Ye Linchen never intended to leave without a clear explanation.
She stopped and looked at Wei's mother.
"Auntie, I'm so sorry."
"I may really not be able to teach your child."
"I asked him to do the test, but he wanted me to be his girlfriend."
"If he doesn't agree, he won't study."
Ye Linchen repeated Wei Boyuan's words verbatim.
"I'm sorry I can't help him with his attitude towards learning."
"You should find a more suitable teacher."
As soon as Ye Linchen finished speaking, the earnestness on Wei's mother's face shattered.
Her eyes widened suddenly, as if she had heard something out of the blue.
"What?!" she cried, her voice rising in disbelief. "How is this possible!"
“We’ve hired tutors more than once or twice, but we’ve never heard of anything like this before!”
The way she looked at Ye Linchen had changed.
“My son is a bit naughty and disobedient, but he is definitely not the kind of rascal you’re describing!”
"Teacher Xiao Ye, you yourself are not capable enough to teach him, so you can't just throw mud at my son to shirk responsibility!"
"You have a problem with your character!"
"Since you're slandering my child like this, then I'm sorry, I definitely can't give you the money for the trial lesson!"
Hearing these distorted and untrue words, Ye Linchen was no longer so angry; instead, he found them somewhat laughable.
She tugged at the corners of her mouth, revealing a cold smile.
“If you don’t want to give the money, you don’t have to.” She greeted Wei’s mother with clear and frank eyes. “But I didn’t embellish a single word of what your son said.”
"You said I was talking nonsense, that I was slandering him,"
Ye Linchen raised his chin slightly and pointed to the bedroom, "Isn't your son in there? You can go in and ask him now, and see if he dares to repeat the nonsense he just said to you."
“Auntie, your son isn’t bad at learning, he just doesn’t want to learn at all.”
"It's not that he's unruly; he just lacks the most basic respect for people."
“In his eyes, I am not a teacher, nor even someone who needs to be treated equally; I am just a pitiful wretch who needs to beg money from him.”
Ye Linchen's gaze fell on Wei's mother's face, which was twisted with anger. "I agreed to stay earlier, not for your little bit of tuition fee."
"It's because I saw how hard it was for you to help your child with his studies that I thought you were a mother who genuinely cared about your child's future, so I sympathized with you and respected your intentions."
"Now it seems I was just being presumptuous."
"You, as the mother, should know your son's true character better than anyone else."
"His current behavior is impolite, frivolous, and fundamentally disrespectful."
"You are unwilling to acknowledge his problems, instead choosing to lie for him, cover for him, and even turn around and bite the hand that was trying to enlighten you. I am very disappointed in you for doing this."
"If today's incident doesn't wake you up and make you think about your son's problems, then the price you'll have to pay in the future will be far more than the cost of this lesson."
I have said everything I needed to say; any more words would be a waste of breath.
Ye Linchen stopped looking at her and didn't wait for her to say anything more. He turned around, opened the door, and walked out without looking back.
Even after leaving the building, Ye Linchen was still trembling with anger.
She didn't care about the trial lesson fee she hadn't received; she hadn't planned to accept it in the first place.
She didn't even teach properly, and what she taught was completely worthless.
She was simply disgusted by the deep-seated contempt and disrespect shown by the Wei family mother and son.
Standing in the shadow of the apartment building, Ye Linchen slowly exhaled the stale air from his chest and took a deep breath of fresh air.
Forget it, it's not worth getting angry over irrelevant people and ruining my mood.
She raised her hand to tidy her wind-blown hair and slung her backpack over her shoulder.
It's time to go home, wash my face, calm myself down, I have a very important class to attend tonight.
Life isn't always smooth sailing; it's normal to have some ups and downs.
Unexpectedly, after Ye Linchen finished teaching Zhao Yutong that evening, while he was packing up his books, Zhao Yutong's mother came over with a glass of warm water, looking somewhat troubled.
She placed the water glass on the table next to Ye Linchen, glanced at Zhao Yutong somewhat shyly, and finally spoke.
"Teacher Xiaoye, Auntie wants to ask you something."
“This afternoon, Wei Boyuan’s mother came to see me and said some very unpleasant things.”
As Zhao Yutong's mother spoke, her brows furrowed.
She looked at Ye Linchen and repeated those unsavory accusations, her face full of confusion.
She said the teacher I introduced was of bad character, and... she also said you deliberately seduced her son.
Zhao Yutong's mother waved her hands repeatedly, eager to express her stance.
"Of course Auntie doesn't believe that. We've known each other for so long, I know exactly what kind of person you are."
"Honest, honest, smart and capable, I can see all of that, otherwise I wouldn't have helped introduce students."
"I was wondering if there was some huge misunderstanding here?"
Ye Linchen had already anticipated these slanders, and his face remained calm.
She knew that Zhao Yutong's mother meant well and didn't want to put her in a difficult position, nor did she want to take the blame for herself.
So she put down her book and recounted the events that had occurred at the Wei family's house that afternoon, without embellishment, stating only the facts.
“I don’t know what Wei Boyuan was like before, but in front of me, he showed a strong aversion to studying and even asked me to study with him alone.”
"Later, he made another request of me, asking me to be his girlfriend. He said if I agreed, he would give me pocket money and study hard so I could earn more money for tutoring."
Ye Linchen smirked dismissively.
“I can’t agree to these conditions. I told his mother about it, but she didn’t believe me and said I was slandering her son…”
"That's what happened. I really don't have the ability to teach this student..."
Zhao Yutong's mother's expression changed repeatedly as she listened, and she finally covered her mouth, clearly not expecting that the seemingly quiet and introverted boy would do such a thing.
She shook her head repeatedly, muttering to herself, "How could this be... That child is usually so quiet, I never imagined he was like this inside..."
Zhao Yutong, who was working on a test paper nearby, stopped writing, looked up at her mother, and suddenly interrupted.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was very clear.
"Mom, he's always been like this, we all know that."
These words were like a bucket of cold water, giving Zhao Yutong's mother a jolt.
She turned her head sharply, stared intently at her daughter, and her tone changed.
She leaned closer and asked anxiously, "Yutong, why do you say that? Did he bully you like that too? Tell Mom!"
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