Xixi used to attend an ordinary school, but after Qin Wan got together with Ye Qiu, he arranged for Xixi to transfer to an elite private school.
When Ye Qiu arrived at the school, it was already half past ten in the morning.
The parent-teacher meeting had ended.
Ye Qiu entered the school but couldn’t find Xixi. After asking around, he learned she had gotten into a fight with a classmate during the meeting and was called to the teacher’s office.
Ye Qiu hurried to the headteacher’s office.
Before he could enter, he heard a woman’s sharp voice from inside:
“Xixi, what’s wrong with you?”
“Who gave you the nerve to fight at a parent-teacher meeting? Absolutely outrageous.”
“Do you know, your fight today caused a scene with the headmaster? Now the whole school knows, and because of you, my Outstanding Teacher award is ruined.”
Then, Xixi’s voice came through.
“Teacher Xu, I’m sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn’t have fought with Cao Dong…”
Before Xixi could finish, Teacher Xu’s harsh voice cut in again.
“You realise you’re wrong now? Then why did you fight at the meeting?”
Xixi explained, “Teacher Xu, Cao Dong put his hand inside my clothes and touched me. He hit me and called me a fatherless bastard, sob sob…”
“Stop crying!” Teacher Xu snapped, “So what if Cao Dong touched you? You’re just an undeveloped little girl, does a touch take a piece out of you?”
“And besides, was Cao Dong wrong?”
“Do you even have a father?”
Xixi sobbed, “I do have a father, my dad’s a great hero…”
“A great hero? Why not say your dad’s Superman or Iron Man?” Teacher Xu sneered.
Xixi insisted, “I really have a dad, he’s amazing, he’s…”
“Enough!” Teacher Xu cut her off brusquely, “I don’t know how I ended up with a student like you in my class. You’ve completely humiliated me today, like a rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel.”
“I won’t have a student like you anymore.”
“I’m calling your mother right now to take you away.”
Thud.
Xixi dropped to her knees, crying, “Teacher Xu, please don’t call my mum. If she finds out I fought at school, she’ll be so upset, and she’s so busy with work…”
Hmph!
Teacher Xu snorted coldly, “What work is so busy she can’t attend a parent-teacher meeting? Even if it’s entertaining clients, that’s for the evening, isn’t it?”
Hearing this, Ye Qiu’s eyes narrowed coldly outside the door.
For a teacher to speak to a student like this was not only harsh but utterly lacking in decency.
Xixi pleaded, “Teacher Xu, I beg you…”
“Don’t beg me, I can’t teach a student like you. Have your mother transfer you to another school, or I’ll expel you.”
Hearing the word “expel,” Xixi’s little face went pale, “Teacher Xu, please don’t expel me, sob sob…”
“Cry, cry, all you do is cry, it’s driving me mad.”
Bang!
Teacher Xu kicked Xixi, who fell to the floor.
Ye Qiu could stand it no longer and strode inside.
“Who are you?” Teacher Xu, startled by the sudden intrusion, panicked slightly.
A teacher caught kicking a student could face serious trouble if exposed.
Xixi saw Ye Qiu and cried out in delight, “Daddy—”
“I’m sorry, Xixi, I came late,” Ye Qiu said, heartbroken, lifting her into his arms. He then looked coldly at Teacher Xu, “I’m Xixi’s father.”
Teacher Xu exhaled in relief, then said, “No wonder Xixi dares to fight at school at such a young age, with no manners at all. Must be your genes.”
“You, an adult, barge in without knocking. Where’s your sense of propriety?”
With that, Teacher Xu gave Xixi a disgusted look, muttering, “Having a student like you is just my bad luck.”
Suppressing his anger, Ye Qiu asked, “Teacher Xu, I’d like to know what Xixi did wrong for you to kick her.”
“Which eye of yours saw me kick her?” Teacher Xu retorted, “You’re here just in time. I was about to discuss your daughter’s behaviour.”
“Do you know, today at the parent-teacher meeting, she attacked a classmate in front of the whole class and their parents.”
“Was that right of her?”
Xixi said weakly, “Daddy, Cao Dong touched me and called me a bastard. He hit me, so I hit back.”
Ye Qiu said, “Teacher Xu, you heard that. Another student hit Xixi first, and she only retaliated.”
Teacher Xu looked at Xixi, “Cao Dong hitting you was wrong, but retaliating was your mistake.”
Ye Qiu said, “Teacher Xu, I don’t understand. My child was bullied, what’s wrong with her defending herself?”
Teacher Xu replied, “Retaliating is just wrong.”
“Teacher Xu, are you saying if someone gets hit, they shouldn’t fight back?”
“In short, fighting back is wrong.”
Slap!
Ye Qiu slapped Teacher Xu across the face, leaving a bright red handprint.
“You dare hit me?”
Teacher Xu clutched her face, staring at Ye Qiu in disbelief. After a moment, she lunged at him, claws out.
“I’ll fight you!”
Bang—
Ye Qiu kicked Teacher Xu over, saying coldly, “Didn’t you just say fighting back is wrong? Why are you doing it?”
Teacher Xu: “…”
Just then.
A middle-aged man in a suit and glasses entered, holding a young boy by the hand.
Ye Qiu noticed the boy’s bruised face and figured he must be the classmate Xixi fought with.
“Director Cao, you’re here just in time. You must get justice for me!”
Teacher Xu, as if seeing a lifeline, grabbed the man’s arm, pointing at Ye Qiu with a pitiful expression, “His daughter beat up Cao Dong, and when I scolded her, he went mad and hit me.”
The man glanced at Ye Qiu, feeling he looked vaguely familiar but unable to place him, so he didn’t dwell on it.
“Teacher Xu, don’t worry. Teachers are the engineers of the human soul, cultivating the nation’s future with your pen, your words, your sweat, and your heart.”
“Not to mention, you’re my son’s headteacher.”
“Rest assured, I’ll handle this.”
The man then said coldly to Ye Qiu, “Apologise to Teacher Xu immediately.”
Ye Qiu replied, “And if I don’t?”
The man raised an eyebrow, “If you don’t, I’ll make you regret it for life.”
“Make me regret it for life?” Ye Qiu laughed, “Try it!”
