OBS Chapter 35 This is bullying
Chapter 35 This is bullying
Hearing her classmates describe what happened, Deng Xiuzhen's heart bled: Several people pinned Wenjing to the ground, punching and kicking her. How much pain must it have hurt? How did she get up? How angry must she have been to bite her ear and refuse to let go?
"A fight between classmates can escalate to the point of death. This kind of child is vicious and must be properly disciplined, otherwise..."
Deng Xiuzhen interrupted the bald man angrily, "Children's roughhousing? Several children pinning one child to the ground and punching and kicking him, is that what you call roughhousing between classmates? That's bullying! That's infighting!"
Bullying?
Everyone looked at each other.
Deng Xiuzhen then realized that the concept of bullying did not exist in this era.
And what matches bullying is the lack of corresponding action against it; instead, people just try to smooth things over.
And those bullied children almost always suffer in silence.
I'm afraid there's never really been a case like Wenjing, which is why those comments came about.
She dared not expect anyone in this era to understand the harm of bullying, but she still patiently explained: "Bulleting, as I'm talking about, refers to some children trying to satisfy their vanity, wanting to attract attention, and wanting to act as the boss."
Or it could be bullying classmates just for fun.
This kind of bullying not only causes physical harm to the victims, but also psychological harm, and can even have a lifelong impact, causing them to live in the shadows for the rest of their lives..."
The man with the gold-rimmed glasses listened silently without saying a word.
"It's just a few kids playing around. As a parent, you keep saying irrelevant things and haven't thought about the child whose ear was almost bitten off..."
"Let's not say anything more, let's go see the child first," the bespectacled man interrupted the bald man. He then walked away, and the others followed him to the hospital.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, the school staff were stopped and taken away.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't recognize them, but she guessed they must be family members of the other party.
Instead of following her, she found the medical staff and asked them which ward Qin Wenjing was in and how badly she was injured.
Hearing that they were all superficial injuries, she finally felt relieved.
But when she saw Wenjing, she couldn't hold back her tears, which welled up in her eyes. How badly she had been beaten: her face was so swollen that her nose and eyes were not visible, her whole body was covered in bruises, several strands of her hair had been pulled out, and her scalp was still bleeding.
"Mom" Wenjing was a little uneasy.
"Wenjing!" Deng Xiuzhen held Qin Wenjing's hand, wanting to pull her into her arms, but afraid of touching her wound.
"Mom, I didn't mean to cause trouble, they're just bullying me."
"Yes, Mom knows. Take good care of yourself and get well soon. Mom will take care of everything," Deng Xiuzhen comforted softly.
"Let me see which little beast bit my daughter? I'll take her life!" With a roar that shook the earth, a woman rushed to the door of Wenjing's ward.
"This is a hospital, don't do anything reckless!" a medical staff member advised.
"Try stopping me!" the woman threatened, charging inside. Deng Xiuzhen grabbed the IV stand from beside the bed, glaring at the woman: "You dare touch my daughter!"
The woman was stunned for a moment, then rushed over like a madwoman. Deng Xiuzhen swung the IV stand and smashed it directly at the woman's head.
"Don't do anything reckless!" Deng Xiuzhen missed her target and heard a reprimand at the same time.
Deng Xiuzhen looked up and saw Tian Guoqiang; his hand was still gripping the woman's clothes.
The woman was stunned: In all her life, this was the first time someone had actually dared to hit her, and it was a real hit, a hit aimed at killing her.
She felt that if Tian Guoqiang hadn't pulled her away in time, her head would definitely be smashed open by now.
She couldn't understand: how could anyone actually dare to hit her? And hit her so badly?
In her memory, no one had ever been so bold!
No wonder someone almost bit off her daughter's ears. It's no surprise that a mother like that would give birth to a daughter like that.
These two are ruthless, you can't afford to provoke them!
Deng Xiuzhen held onto the IV stand tightly, glanced at Tian Guoqiang, and then turned back to look coldly at the woman.
The woman saw the chill in those eyes. She felt that if she didn't leave, Deng Xiuzhen might really beat her to death without hesitation.
She was living such a comfortable life, how could she bear to die? The woman realized she had been reckless.
The woman quickly ran away, seeing that the thing that had almost killed her was still in Deng Xiuzhen's hand.
"Hehe, you're the first person to scare her," Tian Guoqiang laughed.
"Who is she?" Deng Xiuzhen asked, putting down the IV stand.
“Mayor He’s daughter, and also Liu Xiaoying’s mother, is a woman who can do whatever she wants in the city.” Tian Guoqiang said, pulling over a chair from the bedside and sitting down.
Deng Xiuzhen didn't speak. She couldn't afford to offend someone of this status, but if anyone bullied her or her family, she would fight them to the death, even if she couldn't afford to.
Tian Guoqiang glanced at Deng Xiuzhen, then turned to Qin Wenjing and asked, "Can you speak?"
“Uncle, I can do it!” Qin Wenjing replied earnestly.
Tian Guoqiang called out from the doorway, "Come here."
A police officer immediately arrived, and the two began questioning each other. "How did you two start fighting?"
"It was those people who..."
“I’m asking her. If you’re going to interrupt, then please leave,” Tian Guoqiang interrupted Deng Xiuzhen sternly.
Deng Xiuzhen nodded, walked to the door, and stood quietly.
……
After being questioned, Tian Guoqiang left with the police officer, and the woman never came back.
Later that evening, school leaders arrived. They were somewhat surprised to see Qin Wenjing's condition, but left without saying anything.
When Qin Yanlin came to the hospital that night and saw Qin Wenjing's condition, he was so angry that he wanted to kill her with a knife.
They were stopped by Qin Wenjing and Deng Xiuzhen.
"Dad, I didn't lose! I bit off her ear!" Qin Wenjing forced a smile, but because her face was swollen, she looked worse than if she were crying.
"Yanlin, let's not get agitated. Let's wait for the outcome," Deng Xiuzhen advised. She wasn't afraid of people, but she could think rationally as long as no one dared to bully her.
Based on the conventional social thinking of this era, Deng Xiuzhen had already made some guesses about this matter: Liu Xiaoying took the lead in provoking and beating people, Wenjing was injured, and then bit Liu Xiaoying, so the two should cancel each other out.
Sure enough, the police station concluded that the children were all young and minors, and would not be criminally responsible even for murder, let alone for this kind of fight. Therefore, the family members should negotiate among themselves.
The school's suggestion is for both parties to reflect on their actions, apologize to each other, and then let the matter rest.
Deng Xiuzhen was resentful, but she didn't say anything.
Two days later, the results came back, and they were the same as what the school had said.
When the teacher from the school came to inform her of the results, Deng Xiuzhen coldly said, "If anyone bullies my child again, I will definitely kill him!"
The teacher chuckled and said, "No, no one will bully your child." Then she hurriedly left.
On the fourth day, the swelling in Qin Wenjing's face began to subside, and she asked to go to school.