It's the students' fault if they are too popular.

A medical staff member saw the white coats here and came over to ask:

"Are there any relatives of hers?"

The school doctor shook his head.

Tong Yao whispered: "I am her teacher."

The medical staff said "OK" and added:

"Both of you please get in the car. Please contact your immediate family members."

Tong Yao did not refuse. She stared at Chen Mo on the stretcher and felt tears welling up again. She blinked and the school doctor handed her a tissue:

"Cry if you want to."

She said nothing and got into the ambulance.

The school doctor followed, "My name is Xia Yi. We've met before. You injured your ankle last time."

"I remember, my name is Tong Yao."

The car drove smoothly, and the sound of emergency bells rang all the way. Sometimes it was salvation, sometimes it was a death knell.

First aid started in the car.

Tong Yao tried to call Pakho Chan, but the phone was turned off just as Liu Jian said.

Maybe it was broken and had no battery, or maybe the teacher was annoyed by the harassment because he didn't come to the parent-teacher meeting.

How dramatic, being absent when his child needed him most.

Maybe I won’t even be able to see my child for the last time.

When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, the medical staff began to work furiously, doing electrocardiograms and measuring blood sugar. They were stopped outside the emergency department's emergency room, and everything that happened next was left to fate.

"Have the family members been contacted?" the nurse asked hurriedly.

Tong Yao was silent for a moment, then answered:

"No."

The nurse didn't care about that and turned away, leaving behind a sentence:

"Hurry up and ask the family members to come and pay for the car fare and examination fee!"

She was startled and asked quickly:

"What if there are no family members?"

But the nurse walked away.

Xia Yi said: "Don't worry, we will save him."

Tong Yao looked at the time. It was already half past seven. Now she probably could do nothing but wait. Finally, she walked straight to the direction where the nurse left. After a few minutes, she came back. Xia Yi asked hurriedly:

"Where have you been?"

"I'll pay for it first."

"How many?"

"It's only a few hundred dollars."

Xia Yi stared at her for a while and suddenly smiled.

"why are you laughing?"

"It's nothing." Xia stood against the wall, "I wish all patients' families were like you."

Tong Yao didn't understand what she meant, and she didn't feel like asking. Every minute in the hospital was torture. Finally, the doctor came out of the emergency room and looked at the two of them:

"It was temporarily rescued."

Before Tong Yao could see the light in his heart, the next sentence came:

“But he is not out of danger yet.

“More advanced medicine is needed for resuscitation.

"The surgery requires payment and family signature."

The person inside said something to the doctor, who frowned and hurried back in.

Tong Yao looked a little unhappy: "Didn't you say they would save you?"

"Yes," Xia Yi whispered, "If they didn't save him, your student would have died. First aid is a legal requirement, and further treatment depends on the hospital."

"What do you mean?"

"Some hospitals treat patients first and charge later, and the cost is borne by the department. It is common for patients to be unable to pay or not want to pay. Now hospitals are smarter and charge first and then treat."

The noble Hippocratic Oath is ultimately no match for the fickleness of human nature.

Xia Yi said softly: "Do you know where is the best place to get out of paying? It's the hospital. If you force them to pay, they will scold you. My brother is a doctor, and he is already scared by patients who get out of paying."

Tong Yao calmed down completely, and recalling what the doctor said, she asked:

"What about signing? Can I sign? I'm her teacher."

"The chief on duty can sign for you, don't worry." Xia Yi shook her head. "The important thing is the money."

Tong Yao paused, and breathed a sigh of relief for the first time since entering the hospital:

"can."

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It was already half past eight when Liu Jian and Pakho Chan arrived at the hospital.

It is said that Liu Jian went to the rental house personally to find this man.

Pakho Chan, the man who used to be so arrogant in the office, now seemed to be panicked. He knelt at the door of the ward, abandoning all his dignity, and begged the doctor passing by to save his daughter.

A 1.80-meter-tall man cried like a child.

"Mr. Chen, you are a man. You should cheer up and prepare for your daughter's follow-up treatment." Although Xia Yi couldn't bear it, she still said, "The treatment will take a long time. If the operation is successful, try not to leave any sequelae to the child."

"Have you bought insurance for your child?" Tong Yao asked softly.

The man gasped and wiped his eyes:

"I bought it, I bought it."

“Most insurance policies don’t cover jumping off a building.” Xia Yi poured a bucket of cold water on him.

The atmosphere fell into silence again.

The first line is still a nursery rhyme:

"Don't worry about the money. The school will organize donations. If it's not enough... I can lend it to you."

The man knelt on the ground, grateful for his life:

"Thank you, Teacher Tong. Thank you, Teacher Tong..."

“That’s enough.” Tong Yao turned her face away, “Don’t let your daughter see you like this.”

She didn't plan to ask the man to pay back the money. Given the family's financial situation, the money for the treatment would probably drain their entire family, and they would probably have to sell the house to pay her back.

We’ll talk about everything after Chen Mo wakes up.

If I could wake up again.

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Tong Yao never thought that there would be a day when she would be questioned by the police.

In fact, it was not a serious matter. I just asked some questions about Chen Mo's personality and condition. After confirming that it was suicide, everything became simple.

It is said that Chen Mo was first seen going up to the rooftop after the parent-teacher meeting.

The girl stayed on the rooftop for three hours. The footprints of her shoes moving back and forth showed her hesitation and desperation, but in the end she still jumped.

The railing of the rooftop was very high, so she moved a chair up and stepped over the railing. There were only two shoe prints on the chair. She might have really figured it out. Either grow up early or die early. She couldn't stand the pain of growing up, and finally chose to end her life.

At the foot of the chair, there was a suicide note with beautiful handwriting.

After reading the suicide note, Pakho Chan knocked his forehead against the wall, leaving bloodstains. He held Chen Mo's hand in the ward and said "Dad was wrong" over and over again.

Regardless of right or wrong, this man did give his all for his daughter. Pressure and love are like a balance. In Chen Mo's case, pressure crushed love.

This makes him even more pathetic.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place." Xia Yi said quietly at the door of the ward.

Chen Mo was rescued for two days and two nights. The doctors worked tirelessly, and so did they.

As to whether he can survive, the doctor’s answer is “high probability”, and as to whether he will become disabled, the answer is also “high probability”.

For the students in the school, this suicide was undoubtedly the talk of everyone. There were all kinds of rumors about the reasons for the suicide, such as "being dumped due to a breakup" or "being caught cheating". The truly sad people didn't even have the energy to refute the rumors.

For parents, this was a heart-wrenching lesson. They held their children and asked, "You won't jump off the building, will you?", and after getting a reassuring answer, they began to sigh again.

The pain and shock left a mark in people's hearts for a short time, and then quickly faded away. No. 1 Middle School is permanent, but students are transient. Learning must continue and will not stop for anyone.

Weekend evening, shift seven.

"I'll take over for Teacher Tong in this evening study session," Physics teacher Lu said with a smile, "You can ask me if you have any math problems you don't understand."

The students in the class expressed regret.

Ruan Qian looked at the office at the end of the corridor. The supplementary classes this week were cancelled and she didn't see Teacher Tong in the evening. She wondered what was going on.

She was worried.

She felt that Teacher Tong should be protected and should not be disturbed by so many things. She was everyone's goddess and the princess in the students' hearts. How could a princess worry about these things?

None of these knights are useful.

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This incident eventually alarmed the family.

Her daughter, who had always been frugal and rarely spent money, saw money flowing out of her card in just a few days. When Jiang Wu found out, she thought her daughter was being threatened by someone.

Later I found out that the money was used to pay for students' medical expenses.

"You become a teacher just to be a cash machine for others?"

she asked aggressively over the phone.

Tong Yao was silent for a while and said:

"Her family can't afford a good plan, and I don't want her to have sequelae, so I used the pocket money you gave me."

"You want to be their savior? Do you want me to give you an entire foundation dedicated to treating your students?"

What made Jiang Wu not know whether to be angry or amused was that her daughter's answer was "Okay."

"Well, I don't think you can support yourself as a teacher. What if a student asks you to borrow money for medical treatment tomorrow? What if all the students in the school ask you for money? Have you thought about it?"

"I've thought about it. This kind of thing won't happen. Most people don't know that I paid for it. Besides... there aren't many people I can help, so they won't ask you to borrow money."

"You talk as if I'm so stingy with you..." Jiang Wu narrowed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "You still have to ask your family for help. If you can help, just help me. I don't care about you. I just want to remind you, don't let others take advantage of you. You haven't slept for two days, right? Go to bed now."

"Well, thank you, Mom."

She lay on the sofa, so tired that she seemed like she could fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

But as soon as I closed my eyes, I would think of Chen Mo who was still in the ward.

What would happen if that child woke up and knew he might be disabled?

Treatment that drains all your savings may not bring you back a complete life.

She is a person with delicate emotions and tends to overthink. After becoming a teacher, this seems to be even more obvious.

Doorbell rang.

She opened her eyes and opened the door with her tired body.

In Ruan Qian's eyes, there is a kind of decadent beauty.