Zhong Qi did it for her mother's sake. She was originally the daughter of the Zhu family, a scholarly family in the provincial capital. After meeting her father in the countryside, she insisted on marrying the poor boy's father.
Even now, though the Zhong family is wealthy, his maternal grandparents in the provincial capital still don't treat his father well.
Several uncles and aunts started complaining again, saying that the Zhong family was full of money and all they knew was how to make a few dirty bucks.
Zhu's cousins were all graduates of top universities.
After graduating, he became a doctor, a teacher, and a civil servant. He also has a younger cousin who is a freshman at Peking University.
He is determined to get into a top university.
"Thank you for your hard work, little brother." Zhong Qian patted Zhong Qi's shoulder. She knew what her brother was thinking. She really wasn't cut out for studying, and all she wanted to do was dance and sing. She wanted to be a big star when she grew up.
Is there anything wrong with that? My cousins are good at studying, what does that have to do with me? Is being a celebrity a bad profession? Then why does she insist on doing it?
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Yucai High School gate
Sun Meijuan waited another five minutes before the Sun family's car arrived; she almost took a taxi and left.
"Why are you so late today? You stinking driver, did you take my car to pick up passengers and make money?" Sun Meijuan slammed the car door shut and immediately began to berate and question the driver with a sarcastic and mean tone as soon as she got in the car.
"No, Miss. Mr. Sun had something to do today and drove his car out. He hasn't come back yet."
Mrs. Sun drove herself to Jiangshi Elementary School to pick up your brother, and she got home half an hour late. As soon as she got back, I rushed over to pick you up, and I almost hit someone on the way.” The Sun family’s driver explained anxiously and nervously.
This is a man in his thirties, honest and cautious, named Lin Tiangui.
Lin Tiangui only became the Sun family's driver this month; the Sun family had changed many drivers before.
Miss Sun is difficult to please; she gets angry and scolds people or deducts money at the drop of a hat. However, the Sun family pays her a high wage, and his wife is seriously ill and needs a lot of money.
He had only been at the Sun family's house for less than a month, and he was always very careful, afraid of making mistakes and having his pay docked.
"Hmph...it had better be that way, or you'll be sorry." Sun Meijuan's expression remained unpleasant.
Fifteen minutes later, the Sun family's car stopped in front of a small villa in the southern district of Jiang City.
"Mom, why is the family driver only picking me up now?"
After getting off the bus, Sun Meijuan walked into the house with a displeased look on her face and casually threw her schoolbag on the sofa.
In the living room of the Sun family, Mrs. Sun was setting out the dishes. A chubby boy of about ten years old was sitting at the dining table, having already eaten more than half a bowl of rice.
"Yes, your brother had some trouble at school, so I went to pick him up and came back late." Mrs. Sun's expression was also not good.
She was in her forties, with a flat nose, square mouth, and slightly plump figure. She had curly hair and wore a pearl necklace. She was dressed very elegantly, but when she spoke, her tone was unfriendly and her face was full of anger.
"What happened to Jiahao at school?" At this moment, a man in his forties or fifties walked into the Sun family's house. He was of medium height and slightly overweight, with a protruding beer belly, a square face, and small eyes.
He wore a white shirt, black trousers, and a suit jacket with a gold belt buckle that gleamed on his beer belly. He also wore a gold watch on his wrist.
As soon as Mr. Sun entered his home, he heard that his beloved son had gotten into some trouble at school, and he anxiously asked Mrs. Sun about it.
"Dad, a boy who just transferred to my class hit me! Look, I got punched all over my left cheek, it hurts so much! Humph, he actually dared to hit me back! Dad, please go and settle the score with him for me!"
Sun Jiahao, who was eating, angrily complained as soon as he heard his father was back, his face beaming with smugness. His father loved him the most and would definitely make trouble for that freshman.
Although his mother had just helped him vent his anger, he felt it wasn't enough.
"Tch, it's just a fight between elementary school classmates, what's the big deal?" Sun Meijuan was very unhappy to see that her parents only cared about her younger brother, Sun Jiahao.
Doesn't anyone care about her? She waited for the bus for more than ten minutes.
"Meijuan, what are you saying? He's your own brother." Mrs. Sun scolded her, somewhat displeased.
"What's going on?" Mr. Sun asked Mrs. Sun, his face also full of anger.
“Is that so…” Mrs. Sun was about to say.
Someone knocked on the Sun family's door.
"Meijuan, go open the door." Mrs. Sun was interrupted, so she immediately told Sun Meijuan, who was about to wash her hands and eat, to open the door.
Mr. Sun also looked up at the doorway.
"Who is it! Don't you know it's noon?" Sun Meijuan reluctantly went to open the door.
As soon as the door to the Sun family's house opened, two police officers walked in.
"Is this the home of Sun Yongtao and Feng Lanying? Ms. Feng Lanying, please come with us." One of the tall, thin police officers spoke up.
"Oh, you're looking for me? Officers, can you tell me what happened? Did that male classmate's family call the police? That's ridiculous, I haven't even called the police yet, why is his family calling?" Mrs. Sun was a little nervous, but she still pretended to be ignorant and asked.
"Yes, officers, look, my son's face is all swollen from being hit." Mr. Sun was also unhappy after hearing this, but he didn't directly lose his temper with the police officer, though his tone was still righteous and defiant.
"It's about your son getting into a fight with a classmate at school, but that's not entirely it. The school will handle fights between classmates fairly."
"But Ms. Feng Lanying, you attacked a ten-year-old child, pushing him down and causing him to hit the corner of a table, resulting in a head injury and bleeding. He's currently receiving treatment at the city hospital. It was a relative of that male student who called the police." Another police officer explained in a serious and calm tone.
"Nonsense... his family is trying to extort money. I just pushed him lightly." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Sun's expression changed slightly. She began to feel a little scared, but she still didn't think she had done anything wrong.
"Officer, if it really was my wife who pushed me, my family is willing to pay the medical expenses, then there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Mr. Sun's face relaxed. What's the big deal? At worst, we'll just have to pay some money.
He hasn't even settled accounts with the people who fought with his son yet! Do you think that family would dare ask him for compensation?
Mr. Sun knew his wife well; if someone could push someone down, that family must be an ordinary one, otherwise his wife wouldn't have acted so directly.
If the other party's family is well-off, she will restrain herself. Boss Sun knows his wife well; she is a bully who preys on the weak and fears the strong. In essence, he is also that kind of person.
"We'll talk about this back at the station. It was Secretary Ning's wife who called the police." The first officer to speak didn't say anything more to the Sun couple. Did they think the police station was owned by the Sun family?
"Who? Secretary Ning...?" Boss Sun was completely dumbfounded. How could it be the Ning family? Doesn't the Ning family only have one son who is in his second year of high school?
"The male student who was pushed down is Secretary Ning's nephew, who just transferred to Jiang City to study this year."
Moreover, your son started the fight at school, so the fault lies with your son.
Just now at school, before the other party's parents arrived, your wife, Feng Lanying, pushed him down and left without a care. The shorter police officer's added words dealt another blow to Mr. Sun.
He knew that Secretary Ning had been transferred from Beijing to work in Jiang City.
In Jiang City, Boss Sun dared not have any designs on Secretary Ning or several other city leaders, as they were people he could not win over, much less people the Sun family could afford to offend.
He had originally planned to use some tricks to acquire the two plots of land he had his eye on in Pingtang County, but now it seems he can no longer act rashly.
I don't know how this matter will be resolved amicably.
"You idiot!" Mr. Sun was furious and slapped Mrs. Sun hard across the face.
"Ah..." Mrs. Sun was thrown heavily to the ground. She couldn't believe it, but she was also terrified. She covered her face with her hands, tears streaming down her face. The person she had pushed down was Secretary Ning's nephew.
“Mom…” Sun Meijuan was also a little frightened and went over to support Mrs. Sun.
"Dad, Mom..." Sun Jiahao was stunned and stood blankly at the dinner table. How could this be?
"Alright, Sun Yongtao, are you going to hit someone in front of us? Even if it's family, hitting someone is not allowed." The two police officers didn't linger and took Mrs. Sun away.
Mr. Sun quickly calmed down. What he needed to do now was to go to the hospital to apologize. Yes, apologize, and bring his son with him.
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