Chapter 30 [1 update]

His clothes and pants were soaked with sweat due to his big belly, and he had fallen down once, so he looked very disheveled.

When Shen Yuntang said this, everyone in the playground looked over and then fell silent.

The sound of murmurs of discussion gradually arose, with a hint of disgust and disbelief.

"Oh my god, are there really such uncultured people?"

"I just saw someone being pulled in to register. Could he be the one spitting everywhere? He brought his child to the parent-teacher conference and embarrassed him like this. Will his child hate him to death..."

"He's the one who deliberately bumped into someone just now, right?"

The guy with a big belly still wanted to save his face in front of the whole school, but now he has lost all his face. I guess after the end of the entire senior year, some people will still remember that someone spit and wet his pants at the sports meeting.

The teacher at the referee's office was dumbfounded for a moment, then he quickly went over and turned off the radio with one hand, sweating and saying, "Parent, parent, this is not acceptable."

Shen Yuntang ignored him and smiled, "Do you still want to save face?"

The big belly was shaking with anger and almost went berserk. He just cursed, "I didn't fucking wet my pants" when his son Li Mingzhi ran over and covered his mouth.

"Dad, why are you so restless?" Li Mingzhi was desperate. "Do you know that all my classmates are looking at me? How can I live my life in the future?"

His father got even angrier, "I ran all this time for you, and you come here and blame me?"

Li Mingzhi said: "If you can't take it, then don't take it. There's no bonus and no extra points. Why waste your time?"

His father was so angry that his chest was lying together, and he had to beat him with his hand.

As the big-bellied man raised his fist, his wife, who had just been pushed down by him, finally climbed up with difficulty, enduring the pain. Seeing that he was about to beat their son, she immediately crawled over to stop him.

"Stop it! Aren't you embarrassed enough?"

She pushed her husband and hugged her son in her arms, "You still want to beat your son, are you crazy?"

Seeing that their family was quarreling among themselves, Shen Yuntang paused and shook his head.

It was rare to see a family that could fight on their own without her having to take the next step.

She raised her voice and said, "Don't rush to fight, wait until the monthly exam results are released."

Referee: “…” I beg you to stop fanning the flames!

Huo Yuyan finally recovered. He loosened his knees and stood up straight. He was still steaming all over. Just as he was about to unbutton another button, he paused when his hand touched his collar.

Then he buttoned it again.

He buttoned his shirt with one hand and strode towards Shen Yuntang. While on the way, he heard Li Mingzhi say:

"Sister, please stop irritating my dad. Huo Xihuai and I will still be classmates in the future. We'll see each other every day. If you make a big fuss, it won't be good for my relationship with him."

Shen Yuntang paused, and was surprised. "Do you have a good relationship with him?"

Seeing the embarrassed look on Li Mingzhi's face, Shen Yuntang smiled and said, "He is your enemy who copied your paper and cheated into the competition."

"..." Li Mingzhi paused, gritted his teeth, and said with a face-saving tone, "This matter has passed. Although this competition is very important, I will not pursue him anymore. We are all classmates, so let's just let it go."

"Did I let you go?" Shen Yuntang interrupted him without blinking, "I haven't investigated yet, who allowed you to go? Come, tell your sister slowly."

She bent over and said, "Did you get the surveillance video of the exam room? Did you see how Huo Xihuai copied all the questions you answered correctly, one by one?"

Her smile became increasingly gloomy. "Did you see how he corrected all the questions you got wrong one by one? Hmm?"

Li Mingzhi was only a teenager and had never experienced such direct sarcasm and questioning. He was almost frightened by her aggressive attitude. He opened his mouth to speak but couldn't say anything.

He thought that he was mentally mature because Huo Xihuai did not tell his classmates after copying his paper, but only showed alienation and exclusion towards him intentionally or unintentionally.

Students of this age are most sensitive to interpersonal relationships, and those who are close to him will naturally gradually distance themselves from Huo Xihuai. He has been rooted in Haizhong since junior high school, so naturally he has many more friends than this transfer student. If he wants, it is very easy to isolate him.

At that time, when his classmates asked him privately why he didn't like Huo Xihuai, and he revealed intentionally or unintentionally that he thought Huo Xihuai had copied their papers to enter the competition, since people would believe whoever they were close to, Huo Xihuai would eventually become a person looked down upon behind the back by his classmates.

He knew that Huo Xihuai was inferior, sensitive, and introverted. Such people often wanted to integrate into the group, so he just made it impossible for him to integrate into the group.

He didn't know whether every friend he sincerely interacted with had mocked him for cheating behind his back. Li Mingzhi felt that this was the best punishment for him.

But what he really didn't expect was the extent to which classmates of this age pursued appearance.

She is good-looking and introverted, and is naturally easy to be loved by others.

He didn't instigate any of his classmates, but some of his friends even asked him why he didn't like Huo Xihuai. Huo Xihuai had a good temper. He would answer any questions he was asked, and he was serious about cleaning duty. He never let others clean up his mess, nor did he make any trouble. He always cleaned up the mess. He seemed to be calmer and more patient than others, and had unimaginably strong self-discipline.

There were even girls from other grades who secretly came to the classroom door to see him, but he just lowered his head to do his homework, and pursed his lips in embarrassment when his classmates teased him.

Li Mingzhi only then realized that Huo Xihuai was much more popular than him.

This awareness allowed his anger to ferment unconsciously.

So, one day he told his impulsive and violent father.

He knew that his father would definitely make a scene.

It will not be his business by then. He is also a victim of a brainless parent.

But what Li Mingzhi didn't expect was that Huo Xihuai's parents came, and they were so different.

The two of them were more stubborn than the other. They could directly mock Huo Xihuai without caring about the face of the parents. They could participate in competitions for him and question the cheating issue to the end. They did not even doubt whether Huo Xihuai might be really wrong, but stood together to face the outside world.

Although they are not a family of three, they are more like a family than Li Mingzhi's family.

The jealousy in Li Mingzhi's heart began to grow again.

Before he could finish fermenting, Huo Yuyan came over and interrupted him: "So you have surveillance and are spreading rumors here?"

Before he could finish his reaction, Huo Yuyan muttered to himself: "Why do so many idiots like to spread rumors..."

"Because they don't have the ability to get what they want on their own, they have to dream about it." Shen Yuntang sneered and rarely responded to his words.

Huo Yuyan was surprised: "Ms. Shen is very philosophical today."

He was immediately elbowed by Shen Yuntang.

Huo Yuyan gritted his teeth and changed his words: "You are very philosophical every day."

Li Mingzhi and his family of three: “…” Damn it, we’re still here.

As they were talking, the class group chat rang, and Teacher Lin sent a spreadsheet file in the group. The name of the file clearly read "Monthly Exam Grade Sheet".

Huo Yuyan took a look, was stunned for a moment, and raised his head.

He said to Li Mingzhi and his family, "The result you wanted is here, take a look."

Li Mingzhi then quickly got up and looked at his parents' cell phones.

The folder is buffered and opened, and it is filled with densely packed names.

His father was even more anxious than he was, and he flipped through the pages quickly. When he saw his name, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Son, you scored 84. I took a quick look and saw that the others all had low scores. You should have the highest score."

"Where is Huo Xihuai?" he blurted out.

His father was about to ask how I knew, but Huo Yuyan spoke up: "Oh, sorry, 100."

He sighed and shook his head. "Huo Xihuai copied all your correct answers again, leaving you only the wrong ones. As a parent, I feel really bad for not teaching him courtesy."

Li Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, as if he had been hit hard, and his face suddenly turned pale.

How much is Huo Xihuai?

100? ?

How is that possible? The difficulty of the monthly exam is close to that of the competition!

Thinking of the competition, his expression suddenly stiffened.

...How is that possible?

How could Huo Xihuai really have the level to compete?

Did he really take the exam on his own?

Li Mingzhi felt like the world was spinning. After Huo Xihuai entered the competition, he was convinced that Huo Xihuai must have read his paper, so he was angry and a little proud. Even the people who entered the competition copied his papers, so wouldn't he be even more awesome?

Li Mingzhi believed that he definitely had the quality to enter the competition, but his skills were stolen by Huo Xihuai.

But the monthly test results told him—you are dreaming.

It's really just someone's own test, and it has nothing to do with his ability.

Even if Huo Xihuai copied his, he would not be able to enter the competition at all.

He is like a clown, showing off self-righteously for so long. I wonder what image he has in the eyes of teachers who really know the subject.

When Li Mingzhi thought about the way his teacher would look at him in class, he felt embarrassed all over and even began to tremble. He wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

His father was also dumbfounded and said in a lost voice: "What's wrong with my son? How come he scored higher than you? Didn't you say he didn't learn it at all and just copied you?"

"... Stop asking!" He suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "You care so much every day! Ask, ask, ask, don't you just meddle in other people's business and provoke other parents to such a point?"

Big Belly was stunned for a moment. He opened his mouth, but before he could recover from the shock that his son blamed him like that, the group rang again.

Teacher Lin: I already knew about a student's suspicion, but I couldn't speak directly because the results were not announced. Huo Xihuai's score was super high even among those who passed the competition, not to mention that he copied from others. In terms of the whole grade, no matter who he copied from, he couldn't get such a high score.

Teacher Lin: I hope parents can provide psychological counseling for their children. If students have any doubts in the future, please tell me directly and the teacher can check the surveillance footage. But please don’t do anything in private that will affect your relationship with your classmates. This is not directed at any student. It’s just a warning. You are already in the third year of high school, so just focus on your studies.

The parents in the group were silent for a while before they started chatting one after another, praising Huo Xihuai for being so excellent and asking their children to learn from him.

Out of tacit understanding between adults, none of them asked in the group who Teacher Lin was talking about - but they turned around and grabbed their own children to secretly find out who did this?

The classmates also had a tacit understanding and muttered about Li Mingzhi's recent attitude towards Huo Xihuai. Finally, they realized that he was a narrow-minded person who liked to fantasize, couldn't stand others doing well, and was blindly confident.

What if someone else scores better than him in the future, won’t he still complain that others copied his words?

Such a person is horrible.

Li Mingzhi's popularity in the class was completely ruined. Everything he wanted to do to Huo Xihuai finally backfired on him.

He was already desperate enough, and felt that his life at the age of seventeen was full of darkness, so he might as well drop out of school. However, he didn't expect that Huo Xihuai's parents were not done yet.

Shen Yuntang interrupted him impatiently: "Why are you crying? Have you apologized to Huo Xihuai?"

Li Mingzhi stopped sobbing.

He looked at Shen Yuntang with tearful eyes and trembling. He had never felt so clearly that a beautiful woman was like a devil.

When Huo Xihuai squeezed through the crowd, what he saw was Miss Shen forcing Li Mingzhi to apologize to him.

He was stunned.

Huo Xihuai was tortured for two lifetimes, and no one had ever apologized to him.

This is his first time.

For the first time, I felt that it was possible to get an apology after being bullied.

He will admit his fault to him.

She would cry and beg him not to pursue his mistakes, as she could no longer stay in the class.

The person who hurt him was punished, and Huo Xihuai actually found this feeling quite refreshing.

He paused for a long time, then nodded calmly: "I won't pursue you."

Li Mingzhi was about to show his joy when he heard Huo Xihuai say, "But how others think of you is already a foregone conclusion. You have to bear it yourself."

Seeing Li Mingzhi's face becoming increasingly ugly, Shen Yuntang finally let out a sigh of relief.

The referee carefully reminded: "Parent, the awards are about to be presented. Please send someone from your family to receive the award."

Shen Yuntang raised his chin without blinking: "Huo Xihuai, go."

Huo Xihuai paused, nodded slightly, turned around and trotted up to the stage to receive the award.

Standing on the stage, he looked down and saw Miss Shen seemed to be angry again. Her brother was chasing her with an umbrella and a small fan.

"Excellent Family".

He actually laughed a little, and then thought quietly and devoutly.

——It would be nice if Miss Shen could always be the second personality.

Huo Yuyan stared at the banner in Butler Li's hand in a daze.

After a while, he held up his head.

“Why is the award certificate a pennant??!”

The housekeeper looked at the bright red velvet in his hand and said happily, "Isn't this good? Sir, hang it on the wall, and everyone who comes to the Huo family will know that we are an excellent family!"

Huo Yuyan no longer wanted to talk. He rubbed his head vigorously, grabbed his coat and walked out, leaving only the echo of collapse: "You might as well send me a conscientious entrepreneur who can bring back the past. I'm leaving."

Butler Li looked at the huge banner in his hand again and said in surprise, "Hey, hey, sir, don't leave. I haven't told you that Mrs. Huo is coming today! Sir?"

He hurriedly chased after him, but Huo Yuyan had already disappeared.

Butler Li sighed, found a place to hang up the banner, and wanted to send him a message. But Mr. Huo, who was running on the elevated road, probably had no time to read.

He thought about it and quickly told Shen Yuntang first.

"Ms. Shen, Mrs. Huo just said she wanted to come see you. Should we prepare something?"

"Mrs. Huo?" Shen Yuntang was just picking out a name for the new company. Hearing that, he raised his eyes and said, "I've never heard of it."

"...She is Mr. Huo's mother." Butler Li wiped his sweat.

Shen Yuntang paused.

It was also the first time she knew that she actually had a mother-in-law.