Tricycle Brother No. 143

  Actually, Wang Jian didn't have the slightest interest in concerts. On his way to a concert with his classmates, he became fascinated with a second-hand three-wheeled motorcycle instead.

  He then used the only 1,100 yuan on him plus his concert ticket to successfully exchange for this blue, nearly new three-wheeled motorcycle that came with a full tank of gas.

  The guys in Class 29 found Wang Jian's actions almost incomprehensible. They couldn't understand the kind of happiness that belonged to Wang Jian and thought their class teacher's brain seemed to have been contaminated with sewage at this moment, which was obviously not quite normal. After all, who would suddenly buy a motorcycle on the way to an concert, especially a three-wheeled agricultural motorcycle, commonly used for hauling big cabbages and radishes...

  "Teacher Wang, what is twelve plus fifteen?" He Rui stared at the bewildered eyes and waved her hand in front of Wang Jian's face: "Are you really okay?"

  "You won't understand."

  Wang Jian happily buried his head in checking the three-wheeled vehicle he had just gotten, which was still in good condition without any defects, and then patted the seat hard.

  "My diet for the second half of the year will rely on it. I'm under a lot of pressure."

  Actually, if it were just Wang Jian alone, it would be fine no matter how he struggled. But now he's still dragging along Jin Huiming, who's making a fortune. Although Little Jin's breasts aren't small anymore, she's still in the development stage after all. At this time, she can't follow Old Wang to eat bran and drink porridge together.

  With this, Wang Jian's plan can be perfectly unfolded. Setting up a night market stall, collecting scrap metal, and waiting for the right time to arrive. Then, selling some strawberries near the university town. This looks unremarkable, but as long as you are willing to work hard, the money earned will definitely not be small.

  "You guys go back by yourselves, remember to come back early. Tomorrow is Saturday? You have an exam next Monday."

  "He Rui laughed awkwardly: 'You're just going to leave us like this?'"

  Wang Jian thought for a moment and chuckled: "You're all grown up now, you've been parents in the old society, what are you afraid of? If anything happens, call me, and after the party, remember to send the girls home safely."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Jian pointed at Huang Weilong and said, "Did you hear that? If something happens, I'll use you as a sacrifice to heaven."

  Huang Weilong, who was lying down and got hit by a stray bullet, let out an "ah" and then reluctantly nodded his head...

  "You should date if you're supposed to date, and go on dates if you're supposed to go on dates. But don't play any tricks on me, if I find out anyone has exchanged bodily fluids, I'll skin you alive."

  Wang Jian seems to be very yellow and violent, but in fact, this thing is just talk. Managing high school students' romance is like Da Yu controlling the flood - it's impossible to block it completely, only slowly guiding it. Everyone has been through it, even if they are from different eras, the essence is still the same, after all, it's just that kind of thing. Wang Jian clearly remembers that when he was in high school, there were classmates who died together in a double suicide by jumping off a building, and the girl jumped right in front of him. She was usually very lively and cheerful, but suddenly her head became like a smashed watermelon.

  This is something Wang Jian would not want to happen in his own class.

  "When you get home tonight, have your parents send me a message. Whoever doesn't... " Wang Jian trailed off halfway through his sentence and suddenly flashed a sinister grin: "Heh heh."

  It is...

  The twenty-ninth class originally wanted to have an all-night party. But unexpectedly, they couldn't escape the clutches of the big boss even at this point, so each one suddenly lost three points of passion.

  "Alright, get in. Li Nuo, don't flirt with anyone inside. Man Ting, keep an eye on her. If she leaves with a stranger, call me immediately."

  Zhang Manting glanced at Li Nu. Heavily nodded. And Li Nu, who had deliberately dressed up for today, pouted, full of resentment, but couldn't do anything about it.

  After a while, Wang Jian sent them to the entrance of the stadium where the concert was held, watched them line up to check their tickets and enter the venue, then got on his new tricycle and prepared to leave.

  "Teacher, wait."

  Wang Jian turned his head and found He Rui standing behind his tricycle, with a smile at the corner of her mouth.

  "May I get on the bus?"

  "Aren't you going to the concert?"

  "I don't like places with too many people." He Rui smiled and replied. Under the dazzling lights around her, her eyes looked particularly bright: "You want to test drive, then take me for a spin."

  Wang Jian thought for a moment: "I'll take you home."

  "Alright." He Rui struggled to climb onto the back of the three-wheeled vehicle that usually carried potatoes. "I'm settled in."

  The motorcycle roared to life, and Wang Jian drove it with excitement onto a small road that was usually deserted.

  In this highly modernized city, such a small path is already very rare. Just one wall away from the main road where cars are racing by, while here there isn't even a streetlight, surrounded by traditional quadrangle courtyards, an almost deserted vegetable market and simple small restaurants.

  Walking on the road, it doesn't look like a capital city at all, but rather like a small county town, with a kind of inexplicable nostalgia and freshness.

  "Wah, I can see stars!" He Rui exclaimed excitedly from the back seat: "So many!"

  Wang Jian shook his head and suddenly felt that children growing up in these cities were really pitiful. He thought about when he was in the countryside, where in the summer he could catch fireflies and crickets, but in the winter, apart from stargazing, there was really nothing to do. Those few broken stars, Wang Jian had almost counted them all, although every time he couldn't finish, his childhood was just that boring, today he couldn't finish, tomorrow he would continue...

  "I saw Leo!" "Leo, I saw it!" He Rui exclaimed behind him: "The Big Dipper, it's really shining brightly!"

  "Haven't you seen it?"

  "Hmm..." He Ruoyi said with some embarrassment: "I feel like I'm just moving from one gilded cage to another. At home, I'm the only daughter, and my dad wants me to be his successor, so he's very strict with me. Maybe having money gives me more choices and opportunities than others of my age. But it also means I've lost a lot of things."

  "All living beings suffer."

  "Yes." He Rui looked up at the sky with a tone full of longing: "I want to go to Lhasa one day and see it for myself. I've heard that the place is very close to heaven, the blue sky during the day looks fake, and at night you can see countless stars."

  "You can go anytime."

  "Teacher, maybe you won't believe me if I say it out loud. I often get beaten up." He Ru sighed: "Because I always fail to meet my family's expectations, I have no room for choice, what I should do has already been decided long ago. Going to Lhasa to see the stars is an unplanned event."

  When she said this, her tone was filled with deep desolation and a kind of fatigue that even Wang Jian couldn't feel.

  "One day when I have the ability to choose for myself, I might not have that enthusiasm anymore." He Rui's voice was soft and light, but full of helplessness: "Just like when I was a kid, I always wanted to go to an amusement park, now...I don't have any interest in it at all."

  "Haven't you ever been to an amusement park?" Wang Jian was surprised: "I still want to go now, I've only seen it on TV."

  "I've never been there because that place is also out of plan. My dad is a very efficient person and my mom is very busy. Going to that place for them is a waste of life."

  "No way, I have to go and have a good talk with them."

  He Ru's eyes suddenly widened: "What are you talking about?"

  "What else can I say, let's talk about you. Their approach was clearly wrong."

  "But I've told them before, but they said they have their own plans and won't harm me."

  "Your dad must be a nouveau riche."

  "It's really...". He Rui was very open-minded: "He used to eat tree bark when he was a kid."

  Wang Jian hesitated for a moment: "Are they at home now?"

  "In..."

  "Let's go. You lead the way." Wang Jian's tone was almost irresistible, purely commanding: "Hurry up".

  He Ru knew that once Wang Jian left, her life would definitely become very difficult again. It was possible that even class gatherings like today's would be prohibited afterwards. However, she had grown accustomed to going with the flow and although she didn't want Wang Jian to disrupt the current balance, she simply couldn't stop him and could only obediently follow his lead.

  I walked along the road for about half an hour and then turned onto several main roads and drove around for a while before arriving at a pretty good residential area. Judging from the style of the surrounding buildings, it should be a wealthy area in this neighborhood. The cars parked on the roads and parking lots are also colorful, ranging from Toyota Honda to Aston Martin Maybach, everything is complete. Moreover, the class distinction is very obvious. Cars worth over 3 million yuan are all parked in garages with roofs, while Japanese cars are generally parked along the roadside.

  And Wang Jian's lovely tricycle... is really hard to define.

  But it's hard to define what is not good. However, security guards should still intercept those who need to be intercepted, and cannot let one weirdo ruin the rules, nor can they lose their job because of such a weirdo.

  "Pull over, pull over. Move to the side."

  Wang Jian parked his car next to the security room and nodded at the guard: "Trouble you to watch the car."

  Then He Ru also jumped down from the back of the tricycle and smiled at Uncle Bao. Others may not recognize this little princess, but as a security guard, you can't not know her. This girl is famous in this area for being well-behaved. Whenever the aunties in the neighborhood mention which family's child is good, they always mention her. So, everyone knows this girl. Therefore, when they saw it was her getting off the tricycle, even the security guard was stunned. Her family is really rich, with four cars at home, none of which cost less than a million yuan. Two cars belong to her father and two to her mother, with single and double license plates, taking turns driving...

  So now this tricycle, it's not that Wang Jian can move it away or leave it here. If he moves it away, he'll offend the landlord; if he leaves it here, he'll break the rules... This is really troublesome.

  But just as he was thinking about it, Wang Jian and He Rui had already entered the community, and now they can't stop them even if they want to.

  "Alright... Today I'll let you see the train."

  The security guard patted the three-wheeled vehicle's seat, unexpectedly triggering a loud alarm sound that startled him so much he almost jumped out of his skin. After regaining his composure, he spat on the ground.

  "BMW and Mercedes are nowhere to be seen, but your crappy car... really has all sorts of people."

  The praised Wang Jian of course did not know that others were praising him, he simply had his hands behind his back and followed He Rui step by step up to the third floor.

  It's called the third floor, but it's actually the second floor. This place is not bad. There are four households in one door hole. A building has only two door holes, and they are all duplex buildings with a Western style, even with small chimneys that are fancy but useless. In the community, there is even a bilingual kindergarten.

  Wang Jian had always thought that letting children under the age of eleven learn foreign languages was a stupid thing to do, so he glanced at the kindergarten, cursed it as trash, took off his shoes and followed He Rui into her home.

  "Dad... Mom... I'm back."

  There was the sound of a piano coming from inside the house. It seemed to be playing quite well, but after He Rui called out, the piano sound trailed off and then stopped, and a woman slowly walked out of the room. She appeared to be around 40 years old, with an exceptional temperament, clearly a woman who had been pampered and indulged for many days.

  She walked out and immediately saw Wang Jian sitting on the sofa. She frowned and asked in a Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent Mandarin: "Ruirui, who is this person? He looks like a vagabond from our hometown."

  "He... he's not a garbage collector." He Rui, who was pouring water for Wang Jian in the kitchen, stamped her foot: "He's my class teacher."

  "Ah, if you have any junk, I'll take it." Wang Jian was not embarrassed at all: "Of course, the main business is still the priority. Today I'm here for a home visit."

  "Oh dear... It's the teacher's after all." He Rui's mother hurriedly apologized and explained: "I didn't realize it was yours, I'm really sorry, teacher."

  Wang Jian waved his hand: "I'm here to talk to you about He Rui."

  "What's wrong with her? Hasn't she been doing poorly?"

  Wang Jian found it amusing that when other parents called, they would ask "Is everything okay?" or "Is something wrong?", but this aunt was different. As soon as she opened her mouth, it was all about grades. She nagged for half a day, and as long as the grades didn't slip, even if you were pregnant, it should be within the acceptable range.

  "She's doing very well." Wang Jian picked up his glass of water and took a sip: "I came this time to discuss with you about letting her drop out of school."

  "It can't be helped, it can't be helped, how can classes be suspended? It's going to be a disaster!"

  He Rui's mother was anxious as soon as she heard it, and she pulled He Rui's ear and said a lot of things in a language that Wang Jian couldn't understand.

  He Rui, who was full of energy just now, is like a dead fish at the moment. Her mom asks one sentence and she responds with one sentence, without any extra words.

  Just then, a slightly chubby man opened the door and came back, put down his shoes and turned around, and the first thing he saw was Wang Jian, then he was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Who is this?"

  "Ah, you're back... I didn't think you'd dare to return." He Rui's mother quickly stepped forward: "This is Teacher Rui's business, he wants Rui to drop out of school."

  Wang Jian nodded: "Yes, class is suspended."

  "Teacher Xiao? I remember Teacher Xiao is a woman." He Danyan looked at Wang Jian with suspicion: "Isn't He Rui's homeroom teacher Teacher Xiao?"

  Wang Jian was taken aback and turned his head to look at He Rui, asking, "Didn't you tell your family about the class transfer?"

  He Rui shook her head and looked at Wang Jian with a pitiful expression, like a small rabbit. It seemed like she was begging for mercy before being executed.

  "It's like this, she has transferred to my class now. Class 29."

  As soon as He Danyan heard the four words "Twenty-Nine Class", he raised his hand and slapped He Rui's face without saying a word. Wang Jian picked up an apple from the table and hit He Danyan's wrist, and the apple bounced back into Wang Jian's hand after hitting his arm.

  Put the apple back on the plate. Wang Jian furrowed his brow: "I came specifically to find you today. Also, if I find out you've hit her again, you'll be sorry."

  "What right do you have to interfere with me? I'm educating my child, what does it have to do with you?"

  Wang Jian's arrogance surged up instantly, and he smiled with a smirk: "I'm her homeroom teacher. First of all, you have to admit that at this stage, I have half the guardianship rights, you are qualified to sue me, and I am also qualified to sue you. Don't say you have money so you can't be sued, if you're not afraid of trouble, let's try it."

  He Danyan was choked by Wang Jian's words and then vented his anger on He Rui: "Tomorrow, get me transferred back to Class One. This time I won't beat you up. If you mess around like this again, I'll beat you to death!"

  He Rui bit her lip and said firmly: "No"

  Her "no" was like stirring up a hornet's nest. He Daren's face turned green with rage, and his wife was shocked beyond measure. To know that the child was theirs, what kind of temper did He Rui have? No one understood better than them how obedient she was, it was unimaginable to others. Growing up to this age, she had never been rebellious. Not to mention talking back like now. But in just a few days, a good child turned into this, which made He Daren furious.

  "Say it again"

  No

  He Danyan was so angry that she didn't care about Wang Jian being next to her. She picked up a slipper and hit He Rui on the head and face, while He Rui's mother not only didn't help her but also stood by with an iron face, fanning the flames.

  "I'm screwed."

  Wang Jian's body suddenly sprang up, one hand knife chopped off He Danyan's slippers, then pulled his collar back and dragged him to the sofa, a 167-pound man was directly flipped onto the sofa.

  Wang Jian pulled He Rui behind him and didn't say a word for half a day. Until he calmed down the anger in his chest, he said loudly:

  "Isn't He Rui already admitted to Tsinghua University? What else do you want?"

  "Let her be, what if she can't keep up now. Isn't it the same when we went to university? You're an outsider, please don't interfere with my family matters."

  He Danyan is a businessman after all, and he still judges people by their appearance. From the current situation, as long as Wang Jian is here for another minute, He Rui's backbone will be stiff for another minute. With someone backing her up, she has nothing to fear.

  "I don't care if you were originally bullied because of your lack of education. But I'm telling you clearly, if you dare to hit her again, I have ways to deal with you."

  Wang Jian said, directly pinching a thick glass cup with his hand and glaring at He Danyan with a ferocious expression: "What I advocate for is resolving the issue rationally. If you have a good conversation with me, I guarantee that you will see the best outcome. If you cross me, no matter if you are her father or not, I will do it my own way."

  "My duty is to let my students each walk their own path, you outsiders just watch." Wang Jian's words were actually very rude and illogical, but they somehow had a strange charisma, even scaring the old veteran He Danyan.

  "Are you choosing dialogue or confrontation?" Wang Jian plopped down on the tea table: "If you really continue like this, I'll apply for judicial arbitration. No matter how much money you have, you won't be able to invite big shots who participated in revising the constitution."

  Actually, this is Wang Jian deceiving people. The revision of the constitution... Wang Jian only knows one person, who is none other than Tianran Er, and that person also followed their mentor to revise the US Constitution, having nothing to do with the Celestial Empire. However, after all, it's not wrong to use some famous figures to take the lead in a country where official positions are everything.

  "I also know the official, you say his name."

  He Rui's mother's words made Wang Jian stunned for a moment, and he almost forgot that this guy was still a mixed politician. Suddenly, Wang Jian's brain started to super-frequency calculation, if once exposed, it can be said that all previous efforts would be in vain...

  "Yao Tiejun is my uncle."

  Being with a genius can be quite beneficial after all. Now is the perfect time to utilize Da Wei's Uncle Yao, who is someone with a prestigious title as a CPPCC member, even if it's just an honorary position, it's still not a small name to drop.

  This nonsense will definitely be exposed when it encounters something more serious. However, Wang Jian is already dead, so they won't actually go to court over this. After all, those who know Yao Tiejun, even if they're not related by blood or marriage, absolutely won't stoop too low. If they really do end up in court over the child's education issues, it might even make the news broadcast.

  It really works, Wang Jian's calculation is very accurate, Yao Tiejun's name really has its uses, He Rui's parents exchanged a glance, their tone obviously softened.

  "What do you plan to do then."

  Wang Jian let out a sigh of relief and plopped back down onto the sofa: "My proposal is to have her drop out of school. During this period of dropping out, let her go wherever she wants to go."

  "No skipping classes." He Daren immediately rejected it: "A student, not attending class is unacceptable. It doesn't sound good if it gets out."

  "This I can compromise on." Wang Jian crossed his arms: "But there's one condition, you absolutely cannot hit her again. I've always thought that the phrase 'beating with a stick produces filial sons' is a paradox. You must do this, otherwise you'll be waiting to be sued, and I'm not joking."

  He Danyan lowered his head and smoked silently: "I know you are also for the good of Tiantian, but our methods are different. I have only one daughter, and all my future undertakings will be hers. It's just that I didn't receive an education, didn't read much, and took many detours. I don't want her to follow in my footsteps."

  Wang Jian smiled and said, "I don't know if you guys know Lin Yaxuan."

  As soon as Lin Yaxuan's name was mentioned, He Dainian nodded repeatedly: "I know her, I have some business dealings with her, and we've had dinner together."

  "You also know she's a ruthless and cunning person who will stop at nothing."

  He Danyan nodded as before. From now on, he seemed to have believed Wang Jian's words. After all, Lin Yaxuan was a guy who had dealt with him in the past, and after doing business for so many years, he had only suffered defeat at Lin Yaxuan's hands. It wasn't that she was particularly clever, but rather that she was too ruthless. When Wang Jian spoke of Lin Yaxuan, it seemed as though he knew her extremely well.

  "In fact, she's not that bad in nature, it's just that the path she's taken is wrong. If you want He Rui to end up like her, then continue on this way, and I can even introduce He Rui and Lin Yaxuan to each other, maybe she can become Lin Yaxuan's assistant."

  At this point, both Mr. and Mrs. He's faces turned pale, and Mr. He shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no... it won't do."

  "You also know it's not going to work out, I know you want the best for your child and are anxious about it, but I hope you can also consider her own feelings. It wasn't until today that I realized how difficult her situation is, she seems so cheerful at school." Wang Jian lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Specifically, you're both not young anymore, think about it yourselves. I just pointed out the pros and cons to you, if you've figured it out by then, next Monday, on exam day, come to my office and we can have a serious talk."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Jian didn't care about their reactions and got up to leave. He Ru quickly followed him out: "Teacher... I'll see you off."

  "Go back, it's quite cold outside." Wang Jian said, turning his head to look at He Rui who was lowering her head and not speaking.

  "Teacher Wang... thank you."

  "What's there to thank? I'm in this line of work, so I should do what I'm supposed to do. Go back, your dad won't hit you anymore." Wang Jian winked at He Rui: "My dream is to be an outstanding teacher, and let each of my students become an elite, it's too fulfilling."

  He Ru nodded and quietly turned back home.

  As soon as she entered the door, He Danyan invited her to sit on the sofa and said in an unprecedented tone, "Do you really think it's not good?"

  He Ru bit her lip: "I'm so tired..."

  He Danyan sighed and stroked He Rui's head with his hand: "Ruirui, Dad is actually doing this for your own good. Mom and Dad will leave you one day, we don't want to see you being bullied in the future, do you understand?"

  He Ru's tears came out with a burst, and she nodded silently.

  He Danyan handed He Rui an apple that his wife had peeled and said, "It's been a long time since we've chatted together. Let's have a good talk today."

  While they were communicating within their family, Wang Jian was already riding his car happily speeding on the way home. After being tossed around like this, it was almost 10:30, and if he didn't go back, Xiaojin might have another episode... This feeling was actually something Wang Jian had never experienced before, but he surprisingly enjoyed the process very much. It was probably similar to a sense of satisfaction from being needed by someone. Wang Jian was pathetically pursuing this feeling...

  He had just entered the door when he received a phone call, but it wasn't Xiaojin's urgent call, rather it was He Rui's voice whispering from under the covers, very gentle. She told Wang Jian that her dad actually chatted with her for a long time, from studying to whether she liked any boys, and where she wanted to go on vacation, and even said that during summer break he would take her out to have some fun.

  "That's good then." Wang Jian was also very happy: "You get some rest early."

  "Hmm... goodnight." He Rui's soft voice: "Teacher Wang, you're so cute..."

  Wang Jian was taken aback and coughed twice: "Actually, if you look at it from a different angle, I'm not lovable at all... goodnight."

  Hanging up the phone in a hurry, Wang Jian made a silencing gesture to the disciples who were still gathered at the Wu Guan, then tiptoed upstairs to his room to get his practice uniform and come back down to spar with them...

  Just as he arrived at the second floor, before he could enter his room, Xiaojin's door suddenly opened. She stood at the doorway with a sly expression, coldly smiling at Wang Jian:

  "You promised me you'd be back by nine."

  "I bought a tricycle, want to take a look?"

  I didn't go back on my word, here are two and a half chapters, enjoy! (....)