If I like you, I will follow you

The impoverished student is called Zhao Cheng. He usually talks very little, taciturn, and gentle to the point of almost cowardly. The group of sharp-headed students in the class regard him as a joke and always try to make him talk, no matter which language he speaks.

His Mandarin is not very good, and he also has an accent in English. Every time he speaks, the thorns will make a fuss and laugh: "Hey Zhao Cheng, you mispronounced again, do you know? Which country are you from?" Accent?"

The students on the podium finished their speeches with stumbles, returned to their seats and sat down.

Qiao Yu turned around curiously, and found that the student had kept his head down. He looked at Lin Qi with a feeling that he didn't know how to describe.

Zhao Cheng didn't know what to say, so he forced a smile.

"Why does the school require students who apply for poverty subsidies to introduce themselves on the podium?" Lin Qi lowered his voice and looked at the students on the podium without blinking.

Ke Zheng scratched his head: "Prevent students from good families from fishing in troubled waters, the teacher said that."

Ke Zheng was stopped by the question: "..."

Qiao Yu also realized that this is a regulation that looks fair and just, but is actually useless. Will remember to question.

Qiao Yu also thought so in his heart.

"Really," Lin Qi laughed, and said calmly, "Students who can't pay the tuition fees won't come to study in the Ming Dynasty. Those who can afford the tuition fees don't need to apply for poverty subsidies. It's impossible for the school not to know. To whom do you want students to introduce themselves?"

Ke Zheng subconsciously asked: "What's the matter, what's wrong?"

Qiao Yu didn't think about it either, because this rule has nothing to do with him.

Before, Lin Qi seldom talked to Zhao Cheng, and Zhao Cheng seemed to be nervous, he raised his hand and scratched his head covertly, and replied softly: "...If you can't provoke them, you can always hide."

This answer was a bit unexpected for Qiao Yu, he could see that Zhao Cheng couldn't afford to offend those people, so he endured it, but he didn't expect him to admit directly, adolescent boys want face, even if they can't beat them, they have to pretend to be calm Doesn't he care about face?

Qiao Yu couldn't bear to watch it, once or twice was fine, came here every day to bully people, was it annoying, he was about to say something, when he heard Lin Qi's voice: "Zhao Cheng, how many good guys did you get in the last monthly exam?"

Zhao Cheng replied honestly: "Tenth."

There was a brief silence in the air, and anyone could tell that Lin Xi was implying something. In the connotation, where did the group of people who failed to pass the exam have the face to guide Xueba how to study.

"Grass." The prickly heads want to get angry, but Lin Xi is different from Zhao Cheng. Although he doesn't like to talk, he is very popular in the class. Both boys and girls like to play with him, bullying Zhao Cheng and Lin Lin. Habitat is not a concept at all.And at this time Zhou Shao was already chasing Lin Xi, and they all knew it, so they had to give Zhou Shao some face.

"Two poor ghosts got together." They thought for a while, and still threw down a harsh taunt, kicked a stool and left.

Lin Xi was indifferent, and just asked Zhao Cheng: "They bullied you, why didn't you fight back?"

Lin Qi: "Well, starting today, you sit with me."

Zhao Cheng was confused: "...Huh?"

Lin Xi glanced at him: "?"

Zhao Cheng: "...Oh."

It's very strange that Zhao Cheng, whom Zhuo Wanmo was not familiar with at first, just became their friend just like that.

After getting acquainted with each other, Qiao Yu realized that Zhao Cheng was not a slack talker, because he was a little inferior because he couldn't speak Mandarin well, but he always dared to argue with Lin Xi on topics, and the two of them had quite interesting fights, and Lin Xi had an air of arrogance. Very strong, every time he looked at him blankly, Zhao Cheng's voice would automatically drop three degrees, and said weakly: "...Anyway, I just think this question is so wrong..."

When the two academic masters argued, Tao Fei propped his chin and watched with a smile: "Brother Lin Xi, someone dares to resist you."

Zhao Cheng's voice became weaker: "...it's not a resistance, it's a peaceful academic exchange."

In private, Qiao Yu secretly asked Lin Qi why he suddenly chose to help Zhao Cheng, since they had rarely spoken to each other before.

Lin Qi asked Zhao Cheng to sit at the same table with him, not simply to sit at the same table, but to put Zhao Cheng into his territory. Whoever wants to bully Zhao Cheng in the future has to consider him.

And Zhao Cheng's popularity has really been brought up a little bit better than when he first came. Having friends seems to give him confidence, and he gradually dares to communicate with others. Apart from those thorny heads, the students in the class will also respond. He will also ask Xueba to copy homework.

Lin Qi shook his head: "It wasn't sudden, I've been observing him."

Qiao Yu: "What are you observing?"

"Personality. If he had a low self-esteem and sensitive and suspicious personality, I would choose a tactful way. But he is not, and it doesn't matter if I help him directly."

Later, Zhou Shao's chasing was so lively that the whole school knew about it, and there were a lot of bad rumors in the school. Zhao Cheng also specially comforted Lin Qi, telling him not to pay attention to what those people said.

Lin Xi asked thoughtfully, "What do you think when others say about you?"

Zhao Cheng said embarrassedly: "It's fine if you don't listen... No matter what others say, just pretend you didn't hear it."

"It's hard to do." Lin Xi seemed to complain.

"...It's okay to get used to it slowly." Zhao Cheng pondered over the words slowly: "When you get used to it, you can pretend you didn't hear it."

Lin Qi glanced at him, and said seriously, "You are amazing."

Zhao Cheng blushed and stammered, "Thank you...thank you."

It would be great if it could go on like this.

The turning point came at the end of the first semester of the second year of junior high school. Someone discovered that Zhao Cheng had a crush on a girl. The girl had a rich family and a flamboyant personality.

All aspects seem to be completely opposite to Zhao Cheng's attributes. Qiao Yu has no idea what Zhao Cheng likes about that girl. Maybe it's because he likes it.

It's just that Zhao Cheng's liking is an insult to that girl.

At that time, the school had just sent away a Xia Zhi, who was in a period of loneliness and emptiness with nothing to eat. The fact that Zhao Cheng had a crush on the eldest lady aroused the curiosity of the onlookers. Many posts were posted on the post bar to gossip, guess what the poor boy had? It is impossible to catch Bai Fumei.

The girl was furious, and her friends also jumped up and down in the post to scold Zhao Cheng, saying that he is poor and ugly so don't think about people you shouldn't think about, and don't think he is disgusting.

[Is the right family worthy of you?How many do you have? ]

[wdnmd, the real version of the toad/toad/toad wants to eat swan meat, and looks quite beautiful, so stay away from our cute little one. ]

[Watching your mother's drama, I like watching drama so much, I gave Zhao Cheng to you, you're welcome. ]

Zhao Cheng said, "It's good to get used to it", but he couldn't get used to the hostility and humiliation from the girl he had a crush on. He was silent for many days, and students from other classes came to visit the poor boy who was delusional in gossip.

"Wow, he's dressed too earthily."

"It's fine to wear street clothes, why wear a knockoff version? What brand is adidis? How dare you wear it. I don't wear it. It's shameful."

"Can he have 50 yuan for those shoes?"

"Okay, don't look at it. Although he is poor, he thinks beautifully."

"Don't say that, you're still a top student~"

"Laughing, who in our school looks at the grades?"

"Where is a group of pheasants running around the door of other people's classrooms, calling your mother, and calling your mother's soul is not so loud." Xu Tingyue was so angry that he opened the window and scolded: "Go back to your own class, come to us again." At the door of the class, see if I don't hit you."

A group of people said angrily: "Why are you so fierce, you have a crush on Zhao Cheng?"

"I think so, isn't she doing something for Zhao Cheng?"

Xu Tingyue was not so easy to talk to, she simply raised her hand and threw the water bottle full of water towards them.

"Ah!" A girl screamed: "Xu Tingyue, you are sick!"

"Who scolded our sister Yue?" A few boys in the class just came back after playing basketball and stood in front of them: "Who are you? Come to our class to scold people?"

These boys grew up to be tall and burly, and they dared not say anything, and left in a rage.

After scolding a group of plague gods away, Xu Tingyue held onto Zhao Cheng and shook wildly, "Are you blind? Why on earth do you like that kind of woman? I'm so pissed off!"

Qiao Yu echoed: "Yes, brother, you really don't have a good eye for seeing people."

Xu Tingyue was very angry, but she shook her hand and slowly let go.

Because Zhao Cheng cried.

This ordinary boy, who is often looked down upon by the students in the school and who can only be regarded as a positive speaker when it comes to academic issues, did not dare to cry too obviously, but gritted his teeth with all his strength, and squeezed out a few minutes for a long time. A trembling word: "...I'm sorry..."

His tears fell on the table, Xu Tingyue was stunned, and said helplessly: "No, why are you apologizing..."

Seeing Zhao Cheng's tears made them all uncomfortable, and they all lay down on the table together: "Oh, don't cry..."

Tao Fei moved to Lin Xi's side, poked his arm, and whispered, "Brother Lin Xi, I regret coming to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is not fun at all."

"It's all your fault." Ke Zheng said, "Who asked you to come."

"I don't know," Tao Fei said a little aggrieved, "I heard others say that the world is fun, how do I know that what they say is fun is this kind of fun."

"I regret it too." Xu Tingyue said weakly: "I think the school environment looks pretty good, so I came here. I really didn't expect it to be like this."

Qiao Yu also raised his hand: "Actually, I also have a little bit. If I had known that the Ming Dynasty would be like this, I might as well partner with my brother."

Lin Xi didn't speak. He had been silent since Zhao Cheng was crying, and he looked very calm, but no one would think that he was indifferent. Even Tao Fei was a little scared, and his voice became lower and lower.

After a while, he raised his eyelids, revealing those black eyes.

His eyes are very strange, as if he bundled all the meaningful emotions together, pity, sympathy, anger, and even more indescribable things were mixed together, and then ignited.

He asked softly: "You are not wrong, why should you apologize?"

Zhao Cheng still said, "...I'm sorry."

At this moment, everyone finally understood why he was apologizing. Zhao Cheng felt that this matter had affected them, causing them to be ridiculed as well, so he was very sorry.

Qiao Yu took a deep breath: "... grass."

He wasn't scolding Zhao Cheng, and he didn't know who to scold, maybe he was scolding the unfair school.

When Zhao Cheng first came to the class, the students in the class thought that he was a coward who was meek and easy to be bullied.

But he is not cowardly at all, he just has no courage to be brave.

It's not that there's no way to refute, and it's not that you won't fight back, but what about after that?Is it in exchange for more crazy retaliation, or is it stuck in a circular deadlock, causing more acute incidents?

Most of the students in this school are from very good families, either rich or powerful, and they have everything they need, so they dare to make troubles and make love and enmity in this period of adolescence, Zhao Cheng has nothing, the only thing he thinks I am proud, only the academic performance that is not valued by the students.

Qiao Yu thought that this matter would go away after all the fuss, after all, gossip is temporary, but not long after, Zhao Cheng was called to the principal's office, and after he came out, he was expelled from the school.

They didn't understand the reason until they heard that the girl went to the office with a group of friends and cried that Zhao Cheng sexually harassed her.

None of them believed that Zhao Cheng would do such a thing, so they went to the principal to ask for evidence, but unfortunately, the surveillance at the place the girl mentioned was broken, and the principal sighed: "You are his friends, so naturally you will help him speak, but You can't just rely on your feelings to do things, you need evidence, can you provide evidence that he didn't make a mistake?"

Lin Xi asked: "Since the monitoring is broken, where do you have any evidence to prove that he made a mistake?"

The principal pointed to the crying girl trembling beside her: "Did you see that, she was crying like this, she is the victim, she is the evidence."

"I don't think she can prove anything in person," Lin Qi said stubbornly, "Principal, I also want evidence of Zhao Cheng's mistakes."

"Are you suspecting her of lying?" The principal smiled and said tolerantly, "Don't think so badly of a little girl, let alone who would joke about such a thing?"

"I don't, I just want evidence."

Lin Xi wanted to ask again, but the principal was too lazy to listen, so he simply raised his hand and paused: "Oh, Lin Xi, I know you are the student with the best grades in our school, but no matter what, you are just a student. Cheng's judgment cannot be used as evidence, not to mention, Zhao Cheng has already admitted it. Otherwise, why would the school expel him so quickly?"

Lin Xi lost his voice.

He left the office without looking back, and found Zhao Cheng who was packing up in the dormitory: "You admit it?"

"I'm sorry..." Zhao Cheng didn't dare to look at him. He put the book into a snakeskin bag and said, "The Ming Dynasty is not a place for students like me to stay. I want to go home..."

Lin Qi has always been indifferent, calm, and calm. Few people saw him get angry. Qiao Yu was lucky enough to see him, and he felt really scared to death.

"Do you know what it means for you to admit it?" Lin Xi's slender fingers clamped Zhao Cheng's neck from behind, almost strangling him: "It means that from now on your file will print With the record of sexually harassing girls and being expelled, do you think that a school will accept you when you go back to your hometown? You have nothing to do and no money, what good school can you go to?"

Zhao Cheng's eyes turned red, and he said intermittently: "...I'm sorry, I know you are doing it for my own good, I just want to go home, this place is really not suitable for me... I know I can't go to a good school, it's okay, I'm going to a vocational school It's not difficult to be admitted to university, as long as I work harder..."

He wiped his eyes and murmured, "I want to go home..."

"..." Lin Xi closed his eyes: "You don't want to stay here anymore, do you?"

Zhao Cheng nodded slightly: "Yes."

"Even if I let you stay?"

"Don't bother," Zhao Cheng shook his head and whispered, "Lin Qi, thank you."

"Okay, I understand." Lin Xi was quiet for a long time, and said in the same tone as usual: "If you want to go home, go home, we will see you off."

Zhao Cheng went home that night. Qiao Yu thought he was going home to buy a ticket from the station, but he didn't expect that he was waiting for the bus on the viaduct near the school until after twelve o'clock in the evening.

According to him, most of the buses waiting here do not go to the station, but private cars run by themselves, and the price is cheaper.

The wind in Yancheng in winter is cold, Qiao Yu was almost numb from the wind, and said stiffly: "Isn't this a black car?"

Zhao Cheng: "Yes. But we are all used to sitting."

Qiao Yu's thinking was stagnant, and he didn't remember who "we" he was talking about for a while, until the bus came, carrying a car full of tired guests leaning against the window, he finally understood who "we" were.

It is those foreigners who left their hometowns and came to Yancheng to work, doing manual labor, earning wages that match the labor force, and may not be paid for a year of hard work, and then on such a cold night, carrying their bags on the side of the road Get in the car home.

After Zhao Cheng got into the car, Qiao Yu subconsciously looked at Lin Qi.

Lin Xi was very afraid of the cold. Even though he was wearing a scarf and being blown by the wind for so long, his face was a little pale, but he didn't seem to feel it, and just focused on the scene in front of him.

The smoke city where the cars come and go, and the lights are wandering is a dream that countless people can't wait to see.

"Brother Lin Qi." Tao Fei grabbed the hem of his clothes and shook it a few times, with a worried tone.

Lin Qi turned his head as if waking up from a dream, and smiled: "Let's go back."

Considering the inferiority of girls, this matter was not publicized, but vaguely referred to as "wrong principle". The news of Zhao Cheng's dismissal did not alarm many people, but was used as a sign that "he really has ideas for girls". The evidence appeared in the annual gossip inventory post on Tieba.

[If it wasn't for the toad/toad/toad really wanting to eat swan meat, how could he be expelled by Mo Xizhuo~]

[Disgusting, thank God he really left, otherwise how many girls would be hurt. ]

Qiao Yu tried to discuss with them several times with reason and evidence, but was scolded bloody: [You don't mean it?who are you?You are the sky, you are the earth, you are the only myth? ]

[It’s not like I’m saying, you really need to be smart, if you’re poor, don’t try to climb high branches, and don’t be afraid of falling and falling to your death. ]

Qiao Yu: [What the hell is he climbing?Doesn't he just like someone? ]

[Like is not counted, please recognize yourself, don't like what you don't deserve, compare your heart. ]

Qiao Yu: "..."

Stupid. Make the post bar stupid. Make the school stupid. Forced. People, he unloaded the post bar and stopped reading it.

The rumors came and went quickly, and it didn't take long for people in the school to be distracted by other things. The president of the student union was about to change, and everyone was guessing who this year's candidates would be.

After the candidate was selected, the whole school was shocked.

Lin Qi is impressively in the first place.

[Ah, ah, isn't this my male god!The male god is also running!I vote for you!Bomb!Duck! ]

[He looks so good, woo woo woo Yan Gou supports him unconditionally! ]

[Wow, Lin Qi didn't respond to Zhou Shao, is there still time to run for president here? ]

[…Although, didn’t they reject it a long time ago? ]

No matter how intense the campaign for president is, Lin Qi doesn't feel it. He has been trying to talk to the principal, begging him to remove the existing way of applying for poverty subsidies.

But the principal of the school seldom goes back to school, and when he does, he takes it lightly. He thinks that you are too fussy. The reason why the school sets up this rule is to hope that poor students can bravely face difficulties and face them squarely. He is ashamed to face his own difficulties and feels ashamed, so how can this student study hard in the Ming Dynasty?

"Don't take it as a shameful thing. We hope that students can build self-confidence in school. The worse the conditions are, the more courageous they are to face them. Do you think that the strange eyes of the students will hurt the self-esteem of the students? Why can't you treat it as a one-off Experience? If a student can overcome this obstacle, he will be able to do anything in the future."

After the principal finished speaking, he said earnestly: "Students like you with good conditions will naturally not understand how many difficulties poor students will encounter in the future. If you can't even overcome this, what will you do when you grow up?"

What the principal said was also very reasonable. Qiao Yu and all the people who were eavesdropping were convinced by him.

But Lin Xi didn't.

He was originally standing, but after the principal finished speaking, he dragged the chair aside and sat opposite the principal.

The headmaster twitched his eyebrows, and his face was a little unhappy.

Lin Xi's attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, neither arrogant nor impetuous, as if he was talking to his peers: "What you said makes sense, I admit it."

"But I also think your words are a bit hypocritical." The headmaster's eyes sank, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Lin Qi say, "Maybe you don't know, but my father is Lin Xingyu. Now that I know that 'money' can be used When I came to do something, I knew that as long as I wanted, there was nothing I couldn't get in Yancheng, including your school."

The headmaster was holding a water glass and wanted to drink water, but when he heard this sentence, he turned his head suddenly and spouted water all over the floor.

He didn't find it funny, but shocked.

Lin Xingyu is an ordinary person who has never heard of it, but it is impossible for the upper class not to know about it. The sure successor in the future, Lin Xi is the prince of the Lin family.

When did the school come in with such a big Buddha?

The headmaster frowned unconsciously, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Qiao Yu was also shocked into aphasia: "..."

"I'm stupid." He turned his head to Ke Zheng to ask for confirmation in a breathless voice, "Is Lin Xi's family so big?"

Ke Zheng "hush": "Don't say it, Brother Lin Xi's family doesn't allow anyone to mention his family background at school."

Qiao Yu nodded sharply: "Yeah."

He must keep this secret, otherwise it would be too shocking to reveal it. As Lin Xi, the school is so chaotic, and he doesn't know if it will attract kidnapping or something.

"With my conditions, I don't need to care about other people's views and gazes, let alone violence and cold violence. I have a broader future. School is just a short stop for me, and it's over when I pass it." , whether you live well or not is not worth remembering." Lin Qi said nonchalantly, "But others are different."

"I think you can see from the fact that generations of people miss their youth and miss their school. School is the most important cornerstone for most people. Whether it is good or not directly affects their future. You said that the current poverty subsidy The application method can build self-confidence, yes, maybe some students can build self-confidence through this method, so what about those who can’t pass? If they not only fail, but also smash their current self-confidence, will you be responsible for this part of the students? Does self-confidence have to be destroyed first?"

headmaster:"……"

"You are the principal of the school. It is impossible for you not to know what the Ming Dynasty is like. The gap between rich and poor is too wide, and the conflicts caused are even more intense. But you insist on implementing this rule, why?"

The principal suddenly realized that the boy in front of him could not be treated as an ordinary child.

He stands too high, he can see many things that others can't see, and can easily contact people that others can't touch in their entire lives. He is not very old, but his experience is unparalleled.

"You treat ordinary students as toys for rich students, don't you?"

The headmaster retorted subconsciously: "No!..."

Lin Qi didn't care about his words, and said slowly: "You recruit students from wealthy families with high tuition fees, and you want to build a so-called 'noble school', and at the same time, you give generous scholarships to recruit smart students, because you only have money. Not enough, we still need a high enrollment rate to maintain the school's reputation. Otherwise, how can we attract noble students to come to study?"

"As for those students who are being bullied, you don't care, because what you do is justified, you are thinking about them, you want them to build up self-confidence, it is not your problem that they can't build up, it's because they are too weak. You have already Given such a high scholarship, how can they still blame you? They have to thank you for your generosity to study. Even if they are bullied at school, they may not dare to speak out outside, because those who bully them are rich and wealthy. People who are powerful, they are also afraid of being retaliated."

Lin Qi raised his hand and clapped silently: "Principal, you can accomplish multiple things with one stroke, really amazing."

The headmaster wiped off his sweat, raised his airs and said sharply, "I don't understand what you're talking about. Do you use such a malicious mind to speculate on others? Your parents..."

He wants to say that your parents taught you?But when the words came to his lips, they were silently annihilated.

"Then let's see how many campus violence incidents there are in Mingshili." Lin Qi didn't care if his mobile phone would be confiscated. He took out his mobile phone, pulled out all kinds of gossip posts collected by students, and put them in the principal's post. In front of me: "Students who are pushed out to depression because of poverty, students who are insulted to collapse because of unwarranted scandals, and more, principal, this is your school? Your students don't study hard, every day What are you doing, do you know?"

The principal's lips moved, but he was speechless: "..."

"I don't know how you understand the word 'Mingshi', but the students studying in your school are not special, nor noble, and your school is not the noble school you imagined. Schools that teach students how to be human are more important."

Lin Xi stood up, turned off the phone, and asked the principal what to eat today in a casual tone: "Principal, do you still want to insist on your poverty allowance application method?"

For some reason, when he stood up, the headmaster subconsciously slid back a few times to distance himself.

The principal swallowed his saliva and said hoarsely, "...I will withdraw."

"You made the right choice, and I hope to see you again."

The principal sat stiffly in the chair, his mind was about to stop functioning, he had never been said to such a degree by a student, and when Lin Xi was about to turn around and leave the office, he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with this sentence: "Wait Wait! What do you mean by that?"

Lin Qi turned his head, blinked his long eyelashes slowly, and looked straight into the headmaster's bloodshot eyes: "I said so."

His voice was very soft: "As long as I want, there is nothing I can't get in Yancheng, including your school."

Lin Xi opened the office door and ran into a group of eavesdroppers who hadn't had time to escape. They wanted to run, but they were too nervous, and their legs were numb after squatting for so long. A bunch of terracotta warriors.

Overheard the crowd: "..."

Lin Qi raised his eyebrows: "It's not Chinese New Year, why do you suddenly give me such a big gift?"

"..." Several people pretended they didn't hear it, and got up as if nothing had happened: "Father, what happened to you and the principal?"

"Okay."

Qiao Yu said: "Excellent, why don't we publicize this matter to get you votes?"

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, watching the slowly setting sun, the red-orange sunset glow spread across the high and wide sky like water, spreading to farther places.

He lowered his eyes, curled the corners of his lips silently, and shook his head slightly: "No."

"Why?" Ke Zheng chased after him and asked puzzledly.

"If you say it, someone will always remember it, and someone will always be afraid of it." Lin Xi walked downstairs step by step, his voice became a little softer with the distance: "It's just a wrong rule. It should exist, let everyone in the school forget about it."

"Then how are you going to win votes? The campaign is almost over—"

Lin Qi's rambling voice came from a distance: "Rely on your face."

Everyone: "..."

A week later, the chairman election ended, and Lin Xi had the most votes, and he directly ascended to the position of chairman.

At that time, neither Ke Zheng nor Qiao Yu understood what he meant, nor did they feel that there was anything wrong.

The prickly heads felt a little aggrieved, "Lin Qi, what do you mean?"

"If I ask about the academic performance of the new students, what else is there?" Lin Qi looked cold: "Or do you think this sentence has other meanings?"

Lin Xi didn't look at it, but just opened the notebook as if nothing had happened.