Chapter 12: Scars
On the first day after the eleventh long holiday, I had made an appointment with the principal the day before to go to school today. Feeling that he had been absent for a long time, Cheng Han got up early this day to wash, put on makeup, and match clothes.
Standing in front of the dressing mirror in a navy blue striped suit, thinking about the immature faces of the children, her eyes gradually became gentle.
According to the custom, a flag-raising ceremony was held on Monday, and students from all grades of elementary, junior and senior high schools lined up early and walked to the playground under the organization of their teachers. Cheng Han was standing near the rostrum with a warm smile, greeting the head teacher of the primary school, when he heard an excited voice behind him.
"Teacher Cheng!" Cheng Han turned his head and saw that the little hairy head named Li Ziqi was excitedly standing in the flag-raiser team not far away and waving to her. The pride on his face also infected Cheng Han, "You are awesome!" She laughed and gave a thumbs up to the little hairy head. The boy smiled happily but shyly, while his classmates looked at him with envy.
"I've been with children for a long time, and I feel like I'm getting younger!" Cheng Han couldn't help but sigh. The slightly plump teaching director who was wearing a black suit next to him felt a little funny when he heard this, "Teacher Cheng, you are not very old, why do you still feel younger?" You shouldn't be young! ”
"Haha, Director Li is really good at talking!" The two looked at each other and smiled.
The students in the playground gradually quieted down, and two small hosts stepped up to the rostrum to announce the start of the flag-raising ceremony. Li Ziqi was wearing a red scarf in a straight manner, and he walked with his flag guard team in style. The expression was solemn and solemn, and he was like the lively little boy just now. Cheng Han looked at him with satisfaction and was sincerely happy for him.
With all that at the end of the day, the gray-haired headmaster straightened his tie and began his speech.
"Dear Students,
The wonderful holiday is over, and we need to adjust our mentality and quickly enter the state of learning, so as to meet the greater challenge, that is, our midterm exam. At the same time, in order to allow parents to participate more in your learning life, the school has decided to hold a month-long parent-campus interaction activity.
When each class has a class meeting on Monday, several parents of students can come to the school to listen, visit and interact with the students. I hope that each class will do a good job of communicating with parents, after all, only the school and the family can provide a good growth environment for our students and give them a healthy physical and mental health.
Finally, I wish our senior high school students that in this tense year, they can combine work and rest, take care of their grades and health, and if they have any questions, they can come to our teachers to communicate. I hope you can all be admitted to your dream school and make your dreams come true! ”
"Home-school interaction?" Cheng Han muttered, that should be quite interesting.
During the morning recess, Cheng Han was sorting out the student materials he had consulted in the office when he heard the sound of rustling at the door.
She smiled and shouted at the door, "Don't eavesdrop at the door, come in!" As soon as the words fell, the three little boys led by Li Ziqi pushed the door in a little embarrassed.
"Hello Mr. Cheng." They kept their heads down, a little embarrassed.
"Why didn't you go to the playground to do exercises?" Cheng Han stepped forward, moved a stool for a few children, and motioned for them to sit down. Li Ziqi took out the hand that had been behind his back, and a delicate small flag was held tightly in his hand.
"Teacher Cheng, this is the small flag we held when we went to the capital to watch the PLA uncles raise the flag, I want to give it to you, thank you for making me a good friend." He bent down and held the small flag above his head with both hands.
Cheng Han was stunned for a moment, hurriedly stepped forward to take the flag with both hands, then helped the boy up and hugged him gently.
"Thank you so much! Teachers always know that you are a good child. You see, now that you've found what you want to do, do you still have to work hard? ”
"Uh-huh", Li Ziqi nodded in agreement. And the two little boys next to him couldn't sit still, ran to Cheng Han, and asked timidly, "Teacher, I, can we also be friends with you?" ”
"Of course, you can all come to me when I was at school. Even if I'm not at school, you can email me. That's what a lot of you middle and high school seniors do! ”
"Hehe, that's great. Teacher, you don't know, you're so good-looking, and many of us like you! The child's innocent words made Cheng Han a little funny, it turned out that in their place, their appearance was also righteous.
A few people talked a lot, laughed and laughed, and before they knew it, the time between classes had passed, and several boys had to rush back to their classes.
"I'll send you away." When she stood on the stairs and waved goodbye to the little hairy heads, she suddenly felt a powerful impact that made her lose her balance at once, and she stumbled and fell downstairs.
She hurriedly stretched out her left hand and grabbed the handrail of the stairs tightly, so that she could steady her steps. However, due to the excessive force on his left hand, the wound suddenly broke open, and blood was oozing out little by little through the white gauze.
Cheng Han turned his head and looked up, only to see a thin little girl sitting on the ground with a painful expression. She endured the pain and stepped forward, squatted in front of the girl and asked softly, "Did you fall in pain?" ”
The girl lowered her head, her bangs covered her eyes, she was just trembling, and she didn't answer Cheng Han. Cheng Han stretched out his hand and wanted to pull the girl up to check it, but as soon as her hand reached over, the girl blocked her hand in front of her as if she instinctively. Such an obvious conditioned reflex made Cheng Han's heart sink, as if he had thought of something.
She stood up and said to Li Ziqi, who had already run back to her, "Ziqi, can you help the teacher help this young lady up and send her to the school hospital, looking at her as if she is injured." You two go back first, don't let the head teacher worry! Don't worry, the teacher is fine. Looking at the two worried children, Cheng Han said softly.
Li Ziqi stretched out his hand to the girl, this time she was not refused, the girl slowly stood up, and with Li Ziqi's support, she limped towards the school hospital.
"Teacher Cheng! What's wrong with this, so much blood. Sit down and let me see. The elderly female school doctor in the school hospital also jumped when she saw the blood-stained gauze on Cheng Han's hands.
"You can check on this child first, we accidentally bumped into each other, and she seems to be injured."
"Okay, okay, I'll go check on that kid. You'll have to stop the bleeding and clean the wound, and maybe have to re-stitch it up. Dr. Shen, please do me a favor! So saying, he called a tall, thin young doctor in, and then took the girl to the inner examination room and closed the door.
Cheng Han nodded and asked Li Ziqi to go back to class first. Then he kept poking his head out, and his whole heart was on the child, not noticing that the male doctor who was cleaning his wound had been secretly looking himself up and down, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes.
"How's that kid?" Seeing the school doctor walk out, Cheng Han asked a little eagerly. The female doctor's expression was a little heavy, she looked back at the door of the closed consultation room, sighed, and whispered, "It's not a big deal for this kid to bump into it, it's just ......"
"What's it?"
"Hey, I saw a lot of bruises on her body, all of which were left at different times. Some are almost fine, while others are still bruised. Both of her calves were swollen, and red marks could be seen on them. Do you want to help her with counseling? The female school doctor couldn't imagine the picture of the examination just now, and she couldn't imagine how such a thin girl could be covered in bruises.
"Why, let her go back and be beaten after doing psychological counseling!" She really didn't guess wrong just now, Cheng Han was so angry that she wanted to raise her hand to slap the table, but was stopped by that Doctor Shen, "Teacher Cheng, I just bandaged you, and you will be dressed again." If you want to shoot, you can use your right hand to shoot and make it louder. ”
Cheng Han glanced at Dr. Shen and slapped the table with his right hand to express his dissatisfaction, "I'll ask this child what class she is in in a moment, and I'll go talk to her homeroom teacher to see if I can do a home visit and think about how to solve the problem fundamentally." She thought about the girl's dodging appearance just now, and she was full of distress.
"Teacher", the girl walked out of the consultation room, she still lowered her head, walked to Cheng Han's side, and whispered, "Teacher, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”
"If you say anything, the teacher should apologize to you and knock you down. Come, can you tell the teacher, what's your name? Cheng Han stretched out his right hand, gently took the girl in his arms, and looked at her gently.
"My name is Lang Juanzi, and I am from Class 52."
"It turned out to be called Juanzi, and the name is so nice. Is there anything uncomfortable in our Juanzi? Would it be okay for the teacher to accompany you back to class? Lang Juanzi nodded timidly, but when Cheng Han got up, he stretched out his hand and held her right hand.
There is a cat café opposite the school, where there are nearly ten cats, and many people who like cats often come here to drink coffee and suck cats.
Some of them wander back and forth in the store while the customers are drinking coffee, as if the emperor is on a tour; Some cats who have seen the world don't even pay attention to those people, just lie down in their own cat nests and fall asleep. When Xiao Rongzheng arrived, Shen Ci was already sitting by the window and drinking half a pot of ginger lemon tea, rubbing the cat hair on the hem of his black suit pants.
"What are you asking me to do in a place like this? In the afternoon, do you have nowhere to go? Xiao Rongzheng asked the waiter for a glass of water, and asked with a sigh of relief.
"Eating and drinking here is the mood, and there is the company of cats, what do you know! Besides, you don't have a lot of rest today, why don't you experience a slower pace of life? Let's order a cup of coffee and drink it first. Shen Ci handed him the drink menu. Xiao Rongzheng took it and pointed at one randomly, "That's it." ”
"Okay, please wait." The waiter politely took the menu and left. Shen Ci on the side covered his mouth and snickered, "Are you sure you want to drink that?" ”
"Is there something wrong?" Xiao Rongzheng looked puzzled. I saw that the waiter quickly came back with a small cup and gently placed it on their table, "Hello, your espresso is ready, please use it slowly." ”
I saw that in the small cup, there was an same small amount of espresso with a thick layer of grease floating on it, and if you got closer and smelled it, you could also smell the strong aroma of roasted coffee beans.
Xiao Rongzheng picked up the small cup and drank it all, but in the next second, his whole face wrinkled together, and he picked up the water cup in a panic and poured it into his mouth. Shen Ci, who was sitting on the side, had already smiled and leaned back, and tears came out.
"What the hell is this!"
"This is espresso, directly extracted, original." Shen Ci was already laughing so hard that his stomach hurt, he took a tissue and wiped his tears, and said.
Xiao Rongzheng only felt that his face was hot and a little embarrassing, and he really didn't want to show this thing a joke, so he threatened fiercely, "Don't laugh, laugh again, I'll take you to practice physical fitness!" ”
"Okay, I'm afraid of you. Do you know what I asked you to do here today? Shen Ci's face was mysterious.
"How do I know what medicine you sell in your gourd?"
Shen Ci raised his eyebrows and said a little proudly, "Hehe, I saw your little ancestor today!" I also had a chance to touch her hand. ”
"That paw of yours touched it?" Xiao Rongzheng looked at Shen Ci with a sneer, leaning forward slightly, as if he could grab his arm and throw him to the ground in the next second.
Shen Ci smelled the danger, laughed dryly, and quickly explained, "I just helped her bandage the wound, it is the doctor's concern for the injured, and nothing else!" ”
"How could her wound crack open?"
"That's what I've said!" Shen Ci seemed to ignite the soul of gossip in his body, and began to say vividly, "Your little ancestor was knocked down the stairs by a little girl, if she hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed the handrail with her hand, it wouldn't be as simple as a wound splitting now."
However, that little girl was found to be covered in injuries, and your little ancestor suspected that she was being subjected to domestic violence, and was going to contact the girl's homeroom teacher and go to the police station after school! ”
"The police station?" Xiao Rongzheng frowned, a little worried.
"yes, why else I'd call you out! Didn't I think that Teacher Xiaocheng would come out of the school for a while, and you would have another chance encounter, she had a hand injury and couldn't drive, so you couldn't go with her in the name of sending someone away.
Even if she doesn't agree, you show your identity and tell her that this kind of punishment of evil and promotion of good is your job! When the time comes, she won't be able to reject you anymore. The more Shen Ci spoke, the more energetic he became, and he glanced at Xiao Rongzheng with a sly face.
"I've known you for so many years, and you've finally done something like a brother!"
"That's not it, your thousand-year-old iron tree has finally bloomed once, and I, as a brother, can't stick a knife in both sides! It's all trivial, trivial, and not worth mentioning. ”
"But", Xiao Rongzheng looked at Shen Ci's smug appearance and said in a deep voice, "I obviously didn't tell you her name last time, how could you even know the school she works in?" Well? ”
The smile on Shen Ci's face gradually froze, he lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Xiao Rongzheng's eyes, "Ha, ha, that, I'm not too curious, I followed you upstairs that time." Then, I went to check on her. The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, and although he lowered his head, his eyes were always paying attention to Xiao Rongzheng's movements.
I saw Xiao Rongzheng get up and approach him with a smile, and hurriedly covered his face with two hands, shouting, "Xiao Rongzheng! Don't hit me in the face! ”
Cheng Han got out of class and walked outside with the head teacher of the second class of the fifth grade, holding Lang Juanzi with his head down even when he walked. The head teacher looked at the little girl who had been holding Cheng Han's hand and said to Cheng Han with some emotion, "I only took over their class at the beginning of this semester, and it has been more than a month now." Her former homeroom teacher said that this child has a very good memory, can almost remember, and his grades have always been in the top five in his age. But he usually doesn't like to talk and has always been alone. It's the first time I've seen her so close! ”
"Maybe I'm related to this kid! The way she looks really bothered me, and I always wanted to help her. And if I had to go through this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to be so strong as her. Cheng Han looked at Lang Juanzi gently and said.
The little girl hugged her arm tightly with both hands like a little koala, and followed Cheng Han without raising her head, as if she didn't care about the head teacher's words at all.
"Cheng Han!" Xiao Rongzheng didn't know how long she had been waiting at the school gate, and when she finally saw Cheng Han, she shouted her name loudly.
"Officer Xiao? What are you doing here? Cheng Han looked at the man who appeared here in casual clothes with some disbelief, "Don't you have to go to work today?" ”
"I took a day off today, so I went to the opposite side with my friends to have a cup of coffee, how could I have thought of such a coincidence! Where are you going, I'll send you, just invite you to have a meal in a while, didn't you say you were going to eat Zou Ji yesterday, and it didn't work out in the end. "Xiao Rongzheng is the first time to see Cheng Han in a suit, his hair is combed back of his head, what a sassy and heroic appearance. He rubbed his hands a little nervously, waiting for Cheng Han's answer.
Cheng Han looked the man in front of him up and down, a big Pikachu was printed on the black pullover sweatshirt, and below it was a khaki leg-cinching cargo pants, with a high-top black classic Vance. At this moment, he has lost his usual seriousness and decisiveness, and he has become more studently.
And she also saw the black head rope leaking out when Xiao Rongzheng rubbed his hands, which was really familiar, no matter how she looked at it, it looked like the one she lost when she was captured by Lin Weifeng. She tilted her head and said to Xiao Rongzheng with a smile, "It's a bit unfortunate, I'm going to report the case now!" ”
"Report the crime?" Xiao Rongzheng pretended to be surprised, "What happened?" Just tell me! ”
"It's related to this child", Cheng Han shook his arm that was held by Lang Juanzi, "There are too many people here, let's go to the police station and talk about it!" This is her homeroom teacher, and she went with us. ”
"It's easy to say, you just make my car, and I'll send you over!"
"Then, it's better to be respectful than to obey!"