Chapter 470 - 404: Difficult to Deal With
After the teachers heard Rong Yan’s words...they collectively fell silent for quite a while.
Are there really so many difficult people in this world?
If every student’s parents were as formidable as these few...they couldn’t help but tremble.
Being a teacher seemed too hard.
Teacher Shen, who had come back to her senses by this time... didn’t even know what to say.
Her mouth opened and closed, but not a single word came out.
How was she supposed to respond?
According to that statement... was it that Le Kai’s broken leg was all his own fault?
That didn’t seem right! How did it end up like this? This so-called habitual bone fracture... was it real or fake?
Thinking this, she instinctively looked toward Le Kai’s real mother.
She just caught a glimpse of Nie Yuexiang’s guilty expression... and her heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could it be that they had actually hit the nail on the head?
Otherwise... why the guilt? But could Big Sister-in-law Qin Yu have really guessed right? Wasn’t that a bit too miraculous?
Or could it be that they actually knew each other before?
Le Jia was also shocked by Rong Yan’s words. She was extremely bewildered... how did Rong Yan know about Le Kai’s habitual bone fractures?
Could it be that idiot Le Kai blabbed about it at school? So these siblings found out and told Rong Yan?
With this thought, she almost wanted to run to the hospital right then to twist that idiot’s ears... Why was he such a bigmouth?
Why did he have to blurt out everything?
She was truly about to be infuriated to death.
And her stepmother... was also unbearably foolish.
Even if it was true, so what? Was there a need for that astonished expression? Could she not simply have denied it?
To prevent this foolish woman from continuing to make mistakes, she pulled her away immediately.
Then she looked at Rong Yan, "Don’t fabricate stories just to absolve these two of responsibility. My brother certainly doesn’t have any sort of habitual bone fractures."
By this time, Nie Yuexiang, who had come to her senses later than others, was furious.
Ignoring her beaten face, she glared at Rong Yan.
"My son was perfectly fine... where do you get off making these claims? Don’t think you can get out of this. Now, pay up... my son is still in the hospital! Give me the money first... the hospital charges for the stay..."
Rong Yan’s words just now weren’t carelessly spoken, she was doing military training at school, which wasn’t exactly done in isolation.
Coincidentally, Shi Ke would sometimes come to visit her in the evening, as the dormitory assigned to them was only two doors apart.
Shi Ke was quite chatty; one day, it somehow came up that her so-called stepbrother had broken his leg once... all falsely accused as her doing.
She hadn’t thought about it prior, because at the time she half-listened, not really eager to hear Shi Ke rambling about family gossip.
Fortunately, Shi Ke only mentioned it that once.
This time, she suddenly remembered it.
She guessed a bit, ready to bluff.
She was always watching the faint expressions on these plastic mother and daughter’s faces!
Obviously, her bluff had indeed elicited something.
That boy had habitual bone fractures; he’d definitely broken his leg not just once or twice.
Now hearing them still disputing here, she scoffed coldly right away.
"Weren’t you all talking about calling the police earlier? Then go ahead and call them! It wasn’t our Qin Yu who hit him, and no one’s going to falsely accuse us. ’If someone disfigured his own sister, and he didn’t beat up the one who did it, would he even be fit to call himself a brother?’"
Teacher Shen: ...
She’s basically saying—isn’t it justified to hit someone whether it’s coming or going?
That’s not the right way to educate a child, is it? We should primarily rely on reasoning.
Shouldn’t you first consult the teacher if something happens at school?
But as she looked at Qin Yu’s sister-in-law’s face, she found it impossible to say these words out loud.
She didn’t know what Qin Yu’s sister-in-law did for a living, but that aura was something not just anyone could possess.
It was a bit frightening.
"You hit someone and you don’t want to pay compensation?" Nie Yuexiang was furious, "Fine, let’s go to the police station then."
Rong Yan sneered, "Teacher Shen, please call the police now. We intend to pursue this matter today."
Teacher Shen: ...
Watching both parties ready to call the police, her head started to hurt.
What kind of situation was this?
A fight between two middle schoolers escalating to involving the police was unprecedented.
She braced herself, preparing to ask them to reconsider.
At that moment, the principal of their school walked in.
He had clearly heard quite a lot already, given the commotion here.
Teacher Shen felt like she saw a savior when she saw the principal coming.
"Principal Li, your timing is perfect. These are the parents of Le Kai and Qin Yu Qin Mei from our class, and they want to call the police regarding this incident."
Principal Li looked toward Rong Yan, then glanced in Nie Yuexiang’s direction, "Do you both truly intend to call the police?"
Rong Yan nodded, "Yes."
This straightforward response infuriated Nie Yuexiang.
She also nodded emphatically, "Yes, we want to call the police. They hit someone and won’t admit it, thinking they can get out of paying for medical expenses? It’s not going to be that easy."
"You’re the principal of this school, right? Your timing is just right. This child is terrifying, so vicious at such a young age. For the safety of the other students, I hope your school expels him."
Madam Rong became furious upon hearing this, "If anyone should be expelled, it’s your son. He had the audacity to bully a young girl, just look at what he’s done to our little girl’s face!"
"Whether my son was responsible for your son’s leg and front teeth may be in question, but it’s certain that your son injured my Meimei’s face. If she ends up scarred, this issue is far from over with you."
As if anyone wouldn’t know how to make threats.
"Just a girl, is her face as precious as my son’s leg?"
Madam Rong hated gender discrimination the most, not only in her own home but even more so when it seeped its way into someone else’s.
Quickly, she retorted, "What do you mean ’just a girl’? Aren’t you a woman? And let me tell you, your son’s leg isn’t even worth one of my Meimei’s hairs."
"Ah, spit..."
The two of them began arguing like that.
Principal Li: ...
"Enough, since you both have chosen to call the police, then call the police! Teacher Shen, go to my office and dial 911."
Teacher Shen was taken aback upon hearing Principal Li’s words. Were they really going to call the police?
These were just students... wouldn’t making a big deal out of this be inappropriate?
"Go ahead!" It wasn’t that he didn’t want to mediate, but there was no resolving the matter. After all, a leg had been broken, yet the other party had shown no willingness to apologize. Since they couldn’t come to an amicable resolution, they had to let the police handle it.
Seeing this, Teacher Shen dryly agreed, "...Okay."
This was her first time handling such a situation, and she truly lacked experience... Well, better to listen to the principal, then!