Xiao Manxuan blinked and looked at Zhang Lingyu, suddenly asking, "Did Sister Yu and Lin Tian fight side by side? Have you seen Lin Tian fight?"
Zhang Lingyu’s gaze flashed, and a hint of unease crossed her face, but she quickly concealed it with a smile, "How could I possibly have fought alongside him? I just heard about it from him, and I’m sure he must have told you too. What’s so strange about that?"
"Sister Yu, didn’t you say that we shouldn’t believe a word of that philanderer?" Xiao Manxuan retorted, her big eyes probing Zhang Lingyu as if trying to uncover a secret.
"Sotis, when he’s not being a philanderer, he can still be trustworthy," Zhang Lingyu quickly explained.
Xiao Manxuan shook her head and said, "Why do I feel like, Sister Yu, you’re hiding sothing from ?"
"Why go on about ? Let’s talk about your Lin Tian instead, think about how he would deal with these parents," Zhang Lingyu diverted the topic.
"He’s not mine, but since he’s my bodyguard, I have a duty to protect him. If the school dares to expel him, I’ll have my sister buy the school and fire all those board mbers and school leaders to see who would dare touch Lin Tian again," Xiao Manxuan declared assertively, her tone in that mont as imperious as that of a ruthless corporate heiress—clearly, they were cut from the sa cloth.
Of course, how much buying the entire school would cost was sothing Lin Tian didn’t know and certainly wouldn’t truly let Miss Bai accomplish, even if she had the funds—it was not how money was spent.
The parents had been shouting for a long ti, and realizing that Lin Tian was still standing there calmly, seemingly indifferent to their words, they suddenly felt like they were performing a monologue.
Having shouted until they were tired, under the midday sun, the parents were both hungry and thirsty. They had thought dealing with a re student would take just a few minutes, yet it turned into a prolonged battle, and gradually, the voices of the parents began to subside.
"Have you all said enough? If so, it’s my turn," Lin Tian said with composure, waiting at ease.
"Hmph, what have you to say?" Zeng Cai wiped the sweat from his forehead and scoffed. Previously, it was cold sweat; now, it was sweat induced by the scorching sun overhead.
"I really have nothing much to say to you; instead, let the students speak and hear their voices. You parents always act on your own, never asking for your children’s desires. Have you ever considered their feelings?" Lin Tian voiced loudly.
"You always think you have life experience and worldly knowledge, so your children must listen to you, but what experiences are those really? You haven’t left school for more than fifteen years, and during these fifteen years, most of you have been working in the sa place, too."
"Most haven’t even left the city. What sort of experiences are these? And you, who was it just now talking to about qualifications and experiences, boasting about understanding the wider world? How much of the world have you actually seen?"
"We acknowledge that you are sowhat mature in thought. Precisely because you are mature, you should instill correct life and value perspectives in students."
"For the sake of college entrance exams, you poison frogs, which you once talked about as beneficial animals, friends of humans—is this the demonstration of your experiences, of your maturity?" Lin Tian didn’t want to say it, but still couldn’t help venting.
"Clap, clap, clap..." Around him, students burst into applause that lasted for a long ti. Lin Tian had spoken their thoughts, thoughts they’ve harbored since childhood, never daring to voice to adults; today, Lin Tian had spoken for them.
The reversal of the situation made Zeng Cai and Lv Bo’s countenances grow uglier. The smiles on their faces disappeared, and beads of sweat—whether from heat or nerves—glistened on their foreheads.
"Mom, how did you get here? My classmate told , but I didn’t believe it until now," a girl pressed through the crowd and exclaid in surprise.
The woman the girl was calling was another female parent, who appeared sixteen or seventeen years old but was already quite attractive, definitely standing out even in her class.
"Qi Qi, Mom is just looking out for you," the parent said.
"But you promised last night that you wouldn’t co," Qi Qi, the girl addressed, said, sounding a bit displeased.
The mother was embarrassed to have her broken promise unveiled in front of so many people and hurriedly explained, "It was the neighbor who insisted on bringing here; I couldn’t refuse, so I ca to look around."
"It was Aunt Wu, wasn’t it? Honestly." The girl complained and then turned back to the crowd, "Xia Yu, your mom ca too, why are you still hiding back there?"
At her shout, another girl squeezed through from the back, looking about the sa age.
Perhaps spurred by Qi Qi’s call, more and more students appeared, triggering a large-scale identification of parents. Out of over a hundred parents, there were a hundred students, only Zeng Cai, Lv Bo, and two other "parents" were left unclaid.
Seeing this scene, Lin Tian almost figured it out. These four weren’t parents of the students; naturally, no student recognized them.
It was clear that these four had been deliberately arranged. Zeng Cai and Lv Bo were responsible for organizing the student’s parents, while the other two acted as "plants" to assist Zeng Cai and Lv Bo in stirring up the parents’ emotions.
This was a set-up with organized and preditated complaints; Lin Tian could guess the mastermind with his toes—in Xikou City, his enemies weren’t many, only Sun Decai and the Bai family.
It seed Sun Decai had learned his lesson, abandoning his old thods of threats and violence for a new strategy. Lin Tian smiled slightly, his mind as clear as a mirror.
"Dear parents, all your children have arrived—oh, except for these four. Why haven’t your kids appeared? Are you not really parents from our school?" Lin Tian glanced at Zeng Cai and said with a subtle smile.
"Who said they aren’t? They might have gone to get lunch and didn’t see us," Zeng Cai quickly explained. His eyes darted around, then quickly changed the subject, "You just suggested letting students express their opinions. I think that’s a good idea. We should listen to the children’s voices."
"I am against poisoning frogs." No sooner had he finished speaking than Qi Qi imdiately shouted, leaving Zeng Cai utterly embarrassed.
Zeng Cai had to patiently steer, "Think carefully, student. The noise can disturb your rest, and while you might not be affected, other students may be."
"Who says? We hear the frogs from our dormitory, but it doesn’t bother us at all," Qi Qi contradicted.
Zeng Cai faced another bout of embarrassnt and had to say, "You’re not a senior student and don’t represent them. We should ask the senior students, right?" Unfortunately, no one responded to his question.
"I’ll speak then." A boy with glasses stepped forward, looking scholarly. He said, "At first, I supported the elimination of the frogs."
The first sentence from the boy gave Zeng Cai and Lv Bo a mont of joy, thinking that finally soone was about to speak so "fair words."
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