Chapter 33 Changing Attitudes
He Shu also had a fulfilling weekend. After having dinner with Brother Xiao Dong and Uncle Zhao in the evening, he went to the car wash with them.
On Saturday, He Shu went to the cemetery early in the morning as usual, told his mother everything that had happened recently, and then walked back alone at noon.
Walk about one kilometer to the bus stop and take the bus back to the city.
He Shu took some time to visit the old building. It was surrounded by protective frames and nets. Many of the residents inside were tenants, and most of them had moved out.
There are only a few scattered elderly people left, and I heard that the government is helping them arrange temporary stays in nursing homes.
It turned out that Tan Kuan's family next door had not moved yet. When He Shu went upstairs, he met Tan Kuan's mother.
When Tan Kuan's mother saw He Shu, she pulled him and cried, saying that Tan Kuan had had a conflict with people who came for testing and was now being detained in a detention center.
Moreover, everyone accused them of being wronged, saying that the renovation of their house caused the building to be in danger of collapsing prematurely, and they might have to go to court and pay a lot of money in compensation.
Whether it was an injustice or not, professionals will definitely have evidence. If their family had not smashed the walls, the building would have at least lasted until He Shu finished college.
So He Shu didn't have any sympathy for this old neighbor.
"Auntie, I don't understand what you are telling me."
Tan Kuan's mother wiped her eyelids and said, "Xiao Shu, I watched you grow up. When your mother was alive, I had a good relationship with her, right?"
He Shu frowned slightly, not knowing what she wanted to say.
"Look, your brother Xiaokuan has played with you since you were little. Our two families have been neighbors for so many years, so we are like relatives."
"Auntie, what do you want to say?"
"He Shu, our building will be demolished soon, and we will definitely have to pay a lot of money. You can borrow it from me first. Anyway, you are still young and you don't need that much money."
"When your brother Xiaokuan comes out, you can live with us, and there will be someone to take care of you in the future."
He Shu stared at Tan Kuan's mother. He couldn't imagine that there would be such a shameless person in the world.
"Xiao Shu, there is nothing I can do. We are asked to pay compensation. How can we have so much money? Your uncle has been paralyzed for so many years. What a hard life I have lived. Don't worry, when you grow up and need money, I will definitely pay you back."
He Shu raised his arm and shook off his wrist, saying coldly, "What does your family's affairs have to do with me?"
After saying that, He Shu opened the door of his house and locked the other person out.
Outside, Tan Kuan's mother saw that there was no room for negotiation with He Shu, so she stopped pretending to cry.
Instead, he started to yell at the top of his voice: "You little bastard, you deserve your parents to die, you are a nemesis, be careful or you will die after taking the money."
There was a lot of dust in the house. He Shu seemed to be unable to hear the shouting and cursing outside. He stood in each room and looked at it for a while.
This was the last time he came back. He Shu closed his eyes for a while and tried hard to recall the happy scenes when he was very young and his parents had not yet divorced.
Unfortunately, there were only a few fragments of memories left , and He Shu couldn't even tell whether it was real or just a fantasy...
On Monday when Zhao Qishui drove He Shu to school, he met a nervous Lai Huaguang at the door.
He Shu ignored him, said hello to Uncle Zhao, and carried his things into the campus.
Lai Huaguang never asked his mother to send him to the door before, but this time he pulled his mother to the school gate before running in.
Watching Lai Huaguang hurriedly running past him, He Shu looked back in confusion. Nothing happened outside, so why did Lai Huaguang look like he was chased by a dog?
In the next few days, He Shu and Lai Huaguang had little interaction, after all, they were not in the same class or dormitory.
But just after school on Friday, He Shu, who was waiting for Uncle Zhao at the school gate, saw Lai Huaguang being dragged into the alley next to him by two thugs.
He Shu felt vaguely that the two people looked familiar. He recalled them carefully and his eyes instantly turned cold.
In the alley, Lai Huaguang was pointed at with a dagger and he didn't even dare to scream.
The two thugs searched his entire body but only found a dozen dollars.
He was immediately very angry and slapped him several times. Lai Huaguang was so scared that he was about to cry. At this moment, someone shouted, "What are you doing?"
It was the security guard who was maintaining order at the school gate who came over. The two hooligans tried to run away when they saw them.
Lai Huaguang reacted quickly. He grabbed the man and shouted, "They are stealing my money!"
Two security guards holding rubber batons quickly subdued the man who was being grabbed, held him down and called the police.
Lai Huaguang also hurried out to find his mother, and soon a group of parents gathered at the entrance of the alley to watch the fun.
He Shu found Uncle Zhao, got into the car and put his things away.
Zhao Qishui looked at the rioting crowd in front of him strangely: "What happened over there?"
"It seems like some hooligans came to rob students of their money."
"Hey, then you should be careful after school. Don't walk too far. Wait inside the school gate for me to call you out."
He Shu smiled and said, "I don't have any money for them to rob."
"You have to be careful, those little bastards on the street are all naughty..."
He Shu and Uncle Zhao left the school chatting and laughing, while Lai Huaguang also waited for the police to arrive.
Lai Huaguang's mother was filled with fear. She had just been waiting in the car, but she didn't expect that her precious son would be kidnapped by gangsters in such a short time.
She did not reflect on herself or thank the security guard for discovering the incident in time. Instead, she began to blame the school security for being unqualified and unable to guarantee the safety of the students.
The two security guards were so angry: "If he had waited honestly at the school gate, would anything have happened?"
Lai Huaguang's mother asked Lai Huaguang why he followed her to the alley. Lai Huaguang said aggrievedly that someone forced him to come here with a knife.
After hearing this, Lai Huaguang's mother felt that she was right again, saying that the security guard couldn't even recognize the gangsters, and she immediately started arguing with the security guard, and finally even the principal was alarmed.
In fact, the security guards at No. 2 Middle School are quite responsible, after all, it is a closed school.
But every Friday after school, there are so many parents blocking the school door. How can they tell who the real parents are among so many people?
After a quarrel, the police took the gangster away. Lai Huaguang's mother also took Lai Huaguang with her to take a statement. Before leaving, she demanded an explanation from the school.
After this day, No. 2 Middle School had strict regulations for after-school hours. A line was drawn outside the school, and parents who came to pick up their children were not allowed to cross the yellow line and had to crowd at the door.
Students who are picked up have to see their parents before they can leave, to avoid blaming the school if any problems arise.
As for the students who were not picked up by anyone, the school also asked them to take a waiver back home and have their parents sign it.
Although this seems like a stupid move, the school has no other choice. They can’t escort students home after they leave school…
None of this had anything to do with He Shu, although it was he who ran to tell the security guard that some hooligans were bullying students.
He Shu was not willing to help Lai Huaguang, but he recognized that the two gangsters were the ones who threw his things under the bridge, and he also knew that Lai Huaguang knew them.
He Shu didn't care how they solved it in the end.
However, when we arrived at school on Monday, during the break when we were doing radio gymnastics, the school not only announced the new school rules for leaving school, but also announced that Lai Huaguang would be punished and criticized by the entire school.
Afterwards, another teacher came to He Shu to ask about the matter. It turned out that the gangster who was caught also bit Lai Huaguang, saying that he had paid him to deal with a classmate.
After questioning Lai Huaguang, I found out that the classmate was He Shu.
He Shu's current grades make him a top student that teachers focus on, and his performance in school is the type that teachers like the most.
As long as He Shu can maintain his current state of study in his senior year of high school, it is possible that he will be admitted to Huaqing University or Dadu College in the future, so this matter has been taken seriously.
He Shu told the whole story of how he was beaten at Shiqiao, but he did not say that he knew it was Lai Huaguang who did it.
However, many classmates knew about the grudge between Lai Huaguang and He Shu , especially those who lived in the same dormitory during their freshman year of high school. Therefore, they believed that Lai Huaguang had paid some thugs to beat up his classmates.
He Shu still remembers that when he was in the first year of high school, Lai Huaguang wrongly accused him of stealing money. The teacher's reaction at that time was completely different from now.
This made He Shu believe even more that knowledge can really change your destiny and change other people’s views and attitudes towards you!
