"The slap didn't hit your face, but you don't know how painful it is. According to your seniority, you have to call me uncle, so you are just perfunctory with me? If you don't solve this matter today, I will drag my master over tomorrow, and I will go back later. Find the eldest master in the clan and let everyone comment on it to see if what you did is right or not."
I walked up and sat down on the principal's desk.
"You...little uncle, come down and take me to see what's going on." The principal compromised.
I pulled Wei Linjuan and led the principal towards the classroom.
The two girls hadn't left yet, and the male teacher was also there. When I opened the door, I was listening to him denounce me with righteous words, saying that he would go to the grade director tomorrow to punish me.
As he was speaking, he turned around and saw Wei Linjuan and I... and the principal behind him, and he suddenly fell silent.
"Tell me what happened here from beginning to end." The principal asked me to say.
I recounted what I had seen and done before, and then asked Wei Linjuan why he hit her before.
"I-I didn't bring any money. If I didn't give it to them in the morning, they would beat me."
Wei Linjuan said that she lives in a village adjacent to the two girls and was often bullied when she was in elementary school. Usually we bump into each other on the second half of the way home.
Didn't I give her two packs of spicy strips yesterday? She separated from me halfway down the road and was eating when she met these two girls. They asked her to pay for them and they also wanted to eat.
Of course, there was no money. The two of them pushed Wei Linjuan and said that he would bring them money to treat them to food this morning.
Wei Linjuan didn't dare to ask for it from home. She was afraid of meeting them again this morning, so she hid far away when she left the house and didn't run to school until class started. This was the real reason for being late.
When the two girls heard this, they couldn't sit still. They pointed at Wei Linjuan and called her a thief. They said that Wei Linjuan had stolen their money and the principal should call the police and arrest her.
At this time, another girl picked up Wei Linjuan's schoolbag from the ground, opened the zipper, poured out all the books inside, kicked it with her feet, and found two two-dollar bills from inside.
"I found that the money in my drawer was missing at noon today, so I thought of Wei Linjuan behind me. I heard that she came to my seat while I was going to the toilet during class, so I asked if she had taken it, but she refused to admit it. , look, I found it now."
"Mine too, we each lost a dollar."
She waved two bills and said, "Wei Linjuan's family is so poor, it's impossible to give her so much pocket money."
Wei Linjuan beside me burst into tears, lowered her head and sobbed: "I didn't take their money, I haven't touched this money."
The principal realized that things were complicated and asked them to pack their books and follow him to the office.
When we arrived at the office, the principal first asked the male teacher to sit aside, and then stared at the few of us in front of him: "Don't lie, I have been a teacher for half my life, and I know all the roundworms in your belly. This matter is now serious." It can be big or small. If it doesn't weigh two ounces, it won't hold up if it weighs a thousand catties. In short, don't lie to others."
The principal looked at the two girls with a calm and intimidating look.
He took out a few more pieces of paper and handed them to a few of us: "Now, the four of you, please write down all the experiences related to this matter today on the paper, sign it, and let me see it."
We were separated, and I wrote down everything that happened today truthfully, and then signed my name.
The principal looked at it and immediately noticed something was wrong: "You two write the same thing? Is it such a coincidence?"
The two girls nodded: "We didn't lie."
I know that this is a collusive confession. The two people must have discussed it before.
"You stick to your statement, don't you? Then let me ask some questions, okay?"
The principal took my side and allowed me to ask boldly.
I also chose to use the principal's method: "You two take another piece of paper and stand with your backs facing each other. I ask you and you write down your answers."
Even though the two girls didn't want to agree, they had to compromise due to pressure from the principal.
"You said Wei Linjuan stole your money, right? Please write yes or no."
"Because you stole money, you ended up beating Wei Linjuan, right? Please write yes or no."
"You found out that your money was lost. Who communicated with each other first?"
"Were you the first to hit Wei Linjuan? Was it because she was the only one who stole money? Please write yes or no."
"Did you communicate about this before hitting someone? Please write yes or no."
"Which of you came up with the idea of hitting someone first? Write your name or the other person's name."
…
After asking a series of questions, the two girls were sweating profusely.
Under the urging of the principal, it took a long time for them to finish writing.
I collected their papers and handed them to the principal, and we looked at them together.
With just one glance, he could already tell whether they were lying.
For a thing that is fabricated out of thin air, if there is no perfect drill and training in advance, there will definitely be mistakes in the details.
Because the two girls had never actually lost money, nor had they communicated about losing money, some questions had no answers at all, and they could only write down random ones.
Unfortunately, they were very unlucky.
In the question "Who of you communicated with the other person first after discovering that the money was missing?", both of them wrote each other's names. What a coincidence. Could it be that the two of them spoke in unison after meeting.
But in the question "Which of you first came up with the idea of beating someone?", both of them wrote their names, and the above joke appeared again.
I explained my idea again, and the two girls panicked instantly.
Principal Liu looked at me with a hint of approval, and looked at the two girls with complete disgust. He already knew the result.
"You two bullied your classmates, extorted money, framed her, and deceived the teacher. If Student Liu hadn't used clever methods to see through your deception, would you have continued to bully Student Wei Linjuan in the future?"
"Please let the two of you show how to say a sentence at the same time. If you can't perform well, please go back. I will go to your house to find your parents. You don't need to come tomorrow."
The two girls were stunned for a moment, their eyes were red, and they kept begging the principal.
"Let's go back. You don't have to come tomorrow! Go to school in the county. Our school doesn't need students like you. You can go to school wherever you like!"
The two girls felt extremely regretful at this time. They stood there motionless and kept sobbing: "Principal, I'm sorry, we will never dare to do it again."
"We want to go to school, don't drive us away."
Until it got dark, the two girls did not let go when they saw the principal, and knelt directly in front of Wei Linjuan.
"I'm sorry, Wei Linjuan, I will never bully you again."
"Can you forgive me? I will treat you to big meat every day. Do you remember that you came to my house to play when you were a child, and I gave you a glass ball?"
"Wei Linjuan, when I was in third grade, one time I didn't finish my homework and you lent me the copy. I thought you were a good person at that time. I even said that I would help you find fairy grass and cure your illness. Now I was stupid and bad, I hope you can forgive me..."
Words and sentences repeatedly touched the heart of the girl Wei Linjuan. Scenes from long ago appeared in front of her eyes. They had laughed together and played together. Do we really want them to have no way to study?
But Wei Linjuan thought about last year's fifth grade, when the two of them teamed up to tease and bully her, push her, threaten and deceive her, so that after today's beating and humiliation, the wounds on her body were already swollen and painful, and maybe they were still bruised. piece. She would never forget this unforgettable pain.
Looking at the face of the principal next to her, she knew that as long as she forgives the two of them, they can still come to school. If she doesn't forgive them, then they may not have the chance to come again.
She was faced with a dilemma, with both outcomes flashing through her mind repeatedly.
There was a loud voice in her heart, shouting: I don't agree, I absolutely cannot agree. Why do you have to forgive these people after they bullied you?
"me……"
But she still couldn't open her mouth to say those four words.
A girl cried: "Juan, I still want to go to school. If you ask me to go home, I will get married and give my brother money to get married. I don't want to have children."
"Juan, if I don't study, my dad will let me go to the city to find a job with my sister. I miss high school and I want to get into college."
Wei Linjuan knew that her words today would determine the fate of the two girls for their entire lives.
"I ask you, do you regret it now?"
The two girls burst into tears and kept nodding.
I looked at their pitiful looks and gritted my teeth secretly. Most of the poor people are hateful. If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
After an unknown amount of time, the principal smoked one cigarette after another before Wei Linjuan turned around and finally made a decision: "Get up... As long as we can reconcile as before, we will still be good classmates."
Wei Linjuan sighed and walked out of the office, her back silhouetted by the moonlight, looking particularly strong.
The two girls behind her kept saying thank you.
Because of one person's kindness, they no longer have to bear the heavy price.
It was completely dark when I left school that day. I helped Wei Linjuan pack her clothes and sent her home. Although I still didn’t take the homework book, when I came back the next day, I saw that the homework was neatly written in the book - two awkward but very graceful characters.
I turned around and looked at the two girls in the distance. They immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at me for a long time.
Later, the two girls would always invite Wei Linjuan to eat spicy strips every once in a while, and we became very good friends. We often went home from school together, and nothing like that ever happened again.
