Police Detective

Teacher Leng seemed a little reluctant, but still followed Bai Song to a separate office.

He was about to get off work and had originally planned to go out on a date with his girlfriend in the evening. Naturally, he was not happy to be delayed by Bai Song.

There is not a single student in this school from a particularly good family, and no one is a native of Shangjing. The parents of the children who go to school here are all migrant workers. Elementary schools don't pay as much attention to grades as middle schools, and generally speaking, elementary school students are not very capable of getting into trouble, so many teachers here are like Teacher Leng - they get off work on time, never work overtime, and don't delay class.

"I don't think the situation you mentioned exists." Teacher Leng interrupted Bai Song after hearing a few words from Bai Song: "This kid from Tian Gang doesn't usually cause trouble. I think he's usually okay."

"Okay, teacher, I understand, thank you." Bai Song didn't ask any more questions.

The teacher was a little surprised. He occasionally met parents of students, and they were always very difficult to deal with. These migrant workers want to bring something with them every time they come to see the teacher, but the things they bring are all things the teacher doesn’t need and can’t take. It’s very annoying, and they always nag a lot. It’s rare to have such a thing. Bai Song was like this, he only asked once and stopped asking.

Bai Song definitely didn't want to ask. This teacher Leng couldn't even pronounce Tian Gen's name correctly. What could he know? He is probably the kind of head teacher who leaves after class.

Then, Bai Song went to find Tian Gen.

At this time, Tian Gen was a little different from a few minutes ago. He became even more embarrassed and did not dare to look up at Bai Song.

Tian Gen was a child. He didn't realize anything when he first saw Bai Song. But a few minutes after Bai Song called the class teacher away and chatted with Wang Liang for a few minutes, he knew that Bai Song was here to help him. He had some I want to cry, but more often than not I grit my teeth and choose to endure it silently.

"It's just me and your Uncle Wang Liang," Bai Song said, "There are no outsiders. If you need anything, tell us."

"Nothing happens to me," Tian Gen said: "I"

He didn't know and didn't want to lie to Bai Song. He didn't know how to explain it at this time, so he just gritted his teeth and said no more.

Bai Song looked at this scene and sighed inwardly. This child is so sensible and heartbreaking.

Those who have endured hardship when they were young know better how to cherish a good environment. Many parents always blame their children for being ignorant, and most of them blame parents for spoiling their children in early childhood.

"When you become a man, you will be responsible for everything in the world." Bai Song touched Tian Gen's head: "Let's make an agreement that when you are eighteen years old, you will go to school and all your I owe you all the money and pay it to me after you work, okay?"

"Okay!" Tian Gen agreed immediately, but still did not raise his head.

"Well, you are not 18 years old yet. You still have to rely on me for anything now." Bai Song said in a very soft voice: "Remember one thing, proper tolerance is necessary, but tolerance is only for better results. , not just for tolerance.”

"I" Tian Gen seemed to understand, "I will not spare those people."

Having said this, Tian Gen clenched his fists tightly and his whole body was trembling.

"What, do you want to take revenge on them?" Bai Song felt that Tian Gen was not in the right state.

"I" Tian Gen stopped talking again.

Bai Song's heart thumped, and ten thousand thoughts flashed through his mind. He looked at Tian Gen: "Where did you put the mobile phone I gave you?"

"I didn't lose this." Tian Gen thought Bai Song was worried that he had lost his phone, so he took the phone out of his inner pocket and handed it to Bai Song.

Bai Song took the phone and found that it was on airplane mode. He turned on the mobile data, looked at Tian Gen's WeChat, and then looked at Tian Gen's bill. He suddenly found a consumption record of 26 yuan, and the name of the merchant. It's called "Shunhai Hardware Store".

Seeing this, Bai Song gently closed WeChat and handed it to Tian Gen: "Your phone saves it very well."

"Well, I carry this with me every day." Tian Gen nodded vigorously.

He didn't know how to use WeChat yet. He didn't know that after deleting the chat history and payment history, he could still see the consumption records in the bill, so he naturally thought that Bai Song didn't know anything.

Bai Song knew that this matter was serious. This place was close to the suburbs. The hardware store sold a variety of things, including some common tools and some common daily necessities, but they were not things Tian Gen should buy anyway.

This child must have thought of extreme things. How was he forced to do this?

Thinking of this, Bai Song felt a little guilty. Then he remembered Tian Gen's experiences from childhood to adulthood and his final encounter. Tian Gen and these children are actually different. If they really play hard, other children will understand nothing.

Bai Song took out his mobile phone and checked the location of the hardware store on the map. He found that it was only four or five hundred meters away from the school, so he said to Wang Liang: "Accompany him to the cafeteria for a meal first. I have something to do when I go out." ”

"Okay", Wang Liang nodded.

Bai Song quickly left the school, scanned a shared bicycle at the school gate, and arrived at the hardware store in two minutes.

After entering, Bai Song was very direct. He took out his police officer ID and asked what a primary school student came in and bought for 26 yuan at noon today.

Seeing that Bai Song had already asked for the specific time and amount, the store owner knew it was not time to lie, so he could only tell the truth: "He bought a fruit knife."

"What kind, let me see," Bai Song said.

The shopkeeper reluctantly took out a knife and handed it to Bai Song.

Bai Song looked at it and saw that it was a watermelon knife. He took the knife and quickly rolled out several knives, which made the boss scared. At this time, Bai Song asked: "You are a profiteer. Are you selling this fruit knife for 26?"

"You can't, you can't." The boss regretted it after saying it. After thinking about it, he admitted it and took out a butcher's knife, "This is it."

"How dare you sell this to an 11-year-old child?" Bai Song became angry all of a sudden, and his momentum was indeed shocking.

"He told me that I use it to cut meat at home." The boss only cares about making money on weekdays, so he doesn't think so much.

"Then why don't you sell him a kitchen knife?"

"He doesn't want it." The boss was frightened at this time. On the one hand, he was frightened by Bai Song's eyes, and on the other hand, he no longer dared to think about what happened next.

The police are here, something must have happened!

That kid bought such a knife, he must not be able to kill anyone!

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He could no longer stand still. Regret spread throughout his body, and then he collapsed on the stool.

Bai Song knew that this was not the time to be angry. Fortunately, he came here today, otherwise this place would be on the news tonight.

If Tian Gen kills someone, although the 11-year-old does not need to bear criminal responsibility, he will definitely be detained and educated in the juvenile supervision center. What will happen in the future?

If you slap someone, this mistake can be repaired, but if you kill someone, it is impossible.

This was not the time to blame himself, Bai Song said: "Give me your ID card."

"Leader, what happened?" The boss looked for his ID card tremblingly, but couldn't find anything.

"So much nonsense, hurry up", Bai Song growled.

The boss was startled, then found his social security card and handed it to Bai Song with a cry in his voice: "I really can't find my ID card."

"Okay." Bai Song checked to see if it was fake and took a photo with his phone: "I can tell you responsibly that no one is dead yet, otherwise I would take you away now. But if something like this happens again in the future, , severe punishment without mercy!”

After saying that, Bai Song threw his social security card to his boss and rode back to school.

The boss was already sweating. He swore that he would never sell things randomly again. In fact, he almost wanted to run away, but now the police knew his identity. The goods in this hardware store were worth more than 20 yuan. How could he run away if it was all his lifeblood? Where to run?

Bai Song returned to school and went straight to the cafeteria. There were not many people in the cafeteria now. Bai Song found Wang Liang easily and found that Wang Liang was eating. The food was quite delicious. Tian Gen, who was opposite, saw Wang Liang eating and was also surprised. Opening his mouth to eat.

Seeing Bai Song coming over, Tian Gen immediately put down his chopsticks and moved his body back.

"Look at you. When you come, the children don't dare to eat. Don't scare them," Wang Liang said.

"It's okay, I'm going to buy some food and let's eat together." Bai Song seemed to have found nothing, so he bought some food with cash and brought it over to eat together.

Seeing that Bai Song was eating too, Tian Gen ate with him, but he couldn't lift his head.

By the time they finished their meal, the cafeteria was almost empty.

Tian Gen is in fifth grade this year. There is no late self-study in fifth grade, and generally no one lives on campus. However, this school includes nine years of compulsory education, and Tian Gen lives with the first-year students. This kind of thing can be done at this school just by spending money.

This school is a boarding school, and there are people in charge on weekends. Generally speaking, there are no classes. The school will take the students to self-study, and will also take the boarding students out for shopping, bathing, etc.

"Take me to your dormitory to have a look," Bai Song said.

"Okay." Tian Gen stood up, took his own plate, then stopped, picked up Bai Song's and Wang Liang's plates together, and carried them to the sink.

On the way to the dormitory with Tian Gen, Bai Song found that Tian Gen took a detour, which probably meant that the knife was hidden on another road.

Such a small idea seemed too simple to Bai Song, but he still didn't say anything.

I went to the dormitory and took a brief look. There was no one in the dormitory at this time. Bai Song found an opportunity when Tian Gen was not paying attention. He told Wang Liang what had just happened alone and asked Wang Liang to go to the holly bushes on the other road. Find another knife.

Wang Liang was shocked when he heard what Bai Song said, but he didn't show it and left the dormitory building directly.

After Wang Liang left, there were only two people here. Bai Song said, "Tian Gen, do you remember everything I just told you?"

"Yes." Tian Gen nodded.

"Repeat it for me," Bai Song said.

"After I turn 18, if I..."

"That's not the case. What about before the age of 18?"

"I can't, um, I have anything to do with you." Tian Gen's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Then tell me, what happened to you now?" Bai Song got closer to Tian Gen, "Tell me and I will solve it for you."

"I" Tian Gen's eyes welled up with tears, but he still didn't cry: "I can solve it."

"Do you still remember your dream?" Bai Song took down a mathematics book from Tian Gen's bed: "Tell me about it."

"I want to be a science student," Tian Gen blurted out, but before he could finish his words, he still got stuck. His tears could no longer stop flowing, and he cried more and more fiercely.

Bai Song watched Tian Gen cry quietly without any intention of stopping him. He stayed with Tian Gen quietly. When Tian Gen stopped crying, he took out toilet paper from the basin under the bed and handed it to Tian Gen.

"Have the meal card and money been stolen?" Bai Song asked.

He knew what kind of person Tian Gen was. If he was robbed, Tian Gen could not have only such a few injuries on his body. It must have been stolen. Tian Gen knew who stole it and went to argue, but was beaten. .

This kind of beating wouldn't be particularly serious, because Tian Gen didn't see it with his own eyes, so he wasn't that "strong".

Tian Gen looked at Bai Song, as if asking how Bai Song knew this.

"You, Tian Gen, a person who wants to become a scientist, are now 11 years old, and you want to trade your future for the life of a person who is nothing?" Bai Song asked.

"But..." Tian Gen looked a little helpless and cried again: "But I told the teacher and the dormitory manager. Without monitoring, they all said there was nothing they could do."

"The cash I left for you is only a few hundred yuan," Bai Song said, "If you lose it, just lose it. I can report the loss of the meal card. I had set a maximum consumption for your meal card, and it cannot exceed 100 yuan per day, so I reported it as lost. It’ll be fine.”

"Ah?" Tian Gen's eyes lit up: "It can still be like this!"

Tian Gen knows that meal cards can be used in stores, and even 2,000 yuan can be spent in one day. There is a video in the cafeteria of this school but not in the store, and the store is actually quite bad. This kind of thing will definitely shelter bad people.

At this moment, Wang Liang walked in, holding a butcher's knife in his hand, and threw it aside lightly.

Tian Gen didn't know how to describe his mood at this time. He was not happy, but fell into multiple emotions such as confusion, self-doubt, sadness, and low self-esteem.

He knew that Bai Song and Wang Liang were protecting him, but he knew the two bad students in the first grade of junior high school and knew that no one could subdue them. Unless they transferred to another school, there would still be conflicts.

"Child", Bai Song did not criticize Tian Gen: "You have to remember who you are. I have talked to you many times. You are very talented in mathematics and other areas. You are likely to become a useful person to society in the future. Here, It's not worth it. It's absolutely not worth it. I never ask you to be a pure good person. This time you are bullied. I will help you vent your anger. Please explain this matter clearly to me. Look how I got angry."

"Don't worry." Wang Liang also touched Tian Gen's back: "We will never suffer this loss."