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The next day, the sky quietly turned white.

As time goes by, winter is getting deeper and deeper.Yesterday's heavy snowfall almost wiped out the entire town.After the baptism of wind and snow, the streets flowing with clouds all the year round are even more desolate.Especially in the early morning hours, the small town of Foge, which has nothing to do with the world, is as quiet as a dead city, still in a trance.

Allen buried his head halfway in the scarf, his brown hair was covered by a hoodie, and only a few strands of hair and a straight bridge of nose were exposed.His glasses were covered in white by his warm breath, making it almost impossible to see clearly.

He stepped quickly on the soft snow and approached the teaching building, ready to start his first class at nine o'clock in the morning.I also sincerely pray for today's attendance rate, and hope that no students will be trapped on the way to school by bad snow, or held hostage by warm blankets.

But before entering the door, he noticed a commotion at the corner of the corridor.

After staying in this school for more than two months, Allen knew exactly what happened, so he hurried forward to check.When he arrived, a slightly fat girl happened to be knocked down to the ground.She was surrounded by Joanna and her sisters and others.The two female students punched and kicked the girl, while Joanna stood behind with her chest crossed and watched coldly.In the outer circle, many people were shouting and shouting, beating the beat and laughing to gain momentum.

"Everyone stop!" Allen squeezed into the crowd, blocking the falling attack for the girl who collapsed on the ground. "You shouldn't do this. This is bullying, and it's illegal." Alan frowned, his palms stretched behind his back, and the part that had just been attacked felt numb.Thinking of such strength, almost falling on an innocent girl, it gave him a chill in his heart, and he couldn't easily tolerate this matter.

After such a dozen encounters, he recognized two students other than Joanna.They are Cindy and Sandra, both members of the school's cheerleading squad, and they usually work together with Joanna, the "charismatic captain".I still remember yesterday, it was the two of them who made trouble here.So thinking about it, it was really a waste of time. Joanna is not only very good, she even has the energy to spill negative emotions on others!

"Child, get up first." Allen helped the girl who fell to the ground.But Yue was beaten badly, and the girl staggered a little.After she stood up staggeringly, she shrank aside, her clothes were quite messy.The lowered head could not see the expression clearly, and the half-length shoulder-length black hair was very messy. From the angle of Alan looking up, he could just see part of her bald scalp - he could fully imagine how it became like this , It's really a crime.Allen gritted his teeth and thought.

"Yes, this is illegal." On the other side, Joanna smiled nonchalantly at the sister next to her, "Oh, my God. Ladies. Did I hear the math teacher explain the law class?" She said He made a gesture of digging his ears, exaggerating.

"This is not a law class, it's just basic civic conscience." Allen tried to stabilize his emotions, even though his voice was already shaking. "You should just learn to love and respect each other, no one deserves to be treated like that."

Joanna still showed disdain: "Forget about it, 'Mathematics Teacher'. Before you lecture me, you might as well persuade her. Teach her that there are some things that should be guarded against and should not be approached, and should be kept at a respectful distance. "Joanna The corner of Anna's mouth curled up, she gave Allen a sideways glance, and then pulled the two followers away.Just when the bell rang, the group of people in the outer circle saw that there was no show to watch, so they dispersed in a rush.

The corridor was empty again.

Only then did Allen have time to check the status of the injured. "I'm sorry... for hurting you." For some reason, Allen thought he had to apologize first.After all, as a teacher, as a school, as an adult, he should not allow a child to be easily victimized. "I guess you must be very scared, we have to go to the health room first." He said softly.After healed, he planned to report to the school.After all, in a fine and sacred hall of study, this should not happen.

But she refused. "No need," she said, her voice low and inaudible, and she couldn't hear any emotion.She broke away from Alan's hand, squatted down and hurriedly picked up the scattered textbooks.Compared with her figure, her voice is so thin that it can almost be easily covered by the wind.

Looking at the papers scattered all over the floor, Allen was startled, but not long after school started, the girl's books were already full of graffiti and footprints.All the page numbers are scattered all over the place, almost incomplete, and some of them are stained with strange stains, which have obviously been messed up countless times.He wondered in his heart: God, how much hatred does it take to make them do this to a girl?

"Hey, this doesn't work anymore." Alan frowned and pulled her away gently. "I'll give you another set of books this afternoon, don't pick them up now." He tried his best to smile and said patiently.

But Allen also knew in his heart that he might be able to protect her this time, but how could she protect herself in a corner that he couldn't see?I thought that I was just a newcomer, and at most I had the title of a teacher, but it wouldn't be of much use.What he can do now seems to be to try his best to maintain it within the scope of his ability.

It suddenly occurred to him that he didn't seem to know the student's name yet.

"By the way, girl, what's your name? Are you also a first grader?" Allen asked.But in his memory, he had never seen this student in any grade on campus. "Anyway, I will definitely inform Mrs. Pearson later. It seems that Joanna has to stay in school for inspection today." He was very angry, and his smooth eyebrows were furrowed into a ball.That's right, since Joanna likes Simon, then Simon is her handle, and Ellen doesn't mind her rare insidiousness.

But the girl suddenly grabbed his hand. "No," she said forcefully, "absolutely not, Joanna is going to kill me!" She looked at Ellen with black eyes.Now Alan finally saw her face, which was really not pretty.The right side of the face has a burnt scar, and the gray eyeballs seem to have lost their function. Only the left side of the face is still pretty and round, but it is full of tears.

This shocked Allen. "Okay, I won't tell. Don't be afraid." He patted her on the shoulder and promised the child who had never met before.

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"—— Jill Phelps? I know, she's a first-year student."

In the second office, Simon sat on the office chair and smiled.At this time, he had just finished a German class and was about to go to lunch, but he was caught by Alan.It's interesting, isn't this little guy avoiding him all the time?

Simon shook his chair and continued: "Jill just returned to school yesterday. I know her situation. She is a child who has lost all confidence in herself. I guess this may be related to the early death of her parents. Children with disabled families are prone to become The target of the attack, plus her face was burned in the fire last year... So, I usually take care of her more. Like taking her to eat, or something like that. Otherwise you know, the school cafeteria Not a place where she can eat safely."

He propped his chin and thought for a while, then added: "However, she seems to be a little bit against my company recently, so I don't know that the situation is so serious. Frankly speaking, I am still looking for the reason why she avoided— —Perhaps you have some clues about this matter? Are you, Mr. Walton?"

Simon yelled softly and looked at Allen with a smile.

Allen shook his head.He wasn't used to Simon calling him by his last name, like another form of provocation, or—provocation.It makes people feel uncomfortable. "No, actually this is the second time I've seen her. The first time was yesterday, and she was bullied by Joe...by her classmates. So I'm worried about her safety." He gritted his teeth and said.

Jill's clearly fragile but extremely determined eyes floated in his mind, and he still didn't give Joanna's name in the end.He knew that if he didn't say it, Simon would never guess that Joanna did it.She likes him, but she is as delicate and innocent as a platycodon in front of him, and having thorns is not what she should have.

In fact, before and after the connection, Allen could roughly guess that Joanna was probably jealous of Simon's special treatment of Jill—oh, Lord, please save Simon some trouble, Jill is so innocent!

"Oh, it's okay. Thank you for telling me this, I will pay more attention to it." Simon said with a smile, picked up the windbreaker on the back of the chair and stood up.Allen took a step back subconsciously. Simon's height of 1.9 meters gave people a great sense of oppression, especially when those mysterious sea blue eyes stared at him. "It's lunch time, shall we have dinner together?" Looking at Allen, Simon sincerely invited.He seemed to be in a good mood, but in Allen's eyes, his behavior was more like hunting single ladies in a bar.

So Allen declined.Besides, he had to get Jill the book. "Oh, unfortunately I have something to do later, I may have to make an appointment another day - maybe I can call Nicole along the way, I believe she won't miss any friends' parties." He refused with a smile, thinking he would take one It's really ungentlemanly to use a girl as a shield. "Sorry, Mr. Pearson, this is your personal break, so it's too much trouble anyway."

He sincerely apologized.He knew that he had violated the rules after all, and it was also a matter of the other class. For a teacher who had only been here for two months, this kind of concern was too much, and he hoped that Simon would not care about these things.

"No, why bother, not to mention kind people are always so fascinating." Simon said with a smile, meaning unclear. "Then let's do it another day, but you won't be able to refuse it another day." He patted Allen's thin shoulder, left his long legs and left with a smile that was not a smile.Before leaving, ask Allen to close the door later.

Allen walked to the door, only to see Simon's tall back in the distance.Voices from far away echoed in the corridor.It seems that Simon can't solve the matter either.Allen frowned.But now he can't contact the higher officer, Principal Miranda.

Speaking of which, Alan hasn't seen her for a while, and after driving himself around the whole town that day, the two only met at the coffee shop on the corner of No. [-] street last month at most.At that time, Miranda was like a freelancer who came and went as she wished, living a beautiful vacation life leisurely, and chatting with Allen about the fashion scene in the city.It is conceivable that if Miranda was told about such bullying cases, Miranda would at most ask Joanna and Jill to have coffee together, which would not be effective at all.

Therefore, even if he hates any negative actions, Allen still has to admit that in the current situation, he can only take one step at a time.At most, take the time to remind Simon to pay more attention to what is happening in the class now!He thought, this is already a more appropriate method at present.