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Chapter One: A Man and His Dog

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  Light rain, pattering down.

  On a muddy path in the countryside, a four or five-year-old boy wailed loudly and ran forward non-stop.

  He ran while stretching out his right hand as if he was going to grab something.

  "Mom... dont go..."

  In front of him, a beautiful figure turned around upon hearing his words, revealing an extremely lovely face. She smiled slightly and comforted him, saying:

  "Little Hong dont cry, Mommy will be back soon... At home you must listen to Daddys words obediently, or else Mommy will get angry and wont like Little Hong anymore..."

  After she finished speaking, she turned around and continued on her way, getting farther and farther away.

  "Mom... Mom..."

  The little boy cried even more sorrowfully, desperately waving his hands and shouting, wanting to run forward to grab his mothers clothes, but his body was held back by a pair of large hands. He struggled with all his might, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldnt break free, and could only watch as his mothers figure disappeared from view.

  "Let me go! I want to find Mom!"

  The little boy bit the big hand that was holding him tightly and finally broke free, rushing forward desperately, but accidentally slipped and fell, with his legs sliding forward and his body flying backward, landing on his back.

  "Boom!"

  Mud splattered everywhere.

  ……

  The next day.

  County Hospital, Directors Office.

  The doctor, wearing a white coat, sat in his office chair and handed a medical file to a young man wearing a worn-out grey sweater, saying:

  "The childs situation is not optimistic. When he fell, the back of his head hit a hard object just right, and after examination, his occipital bone and parietal bone were both comminuted fractures, and pressing on the back of his head could cause obvious indentation..."

  The young mans face changed slightly at the words, and he interjected:

  "Doctor, I dont understand these professional terms, can you please put it in simpler words?"

  "To put it this way, his injury is very severe and may have damaged brain tissue. Although he appears to be recovering well now, I must remind you that the brain is the most complex part of the human body and anything can happen when its injured. Hes only four years old and his brain hasnt fully developed yet, so this injury may affect his intellectual and physical development in the future... we need to be mentally prepared for this possibility."

  The young man suppressed his emotions with great force, bid farewell to the doctor, and stumbled out of the office. When he reached the corridor, he finally couldnt bear it anymore and squatted in a corner, wailing loudly and heartbrokenly.

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  Four years later.

  Kuroiwa Village Elementary School, Teachers Office.

  A middle-aged woman sat behind her office desk, knitting with one hand while asking:

  "Is it Lin Hongs father?"

  "Yes, Teacher Ma, hello, Im Lin Changming."

  Lin Changming hastily nodded in response.

  His hair and beard were very long, although it could be seen that he had tidied up specially before coming to school, but still couldnt cover up his sloppy demeanor.

  Teacher Mas eyebrows furrowed instantly, she covered her nose with one hand, possibly feeling it was too obvious, so she shifted her body to the side, avoiding the pungent smell of alcohol from the other person.

  "I came here today mainly because theres something I want to talk about."

  "Alright, you speak."

  "Look at this, its Lin Hongs math test paper."

  As he spoke, Mr. Ma handed over an examination paper.

  Lin Changming took a look and was stunned, exclaiming:

  "Full marks?"

  "Heh heh, dont you think its strange?" Mr. Ma immediately picked up the conversation, "This time in the math exam, Lin Hong got a perfect score, the only one in the class."

  Lin Changmings face showed a very happy smile, but Mr. Mas next sentence made his smile suddenly freeze on his face.

  However, judging from his past performance, it is impossible for him to score a hundred percent.

  Lin Changming seemed to have realized something and asked in return: "So, does that mean the teacher is saying this was plagiarized?"

  "Of course!" Mr. Mas face showed a look of disdain.

  Lin Changming was furious: "Whats the basis for saying that this is my sons plagiarism? Didnt they say it themselves, in a class of one hundred people, he was the only one who got a perfect score, so who could he have copied from?"

  Teacher Ma sneered: "Isnt this obvious? You dont even look at what your son is like normally. Hes always playing truant in class, staring blankly all day like a soulless person, and never does his homework. His exams are always blank papers..."

  "He said, is it possible for him to score one hundred percent?"

  "This time in the exam, the people sitting in front of and behind him both scored 99 points, so he was lucky to be able to cheat and get a perfect score without arousing suspicion."

  "Hes not even eight years old yet, and hes already developed such a habit. If its not corrected through good education, what will become of him when he grows up?"

  Teacher Ma spoke sharply and at length, leaving Lin Changming, who was not good with words, speechless.

  Lin Changmings mind went blank as he stared at Ma teachers thin lips for a long time, and several times he wanted to rush over and tear them apart.

  Finally, he shouted loudly and said: "My son will absolutely not plagiarize! This is just a wild guess!"

  The loud voice attracted the attention of the surrounding teachers, who whispered to each other with differing opinions.

  Everyones eyes had contempt and sympathy, but no one believed Lin Changmings words.

  Lin Changming said, unwilling to stay here any longer and also unwilling to talk to this teacher again, turned around and left.

  "Hmph, its indeed true that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and the son of a rat will dig holes. No wonder he cant even protect his own wife..."

  The whispers and rumors that reached Lin Changmings ears made him stop in his tracks, his fists clenched tightly, his body trembling with rage, clearly struggling to control the anger within.

  The image of his son flashed through his mind, and he finally took a step back.

  ……

  After school, Lins family hall.

  The atmosphere is extremely solemn.

  Lin Changming sat on a stool, holding a bottle of inferior Erguotou liquor in his hand, drinking it irregularly.

  In front of him, his son Lin Hong was kneeling, and Lin Hong was pinching his own ears with both hands.

  Lin Changming finished his last mouthful of wine, belched, and finally smashed the bottle in his hand against the wall corner.

  With a "crash", the glass shards of the wine bottle splashed everywhere, scaring Lin Hong so much that his whole body trembled.

  "...Why copy someone elses exam paper?"

  Lin Changming pointed at his son with his tongue out and asked in a loud voice.

  Lin Hong remained silent, his face stubbornly unyielding.

  "Old... how did I usually put it... we... although we are poor, our aspirations cannot be short! Now this... this way, I dont have any requirements. Handing in a blank paper is no problem, but why must you plagiarize?!"

  In the end, he started yelling loudly at his own son.

  Lin Hong was intimidated by his fierce momentum and retreated repeatedly before finally opening his mouth to say firmly:

  "I didnt plagiarize!"

  Lin Changming saw his righteous and majestic appearance, and his anger in his heart grew even greater.

  "This useless thing... still dares to lie..."

  In extreme anger, he looked around but couldnt find anything suitable. In desperation, he suddenly pulled out the leather belt from his waist and grabbed the buckle, swinging it at Lin Hong with force.

  "Ah——"

  Lin Hongs thin body trembled, and although he gritted his teeth, the intense pain still made him cry out.

  "I didnt plagiarize!"

  Lin Hongs voice was still strong and stubborn despite being choked with sobs.

  Lin Changming was startled by his sons mournful cry, and a hint of regret and guilt flashed in his eyes. He shook his head, threw the whip aside, grabbed Lin Hongs clothes, pressed him onto the stool beside him, and started slapping Lin Hongs buttocks fiercely.

  "Bang!"

  "I allowed lies... I allowed plagiarism..."

  "Bang!"

  "Little rabbit... just you wait and see if I dont beat you to death..."

  Bang! Bang!

  ……

  Its late at night.

  Next door came his fathers deafening snores, Lin Hong, who was lying on the bed, gritted his teeth and struggled to get up.

  "Ouch!!"

  When he got up, his movement was a bit big, and the wound on his buttocks was pulled, causing a burning pain to spread from his buttocks, making him involuntarily cry out, but he quickly covered his mouth with his hand, afraid of waking up his father in the next room.

  A red and swollen patch on his buttocks, although his father had applied some red ointment to reduce the swelling, it still hurt terribly.

  He didnt turn on the light, but instead took advantage of the faint moonlight to put on his coat, then pulled out a small wooden box from under the bed, extracted a book from it, and left the room.

  He hobbled over and came into the yard, but instead of going through the front gate, he went to the back door and quietly opened it.

  "Creak——"

  The back door of the yard was opened, and he slipped out. Just as he was about to close the door, a yellow shadow suddenly darted out.

  "Ah Huang."

  Lin Hong called out softly.

  It turned out that what came out was a yellow mongrel dog, thin and scrawny, with patches of fur missing from its body, as if it had mange.

  The clodhopper dogs were jumping around Lin Hong, occasionally using their heads to gently nuzzle his legs.

  Lin Hongs face revealed a pleased smile, he chuckled and teased the local dog for a while, then gently closed the back door, and called out:

  "Go."

  A man and his dog walked slowly towards the bright place on the other side of the small river.

  His gait was very strange, limping and dragging, but not because his legs were of different lengths, but because the joints in his legs didnt bend when they should, giving people a very uncoordinated feeling. Moreover, his walking speed was also extremely slow. This is also one of the main reasons why he was often ridiculed by his peers.

  Across the river, there is a wooden factory that specializes in producing wooden products such as pot handles, wooden handles, and sickle handles. It is the only township enterprise in the village.

  Every midnight, the only bright place in the village is the Che Mu factory. There is a very powerful electric light inside the factory that will not be extinguished all night. This is specially turned on by the factory considering the anti-theft factor.

  In other places in the village, lights are rarely turned on for a long time at night. After all, electricity bills are also an expense for ordinary people, and saving a little is a little.

  "Ah Huang, my butt hurts."

  Lin Hong took advantage of the faint moonlight and walked forward with a high step and a low step.

  "Teacher Ma asked me to call my dad to come to school, I thought she was going to praise me in front of my dad, but instead, she told my dad that my test paper was copied."

  Lin Hong looked at the running back and forth of the local dog, regardless of whether the other party could understand his words, and said so to himself.

  "A Huang, I really didnt cheat. For such a simple question, why would I need to copy from others? Theyre all so stupid, if I copied from them, how could I get 100 points? If it wasnt for Dad telling me two days ago that as long as I came in first on the exam, hed take me to see Mom, I wouldnt have even done such a simple question."

  "Teacher Ma is so evil, she wronged me, Ill never attend her class again."

  "My classmates are no good, they look down on me, usually just teasing me and saying Im too stupid, so mom doesnt want me anymore... Actually, theyre the ones who are really stupid, studying is so simple, yet they still need to spend so much time. I dont want to play with idiots like that, or else Ill become stupid too."

  "Dad actually believed them too, he doesnt keep his promises, he originally promised to take me to find mom... Ah, Ahuang, where is mom anyway, why hasnt she come back?"

  ……

  Like this, Lin Hong walked and talked until he brought Ah Huang to a large tree at the outer wall of the Chumu factory. This location was extremely secluded, with sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves, making it an ideal spot.

  Lin Hong made a "shh" gesture with his hand, signaling Ah Huang to quiet down.

  The local dog obediently found a spot and lay down, then started sleeping.

  Lin Hong originally wanted to sit down on the tree stump beside him, just like before. But he suddenly remembered that his butt had already started to hurt today, so he could only lightly lean against the trunk of the big tree and then took out the book from under his arm.

  Under the dim light, a carefully wrapped package can be faintly seen with two square and rectangular artistic fonts written in ballpoint pen at the top center - "Mathematics", below these two words, there are four smaller words "Trigonometric Functions".

  Lin Hong opened the book along the edge, only to see a brown leaf inserted inside. He put the leaf in front of him and started from there, soon becoming deeply engrossed and unable to extricate himself.

  If a teacher from school saw this, they would definitely be shocked and their eyeballs would almost fall out.

  Its worth noting that "trigonometric functions" are typically learned in the second year of high school, but Lin Hong is only eight years old and in the second grade of elementary school.

  Lin Hong, who is only in second grade of elementary school, is now holding a high school sophomore math textbook and reading it with great interest!

  Is this possible?

  Everyone will absolutely not believe whats in front of their eyes and will definitely think that Lin Hong is just "an old pig with a big scallion stuck up its nose - pretending to be an elephant".

  In school, Lin Hong was synonymous with being stupid, foolish and mentally challenged.

  Everyone in the school knows that there is a fool named Lin Hong in the second grade. Due to a fall in childhood, his brain was damaged and his intellectual development was severely affected. He usually walks with a tilt, doesnt like to talk, and is taciturn. In class, he never listens to the teacher, often stays alone in the corner, staring blankly, never does homework, and often hands in a blank test paper.

  At this time, even elementary school teachers couldnt guarantee that they could understand high school math textbooks, let alone a retard like Lin Hong.

  Time slowly passed by, and the roosters in the village started crowing "cock-a-doodle-doo" one after another.

  Lin Hong raised his head from being immersed in the ocean of knowledge and looked at the sky, muttering to himself:

  "Has it dawned so soon?"

  He slightly moved his somewhat stiff and sore neck, and glanced at the page number of the book in his hand.

  "Its almost finished after reading 7 or 8 pages, the rest are just some exercises, can finish it today. Ah, this is the last one, what to read next after finishing this one?"

  Lin Hong really didnt want to part with it.

  This was something his mother had left behind, which he usually kept in his "treasure box". Although he had always been careful to control his reading speed, making sure to read every word carefully, by now he still hadnt finished the whole thing. In fact, for some slightly more difficult content, he had even reviewed it many times, and the exercises on top of that he had done who-knows-how-many times already.

  Lin Hong put away his book and let out a soft whistle at the mud-covered dog on the ground. The dog immediately sprang up.

  "Ah Huang, lets go, were going home."

  At this time, the sun emerged from the east, and the whole world suddenly brightened up.

  Golden sunlight pours down, on a mountain village path, one person, one dog, form a unique landscape.

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