poor couple

After class, Fang Lebin took a look at Zhao Yuanyuan's seat, the corner of the last row of the classroom by the window, and slowly put away his textbooks.

"Teacher Fang." Before reaching the office, Fang Lebin heard a gloomy voice.Turning around, he saw Zhao Weiguo.Zhao Weiguo was still disheveled, he probably hadn't closed his eyes for the past two days, his eyes were bloodshot, his eye sockets were sunken deeply, and his whole body was shrouded in a cloud of haze.

"Mr. Zhao," Fang Lebin felt guilty again. He had seen Zhao Yuanyuan's student card, single-parent family.Father and daughter depend on each other for life, and now that something happened to their daughter, the father must be sad.

"Can I say a few words?" Zhao Weiguo looked at him indifferently.

Fang Lebin looked around, "OK."

Zhao Weiguo turned around and walked out of the school gate, Fang Lebin put the textbooks in the guard room and followed Zhao Weiguo out.Zhao Weiguo is tall and burly, with big strides and fast walking, Fang Lebin strenuously followed him to the demolition area where no one was around. Zhao Weiguo stopped, and took out a cigarette from his pocket.Inferior tobacco, choking smell.Fang Lebin looked at him inexplicably: "Mr. Zhao, what can you do with me?"

Zhao Weiguo took a breath of cigarette, looked left and right, threw half of the cigarette on the ground, and stomped it out heavily: "I heard that my daughter was calling for the hooligans..."

Fang Lebin slowly widened his eyes and looked at Zhao Weiguo in a daze.

"My brother asked me about it. You are a talented student. You graduated from university and went to graduate school. You used to teach in key schools, but you were kicked out because of your life style, and then you came to teach in such a small school." Zhao Weiguo picked up viciously. Fang Lebin's collar, "What have you done to my daughter?"

"I haven't done anything." Fang Lebin took a breath and looked at Zhao Weiguo coldly.Knowing the black history, he didn't feel embarrassed at all, only a touch of anger and sadness in his heart.

"Fart!" Zhao Weiguo spat arrogantly, "Can you fool me with your little brats? You bastard beast, gentle scum. You can handle a ten-year-old girl, son of a bitch. ..."

Fang Lebin was thrown heavily on the ground, he was born thin, almost helpless in the face of Zhao Weiguo's involuntary fists and kicks.Zhao Weiguo didn't stop after being beaten to the bone.Fang Lebin couldn't bear it anymore, holding his head and slamming Zhao Weiguo away: "I don't need to lie to you at all, I'm gay, I'm not interested in women at all, let alone little girls!"

Zhao Weiguo's fist was in the air and he stared at Fang Lebin in a daze.Fang Lebin's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he spit out bloody phlegm at a glance at the bull-like Zhao Weiguo, and patted the ashes on his body.The white shirt that was changed in the morning was dirty and torn.I knew I was wearing black.Fortunately, there was no class in the afternoon, so he took out his mobile phone and called the principal to ask for leave.

******

Seeing Zhao Weiguo again, Fang Lebin subconsciously took three steps back.I've seen him twice, and he came back with injuries both times.Fang Lebin has not been a fighter since he was in kindergarten, he tries to be kind to others and never makes enemies.Zhao Weiguo was an exception, although he was just an unreasonable parent of a student, not an enemy.

"Teacher Fang." Standing at the school gate, Zhao Weiguo politely called Fang Lebin who pretended not to see him.Fang Lebin pretended not to hear, and followed the two students to the bus station while chatting.

"Teacher Fang." Zhao Weiguo followed to the bus stop and tugged at his bag.

"Mr. Zhao, it's you." Fang Lebin helplessly turned around and kept a safe distance from him.

"Yesterday... I'm sorry." Zhao Weiguo bowed to him.Fang Lebin raised his eyebrows.Today's Zhao Weiguo put away his hostility, cleaned himself up a bit, and changed into a relatively neat blue T-shirt.Fang Lebin relaxed his vigilance a little, "Oh..., before you make a move next time, listen to someone finish talking."

"Well, I'm sorry." Zhao Weiguo bowed again.Fang Lebin exhaled lightly.He never liked to think about it, although Zhao Weiguo was reckless, it was justifiable.

"How is Zhao Yuanyuan now?" He asked.Originally, he had planned to visit the child, but he was beaten by her father for no reason, which dispelled his idea of ​​visiting the child.

"Hmm... nothing serious...just not awake..." Zhao Weiguo frowned, staring blankly at the bus that stopped beside him.

Fang Lebin was startled, "Not awake?"

"Well," Zhao Weiguo nodded, suddenly remembering something.He picked up the plastic bag hanging on his wrist, "I'll give you this back. I heard from the doctor that you paid for the surgery. Thank you!"

Fang Lebin took the black plastic bag: "You're welcome."

"I want...to ask you," Zhao Weiguo licked his lips, "Have you seen that car, is it a big car or a small car?"

Fang Lebin shook his head.

"Did you see the tail lights, which direction are you going?"

Fang Lebin shook his head again.

"I won't bother you anymore." Zhao Weiguo bowed in disappointment, turned and left.Fang Lebin weighed the black plastic bag and put it in the briefcase.

Zhao Weiguo never appeared at school again.Because it was a matter of life and death, the school was very reasonable and did not urge him to go through the suspension procedures for Zhao Yuanyuan.After class, Fang Lebin packed his briefcase, greeted the principal and said he was going to the hospital.The principal immediately nodded in agreement.

Huatian Hospital is near the old city. It is said that the buildings of the inpatient department were built in the early days of Liberation, and the walls are covered with wall-climbing tigers.Walking into the aisle, there is still a musty smell wrapped in the strong smell of disinfectant.Zhao Yuanyuan was moved from the ICU on the second floor to the general ward. Fang Lebin walked in but did not see Zhao Weiguo, only a sleepy middle-aged woman.Seeing him coming, she got up suspiciously.

"I'm Yuanyuan's teacher. You are..." Fang Lebin looked at the little girl lying on the hospital bed.There was still a bandage on his head, but his complexion looked fine and his breathing was even, as if he had fallen asleep.

"My son works with Wei Guo on the construction site." The middle-aged woman smiled and pushed the chair she was sitting on to Fang Lebin, "Teacher, please sit down, you are so kind, Yuanyuan can be naughty."

"Well," Fang Lebin nodded, "it's normal for a half-grown child."

"Now, I'm afraid I want her to be naughty so that she won't be so naughty," the middle-aged woman sighed.

"What did the doctor say?" Fang Lebin frowned.

"It's possible to wake up, but I don't know when," the middle-aged woman sighed again. "To put it bluntly, if it was gone at that time, there would be no need to drag her father down. Now that it is like this, Wei Guo will definitely not let go. It was delayed for a long time. It's hard to find a daughter-in-law for a child, and now she's a sick child dying..."

Fang Lebin felt awkward when he heard this, and he wanted to say that what the middle-aged woman said was for Zhao Weiguo's sake.Just seeing this clever little girl turned into a disgusted living dead in an instant, thinking about it feels uncomfortable.He knew very well what it felt like to be disgusted by others.Fortunately, the little girl is lying down and doesn't know anything.He sat for a while, having nothing to say to the middle-aged woman, so he looked around the ward.Although it is a single ward, the facilities are quite simple.The old tables and chairs have been used for many years, and the windows are all wooden window lattices.A clothesline was pulled by the window, and towels and the little girl's change of clothes were hanging to dry.Fang Lebin licked his lips and squeezed Zhao Yuanyuan's hand, wanting to say something small to her, but he didn't have the nerve to say that the middle-aged woman was there.After sitting for a while, when he got up to leave, Zhao Weiguo came.Seeing Fang Lebin, he was quite surprised.

"I'll take a look at Zhao Yuanyuan."

"Thank you Teacher Fang." Zhao Weiguo went to the hospital bed and pushed Zhao Yuanyuan twice.Zhao Yuanyuan remained motionless, Zhao Weiguo took out a small MP3 from his pocket and put it next to the pillow, put the earplugs next to Zhao Yuanyuan's ear, and turned on the MP3.

"I'm leaving first, and I'll see her another day." Fang Lebin said.

"Teacher Fang, wait a moment," Zhao Weiguo pulled Fang Lebin back, "Can you come with me to see the scene again?"

Fang Lebin snorted, and Zhao Weiguo couldn't help but turn his head to the middle-aged woman, "Aunt Wu, help me take care of Yuanyuan for a while, and I'll go back as soon as I go."

"Oh."

Zhao Weiguo dragged Fang Lebin into a taxi.

The car stopped at the place where Zhao Yuanyuan had an accident in the old city.In broad daylight, Fang Lebin had a clear view of the terrain here.The road made seven bends and eight turns, and there was a three-way intersection in front of it, with scattered old houses on both sides.The sewer is not very useful, and the stagnant water overflows from the sewer. There are several large trash cans on both sides, and together with the stagnant water, there is a sour smell.In the middle of the road where Zhao Yuanyuan was hit, blood stains could still be vaguely seen.It's been four or five days, and the grayish dark red is shocking.

"Recall, did you really not see that car?" Zhao Weiguo looked at Fang Lebin unwillingly.

Fang Lebin shook his head affirmatively.

Zhao Weiguo reached out and rubbed his thorn-like hair, suddenly grabbed Fang Lebin's collar and shouted: "Why didn't you see it, why didn't you even see a car!"

Fang Lebin lowered his face and looked at Zhao Weiguo with a chilly expression.Zhao Weiguo realized that he was on fire again, let go of Fang Lebin and said sorry, took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.He flicked the lighter several times but failed to light it up. He threw the cigarette on the ground angrily and stared blankly at the road by the street lamp.