"What's going on?" Zhou Xueguan questioned Zhuang Yueyue and Chi Yuning.

Zhuang Yueyue and Chi Yuning panicked when they heard Zhou Xueguan's question and instinctively denied it.

"No! We didn't hit her."

"Mengfei was trying to take our seats. We tried to help her up, but she just fell to the ground."

Fearing that Zhou Xueguan would blame her, Chi Yuning quickly turned her anger towards the little dumpling.

"Then she told Zhuang Yueyue to get out of the way and even kicked her. We all saw it!"

Chi Yuning looked at the children behind her and said loudly, "You all saw Little Dumpling kick Zhuang Yueyue, didn't you!"

Chi Yuning was very clever; she simply asked everyone if they had seen it.

Children of this age naturally don't think that much; they just answer the questions.

"Yes, the little dumpling kicked Zhuang Yueyue."

Zhou Xueguan glared sharply at the little dumpling, "Kicking someone is wrong! Apologize to Zhuang Yueyue right now!"

The little dumpling shook its head, "No!"

Zhuang Yueyue is a bad girl. She hit Meng Fei, so of course she has to help Meng Fei hit back.

She didn't do anything wrong, so she's not going to apologize.

Chi Yuning looked at the little dumpling and said to Zhou Xueguan with a guilty expression:

“Zhou Xueguan, Zhuang Yueyue and I shouldn’t have tried to take seats from Meng Fei just now, which caused her to fall off her chair. Although we didn’t hit her, we were still wrong.”

"We want to apologize to Meng Fei."

After saying that, Chi Yuning pulled Zhuang Yueyue up, and the two of them sincerely apologized to Meng Fei.

Meng Fei scratched her head, not knowing why, but she felt that something was off about what Chi Yuning had said.

Chi Yuning sneered inwardly. She was born into a prominent family, but she wasn't the legitimate daughter; she was merely born from the womb of a favored concubine.

In order to gain her father's attention and to surpass her sisters, she learned to read people's expressions from a young age and developed a cunning and manipulative mind at a young age.

Her words just now implied that they had bullied Meng Fei, describing it as just a childish squabble, and that Meng Fei's injury was simply due to an accidental fall during the argument.

He completely absolved himself of his mistakes and even took the initiative to apologize to Meng Fei in a sensible and considerate manner.

Her behavior made the little boy's refusal to apologize appear extremely rude and immature.

Zhou Xueguan looked at Chi Yuning and Zhuang Yueyue with relief, "It's good that you've realized your mistakes."

After saying that, she looked at the little dumpling again, her disgust deepening.

"Chi Yuning and Zhuang Yueyue have both apologized to Meng Fei, shouldn't you apologize to Zhuang Yueyue?"

The little dumpling shook its head firmly and said:

"No! She's a bad child, Officer Zhou! You can't distinguish right from wrong, you're a bad officer too!"

Zhou Xueguan was taken aback; this was the first time in her life she had ever encountered such a child.

They say she's bad! They say she can't distinguish right from wrong!

It's one thing to insult classmates, but to insult her too!

Seeing Zhou Xueguan's angry expression, Mu Yanxiu tugged at the little dumpling in fear and said, "Auntie, why don't we apologize?"

The little boy held her hand and said firmly:

"I know you're afraid of the school officials, but if we're wrong, we'll admit it! If we're not wrong, no matter how afraid we are, we can't admit it!"

"Good, good, good! You're right!" Zhou Xueguan stood up and pulled out a ruler from behind his back.

She originally intended to give the little dumpling a verbal lesson, but who knew she would be so unreasonable? Today she was determined to teach her what is right and wrong!

"Stretch out your hand!" Zhou Xueguan pointed a ruler at the little dumpling.

When Mu Yanxiu saw the ruler, she knew that the teacher was going to hit her palm, and she immediately burst into tears.

"Auntie, let's admit our mistake. I don't want you to get your hands slapped."

Chi Yuning stood behind Zhou Xueguan, looking at the little dumpling with a smile on her lips.

That smug and defiant smile made the little dumpling even more determined in her mind.

She put her hands behind her back and said without fear:

“My father and mother taught me that I should not be afraid of the powerful, nor should I bully the weak.”

"I did nothing wrong, I won't get a slap!"

Zhou Xueguan glanced around at the remaining students.

This is the first day of school, and Mu Jintuan, this troublemaker, is already provoking us. If she doesn't fight back, how will she establish her authority and manage these children in the future?

Zhou Xueguan grabbed Xiao Tuanzi's shoulder with one hand, turned her around, and hit Xiao Tuanzi's bottom with a ruler.

The little girl was caught off guard and didn't expect Zhou Xueguan to hit her. She screamed in pain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhou Xueguan struck the child several more times with the ruler, saying as he did so:

"You assaulted your classmates, showed no remorse, talked back to your teachers, and uttered arrogant words. This is your lesson!"

The little dumpling's eyes were red from crying, and she felt a burning pain in her bottom. Her small body stood trembling.

...

Sirius within the country.

Suddenly, the female slave next to Huyan Sai felt a sharp pain in her heart. She immediately covered her heart with her hand, her delicate brows furrowing tightly.

What's wrong?

Why does my heart hurt so much?

The female slave was panting heavily, and her eyes involuntarily turned sharp.

This feeling of my heart being inexplicably tugged at—it's as if the most important person in my life has been hurt.