Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 198 Branches
In the first week of May, Sachiko gave birth to a daughter in the hospital and named her Kang Zhizi, which made A Yao so happy that he couldn't stop smiling for several days. However, after Sachiko came back from the hospital, the weather was too hot and she couldn't adapt to the postpartum confinement in Guangzhou. Finally, A Yao helped her find a confinement center and let her go there to spend the confinement.

Kang Zhizi is the fifth child in the third generation of the Kang family, and Diana is also pregnant, which shows that the Kang family is prosperous. After Diana became pregnant, she returned to the United States to take care of the baby, mainly because she could obtain American citizenship if she was born there.

Among the third generation of the Kang family, Tianxiu is the eldest, Siqi is the second, Tianyou is the third, Siyu is the fourth, and Zhizi is the fifth. Except for the big age difference between them and Tianxiu, the other four are of similar age. However, the name Kang Zhizi has also caused a lot of controversy within the Kang family.

"There are so many names to choose from, why call her Zhizi? If people tell others, no one will know that she and Siqi and Siyu are sisters." The old man had the biggest objection. He was very obsessed with the order of generations. All five sons had the character Qi at the beginning of their names, and among his grandchildren, the character Tian was used for males and Si was used for granddaughters.

"That's right, Zhizi Zhizi, if you tell others about it, they will think you are from the neighboring country." Big Brother Guang was also outspoken, and his words hit the core. The names of Sachiko and her family are indeed very similar to those of the neighboring country. Whether it is Sachiko or Yumi, they are names that lean towards that country.

Ah Yao disagreed. He smiled and said, "What does it matter? As long as her last name is Kang, it's fine. When people hear her last name is Kang, who wouldn't know that she is a descendant of our Kang family?"

"That's right, big brother Dou, you guys are really surprised by things that are not seen often." Erlao, who once thought of changing Tianxiu's given name and surname, agreed with Ayao's idea. He felt that as long as the parents like it, it is okay to give the child any name.

Kang Qirui also nodded, "There's no need to be so particular nowadays. Calling her Zhizi is also fine. Xingzi Zhizi, people will know that this is the child of San and Xingzi as soon as they hear it."

"Arui is right. What's wrong with the name Zhizi? It's so good and recognizable. You don't even need to look at the household registration booklet. You can tell she is the child of Sachiko and me just by listening to the name." A Yao patted Kang Qirui's shoulder and said with a smile.

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." The old man was speechless and said depressedly.

Seeing him like this, Kang Qirui quickly changed the subject and asked the second brother and his wife, "It's been a month since Tianxiu went to the new school. How has he been recently?"

When he asked this, the old lady looked at the second brother and his wife. Speaking of this, the second brother was also very happy. He said: "Very good, the results are rising sharply. So, a famous brand is a famous brand, and aristocrats are aristocrats. There is a reason why they are expensive."

"That's right. Our Xiu has become so obedient now. And in this aristocratic school, there is no need to worry about things like having relationships in your teens." The second sister-in-law was very satisfied with Tianxiu's changes in the past month.

Hearing that Tianxiu's grades had improved significantly, the whole family was very happy and sincerely delighted. Everyone had a lot of affection for Tianxiu. However, Zhu Wanling frowned and said worriedly: "But in the past two weeks, when Tianxiu came home on weekends, I found that he was not very happy. He was not as lively as before."

Zhu Wanling used to be a nurse. She returned home to be a full-time mother in the past year. She is very considerate. She had long noticed that Tianxiu's condition was not quite right. Now that the conversation was about Tianxiu, she shared her observations.

Unfortunately, the second brother and his wife didn't care much. The second brother smiled and said, "It's because he is sensible now. He used to be so naughty and lawless at home. Now he is sensible and has changed his nature. Naturally, he feels that he is not as lively as before. It's okay. It's good like this. He is so well behaved now."

"That's right, you don't know, but now Xiuzi is so active in getting up in the morning. He is not like before, when he would not get up no matter how hard you called him. And now he can even fold his own quilt after getting up." Speaking of her son's changes, the second sister-in-law looked very happy and did not pay much attention to Zhu Wanling's words.

Zhu Wanling nodded and stopped talking. After all, she was just an aunt, and she had no evidence, so it was hard for her to say anything. She could only hope in her heart that Tianxiu had really just become a good boy, and was not hiding something from his family that made him unhappy.

The next day was Sunday, and Tianxiu was leaving the Kang family to go back to school. The second sister-in-law got up early to prepare, stewing the tonic for the whole afternoon, "Son, come out quickly to eat the stewed pig brain." But she called Tianxiu several times but he didn't come out.

The mother was puzzled. She asked in confusion, "What happened to him today? Normally, he doesn't need to be called. He will come out by himself when there is something to eat."

"Hurry up, hurry up." After a long while, Er Lao pushed Tian Xiu out of the living room. "I praised you yesterday and you were so upset. Eat quickly. After you finish, I will drive you back to school."

Tianxiu sat down with a dull expression. His hands were shaking when he took the spoon handed to him by his second sister-in-law. He couldn't hold the spoon after taking a bite and dropped it into the stew pot.

"What's wrong with you, Xiuzi? Are you feeling unwell?" The nanny asked nervously when she saw him. The second sister-in-law also touched Tianxiu's head nervously to see if he had a fever. "What's wrong with you? Why are you shaking all over?"

After the second sister-in-law asked Tianxiu, she angrily asked the second brother, "Did you scold him again?" The second brother cried out in injustice, "How could I scold him? I just said something to him and you heard it. It can't be that I said something and he was scared like this, right? Is Kang Tianxiu so afraid of his father?"

"Grandma, can I not study in that school?" Tianxiu no longer hid it from everyone and cried in his mother's arms.

"What's wrong?" Hearing her grandson crying, the mother felt distressed and asked while wiping his tears.

"Those people always bully me." He cried to everyone about what happened at school, "Those people pinch me whenever they are unhappy. They pinch me every day. It hurts every time."

"Then why didn't you tell the teacher?" asked the second sister-in-law.

"I'm afraid those people will beat me up." Tianxiu cried and replied, "Those people are all bigger than me. If I tell the teacher, the teacher won't do anything to them. At most, he will criticize them. They will come back and take revenge on me."

Kang Qirui understands that teachers play a very small role in school bullying. Nowadays, students cannot be beaten or scolded, so the deterrent effect that teachers can bring to children becomes very small. Teachers cannot provide enough deterrent effect. What kind of help can teachers provide in the face of school bullying? It is nothing more than calling the parents of the children and educating the children.

Verbal education is completely useless for these children. If verbal education were effective, these children would not commit violence.

"Husband, what should we do?" The second sister-in-law asked the second brother to make a decision with a distressed look on her face. The second brother looked at Kang Qirui and asked, "Arui, you are a teacher, what can we do when encountering such a thing?"

"To be honest, teachers are really powerless to do anything about this kind of thing. Tell me, what can teachers do? They are all children, and we can't beat or scold them, let alone let them drop out of school." Kang Qirui didn't have any good ideas. "It is true that Tianxiu is worried."

Kang Qirui believes that those who say that you should not conceal something and should boldly tell the teacher are just talking nonsense. If you tell the teacher or the school, they can't do anything. Their verbal teaching will only make those people retaliate more fiercely.

Calling the police is even more useless. The nine-year compulsory education and the exemption of minors from criminal responsibility and other legal regulations make the police powerless. They can only give them a few words of advice, and eventually they will have to go back to school. After being taught a few words, will they retaliate or stop doing it? The problem of school bullying is still a very serious and difficult problem to solve 20 years later.

"So let it go like this? I've never hit him like this since he was a child, but now he's been beaten like this at school. What should I do?" The second sister-in-law was so distressed that tears fell from her eyes.

"Okay, okay, it's no big deal. If you don't want to go, then don't go." The second brother scolded the second sister-in-law, and then said to Kang Qirui: "A Rui, can you help ask if it is possible to transfer Xiuzi back to his original school?"

"Go back to the original school?" Kang Qirui asked.

"Yeah, you saw it too. How can we stay in that school? You also said that there is no good solution to this kind of thing. We can't afford to provoke it, but we can also afford to hide from it." The second brother sighed.

Zhu Wanling looked at Tianxiu's pitiful appearance and chimed in, "Well, it's good for him to go back to his original school. He has studied there for so many years and knows so many classmates. He has a good relationship with them. If his grades are not good, at most he can hire a tutor. Husband, you should help them."

The second sister-in-law wiped her tears, leaned against Zhu Wanling and said, "Yes, Uncle Yao, you are also in the education field. You must know someone who can help Xiuzi transfer to another school. We did this before so that he could get good grades, but we didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Kang Qirui waved his hand, thought for a moment and nodded, "It shouldn't be a problem to transfer schools. I have a senior brother who works in the Education Bureau. I should be able to transfer back with his help. But you better think about it. You can't transfer again after this time."

The second brother and the second sister-in-law looked at each other and nodded firmly, "I would rather my son have poor academic performance than have him be bullied every day at school. I was reluctant to go home only once a week. You said if everything was fine, it would be fine, but the result is like this. Anyway, I'm sorry to trouble you, uncle." The second sister-in-law said while hugging Xiuzi.

"Okay, I'll make a call." Kang Qirui picked up the phone and called his teacher, Mr. Huang, to make an appointment for dinner in the evening.

(End of this chapter)