The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Tao Zhihu stopped for a few days after eating and drinking. When he was bored, he thought of the tiny protagonist and went there again.

Just like last time, little Gong Cheng sat in front of the fence and quietly watched the other children playing shuttlecock and skipping rope.

"Hey!" Tao Zhi shouted.

Upon hearing this, Gong Cheng stood up suddenly and ran away crying without waiting for Tao Zhi to react.

The next day, Gong Cheng sat in front of the flower bed.

"The bad brother is here again~" Tao Zhi said faintly.

Gong Cheng ran away.

On the third day, Gong Cheng sat on the stone pier.

"Will Xiaocheng be scared to tears today~" Tao Zhi said with a sly grin.

Gong Cheng: I ran.

On the fourth day, Gong Cheng sat back at the original fence.

Tao Zhi first used his usual tricks to scare Gong Cheng a few times, but Gong Cheng did not move. Then Tao Zhi spoke threatening words in a low voice, but Gong Cheng remained unmoved.

Tao Zhi was confused and lost interest, so he simply leaned against the fence and poked Gong Cheng's little shoulder.

"Hey, why do you always sit here alone?" Tao Zhi asked.

"Because no one wants to play with me." said Gong Cheng.

"Why doesn't anyone want to play with you?" Tao Zhi asked.

"They say I'm a crybaby and they don't like me." Gong Cheng said aggrievedly.

"That's not wrong of you." Tao Zhi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Gong Cheng turned his head and glared at Tao Zhi, then turned his head back angrily and refused to pay any attention to what Tao Zhi said.

After that, Tao Zhi would come almost every day to tease the little protagonist who would cry whenever he was teased.

Gradually, Tao Zhi's tricks of scaring people were no longer effective and even made Gong Cheng laugh.

Occasionally, Gong Cheng got angry and ignored Tao Zhi, and Tao Zhi would then poke Gong Cheng's shoulder through the fence in a funny way.

"Please pay attention to me, please pay attention to me. If you don't pay attention to me, I will cry." Tao Zhi teased.

On that day, there happened to be an uncle selling candied haws at the fence. Only a few children had pocket money to buy a string at the fence, which made the other children jealous.

Tao Zhi happened to pass by and saw Gong Cheng's eyes fixed on this, so he bought the whole bunch of candied haws out of boredom.

Tao Zhi walked over with a bunch of candied haws that was almost as high as his shoulder and handed it to Gong Cheng through the fence.

Gong Cheng: Confused.

"Didn't you say that no kids want to play with you? If you share these candied haws with them, maybe they will be willing to play with you." Tao Zhi said with a smile.

The next day, when Tao Zhi came over, Gong Cheng was standing in front of the fence, looking around. When he saw Tao Zhi coming, he smiled brightly.

"Big brother, I made friends." Gong Cheng said.

"Oh, that's great. Which kind-hearted person is willing to play with our little town?" Tao Zhi asked.

"His name is Lin Xiaogong, and he lives in the same neighborhood as me. I talked to him before, but he didn't want to talk to me. Yesterday, I gave him some candied haws, and he said we'd be best friends from now on."

"He also asked me to play in the sand pile in the community after school." Gong Cheng smiled.

Upon hearing this, Tao Zhi reached into the fence and touched Gong Cheng's furry head.

"Xiaocheng is awesome. Congratulations on making good friends." Tao Zhi said.

"Then are we good friends?" Gong Cheng asked with blinking eyes.

Tao Zhi was stunned when he heard this.

From now on, I will be the villain who bullies the protagonist, so of course I can’t be his friend.

"Who is your good friend?" Tao Zhi curled his lips.

The excitement in Gong Cheng's eyes dropped when he heard this, and he looked visibly aggrieved.

Tao Zhi felt helpless as he saw the little brat about to drop his golden beans.

"I don't want to be friends with little brats." Tao Zhi said.

Gong Cheng raised his head upon hearing this, with stars twinkling in his eyes.

"What I mean is, when I grow up, we will be good friends." Gong Cheng said happily.

"Wow, have your reading comprehension abilities always been this good?" Tao Zhi teased.

When you grow up, you won't want to make friends with bad guys like us, Tao Zhi thought.

I don’t know how long I spent entertaining my child like this.

Tao Zhi came as usual, but came up empty-handed. He didn't see Gong Cheng for several people, so he went to ask the security guard.

The security guard was already accustomed to Tao Zhi, so he did not hide it from him.

"The child surnamed Gong hasn't come to school for several days. I don't know the details. You can go in and ask the teacher in charge." said the security guard.

Tao Zhi learned a piece of news after asking his teacher.

Gong Cheng's father Gong Wei wants to expel Gong Cheng from school.

Drop out of school?

What can such a young child do if he doesn’t go to school?

Tao Zhi went to the address and found the door was open. The house was in a mess, with men's curses, women's screams and children's cries echoing in the air.

Tao Zhi guessed what was going on, so he took out his cell phone, called the police, and then rushed in.

What Tao Zhi saw when he entered the room was Gong Wei picking up a bench and about to throw it at Li Yunrong who was lying on the ground. Tao Zhi immediately rushed forward to stop him and started a fight with Gong Wei.

The police arrived shortly afterwards, subdued the man, and carried the woman, covered in blood, onto a stretcher.

Gong Cheng stood in the corner of the room and witnessed everything, crying at the top of his lungs, until he was out of breath.

Tao Zhi picked up the helpless and crying Gong Cheng, and patted his back gently, imitating the way his mother did when she comforted him.

"Don't be afraid, Xiaocheng. The bad guys have been caught by the police." Tao Zhi said gently.

“Brother, brother, wuaaaaah.”

Gong Cheng hugged Tao Zhi's neck and cried loudly, calling him brother over and over again.

Tao Zhi carried Gong Cheng into the ambulance, and Gong Cheng held Tao Zhi tightly all the way.

The nurse saw that the wound on Gong Cheng's calf caused by broken glass was bleeding, so she signaled Tao Zhi to hand the child to her to treat the wound first.

Tao Zhi tried to hand Gong Cheng over, but found that Gong Cheng was holding him tightly and was unwilling to let go.

"Nurse, let me bandage you. Xiaocheng, can you come out of your brother's arms?" Tao Zhi asked patiently.

Gong Cheng hiccuped, shook his head, and hugged him tighter.

"I don't want a nurse, I want a brother." Gong Cheng sobbed.

Tao Zhi had no choice but to coax Gong Cheng to sit on his lap, then he clumsily helped Gong Cheng apply medicine and bandage the wound, and finally tied an ugly bow to complete the job.

Gong Cheng's mother Li Yunrong was undergoing surgery, so Tao Zhi held Gong Cheng and waited outside together.

Tao Zhi learned the whole story from the police.

Gong Wei lost money gambling and owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

The school that Gong Cheng attends is a pretty good private school nearby. Li Yunrong saved money by living frugally and used connections to get Gong Cheng in, hoping that Gong Cheng could change his fate through studying.

Gong Wei owed money, so he turned his attention to Gong Cheng's tuition. The tuition of that private school was tens of thousands a year, and a refund could solve the immediate problem. As for the child's schooling, it wouldn't make any difference if he were to go a few years later when he had more money.

The two had an argument over this, and Gong Wei lost control and committed domestic violence after drinking, which led to the current situation.

Apart from the fractured left hand that required surgery, Li Yunrong's other injuries, although scary looking, were mostly superficial.

As long as they are still a young couple, the police will not be able to detain Gong Wei for a few days.

Before his injury had healed, Gong Wei went to the hospital again, asking why the medical expenses could not be used to pay off his gambling debts first.

Tao Zhi was so angry that he beat Gong Wei in front of everyone, and then threw a check to him.

"The money here is enough for you to pay off your gambling debts and support your family's living expenses for several years."

"I can give you the money, but the prerequisite is that you don't hurt your wife and son again."

"I will give your wife an additional sum of money to cover all the tuition expenses for your son from childhood to adulthood."

"You must not touch this money. If I find out, I will take back the money I gave you."

"Did you hear that?" Tao Zhi asked.

Gong Wei held the check and said "I'm saved" while crying and laughing, while Tao Zhi turned around and walked towards the crowd and picked up the crying little Gong Cheng.

"From now on, your father will not bully you and your mother anymore, and you can continue to go to school and play with your friends."

"If your father continues to be an evildoer and bullies your mother, you should call the police and have them arrest him. Got it?" Tao Zhi said gently.

"If Daddy bullies me and Mommy, can I ask you, my brother?"

"Brother is so awesome. He will protect us like he did this time, right?" Gong Cheng asked while sniffing.

Tao Zhi fell silent after hearing this.

Tao Zhi naturally discovered that the little protagonist was too dependent on him, relying on and trusting him like his own brother.

But my role and his are destined to be two different ones.

What I am doing now is of no help to the tasks I want to complete.

Even as the little protagonist grows older and his self-perception becomes more fixed, he will think that I am a good person, his friend, and his brother.

This cannot go on any longer.

While he is still young and forgetful, I should withdraw and not hang around in front of him like this.

I can't let him remember me as his older brother.