The next Wednesday, I got off work around 6:40. Today I promised to go to school to hold a parent-teacher meeting for Li Wendong. However, it is now at the peak of get off work, and there is really a traffic jam along the way.

It seems that this is the first time I went to Li Wendong's parent-teacher meeting, and I'm afraid I'm going to be late.

Finally, I was about five minutes late before finally coming to school and found the class where Li Wendong was. This scene was really awkward. Basically, all the parents of students in the class had arrived. I should be the last one to come in. The only thing worthy of being "pride" is that I am the youngest of all "parents".

Soon I found Li Wendong's seat and sat down. After so many years, I forgot what the process of the middle school parent meeting was, and just listened silently to the head teacher, Teacher Zhong, speaking on the podium.

"Good evening for all parents. I am Mr. Zhong, the head teacher of Class 9, Grade 8. Each parent sits on the corresponding seat of their children. On the table are the children's monthly exam results this time..."

I picked up Li Wendong's monthly exam results on the table. I remember that this kid has always been very diligent. Why did he rank 25 in the monthly exam for 48 people this time? As far as I know, he was still in the first year of junior high school, and during that winter vacation, he went to learn the course content of the second year of junior high school in advance. This shouldn't be true!

The subjects with the highest scores are art, Chinese, history, and mathematics. As for the subjects in English and other science subjects, the scores are really terrible. Even if you take the high-scoring subjects, you won’t be able to get the score.

After listening to Teacher Zhong’s speech, I glanced at Li Wendong who was staring blankly outside the classroom at this time. I didn’t know what he was thinking about, but I knew that Li Wendong, who was in adolescence, would definitely encounter any problems this child would have.

After the parent-teacher meeting, it was time for the teacher to chat with some students' parents alone, including me. I first walked to Li Wendong and looked at him with a hard-to-speaking expression.

"Let's have a good chat when you go back."

Before Li Wendong could reply, another male classmate next to him immediately shouted: "Wendong, your father is so young! You may not be your biological child..."

I am really angry about this naughty child! Is I that old? What's more, what he said in the end is a personal attack.

Li Wendong suddenly turned his head and immediately shouted at his classmate: "That's my brother. If you can't speak, just shut your dog's mouth!" He clenched his fists in his hand. If he hadn't seen me here, he would have gotten it.

This scene really scared the other students. Even some parents looked at us for unknown reasons. I pulled Li Wendong and signaled him not to be impulsive. At the same time, I glared at the little kid who "can't speak" just now. Just a look scared him and ran away.

I looked down at Li Wendong and said, "You can wait for me here first. Your head teacher will ask me to come to her office. Come and find you later."

"knew."

I stared at him for a while, then walked to Teacher Zhong’s office. When I saw me coming in, she took a sip of water and put down the cup.

"You are Li Wendong's parent, right?" She raised her hand and signaled me to sit down and chat.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhong, I am Wen Dong's brother." I pulled a chair and sat down, "Teacher Zhong, how is Wen Dong's child like? I looked at the transcript, and it seemed that he had lost a lot than before, right?"

Teacher Zhong nodded slowly, and her expression became worried. "Although Wendong was not taught by me in the first year of junior high school, I have seen his previous grades. It was obviously quite good. However, just as the semester started, he was always absent-minded in class, so he only chose the subjects he liked to study. Moreover, he became very silent. Even if he rarely chatted with other classmates in his spare time, did he encounter any situation at home?"

As soon as she said this, I could probably understand it. When adolescent children come to the "big world" of junior high school, they will come into contact with a lot of people and things, and their children will also have their own thoughts, which is the "rebellious period" that many parents understand. I am also a person who has experienced them, and have experienced them.

"Teacher Zhong, it's really not to be hidden. Wen Dong... His parents are gone long ago. It was his grandfather who was dependent on him for life, but he didn't expect that an accident would leave. After that... I adopted Wen Dong. Although it's less than a year, I have always treated him as my own brother to take care of him."

I took a deep breath and continued in a helpless tone: "I have a responsibility here. I am too busy at work, and sometimes I will inevitably be negligent. Now their children are all in adolescence and need a lot of time to accompany and communicate."

Teacher Zhong was shocked for a while at the truth I told her, and she showed pity on her face, "So that's it... Fortunately, God is favored by him and he met you, a kind-hearted person!"

She was silent for a moment, then took out a paper document and put it in front of me. It was a promotional page. "This is a leaflet for the school's art specialty students. I'm starting to recruit people in the second year of junior high school. Wen Dong has been obsessed with this matter. He is the first to sign up in the class. Actually, this is a good thing, but I am worried that he is still not concerned about other subjects, and it takes a lot of time for students with art specialty students. I am worried that he will not keep up with the progress of the course. After going back, you have to have a good chat with Wen Dong about this matter."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhong, I will talk to Wen Dong." I thought for a moment and said to Teacher Zhong in a controversial tone: "Teacher Zhong, tomorrow... can you ask Wen Dong for a morning leave? I want to take him to visit his grandfather. Maybe in this way, he will know what he is doing."

"No problem, I'll bother you."

Teacher Zhong and I made some polite words. Before leaving, I left my mobile phone number and then went out to find Li Wendong. I thought that when I went in and talk to Teacher Zhong, he would run to other places, but I didn't expect that he would sit on the stairs in front of the classroom and wait for me to come back.

I patted him on the back and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to have a meal."

Li Wendong looked at me with an unknown expression, but seeing my serious expression didn't look like a lie, so he nodded silently and followed me.

After leaving school, I drove Li Wendong around the city. I glanced at Li Wendong who was sitting in the passenger seat. He was opening the car window and watching the bustling night view outside distracted.

"Wen Dong, tell me what you want to do most now. As long as you can do it, it will definitely satisfy your little wish!"

Li Wendong suddenly turned his head and looked at me. He was silent for a while and asked back, "Brother, I got such a score in the monthly exam. Don't you blame me?"

I couldn't help laughing, and then smiled and said to him, "Tell me so, you have your studies, I have my career, are I doing very poorly in my career and the company goes bankrupt, will you blame me?"

Li Wendong didn't say anything, and I continued, "Actually, the truth is the same. At different ages, each of us has their own lives. What we have to do is live in the present and do what we should do at this stage. You are different from other classmates and have experienced more things than them. You must be much more mature in mind. I also believe that you can understand what I mean by saying."
Chapter completed!