Chapter 198 I Don’t Want to Be a Loyal Servant!
Master Wang looked at Lin Shu and Fang Yuan for a while, and finally said to Fang Yuan: "Fang Yuan, you were bullied by Zhang Zhen and his gang, why didn't you tell me?"
He had to wait until the parents of Zhang Zhen and others brought them to him to complain that Lin Shu from their Class C had beaten them up. Only then did he realize that something had happened from Zhang Zhen and others' distorted words.
Master Wang did not just listen to one side of the story, but went to ask other students in Class A. Although Zhang Zhen and others came from outstanding families in the private school, other students could afford to offend them.
There are students in Class A who have been promoted on their own and whose family backgrounds are no worse than those of these transfer students who have connections.
If these students were asked to take the initiative to go to Master Wang and report that Zhang Zhen and other relatives were bullying the younger students in Class C, they might not be bothered to do so. But if Master Wang asked them personally, they would never cover up for Zhang Zhen and others.
So Master Wang asked about the matter of Zhang Zhen and others blackmailing Fang Yuan.
Mr. Wang immediately guessed how Lin Shu, the new transfer student from Class C, had come into conflict with Zhang Zhen and other students with connections in Class A. Facing Zhang Zhen and others who did not tell the truth and distorted right and wrong, he simply lied to them casually, and these stupid students were tricked into telling the truth.
Zhang Zhen and others come from wealthy families but are poor students. Of course, this is because they have elders at home who dote on them immensely.
They were beaten so hard by Lin Shu that their whole bodies were in pain. They never thought that it would be embarrassing for them, seventeen or eighteen years old, to be beaten by a barely ten-year-old kid and go home to complain. So they went home and cried to their elders who doted on them the most. Then these naughty parents brought their naughty kids to the private school to cause trouble.
Master Wang was quite good at dealing with these troublesome parents. He himself had the title of scholar and had taught two other scholars, so he could meet the county magistrate without kneeling.
In Licheng, the only official in earnest is the county magistrate. These people with connections are said to have good family backgrounds, but in fact none of them are from official families. They are either landlords or businessmen. They are the local bosses of Licheng. Master Wang is not easy to offend them, but he is not afraid of trouble either.
So after Master Wang interrogated Zhang Zhen and others about the true cause and effect of the matter in front of Mr. Xiong's parents with a tough attitude, he checked the so-called injuries on Zhang Zhen and others. However, the places where they cried out that they were in pain did not even have a bruise.
Of course, Master Wang thought that Zhang Zhen and the others were just pretending to be hurt. After all, how could a ten-year-old child beat five teenagers who were only seventeen or eighteen years old? It was good enough that they could escape with Fang Yuan. It must be that these playboys failed to blackmail Fang Yuan, and Lin Shu took Fang Yuan away. They were worried that the two of them would complain, so they came and complained first.
This is what Master Wang thought. Those doting parents who ran to Master Wang to ask for an explanation were so embarrassed that they couldn't even find a bruise on their children's bodies. They were obviously speechless. Like Master Wang, they all felt that their children were the ones who complained first.
They quickly left with their children who were still crying out for justice.
As for apologizing to Fang Yuan who was blackmailed and bullied, they never thought about it, otherwise they would not have raised such a naughty child.
Master Wang could only sigh helplessly and come to find Lin Shu and Fang Yuan in person to find out the situation.
Facing Mr. Wang's questioning, Fang Yuan hesitated and dared not speak. He was a weak person to begin with, otherwise he would not have been blackmailed continuously and not dared to complain.
Lin Shu said, "They threatened Fang Yuan, saying that nothing would happen to them if Fang Yuan complained, but they would definitely come to trouble Fang Yuan if they were scolded by the teacher or their parents. Now that the teacher knows about this, how is he going to punish them?"
Mr. Wang's face froze for a moment. Although he was not afraid of the parents of these children, he did not want to offend anyone. It was not worth it to offend so many local tyrants in Licheng for the sake of Fang Yuan, a poor student from a wealthy family.
Master Wang only said: "No matter how much money they took from Fang Yuan, I will make them return it to Fang Yuan." As for the punishment of these young people with connections, he did not mention a word.
Lin Shu had already guessed that this might be the result, just like the example his father gave him when he was teaching.
The world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit.
If something doesn't have enough benefits, people will just weigh the pros and cons and then keep quiet.
This is also the reason why Lin Shu did not go to Master Wang to complain after discovering that his relatives were bullying Fang Yuan, because he knew that complaining was useless.
Among the four classes of people, merchants are rich but have the lowest status. Although Fang Yuan is the second young master of the Fang family and his family is rich, he is not rich enough to have a strong enough backer, so even though he is rich, he is looked down upon.
In addition, Fang Yuan is weak and can be bullied. When a soft persimmon is placed in front of him, naturally everyone wants to take advantage of it.
Lin Shu did not insist that Master Wang help punish those people with connections. If he really forced Master Wang to do something he did not want to do, Fang Yuan would still have a hard time in the private school in the end.
So Lin Shu just pulled Fang Yuan aside and thanked Master Wang: "Thank you for upholding justice for Fang Yuan."
Fang Yuan also followed Lin Shu and said, "Thank you, Master!"
Master Wang feels a little guilty, how can this be called justice? They just returned the money that was robbed from Fang Yuan to him, and those who bullied him did not receive any punishment.
Perhaps because Fang Yuan was too honest and pitiful, Master Wang couldn't bear it. Although he didn't want to offend too many people, he still publicly criticized those young people with connections who came back to school for their improper conduct.
He did not directly point out that they had blackmailed Fang Yuan, but the matter had already spread in the private school. How could the classmates not know what Mr. Wang's unspoken criticism was about?
Mr. Wang also told the parents of the relatives he had connections with about this matter and asked them to return the money to Fang Yuan.
The reason why the young people from related families have little pocket money and demand to blackmail Fang Yuan is because they have been financially sanctioned by their parents.
When their parents learned that they had taken great pains to place people in Mr. Wang's private school in the hope that they would learn well, but that Mr. Wang instead extorted money from their classmates, they were so angry that they directly gave them a meal of stir-fried pork on a bamboo board.
However, as for repaying the money, their parents simply gave the money to Mr. Wang. They neither asked their children to apologize to Fang Yuan nor went to the Fang family to apologize themselves.
Fang Yuan was very happy after getting the money from Master Wang. He went to Lin Shu and said he wanted to treat him to dinner to thank him for helping him.
Lin Shu looked at the silly little fat boy in front of him and sighed helplessly: "Didn't you tell your parents about this?"
Fang Yuan whispered, "My father took my eldest brother out to do business, and my mother is taking care of my sick third brother. They are all very busy, and I don't want to trouble them..." To be precise, Fang's father and mother couldn't take care of him, the second son. He hadn't seen his parents for many days.
Therefore, the Fang family had no idea that Fang Yuan was being blackmailed by his classmates.
When the parents of those relatives saw that Master Wang knew about this matter and Fang's parents did not come to reason with them, it was obvious that they did not care about Fang Yuan, the second son, so their attitude was naturally arrogant.
Even Fang's father and mother didn't even ask for an explanation for their son, so why would they bring their child to apologize to a businessman's son?
Lin Shu looked at Fang Yuan, who was so soft like a dough, and the image of Fang Yuan being bullied emerged in his mind. The people who bullied him said things like "If you get me, you'll be like provoking a dough", "I'll let you know how easy I am to bully", "Just wait, I'll keep you waiting" and other soft persimmon rhetoric.
I really pity their misfortune and hate them for not fighting back!
Lin Shu followed Fang Yuan to Jueweixuan for dinner. Since Fang Yuan was the second young master of the host family, he was naturally able to reserve a private room in advance.
During the meal, when they were alone in the private room, Lin Shu advised him earnestly: "Go home today and explain the whole story to your elders. They bullied you and only asked you to pay the money back without even an apology. This is too much of a bully. You should ask your elders to seek justice for you, otherwise others will think you can be bullied at will in the future."
Although Fang Yuan was a softie, he was also very easy on the ears. He listened to my advice and nodded obediently: "I remember. I will tell my mother when I get home today."
Lin Shu felt a little relieved. The Fang family could open the largest restaurant in Licheng, so they shouldn't be cowards.
Facts have proved that the Fang family is indeed not a coward. The only one who is a coward is Fang Yuan, the poor little boy who has been neglected since childhood.
After Fang Yuan went home and timidly told his mother about this, his mother, who was already exhausted by her young son's illness, suddenly flew into a rage. She finally had a place to vent her burning anger, so she took her servants and went straight to the homes of those relatives and demanded an explanation without any hesitation.
Although the Fang family is a business family, they were able to open the largest restaurant in Licheng, and it is still thriving. The network of relationships behind them is no decoration. As long as they are in the right, they are not afraid of confronting these families.
Although these families were also not afraid of the Fang family, there was no need for them to become enemies with the Fang family just for a little fight between children and a little pocket money. What's more, it was their own children who were in the wrong. So under the tough attitude of Fang's mother, each of them apologized sincerely, presented generous gifts to express their apologies, and even took their own children to apologize to Fang Yuan in person.
Fang Yuan, who was following behind Fang's mother, watched his mother showing off her feminine power. Then, those bullies who had been glaring at him as a subtle threat after Master Wang's criticism, now bowed their heads and apologized to him, no longer daring to glare at him secretly as before.
He had a vague idea in his mind. So this was what Lin Shu meant when he said that if he became tough, the other party would become weaker...
It turns out that these guys are not afraid of nothing, nor do they want to bully him, and he is not unable to resist them...
Fang Yuan quietly straightened his back and raised his head.
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