Chapter 244: 177 Jiangjiang Fights, with the Support of Uncle Five (2 more)_3
Jiangjiang hung his head low, seemingly very aggrieved, his small hands clenched into fists, his whole body trembling with anger.
“Actually, the two of them often have frictions, and I’ve deliberately separated them in the seating arrangent, but still…” The coach glanced at the boy whose nose was bleeding from being hit, “He always goes out of his way to provoke Jiang Wenyan, probably because he’s smaller and looks easy to bully.”
“Coach, you can’t just say things like that, how could my son be the one to bully others!” Mr. Kong was imdiately on edge upon hearing this.
“Don’t argue with , it’s the truth. It’s not surprising that the two of them fought. He always talks about Jiang Wenyan’s family affairs and even made up a nursery rhy that many kids in the class have learned. If you don’t believe , you can ask any of the kids.”
The coach’s words were diplomatic, but everyone present was no fool and naturally understood the reason.
“Mr. Kong, what do you have to say about this?” Jiang Jinsang looked in his direction.
“This… children will be children, right? But that doesn’t justify hitting soone,” the man said, struggling for words, then turned and glared fiercely at his own son.
“Certainly, children will be children, but there’s sothing I don’t quite understand. As a kid, he shouldn’t know so much about our family affairs. I’m not sure where he got all this from?”
“Sir, you’re not suggesting that he overheard us talking about this in private, are you!” The man suddenly beca anxious, “That’s a slanderous accusation!”
“I’m simply making a logical guess, there’s no need for you to get worked up,” Jiang Jinsang said with a light chuckle.
“As a parent, I think we should teach kids from a young age not to discriminate against anyone or view others through a biased lens. Clearly, there’s a lack in this respect in your family’s education.”
“Putting aside the child’s behavior, as a parent, you’ve already failed in your duties.”
“After the incident, without looking for the reasons or discerning right from wrong, you blad a child. What you owe us isn’t just an apology!”
…
Mr. Kong, who initially thought Jiang Jinsang was very easy to talk to and amiable, was now utterly bewildered.
“It’s no big deal to , but just now your stern look might have scared him quite a bit. You can simply apologize to my nephew,” Jiang Jinsang patted Jiangjiang’s small head.
Jiangjiang, after all, was a child and had no idea what Jiang Jinsang intended.
He felt wronged when he apologized earlier, but now that he heard that the other party was going to apologize to him, his resentnt quickly subsided.
“Mr. Kong, my nephew has already apologized for his actions. Surely you’re not going to refuse to admit your wrongs, are you? If that’s the case, then I truly have to question your family’s upbringing.”
Tang Wan, standing aside, felt she had seen through Jiang Jinsang.
It was wrong to hit soone, but after apologizing, as long as Jiangjiang hadn’t done anything else wrong, they were at a moral high ground.
Whoever made a mistake should apologize, not be defended unconditionally. This was the lesson that should be taught to children.
But it seed so hard for a grown man like Mr. Kong to apologize to a child.
“As a parent, can’t you set a good example for your child?” Jiang Jinsang pressed on.
With his son watching behind and the coach by his side, the man was anxious and annoyed, utterly at a loss, especially since the coach was his son’s teacher. It was bad enough to have lost face in front of him, but refusing to apologize would be even more embarrassing.
Biting his lip, he could do nothing but mutter a “Sorry” to Jiangjiang.
Jiangjiang relaxed his fingers, “It’s okay.”
“And the other kid, shouldn’t he apologize for his inappropriate remarks earlier?” Jiang Jinsang was not about to let the child off the hook.
Initially, the boy felt smug receiving Jiangjiang’s apology, but seeing his father bow and apologize made him uncomfortable. And now that the fire was directed at him, he was even more displeased.
“But I didn’t say anything wrong. He really doesn’t have a mom! If you can, bring your mom here!”
A single cold glance from Jiang Jinsang, however, was enough to make the boy shrink back, stamring and too scared to speak further.
“You little bastard, spouting nonsense!” The man raised his hand and smacked the boy’s head hard, “Apologize right now.”
“I won’t—” The boy was quite stubborn.
In the end, after being hit by his father a few tis, he tearfully apologized to Jiangjiang.
“Right now, as a child, going wrong and being able to apologize may be enough. But if he grows up and still speaks without restraint, I’m afraid a re apology won’t be enough to solve the problem,” Jiang Jinsang said with a light laugh.
His smile was soft, the corners of his mouth slightly lifted, but the chill in his expression sent a shiver down the spines of the father and son opposite him.
…
After greeting the coach, Jiang Jinsang took Jiangjiang and walked out.
Once they were alone, Jiangjiang still seed quite upset, silent despite being pulled by the hand.
Jiang Jinsang knelt down, bending over to adjust his nephew’s clothes, “You think you have the right to hit people?”
“He kept teasing , and I just couldn’t take it! I didn’t want to apologize.”
“They apologized to you just now, aren’t you satisfied? It’s wrong to be the first to hit.”
“So, it’s not my fault if he hit first?”
“Why are you always thinking about fighting! As long as you’ve done nothing wrong, your second uncle will naturally support you. But if you’re at fault, you must admit it.”
Tang Wan watched Jiang Jinsang straighten the boy’s clothes and lecture him with a bunch of moral principles, thinking that if Jiang Jinsang ever had children, he’d probably be a good father. But then, in the next second, she heard him say:
“Hitting soone is the most incompetent form of action. There are all sorts of ways to deal with a person.”
“What ways?”
Tang Wan frowned, wondering if he was teaching the child how to deal with enemies, perhaps even resorting to various sly maneuvers. The fact that Jiangjiang hadn’t grown twisted while living with the Jiang family was indeed very fortunate.
“But regarding the matter with your mother…”
“I know what he said is true, it’s okay. I won’t be so impulsive again,” Jiangjiang pursed his lips.
However, getting into a fight before the match had a terrible effect. Although the coach hadn’t explicitly banned him from participating, he was left out of the lineup for the first half of the ga, which was quite distressing for Jiangjiang.
He glanced at the parents’ section. The seat beside Jiang Jinsang was still empty…
The ga was about to start, and his father hadn’t arrived yet?
The little guy hung his head, staring at his sneakers, feeling even more upset.
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