The Thirty-Fourth Chapter: Of Course, Wrongful Convictions Will Occur in the Process of Solving Cases

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  Some people won't yield to violence, but will gradually drown in the gentle warmth of a frog being boiled alive. Li Xiaobai might be one such person; at this moment, he no longer had the urge to continue arguing, and instead slowly sank into contemplation.

  He wasn't unaware of what's good or bad, although he didn't quite understand Lin Nan's words at the moment. Anyway, he had heard of the wooden barrel principle.

  After Xia Xiner got off the bus, it was not far from Li Xiaobai's home. However, since it was a weekend, every main road was extremely congested. The short distance took another half an hour for the two of them to spend in the car.

  The car drove into the neighborhood where Li Xiaobai was located when it was already a little more than one o'clock.

  It's settled then, Lin Nan will probably have to eat here.

  As they parked the car in the parking space and went upstairs together, Li Xiaobai suddenly thought of this question.

  It's not that Li Xiaobai is petty, inviting the teacher to dinner is no big deal, besides Lin Nan also let him eat in the office. However, the longer Lin Nan stays at his house, the more she reveals her situation, and the more dangerous it becomes for herself.

  However, it was already meal time, and refusing guests at the door was not his hospitality. So, Li Xiaobai's footsteps did not stop despite his inner hesitation, and he quickly brought Lin Nan to the third floor entrance.

  Anyway, there must be someone at home, so Li Xiaobai directly rang the doorbell.

  The door was opened by Li Xiaobai's mother. When she saw a young and beautiful woman standing behind Li Xiaobai, she was slightly stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted that this was Li Xiaobai's teacher, and immediately warmly invited Lin Nan to come in.

  In the dining room, knowing Lin Nan was coming, Lin's mother Wang Jing had already prepared a sumptuous feast.

  Lin Nan sat in the guest seat after a round of modesty, while Li Xiaobai's parents sat in the main seat, and Li Xiaobai could only accompany them.

  What's the point of accompanying him, Li Xiaobai had no opinion at all. In fact, compared to accompanying him, he would rather directly disappear from the dinner table. Because, today was his denunciation meeting after all.

  "Mom, where's he?" Li Xiaobai asked casually.

  This house is inhabited by him and his parents, as well as a girl.

  That girl, whether nominally or actually, was his cousin, but just like Li Xiaobai's consistent impression of the girl, she was still hated to no end, so when mentioning her cousin, Li Xiaobai directly replaced it with "that one".

  Originally, among all of Li Xiaobai's relatives, the one he liked to visit the most was his cousin's home, because not only his uncle but also his aunt were good to him. However, due to his uncle's job transfer, after his aunt sent his cousin to live with him, Li Xiaobai never visited his cousin's home again.

  Cousin sister, because of you alone, I even started to dislike your uncle and aunt, how heinous are you...

  "You said Yuanyuan went out shopping with a classmate."

  It's better she left, if she had stayed and caused trouble at home, it would have been very bad.

  During the meal, both parents were enthusiastically yielding to Lin Na, and Lin Na couldn't bear their hospitality, so she could only frequently raise her chopsticks. Eating at a student's home, although the school didn't explicitly prohibit it, Lin Na wasn't enthusiastic about it either. However, due to certain reasons, Li Xiaobai was not only her student but also regarded as her younger brother. Otherwise, even if there were parent-teacher conferences, she would deliberately avoid eating together.

  However, everyone knew today's main purpose, so half an hour later, this lunch that was still pleasant for both host and guest came to an end.

  A few people came to the restaurant. Li Xiaobai's father, Li Kun, and mother, Wang Jing, sat on one side, while Li Xiaobai and Lin Nan sat on a sofa opposite them.

  Adults' conversations are not to be interrupted by children, and even if they can join in, adults will sometimes say a sentence or two that makes it clear this is adult business, so Li Xiaobai could only sit quietly and listen.

  "Teacher Lin, at school, Xiao Bai has already troubled you with a lot of worries."

  "Yes, at the time of education, you don't need to be polite or consider us, we both have no opinion. If Xiaobai doesn't listen to your advice, you can also call us and we'll personally teach him a lesson."

  ……

  It was fine at first, but the more he listened, the more it didn't feel right. Li Xiaobai began to suspect that he might not be his biological child, otherwise why would he receive this kind of treatment?

  Or is it just an excuse every time there's a parent-teacher conference?

  Isn't this underestimating one's own child? Furthermore, isn't underestimating one's own child a lack of confidence in one's own words and deeds?

  Even if you don't have confidence in me, I'm not a failure!

  "Dad, I'm doing great in school, okay?" Li Xiaobai said somewhat discontentedly. "Besides, Teacher Lin is always a gentle teacher, let alone violence, even if it's just a slightly stern tone, the teachers aren't very good at that either."

  Does this count as flattering the teacher? After all, Li Xiaobai had seen her being strict many times before. However, after saying something good about her, Lin Nan should be overjoyed, but why doesn't she look happy at all?

  It seems I haven't mastered the art of language yet, next time I will definitely work twice as hard!

  "If you perform well, will Teacher Lin come to our home for a visit?" Li Kun said with some doubt, "Since you entered high school, we've rarely heard any news about you at school. Xiao Bai, be honest, did you get into trouble at school?"

  "Dad, what one should do is self-criticism, not privately criticizing others," Li Xiaobai couldn't help but say. "Besides, your reasoning method is a typical example of jumping to conclusions. Jumping to conclusions can lead to miscarriages of justice."

  Li Kun ignored his son and looked up at Lin Nan. Generally speaking, by the time they reached high school, teachers wouldn't make unannounced home visits without a reason. Before Lin Nan expressed her opinion, he reserved judgment on what his son had said.

  "Li Xiaobai didn't lie, in fact, he has been doing quite well at school since the new semester started." Lin Nan paused for a moment before continuing, "The school has rules that students who behave well should be given some encouragement. I think it's a good idea to personally inform parents about their child's performance at school."

  As expected, both of Li Xiaobai's parents broke into smiles.

  However, Li Xiaobai was slightly surprised.

  Just now when Lin Nan spoke, he was really afraid that Lin Nan would say out loud all the details of his recent performance at school, just like a bamboo tube pouring out beans.

  In Li Xiaobai's eyes, being late, sleeping in class, skipping physical education classes, quarreling with girls, and making girls cry were all trivial matters that could be ignored. However, he was afraid that Lin Nan would remember them.

  It's okay if it happens occasionally, but if they all come out and our parents think "this is absolutely not our son", that would be terrible. And if they try to correct their own child back to the original familiar track, it would be even worse.

  However, Lin Nan did not say so, and Li Xiaobai also knew that what was called encouragement by the school absolutely did not exist.