Chapter 381 - 16 Demanding an Explanation
Han Shouxin’s expression was as usual, but the fury and distress in his eyes revealed his inner turmoil.
Lin Xiaoguai turned her head to look at Han Xinyu, who had come over and had been keeping her head down without speaking. She patted her head and said, "Nuonuo, do you think that golden pendant is yours?"
"Mhm," Han Xinyu nodded, then looked up and said, "The red string knot on that golden pendant was taught by you, Little Aunt. I haven’t seen anyone else have it. Xu Yuejuan’s little dolphin must be mine."
Only then did Lin Xiaoguai realize the child’s eyes were red and swollen, evidently having cried. Knowing this child was always proud and now being accused of poor conduct must have deeply upset her, Lin Xiaoguai couldn’t help feeling a twinge of heartache.
Zheng Cuicui spoke up, "Wanwan, if possible, could you come with me to the tutoring class to straighten this matter out? At the very least, we can’t let Nuonuo be branded as having poor conduct. You know there are many students from her previous school in that tutoring class. If this gets established, Nuonuo won’t be able to stay at school."
"Sure, no problem," Lin Xiaoguai nodded. "When my sister arrives, I’ll borrow Nannan’s golden pendant, and also add Sisi’s and Qiaoqiao’s to it. Proving Nuonuo’s innocence isn’t difficult. Moreover, I have the habit of taking photos of every finished piece as a keepsake, so I’ll just find those pictures, and the matter will be even simpler."
Zheng Cuicui and Han Shouxin, though they believed in their daughter, were also concerned she might have been mistaken, so they were just hoping to clear her name of poor conduct. But if they could prove the golden pendant truly belonged to their daughter, it would be an unexpected delight.
Lin Xiaoguai, however, didn’t think so. Leaving aside the fact that the knot she taught Nuonuo was common in the future but rare at present, she didn’t believe it was a coincidence. Furthermore, if Nuonuo believed the other party’s golden pendant was hers, then the pendant’s shape must be very similar. Zheng Cuicui and Han Shouxin didn’t know, but Lin Xiaoguai was clear that the design concepts she adopted when designing jewelry were entirely a combination of future and Alien Civilization aesthetics. There might be golden pendants shaped like dolphins, but the jewelry of the ’90s was bound to differ dramatically from that of the future, so the chances of Nuonuo being mistaken were very low.
She comforted Nuonuo a bit more, and when Han Shouzhen’s family arrived, the topic inevitably turned to this incident.
"How can that teacher be so unscrupulous? It’s something that could have been resolved, but instead, she insists on labeling Nuonuo as having poor conduct. Is this the behavior of a teacher? Doesn’t she know to spare someone when she can?" Han Shouzhen said indignantly, affectionately stroking her niece’s head.