Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch1 - Deep Sleep

It is often said that "when men are born, all are free and equal". But the truth is, from the moment we are born, we are doomed to be unequal, and we can never be considered equal.

This kind of inequality is now reflected in this conference on "how to deal with student Yu Hao for 'taking' other people's things". The attendees are the counsellor, the vice principal, and the Secretary of the College's League Committee1.

Everyone centered on the topic of this problem student as they launched a heated discussion with the aim of clearing his name and discovering the truth of the matter.

Of course, the party concerned had not been invited to participate in their discussion.

"Everyone has arrived, so I'm going to start. Firstly, let's briefly talk about student Yu Hao. Male, local. When he was five, some unforeseen events occurred in his family. His parents left him and he was raised by his grandmother. He has no other relatives."

"During his third year of high school, Yu Hao's grandmother was sick in bed and passed away after his college entrance examination. He sold their house, arranged her funeral and paid off several debts. Then he tidied up the rest of his belongings and enrolled in our college. His high school results were average, or else he wouldn't have enrolled in our college."

"I observed him briefly during military training, this kid barely talks to anyone. After military training ended, his life was indeed tough. He went to the Student Affairs Department to sign up for their work-study program and obtained the opportunity to work as a part-time tutor, and tutored a sixth-grade student in English.

".......but what happened in the end? He hadn't even tutored the kid for two months before her parent came to the college and said that during one of his tutoring sessions, he had taken away a watch that they had left in their study room while his student wasn't paying attention.

As the vice principal listened to the counsellor give a brief overview of the situation, he wiped his glasses with a piece of flannel cloth. Yu Hao's file was placed in front of him. He stared at it intently and said, "I've looked at his files. This student even has a criminal record?"

"Yeah, he had taken his classmate's wallet once when he was in junior high, it's written in his files. But because he was still underage, that incident was left unresolved."

The vice principal put on his presbyopic glasses, picked up his files, then slammed it against the table in a fit of fury to express his dissatisfaction.

"Last Friday, the kid's parent brought the police over so that they could conduct an investigation. Ai——yo! My God! All the students in the department were pointing fingers at them. At that time, I was interrogated at the entrance so harshly I couldn't even come up with a single reply! A watch that costs sixty thousand yuan, sixty thousand! If he were to receive a sentence, he'd be sentenced to jail for at least a few years! The dean had said that this matter must! Must be investigated thoroughly! Must be dealt with seriously! No one can take this matter lightly!"

The counsellor answered with an 'un', and didn't have much hope in trying to trivialize this matter anymore. He probably can't escape a deduction from his bonuses either.