Chapter 1037: Chapter 1037: Inciting Public Outrage, Killing Two Birds with One Stone Chapter 1037: Chapter 1037: Inciting Public Outrage, Killing Two Birds with One Stone Lu Yichen addressed the principal, “Principal Leng, as you’ve seen today, this has incited public outrage. If the school doesn’t provide an explanation, I won’t hesitate to take the parents to the higher-ups.”
Principal Leng glared at the teacher, “Parents, please allow our school to discuss this. We will definitely give everyone a satisfactory outcome.”
After leaving the office, Principal Leng returned to his own. About fifteen minutes later, he came back, “In light of the work error committed by the junior class teacher, Cao Jianrong, which exacerbated Sun Xiaobao’s bad behavior, she is now dismissed from her position, and Teacher Liu Fangcao will take over the junior class.
“Since Sun Xiaobao has been bullying his classmates and those from the next class over a long period of time and has not reformed despite repeated warnings, he is now ordered to leave the kindergarten. We hope all the teachers in the kindergarten take this as a warning, straighten their attitudes, and work well.”
Upon hearing this decision, Cao Jianrong’s face turned pale. She had lost her ‘iron rice bowl’—how could this be acceptable? If her family found out, she’d be beaten to death; she barely managed to stand.
Old Lady Sun got furious when she heard that her precious grandson had been expelled. She cursed, “Why should my grandson be expelled? My son is the head of the finance bureau. What’s wrong with bullying them? Just a servant girl, she could…”
Before she could finish, Sun Wenzheng quickly covered his mother’s mouth, “Mom, do you want to kill your son?”
He was indeed the head of the finance bureau, but Lu Yichen was a police bureau director. He got to where he was by relying on his father-in-law’s connections, but since his father-in-law had been taken down from his position, he was already fighting a lone battle. Now, he really couldn’t afford to offend anyone.
Sun Wenzheng hurriedly apologized, “Director Lu, I’m sorry, my mother is confused. Please don’t take it to heart.”
Right now, he ached all over, just wanting the incident to end quickly so he could leave this embarrassing place.
Actually, Old Lady Sun was previously too frightened to fully grasp the situation and didn’t hear her son refer to Lu Yichen properly, which was why she had spoken out of turn.
But upon hearing her son’s words, her mind buzzed—she’d caused trouble for her son.
Looking up at Lu Yichen, she responded swiftly, “I apologize. I’m just a confused old woman. Please don’t stoop to my level.”
Lu Yichen said coldly, “Quite the silver tongue, willing to bend when necessary.”
After that, he went over to his wife and daughters, first checking on the two girls. Seeing the bruise on Yanyan’s face, his eyes filled with anger. Even though he knew his wife would take care of it without leaving a scar, it still irritated him.
Yueyue raised her arms, “Daddy, hug.”
Lu Yichen picked up Yueyue and extended his other arm, “Come here, Yanyan. Daddy will hold you.”
Yanyan, now obedient, called out plaintively, “Daddy.”
Lu Yichen picked up both children and walked towards the door, pausing by Sun Xiaobao with a warning, “So young and already bullying others daily. If you continue without discipline, you’ll be reporting to us sooner rather than later. Chief Sun, you had better take heed.”
Sun Wenzheng, embarrassed to the point of wanting to crawl into a hole, was filled with regret for having indulged his son so much. He had no idea what consequences he would face at his bureau if word of this incident got out.
Luo Qiao approached, “Chief Sun, my daughter can’t suffer for nothing. Shouldn’t you compensate for the shock and nutritional expenses?”
Sun Wenzheng was eager to settle with money, standing up, “Of course, of course.”
Hearing Luo Qiao mention compensation, Old Lady Sun exploded, “Oh my heavens, look at everyone, just for a small injury, she’s extorting our money.”
Lu Qiao paid no mind to her rants, her eyes coldly focused on Sun Wenzheng—who was frightened by that gaze, as was Old Lady Sun. After crying for a while and noticing no one paid her any attention, she raised her head to meet Luo Qiao’s eyes, which scared her into silence.
Sun Wenzheng, unable to worry about his mother’s thoughts, picked up his briefcase, “Counted out a hundred dollars.”
He handed the money to Luo Qiao, “This is a token of my apology for today’s incident. You have my word, I will go back and discipline Sun Xiaobao properly. Director Lu is right, and I hope it’s not too late.”
Luo Qiao accepted the money and turned to the principal, “I’ve heard that a child in the upper class had a father who was injured while saving someone, and their family is struggling. Please pass this money to the child’s family on my behalf, and say it’s a donation from Chief Sun.”
Everyone present was surprised by Gu Xiyan’s mother’s actions and couldn’t help but respect her. She managed to punish the perpetrator and help a good person at the same time—a true instance of killing two birds with one stone.
Principal Leng accepted the money, “On behalf of Zhong Xiaojun and his family, I thank you.”
In addressing her with ‘you,’ it was clear that she admired Gu Xiyan and Lu XiYue’s mother. Today, she really felt vindicated, and the action also reflected such kindness.