Upon hearing this, Meng Shuyun's face instantly darkened, and her gaze pierced the homeroom teacher like a knife: "Go and call Pang Hu's parents right now. He injured my granddaughter's arm and tried to take off her clothes. If your school can't handle this, I'll call the police and let them deal with it!"
"Grandma, don't make such a big deal out of it. It was just a few kids playing around. Look, I brought Xiaoli to the hospital to treat her wound, and I've already paid for the medical expenses."
The homeroom teacher quickly changed the subject, trying to gloss over the matter.
Meng Shuyun knew in her heart that the homeroom teacher had probably received a bribe from Pang Hu's parents. Looking at Xiao Li's fearful and timid appearance towards the homeroom teacher, she knew that the homeroom teacher must have been biased towards Pang Hu in the past.
"Do you think I can't afford these two yuan for medical expenses?" Meng Shuyun said coldly.
The three returned to school, and the homeroom teacher immediately called Fat Tiger's parents.
At first, Fat Tiger's mother tried to settle the matter with money, but Meng Shuyun wouldn't have any of it and even threatened to call the police. Left with no other option, she reluctantly went to the school.
When Xiao Juan saw her grandmother arrive, her eyes lit up, but she was still clutching a little boy's collar tightly.
Looking at the little boy, who was being pulled by Xiao Juan and was crying with snot and tears all over his face, looking ugly and dirty, Meng Shuyun asked with disdain, "Are you Pang Hu? Are you the one who hit my grandson?"
Before he could even be reprimanded, Fat Tiger was so scared that he wet his pants.
Meng Shuyun was even more disgusted: "Xiao Juan, don't play with these dirty kids in the future, or they'll corrupt you, tsk tsk tsk."
Xiao Juan nodded vigorously and said in a clear voice, "Grandma, she never plays with him on ordinary days!"
As soon as he said that, the boy named Fat Tiger cried even louder, his face covered in tears and snot, looking as pathetic as could be.
Fat Tiger's mother rushed to the school and saw her son's dirty, disheveled appearance, with snot and tears streaming down his face. Even as a mother, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
She quickly covered her mouth and nose, and began to scold in a shrill voice: "Look at the mess you've made! Didn't I tell you to behave yourself at school? How did you get into trouble again? You really have a death wish!"
Meng Shuyun looked the woman up and down. She looked to be in her early thirties, with fair and smooth skin that made it impossible to guess her real age.
However, just by looking at her demeanor, you can tell that this woman is not an unreasonable person.
"Hello, I'm Xiaoli and Xiaojuan's grandmother. The two children were bullied at school and got into a fight." Before Meng Shuyun could finish speaking, the woman quickly took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it over.
"I'm so sorry, my child is always naughty and mischievous. I'm busy with work all day long and really don't have time to take care of him. Consider this ten yuan as compensation for the two sisters. Please don't think it's too little."
The woman spoke so decisively, as if ten dollars could easily settle the matter.
Other parents might have happily accepted the money and let the matter drop.
But Meng Shuyun is not the kind of person who can be bought with money.
With a stern expression, she calmly called Xiaoli over and said gently, "Xiaoli, good girl, repeat what you said to your grandmother at the hospital to this auntie."
Xiaoli straightened her small body, her voice clear but tinged with grievance, and recounted how Pang Hu bullied her sister and even ordered his men to undress her.
After hearing this, Meng Shuyun's face darkened, and she looked sternly at Pang Hu's mother: "Taking off clothes is a very serious matter! I just hope your son can sincerely apologize to my two granddaughters. I don't want such a distressing thing to happen again!"
Upon hearing this, Fat Tiger's mother clenched her fists tightly, her composure crumbling instantly, and she couldn't help but swear.
Then, suppressing her anger, she turned to Fat Tiger and asked sternly, "Fat Tiger, is what this grandma said true or not? You better tell me the truth!"
Fat Tiger shrank back in fright, looking at his mother's fierce expression. He nodded and shook his head, stammering, "I...I saw Dad and Aunt fighting, and they were so happy watching, so I copied them...Mom, don't be angry, I'll never do it again!"
How could the child understand why his mother was suddenly so angry? In his eyes, his father and aunt were laughing happily when they were fighting.
Under pressure from his mother, Fat Tiger reluctantly apologized to Little Li and Little Juan.
Fat Tiger's mother took out another ten yuan and looked at Meng Shuyun with a sincere expression: "Auntie, I'm so sorry! We were in the wrong today. I will definitely teach this little fat boy a lesson when I get back!"
Just then, Xiao Juan suddenly pointed at Pang Hu and shouted in a childish voice, "You still stubbornly insist that you're not a little fat boy, look, even your mother calls you a little fat boy!"
Upon hearing this, Meng Shuyun couldn't help but blink. Looking at Xiao Juan's innocent face and then at Pang Hu's comical, wailing cry, she found it inexplicably funny.
Fat Tiger's mother was both annoyed and amused. She reached out and slapped Fat Tiger's shoulder, saying irritably, "Stop crying! Look at you, you're as tall as two little girls now, and you're still crying like a child. You're going to start dieting tomorrow. How dare you cry? Aren't you ashamed? You're not acting like a man at all!"
Fat Tiger was so upset that he covered his face and ran away crying.
Meng Shuyun politely declined Pang Hu's mother's money and took the two sisters, Xiao Li and Xiao Juan, home.
Along the way, Meng Shuyun said with great satisfaction, "Xiaoli was so brave today, knowing how to protect her sister. She'll get two big duck legs as a reward tonight! Xiaojuan was also great, knowing how to protect herself. She'll get an extra big duck leg tonight too! We can eat anything, but we can't let ourselves be taken advantage of. If we encounter someone we can't beat, we'll run away as fast as we can and find the police for help. They'll definitely back us up!"
Meng Shuyun patiently taught them, her eyes full of love. Fortunately, she had instilled sex education knowledge in the children early on, so they knew how to deal with things when they encountered problems.
As they walked, Xiao Juan suddenly grabbed Meng Shuyun's arm and said in a childish voice, "Grandma, wait for me."
Meng Shuyun was full of doubt when she saw Xiao Juan carefully take an egg out of her schoolbag and secretly slip it to a skinny little boy.
The little boy's clothes were tattered and patched, and didn't fit him properly; he looked extremely pitiful.
Meng Shuyun leaned down and asked Xiaoli softly, "Who is that boy? Is he in your class?"
Xiaoli shook her head. Despite her young age, her face was full of sympathy and pity: "No, Grandma. He and his grandma often collect recyclables near the school. There are only the two of them in his family. They don't have a mom or dad. My sister often saves breakfast for him, but we don't see him every day. Sometimes he doesn't come."
Meng Shuyun looked the little boy over and saw that he was so thin that he was skin and bones, which must have been caused by long-term malnutrition.
These days, it's not uncommon for people to go hungry and starve to death.
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