Lu Ziyin saw Tang Qiushui, but didn't say anything. She just nodded to indicate that she understood.

When Tang Zhizhou saw his mother arrive, he asked helplessly, "Mom, why are you here too?"

"What?" Madam Tang rolled her eyes at Tang Zhizhou and said, "Why can't I come!"

"That's not what I meant... I just..." Tang Zhizhou tried to explain, but he was tongue-tied and couldn't say anything after stammering for a long time.

Mr. Ding was somewhat taken aback when he saw Mrs. Tang suddenly appear before him, but he still smiled politely and said, "Hello, Mrs. Tang? I am..."

"You must be Ding Kemeng's father!" Madam Tang glanced at Ding's father and interrupted him before he could finish speaking.

Mr. Ding was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

This woman seems to harbor ill will towards her baby and him.

Madam Tang looked Mr. Ding up and down a few times, then glanced at Ding Kemeng, chuckled, and said, "Truly from a humble background, his demeanor is really... quite ordinary!"

Tang Zhizhou was stunned; he never expected his mother to say such a thing!

“Madam Tang!” Lu Ziyin suddenly spoke up, taking a step forward to block Madam Tang’s scrutinizing gaze. Her face darkened. “Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for Madam Tang, with her upbringing, to say such a thing?”

Mrs. Tang had heard her daughter talk about Ding Kemeng before, and she had also seen Ding Kemeng's photos. She had a foxy face and dared to steal her daughter's fiancé!

I came here today intending to give Ding Kemeng a hard time, but now, Lu Ziyin is actually helping this girl from a humble family and turning against her.

Mrs. Tang was even angrier!

"Ziyin, do you know what you're saying!" Madam Tang's face turned cold as she looked at Lu Ziyin, her tone unfriendly. Tang Qiushui, standing to the side, was somewhat worried and subtly shook Madam Tang's arm.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ziyin raised her head, looked coldly at Madam Tang, and remained silent.

Seeing this, Mr. Ding, who had been silent, suddenly reached out and pulled Lu Ziyin behind him. He then looked at Madam Tang and said, "Mr. Tang Zhizhou, you are an old man. Isn't it a bit much to be so harsh on a child?"

"Old age?" Mrs. Tang's expression changed instantly upon hearing Mr. Ding's words.

"Who are you calling older?"

"Oh, sorry, I misspoke. We're both getting old!" Mr. Ding and Mrs. Ding have been together for so many years. Even though he wasn't good with words back then, he has learned Mrs. Ding's eloquence perfectly from her over such a long period of time!

"You!" Mrs. Tang was so angry with Mr. Ding that her voice trembled. Since she became the Mrs. Tang, she had never been humiliated like this by anyone!

Lu Ziyin and the others were stunned to see Ding's father like this. However, when they thought of Ding Kemeng, who was always calm and could shut others up with her sharp retorts, they were surprised.

Hmm...like father, like daughter!

"Dad, it's getting late, let's go." Although Madam Tang's words were quite harsh, she was, after all, Tang Zhizhou's mother. Ding Kemeng didn't want Tang Zhizhou to look too bad, so she reached out and pulled her father, whispering.

Mr. Ding glanced at Tang Zhizhou, smiled apologetically, turned around, patted his daughter's shoulder, and said, "Let's go, Mengmeng, Dad will take you to the classroom!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ziyin didn't linger and quickly followed.

When Madam Tang saw that Mr. Ding was about to leave, she was still angry and wanted to stop him to discuss the matter further. Tang Zhizhou quickly pulled his mother back.

He angrily said, "Mom, can you please stop making a scene! My sister is being unreasonable, but aren't you unreasonable too?!" He was almost driven mad by his mother's actions. How could the matriarch of the Tang family be so petty and mean-spirited towards a young girl in public, and even slander her father? Is this the kind of thing a socialite would do?

"A-Zhou, what do you mean? Are you blaming your mother now?!" Mrs. Tang was already angry, and now that her son wasn't taking her side, she immediately felt wronged: "Didn't you hear what that person said about your mother? Can't your mother even say something back? Are you still my son? Why are you siding with outsiders?!"

Tang Zhizhou looked at his mother's hysterical state with a complicated expression, sighed, and said, "Whatever. Mom, you shouldn't come to the parent-teacher conference in Class 10 today. Go to Class 1 for your sister. I'm afraid I'll embarrass you." After saying that, Tang Zhizhou gave Tang Qiushui a deep look and strode away.

Tang Qiushui was still gloating when Tang Zhizhou glanced at her, and she immediately felt a little guilty and lowered her head.

Madam Tang watched her son's departing figure, furious. Grabbing her daughter's hand, she roared, "Shui Shui, look at your brother! Look at him! Has he been bewitched by that little vixen too?"

Mrs. Tang's loud commotion at the school gate had already attracted a lot of attention. Tang Qiushui felt embarrassed and quickly took Mrs. Tang's hand, pulling her into the school gate.

"Mom, please say less, we're outside!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Tang seemed to snap out of her daze. She looked around and met the curious gazes of the people around her. Madam Tang felt her face burning up!

Madam Tang patted Tang Qiushui's hand vigorously and said urgently, "Hurry, hurry, let's go to your classroom!"

As Mr. Ding led his daughter toward Class 10's classroom, he warned her, "Mengmeng, that Mrs. Tang seems difficult to get along with. You must stay away from her daughter in the future. Also, it would be best if... you stayed away from that Tang Zhizhou too!"

Ding Kemeng listened to her father's words. At first, it was fine, but as she listened, she felt that something was wrong.

It's normal to stay away from Tang Qiushui, but why should we stay away from Tang Zhizhou as well? "Dad, Tang Zhizhou is a very good person, he's my friend!"

"What? Friends! What kind of friends are you?!" Mr. Ding exclaimed anxiously.

Lu Ziyin followed the father and daughter at a leisurely pace. Although he couldn't quite hear what they were saying, he was startled and tense when Ding's father suddenly shouted.

Unable to control herself, Lu Ziyin moved a little closer and slowed her breathing.

Mr. Ding's voice was quite loud: "Mengmeng, you can't be like those girls and start dating at such a young age! Also, you must stay away from those boys who look like they're trying to fool you young girls!"

What on earth is this all about?!

Ding Kemeng was amused and exasperated by her father's bizarre thought process: "Dad, can you please stop making wild guesses? Tang Zhizhou and I are just ordinary friends..."

Mr. Ding disagreed and insisted, "Mengmeng, you're still young, you don't understand! I've been your age, I know a lot! A boy like Tang Zhizhou must be very popular with girls at your school, right?"