The little girl had been in preschool for just three days when she was already being called in by the teacher.
The reason was that a little boy thought she was pretty and insisted on giving her candy, and even tried to hold her hand. She didn’t want to, and accidentally knocked the other child down while pulling away, which also caused him to bump his head.
Shen Zhaozhao received a call from the teacher and rushed to the school immediately.
The little girl stood next to the teacher with a defiant look on her face, while a little boy and his parent stood opposite them.
The latter was pointing at her while saying something.
Shen Zhaozhao knocked on the door.
As soon as the little girl lifted her head and saw Shen Zhaozhao, she immediately let go of the teacher’s hand and ran towards her.
"An’an’s mommy, you’re here?" the teacher said with a noticeable sigh of relief upon seeing her.
Shen Zhaozhao nodded toward the teacher, "I’m sorry for the trouble," then she looked at her little one and asked, "An’an, are you okay?"
"An’an is fine!" The girl shook her head and then glanced in the direction of the mother and son and said, "Sorry, Mommy, I think I caused some trouble."
"It’s okay, tell Mommy what happened. Did you accidentally push your classmate and he fell down? Is that what happened?" Shen Zhaozhao touched her daughter’s head and asked.
"I didn’t do it on purpose!"
The little girl turned her head and looked at the little boy being hugged by his parent and said, "It was Xuanxuan who wanted to give me chocolate and I didn’t want it. Young Uncle said, not to take things from strangers. But he insisted on giving it to me, and he pulled my hand and tried to hug me. I didn’t let him hug me and I pushed him away, and then he fell down. Mommy, it wasn’t on purpose."
"Mommy believes you. It’s okay, Mommy will handle it."
After comforting the little girl, Shen Zhaozhao finally turned to the mother and son in the office, "I’m really sorry, it was an accident. Is your child hurt? How about we go to the hospital to have him checked out? Don’t worry, if it was our push that caused the injury, we will certainly take responsibility."
The boy’s mother, with a stern face, said, "That’s more like it. We’re not unreasonable, we’ll definitely go to the hospital, but before that, your daughter must apologize to my son!"
"An’an? Are you willing to apologize?" Shen Zhaozhao asked her daughter, looking down.
Upon hearing this, the little girl immediately shook her head, "No, An’an did nothing wrong, An’an won’t apologize!"
Upon hearing this, the woman opposite immediately began to scold loudly, "You’ve pushed my son down and you say you did nothing wrong? With such a harsh heart at a young age, look at the bump on my son’s head, what if he has a concussion, can you take that responsibility?"
The little girl was startled by the shouting.
Shen Zhaozhao touched the little girl’s head and shielded her in her arms, before she looked up at the boy’s parent and said, "Sorry, we pushed him and we are willing to take responsibility, but we cannot apologize for this."
The other parent immediately bristled with discontent and glared at Shen Zhao, saying, "What are you trying to say? Your child did wrong and isn’t even willing to apologize? It’s clear that the child is unruly because you adults haven’t taught her properly."
Shen Zhaozhao replied, "I think you’re mistaken. We’re willing to pay for the check-up only because your son fell down, out of humanitarian concern, I’m willing to pay that money. Not because I think our daughter did something wrong. I believe that if anyone should apologize, it should be your son apologizing to my daughter first."