xiu would be crooked. There are many children whose parents have not been around since childhood, because of lack of care and restraint, they end up going astray.She couldn't let Zhong Xiu get out of her control.

Zhong Xiu has changed schools four times since elementary school.

The first transfer was in the third grade of elementary school. It was the day before the long vacation. On a sweltering morning, Yang Yingqiong hurriedly handled the transfer procedures for Zhong Xiu, and then he followed his parents to the city where he was transferred, and left quietly. , He didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to his original friend.

Later, Zhong Xiu was unwilling to make new friends, and even if he made friends, he would have to say goodbye sooner or later.

He was in the freshman year of high school in Yangcheng, and it was purely a coincidence that he became acquainted with Fang Cheng. They played together because they also like skateboarding, and they still maintain a weak connection, which is already rare.

His parents have arranged everything for him, every detail, even including what path he will take in the future, Zhong Xiu cannot decide by himself.

Of course Zhong Xiu was unwilling to compromise.

Insisting on skateboarding, insisting on staying in Class Six, obedient on the surface but always having his own ideas in his heart, trying not to be influenced by the outside world, these are his silent resistance.Anyway, any behavior that does not meet Yang Yingqiong's expectations will be attributed by her to rebellion and disobedience.

Of course he can do more, such as not studying hard, skipping school or even more excessive things, as long as it doesn't meet Yang Yingqiong's wishes, he can do anything.But it's not necessary, it's really unnecessary to use one's own future as a capital to compete with Yang Yingqiong.

"Teacher, I really don't want to go. I think Class [-] is pretty good, and my grades haven't declined in the past six months." Zhong Xiu said.

"Uh... I know this. Excellent students will remain excellent no matter where they are." Zhang Zhiyuan picked up the black thermos cup on the table, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip of the steaming water: "But, teacher caught It is also very difficult to be between you and your mother. She has great expectations for you, and she is very concerned about your study. She often calls me to find out about your study. Look, the learning atmosphere in the key class is good. The faculty is also much better than ordinary classes, and how many people are desperately trying to get in."

"Teacher, I don't think external factors are the most important. They can't decide everything. It's up to people. As long as I work hard, I can learn well anywhere. You insist on letting me go to a class I don't want to go to. I don't want to stay there. In case my studies fail I can’t help but regress, and I still have to come back in the end.”

"Let other people go if they want to go. I don't want to go. I can just make room for them and leave the key classes to those who need them more. After they enter the key classes, they will be motivated and their studies will be improved. Benefit others and benefit yourself, don’t you think so?”

Zhang Zhiyuan has dealt with students for so many years, what he is most afraid of meeting is not the kind of poor students who often disrupt discipline and don't like to study, but good students like Zhong Xiu, who analyze his words one by one and give reasonable rebuttals.

In his eyes, Zhong Xiu has always been a boy with top grades but few words, but now he is speechless by Zhong Xiu's sophistry, and even thinks that this person should not go to the key class, but should stay in the sixth class In the future, when the results of the college entrance examination come out, he will be the champion of the city and even the champion of the province. Give him more face.

"...You are right. We still have to respect your choice and focus on your wishes. Well, then you should go back first." Zhang Zhiyuan said helplessly.

"Thank you, teacher."

Zhong Xiu turned around, opened the door of the office and was about to go out, when Lao Zhang stopped him again: "Oh right, Zhong Xiu, check to see if Li Wei is in the class, let her come to the office."

"Ok."

In fact, Zhong Xiu didn't know who Li Wei was, he only knew that there was such a person in the class.He returned to the class, first went to the back and asked Hao Ai where Li Wei was sitting. Hao Ai was a little strange, but he still pointed to the rightmost seat in the front row, where a girl was sitting with her head down.

So Zhong Xiu went straight there and said, "Li Wei, Teacher Zhang told you to go to the office."

Li Wei raised his head upon hearing this, with a depressed expression, and said in a daze, "Oh... yes."

Zhong Xiu didn't pay attention. As soon as he sat down in his seat, Hao Ai touched his back with his fingers and asked, "What did Lao Zhang tell you to do?"

"My mother called Lao Zhang again to tell me about transferring me to another class, and he called me over to do my ideological work." Zhong Xiu gently removed Hao Ai's troublesome hand on his back, turned around and patiently explain to him.

"Then are you going?"

"No." Zhong Xiu said decisively.

Lu Fayan next to him asked: "Why? I actually wanted to ask for a long time. Isn't the learning atmosphere better in key classes?"

"No reason, self-willed." Zhong Xiu said.

Lu Fayan gave a thumbs up: "Yes, yes, the god of learning has capital and willfulness."

"Actually, it has nothing to do with the atmosphere, and the atmosphere doesn't affect me. It's the same for me wherever I go to class." Zhong Xiu met Hao Ai's suspicious gaze, and changed his words again: "But it's different now, I like... Class six, I just want to take classes here."

Lu Fayan was hit violently, and he felt that he had been fed a big mouthful of dog food again invisibly, so he stopped talking to these two people, picked up his mobile phone and buried his head in playing games silently.

The first period in the afternoon was physical education class. Several boys in the class gathered to play basketball. Hao Ai also actively participated and wanted to ask Zhong Xiu to play together.Zhong Xiu said yes, wait.Then he took the mobile phone from Hao Ai's hand, took off his watch, and put them back in class together.

There were still people in the class. When Zhong Xiu walked in, he saw Li Wei tidying up the books on the table and putting them all into schoolbags and bags.She noticed someone coming in, raised her head and saw Zhong Xiu standing at the door, she froze for a moment, then continued to clean up as if she hadn't seen him.

Zhong Xiu was a little puzzled, asking for leave wouldn't mean moving all the books away, she seemed like she would never come back again.

He stuffed his mobile phone and watch into Hao Ai's table and went to the basketball court. Hao Ai and a few boys were playing basketball. During the intermission, he handed Hao Ai water and mentioned what he had just seen.

Hao Ai took a sip of the water that Zhong Xiu had just unscrewed, and said in horror: "It's not because she didn't buy school uniforms that she was expelled from school? Can the school leader still be a person?"

Zhong Xiu thought for a while, and felt that the probability of this was very small, "It shouldn't happen."

"Don't worry about it, maybe they have to go home to review, maybe the study efficiency at home is higher than that at school?" Lu Fayan walked over and said, "Come and play!" He said and passed the basketball in his hand to Hao Ai.

Lao Zhang seemed to be putting more emphasis on Lu Fayan recently, and called him into the office again during the self-study class in the afternoon.

This time it was also because of Li Wei.

Li Wei's family runs a small business. A while ago, her father's business failed and she owed some debts. The amount was not too much, but it was enough to overwhelm an unstable family of three.Li Wei's father was depressed because of this, and Li Wei's mother thought he was too useless. The two quarreled all day long, and eventually they got divorced, and Li Wei's mother left.

Li Wei's father originally doted on Li Wei very much, after all, there was only this one girl, and he gave her the best.But after the divorce, he became irritable and began drinking heavily.

Li Wei just mentioned the matter of buying a new school uniform, but her father picked up a wine bottle and threw it at her. Fortunately, she escaped quickly and was not hit.

Everyone has unspeakable secrets that are not humane.

Lu Fayan was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said: "Teacher, please let me go, you can't treat me as a professional psychiatrist just because I am a psychological committee member, there is nothing you can do, how can I persuade her to come back?" !"

"Oh, I've talked to Li Wei several times, but it's useless. She insists on dropping out of school to work. I'm not thinking that you are the same age and there is no generation gap. It's easier to communicate. Maybe if you persuade her, she will I can go back to class."

How could it be so easy, Lu Fayan was going crazy.

Lao Zhang finally said: "Well, it's not a big problem not to buy school uniforms, but I'm afraid she will be overwhelmed by this matter."

After returning to the classroom, Lu Fayan explained the matter to Hao Ai in a few words.

The two fell silent.

Lu Fayan suggested: "How about we organize a fundraising?"

Hao Ai was startled, and quickly said, "Don't, don't."

People of this age usually have very strong self-esteem and may not accept it. Even if they accept it, they will feel huge pressure in their hearts.

Zhong Xiu said: "How about organizing a charity sale? Give her the money from the charity sale."

This was also rejected by Hao Ai: "It's not very good, but it's just a different name, the essence is still the same."

Lu Fayan scratched his head anxiously: "Ah...then what should I do?"

"You asked me to have a heart-to-heart talk with her. I can't even speak clearly, and it might make things worse." Lu Fayan suddenly turned his gaze to Hao Ai, "Why don't you talk about it, Ai Ai? I'm better at chatting with girls."

"..."

Help.Hao Ai felt that he was going to be stabbed to death by Zhong Xiufei's eye knife.

"Where is Li Wei now?" Hao Ai asked.

Lu Fayan said: "Lao Zhang said that she seems to be in the dean's office now."

Hao Ai glanced at Zhong Xiu and said, "Then I'll go and have a look."

The door of the teaching director's office was closed tightly, and there were conversations coming from inside from time to time, basically Lao Wang was talking alone, but the specific content could not be heard.

Hao Ai waited patiently outside for a while, and after a brief silence, the door opened from the inside with a "squeak."

"Li Wei." Hao Ai stopped the girl who seemed to have lost her soul.

Li Wei suddenly recovered and saw Hao Ai, her voice was very soft: "You don't need to say, I really don't want to go to school, thank you."

Hao Ai also lowered his voice very softly: "Do you think that if you don't go to school and go to work to earn money, you can solve the problem?"

"Then what can I do, who made me unlucky to be in such a family?" Li Wei's voice was choked up, crying and complaining.

"It's not something we can decide. Complaining can't solve the problem. You are just acting impulsively now. I can guarantee that you will regret it in the future. All you can do now is to study hard."

Li Wei's tone was very aggressive: "You don't feel backache when you stand and talk, why study even if you can't afford the school uniform?"

"Have you... considered working part-time after school? You can also earn some living expenses." Hao Ai didn't care about the thorny words in her words, and persuaded patiently: "You are not bad in your studies, much better than me. It's a pity to give up like this, and you won't be willing to do it yourself."

"I don't know where to get a part-time job..." Li Wei used to live very comfortably, everyone doted on her, she never thought that one day she would worry about making a living.

Hao Ai sighed softly and said, "I know."