Chapter Twenty: Teaching Her How to Be a Person

Cheng Xi's mother said angrily, "It takes two to tango. Is this all Cheng Xi's fault?"

"No matter what, there's no need to resort to violence."

"Who says it takes two to tango?"

A woman's voice suddenly rang out from behind, and everyone couldn't help but look towards the source of the sound.

Jiang Ran strolled in slowly from the doorway, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

Then he walked up to Cheng Xi's mother before she could react.

Then I heard—

"Smack!"

Cheng Xi's mother staggered from the sudden slap and cried out in pain.

Then I felt a series of stinging pains on my face.

She raised her eyes and glared fiercely at Jiang Ran: "What are you doing!"

Jiang Ran's action surprised everyone present. Cheng Xi covered his nose with one hand and supported his mother with the other.

Seeing this, the teacher quickly came over and questioned Jiang Ran, "Mrs. Si, how could you hit someone?"

Si Zuochen and Si You exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise on each other's faces.

According to the plot, shouldn't she come to the school to teach the two of them a lesson?

How did you end up slapping someone in the face?

Jiang Ran lowered her eyes and touched her hand, then said frankly, "She said it takes two to tango, so I just demonstrated for her whether it takes two to tango."

After saying that, he took a few steps closer to her. Mr. Zhang was still a little dazed from the slap he had just received, and instinctively tried to dodge.

But Jiang Ran easily grabbed his collar and asked, "Tell me, does it make a sound?"

The teacher watched from the side, astonished by what she was seeing.

Isn't this blatant coercion?

How can you say you won't make a sound after just being beaten?

Being grabbed by the collar in front of everyone, the man felt embarrassed and reached out to grab Jiang Ran's face.

Jiang Ran frowned slightly, slapped her hand away, loosened her collar, and pushed her back forcefully.

"Try moving a little more!"

Cheng Xi's mother was taken aback by Jiang Ran's tone and stood there stunned. She was clearly scared, but she still didn't back down verbally.

"No wonder those two kids were so rude, it turns out this is how their family is!"

"Look what they did to my child!"

Jiang Ran glanced at her sideways, then turned to look at Si Zuochen: "What's the reason?"

Si Zuochen originally didn't want to have anything to do with her, but given the current situation, he couldn't refuse her.

He simply summarized it as: "He provoked us first."

"I see." Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow, then looked at Cheng Xi and said with a helpless expression.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Your son was the one who provoked us first. Doesn't he deserve this fate?"

"You!" Seeing Jiang Ran's feigned innocence, Cheng Xi's mother angrily rebuked, "What? You're just going to listen to his side of the story? Even if Xi'er is wrong about something, there's no need to resort to violence!"

"He has no manners or upbringing, and only knows how to use his fists! What kind of future can someone like that have?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, she couldn't address the issue at hand, so she could only keep focusing on the physical altercation.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran frowned and sneered, "It's none of your business to point fingers and make irresponsible remarks about my child!"

Hearing Jiang Ran's words, Si Zuochen and Si Youlin felt a sudden tremor in their hearts.

child?

In my memory, this woman would never defend them like this in front of outsiders.

As she spoke, Jiang Ran took two steps forward: "I've only ever heard of people who are right but never one to back down, but I never expected you to be so argumentative even when you're wrong."

“My child has always believed that he will not offend others unless they offend him. You should reflect on what kind of nasty things that ‘pighead’ said to deserve such a beating.”

Pig's head?

"Pfft..." Si Youlin couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He truly hadn't expected Jiang Ran to speak so bluntly.

Feeling the person next to him glance at him sideways, Si Youlin immediately straightened up.

Si Zuochen slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at Cheng Xi.

It does seem... quite similar.

The teacher stood aside, observing the grim situation.

Unable to contain himself, he spoke up to ease the tension, saying, "Mrs. Si, Chairman Zhang, it's common for children to fight. Why don't we go to the office and sit down to discuss how to handle this?"

"Making things so confrontational also affects the relationship between the children."

Listening to the teacher's words, Jiang Ran turned her head and glanced at her.

She didn't know whether she should call the teacher stupid.

Feelings? They've been beaten to a pulp, what feelings are there to talk about?

"Look at Cheng Xi's state! Is this considered a minor incident?" Cheng Xi's mother looked at the teacher and questioned her sternly.

Then he looked at Jiang Ran: "I don't want compensation, I just want them both to go to the juvenile detention center and be properly disciplined!" "You think they can just go?" Jiang Ran sneered: "Then your kids are probably not just as bad as pigs, they'll probably end up missing limbs."

"Are you threatening me?" Cheng Xi's mother frowned.

Si Zuochen lowered his eyes, his mind a jumble of emotions.

Seeing the astonishment on Si Youlin's face, he reached out and tugged at his sleeve, saying softly, "Let's wait and see."

Jiang Ran ignored her words and looked directly at the homeroom teacher, asking a question.

"Is there something you need from me?"

Given that this teacher was also clueless, she didn't even bother to use honorifics.

Upon hearing that she was being targeted, the teacher quickly replied, "It's like this, Mrs. Si. The school holds regular parent-teacher meetings, but you've never attended one."

"In addition..." She paused, glanced at Jiang Ran's expression, and continued, "Si Zuochen and Si Youlin haven't been behaving very well lately, and they want to talk to you."

"Are you usually very busy and don't have time to care about their studies?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran raised an eyebrow: "What? Are their grades bad?"

"No, that's not it," the teacher replied timidly, "It's just..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Ran interrupted her and asked, "From what I understand, they had a mock exam recently. What were their scores?"

This was all thanks to the teacher who called to complain about their truancy, explaining that they left school immediately after the exam; otherwise, she wouldn't have paid so much attention to them.

"Si Zuochen got the highest score in the whole school." The teacher's face looked a little ugly.

Just now you said that people don't care about children's grades, but your child got first place in the whole school. Isn't this a blatant slap in the face?

"Impossible!" Cheng Xi's mother screamed from the side, her face full of disbelief.

"How could someone with such poor manners be number one in the whole school?"

What surprised her even more was that her child was no match for him.

"He definitely plagiarized!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ran glared at her.

The teacher chimed in, "Chairman Zhang, that's true. Si Zuochen has consistently ranked first in the entire school since he entered."