On his first day of school, Chen Ge was punished with standing in the hallway twice. His name soon spread throughout the school.
He stood at the classroom door with his bag in hand. Every student who passed looked at him, and he looked them over in turn.
"Chang Wenyu's task is no easy one. Every student seems to have something wrong with them."
The bell rang, but Teacher Liu did not return. Chen Ge headed back into the classroom on his own.
He took the chair of the second student who had been knocked unconscious and set it at his desk, then sat down comfortably.
The new teacher began the lesson, but Chen Ge did not listen. He took out paper and a pen and started thinking about how to find the children who were qualified to become Door Pushers.
He was deep in thought when his deskmate suddenly passed him a small note. It had just two brief words on it: Thanks.
Chen Ge was a little surprised. In his eyes, the blood-red World Behind the Door held nothing but despair and negative emotions. He had thought the people there would never say "thanks."
"What are you thanking me for? They gave you a hard time because of me. Of course I had to step in. It was the right thing to do." Chen Ge turned to say this to his deskmate, Dabing, but Dabing did not dare reply. He stayed in the same position, as though Chen Ge were talking to himself and the two of them had never interacted.
"Are you scared?" Chen Ge knew what was worrying Dabing.
"Sorry." After a long while, Dabing passed him another note.
Chen Ge had learned his lesson this time. He took out his pen and wrote a few