Qinghong

"What? No." I refused immediately without thinking, "I can do my best to help you, but I can't ruin our respective lives."

Xia Xianxian lowered her head in disappointment: "I'm sorry, I was reckless."

"Have you had a deep conversation with your family?" I asked. "You are connected by blood, they..."

"I hate them." Xia Xian's slender brown eyes reflected a metallic inorganic luster, "I hate them to death."

"They manipulated my life, manipulated me, and gave birth to me just because 'everyone does this'. They are ignorant assembly line workers who forced me to be what they wanted." Xia Xianxian vented all at once, "I really hate music, but I have passed the tenth level of piano. When I was a child, I sat on the piano bench and played seven or eight hours a day. My wrists were swollen and I couldn't stop. Because other children learn music, I must learn a skill."

I don't know what to say, I'm not good at comforting people, and I'm at a loss for words at this moment.

Xia Xianxian said: "Sometimes I wish they were dead, or I was dead."

Luckily my cell phone rang, breaking the awkward silence, I answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Brother, I'm in Beijing." Zou Haiyang said, "Are you at home? I'll go play with you tomorrow."

"I'm on a business trip." I said.

"Business trip?" Zou Haiyang said, "Beijing?"

"No, Shandong." I said.

"...I remember that the seminars are basically held in first-tier cities." Zou Haiyang said, "Why are you going to Shandong?"

"Do something." I said vaguely.

Zou Haiyang kept asking: "What's the matter? Tell me."

I thanked him for a phone call that saved me from a hateful conversation, but he was really annoying and I said, "You work hard and leave me alone."

"...Never mind it!" Zou Haiyang hung up the phone angrily.

I froze for a moment, put away my phone, and said to Xia Xianxian, "We're almost at the hotel, what do you want to eat? I'll treat you."

Xia Xianxian regained her gentle appearance, she said, "There is a noodle restaurant downstairs in the hotel, I want to eat ramen."

"Okay." I agreed and walked into the noodle shop with her.

"Sister Lin." Ning Hong smiled and handed over an ice cream, "You have worked hard at work, and I will give out benefits."

Wang Xiaolin raised her eyebrows and looked at the bag of popsicles carried by Ning Hong, and asked, "I see you distributed a circle of ice cream, tell me, what's the matter?"

"Sister Lin understands me." Ning Hong gave a thumbs up.

Wang Xiaolin tore open the ice cream packaging bag and took a bite.

"That's it," Ning Hong said in a low voice, sneaking like a thief, "keep an eye on someone for me." He took out his phone and flipped to a photo, "Like this, send me a message as soon as you see it .”

The man in the photo is sitting on a rock, looking towards the direction of the river, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, gentle and handsome.

"Who is this?" Wang Xiaolin asked.

"My friend." Ning Hong said, "I got into a fight with him, I'll find a chance to make up."

"Tsk tsk, does he have a girlfriend?" Wang Xiaolin asked gossipingly, "Although I have no chance, I have several single sisters, all of whom are as beautiful as flowers and jade."

Ning Hong quickly put away his phone like hiding gold: "Yes, his girlfriend is very fierce."

"...What are you excited about?" Wang Xiaolin said, "It's a small matter, let me keep an eye on it for you."

"Thank you, thank you, I'll give you another mung bean." Ning Hong lowered his head and picked a green bean from his bag and handed it over.

The next day we woke up early and borrowed the hotel conference room to plan the visit to Qingxin Cultivation Academy in the afternoon under the guise of identity.

We imagined countless situations, focusing on how to gather evidence and retreat.

Zhou Jiangyong said: "I brought two button bugs. If you are not allowed to bring your mobile phone in, let's turn on the bugs." He looked at me, "I brought one, and Mr. Zou brought one."

I said: "Okay."

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, we arrived at the school gate.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, a short, fat man came out from the school gate. He was bald and had a big beer belly. He said with a smile, "Hello, is this Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Jiangyong said: "Yes, I am Zhou Jiang, and this is my younger brother Zhou Lan." He pointed at me.

I said, "Hello."

The man introduced himself: "My name is Chen Wenming, and I am a teacher of Chinese culture."

"Teacher Chen." Zhou Jiangyong is as good as he is, and flattery comes out of his mouth, "I have always admired our own civilization, the four books and five classics, and the principles of ethics. This is the eternal classic."

Chen Wenming's small eyes sparkled, and he strongly agreed: "Yes, yes, let's go inside." He opened the door, "Let me tell you first, photography and video recording are not allowed in the school. This is a sacred place, and those messy things are not allowed." Stuff staining children's eyes."

"Of course." Zhou Jiangyong touched his pocket.

I put my hands in my pockets and turned on the bug in my pockets.

Along the way, Zhou Jiangyong basically spoke, and I looked around with a cold face, playing the role of a worried parent who was worried about being cheated.Zhou Jiangyong put on a good face and said good things, but I played a bad face and kept quiet. Chen Wenming tried his best to persuade me, but I still had a sullen expression of disbelief.

We walked through the long corridor outside the classroom. The children in the classroom are still normal. They are not very old, about twelve or thirteen years old, and they read the Three Character Classic in unison: "...It is the fault of the father if it is not raised. The teaching is not strict. Teacher laziness..."

"Xiao Lan, what do you think?" Zhou Jiangyong looked back at me, his character was a cowardly father who had no idea and rushed to the doctor for sudden illness.

I frowned and didn't speak, Zhou Jiangyong looked panic-stricken.

Chen Wenming said: "Brother Zhou, if you have any questions, just ask."

I pondered for a while, and said, "There is no problem with the fee, but my nephew is stubborn, I'm afraid you can't control him."

Chen Wenming let out a sneer: "Can't control it? There is no child we can't control."

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows, "I don't believe it."

Lu Yu's words really aroused the desire to win, and Chen Wenming was so angry that his cheeks were shaking: "Don't believe me? Let me show you today." He raised his hand and pointed forward, and said arrogantly, "I Let me show you the Garden of Thinking.”

Thinking about the garden?I looked at Chen Wenming: "What is that?"

"A place for disobedient children to think about their mistakes behind closed doors." Chen Wenming walked ahead and led the way, turned a few turns, and arrived at a small yard covered in shade. There was a row of bungalows without windows in the yard. He pushed open the door at the east end, motioned for us to enter.

Stepping into the door, there is still a long and endless aisle, because there are no windows, the light is dim, and there are only ten steps and a light bulb illuminates a small area, just like a scene in a horror movie.On the left hand side of the corridor is a row of doors, each door has a square hole under it, and two small metal locks are hung beside the hole.

"This..." Zhou Jiangyong opened his mouth, and before he finished speaking, there was a "boom" from the door next to us, followed by crying and begging: "Teacher, please let me out, I know I was wrong!" It was a boy's voice, "Teacher, I was wrong, I will never contradict the teacher again!"

Chen Wenming slammed the door and said impatiently, "What are you shouting for? Shut up, I'm not your teacher."

The voice weakened and gradually disappeared.

"We put disobedient children here, and use the education methods of the old private schools to meditate and introspect." Chen Wenming said, "If you think about it, you can write a [-]-word reflection book, and you will be released."

"Does this work?" I asked.

"It's useful, it's very useful." Satisfied, Chen Wenming pointed to the locked hole under the door, "That's where meals are delivered, and we will never starve our children. There are no windows in Siguo Garden, except for the light bulbs in the corridor. , There is no light in each room, so that the children can concentrate on thinking about their own mistakes. Shut up inside for ten days and a half months, no matter how stubborn the donkey comes out, it will be obediently grinded."

"Is there a vacant room? I'll go in and have a look." I said, "My nephew is very clever, and ordinary rooms can't lock him up. We tried."

Chen Wenming showed hesitation, Zhou Jiangyong said: "Let's forget it...my son has good grades, maybe he won't like boys when he grows up..."

I add to the fire: "That's right, a child has no personality, he's just sixteen, he doesn't know what liking is, just follow suit."

Chen Wenming said: "You can't say that, the problem can only be exposed in adolescence. When he grows up and becomes smart, he pretends to be good in front of his elders, and he gets sick all over by fooling around outside. It's too late to regret it."

I raised my eyebrows: "How do you prove that you can cure my nephew?"

"Oh yes, the tuition fee of 10,000+ a year, if the cure is not cured, the money will be wasted." Zhou Jiangyong said, "This is the wife's money I saved for my son."

Chen Wenming gritted his teeth and patted his thigh: "There is an empty room in front, I will show you."