Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Ji Wenfeng was forced to evacuate the scene, leaving only Lao Song and Qin Shen in the room.
Lao Song fell on the main seat and felt the overwhelming pressure from the class teacher. This time it was his turn to shed a drop of nervous sweat on his forehead: “Excuse me, what does Teacher Qin want to talk to me alone about?”
After he was sure that Ji Wenfeng had left, Qin Shen no longer concealed the anger in his heart, hammered his fists on the table, and said with firm eyes: “Mr. Ji, with all due respect, you have made a huge mistake regarding your son’s education. First of all, he is your child, not the ‘future successor of Ji’s Group’. Ask yourself whether you really treat him as an independent individual, get close to your child’s heart, and understand what he is thinking. You only think about what kind of son do you want, but have you ever thought about what kind of father your son wants?”
These words were shocking to Lao Song.
Lao Song also had an adolescent son, who was about the same age as Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong. He was as rebellious as Sun Wukong in the opening scene of “Journey to the West”, and he despised Lao Song from the bottom of his heart.
To make matters worse, Lao Song was recently divorced and lost custody of his son. He went to see the child on the weekend, but the child still ignored him.
Qin Shen’s words made Old Song fall into deep thought, and he murmured and repeated: “What kind of father does he want…”
Qin Shen: “In the minds of boys, father means a hero.”
Old Song came back to his senses and said with a solemn expression: “That is before they are 5 years old. When they reach adolescence, they simply don’t want their father.”
Qin Shen was confused: “It’s hard to tell.”
Judging from his performance just now, Ji Wenfeng still had a lot of respect for Mr. Ji.
Lao Song complained to him: “When outsiders are present, he behaves a little better. It seems that he is just a child who doesn’t like to talk very much. In fact, he has a terrible temper. No one dares to mess with him at home. He locks himself in his room every day. You will definitely get angry within three sentences of talking to him, and you have no idea what he is thinking.”
Qin Shen: “…” I didn’t expect Ji Wenfeng to be like this.
Old Song: “I divorced my wife again…”
Qin Shen: “Wait a minute, Ji Wenfeng is still in a single-parent family?”
Old Song reluctantly remembered that he was now playing Ji Tong: “Well… I was divorced and remarried.”
Qin Shen looked at him subtly and said, “Huh.”
Sure enough, seeing how Mr. Ji explained his rich theoretical knowledge about keeping a mistress, he knew that he must have already evolved from theoretical research. After hands-on practice, it was estimated that the knotting and separation were common operations.
His squad leader had quite a few family problems!
But it’s good to have problems. If there are no problems, how would he show his far-sightedness as a people’s educator?
Qin Shen approached Lao Song and said, “Reflect carefully, the child is rebellious. Is it the child’s fault or your fault?”
As an ordinary adult, Lao Song never felt that there was any difference between himself and the children and that it was a question of right or wrong. If there is a problem, of course it is the child’s fault.
Qin Shen shook his head helplessly: “When he was a child, your child looked up to you. You could do many things that he couldn’t do: pick up things from high places, help him put together toy models, and let him ride on your neck to watch farther… You were so tall, so powerful, and knew so much, you were naturally a superhero in his eyes.
“But then, the child grew up, but you didn’t. You were always the same. He couldn’t do it but there were fewer and fewer things that you could help him with. In his eyes, you have become an ordinary person, or even a not-so-good adult. If you can’t keep up with his growth rate, he will lose his respect for you.”
Lao Song tried to recall what he had been doing for so many years: driving, fooling around, and occasionally listening to the last song in the car before going upstairs when he got home. After entering the house, there were endless quarrels.
He felt that he was exhausted while carrying a father’s responsibility. After all, he worked hard to drive and make money to support the family, but maybe in the child’s mind, he was just a waste snack that opened the refrigerator and took a can of beer and then lay on the sofa.
“No——” Lao Song cried out and covered his eyes with his hands.
Qin Shen took off his hands: “Mr. Ji, the situation has never been this bad. After all, you are the president of Jishi Group, and you are much better than ordinary trash snacks.”
Lao Song was even more sad: “You don’t understand anything at all!!” He was just a driver.
Qin Shen patiently coaxed: “No, I understand. I know where the crux of the problem between you and your son is.”
The People’s Educator’s eyes were firm as if he had a plan in mind. Lao Song couldn’t help but ask: “Where?”
Qin Shen: “In my opinion, the heroic father that adolescent boys need is not an omnipotent mythical figure who can reach heaven and earth. They have matured enough to understand life itself, so they can accept a more realistic and ordinary father, as long as he is a hard-working, sincere, tolerant, and kind person…at least he must not be a jerk. Skipping classes and keeping a mistress are not the words and deeds a father should teach his son. This will make your son look down on you.”
Old Song nodded with tears in his eyes.
Qin Shen held Old Song’s hand: “Can you promise me that Ji Wenfeng will never skip classes to participate in activities that are not in line with his age? ——Respect for knowledge is also a characteristic of heroic fathers.”
Lao Song: “Yes!”
Qin Shen smiled: “It seems that we should communicate frequently.”
Lao Song held his hand firmly: “Listening to Teacher Qin’s words is better than driving for ten years!”
Qin Shen: Although the plan worked, something seemed not quite right.
Ji Wenfeng hid at the entrance of the stairs and watched them walk out of the study talking happily. He found that Lao Song did not follow the original plan and even wanted to exchange WeChat messages with Teacher Qin.
No, something had to be done to stop them from continuing to discuss parenting! Although it was very shameful, it was no longer the time to talk about face. Ji Wenfeng turned around and ran up to the third floor to discuss it with Lu Rong.
There was a plan that required Lu Rong’s cooperation.
Lu Rong took Gu Yijun to the laundry room, while Wang Xiufang was washing clothes on the balcony wearing an apron: “Hello, Lu Rong’s mom!”
Wang Xiufang: “Hello.”
Gu Yijun secretly told Lu Rong: “Your mother seems a bit old…”
Lu Rong: “To be honest, she had me in her old age.”
Gu Yijun thought to himself: No wonder he sometimes felt that this child had symptoms of Down syndrome. It turns out that the mother was already at an advanced maternal age when he was born. It’s really pitiful. The 3,000 yuan subsidy for poor students he specially applied for should be very helpful for this poor and sick child. It was a timely help for the family.
When Wang Xiufang heard Gu Yijun privately saying that she was old, she threw the basin in a bad temper: “Why are you here, teacher?”
Gu Yijun: “emmmm… This, Lu Rong’s mother. Lu Rong failed his English exams the last three times.”
Wang Xiufang: “What kind of English do we Chinese learn?
Gu Yijun: “emmm…because the college entrance examination requires English?”
Wang Xiufang stuffed clothes into the washing machine and said nonchalantly: “My eldest son didn’t pass the college entrance examination, and he is doing quite well in the factory now.”
Gu Yijun: “If his literary standing is higher, his position may be better and he can go up a level.”
“No!” Wang Xiufang said calmly, “He will become the factory director after marrying the daughter of the factory director, and he will not be able to get any higher.”
Gu Yijun: “…”
Wang Xiufang: “He snatched the eldest daughter of the factory director from a college student, so it doesn’t matter whether my son takes the college entrance examination or not. As a man, a strong body is enough! They don’t need to study, they will get married anyway.”
Gu Yijun: “It’s a small probability that Lu Rong’s brother will marry the factory director’s daughter. There is a high probability that boys will have better prospects if they study.”
Lu Rong teased him.: “Thank you, teacher.” He told him secretly, “My mother originally wanted me to drop out of high school in my second year of high school and marry the daughter of the director of the crock factory to save some money for my family.” He said while wiping away bitter tears.
Gu Yijun pressed his shoulders solemnly: “Don’t worry, with the teacher here, I will never let you miss school!”
Lu Rong pretended to be weak, innocent and pitiful: “But my mother may not even pay my tuition for the next semester….”
Gu Yijun said: “Teacher will apply for full exemption for you!” He protected Lu Rong behind him, faced Wang Xiufang and said angrily, “What’s wrong with boys? Boys can only get married when they grow up! You don’t have to go to school to get married?”
Lu Rong recorded Gu Yijun’s vow: “Thank you, teacher.”
Lu Rong recently realized that it was unreasonable for him to pay tuition for going to school in Chengnan. Considering the economic prosperity he created for Chengnan, the jobs he provided, and the security he provided, if the school didn’t give him a scholarship worth tens of thousands of dollars for a year, he should just switch jobs and go to another school to become a school bully. So Lu Rong had recently been thinking hard to receive all the school’s subsidies.
Gu Yijun had no idea that he had become Lu Rong’s tool to seize the school’s public property and was still doing ideological work on Wang Xiufang: “…For Lu Rong’s situation, he’d better go to an English cram school. If you don’t do well in the basics for the first year of high school, you won’t be able to make up for it later.”
Wang Xiufang criticized the education system with a shrewd look: “If you don’t do well in school, you go to cram school. Then why go to school? It’s better to go to cram school directly. If you don’t speak well in class, you always hide it by using cram schools. I’ve seen this kind of thing a lot. Our nanny circle is very well-informed!”
Gu Yijun felt deeply aggrieved. In order to prove his innocence and for the sake of his students’ English scores, he heroically said: “…Lu Rong, the teacher will pay for you to attend English cram school!”
Lu Rong quickly stopped him: “No, no, no, let’s forget it.”
“No, you go out first, I want to have a good talk with your mother.” Gu Yijun pushed Lu Rong out and his expression became serious. Lu Rong’s mother was an atypical parent, and he needed to open his heart and talk to her.
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