"Alright, Teacher Li, take some time to reflect on your own actions," the principal said, not wanting to get entangled with Li Qiumei on this topic any longer.
She felt indignant inside. Seeing the principal’s face looking uglier than ever before, she held back, but thinking of Shen Mianmian’s matter, she couldn’t help but ask unwillingly.
"What about the thing with Shen Mianmian cheating for a spot?"
"Who told you that Shen Mianmian cheated for a spot?" the principal glared, slammed his hand on the desk, and suddenly raised his voice, startling Li Qiumei.
"Didn’t Wang Jingjing and Zhao Xinlan just mention it?"
Zhao Xinlan and Wang Jingjing, who were named, instinctively shrank their necks, as they were frightened by the principal’s shout.
The other teachers were thinking to themselves, "Teacher Li always seems so astute, so how can she be so foolish right now?"
She hasn’t figured out why the principal is angry?
The principal took a deep breath to calm his anger and glanced at Wang Jingjing and Zhao Xinlan, "I didn’t want to talk about this matter, but since you have brought it up to the office, I will tell the truth."
Wang Jingjing and Zhao Xinlan were bewildered, feeling that what the principal was about to say might differ from what they had originally suspected. In other words, the principal might have known about Shen Mianmian’s family situation all along. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾※𝙣𝙚𝙩
Sure enough, they heard the principal say.
"I’ve been aware of Shen Mianmian’s family situation since the beginning. Indeed, she was not on the original list."
"Then why is her name there?" Wang Jingjing, who was afraid of the principal, was even more curious about the reason.
"The initial quota from Mr. Li was for forty students. Later, the office encountered Shen Mianmian and was moved by her actions to help other students, which is why an additional eleven students were included." Because He Nan had specifically stated that everything should be in Li Yue’s name, he did not mention He Nan, "Shen Mianmian was specifically named by Mr. Li to be supported. She is a great contributor to the school. Without her, the subsequent ten students wouldn’t have received support."
After finishing, he looked at the three of them with a stern face, "Now, tell me, does Shen Mianmian deserve the support or not?"
Wang Jingjing and Zhao Xinlan were agape with astonishment.
It was only after they left the office that they still couldn’t understand how Shen Mianmian, by merely breaking up a fight in the men’s restroom, managed to move a big city boss.
Are big city bosses that easily moved?
"It’s all because of you. If you hadn’t suggested keeping it from the teachers, maybe we could have been supported too," Wang Jingjing became increasingly regretful and couldn’t help but blame Zhao Xinlan.
"Didn’t you agree with me back then?"
Zhao Xinlan felt wrongly accused. How come it was all her fault now?
"How was I supposed to know the big city boss would come?" Wang Jingjing said, stomping her foot in frustration.
"What’s done is done. It’s useless to talk about it now anyway," Zhao Xinlan said with a guilty conscience.
Thinking it over, Wang Jingjing realized that regret wouldn’t change anything. She came up with another idea, "No one else knows why we came to the office, so let’s not talk about it."
"I’m not stupid enough to blab about it."
Zhao Xinlan was obviously still upset with Wang Jingjing for pushing the blame onto her, and her tone was sarcastic.
But regarding this matter, they were unusually in agreement. This was something that would make Shen Mianmian look good, and Zhao Xinlan definitely did not want to be the one to spoil that.