In the early summer of the Chinese New Year, in the downtown of China.

In the principal's room of the seventh middle school in Changjiang District, a young female teacher Liu Qinglan, who was wearing a blue skirt with white wavy patterns, with long hair hanging over her shoulders, was asking the principal about something.

The principal, Li Bowen, had short black and white hair, a slightly treacherous face, and a black suit that was washed to a little gray. Sitting on the black sofa chair and with the slightly wide desk in front of him, he could also show such a little momentum.

"Principal, it's almost National Day. Our class wants to hold a group meeting."

"Isn't it just the beginning of school? Why are you going on a trip again? Have you decided where to go?" Principal Li Baiwen did not seem to agree with this idea.

"I want to go to Mount Huang," Liu Qinglan said in a low voice, because she felt a little guilty about this place.

"Huang Mountain? Qinglan, I'm not talking about you. You said that you took more than 40 children at the age of 15 or 16 to go to that kind of place full of strange peaks and rocks. Can you take care of them alone? If something happens, your job will be over. At that time, your father will tear down my principal's office." Principal Li was unhappy and firmly disagreed with Liu Qinglan's opinion.

"Principal, this is what all the students in our class ask for. I can't do anything about it. But they promise me that all the tourists will be taken care of when they come back and try to get a place in the whole city in the middle school next year." Seeing that the headmaster was really angry, Liu Qinglan quickly added, "And I will take some other young teachers in our class, such as Mr. Li Wensheng, Mr. Wang Shanshan, Mr. Li Chang and Mr. Cheng Qianfeng. In this way, we will have five people, and each of the nine students will be brought here." "Principal, you should agree in this way." Liu Qinglan said with a pleading tone.

"Well, all right. Go and get ready." Obviously, Principal Li couldn't stand Liu Qinglan's pleading and compromised.

"Also, Zhou Xingchen of our class. He rarely participated in similar class activities. This time, I want him to go too. Our class will take responsibility for this." Although the principal agreed with Liu Qinglan's request, she did not mean to leave the principal's office immediately. She continued, "Principal, you know, as long as Zhou Xingchen has a chance to rest, he will go out to pick up garbage to earn money. His family difficulties are everyone to donate money to him, but he is unwilling to accept it. So this time I am not sure if I can persuade him to participate in this project. I know he has always listened to you. Please help me persuade him."

"Xingchen really has a hard life. Alas, since you were a child, your parents died together. It was not easy for Fang Junping and Ning Xiaomei to adopt him for a few days. But just two years ago, they died when they met a child in a crime. Fang Junping and his wife didn't have much salary, and they helped several children who failed to study. They didn't have much assets. In the end, they only left a house of 80 square meters and 20,000 yuan for death compensation."

"Jun Ping and Xiao Mei are both orphans, and they have no relatives and elders. Xing Chen wants to go to school, and Fang Shaohua and his wife's biological sons also want to go to school. Not to mention the tuition, they need less living expenses. These two children all depend on themselves. How long can the 20,000 yuan be used? Tell me, how long can it be used? If Xing Chen didn't pick up the garbage to support the family, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have enough food to eat now." Principal Li became more and more excited as he spoke, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Liu Qinglan had already burst into tears. "President Li, so we should let him participate in this trip this time. Zhou Xingchen has been like this for a long time, and he doesn't talk much with his classmates. I'm worried that it will hurt him mentally if he stays like this for too long."

"You're right. Let him go out and have a look. Be relaxed. By then, we'll persuade him to accept our cooperation. Then, the problem will be almost solved." Principal Li agreed with Liu Qinglan's words. "You can go back. I'll talk to Zhou Xingchen. He will definitely go there."

...

In the evening, in an alley in the Changjiang District of Yangtze River City, there was a thin young man with a height of 170 centimeters. He was wearing a shabby gown and was struggling to push an old bicycle with a dirty white snakeskin bag hanging on both sides of the back seat of the bicycle. At this time, the two bags were filled with all kinds of drinks. The young man pushed the bicycle all the way. Every time he passed a garbage bag on the roadside, he would stop the car, open the lid of the garbage bag, and look at the garbage that was sold for money.

The name of this young man was Zhou Xingchen, who was from the Changjiang District of China, China. He was 15 years old and was a student of the seventh, middle, middle, and middle schools of the Changjiang District.

A student in the third year of junior high school didn't study hard at home, but picked up garbage outside. This made people want to ask why this was the case.

Zhou Xingchen was originally a pair of poor couple living in poor mountainous areas. When Zhou Xingchen was three years old, his father passed away. Because he could not bear the blow of losing his husband, his mother also passed away when Zhou Xingchen was five years old. Zhou Xingchen's parents were not from the village. After his parents died, Zhou Xingchen had no relatives in the village. After that, Zhou Xingchen did not starve to death because of the help of the kind-hearted people in the village.

When Zhou Xingchen was seven years old, Zhou Xingchen met Fang Junping and his wife, who had gone to the mountainous area to inspect. After Fang Junping and his wife understood Zhou Xingchen's feelings, they decided to adopt him. Just like that, Zhou Xingchen followed Fang Junping and his wife to Shanghai.

Fang Junping and his wife were kind-hearted and kind-hearted. They had invested in many children who had lost their studies. They were even more sensitive to Zhou Xingchen. Fang Junping himself had a son named Fang Shaohua. Fang Shaohua was two years younger than Zhou Xingchen, and he was also a smart director.

Zhou Xingchen got along very well with his younger brother, Fang Shaohua, just like a real brother. After six years, this was the happiest six years of Zhou Xingchen's life. Fang Junping and his wife made him once again feel the love of father and mother.

However, when Zhou Xingchen was 13 years old, Fang Junping and his wife encountered a disaster. On the way to escape, they encountered a group of students shouting for help around two children who were caught in a disaster. Fang Junping and his wife rescued the two children, but Fang Junping and his wife were taken away by the disaster. In the end, their bodies were rescued from the swamp at the foot of the mountain. They died like this, leaving behind two children who had lost their parents.

Fang Junping and his wife were usually happy and kind, so they almost didn't leave any savings. What they left was only a house of 80 square meters and 20,000 yuan of death compensation given by his parents.

According to the behavior of Fang Junping and his wife, they should have been given the title of Emperor Zhou, but because the evaluation of Emperor Zhou's children generally needed to be provided by the victim at that time. Unfortunately, the two children who had been rescued went home a few days ago, and their whole family moved away. Others didn't know where they moved to. It was because they couldn't find the two children who had been rescued, and there was no statement from them. The staff member of the law station said that this incident couldn't conclude that Zhou Xingchen's parents were righteous and righteous, nor could they give the title of Emperor Zhou's parents. At that time, there were so many witnesses, but they couldn't prove the fact that the rescue was real.

This incident caused a hint of resentment to rise in Zhou Xingchen's mind.

In this way, Zhou Xingchen and his 11-year-old brother had to live together. In order to let his brother go to school at ease, Fang Shaohua began to pick up the drinks bottles abandoned by others after school every day and sell them for money to maintain his life.

After the death of Fang Junping and his wife, Zhou Xingchen's school also learned about his situation. At that time, the teachers and students of the school had raised a total of 40,000 yuan in cash for him, but Zhou Xingchen did not accept it. He would rather go out to pick up rubbish after school every day than accept the donation.

By the time Zhou Xingchen sent the garbage to the acquisition station, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening. Zhou Xingchen rode his shabby bike back home.

She opened the door and found that the lights inside were still on.

"It's you, Shaohua. Why don't you go to bed? You have to go to school tomorrow." Zhou Xingchen closed the door and began to shout.

"Then why didn't you sleep? You have to go to school tomorrow." Zhou Xingchen was about to take off his dirty clothes when he heard a voice coming from behind him.

"Grandpa Li, why are you here?" Xing Chen addressed Li Bowen as Grandpa Li.

"I'm here to see you. Shaohua has fallen asleep, so you should keep your voice down," Li Bowen said in a low voice.

"Grandpa Li, if you have something to say, just say it. I know that there must be something wrong if Grandpa Li can wait until now."

"You're a smart guy, so I'll get straight to the point. This time, your class's teacher Liu is going to travel in the Yellow Mountain. He wants me to persuade you to participate in it," Li Bowen said.

"I'm not going. I don't have money, and I have to take care of Shaohua."

"The money will be paid by the class. Don't worry, Shaohua. On the day you go out to play, I'll take him to my house. I promise I won't let him starve. That's okay, isn't it?" Li Bowen said.

"I still don't want to go."

"Brat, don't you feel at ease when Shaohua goes to my place? How can you stay away from other students like this? If you keep going on like this, you'll become a closed-door." Li Baiwen was angry. He sat on the chair and glared at him.

Zhou Xingchen hesitated. Grandpa Li rarely asked him to do one thing like that. "Well, I'll take part. But you must help me take good care of Shaohua." Zhou Xingchen agreed.

"Brat, you still don't trust me. Do I have that kind of failure? That Shi Feng will also go. I know that he has the best relationship with you. That's it. I'll go first. I, an old man, must keep sleeping. Otherwise, I will grow old quickly."

Li Bowen closed the door and left.

Shi Feng was Zhou Xingchen's junior high school classmate. Whenever he mentioned Shi Feng, Zhou Xingchen would feel a trace of warmth in his heart. Shi Feng had always given him a brotherly care.

Zhou Xingchen still remembered that year when he was thirteen. He had just entered the first year of high school. At that time, he was not very familiar with Shi Feng. He had only met Shi Feng a few times in the class.

Once, he went out to pick up the rubbish and gained a lot. He picked up two big bags of all kinds of drinks. At that time, it was already dark. Zhou Xingchen used his old bicycle bought from the second-hand market to carry two big bags to the direction of the counter. The bags were very big, and the weight was not light. It was very difficult for a 13-year-old thin figure to push them.

At that time, Zhou Xingchen just happened to pass by on his white Brother Ya's electric bicycle.

"Zhou Xingchen, are these all picked up by you? I'll help you carry a bag," Shi Feng said with a simple and honest expression when he saw Zhou Xingchen struggling to push two large bags of money.

"No need, I can do it myself." Zhou Xingchen rejected. From his voice, he could tell that it was his classmate, Shi Feng. Both of them had just entered the first year of junior high, so he did not know much about Shi Feng. In addition, he knew that Shi Feng's father was the deputy director of the Yangtze River District's vice director. Zhou Xingchen did not have any good feelings towards those high-ranking officials, so Zhou Xingchen did not wish to befriend Shi Feng.

"I'll help you pull out a bag. There's no need to be so polite between classmates." Shi Feng ignored Zhou Xingchen's opposition and directly moved a bag onto his own pure white electric bicycle. The customer did not care about the stains on the garbage bag sticking to his own white shirt. The cart said to Zhou Xingchen, "You see, it's much easier for both of us now." Zhou Xingchen could only helplessly accept Shi Feng's help. Just like that, the two of them chatted along the way to the stopped at the stopped.

This incident caused Zhou Xingchen's opinion of Shi Feng to change drastically.

Another reason was that Zhou Xingchen was young and adorable. Many enthusiastic people put away the things they didn't want every day, and waited for Zhou Xingchen to pick up rubbish for him, but he didn't collect the money. This made Zhou Xingchen almost always come back full of money, which also made him an extremely shabby colleague.

Finally, on the night of the day, he was surrounded by people in a small alley and beaten to death.

That day, Shi Feng happened to pass by from there. Seeing Zhou Xingchen being surrounded and beaten up by a group of people, Shi Feng rushed forward without hesitation, using his body to block above Zhou Xingchen.

"You guys can't treat him like this. He's the child of a Protector." Shi Feng used his body to block Zhou Xingchen's fist and leg as he shouted.

"Stop! All of you, f*cking stop!" One of the strong men with a black tiger tattoo on his arm, when he heard Shi Feng's words, his hands and feet clearly slowed down. He shouted loudly, "All of you, stop! Let this kid speak clearly."

At this moment, Shi Feng no longer knew what fear was. He ignored everyone's gazes, cupped his hands together, and said, "How should I address this big brother?"

"Everyone calls me Brother Tiger. I'm the famous Black Tiger on the top of this area," Black Tiger said proudly. "Boy, make it clear. Is he the child of a Mengmeng?"

Shi Feng did not directly reply to Black Tiger. Instead, he asked, "Big Brother Black Tiger, do you know why my classmate picked up trash?"

"Money, what else can I do for?" Black Tiger leaned on a dark-skinned young man and said disapprovingly.

"It's indeed for money," Shi Feng said. "It's for his tuition fees and living expenses for his little brother. Almost all of the living sources of the two brothers were obtained from picking up trash. He's only thirteen years old this year."

"In this case, he is really a poor student." Black Tiger glared at the dark-skinned young man beside him and said, "Go on." At this time, Black Tiger felt regret in his heart. Black Tiger led a team of people to besiege a poor student who had no background and relied on picking up garbage to make a living. If the people on the road knew that he would be too ashamed to live on the road in the future. He scolded in his heart, "He cursed. When he went back, he punished these guys. He even told me that the guy was sent by the boss to trample on them. He made me lead the team in person and lose a lot of face."

Shi Feng did not know what Black Tiger was thinking at this moment. He continued, "Just last year, the two brothers still had their father and mother who doted on them. They lived a carefree life. Just half a year ago, when their parents were working in believed beans, they ran into a bunch of children shouting for help. At that time, they ran into a group of students surrounding two children whose bodies were in dire straits, shouting for help. Their parents were rescued, and the two children were rescued. However, Zhou Xingchen's parents were taken away by the bunch of children. In the end, their bodies were dug out from the swamp at the foot of the mountain. They were sacrificed just like that, leaving behind two children who lost their parents."

Shi Feng adjusted his agitated emotions and continued, "Big Brother Black Tiger, do you think they're male? His parents don't have much salary on their own, and they're happy to do so. This has helped a lot of children who've failed their studies return to school. After they passed away, they only left Zhou Xingchen and his brother with a set of 80 square meters as well as twenty thousand Yuan worth of death compensation from their parents. I'm of the same age as him, so I know very well that they're the same as me. They want to go to high school, want to go to college, and want to become a useful person in the future. However, what's the tuition fee right now? How long can twenty thousand Yuan be spent on the two of them? It's precisely because of this that Zhou Xingchen would spend all of his spare time picking up rubbish to support his family. Honestly speaking, I admire him very much. He wants his little brother to study at home in peace and take on all the burdens of his family by himself. He's only thirteen years old."

Shi Feng could no longer control his emotions. Tears gushed out of his eyes. When Zhou Xingchen once again heard others talk about his parents, he could not help but squat on the ground, sobbing in a low voice. Amongst the people brought over by Black Tiger, there were also a few who were shedding tears.

Obviously, Black Tiger was also infected. He changed his previous fierce manner and said in a low voice, "They should have received the help of the government. Why would they end up like this?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Feng immediately became extremely angry. He said, "Unfortunately, not long after the two children who were rescued returned home, their entire family was moved away. No one else knows where they moved to. It's precisely because they were not able to find the two children that were rescued, that there wasn't a statement from them. The staff member who was responsible for this matter said that this incident couldn't determine that Zhou Xingchen's parents were acting bravely for justice, nor could they give them the title of a witness. At that time, there were so many witnesses, yet none of them were able to prove the truth of the rescue."

"F*ck, is there any justice? Which bastard was sentenced? Damn it. Does he have any public morality?" Black Tiger scratched his head with his right hand, kept shaking his upper body, and scolded.

Shi Feng thought to himself, "What does this have to do with being a man of virtue?"

Black Tiger gently lifted up Zhou Xingchen, who was sobbing, and gently brushed away the dust on Zhou Xingchen's body with his hand. He said, "Little brother Zhou, it's our fault this time. I'm here to apologize to you. From now on, this area will be your territory. You pick up the garbage first. Anyone who makes things difficult for you will not be able to get along with Black Tiger."

"You don't have to do this. I only have time to pick up rubbish every morning and after school." Zhou Xingchen was obviously not used to this situation.

Black Tiger turned to his subordinates and said loudly, "The word brotherhood is the most important thing for us to hang out here. We can't compete for life with the children of the Mengmeng. They went there bravely. We can't let them worry about their children in the netherworld. So in the future, you can only pick up this piece of garbage after Brother Zhou has picked it up. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it." The voice was very loud.

Black Tiger patted Shi Feng's shoulder and said, "Little Brother, you're not bad either. You're loyal and righteous. There are so many of us here, yet you still dare to rush over. Both of you are very good. Not bad."

Black Tiger waved at his men and said, "Let's go back." Then he disappeared in the corner of the alley with his men.

Black Tiger and the others did not hit Zhou Xingchen too hard. Although Zhou Xingchen and Shi Feng had several pieces of bruises on their bodies, they did not cause any damage to their vital organs. The two of them supported each other as they returned to Zhou Xingchen's house. They were speechless along the way.

The two of them put on their own medicine and sat face to face without saying a word.

"How did you know?" When Shi Feng opened the door and was about to return, Zhou Xingchen finally could not help but ask. Zhou Xingchen was very curious as to how Shi Feng found out about his parents.

Shi Feng knew that Zhou Xingchen was asking about his parents. "There are many people who know about your parents. Everyone is angry over the fact that your parents have not received fair treatment. My father is one of them," Shi Feng said. "Have a good rest. Tomorrow is still the day of class. I'm going back too. It's already very late." Shi Feng gestured for them to leave, closing the door and leaving.

This incident had allowed Zhou Xingchen to gain complete trust in Shi Feng. Shi Feng had also become Zhou Xingchen's best friend.