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nWhen a child is victimised, even if there is a proven victim, it is possible to chew and swallow the blood.

nJustice is a matter of a few touches of the lips, but not everyone can afford it.

nThere are no secrets in this town, and if the story of the child’s assault became public, it would be the talk of the town in a day’s time.

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nOf course, there will be voices condemning the perpetrators, but the victims will also be finished for good.

n–You’re a man and young and strong, why can’t you beat a man?

n–Can’t be a student who’s trying to make up a rumour to get money from a teacher, can it?

n–couldn’t it be that the students volunteered?

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n–Are your grades so good because you have a “good” relationship with your teachers?

n–Oh, yo, sleeping with a man, that’s disgusting, that’s gay too.

nThe victim may not go to jail, but the victim’s life will certainly be bleak.

nIn this small urban-rural area, those who have the money and can afford to move out have already done so.

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nShould parents throw away their jobs and leave the country with their children to escape the gossip?

nJustice is sometimes like a weak child in the face of reality.

nBut now, the situation is different.

nWhen there are no victims, everyone can be a victim.

nIt goes without saying that the parents of the boys who were taught by Zhu Shoucheng saw him as a hungry, perverse man who dared to get his hands on even boys, but what about girls?

nYou know, he is married and has children, how can he not be interested in women?

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nParents in front of the school were outraged, pulling banners made overnight and shouting, “Tell Zhu Shoucheng to get out!”

n”Get out!!!”

n”The surname Zhu give the parents an explanation!!!”

n”We want an explanation!”

nThe hot gold sign of the secondary school is covered in egg paste and Zhu Shoucheng’s face on the gold medal teacher’s column has been painted black with a black oil-based pen.

nThe school was forced to close just one day into the school year and all students went home to study.

nAnd the incident of parents forming a group to storm the school gate scared the headmaster who was out of town for the exchange and rushed back 800 miles.

nUntil the headmaster returned, it was left to the two deputy headmasters to organise teachers to reassure the parents.

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nHowever, words were too scarce for parents to listen, so they simply staged a sit-in in front of the school.

nMeanwhile, the small local police station was in chaos.

nA dozen parents, armed with a recording that had been forwarded to them for an unknown number of times, agitatedly demanded that the police arrest Zhu Shoucheng.

nOld Dai, the most qualified man in the police station, could easily hear what was happening and waved his arm to try to quiet everyone down: “This …… recording can’t be considered evidence, someone has to accuse before we ……”

n”We accuse!” A parent shouted, “Accuse this teacher of being a monster! It’s not human!”

n”That’s not what I mean.” Old Dai wiped his head full of sweat, “This thing, there has to be a victim out there, just based on a piece of audio from an unknown source ……”

nThere was a moment of collective silence from the parents, followed by a torrent of irritation and rebuke: “Doesn’t that voice prove it? We’re not deaf, we can hear who it is!”

nOld Dai’s mouth went dry: “It’s the law! Without real evidence, we can’t arrest anyone!”

nSomeone shouted, “What a bull** law!”

nOld Dai simply had one head and two heads.

nThe parents in this place are not even college-educated, and they are overwhelmed by anger, so they can’t listen to reason, and they are not willing to listen to him talk about the rules and regulations. What’s all the noise?”

nThe parents were quiet for a moment before a more piercing clamour broke out.

n”Are you guys going to have a cover-up!”

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n”A nest of snakes and rats!”

nOld Dai was so angry that he couldn’t even talk to the soldiers, and in the confusion he even received a kick: “Who hit you? I’m telling you, this is called assaulting a police officer! I’ll have you all arrested!”

nHe was then grabbed up and received several blows to the head and had his face scraped by the woman’s nails, causing him to cover his face and back away, shouting, “Don’t hit, don’t hit.

nWhen the crowd dispersed, Old Dai’s badge was ripped off and his uniform shirt was slipping out of his trousers. He hissed and sucked in his breath, covering the corner of his eye which was swollen by his fingernails, and looked at the people in front of him with an indifferent expression of “the law does not blame the people”.

nThe parents, still angry, continued to accuse: “Don’t you police officers work for the people? Now that the people are in trouble, do you care?”

n”What do you care what evidence we want? Find that Zhu guy!”

n”That’s right! I have a friend who works at that school, and I heard that guy Zhu admit to doing it! It’s so **ing arrogant!”

nOld Dai’s hand finishing his badge gave a beat and glared at the person who spoke, “Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

nAs for the front of the silo, it was also a mess of soldiers.

nZhu Shoucheng’s home is not difficult to find, and several parents who have sent their children to him for tuition know the place well.

nAt one time, it was the safest and most secure place in the whole world for them to feel.

nA woman who had sent her children here last summer for tuition rapped on the door, her voice filled with endless despair: “Zhu Shoucheng, open the door! Open the door! Come out and tell me clearly, did you do this to my son?

n”My son came to you for tuition last year and went back a different person, he stopped talking and smiling, we thought he was a rebel, but he killed himself earlier this year! He’s dead!”

n”And you sent a wreath to our family!”

n”Do you have a face? Do you have a heart?!”

n” Zhu Shoucheng! Open the door! You’re going to **ing die, you’re going to **ing die!”

nWoman crying in front of Zhu Shoucheng’s door.

nThe young policeman next to her, infected by her desperation, could not stop talking to comfort her and told her there was no one in the house, but the woman simply refused to believe it and broke out of the young policeman’s arms and stumbled and rapped on the door next door to Zhu Shoucheng: “Is there anyone?! Anyone – let me borrow the window, I want to go to his house, I want to kill him ……”

nZi Yu, who had been keeping order downstairs for half a day, finally sent the parents away and came upstairs, pulling the almost frantic woman to her feet: “Madam, please calm down. We have confirmed that Zhu Shoucheng is really not in the house. Someone said he came back last night and hasn’t been back since.”

nThe woman went limp and sat down, covering her face and sobbing.

nZi Yu gently reassures her for a moment, gesturing for the young policeman to take the woman back to her home, before turning his head to find the door to the room next to Zhu Shoucheng’s quietly pulled open a crack from the inside, revealing a nervous half-face.

nZi Yu quickly responded, “Are you the person who just contacted us?”

nAfter confirming that it was the police outside, the door was pulled wide open.

nAn anxious Chi Xiaochi’s mother appeared behind the door, holding Chi Xiaochi’s shoulders, “Yes, yes, yes, you come in.”

nAs soon as yesterday’s story broke, some good people came to ask Chi’s mother if Chi Xiaochi had been victimised.

nChi’s mother opened her mouth and cursed, only to return home to ask Chi Xiaochi, and then listen carefully to the recording her son had left behind, and immediately panic.

nBeing as shrewd as she was, she of course had to quickly clear her son of any suspicion of victimisation, lest people in the building take advantage of the situation and say that her son had soiled his body, so after discussing the matter with her husband overnight, she gave Chi Xiaochi the next day off work and called the police straight to the house.

nAfter inviting Zi Yu into her home, Chi Xiaochi sat down at the table in a dignified manner and called out to her tamely, “Sister Zi.”

nZi Yu froze and looked down at the police number and name tag on his chest before it dawned on him, “Your name is Xiaochi, isn’t it? Don’t be afraid, the police sister will only ask you a few questions.”

nChi Xiaochi answered whatever Zi Yu asked, exactly the same way he had answered the class teacher yesterday.

nZi Yu asked him again to confirm, “The ‘Xiaochi’ on the recording, is it really not you?”

n”It’s not me.” Chi Xiaochi denied seriously, “Mr Zhu just verbally said a few bad words and didn’t even touch a piece of my coat, I’m watching out for him.”

nWith that, the teenager gave a rather broad smile, as if he could not yet understand what a terrible crisis he had been in.

nZi Yu’s heart sank slightly and he said approvingly, “You’re a smart boy. Remember to take care of yourself in the future, too.”

nChi Xiaochi nodded, “I will.”

nThe Chi Xiaochi of this world still have the opportunity and time to take their time and learn.

nAs Zi Yu was escorted out the door by Chi’s mother, she politely said, “Thank you for your cooperation. If there are any further questions, we will always be in touch with you.”

nBut Chi’s mother shook Zi Yu’s hand in return and exclaimed, “That’s really a bother to the lady officer. We will actively provide you with …… with that whatever, yes, evidence, to catch the surnamed Zhu as soon as possible so that we can bring justice to those victims na.”

nZi Yu was stunned by his mother’s gesture of loudly announcing something important, and obediently responded with an “okay” before heading downstairs.

nAs soon as Zi Yu turned around, someone came up and inquired, “What? Did Mr. Zhu also harm your son?”

nJi’s mother’s eyes glared, “Woe is me, how dare he! My son escaped from the clutches and testified to the police, not a homosexual!”

nAs Chi’s mother and neighbours joined in a crusade to curse Zhu Shoucheng, Chi Xiaochi lounged on the table and said to Lou Ying inside her, “Brother, I’m done here.”

nLou Ying took the form of a hamster in his spiritual core, cupped it in his palm and kissed the soft little pointy mouth in the light comfortingly.

nHe quipped, “Great job.”

nChi Xiaochi buried her flushed face in the crook of her arm: “So …… Zhu Shoucheng should start thinking of a way out for herself too.”

nZhu Shoucheng sensed early on that something was wrong and went into hiding in the small guest house.

nNeedless to say, it was a wise move for him.

nHe hunkered down in the guest house and slept through the night, waking up frozen for a long time, turning his switched-off phone on, and at once the sea of text messages and missed calls that flooded in made him turn it off again in a hurry and slam it hard against the opposite wall.

n…… is not a dream.

nIt really isn’t.

n–He’s finished.

nAfter realising this, Zhu Shoucheng clutched his head and let out two low gasps, feeling his brain boil like lava.

nChi Xiaochi ……

nWhy has his bad luck not stopped for a moment since he started giving lessons?

nIt’s him in the dream, it’s him in the recording ……

nBut how did he do it?

n…… Is there really a heavenly punishment in this underworld?

nZhu Shoucheng put an end to this unfounded idea and decided to make a practical effort.

nHe can’t just sit there and wait for it to happen!

nWith that in mind, Zhu Shoucheng reached down and pulled out something wrapped in a plastic bag from under his pillow.

nYesterday, he took the night to go home and take out the computer containing his important treasures, as well as the passport his son had made for him before he left the country.

nIt was during the days when his son came back to stay with him and dragged him to get it for him, saying that when he settled down in the US later, Dad could get a travel visa and come to the US for fun.

nLittle did he know that in less than two months, he would have to put this to good use.

nHe used the hotel phone to dial his son’s number abroad, trying his best to make his voice sound less shaky: “Son, are you asleep?”

n”Not yet, not yet is fine. I wanted to go abroad recently and the school …… Oh, the school has retired me after the start of the school year and the school has given another period of sabbatical leave to retired veteran teachers. So ……”

n”That, I just want to ask you, in addition to a passport, do I need a visa to go abroad? I’ve heard that it seems to be quite a hassle to get a visa …… what, and to make an appointment in advance?!”

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