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◎Tough. ◎

After work, Chen Zui went to see the stars again.

When she arrived, there was almost untouched but no longer hot food on the table. Aunt Wu was sitting helplessly on the sofa, holding her temples with her hands, as if she didn't know how long this confrontation would last.

The star was sitting on the floor of the living room, leaning against the wall. Xingxing's mood has calmed down a bit, but his eyes are still swollen like peach pits.

Chen Zui said hello to Aunt Wu, then walked over to wipe Xing Xing's face: "This little face looks like a little cat."

She held Xing Xing's armpits with both hands and stood up holding her in her arms.

Aunt Wu sighed: "She can't go to school, and she doesn't eat. I really don't know what she wants."

She always felt that if a child is unhappy, just make trouble, but if it goes on forever, it is not sensible.

When Xingxing heard this, the corners of his mouth dropped and he started crying again.

Chen Zui took Xingxing to the room, closed the door, then turned around and wiped away the new tears on her face with his thumb: "Xingxing, you can tell your sister anything you have to say."

Xingxing lowered his eyes and said nothing.

After a while, she asked Chen Zui in a low voice: "Sister, will I always be different from others?"

Chen Zui touched her head and said, "Xingxing may be a little different from others, but this is not the same. What's the impact?"

"Mom said that many people are born left-handed. Some of our classmates are left-handed, but their right hands are not like mine."

She raised her right hand, with four fingers half-curled stiffly. Even though I have no strength, I can't straighten it, like a long and thin "C".

"Xingxing is not left-handed, but he also learned to write with his left hand and got into the top twenty. Isn't it even better?"

Xingxing blinked and said in a crying voice: "Then why doesn't the teacher let me perform? "

Chen Zui's heart trembled slightly and asked her: "Has the teacher done this before?" Xingxing thought for a while and replied: "The teacher

asked me not to raise my hands in the last open class.

Zui bit his lip and thought for a while, then his fingertips touched the cold button.

One, one. She slowly unbuttoned her shirt.

Xingxing's tears were still hanging on her cheeks, and she looked at Chen Zui in front of her with confusion.

Chen Zui took off half of his shirt, revealing a white suspender belt underneath.

A large area of ​​shocking scars appeared in front of Xingxing. Large, dark, uneven, and wrinkled skin spreads from the shoulders to the arms.

Xingxing always envied her sister for her fair skin, bright hair, and beautiful clothes, but he had never seen her like this.

"Everyone is different from others. You see, sister is also different from everyone else, but it doesn't affect anything."

"Sister, you look like a mermaid." Xingxing was stunned for a while, staring at her scar, Seriously, "It's like a mermaid's scales."

Chen Zhi's hand that was about to button up the button paused. This knot that had brought her low self-esteem for many years was easily resolved by Xingxing's words.

She almost wanted to cry. She tried hard to hold back the soreness on her nose and said to Xingxing

: "Don't care about what others say, and don't leave your evaluation to others. We don't need to prove anything to others, just be ourselves."

He nodded in understanding.

Chen Zai put on his clothes again and asked her: "Do you really want to perform on Children's Day?"

Xingxing nodded and said in a light voice: "I can hold the props with my left hand. The props are made of foam plastic. , very light and easy to carry."

Chen Zui nodded: "Sister will tell the teacher at school."

-

Chen Shengping came back smelling of alcohol and saw an extra pair of shoes at the entrance, and asked: "Chen Shengping. Are you here?"

Aunt Wu nodded: "

Why are you here? Watching the stars?"

"Yes, your eldest daughter is quite interested in your younger daughter."

After a few minutes, Chen Zui pulled her. Star hands came out of the room.

Seeing that my father was there and smelling the smell of tobacco and alcohol, I guessed that he was having a social event again. She said hello: "Dad, you're back."

Chen Shengping said "hmm" nonchalantly, then turned around and went to the kitchen to find something to relieve his hangover.

Aunt Wu stood up and asked with concern: "Okay?"

Chen Zui nodded: "I'll go to her school tomorrow."

"What about her?"

Chen Zui glanced at the stars: "It depends on her wishes."

Aunt Wu was worried She said: "As long as she is willing to go to school, there is no need to go to school."

Chen Zui smiled: "I'm not going to fight. She wants to participate in the June 1st performance. I just want to ask the teacher why she won't be allowed to perform. "

Aunt Wu had a good-natured attitude and was afraid of offending the teacher. She said, "If you do this, the teacher will treat her differently in the future."

"The teacher is already treating her differently."

At this time, Chen Shengping came out of the kitchen with half a bowl of soup and faced He blew the bowl carelessly for a few times and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Stop messing around. Can't you make it to your class? She can't make it to her studies? Why are you so serious about a trivial matter that has nothing to do with studying?" "

Someone has to solve this problem." Chen Zui frowned.

"I'll go to school another day and give something to the class teacher."

"The teacher has already caused harm to Xingxing, why should he treat Xingxing wronged because of her differences? Do you have to let Xingxing make the same mistakes as me?"

Chen Shengping looked at her complicatedly , and finally reminded: "You are just her sister, not her mother."

Chen Zui gave Chen Shengping a cold look and left the house.

"I'll take care of this matter."

When he got home, Chen Zui grabbed a claw clip at the entrance, put his hair behind his head, and took off his shirt.

She didn't turn on the light and sat quietly in the darkness. The skin like fish scales was exposed to the night, rising and falling violently at the same frequency as her chest, and the memories she desperately tried to hide came out like blood.

In junior high school, Chen Zui was also a pretty girl and often bought some hairpins.

But the ordinary little girl's hobby was poured cold water on by the teacher: "dress up like a butterfly all day long."

The whole class laughed and even gave her the nickname "Butterfly".

One day, several classmates made noises in the cafeteria, whistling and calling her "Butterfly", and even deliberately knocked over the rice cooker that was serving porridge.

A pot full of scalding porridge poured down her shoulder.

She fainted from the pain on the spot. Before she fainted, she heard a trembling voice: "Damn it, didn't you say that one was warm?"

The teacher told Chen Shengping that a few students accidentally knocked it down, and Chen Zui was just unlucky. Just standing there.

The parents of several students paid the medical bills but asked Chen Shengping not to hold them responsible. Throughout the whole process, only teachers and school leaders came forward to persuade Chen Shengping, and Chen Zui was admitted to the city's No. 1 Middle School.

Finally Chen Shengping accepted the conditions. Nothing she said could change anything.

When Chen Zui returned to school, those people were still sitting in the classroom well. And she has been completely changed.

-The

next day, Chen Zui took half a day off to go to Xingxing's school.

On the way to school, she was still using her mobile phone to handle work, and by the way, she added the person in charge of the EM Block planning department.

Xingxing's class teacher, whose surname is Yang, is a Chinese teacher and is also responsible for the rehearsal of this fairy tale drama.

Teacher Yang has met all kinds of parents, but for such a young and beautiful one, Chen Zui is the first. Teacher Yang guessed why Chen Zui came, but for a moment he couldn't decide how to speak, so he politely poured a glass of water.

Chen Zui looked as calm as water and asked straight to the point why the stars were not allowed to participate in the Children's Day performance.

Teacher Yang changed the topic and said: "Xingxing can't keep up with her study progress. We don't let her participate in other activities because we don't want to distract her and it's for her own good."

"Understood." Chen Zui nodded and asked a question, "What's going on in the class now?" "How many people are there?"

Teacher Yang was puzzled, but still answered: "43."

"It is difficult for Xingxing to write with her left hand, but she still managed to get 16th place in the exam. Such a score is above average in the class." "No, I don't quite understand what Teacher Yang means by falling behind in study progress." Teacher

Yang didn't expect to be exposed, and said sarcastically: "Sixteenth place is not a good result..."

"Then the other people who participated in the performance. Are all the students in the top fifteen in the class?"

"If Xingxing really wants to participate, just let her participate."

The teacher can influence a student's fate with just one word.

Chen was the first to learn this.

"Then what is the real reason why she was not allowed to participate before?" She smiled and stared at Teacher Yang, "I hope you can answer me honestly."

"This..." Teacher Yang's eyes flickered and he laughed a few times. "Actually, it's a trivial matter between children. They get along like a small society..."

Chen stared at her leisurely and asked, "Really?"

Teacher Yang felt guilty after being stared at. Cleaning up the things on the table: "Ms. Chen, I have a class soon. I think this will be the case. After Xingxing comes, I will let her rehearse with everyone."

Chen Zui also stood up and raised his voice: "Then I'll wait for you here."

There were other parents and teachers in the office, and Teacher Yang was a little embarrassed.

"We are a school here, please don't mess around."

"Teacher Yang, I don't know what your standard is for messing around, or are you used to labeling others?" Chen Zui became tougher, "This matter can't be done Just let it go, you must give me a clear answer."

There is rarely such a big movement in the office, which alarmed several people in the surrounding offices. A few minutes later, the grade leader arrived and asked about the situation.

A man with a very high hairline came in with a gentle expression: "Ms. Chen, what is your request? If it is just because of the Children's Day performance, then it has been solved."

Chen said expressionlessly: "I want I will ensure that Xingxing will not be treated differently in future studies and activities."

The grade leader was surprised: "Treat him differently? Are you thinking too much?"

This hit Teacher Yang, and she dropped several lesson plans in her hands. On the table: "Ms. Chen, there is no need for you to do this. I will never treat any child differently."

Chen Zui narrowed his eyes, folded his hands on his chest, and raised his chin: "Teacher Yang, are you sure? Do you want to tell her here?"

Chen stared at her most seriously, not wanting to expose Xingxing's scars in public, but also leaving her with the final bottom line.

Teacher Yang held the table with his hands and sobbed softly. The more he cried, the more aggrieved he became.

Chen looked at her coldly, turned to the grade leader, and said in an extremely tough tone: "I ask Teacher Yang to apologize to Chen Jiaxing in person, and publicly declare to the class that she will participate in the Children's Day performance. This process must be recorded on video."

"You..." Teacher Yang pointed at her, then lowered her hands feebly, hiding her face and sobbing.

She caught a glimpse of someone recording on a mobile phone at the door, but she had no time to pay attention.

"Teacher Yang, you have brought substantial harm to Xingxing. This is bullying!"

"How can it be so serious..." The grade leader, being a good old man, said in an awkward tone, "This is indeed a bit too much. I want to express my gratitude to you. " Guarantee, our children are all equal in school. The school motto says that in our school, every student is the teacher’s favorite.”

“If we don’t do this, how can we ensure that other children will not imitate the teacher and think that they are excluded.” "My classmates don't have to take any responsibility?" Chen Zui pressed forward, his tone unquestionable, "I'm not afraid of making things worse. The principal and the Education Bureau are always with me."

Finally, under the mediation of the grade leader, Teacher Yang was reluctant. The emperor agreed to Chen Zui's request.

"Remember to record the video." Chen Zui left a sentence, "I will come to watch the performance on June 1st."

She has never been so tough, never so relaxed, and has never felt her existence so clearly.

-Chen

Zui was walking aimlessly on the street when Chen Shengping called and shouted angrily.

She hung up the phone without saying anything, or in other words, she didn't care at all.

She doesn't want Xingxing to become the second her.

It's just that she's a little tired.

A Cayenne drove past, the same color as Liang Yuwei's car.

Chen Zui lost his mind for a moment.

When the light was red and the car stopped at the intersection, she realized it was an out-of-town license plate.

She didn't know why she suddenly thought of him at that moment.

Sheng Hui's call interrupted her thoughts, asking her if she was at work.

Chen Zui said: "I asked for leave this morning. What happened?"

Sheng Hui asked: "Why did you go?"

"It's about Xingxing School." Chen Zui heard that Sheng Hui had something to say to her, so he asked, "You have something to do with me?" ?"

Sheng Hui hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing: "It's nothing, I just missed you suddenly. Come to my house to get together when you have time?"