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"It's not accurate to say that he was expelled from school," Bian Liang said. "Chu Chen has good grades, and he is the first in the exam every time. He is very famous. He was the top student in the high school entrance examination. The school originally protected him. He was suspended because of serious injuries. Actively choose to transfer schools."

Solemnly said: "I heard that the tuition fees of No. [-] Middle School are very high?"

Bian Liang took a sip of milk tea, "It's not that high. He just got the first-scholar entrance fee and the scholarship for the half-term exam, which is enough for one year's tuition. But he was short of money at that time, and Aunt Lin was not in good health, so he lived for two months. Aunt Hualin took all the scholarship she got from the hospital."

"As for being retired, I don't know the specific reasons. I have never met his adoptive parents, and he hardly mentions them."

Bian Liang sighed angrily: "He was miserable at that time. The children in the orphanage were all young and needed someone to take care of them. The neighbors with good relations were willing to help take care of them for two days. If there were too many, he would be annoyed. He ran three times in hospitals, schools, and orphanages. There were only two children in the orphanage." Yue, he was so thin that he was out of shape. Later, Aunt Lin was discharged from the hospital, and he lived in the dormitory, so he basically didn't go home."

"Tang Hao and I occasionally help him coax the children in the orphanage. I can't stand it. The oldest one is just five years old, and the youngest one is still drinking milk powder. A dozen children are crying, so we want him, or It’s just clamoring for a mother.” Bian Liang said, “Chu Chen was probably only fifteen or sixteen at that time, he went to school very early, and he was also a half-grown child. As a result, the whole family relied on him. , bitter."

"Aunt Lin's illness is very serious. He needs an operation. He doesn't have enough money. Aunt Lin doesn't have much savings. He has to keep it in an orphanage. He doesn't dare to move too much, so he wants to work part-time. He was young, no one dared to accept him, and then he hung out with the gang of hooligans outside the school. He was eye-catching, and he beat people hard. After a few fights, he became famous, and people began to seek him out. He earns money by fighting for others, and he doesn’t earn much in one fight, but he only fights ten fights, and his body is bruised and bruised every day.”

Zhuang Yan was so distressed that his heart was clenched together, "Where are his adoptive parents, why don't they just ignore him at all?"

He had read the adoption information of the orphanage. According to the records above, Chu Chen was still in the adoption period when he was a freshman in high school.

"Never showed up." Bian Liang shook his head and said, "Chu Chen's parent meeting is not attended, only his seat is vacant in the whole class."

Two years ago, Chu Chen was even more bored than now.

The distance from the orphanage to the hospital is very long, and he has to transfer two stations by subway. He usually chooses to take the bus. Although there are always traffic jams, it can save two yuan.The hospital is much closer to the No. [-] Middle School. If there is enough time, he will walk back and forth with his schoolbag.

The sun in midsummer always shines on people, but fortunately there are greenery shelters along the way, so he went back and forth between three places, from August to October.

Tang Hao took the initiative to befriend him during his busiest time.According to Bian Liang's words, Tang Hao is a foolish optimist. Before the high school entrance examination, he prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha excitedly. Later, he entered No. [-] middle school with his tail hanging. .

Young people are always full of enthusiasm, especially the optimistic Tang Hao. Later, he brought Bian Liang together, and the two of them followed Chu Chen, helping the depressed and lonely Chu Chen a lot.

"Tang Hao is his friend who is in prison... into the juvenile detention center?"

"Yeah, Tang Hao and Chu Chen have a much better relationship than me and him. Seeing Chu Chen fighting and earning money, he also went, but it's a pity that if you walk too much at night, you will run into ghosts. It didn't take long for Tang Hao to stab a big basket .Chu Chen’s reputation was ruined because of this incident.” Bian Liang sighed, “But he was wronged by this incident.”

In those two years, the security of the school was not so tight, and there were often a lot of bastards outside the school, who charged some protection fees from time to time, and it was fun to bully the passing students.

What really brought these shady hooligans to the surface was when Chu Chen's younger sister, who had just entered the first grade of junior high school, was beaten up by a group of out-of-school hooligans just after the winter of that year. The daughter of the family who adopted him when he was young, the two get along well and have occasional contact.

It stands to reason that these bums also follow the rules, the elderly do not rob, women and children do not rob.Although it was not stated explicitly, beating a woman is usually the most despised and humiliating petty behavior, but Xi Xiao was beaten and robbed of money.

When the incident happened suddenly, when Xi Xiao ran to the school crying to complain, she couldn't find her brother, so she had to grab Chu Chen's arm and beg him for help.Tang Hao's grades dropped quickly, and he was staying in the office to be criticized. They waited for half an hour, but he still couldn't get out, so Chu Chen and Bian Liang went first.

What happened later was not complicated to say, the four or five people on the opposite side looked like potatoes, and they were all short and fat at first glance.

The fight didn't last long, and soon the opponents were all knocked down. Chu Chen forced them to apologize and pay back the money. There was a knife in the back of the person, and in just ten seconds, Chu Chen was cut five or six times by two potatoes, and he was also stabbed twice in the stomach.

Bian Liang was not much better either.

The cold wind and bone-chilling wind during the construction of the city in December, the alleys in the deepest part of this street were dilapidated and old, the air was mixed with the damp and unpleasant smell of rotten vegetables, and the dark red blood dripped all over the ground.

Xi Xiao was frightened crazy, and the old man who passed by sent the two to the hospital.

What happened the next day was Tang Hao. He was so angry that he called a few gangsters to seek revenge on those Tudou, and the two sides fought without saying a word.

When people are doing an impulsive thing, they are most likely to get overwhelmed. This time, neither side is settled. A fruit knife is rolling around on the ground. It is too late to react.

I don't know who called the police. Seven or eight people were arrested on the spot. It is said that when the police arrived, several people were completely unconscious.Due to the severe injuries, the confessions were not recorded until half a month later.Anyway, if he couldn't run away, he would go to jail. Fortunately, the old alley was not monitored. Tang Hao gritted his teeth and didn't confess to Chu Chen and the others. Of course, the short and fat people on the opposite side dared not speak up, so this was the case.

"How many years has he been sentenced?" Zhuang Yan asked hoarsely, "That...Tang Hao."

"At first it was five years." Bian Liang twisted the spoon and stirred the cold white porridge, "But I heard that he performed very well in it, so I reduced it by two years. Calculate the time, it should come out in the second half of next year .”

"Chu Chen's reputation has been bad since then. Tang Hao's younger sister, Tang Luoluo, troubled him all day long, crying, scolding and beating him. He also suffered, without explaining or resisting. version of the story."

"The main reason for this is not him." Solemnly said firmly.

"Yes, I think so too, but he can't think about it himself." Bian Liang said, "Don't look at him usually with a sulky face as if he is so difficult to get in touch with, but he is actually very soft at the bottom of his heart. He has been used to taking responsibility since he was a child. Well, we can't make sense."

Zhuang Yan opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

What can I say.Boys are not as delicate as girls, and chatting with them is as monotonous and casual as telling a story casually. You can't say that he has no feelings, but it is indeed difficult to empathize.

But now Zhuang Yan has other thoughts about Chu Chen, and treats the old things related to him more seriously than anyone else.From Bian Liang's easy-to-understand narration, he read a little bit of Chu Chen in the past.

I read about the perplexed young boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless and sad.

The box was silent for a moment, the waiter opened the door and came in, bringing two golden fried dough sticks.Because of this, Zhuang Yan raised his sinking mood, and the mobile phone in his hand suddenly lit up.

It was Hou Yu who opened the phone, he was not in the mood to answer it right now, so he hung up, and the call came back the next second.

He just pressed the answer button, and as soon as the call was connected, Hou Yu shouted: "Zhuangzi! Help!"

"What's the matter?" Zhuang Yan frowned, looked at the caller ID, and was sure it was Hou Yu.

"I, I, and I are in the Hushan District Hospital of the First Police Hospital." Probably too anxious, Hou Yu's tongue was tied up and he couldn't speak clearly, "I have a friend's brother who was beaten in prison, and now he is in prison." Rescue, the police guarding the gate refused to let us go in to see people.”

Solemn: "...who?"

"That's Dora Katie, remember?" Hou Yu said, "I don't know if the injury is serious or not. The police also called and verbally informed that the operation would not be life-threatening, but we have to go in and they stopped her." They refused to let them in, and another family member who was also sent to the hospital went in."

"See if you can ask Sister Zhuang Yuan for help." After all, I don't know anyone, so Hou Yu was afraid that he would refuse, so he said, "Chu Chen is also here, and the one inside is his former classmate."

Zhuang Yan turned on the speakerphone, and Bian Liang quickly said, "It's Tang Hao?"

"You just look at Chu Chen's face, ah, also look at mine, please do me a favor." Hou Yu said again.

The people of Bianliang had already stood up, "Let's go, let's go first, it's in Hushan District, right?"

Zhuang Yan sat without moving. After a long time, he let out his breath and said, "You ask Chu Chen to answer the phone."

There was a noisy row on the other side for half a second, and then Zhuang Yan heard a low and clear voice saying: "Zheng Yan."

Zhuang Yan lowered his head and smiled brightly at the table, "Do you want my help too?"

For about five seconds, the avatar was silent, and there was no sound at all. After waiting solemnly and patiently, Chu Chen said, "Please."