He was just working a job, no need to try so hard, to offend people he couldn't afford to offend, and shouldn't offend.
Even if he did offend them, it wouldn't change anything.
The dean said, "Mrs. Tang, this is an aristocratic academy. You know what kind of people attend here. Please don't make things difficult for me."
After all that was said, Zhang Meiyu understood.
Since the school couldn't manage it, she would have to manage it herself.
When Zhang Meiyu came out, Tang Yiyi was still waiting outside with full anticipation.
"Mom, will the teachers punish them?"
Zhang Meiyu's face showed difficulty at this moment.
Now, only Tang Yiyi and Tang Xiaomin were telling their own versions of events, and Zhang Meiyu couldn't decide whom to believe.
"I'll take you to the classroom. You should attend today's lesson first."
Hearing this, Tang Yiyi vehemently objected.
"Mom, I can't go to class. They won't stop tormenting me until I leave. Mom, please don't make me go, I beg you, Mom... *sob sob*..."
As she spoke, Tang Yiyi actually started crying in distress.
It was clear how much this incident had affected her.
Zhang Meiyu sighed.
"Then you wait for me in the car."
"Okay."
Tang Yiyi left the school with Steward Wang first.
Zhang Meiyu inquired and then went to Class Nine, where Tang Xiaomin was.
Through the window, she could see Tang Xiaomin sitting in the last row, thinking or writing something.
The people around were making noise and laughing, and the teacher was yelling angrily on the podium, but she was completely unfazed.
It was very chaotic, much more chaotic than she had imagined. Tang Xiaomin, however, remained a clear stream amidst the turmoil.
After class, Zhang Meiyu found Tang Xiaomin for a talk in the corridor. Sudan Fiction Network.
"Xiaomin, Yiyi is now too scared to come to school. Did you do that thing?"
Tang Xiaomin didn't believe that Tang Yiyi was afraid to come to school. She was cunning and clearly wanted to make a big fuss, have Zhang Meiyu investigate, and stand up for her.
Hearing this, Tang Xiaomin simply looked at Zhang Meiyu indifferently.
"You already have an answer in your heart, so why ask me?"
If there was enough trust, why would she ask?
Zhang Meiyu's face darkened.
"Xiaomin, you and Yiyi are sisters. Even if you have conflicts, you are still family. How could you instigate your classmates to bully her?"
This statement truly irked Tang Xiaomin, and she retorted loudly at Zhang Meiyu on the spot.
"She is not family to me, and I am not her sister."
"The last time I was bullied, why didn't you ask if Tang Yiyi instigated everyone to bully me? Now it's her turn to be bullied, and you come to ask me, *tsk*..."
Zhang Meiyu's face changed, and she said with her head bowed.
"Yiyi is timid and kind. She couldn't possibly do such a thing."
"Hahaha..."
"Hahaha..."
Tang Xiaomin burst into laughter, leaning forward and backward, covering her stomach, and laughing uncontrollably at Zhang Meiyu.
She was as naive as a joke, her foolishness indescribable.
Their family, each one stupider than the last, hopelessly foolish.
Tang Xiaomin's laughter was too manic.
Zhang Meiyu said angrily, "What are you laughing at? What did I say wrong? Yiyi couldn't possibly do something like instigating others to bully you."
"As for you, you have a bad temper and don't know how to restrain it. Do you really think everyone will tolerate you like your family does? You should really change your temper."
She had a bad temper?
It was precisely because she had too good a temper that anyone could order her around.
All of them could boss her around, bully her, and even send her to the operating table to forcibly extract her kidney, leading to her tragic death.
"If I have a bad temper, it's because I learned it from you."
"You..."
Zhang Meiyu's temper flared, and in her rage, she raised her hand, about to slap Tang Xiaomin.
Tang Xiaomin stood her ground, not dodging, and glared at her coldly.
"Go ahead and hit me, take revenge for your adopted daughter!"
"It was I who instigated everyone to bully her. Go ahead and hit me hard for someone who is not related to you by blood!"
"I've noted down how many people bullied her that day. The list is here. Go and get justice one by one!"
As Tang Xiaomin spoke, she handed Zhang Meiyu a long list, with over a hundred names.
Shu Ya was in the same class as Tang Xiaomin and had been standing nearby, listening to their conversation.
Seeing Zhang Meiyu about to hit Tang Xiaomin, Shu Ya couldn't help but step forward.
"Mrs. Tang, before you hit anyone, please listen to what I have to say, and then decide whether to hit her."
"Tang Yiyi, relying on Liu Feng's affection for her, instigated Liu Feng to issue a red card to Tang Xiaomin and instigated others to bully Tang Xiaomin first. Tang Xiaomin was targeted on her very first day at school. If Tang Xiaomin wasn't a good fighter, her fate would have been even worse than Tang Yiyi's."
"There's also something else. Tang Yiyi deceived everyone by saying that she was the one engaged to the Ye family."
"The reason everyone bullied her was because they couldn't stand her actions. I was present at the time."
"Tang Xiaomin even stepped forward to stop those people. Please don't wrongly accuse her here."
Zhang Meiyu was shocked, her face full of confusion.
"How... how is that possible? How could Yiyi treat Xiaomin like this? She's so kind..."
Shu Ya gave Zhang Meiyu a fierce look.
"If you don't believe me, go and ask Liu Feng, or Ye Lingyun, if it was Tang Yiyi who instigated them to issue a red card to Tang Xiaomin."
Shu Ya spoke with conviction, not afraid of Zhang Meiyu verifying the facts.
Tang Xiaomin just smiled mockingly.
"Didn't you want to hit me to avenge Tang Yiyi? Go ahead and hit me. I absolutely won't fight back today."
Zhang Meiyu's heart was filled with all sorts of doubts. She withdrew her hand and looked at Tang Xiaomin sheepishly.
"I'll talk about this after I've investigated it clearly."
After thinking for a moment, she added.
"If Yiyi really instigated people to bully you first, I will definitely punish her."
Who was she trying to fool with those words?
Tang Xiaomin glanced coldly at Zhang Meiyu, her eyes filled with distrust and disdain.
She turned and walked back to the classroom.
Zhang Meiyu spent two days investigating, and the entire story became clear.
Tang Yiyi had not been to school for two days, staying home and sulking.
She used the excuse of being afraid of being bullied at school, which was indeed the case.
She wanted to force her family to take this matter seriously, investigate thoroughly, and then severely punish Tang Xiaomin.
Ideally, she would be kicked out of the Tang family.
That evening, Zhang Meiyu returned with a cold expression.
Tang Yiyi deliberately feigned timidity and said timidly, "Mom, you must stand up for me, or I really won't dare to go to school anymore."
"That game is very terrifying. They won't stop tormenting me until I leave school. Mom."
"Mom, you must stand up for me. It was really Tang Xiaomin who did it. It was really her."