"Mr. Morton, Peter is never the type to hurt others, I assure you."

Uncle Ben took off his hat and said to Vice Principal Morton with a serious expression.

"We'll figure it out, don't worry, Mr. Parker."

Morton smiled at Uncle Ben, "I remembered who Peter was. He is Richard's son. It must be him."

He didn't know Peter before, but now he knew Peter's identity when he saw Uncle Ben.

Smiling apologetically at Uncle Ben, Vice Principal Morton said: "There are too many students in the school. After four or five years, they all become different. You will call a boy his brother's name, and so on. no way."

Then he glanced at Peter again and said with emotion: "You see a child who looks familiar, and then you find out that his father was one of your first students. This feeling is indeed strange. Richard used to be My student, I was so impressed with him, he once built a rocket chair in class to send his classmates to the moon.”

"Ahem, things are getting a bit far. Let's get back to the topic. The police have already arrived in advance. They want Peter to go for questioning and go to the police station alone. I think a child like him may need the company of his family."

Morton explained to Uncle Ben why he called the two to school.

"Thank you, Mr. Morton."

Uncle Ben held Vice Principal Morton's hand tightly and expressed his gratitude.

Aunt Mei thought that the vice principal would be difficult to talk to, so when she heard what the other party said, she came up to thank him.

"Peter, what happened?"

After Aunt Mei finished talking to Vice Principal Morton, she came up and asked him worriedly.

"Josh Rob was found dead in the storage room. I have had conflicts with him before."

Peter explained briefly to Aunt May.

"Oh my God, what a misfortune!"

Aunt Mei said sadly: "None of us want to see something like this happen."

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

Aunt Mei wanted to say something else, but there was a knock on the door.

Vice Principal Morton opened the door and there was a policeman standing outside.

Gwen was also standing nearby, looking anxiously into the door.

"Vice Principal Morton, I am George Stacy, Commissioner of the New York Police Department."

George introduces himself to Morton.

When Gwen saw Peter, she didn't care about her father and walked towards him quickly.

"Peter, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"I called my father and asked him to come over. You're going to be fine."

Gwen seemed to be more anxious than Peter, and said with a slightly breathy tone.

Peter stared at the beads of sweat on the tip of Gwen's nose, and the calm expression he had maintained changed slightly.

"Don't worry, Gwen, this has nothing to do with me. The police will ask and it will be fine."

He explained two things to Gwendo.

"I trust you."

Gwen said to Peter firmly.

other side.

Vice Principal Morton is talking to George.

He explains to the police chief the conflict that occurred the day before Peter and Josh disappeared.

"Not a conflict!"

When Gwen heard Morton's words, she suddenly couldn't bear it anymore and walked up angrily and stood in front of him.

"It's them who keep bullying Peter."

Gwen said angrily: "Hide Peter's coat, hide the snake in his shoe, push him into the water, and push him again."

"That time when Peter fell asleep in class, Billy put peanut butter on his head; stuck his legs out in the hallway and tripped him; knocked books off his desk; and stuffed pornographic postcards into his bag. King Kong even once had the word 'nerd' carved into his desk."

"All of it was their bullying, teasing, and malicious treatment of Peter, just because Peter was a socially awkward good man, and just because Peter didn't care about them."

The anger that Gwen had always felt finally reached the critical point and exploded out.

"And you teachers, you all pretend to turn a blind eye, or like Miss Del, you think all students are good children."

Gwen became more and more excited as she spoke, "Now that Josh is dead, you are suspicious of the person who was bullied by him countless times just because he resisted one last time. All of this is unreasonable and unfair!"

Gwen's sudden outburst shocked everyone in the room.

George Stacey looked at his daughter in astonishment, then glanced at Peter aside, vaguely understanding something.

Uncle Ben and Aunt May looked at Vice Principal Morton in disbelief. They never imagined that their nephew had been bullied like this in school.

Peter was stunned for a moment at first, and then became slightly disturbed.

Although these experiences were all experienced by the original owner, there was still a warm current flowing through his heart.

The girl suddenly caused a slight change in his heart.

After hearing what Gwen said, Vice Principal Morton's cute John Wayne expression suddenly disappeared, and he stood there with his whole face flushed.

There was silence in the whole room, not a sound could be heard.

"Mr. Parker, Mrs. Parker, you can take Peter back."

After a while, George Stacey's voice broke the silence in the room.

"The police officers have briefly interviewed Peter before, and I think that is enough."

He took the initiative to come to his daughter's rescue.

Although according to the procedure, Peter was to be taken to the police station for questioning, he could exercise the power of the police chief to skip the matter first.

"Is it okay, Mr. Morton?"

"No, no problem."

Vice Principal Morton nodded subconsciously.

On the way back.

George, who was driving the car, glanced at Gwen who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Gwen supported her chin with one hand and looked at the scenery flashing outside the window with her face tilted.

"You shouldn't have said that today, Gwen."

George said to his daughter: "You are not usually so impulsive."

"I know."

Gwen's tone was depressed, "I just think that such a thing will not happen."

She turned her face and looked at her father.

"Dad, why did you become a policeman?"

"I"

"Because you want to help everyone, you want every community in this city to be safe, stable, and not harmed by criminals. That's what you usually tell me."

Gwen turned her head and looked at the sky in front through the windshield.

"Dad, you fight for justice, and your actions of upholding justice are to ensure that everyone is treated equally, but why don't I see justice in school?"

"Gwen, we can't change everything"

"No, it's because your justice can't really take care of those in need."

Gwen's words were filled with a firmness that George could feel, "Even if I can't do anything, at least I will be angry about these phenomena! I can't pretend that I didn't see anything!"

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