Chapter 7: A Friend's Lie
In the summer of 2007, Shen Yin was no longer a seventh-grade freshman, bidding farewell to the joy of just entering the 'Little Sapling' junior high school, and began to undertake the heavy coursework of junior high school, with nine courses a day repeatedly circulating the learning mode, and parents were more attentive to their children's learning.
This semester is the second semester for them to enter the first year of junior high school.
However, the originally ordinary life has caused a lot of waves on campus because of the 'excessive attention' of parents and teachers.
One day, when Su Yuqian's mother was cleaning her room, she found a 'invitation poem' written by Wang Mengliang to Su Yuqian. After returning home from school, Su Yuqian's mother began to ask her, the owner of the letter.
Su Yuqian didn't want to see her mother's disappointed eyes on her, so she lied and said that it was for Shen Yin, and she would transfer it on her behalf.
But on the second day, Su Yuqian thought that everything had settled, but she didn't expect to see Shen Yin's grandmother from the window.
Shen Yin, who was in math class, had no idea that a storm was coming, and they were immersed in calculating a difficult problem from the math teacher. Suddenly, the tall figure of the homeroom teacher appeared at the door of the classroom, shouting Shen Yin's name loudly.
Shen Yin was inexplicably called out by the head teacher, and when she saw her grandmother outside the classroom, she happily greeted her, but she didn't want a loud slap to hit her in the face. The slap was so loud that the startled sparrows on the wires flew away.
"You dead girl, we worked hard for you to come to school, but you didn't learn anything in school." Grandma's scolding chattered in her ear, "If it weren't for Su Yuqian's mother telling me, you would still be hiding it from us, you say, are you worthy of your parents?" ”
The head teacher persuaded her grandmother and pulled her into his office.
In the office, Shen Yin covered her hot cheeks, ninja tears. Her grandmother was still babbling and scolding her.
"Our Shen family's face has been lost by you, a dead girl, and you still have the face to cry......"
The head teacher asked her with a straight face, "Shen Yin, are you in love with Wang Mengliang?" ”
She immediately replied, "No! ”
Her grandmother took out the crumpled letter from her pocket and held it up to her, "Dead girl, it's written in black and white, you still don't admit it." Her grandmother put the letter in front of the head teacher.
"Teacher, this child is not strictly disciplined by us, and I hope the teacher can deal with it seriously." Her grandmother said to the head teacher.
"Don't worry, I will definitely take this matter seriously." The head teacher's face was always gloomy.
Her grandmother said a few words to the head teacher and left, still standing in the head teacher's office.
After a while, the head teacher walked in with Wang Mengliang. He asked Wang Mengliang the same thing, and Wang Mengliang flatly denied it.
"So what's going on with this?" The head teacher still held the letter in front of him, and when he saw that it was his own note, he understood in his heart.
"Shen Yin, you really disappointed me, I still recommended you for the top three students in this grade, it seems that I chose the wrong person. It's canceled this time, and it'll be up to you to see how you perform later. The head teacher looked at Shen Yin with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel.
Shen Yin kept his head down.
He looked at Wang Mengliang, said with a dark face: "You are from the third class, you will be handled by your class teacher, and your parents will be called first this afternoon." ”
Wang Mengliang saw Shen Yin's aggrieved appearance, did not refute, bowed his head and said, "Okay! ”
"Shen Yin, you stand at the back of the classroom at noon today and reflect on it." He waved his hand and motioned for them to leave.
On the way back to the classroom, Wang Mengliang walked up to Shen Yin and said, "I'm sorry! ”
"I don't blame you, it's not your fault." Shen Yin deliberately kept a distance from him.
As soon as Wang Mengliang returned to the classroom, he was called away by his homeroom teacher. The head teacher of Class 3 is a man in his thirties, he usually speaks with humor, has a relaxed way of educating students, and understands some of the things that students do at this age. He called Wang Mengliang to the office and said half-jokingly: "Lao Xiao of the fourth class just told me. The notes that look at that must be yours, and I can understand you doing this kind of thing at your age, but the school is disciplined, and if you break the discipline, you have to follow the rules of the school. Well, you call your parents over this afternoon, and we'll sit down and talk. ”
Wang Mengliang wanted to tell him that Shen Yin was wronged, but he thought of Su Yuqian again, so he never told the truth.
He nodded and said, "Teacher, I was wrong! ”
The head teacher patted him on the shoulder, "Recognizing mistakes is a good start, but what is more critical is what you want to do in the future." ”
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I'll focus on studying in the future."
"Okay, Lao Xiao attaches great importance to this matter, so you stand outside the classroom at noon today and listen to the class," his homeroom teacher patted his thigh and said.
Shen Yin returned to the classroom, she picked up her books and walked to the back of the classroom. She caught a glimpse of the homeroom teacher standing outside the window in the last row of the classroom.
After class, Su Yuqian came over and asked her with concern, what happened just now?
"How could your mother tell me grandma that I am dating Wang Mengliang?" Shen Yin asked angrily in a whisper.
"I'm sorry, my mother found out about the letter Wang Mengliang wrote to me, and she scolded me. I had no choice but to lie to her, saying that he wrote it to you. Su Yuqian cried and said to her: "If my mother knew that it was me, she would definitely break my leg, and my father would not spare me easily." Shen Yin, I beg you, this matter is my fault, but you also have to help me? ”
Shen Yin thought for a while, "Okay, I'll help you this time." ”
When Shen Yin returned home, her grandmother began to scold her, and her grandfather remained silent. She locked herself in the house, covered her ears with a quilt, and could still hear her grandmother's scolding.
At dinner, her grandfather finally spoke: "Shen Yin, you quickly break off the relationship with that boy and study hard at school, otherwise we will call your parents back to take care of you." We're old and can't control you anymore, and they'll definitely have a way to educate you when they come back. ”
With tears in her eyes, she gulped rice into her mouth to hide her sobs.
"Shen Yin, did you hear what your grandfather said?" Her grandmother patted her on the head.
She nodded and replied vaguely, "Got it." ”
When she came to school early the next morning, Shen Yin was called to the office by the principal. The principal was an old man in his fifties, he held a list in his hand, and said to her: "Shen Yin, I just looked at your academic performance, from when you first came to the school to now, your grades have improved rapidly, according to your current level, there is no problem in being admitted to the key high school in the county." However, you should not be too indulgent with yourself, after all, the punishment you receive at school will accompany you throughout the whole stage of your studies, and it will even affect your job search later. ”
Shen Yin's heart was apprehensive, she lowered her head and said, "Headmaster, I know it's wrong. ”
The principal smiled and said: "Shen Yin, I see that you have been a good student with excellent character and learning since you entered the school, and I will not give you a demerit when you make a mistake for the first time and your attitude is sincere, but you must remember that you come to school to study, not to do things that have nothing to do with learning." ”
Shen Yin thanked the principal for being lenient on him, and was very happy in his heart. When she came out of the principal's office, she saw an old woman standing next to Wang Mengliang, who was talking to the head teacher of the third class. She bypassed them and took another path back to the classroom.
In the end, Shen Yin and Wang Mengliang were only notified and criticized at the school's flag-raising ceremony, and were not recorded in their files.
The school was settled, but Wang Mengliang was angry.
After school, Wang Mengliang went straight to the fourth class classroom and found Su Yuqian. He took her to the edge of the playground and said angrily, "Su Yuqian, don't you like me anymore?" ”
Su Yuqian hurriedly waved her hand and denied it.
He approached Su Yuqian and said in a somewhat heavy tone, "Why don't you dare to admit it in front of your parents and teachers?" also dragged Shen Yin out to carry the black cauldron, you know how innocent she is! Why are you so selfish? ”
"I ...... Have you ever thought about the consequences for me? Su Yuqian also shouted loudly, "If it were me, would the school be able to deal with it so hastily?" What would my mom think of me? ”
"Su Yuqian, you are really too selfish, can you sacrifice your friends in order to maintain your perfect image in front of others?" Wang Mengliang said angrily.
Su Yuqian cried, "Do you know how much I like you?" Because I like you, I want to do my best to help you, hoping that you and I will be admitted to the same high school, go to the same university, and finally be recognized by my family. I've done so much for you, and you think of me like that. Besides, I didn't force Shen Yin, and she brought it up to help me by herself. ”
Shen Yin hid behind the basketball hoop, covered his mouth and cried.
Wang Mengliang remembered the last time his grandmother was hospitalized, and Su Yuqian made up for his homework, and a burst of remorse swelled in his heart.
He calmed down and apologized to her, "I'm sorry, I just said something wrong. ”
Su Yuqian wiped away her tears and said coquettishly: "In the future, you are not allowed to wronged me." ”
He wiped tears from her eyes and walked away, holding hands.
Shen Yin was already squatting behind the basketball hoop and crying silently, she didn't realize that Su Yuqian and the others were about to come over.
Suddenly, a school uniform fell from the sky, covering her entire body.
"Shhhh A slightly magnetic voice came from outside the clothes.
After Su Yuqian and the others walked away, the clothes were taken away and a tissue was handed over.
"They're gone." Shen Yin saw that the boy in front of him was the one who had confessed to him before-Xue Yufan.
"Thank you!" Shen Yin wiped away his tears and said.
"I just heard what Su Yuqian said, are you okay?" He asked with concern.
"It's fine!" Shen Yin was about to stand up, but found that his legs were numb and he couldn't stand up.
He held out his hand to her, she shook her head and said, "It's okay, it'll be fine in a while"
He slung his school uniform to his arm and reached for her.
Shen Yin hesitated for a moment and stood up holding his arm.
"It's school now, why are you here?" Shen Yin looked at the empty playground and said.
Xue Yufan touched his head and said a little embarrassed: "Yesterday morning, I was playing with a few classmates, and I accidentally smashed a mineral water bottle on the principal, and the principal punished me for picking up garbage on the playground. I wanted to come between classes, but I just finished picking it up, and someone else was still there, so I thought about picking it up after school. ”
Shen Yin smiled: "You are lucky, the principal is the most merciful to you if he did not punish you for cleaning the toilet." ”
"Oh, that mineral water bottle is still full of water." Xue Yufan said.
Shen Yin didn't dare to imagine what the principal's expression was like at that time.
"Have you finished picking up the trash now?" Shen Yin watched as the sun was about to set.
"Not yet, only the garbage on the east side hasn't been picked up yet." He pointed over there.
"I'll help you, it's getting late."
"No, you can go home! Be careful......"
Before Xue Yufan finished speaking, Shen Yin picked up the garbage bag next to him and began to pick up the garbage.
After ten minutes, they had picked up all the trash. Shen Yin pushed the car, and as soon as he walked to the school gate, he heard someone shouting. She turned her head and saw him pushing a half-new bicycle.
"The sun has set, shall I send you back?" He smiled innocently.
"No, I'm on the straight." She said, pointing in the direction of home.
"My family is over there, so we just happened to be on the way."
Shen Yin rode a bicycle side by side with him. She saw that there was only an English book in his basket, and she asked, "Are you from the third class?" ”
"Well, I know you're in Class 4." He was still smiling.
"You don't have homework?"
"Yes, and a lot?"
"Why did you only have one English textbook?"
He said embarrassedly: "There are so many homework, I can't do a few of them." Anyway, it's copying other people's every day, so instead of taking it home to make a show, it's better to put it directly at school, and when you go tomorrow morning, just copy them directly. ”
Shen Yin didn't speak.
After being silent for a while, Xue Yufan said cautiously: "Do you look down on us scumbags?" ”
"No, I'm just wondering if your loved ones are with you?" Shen Yin said lightly.
"My parents don't know how to read, and they don't have big expectations for me, they just hope that I can know a few words and go out into society and not be deceived. They have been doing manual work, farming and raising ducks. Xue Yufan touched his head and said with a smile.
An idea suddenly popped up in Shen Yin's mind, and she said to him, "Xue Yufan, as a thank you, in the future, after school, I will give you tutoring, okay?" ”
"No, I'm stupid." Xue Yufan refused.
"Don't be so presumptuous, how can you know the result if you don't try." She stopped the car and took out her notebook and gave it to him, "These are all notes written by me, you can take a look first, and if you don't understand it, come and ask me tomorrow, but my handwriting is not very good." ”
He flipped through her notebook and glanced at it, "It's pretty good, better than I do." ”
"As long as you can understand it. Oh, there's my scribbles in there, don't laugh at me. Shen Yin added.
Xue Yufan and Shen Yin rode near her house, and Shen Yin suddenly said, "My house is almost here, where is your house?" ”
He looked around, pointed to the east and said, "My house is in that village. ”
"Okay, we'll see you tomorrow!" Shen Yin waved goodbye to him.
When Shen Yin disappeared, he returned the same way and rode in the direction of his house.
After school the next day, Shen Yin and other classmates in the classroom were finished, she went to the playground to find Xue Yufan and took him to the classroom of Class 4.
"You go to the principal's office tomorrow and give him a suggestion to build several garbage bins in the playground where you think there is the most garbage, so that littering in the playground can be effectively curbed." Shen Yin said to him, "This is not in vain for your hard work in the past few days." ”
"Will the principal listen to my advice?" He asked, confused.
"As for whether the principal listens or not, it's not my concern, the key is that you can make a good impression on the principal." Shen Yin said, "How are you reading the notes?" What are those places you don't understand? ”
He pointed to five or six questions in his notebook, "I understand these questions, and I don't understand the others." ”
Shen Yin patiently explained to him.
In the next two weeks, Shen Yin would explain to Xue Yufan after school that he didn't understand the problem.
In the mock exam two weeks later, Xue Yufan's grades have improved greatly, and the head teacher of the third class praised him in public.
Since the last incident, the relationship between Shen Yin and Su Yuqian has been stiffened, and they haven't spoken until now.
One day after school, Shen Yin waited in the classroom for a long time, and Xue Yufan did not appear. In the end, she decided to go home first.
As soon as she walked out of the school gate, she saw a group of people gathered not far from the school gate. There were two or three tall boys pushing carts and 'sentry' on the periphery of the crowd, not allowing unrelated people to come closer. Shen Yin's house was just about to pass through that road, and she walked to the periphery of the crowd, and just happened to see Xue Yufan's figure in the center of the crowd.
The moment she saw him, he saw her, too.
A tall boy next to him slapped Xue Yufan, and Shen Yin wanted to step forward to stop it, but he glanced at her and told her to leave here quickly.
She stood where she was, very angry inside. She got on the bike and was about to turn the front of the car when she was seen by a tall boy.
He walked up to him, grabbed the handlebars of her bike, and smiled maliciously, "Where do you want to go?" ”
Shen Yin's mind suddenly came up with countless bloody scenes in the movie.
Another slightly chubby boy walked over, "Xiao Kai, don't play tricks on people." He whispered to Shen Yin, "Get out of here!" ”
The tall boy let go of his hand and smiled.
After Shen Yin heard this, he obediently got on his bicycle and left.
The next day, after she came to school, she heard about Xue Yufan being bullied by students from other schools yesterday. During the recess, Li Rong, the head of the third class, called her out and gave her a letter, saying that Xue Yufan asked her to pass it on to her.
Shen Yin asked Li Rong about Xue Yufan's condition, and she said: "I saw Xue Yufan in our homeroom teacher's office this morning, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and his right arm was wrapped in a bandage. His father was with him, and from the mouth of the class teacher, I heard the words 'expelled', 'withdrawn', etc., and it was estimated that he would definitely be expelled from school. He secretly handed this letter to me, so please make sure I give it to you myself. ”
In physical education class, Shen Yin lay on the lawn, took out the letter and read it. As soon as she saw the signature on the envelope, she heard the whistle of the PE teacher. She hurriedly put the envelope in her trouser pocket and went to assemble.
As the final exams were approaching, the PE teacher suddenly had to test the girls' 800-meter run and the boys' 1000-meter run.
After running 800 meters, Shen Yin found that the envelope in her trouser pocket was gone, and she searched around the playground but couldn't find it.
So, she still doesn't know what was written in that letter.