It was rare for Brother Jia to show his emotions so openly. Both Tan Zhao and Feng Juvenile were stunned for a moment, and then they looked into Zhao Jia's eyes with obvious fire.
"You can hate me, but you are going to college soon..."
"I said no, don't you understand?"
The middle-aged woman was a little fussy. There was a lot of commotion here, and many people's eyes were focused on it. Tan Zhao guessed that she was a housewife, and she was obviously very uncomfortable with being the center of attention. She looked at Zhao Jia's eyes,
I felt guilty, helpless, and concerned. I wanted to say something, but because of Brother Jia's toughness, I couldn't say anything.
People sympathize with the weak, and there are already people around who are looking at Brother Jia with disapproval.
Tan Zhao handed the things in his hand to Feng Xiulan and walked forward two steps: "Hello, madam, I am Zhao Jia's class teacher. Who are you?"
When the middle-aged woman faced Tan Zhao, her eyes were obviously evasive, which meant that she did not want to deal with Zhao Jia's network, but judging from Jia Ge's reaction, this person was by no means irrelevant.
The middle-aged woman's dodge finally made Brother Jia calm down. He forcefully stuffed the bank card on the table into the middle-aged woman's pocket: "Since you can't tell me, don't come here again."
"I……"
Finally, the middle-aged woman glanced at Zhao Jia and left.
As the middle-aged woman left, the melon-eaters also turned their attention. It happened to be a milk tea shop. The three of them sat down. Young Feng made a rare thoughtful gesture and said that he was going to buy milk tea.
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, it's your right."
Having seen so much, instead of letting Su Jinglin hear it from others, it would be better for him to tell it. Brother Jia's narration was as simple and straightforward as his composition: "I was adopted by her family before."
His tone was straightforward, as if he was telling someone else's story.
After being adopted, why did he return to the orphanage? Both Li Zhiming and the middle-aged woman felt guilty about Zhao Jia. This shows that when Zhao Jia left the adoptive family...
China's adoption policy more than ten years ago was actually not as strict as it is now, but adoption is easy, but it is not easy to terminate the adoption relationship, especially if the adopter terminates it unilaterally, it is even more difficult.
Brother Jia is now in the orphanage, which means that the adoption relationship has been terminated. Therefore, the dissolution of the relationship was agreed by both parties, and Brother Jia must have reached the age of ten.
Teenage children already have preliminary values about the world. What makes Jia Ge rather go back to the orphanage than stay in an adoptive family?
"Why don't you speak?" Probably because Tan Zhao had been silent for too long, Brother Jia actually took the initiative to speak.
Tan Zhao calmed down his emotions and crossed his hands on his chest: "I'm just a little surprised. Since the adoption relationship has been terminated, how could she..."
When Brother Jia heard this, he frowned a little more. If Li Zhiming hadn't been such a talkative person, this person wouldn't have come to give him any money for college. Since he was so determined to send him away at the beginning, he came to see him again now.
do what?
He doesn't need any charity.
Zhao Jia felt that he had finished explaining the whole story and stood up: "Teacher Su, if she or Li Zhiming comes to see you, I hope you will ignore them."
After saying that, he bowed, pulled on his hood and left the milk tea shop.
Feng Xiulan came over with three cups of milk tea, and only saw Teacher Su: "Where is the monitor?"
"Gone."
Feng Xiulan put the milk tea on the table and pushed it over: "So fast? Monitor, is he okay?"
"Oh, classmate Xiao Feng, the teacher is very pleased that you will also care about the classmates." Teacher Su picked up the milk tea, her tone obviously slightly teasing.
"...Give me the money for the milk tea!"
The poor teacher Su immediately gave in for the milk tea money: "Classmate Feng, teacher takes back what he just said."
Feng Xiulan's mouth curled up: "It's too late!"
Having said that, Feng Xiulan did not ask the class monitor what happened. Teacher Su didn't say anything, which meant that he had no interest in exploring other people's privacy and secrets.
The next day was another school day, but Zhao Jia was absent.
"Xiao Mingming, what's wrong?" Tan Zhao looked at Xiao Mingming who was full of hesitation and finally spoke first.
Xiao Mingming was a little hesitant. Recently, this child was caught by Brother Jia, and his grades have been stable enough to enter the undergraduate program. Xiao's parents specially called to thank him. Tan Zhao was quite impressed: "It's about Brother Jia."
thing?"
"Teacher Su, how do you know?!" Xiao Mingming said in surprise.
...Little classmate, you have it written all over your face. It’s really hard for him to pretend not to see it.
Probably because Tan Zhao had already guessed that Xiao Mingming told him about a different Brother Jia.
No one is born cold and tough, and neither is Jia Ge. A long time ago, when Xiao Mingming and Zhao Jia were classmates in elementary school, Jia Ge was famous in the class for being naughty and having poor grades.
Tan Zhao did not expect that Li Zhiming and Jia Ge were once classmates in elementary school.
"Later, Jia Ge transferred schools for some reason, and I cried about it for a long time, so when we met in the first year of high school..." Xiao Mingming elaborated on how he became Jia Ge's younger brother.
In summary, Brother Jia fought with someone in order to save Xiao Mingming, broke his head, and was severely punished. Tan Zhao finally knew the reason for Li Zhiming's guilt in the second class.
Xiao Mingming was just in the first grade and happened to see Li Zhiming passing by, so he asked Li Zhiming to call the teacher. Li Zhiming ran away, but the teacher didn't come. When the teacher came, Brother Jia broke the head and his hands were all broken.
Broken bones.
"Later I inquired and found out that Li Zhiming didn't call the teacher at all!" Speaking of this, Xiao Mingming is still aggrieved. He feels that if it had been earlier, Brother Jia might not have been so seriously injured.
Xiao Mingming recently saw Li Zhiming coming to talk to Brother Jia, and he felt that Brother Jia did not come to class because of Li Zhiming, so he hesitated and said this.
It turns out that this is how Brother Jia was punished. Judging from the way Li Zhiming got along with the mother and daughter that day, they should be related. I am afraid that Li Zhiming's failure to call the teacher was related to this relationship.
"Don't be burdened. Go to class first. The teacher will find Zhao Jia back."
Xiao Mingming trusts the class teacher now, and nodded after hearing this: "Thank you, Teacher Su. Teacher Su, you are such a good person!"
After receiving the good person card and having no classes in the afternoon, Tan Zhao asked the math teacher to look after Class 13, then left the school to look for Brother Jia. Brother Jia was unexpectedly easy to find, right at the door of the orphanage where he once lived.
Not far away.
"This is nothing like the Brother Jia the teacher knew."
Brother Jia is sitting on a chair at the bus stop. This is the last stop and it is a working day. There is no one around. His schoolbag is leaning sideways. Half of his body is shrunk in the shadow and half is illuminated by the sun.
.
In his hand, he held a bank card.
Tan Zhao recognized this bank card. It originally belonged to Jia Ge's former adoptive mother.
Brother Jia felt someone sitting down next to him, but he didn't raise his head. He just lowered his head and said, "It's very shameful, isn't it?"
Tan Zhao shook his head: "No."
"When they adopted me, I actually have memories. They were very good to me, until later...they had their own child." This was the first time Tan Zhao heard Jia Ge confess to himself, and he was very calm.
The family is not very wealthy, so the adopted son and the biological good daughter can only raise one carefully, which is a very realistic choice.
They chose to give up their unrelated child.
However, the adoption relationship is protected by law, and it is difficult for the adopter to terminate the relationship unilaterally. Tan Zhao could not imagine how the two parties could "peacefully" terminate the relationship, but thinking about it, it was an unpleasant memory for Brother Jia.
Children who are adopted and then sent back to the orphanage will be called bad children. The life that Brother Jia returned to the orphanage should be... not very good. Maybe this is also the reason for his current personality.
"They never treated me harshly. I actually have no reason to resent them."
Brother Jia suddenly said such a sentence, but the bank card in his hand was almost broken.
Tan Zhao stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me."
"What?"
"Teacher, I will return the bank card for you." Tan Zhao kept handing it over and did not take it back.
After waiting for about a minute, a thin bank card fell into his palm, still carrying the boy's hot body temperature. Tan Zhao took the bank card and stood up: "Let's go, Brother Jia."
Five minutes later, the two got on the bus.
"Actually, from a teacher's standpoint, I might advise you to accept this bank card, because with it, you can concentrate on your studies and don't have to think about things other than studying."
Brother Jia did not speak because he understood that Su Jinglin still had something to say.
"But as a friend, I know you will never accept it." To be a friend, you first need to respect your friend's choice.
Brother Jia had some surprise on his face: "Friend?"
"Is there any law in the world that prohibits teachers and students from being friends?"
"..." Brother Jia was speechless.
"I still need to rely on Brother Jia to get the bonus. When I get the bonus, the teacher will treat you to dinner!"
Brother Jia has never seen a teacher who talks so much to himself and is so confident, but...it doesn't feel bad. He rarely curled his lips, and his originally gloomy mood finally showed a hint of sunshine.
"Is this right here?"
Brother Jia nodded: "That's it."
"Do you want to go in with me?" Although Tan Zhao asked, he knew that Brother Jia would most likely refuse.
Sure enough, Brother Jia shook his head.
The community is an old community, and the property is almost gone. Tan Zhao went to the address given by Brother Jia and knocked on the door. Not long after, the door was opened from the inside.
"you……"
"If I may excuse you, I am Su Jinglin, Zhao Jia's class teacher. I am here to return the things on his behalf."
This was the second time Tan Zhao introduced himself. He was a well-born man. In fact, the middle-aged woman remembered him. After a moment of reaction, she opened the door and invited him in. At this time, the middle-aged woman was the only one at home.
"Teacher Su, please have tea."
Brother Jia was still waiting outside. Tan Zhao didn't intend to stay for a long time. He took out his bank card from his pocket, put it on the coffee table and pushed it over.