Chapter 360 Self-esteem?
The study room where I took tutoring classes was also a mess. It seemed that the beating started from there.
Zhu Yi had been hiding behind Xia Miao and Zhou Xiaoduo, constantly saying that he did not steal the money.
The female owner refused to give in and insisted that Zhu Yi was the thief. She also said that she would go to her school to report the incident and have her expel from school.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yi bit her lips until they bled, and raised her voice again: "I didn't steal the money!"
He Shu followed the police to look at several rooms. The junior high school student remained silent when his mother was arguing with the police and Zhu Yi and others.
It was as if it had nothing to do with him, but he didn't look at Zhu Yi much.
"When did you realize that the money was missing?" the police asked.
The female owner said that her son was taking extra classes at home, so she went out. When she came back and went to the drawer to get the money, she found that the money had been touched.
I counted it again and found that one thousand yuan was missing.
Before, after Zhu Yi came to tutor her, she felt that the money was too little, but her son was kind-hearted and said that Zhu Yi's family was poor and she shouldn't care.
"I didn't expect that time and time again, they are getting bolder and bolder. They are really shameless."
The female owner pointed at Zhu Yi and said, "Poor people are short-sighted. You could have earned the money by tutoring at my house a few times, and you still stole this little money."
Zhu Yi clenched his fists tightly: "I said I didn't steal!"
He Shu motioned Zhu Yi to stop talking after hearing this, and then looked at the female owner: "That means, when you came back and found that the money was missing, there were two people at home, and your son was my classmate."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that my classmate is a suspect, and your son is also a suspect. If you want to search Zhu Yi, then you should also search your son and his room."
Before the female owner could say anything, her son said, "Why are you searching me? Would I steal my own money?"
He Shu stopped talking, and the police officer agreed with what He Shu said.
When things developed to this point, the female owner knew her son best. Seeing that he looked a little frustrated, she felt disappointed.
"Forget it, there's not much money."
"What do you mean by forget it? You beat someone up and wrongly accused him, so do you forget it ?" Xia Miao said, "Since we have to search, let's all let the police search together to see who is lying and who is the thief!"
"That's right. Not only do you have to search, but you also have to pay for Zhu Yi's medical expenses and mental damages!"
Zhou Xiaoduo and Xia Miao's fighting power has also improved. Almost everyone with a discerning eye can see this.
The police asked them to stop arguing and went over to talk to the female owner and her son.
When the junior high school student saw the police wanted to search his things, he refused to stop and even got angry.
The more he behaves like this, the more suspicious he becomes. This is not just talk anymore. A college student has already been beaten up, so this matter must have a result.
Otherwise Zhu Yi would have to bear the reputation of a thief.
They didn't search too many places. When the two policemen asked the junior high school student to take out the things in his pockets, he panicked.
It was indeed the money he stole, but before he could hide it, his mother came back.
Seeing this, the female owner walked over, forcibly pried his hands apart, and took out a stack of cash from her pocket.
"Ma'am, is this the money you are short of?"
The female owner looked at her son and hated him for not fighting for her and bringing shame upon herself.
She knew that she had wronged Zhu Yi, but she couldn't label her son a thief.
So he actually shook his head against his conscience and said, "This is the pocket money I gave him."
"What a coincidence? Exactly one thousand?"
"What's wrong with me giving a thousand? My family is rich, so why don't we give more?"
This is really a rogue act, which really opened the eyes of He Shu and others.
The police are not fools. Who would come here in the middle of the night to be fooled?
He severely reprimanded the female owner and then took the junior high school student to the study alone.
It didn't take much tricks to scare a minor. Just a few words were enough to trap the junior high school student. In the end, he had no choice but to admit it and explain what happened.
Things did not go as the female owner wished. The whereabouts were found out and it was realized that Zhu Yi was wrongly accused.
Now, let's talk about beating people.
The police asked Zhu Yi whether she wanted to get a physical examination and sue the other party. Xia Miao and Zhou Xiaoduo both said that they would go for a physical examination and demand that the other party compensate for the medical expenses, mental damages and an apology.
But Zhu Yi agreed to reconcile, only asking the other party to apologize to her and then paying today's tutoring fee.
After the matter was clear, He Shu stopped caring about it. He stood aside and listened quietly to Xia Miao and the others persuading Zhu Yi not to let it go.
How to choose is Zhu Yi's own business. He saw deep inferiority in this girl and already knew what the result would be.
In the end, under the coordination of the police, the female owner and her son apologized to Zhu Yi. Although they were reluctant, they at least said sorry.
Then the money found will be given to Zhu Yi as compensation, and the matter will be over.
But Zhu Yi didn't want it and only took out two hundred yuan from it.
One hundred and fifty was the tuition fee, and the remaining fifty was compensation for her torn clothes, books and other things.
Xia Miao and Zhou Xiaoduo didn't understand why the police asked for a thousand dollars in compensation for her, but she insisted on taking only two hundred.
Only He Shu understood that sometimes, when inferiority complex is deeply rooted, one will do things that are puzzling and ridiculous in the eyes of others.
This kind of behavior is called self-esteem, a kind of self-esteem that others cannot understand and only you can deceive yourself.
Perhaps in Zhu Yi's view, she just wanted to prove that she was not a money-hungry person and that she did not care about the thousand dollars.
Zhu Yi insisted on not doing it, and the police could do nothing about it, so the matter ended like that.
After giving the junior high school student and his mother a few words of advice, the police left.
If the parties involved do not pursue the matter and no serious consequences are caused, the police will have no way to enforce the law.
He Shu helped carry Zhu Yi's backpack, and Xia Miao and the others helped Zhu Yi go downstairs and leave this magnificent community.
"Zhu Yi, why are you so stupid? She beat you up like this. Look at your face, it's all broken. Doesn't that big bump on your head hurt?"
As soon as they left the community, Zhou Xiaoduo couldn't help asking. She really couldn't understand why Zhu Yi didn't want compensation. Xia Miao also felt that it was too cheap for the mother and son.
"If we hadn't rushed over today, how badly would you have been bullied? Can you explain it? It's so depressing to just let them go like this."
Zhu Yi lowered his head. He was wearing the coat he had just found, a very old black cotton-padded jacket. It looked a bit like a men's jacket, and it was a very old style.
"Thank you for visiting me today."
Zhu Yi didn't explain: "Let's go back to school."
Xia Miao looked worried: "Why go back to school? Go to the hospital for a checkup first."
"No need, I'm really fine, just a little skin broken."
"Go check it out. You hit your head. You can't be careless."
This time, Xia Miao and Zhou Xiaoduo did not agree with Zhu Yi and forced her into a taxi to go to the hospital.
If there really is a big problem, then this matter cannot be let go like this.
