Once everyone had arrived, seeing the slightly awkward crowd standing at the door, Shen Fenghua immediately took the initiative, saying, "Sit down, what are you all standing for?"

Looking at Shen Fenghua, whose face was all smiles but whose smiles didn't reach his eyes, everyone felt a chill run down their spines and chuckled awkwardly, "No, no, standing is just fine."

"In that case, let's talk about what the children do at school."

Shen Fenghua's side had a lighthearted atmosphere, but behind her stood Qi Ye, a dark-faced and menacing figure whose incredibly robust physique was truly intimidating.

"Kids are bound to be mischievous. They might bump into things at school, but it's nothing serious, and I usually don't take it to heart..."

As soon as Shen Fenghua said this, the parents' tense faces relaxed almost instantly. They felt that although Shen Fenghua was a director, so what?

She's just an office girl who's never been to the grassroots level and hasn't seen much of the world.

Sure enough, they were fooled without saying a word.

So the short, fat one inside started to smile and say, "Who says otherwise? They're all a bunch of rascals. If we kept these things to ourselves, we wouldn't be able to live our own lives."

Shen Fenghua stared at her intently until the short, chubby girl was speechless. Only then was Shen Fenghua satisfied.

Although she is young, she is not without her own methods.

“What my sister-in-law said makes some sense, but then again, playing around is one thing, but you shouldn’t joke about your parents. Besides, this isn’t really playing around. I’ve never seen four or five kids kicking and punching two kids like that.”

His tone was soft, yet it carried an undeniable air of harshness.

The short, plump auntie's heart skipped a beat. She gave an awkward laugh and fell silent.

“I’m young and a stepmother, and my two children are both sensible. They were bullied before, but I was too embarrassed to tell my family. It was my oversight, and I will reflect on it when I get back. But my children have been bullied, and I have to get justice for them.”

These words resonated deeply. Qi Nianping and Qi Nian'an, the two children, stood hand in hand at the back, looking at Shen Fenghua's slender figure, and felt an immense surge of strength welling up in their hearts.

I vaguely remember that a few months ago, my mother did the same thing, standing at the forefront, fighting for them, and demanding justice.

It's the same now.

"this……"

The group exchanged bewildered glances. "Surely it's not that serious. It was just a joke between kids. How did it escalate to demanding justice? Director Shen, aren't you being a bit too harsh?"

"A bit heavier?" Shen Fenghua chuckled lightly. "Then you must be an orphan, a bastard."

Even when she was swearing, Shen Fenghua spoke gently, but upon hearing her words clearly, the man's expression suddenly changed, "You..."

"Look at you, you're angry now too," Shen Fenghua said with a smile. "I was just joking, why are you angry?"

Speechless after being silenced by Shen Fenghua's words, everyone's faces turned ashen.

Teacher Zhang watched from the sidelines. The two sides were locked in a stalemate, neither willing to give an inch. However, Shen Fenghua's side had a stronger momentum, after all, she was in the right.

"I don't want to talk about those irrelevant things now. Everyone knows the truth about the children's background. They were not born from my womb, but now that they call me 'Mom,' I have to take care of them and make the decisions."

Everyone realized that the Shen family was indeed not someone to be trifled with.

The smiling, pretty young girl in front of them, though young, was indeed a junior leader; she was not someone they could fool, nor someone they could afford to offend.

"So, what are you planning to do about this?"

Shen Fenghua smiled and said, "It's simple. After all, I'm not one of those people who don't care about appearances. We do what's right. This is the first time our child has been bullied. I sat in the office and spoke to you all nicely. If it happens again, I won't be here."

"What I want is very simple: an apology, an apology to my children. They are not bastards without parents; they are the treasures of the Qi and Shen families."

"Also, five eggs per family as an apology isn't too much to ask, is it?"

Everyone felt uneasy, some even hesitant to try and figure out what Shen Fenghua's unspoken message might really mean.

Shen Fenghua's words were all carefully considered.

“Then let’s do as you say,” he said, and then, setting an example, he grabbed his son and kicked him, “You brat, apologize now.”

The kick was delivered with such force that the child staggered and burst into tears.

Of course, they only apologized and didn't mention compensating for the eggs.

Shen Fenghua could understand. Although he was a steel factory worker, not all of his family was well-off. Some people were the only ones earning money, but they had to support seven or eight people in their families.

We have to be frugal with everything, from eating and drinking to using the toilet.

Five eggs, we wouldn't even eat them ourselves!

It's impossible not to compensate for the damages.

An apology is just a matter of words; it takes eggs to make them remember. Even if they want to find fault, they'd better think twice before making a fuss, considering whether their own eggs are moldy and they can't finish them.

Shen Fenghua had a very good grasp of these people's mentality.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all followed suit, staging a full-blown brawl in the office.

In an instant, the crying in the office almost blew the roof off.

Shen Fenghua just watched coldly, thinking, "Let them beat me up, it's not like I gave in."

As for these children...

Shen Fenghua watched and felt that the beating was deserved. Such a young child was already so bad. If he was not disciplined and allowed to continue like this, what would become of him when he grew up?

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