No Need to Put on Some Hypocritical Show of Filial Piety

“My daughter hasn’t been listening to me lately. Before, she only focused on studying and didn’t care about dressing up, but today she suddenly cut her hair. I feel like something’s wrong with her, like she’s having a crush. I just reminded her a bit, and she got angry.”

Zhao Xiuna even shed a few tears as she spoke, then continued,

“She blamed me for interfering too much, for accusing her without any evidence. She even shouted in the house, waking up her dad and brother.

Her brother also felt like something was wrong with her and said a few words to her, but who knew she would hit him? Police officers, this is our family matter. Can you just educate her and let it go? Don’t take her away.”

After all, Zhou Yining was her daughter, and she didn’t want her daughter to be taken away by the police.

Of course, she felt even more sorry for her son, who had just been hit.

The male police officer next to the policewoman was taking notes.

The policewoman looked at Zhou Yining.

“What about you? Do you have anything to say?”

“Police officer, what’s there to say after she hit someone? How did I raise such an ungrateful child? You should take her away and educate her properly!” Zhou Yuanfei got angry just looking at Zhou Yining.

“Please watch your attitude. Our routine questioning is part of our job duties. It’s not something that can be stopped just because you don’t want it,” the policewoman said, looking at Zhou Yuanfei. She felt like things weren’t as the woman had said.

She looked at Zhou Yining and continued, “Just say what you need to say. Don’t be afraid.”

“Thank you.”

Zhou Yining thanked her, then said,

“After I came back last night, my mom, or rather, Ms. Zhao Xiuna, didn’t bother to find out the truth.

When she saw that I had cut my hair, she immediately assumed I was having a crush and kept slandering me, as if I had done something terrible.

But I just went to the barber shop to cut my hair at noon, nothing more.”

“Stop trying to argue…” Zhou Yuanfei glared at her, warning her.

“We’re questioning her. Please don’t interrupt,” the male police officer said, also a little annoyed.

He felt like this family was strange, as if they were all targeting this child.

Hearing what the police officer said, Zhou Yuanfei had no choice but to stop.

He stared at Zhou Yining with his eyes, as if Zhou Yining were his enemy.

“After that, my dad and my brother came out. My brother didn’t even ask anything and immediately accused me of focusing on my appearance because I was dating at school.

He even said I was hooking up with guys and might end up pregnant with some bastard’s child. Is that something a normal person would say? I couldn’t hold back and slapped him.”

Zhou Yining’s tone was calm, but the policewoman felt a little sorry for her.

What kind of people were these family members of this child?

“You can probably guess what happened next. My family has always favored boys over girls. Since I hit their precious son, they definitely wouldn’t let me off the hook.

My dad pulled me to the ground. If you hadn’t come, I might already be bruised and swollen,” Zhou Yining continued in a steady voice.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuanfei was about to explode with anger.

“You bastard, you animal! See how I’ll deal with you!”

The policewoman immediately stood in front of Zhou Yining.

“Please watch your language. We’re police officers, and you’re acting like this? You’re not taking the law seriously?”

“No, police officer, that’s not what I meant. Besides, I said this is a family matter. I’m just educating my daughter. It’s none of your business,”

Zhou Yuanfei retorted, having nowhere to vent his anger and seeing that the police officer was a woman.

“If that’s what you’re saying, I’ll have to take you back to the station for criticism and education. People like you are very likely to commit domestic violence.

Your daughter probably isn’t an adult yet, right? If she’s not an adult, she’ll be even more protected by the law.”

The policewoman didn’t back down. In situations like this, they usually mediate on the spot, but this man was going too far.

“No, I haven’t even laid a hand on her yet,” Zhou Yuanfei muttered.

“It’ll be too late once you do. It’s not an excuse for you to commit domestic violence just because she hit your son,” the policewoman said, glancing at him.

“But she hit my son too! How do you explain that? My son is also a minor,”

Zhou Yuanfei said, still not convinced.

“If those words were made up by your son, your daughter has the right to defend her personal dignity from being violated.

Besides, Mr., your son is your own, but did you pick up your daughter from somewhere? My colleague and I have only been here for less than ten minutes, and I can already feel your malice towards your daughter. I really don’t understand why.”

The policewoman continued, unable to help but feel sorry for Zhou Yining.

What kind of family was this? She felt suffocated just being here for a while. How did this little girl grow up in this kind of family?

Zhou Yuanfei was choked by the policewoman’s words, but he still retorted,

“Of course it’s different. My son will be the one to take care of me in my old age. As for her, with her grades, I can’t count on her at all.”

The policewoman had been on the job for three years, and she felt that she was still shocked by Zhou Yuanfei’s values.

“You think you can’t count on her…”

“I didn’t, she’s the one who keeps causing trouble. If it weren’t for her, our family would be staring at Zhou Yining,” he said.

“Even if you don’t like her, you can’t touch her because it’s your duty, and she’s a minor.” He finished speaking, and looked at Zhou Jiaming.

“Were those words your sister said just now true?” He asked Zhou Jiaming.

Zhou Jiaming was just a middle school student, after all. He was a little afraid when he saw the police. He didn’t dare to look the police in the eye and mumbled,

“It’s true, Zhou Yining has changed so much recently, and she’s paying attention to her appearance. Isn’t it because she has a boyfriend? Once she has a boyfriend, it won’t be long before she gets pregnant with a bastard child.”

The policewoman was so angry that she laughed.

What kind of family was this? They slandered a child without asking any questions. This so-called brother even spread false rumors about his own sister.

She looked at Zhou Jiaming with a serious expression, “First of all, spreading rumors without evidence is a very bad thing, which at least proves that there is also a problem with your character.

Secondly, the target of your rumors is your own sister, which shows how bad you are. We think it is necessary to communicate with your school teachers so that they can pay more attention to your ideological and moral education.”

When Zhou Jiaming heard this, his face turned pale.

“Don’t, don’t tell my teacher about this. How can I live in school if you tell them? Mom, please talk to them and don’t call my teacher.”

Zhao Xiuna was naturally on her son’s side.

She said, “Police officer, Jiaming was just being a little too harsh. We’ll educate him ourselves later, so we won’t bother you.

As for Yining’s matter, I admit that I was a little too emotional, but we are a family after all, so let’s just let it go. There’s nothing to mediate.”

Even the two police officers, who had seen many bad things, were disgusted by this family.

The policewoman looked at Zhao Xiuna and said, “Now we have a general understanding of the situation and have taken statements. It is clear that you are in the wrong. You should at least apologize to her.”

“What? How can a parent apologize to their child? I won’t apologize.”

Zhou Yuanfei said stubbornly. He felt that the police were interfering too much and even thought that these two police officers were being nosy.

“If you don’t apologize, you’ll come with us to the police station for ideological education. You’ll only leave the police station when you have the awareness to apologize when you’ve done something wrong.”

The policewoman didn’t back down.

This wasn’t a big deal, so it was actually fine to mediate on the spot, but she was afraid that the child named Zhou Yining would suffer.

Zhou Yuanfei’s chest rose and fell, and he was obviously still not convinced.

“I’m just educating my daughter, and I have to go to the police station?”

“Education also needs to be done in a civilized way. It is still illegal to commit domestic violence in the name of education.

If you continue to not cooperate with our work, we may need to call your workplace,” The policewoman said, looking at Zhou Yuanfei.

When it came to this, Zhou Yuanfei’s face turned even redder.

The company was already laying off people, and if the people in the company knew that he had entered the police station, he might be fired.

More importantly, if the people in the company knew about this, he would have no face left.

“Don’t, this is our family matter. Don’t call the company.”

Zhou Yuanfei glared at Zhou Yining coldly, blaming all the mistakes on Zhou Yining.

The policewoman looked at the three of them and said,

“What do you want to do? Do you want to apologize, or do you want to come with us and go back to the station for ideological education?”

Zhao Xiuna spoke first,

“Police officer, we’re really sorry for bothering you. It’s my fault. I was just too worried about Yining, which is why this happened.”

As she spoke, she looked at Zhou Yining with red eyes.

“Yining, you are so sensible. What happened today was Mom’s fault. Mom was too sensitive and misunderstood you. Mom apologizes to you. I’m sorry.”

Then she wiped away her tears.

“Don’t blame your dad and brother. I’ll apologize to you on their behalf. We’re a family, so there’s no need to make things too difficult, right?”

“Don’t they have mouths? Why do you have to replace them? I don’t see any sincerity from the two of them, so let the two police officers work hard and take them away for ideological education.”

Zhou Yuanfei was about to die of anger. He couldn’t wait to strangle Zhou Yining.

“Zhou Yining, I think you don’t want to stay in this family anymore.”

“Comrade, I think there is really a problem with your attitude. You still dare to threaten others in front of us. I’m afraid you really have a tendency to violence. You must go to the police station today.”

As she spoke, the policewoman looked at Zhou Jiaming.

“What about you? Do you want to apologize or go to the police station with us?”

Zhou Jiaming was so scared that he trembled. He reluctantly looked at Zhou Yining and said, “I’m sorry.”

Zhou Yining just laughed. “Are you apologizing? Why does your tone sound like you want to tear me apart? I don’t think you’re sincere in apologizing.”

Zhou Jiaming bit his teeth. When he thought that the school might find out about not apologizing, he could only endure his unwillingness and said to Zhou Yining,

“Sister, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that about you. I was wrong. I won’t dare to do it again in the future.”

Zhou Jiaming’s tone was sincere, but he had already cursed Zhou Yining eight hundred times in his heart.

“It’s good that you don’t dare to do it again.” Zhou Yining hooked her lips at him and gently tapped her right cheek with her fingertip.

Zhou Jiaming took a step back in fright. His right cheek had just been slapped by Zhou Yining, and it still hurt a little.

When Zhou Yuanfei saw Zhou Yining smiling, he was even more angry.

He had lived for more than forty years, and he had to apologize to his disliked daughter?

But if he didn’t apologize, this matter would really go to the company, and he would only lose more face.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yuanfei coughed a few times and still said,

“Yining, I have a bad temper. I did go a little too far this time. I apologize to you. I’m sorry. We are a family, so don’t make things too difficult.

Besides, the police officers came over late at night, so they must be tired. Let’s not increase their workload. Let’s end this matter today, okay?”

Zhou Yining looked at Zhou Yuanfei and said lightly,

“How do I know that you won’t hit me after the police leave? After all, I’ve already been thrown to the ground by you. What if you go crazy at me again after the police leave?”

Zhou Yuanfei’s face darkened.

This animal, Zhou Yining, didn’t know when to stop.

He had already given her a step, but she still dared not to come down.

The policewoman seemed to have thought of something and nodded.

She looked at Zhou Yining and asked, “Do you have a cell phone?”

Zhou Yining nodded, took out her cell phone, and turned off the recording by the way. “What’s wrong?”

“I’ll use your cell phone.” As she spoke, the policewoman stretched out her hand to Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining unlocked her cell phone and handed it over.

The policewoman entered a string of numbers into Zhou Yining’s cell phone and pressed the call button. Soon, her personal cell phone rang.

“If you don’t have time to call the police if something happens, you can call my personal phone. My name is Ji Ying. Take good care of yourself.”

The policewoman looked at Zhou Yining, feeling that the child in front of her was very strong.

She had been treated like this by her family, but she could still stand here calmly, without even shedding a tear. She admired this child’s mind a little.

“Thank you, Officer Ji.”

Zhou Yining was also a little surprised.

Although the police would generally handle problems for people who called the police, they basically handled them on the spot, and they would go back to the police station to solve any problems.

They basically wouldn’t leave their personal phone numbers.