Chapter 45: The Father and the Son
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The police officer who was watching the two of them behind his back whispered to Lin Zhiyi.
"What are you talking about? Didn't I let you sit quietly! The middle-aged policeman on duty took a sip of water and patted the table with a thermos cup and said.
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He Lin Zhiyi was sitting on the bench opposite him, their hands handcuffed together with the same handcuffs.
Even though it's almost August, the halls of the midnight police station still feel cold.
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After receiving a call from the police, his mother quickly went to the police station to bail him out, and did not continue to embarrass him after paying a fine.
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With the back of her mother's departure, he couldn't believe how angry Mr. Lin would be when he heard the news. The police officer at the police station asked him for the contact information of his parents, and he only dared to call one Aunt Deng. But he knew that once he got involved with the judicial system in Zhucheng, he would not escape Mr. Lin's ears and eyes.
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Not long after leaving, the silent police station in the middle of the night sounded the sound of leather shoes that Lin Zhiyi was all too familiar with.
"Lawyer Lin!" A captain-like policeman stepped forward to greet Mr. Lin, as a well-known barrister in Zhucheng, naturally he usually went in and out of the police station, "It's so late, are you here to visit the client?" ”
"Not really. I came to my son. Lin Zhiyi heard Mr. Lin's voice suppressing his anger, and buried his body under the middle-aged police officer's desk.
"Who is your son?"
However, Mr. Lin's sharp gaze still locked on the direction where Lin Zhiyi was, and he stopped greeting the policeman and walked straight to this side.
"Lin Zhiyi, stand up for me!"
Hearing his father's stern voice, Lin Zhiyi reflexively stood up, but because the handcuffs on his right hand were handcuffed on the bench, restricting his balance, he stumbled and fell on the bench. The scene was very embarrassing for a while.
"It turns out that this kid is the son of Barrister Lin's family!"
Lawyer Lin, who usually speaks in court and makes the judge stunned, has a much worse level of educating children than his professional ability.
The police officers watched sideways, wanting to see a good show.
Mr. Lin put away the slap that he wanted to slap Lin Zhiyi's drunken face, "Bar? Fight? When Aunt Deng said this to him, he couldn't believe that the person she said was his son, and even when he saw that Lin Zhiyi's room was empty, he still had doubts in his heart.
It wasn't until he stood here and saw this scene with his own eyes that he believed the fact that Lin Zhiyi went to the bar to drink and fight. This matter can be big or small. The penalty is a fine, or a 10-day detention.
"Daddy." Lin Zhiyi lowered his head and shouted softly.
"Do you still have my father in your eyes? I used to always shout that I wanted to play music and start a band. I finally regained my heart, but I learned to drink and fight! Do you still want to go to college? ”
Mr. Lin shouted loudly, and the empty hall of the police station could still be heard in bursts of reverberation.
"If you promise me today that you will focus on your studies in the future, stop doing messy things, stop thinking about forming a band, and review and be admitted to the five colleges and four schools with peace of mind, I will take you home!"
"Dad, today's thing is that I am not right. No matter what kind of punishment I take! But I never wanted to give up music! Lin Zhiyi said excitedly. I can study well, but I won't make stupid deals with you with music. ”
In law firms, even in courts, procuratorates, and police stations, no one dared to speak to Mr. Lin with such an attitude.
Seeing that his face was lost by Lin Zhiyi, Mr. Lin couldn't control himself anymore, and slapped Lin Zhiyi's left cheek, Lin Zhiyi's body center of gravity was unstable, and he fell to the cold marble floor of the police station at once.
"You just stay here and reflect."
Ignoring the pleas of other police officers, Mr. Lin also pulled back Mrs. Lin, who rushed into the hall to take Lin Zhiyi home.
"Lin Xuedong, are you crazy? Are you going to leave your son with a criminal record? ”
"Didn't you say that you wouldn't interfere in today's matter? Su Xiaoyuan, don't continue to indulge your son like this, he must learn to take responsibility for his mistakes. ”
"That's your son too!"
"Enough, you're a dignified justice, do you want those policemen to see jokes?"
Mrs. Lin still ignored Mr. Lin's obstruction, walked inside and bailed Lin out on bail. The middle-aged police officer, who had a tough attitude, showed a respectful appearance in front of Judge Su. Lin Zhi also did not despise him very much.
On the way back, the whole family rarely sat in the same car. Mr. Lin no longer dared to look him in the eye after beating Lin Zhiyi. He admits in his heart that what he did just now was a bit impulsive, but in the face, he still needs to maintain his dignity as a father.
Su Xiaoyuan and Lin Zhiyi sat side by side in the back seat, "Zhiyi, I just received a call from your new classmate, saying that you went to the bar to celebrate the end of the college entrance examination for the seniors in the third year of high school, right?" ”
Mrs. Lin's words were ostensibly asking Lin Zhiyi, but she was actually saying it to Mr. Lin. At home, she often advises him to think more from the child's point of view and not to be too arbitrary.
Lin Zhiyi nodded.
"You fought for a former classmate, didn't you?"
Lin Zhi also did not answer. He didn't know why he was so angry when he saw other boys harassing Yuan Shanshan, could it be that Yuan Shanshan had unknowingly occupied an irreplaceable position in his heart? Or is he atoning for that time, he didn't bravely rush into the gate of Yuan's house.
Maybe it's a bit of both.
But it is undeniable that after hearing Yuan Shanshan's singing, Lin Zhiyi's heart, which was once extremely obsessed with the band, became hot again. He thought he could suppress this emotion for a while, but in fact, he just never met the right person.
After Yuan Shanshan left, the band also lost its soul.
Back at home, Mr. Lin's anger had mostly disappeared. He was glad that Mrs. Lin rushed into the police station in time today and brought back their son. If you leave a stain on your file in high school, you will also encounter obstacles when you enter university in the future.
Before Lin Zhiyi went upstairs, Mr. Lin stopped him.
"I'm sorry, Dad shouldn't have done it today."
"It's okay! It's me who did it wrong. Lin Zhiyi closed the door of his room indifferently.
The clock was pointing to three o'clock in the morning, but the three members of the Lin family had no intention of sleeping.
Mrs. Lin sat up and leaned against the head of the bed, and said earnestly, "I heard all the things you said to him at the police station. ”
"Hmm." Mr. Lin no longer pretended to sleep, sat up and took a deep breath, the full schedule of meetings tomorrow made him a little breathless.
"If he really doesn't want to work in law, let's let him do what he likes."
"Favorite thing? Do you have a band? Mr. Lin looked at Mrs. Lin incredulously, he had always thought that they were on the same front in educating their children.
"I think there's nothing wrong with that, and he's also musically talented, so if he tries it, maybe he can really succeed?"
"Success? Do you know how many young people in China are making music? How many are you named? ”
"Even if he can't become famous, at the very least, he can support himself through music."
"What about the wives and children after that? Can he give his children as much material as we give him? ”
"There's a good chance he won't even be able to pay the property tax on this house."
"Looks like you're not crazy, Judge Su. Life is not something that can be lived by simply talking about ideals, and without material support, everything is scattered. Mr. Lin, who has seen all kinds of civil cases, has a deep understanding of this.
I think he understands that. I heard Aunt Deng say that he has been trying to save money to make money during this time. ”
"Huh?" Mr. Lin was slightly surprised, "Make money? What does he make money on now? ”
"It seems like I'm taking revision notes for my classmates and buying stocks."
"Huh." Mr. Lin sighed helplessly, "No wonder he hasn't been tossing much about music lately, and his mind has been spent on this kind of place." ”
"Have you ever wondered why he wants to make money?"
Mrs. Lin gently leaned on Mr. Lin's chest, and after nearly twenty years of marriage, the relationship between them also changed from strong love to mutual dependence.
"He probably wants to re-form the band, like you said, with the economic foundation, the building on it is stronger. Besides, educating adolescent teenagers is like controlling a flood, which should be sparse rather than blocked. Now that you are forcing him to give up his dream and study law, can you guarantee that he will not hate you in the future? ”
Mr. Lin thought of the indifference in Lin Zhiyi's eyes before he went upstairs tonight. He couldn't remember the last time he affectionately called him dad, it should have been when he was very young. He would never have thought that the innocent and smiling son would grow up to have such a deep estrangement from himself.
Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin snuggled up to each other and waited for dawn.
After sending Mrs. Lin off to work, Mr. Lin called his secretary to push off the day's meeting schedule.
"Teacher Lin! All day? What time are you at the office today? Mr. Chen of Hongya Group will take a plane to Shanghai at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ”
"Yes, I didn't come all day. Tomorrow I will go to Shanghai to find him in person. ”
After hanging up the phone, he personally knocked on Lin Zhiyi's door with breakfast.
"Come in."
Lin Zhiye was already dressed and was about to go downstairs for dinner. Seeing that Mr. Lin personally brought breakfast up, he was a little surprised, the last time his father brought him breakfast, it was when he was sick in elementary school.
Lin Zhiyi's nose was a little sour. But he still said stiffly, "I'm not a child anymore, you can take it down." I'll eat it myself later. ”
Mr. Lin put the dinner plate on the desk in the room, sighed and said, "Dad just wants to find an excuse to talk to you, is that okay?" ”