"It's almost your previous school." Lin Cheng said.
"Yes." Lin Momo nodded, but did not speak.
At this moment, five or six students who were about the same age as Lin Momo walked past, playing and playing together.
When passing Lin Cheng and Lin Momo not far away, two of the students seemed to have noticed Lin Momo, and murmured in surprise, "It's Lin Momo."
Hearing this, the other people also slowed down and looked towards Lin Momo.
Judging from the expressions of these students, they seemed to know Lin Momo.
"Is this a classmate in your class?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Yes." Lin Momo replied, seemed to be struggling for a while, and waved to those students to say hello.
During the process, the expression on Lin Momo's face was obviously a little stiff.
The students who were not far away saw Lin Momo greeting him, they seemed to be taken aback for a moment, they looked at each other, and in the next second they speeded up and trotted all the way.
It wasn't until they ran into the school that those few people got together and started talking in a low voice:
"I was scared to death, Lin Momo actually greeted us just now."
"Why did she come to school?"
"Yeah, didn't she not attend the previous summer camp?"
"Who is that adult with her, have you seen it before?" one person asked.
Several others shook their heads.
At this time, one of the boys seemed to have thought of something, and said, "That's right! I remembered, I heard from my mother that Lin Momo seems to be on TV."
"What TV is it on?" Others asked puzzled.
"It seems to be some kind of variety show, anyway, my mother watches it occasionally."
Although "Living with Dad" became a hit after it aired, the main audience is not primary school students. Therefore, when it comes to Lin Momo's appearance on the show, everyone is not clear.
"I heard that Lin Momo seemed to be found by her father on the show." The boy said again.
"So that was her father just now?"
"It's possible."
…
Lin Cheng and Lin Momo didn't hear the conversation behind these people, but Lin Cheng still keenly noticed that something was wrong with Lin Momo.
"What's wrong?" Lin Cheng stopped, looked at Lin Momo and asked.
Facing Lin Cheng, Lin Momo subconsciously lowered her head, carefully hiding the embarrassment and loss in her eyes.
Then, Lin Momo shook her head silently.
"Have a bad relationship with those classmates just now? Or did they bully you?" Lin Cheng asked as softly as possible.
Because he missed Lin Momo's growth in the first nine years, Lin Cheng didn't know many things about her at all, and he didn't know much about Lin Momo at school from Liu Cuifang.
"No, no." Lin Momo quickly shook her head in denial.
Lin Momo bit her lower lip, hesitated for a moment, and then explained: "It's all good, but I'm not very familiar with those classmates just now in the class."
Lin Cheng nodded, accepting Lin Momo's explanation.
But Lin Cheng still looked at Lin Momo with worry in his eyes - because he could see what Lin Momo seemed to be worried about.
Patiently watching Lin Momo for a while, seeing that she was unwilling to say anything, Lin Cheng had no choice but to hold her hand and walk towards the school gate.
It wasn't until the moment he was about to step into the school gate that Lin Momo pulled Lin Cheng's hand and called out, "Dad."
"Um?"
"My performance in school was actually not very good..." Lin Momo whispered.
Hearing this, Lin Cheng paused for a moment - what Lin Momo said was like a student who didn't do well in the exam, and the test paper needs to be vaccinated before parents sign it. However, Lin Cheng didn't know what aspect Lin Momo meant by 'not good'.
"It's okay." Lin Cheng rubbed Lin Momo's head reassuringly.
"Let's go."
"good."
Lin Cheng registered with the guard, and then led Lin Momo into the campus.
The whole school is not big, maybe the two of them came here just in time for the school to arrange students to participate in the activity class one week before the start of school, so, walking on the campus, there are many groups of people around the two of them. student.
The students played together, discussing what happened during the holiday and homework during the holiday.
It's just that during the whole process, no one came to say hello to Lin Momo, but occasionally someone who seemed to know Lin Momo turned to look at her, but quickly looked away again.
Walking among these people, Lin Momo seemed to be a transparent person.
This scene was also relayed to the live broadcast room.
Seeing this, the audience suddenly remembered the statement that Lin Momo didn't fit in when someone exposed the school she attended.
[When Momo's life experience was exposed before, a person who claimed to be the parent of Momo's classmate jumped out and said that Momo didn't fit in at school, couldn't it be true? 】
【No way…】
【Momo is so sensible and obedient, it shouldn't be. 】
[That's right, after watching so many episodes of the show, I feel that Momo is quite extroverted and outstanding, there is no reason...]
In the show, Lin Momo's boss next door and the old lady next door can quickly open up conversations, and she can also quickly get along with the children who live nearby. There is no reason why when she is with her classmates who get along almost every day, instead, " Stage fright' right?
[Anyway, I feel that the atmosphere is not right. 】
[It's not a campus bully, is it? 】
[Or isolated? 】
[God, don't, the good girl goose has suffered enough before, don't tell me that she is not doing well in school either! 】
Just as the audience was guessing, finally a parent led his child towards Lin Cheng and Lin Momo in the crowd.
"Momo, you are also here to participate in the school's pre-school activities. I am Chu Yihao's mother. You should have seen me during the parent-teacher meeting before."
Liu Cuifang was not in good health, so she was often unable to hold parent-teacher meetings for Lin Momo. Therefore, when the teacher assigned learning tasks during the parent-teacher meeting in their class, Lin Momo would sit on the sidelines and memorize them. In addition, Lin Momo often did not contribute money for many activities, so most of the parents of the students in the class were deeply impressed by this child.
After all, the parent looked at Lin Cheng again, and said enthusiastically, "You are Lin Momo's father, right? I've seen it on the news. I didn't expect a star child to appear in our school."
"This is my son, Chu Yihao, who is in the same class as Lin Momo." Chu Yihao's mother introduced.
Different from other children, these parents read the news, knew what happened to Lin Momo, and even knew that the person in front of them was a big star, so Chu Yihao's mother treated Lin Cheng and Lin Momo very enthusiastically.
After exchanging pleasantries with Lin Cheng, Chu Yihao's mother looked down at the two children again, and said, "The new semester will start soon, you should study hard and help each other, you know? Of course, besides studying, playing is the same, you guys In a class, we must get along well and have fun together."
What Chu Yihao's mother said was actually just a polite remark to bring the children closer. However, after hearing this, Chu Yihao suddenly retorted: "Is it because she doesn't play with other people? And She doesn't participate in any activities in the class..."
The fact that her son didn't show face made Chu Yihao's mother's face stiffen, and she was immediately embarrassed.
Not daring to talk to Lin Cheng any further, Chu Yihao's mother could only give Lin Cheng a dry laugh apologetically, then quickly pulled her son aside, and taught him a lesson: "Chu Yihao, what are you talking about!"
Facing his mother's accusation, Chu Yihao replied dissatisfiedly: "It was originally, no one in the class played with her, why did you let me play with her? And didn't you and Liu Yanyang's mother talk about it before, she If you don’t pay shift fees, why…”
The voices of the mother and son were not low, so even after a distance, the content of the conversation between the two reached Lin Cheng and Lin Momo's ears verbatim.
Until the two walked away, Lin Momo still stood there in a daze.
"I'm sorry..." Lin Momo lowered her head and whispered.
Hearing Lin Momo's words, Lin Cheng took a breath, and felt more self-blame in his heart.
"It's not your fault." Lin Cheng leaned down, looked at Lin Momo and said word by word.
Because she has to sell scraps for Liu Cuifang every afternoon, Lin Momo hardly walks with her classmates after school. Because she can't afford more class fees and various activities, Lin Momo hardly participates in school activities. When other students were eating snacks and watching movies together, Lin Momo might be doing housework. Pick up the bottle.
'Seeking common ground while reserving differences' is a natural phenomenon. Most children of this age may not have such complicated thoughts and concepts, but Lin Momo's 'different' still makes many people subconsciously unwilling to approach her.
The same idea also existed in Lin Momo's consciousness: she couldn't pay the work fee, she didn't have a social account in a very old land, and she wore clothes that had been washed until they turned white... All these made her feel that she was different from other classmates, so she became a different person. Get timid and inferior.
Because of this low self-esteem, she seemed out of place in the crowd, so that she didn't know what to do. The more she was afraid of the isolation of her classmates, the less she dared to take a step to try to integrate with them. In the end, she could only shut herself in her own shell.
"You have done a good job." Lin Cheng said with certainty.
"Not very good..." Lin Momo shook her head, but was interrupted by Lin Cheng.
Lin Cheng rubbed Lin Momo's head, gave her a comforting look, and said in a relaxed tone: "Let's go, go through the transfer procedures for you, and then say goodbye to your teachers and classmates."
"This is my first time visiting your school."
This was also the first time for Lin Momo—the first time that her father came to school with her.
Lin Cheng's words seemed to give Lin Momo an invisible encouragement, telling her that he was with her, which made Lin Momo inexplicably at ease.
"Okay, let's go." Lin Momo nodded vigorously.
Thinking that it was the first time for Lin Cheng to come to his school, Lin Momo introduced this school to him.
"Over there is the playground, there is the flag raising platform, this building is Building 1, next to it is Building 2, the first to third grades are in Building 1, the fourth to sixth grades are moved to Building 2, and there is an intermediate building. The first one is the academic building, the brigade headquarters is also in it, and there is a science room there, where we have small science experiment classes..."
[It can be seen that Momo actually loves school. 】
[Yes. ] It’s just that I don’t ‘love’ her here...
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Soon, Lin Momo brought Lin Cheng to the teacher's office.
Because I had contacted her in advance, Lin Momo's head teacher, the school's dean, and the teachers from the student registration office were all waiting in the office.
When the teachers saw Lin Momo, they couldn't help feeling a little emotional: Who would have thought that a student who was in difficulty before could transform into a child of a star in just one vacation, and he almost became a star himself.
Especially Lin Momo's class teacher, looking at Lin Momo, who looked very different from the thin and small Lin Momo before the holiday, wearing old clothes and carrying a torn schoolbag, almost didn't dare to recognize him.
After a brief greeting, the dean asked Lin Cheng why he transferred Lin Momo as usual.
Although, the real reason is known to everyone.
"Our family lives far away from the school. Considering the time of going to and from school and safety on the road, I plan to transfer her to the nearest elementary school." Lin Cheng explained, without mentioning other reasons.
"That's right," the dean nodded, and echoed, "Indeed, we also advocate going to the nearest school."
After finishing speaking, the dean looked at the two teachers beside him, and said, "Then I would like to trouble Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xu to go and help this student with the transfer procedures."
"good."
Because the relevant school transfer application and procedures have been submitted to the relevant departments before, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo came to the school today mainly to obtain some of Lin Momo's student information, school evaluation, etc. according to the transfer requirements.
When they came to the school's student status reference room, the head teacher asked Lin Momo to wait outside first, and he took Lin Cheng and walked in with the teacher from the student status office.
The student teacher went to look for Lin Momo's information according to the student number provided by the head teacher, and the head teacher talked to Lin Cheng about Lin Momo's previous situation in school.
"This child has no problems with his studies. He has always been ranked among the top three in his class, but there are some problems with his personality. After transferring to another school, as a parent, you may need to pay more attention to this issue."
"character?"
"That's right," the class teacher nodded, and continued: "Lin Momo has never had many friends at school, and she doesn't seem to be very good at communicating with others. Too introverted and withdrawn, which may be related to her previous living environment and family environment..."
Hearing what the head teacher said, Lin Cheng frowned slightly.
Because, he knew that Lin Momo was not the child that the teacher said: she was active, strong, not stage fright, and was willing to communicate with other people.
However, Lin Cheng did not interrupt the teacher in charge.
So, the head teacher continued: "As for her previous family situation, our school really didn't know much about it at the beginning, and because she couldn't prepare school supplies as required and missed some group activities, she was criticized and educated. The committee fee seems to be the same, but after learning about her actual situation and difficulties, we have made special arrangements for special circumstances.”
"I specifically applied to the school for the school to reduce her school uniform, extra books and other fees, and discussed with the class committee to waive her class fees. In addition, activities such as group photos and group visits, she The part of the fee is shared by the whole class after we discuss with the parents..."
After listening to the class teacher's words, Lin Cheng first expressed his gratitude to the teacher for taking care of him: "Teacher is taking care of you."
"However..." The subject changed, and Lin Cheng said again: "Have you considered that doing so will increase her own special cognition and other people's rejection of her?"
[Lin Cheng's words make sense! 】
[Yeah, the school puts so much emphasis on Lin Momo's specialness, doesn't it make everyone think that Lin Momo is special, isn't Lin Momo different from them? 】
[This kind of differential treatment is not good. 】
[That is to say, the school is also a group. If other people feel that a certain classmate is different from them, of course they will subconsciously exclude her, and even look at her with strange eyes. 】
[No wonder Momo is such an optimistic, independent and talkative child that the teacher said he was withdrawn. In such a situation, I would also be autistic. 】
[And self-esteem will also be hit. 】
[I think Momo actually wants to be the same as other students, not to be treated differently. 】
[That is, Momo helped sell scraps before, and she probably hoped to earn a little more money to pay work fees and participate in activities like everyone else. 】…
Lin Cheng's words also stunned the head teacher: they really haven't considered this issue.
The head teacher wanted to say something, but Lin Cheng stopped talking.
Student status outside.
Lin Momo didn't know what happened inside. While she was waiting patiently for Lin Cheng to come out, two female classmates walked over from a distance.
These two were also classmates in Lin Momo's class, and they were holding the textbooks they just received for the pre-school activity week.
When they saw Lin Momo, the two were taken aback.
The two girls looked at each other silently. Just as they were about to walk away as usual, Lin Momo acted as if they didn't know each other, but Lin Momo seemed to have finally summoned up her courage, with a smile on her face. With a friendly smile, he waved to the two girls and said, "Hi."
The two female classmates who were suddenly greeted by Lin Momo were a little surprised and even inexplicable, but they still said to Lin Momo out of politeness: "Hi."
Lin Momo, who received the response, seemed to have opened a certain door, looked at the two stacks of textbooks held by the other two, and asked, "Are you going to carry these to the classroom? Do you want me to carry some for you?"
Hearing Lin Momo's words, the expressions on the faces of the two female classmates froze suddenly.
This is the textbook prepared by the school for this week's activity week. There are 53 students in their class, but because only 52 people signed up for the previous summer camp, they only received 52 copies of this textbook, and none of them received Lin Momo.
But in the face of Lin Momo's initiative to talk and the good intentions, the two of them couldn't ignore it directly, so after saying "no", they asked Lin Momo in a friendly way: "Why are you here?"
"My father and I came to handle the transfer procedures." Lin Momo explained.
"Your father?" The female classmate was a little surprised, and asked: "Wang Haofei and the others said they saw an adult taking you with them when they arrived in class. Is that your father?"
"Yes." Lin Momo nodded. When talking about her father, Lin Momo's tone carried the confidence she had not seen in school for a long time.
"Are you going to transfer?" Another female classmate asked in surprise.
"Well," Lin Momo nodded again, and explained: "I live far away from here, so I plan to transfer to the school over there."
"Which school are you going to transfer to? How is it over there?"
"I haven't been there either, but it seems to be pretty close to my house..." Lin Momo opened up the conversation and explained to the two of them.
Sometimes the friendship between children is so simple. After some conversation, the relationship between the three of them is obviously much better than before. They even left their penguin numbers to Lin Momo before the two female classmates returned to the classroom. , Said that after arriving at the new school, I can contact and chat together when I have time.
…
Lin Cheng got Lin Momo's materials, and as soon as he came out of the student registration room, he saw Lin Momo bouncing back and forth at the door of the student registration room, muttering a song of unknown tune, looking very Happy.
"Why are you giggling alone?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Well, it's nothing." Lin Momo still shook her head with a smirk.
However, Lin Momo couldn't hold back in the next second, and told Lin Cheng about meeting a classmate just now and leaving a chat number.
Hearing Lin Momo's words, Lin Cheng also smiled: "Let's go, go and say goodbye to the teachers, and then go to class to say goodbye to the classmates."
"good!"
Lin Cheng took Lin Momo to her previous class, and said goodbye to the head teacher, the subject teacher, and the students who happened to be in the class. This time, Lin Momo didn't seem to have the timidity she had before.
Afterwards, the two left here and set off for the new school that Lin Momo was about to attend.