Chapter 177 What does the diagnosis mean?
Looking at the chaotic scene before her and listening to the parents' questions and the reporters' inquiries, Su Yingxue panicked. But she knew she couldn't lose her composure. If she did, not only would she fail to solve the problem, but she would also allow Principal Li's scheme to succeed, damage the kindergarten's reputation, and let down the parents and children who trusted her.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and said in a deep voice to the crying parents, "Parents, please calm down. Your child's health is the most important thing. Arguing now is useless. I have already asked the teacher to contact a nearby hospital. The ambulance should be here soon. Take your child for a check-up first. Once the diagnosis is out, we will know what the cause is. If it really is a problem with the kindergarten's food, we will not shirk our responsibility. We will apologize and compensate you as necessary. We will definitely give you an explanation."
After speaking, she turned to the reporter, her tone calm but firm: "Reporter, the reason for the child's discomfort is still uncertain. Once the hospital's diagnosis is out, the truth will naturally become clear. The ingredients and food preparation in the kindergarten have always been strictly controlled. We have purchase records, quarantine certificates, and disinfection ledgers. After we deal with the child's situation, I can show them to you, and you are welcome to supervise us at any time."
Then, she quietly pulled aside the head of the teaching and research group next to her, lowered her voice, and quickly instructed, "Today, when these two children entered the classroom, the teachers conducted morning health checks. Teacher Sun reported to us that there were oil stains on their hands. When we asked them, they said they had eaten snacks outside. Now it seems they probably ate them on their way to school."
Go to the logistics office immediately and check the surveillance footage from this morning at the kindergarten gate. Focus on the interaction between the shop owner and the two children. Make sure to find the footage of the children eating, and don't miss any details.
Additionally, contact the hospital, explain the situation to the doctor, and request that they expedite the diagnostic report to clearly identify the cause of the child's discomfort as soon as possible.
The research group leader nodded and immediately turned to get to work, while Su Yingxue stayed on site, trying to calm the agitated parents and answer the reporter's questions to keep the situation under control.
She knew that all hope now rested on the diagnostic report and monitoring. As long as it could be proven that the child's discomfort was unrelated to the food at the kindergarten and the real cause could be found, the crisis could be resolved. Food safety tracing was the most crucial breakthrough at this moment, and she had to grasp it firmly without making any mistakes.
In the corridor outside the hospital emergency room, the air felt frozen. Su Yingxue's fingers, gripping her phone, turned white as she stared intently at the door of the examination room, the excited questions from parents and the sharp inquiries from reporters echoing in her ears.
Director Pan stood to the side, her face deathly pale, twisting the hem of her clothes incessantly with her hands, muttering, "It'll be alright, our meals are fine..."
Su Yingxue patted the back of her hand, her voice deliberately calm: "Don't worry, there will be results."
But only she knew that her heart was in her throat. If the truth couldn't be found, Tongxin Kindergarten's years of hard work might really be destroyed.
Not long after, the door to the examination room opened, and the doctor came out with a diagnostic report. Su Yingxue and the parents immediately surrounded him. The doctor adjusted his glasses and said in a calm but firm tone, "The diagnosis for the child is in. It was caused by consuming unregulated snacks without a manufacturer, production date, or quality certificate, leading to gastrointestinal dysfunction and intestinal flora imbalance. It is unrelated to the meals at the kindergarten."
We examined the children's vomit residue and found large amounts of artificial flavorings and excessive sugar, common ingredients in low-quality snacks, which are completely inconsistent with the nutritional content of the kindergarten's meals.
As soon as the words were spoken, the anger on the faces of the two parents froze instantly, then turned into astonishment. The agitation they had just felt was now replaced by confusion.
Su Yingxue's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly settled down. She quickly took the diagnosis report, the handwriting on it was clear and strong, the words "Three-no snacks caused gastrointestinal disorders" were like a ray of light, splitting the gloom before her eyes.
Almost simultaneously, the head of the teaching and research group sent a WeChat message with a surveillance video attached. Su Yingxue immediately opened it and turned the volume up to the maximum—in the video, in the dim morning light, the shop owner sneakily approached the two children, quickly took out two simply packaged bags of snacks from his pocket, stuffed them into the children's hands, and even raised his hand to make a "shh" gesture.
The two children took the snacks in a daze, tore open the packaging bag on the spot, and their fingers were stained with the sweet and greasy oil from the cream sticks. The pungent smell of the spicy snacks seemed to waft out through the screen. The two of them took turns eating the snacks and soon finished them. The packaging bag was casually thrown on the side of the road.
"The truth is right here." Su Yingxue handed her phone to the parents, then turned to the reporters present, her voice firm and resolute, "The child's discomfort was caused by eating unregulated snacks given to him by the shop owner. The entire process was recorded by surveillance cameras, and the diagnosis report is in black and white, which is enough to prove that the food in the kindergarten is innocent."
The reporter quickly took the phone, watched the surveillance footage several times, and checked the diagnostic report. His expression gradually became serious. He turned and walked towards the convenience store, and the parents followed him. Their anger turned into questioning the convenience store owner.
The shop owner was surrounded, watching the surveillance video. His face turned a deep purplish-red, and he stammered, unable to speak. Under relentless questioning from reporters and parents, he finally broke down, his legs buckling as he nearly collapsed to the ground. He stammered, "It was...it was Principal Li from Xingchen Kindergarten. She gave me a thousand yuan to give those two children snacks, and said...she said the children would definitely get stomach aches if they ate them, and told me not to admit it, or she would...she would smash up my shop."
His words were like a bomb, detonating the fire in the room once again. The parents were furious, gritting their teeth in anger.
"How vicious! They're risking children's health just to grab students!"
"Principal Li has absolutely no bottom line; she must be exposed!"
The reporter immediately recorded the shop owner's statement, then turned to Su Yingxue and said, "Teacher Su, I apologize for asking questions without verifying the facts. We will report the truth as it is."
Su Yingxue shook her head, her gaze falling on the crowd not far away. Principal Li's figure flashed by, his face ashen, fleeing in panic like a stray dog. There was no pleasure in her eyes, only contempt for such despicable means.
The elderly caregiver, Aunt Wang, also came to the hospital. Seeing the scene before her, her eyes reddened. Suddenly, she stepped forward and bowed deeply to the parents and reporters present: "I have something to confess. Principal Li has been eyeing Tongxin for a long time. She approached me before, not only forcing me to spread rumors, but also instigating me to use stale ingredients to make animal meals—making me chop up vegetables that had been sitting for two days and mix them into rice balls, and mince scraps of frozen meat to pass them off as fresh meat, saying that this would save costs and allow me to take the opportunity to smear Tongxin."
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