As soon as she heard it was Shen Mianmian’s dad, Li Qiumei’s face turned unsightly in a flash, causing Shen Jianhua’s expression to stiffen awkwardly.
Li Qiumei then turned to Zhou Lanfang, "Which student’s parent are you?"
"I am Zhou Siyu’s parent." Zhou Lanfang wore a proud expression.
"Are you Yang Guifen?" Li Qiumei’s face looked somewhat better.
She was getting upset, too. So what if Yang Guifen just gave birth to Zhou Siyu? She never took care of Siyu.
Giving birth doesn’t compare to raising a child. Why would she think of Yang Guifen the moment she opened her mouth?
Am I, a living person standing here, dead to you?
"My name is Zhou Lanfang, and I’m Siyu’s aunt." Irritated, her tone was not too pleasant.
Wasn’t that Shen Mianmian’s mother?
Li Qiumei’s eyes widened, and her expression became even uglier than before, "Shen Mianmian’s mother is just Shen Mianmian’s mother, what ’Zhou Siyu’s parent’?" Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝗻𝗼𝘷𝗲𝗹•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
She criticized disdainfully and snorted before lifting her foot and entering the teacher’s office.
Zhou Lanfang was quite angry, but as this was her niece’s teacher, she dared not offend her for fear that her niece might be targeted with pettiness. So she turned her complaints towards Shen Jianhua.
"Look at this, studying so poorly that both of us, husband and wife, have to share the embarrassment."
He had also felt somewhat awkward under the teacher’s gaze and now didn’t know how to speak up for Shen Mianmian.
Watching in the classroom, as Li Qiumei had the class president distribute the notification letters, he quickly changed the subject.
"Quick, look, they’re about to give out awards."
Zhou Lanfang’s eyes lit up, speaking excitedly to Shen Jianhua, "Did you notice just now? When I said I was Siyu’s parent, the teacher’s expression looked a bit nicer. It was only after she knew I was Shen Mianmian’s mother that she changed her face."
Later, her Siyu would help her regain face.
"I noticed, I noticed." Shen Jianhua reminded her, "Don’t talk now, listen carefully."
The class president distributed the notification letters to every student, then to the group leaders, and finally from the group leaders to the students’ hands.
Shen Mianmian and Lu Siyuan’s results were at the very bottom, and when it came to the last two sheets, Wang Jingjing only saw Lu Siyuan’s results. Her eyes reddened with jealousy, not even bothering to look at Shen Mianmian’s, she tossed both of their results onto the table and returned to her seat.
Without a doubt, the top three awards certainly included Lu Siyuan.
As for Shen Mianmian, she was consistently the last in line, and looking at Shen Mianmian’s results was an insult to her eyes.
As expected, the teacher announced the first-place language class president, followed by the name of Lu Siyuan for the second place, and the math class president for the third place.
"Students whose names have been called, come forward to receive your awards."
Li Qiumei wore a frown from start to finish, looking as if someone owed her eight hundred thousand dollars.
The top three went up to receive their awards one by one, the prizes being not only some stationery but also five yuan and a backpack, eliciting envious glances from everyone. No one paid attention to her expression.
The backpack was a redesign by Li Qiumei from old clothes. Although it wasn’t as nice as a purchased one, it was still a new backpack, far better than their previous ones.
With the top three places confirmed, they were out of everyone else’s reach. But the award for most improved had yet to be announced, and everyone still had a chance.
"Teacher, who gets the award for most improved?"
Wang Jingjing, somewhat impatient, asked out loud.
Upon mentioning the award for most improved, Li Qiumei’s expression grew even uglier, appearing very reluctant to bring up that name.
Seeing her like that, Shen Mianmian’s lips curled up slightly, and her eyes narrowed, like a sly little fox.