The fight took place in the grove behind the row of shops outside the family compound. When Su Ting arrived, the children had already been separated and were standing in different places.

Su Ting was not the first parent to arrive. There were about ten children involved in the fight this time, and almost half of them were parents.

Among the parents who came, some looked at their children with concern to see if they were hurt, while others argued with each other, feeling that their children were being bullied and yelling at the other party to give an explanation.

The parent who shouted the loudest was none other than Xu Fen.

Among the dozen or so children who were fighting, Li Xiaoming was the most miserable. His clothes had several holes in them, especially around his stomach. His clothes were torn in the middle, exposing his round belly. His shoes were also stepped on and he stood on the ground with his right foot bare and his foot was completely dirty.

But the most serious injury was on his face. Although there was no blood, there was a bruise at the corner of his mouth, which showed that he had been beaten.

And from what Xu Fen said, the person who beat Li Xiaoming should be Han Bowen. The latter's parents have not arrived yet, and he is looking up at Xu Fen with his fists clenched.

Xu Fen is a person who will always make trouble no matter how unreasonable she is. Before, when He Yan had a fight with Li Xiaoming and He Yan only made a small cut on the other person's face, she yelled as if her son was going to die.

This time, Li Xiaoming's mouth was bruised. Xu Fen certainly would not give up. When Su Ting passed by, she heard her pointing at Han Bowen and cursing, "Thank goodness your mother died early! Otherwise, if she saw you like this, she would be so angry that she would die even if she were still alive..."

These words irritated not only Han Bowen, but also He Yan. He bit his lips tightly and glared at Xu Fen.

Su Ting saw it all, strode over and patted He Yan on the shoulder, then said to Xu Fen: "You should be more polite with your words!"

Since the day He Yan and Li Xiaoming had a fight, Xu Fen and Su Ting became enemies. Last year, Su Ting arranged for He Yan to work at a seafood supply station, and Xu Fen also framed her.

Of course, Su Ting was not someone to be trifled with, and she reported the matter directly to the Women's Federation. The matter finally ended with Xu Fen and Yu Hongzhi reviewing their actions in front of all the military wives and publicly displaying their apology letters for a month.

Nearly half a year after that incident, Yu Hongzhi was reluctant to go out. Xu Fen was thick-skinned, but she was not as arrogant as before in the family compound, and she felt relieved when arguing with others.

Having failed to gain the upper hand over Su Ting twice in a row, Xu Fen had already regarded her as a thorn in her side, but at the same time she was also very jealous of Su Ting and had never dared to do anything to her.

But now, the opportunity is in her hands, she won't believe Xu unless she gives Su Ting a chance!

After figuring it out, Xu Fen became furious: "How dare you say that I don't have good morals! Look at what your son has done to my son! If we talk about not having good morals, I think your son is the worst! Su Ting, I tell you, if you don't give me an explanation this time, I will never let you go!"

Su Ting is not afraid of her. She is not afraid of anyone who doesn't say harsh words.

Moreover, children always have reasons for fighting. Even if Li Xiaoming was beaten the worst, he cannot be considered the victim. Even if they are at fault, there are so many other children fighting together. If the responsibility is evenly shared, it won't be a big problem.

Su Ting didn't take Xu Fen's words to heart. She just turned around and asked the military wife who had arrived earlier than her: "Has anyone called Director Qiu?"

Although other than Li Xiaoming, other children were not injured, but more children means more parents, more parents means more trouble, and since it is such a serious matter as a group fight, it is definitely necessary to find a prestigious person to preside over it.

There are so many military wives in the family compound, and the most prestigious ones are definitely Director Qiu and Director Tian. And because the Women's Federation is specifically responsible for military wives and children, it would be best to ask Director Qiu to preside over it.

Before the military wife next to her could answer, Xu Fen started yelling, "Su Ting, I'm telling you! If you don't give me an explanation, it will be useless even if Director Qiu comes! Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you have Director Qiu backing you up!"

Ever since she was forced to apologize in public because of the rumors, Xu Fen has always felt that Director Qiu favors Su Ting. It's not like there haven't been rumors in the compound before, but which one was so big?

Only that time, not only did the incident get out of hand, but Director Qiu also imposed a very severe punishment.

Although this was mainly because other people were reluctant to report the matter out of consideration for their neighborhood, Su Ting chose to stick to the gun, and Director Qiu was just handling the matter impartially. Even if she had any bias, it was towards Xu Fen herself.

But Xu Fen didn't think so. She felt that Director Qiu was willing to handle this matter just to seek justice for Su Ting.

Su Ting was too lazy to pay attention to Xu Fen. She just looked at the military wife beside her, waiting for her answer.

"I'm going. I think he should be here soon."

Originally, after discovering the children were involved in a group fight, the first thing to do was to call Director Qiu, but no one had thought of this before, and they only focused on calling the children's parents. Before Su Ting arrived, someone went to the Women's Federation to call anyone.

Su Ting hummed and said, "Okay."

Being ignored, Xu Fen became even more angry and shouted, "Su Ting, what do you mean? Your child beat someone up and wants to avoid paying the bill, right?"

Su Ting finally looked at Xu Fen, but her face was very cold: "What is the situation and how to deal with it? We will have a conclusion when Director Qiu comes. I have nothing to say to you."

People like Xu Fen will become more and more talkative the more you talk to her. It would be a waste of time to talk to her no matter how much more you talk to her.

No matter how this matter is handled, no matter how loudly Xu Fen yells, it will be useless. The parents of all the children who fought must discuss it together, and then the leaders will make the decision.

Xu Fen was furious. She immediately turned around and encouraged the military wives beside her, saying, "Director Qiu will be here later. Don't give in easily. You must make them give us an explanation." She completely treated them as the party that was right.

It's just that she is so righteous and confident, while other military wives are not as confident as her.

And although their children are on Li Xiaoming's side, their relationship with Xu Fen is not very good. In fact, several military wives have a good relationship with Su Ting.

Besides, their children were not seriously injured. At most, their clothes were slightly deformed or they were dirty. But which of these children was not like this?

They were from the same compound and usually had a good relationship. If Xu Fen hadn't interfered, they could have reconciled and gone home without having to listen to Xu Fen's orders.

Therefore, after Xu Fen finished speaking, no one else showed any intention of agreeing with her.

Xu Fen was very angry and thought that these people were all cowards who didn't dare to say a word even after her son was beaten.

But Xu Fen only thought about this in her heart and didn't dare to say it out loud. When Director Qiu came later, she would need to unite everyone to make this matter bigger and make them, especially Su Ting and her son, apologize to them!

With this in mind, as soon as Director Qiu and his men came over, Xu Fen was the first to shout: "Director Qiu, you are finally here! You have to take charge of us! These two little bastards surrounded and beat up my son..."

"Who are you scolding, you little idiot!" Su Ting suddenly spoke.

Xu Fen was suddenly interrupted and did not react for a moment. She answered loudly, "You little idiot scolded your son! You..." Before she finished speaking, she heard everyone's laughter and realized what was going on. She was so angry that her face turned pale and blue. "Su Ting, do you have fun doing this?"

"Interesting, what's up?"

What could Xu Fen do? She was in the right now, so she didn't dare to fight with Su Ting. She turned around and complained to Director Qiu: "Director Qiu, look at her. She curses as soon as she opens her mouth."

Su Ting spread her hands: "I wasn't the first to curse."

"I was angry. Director Qiu, look at my son's clothes and shoes. They were all caused by Han Bowen and He Yan. Look at my son's face, it's all blue! They beat my son to death!" Xu Fen said bitterly, "This is just the surface. If he goes to the hospital for a checkup, my son might have suffered serious injuries."

Su Ting chuckled: "It seems that there are a group of martial arts masters hiding in our compound. The internal injuries have come out."

After hearing this, the mothers of the children with Li Xiaoming, the parents of the children with Han Bowen and He Yan, or those who heard the news and came over to see the excitement, could not help but laugh out loud.

Xu Fen was so angry that she gasped: "Your son is right to hit someone, right?"

"First of all, it wasn't my son who surrounded your son and beat him up. At most, they were fighting each other. My son beat your son, but your son also beat my son," Su Ting pointed at He Yan's arm, "Look, there's a red spot on my son's arm!"

"Secondly, we haven't found out the reason why the children were fighting. It's hard to say who started it first and why. It's not your fault. I advise you not to be so confident."

"I have no reason to argue. I have found out everything. It was Han Bowen who started it first! Your son took sides and they beat my son together. That's why my son was hurt so badly!" Xu Fen turned to Director Qiu and said, "You have to make the decision for us, Director Qiu!"

Director Qiu's head hurt from the noise, and he frowned and said, "Alright, whoever is responsible should take responsibility. If your son is right, we will definitely give him justice. Stop making a fuss."

Although Director Qiu's words were fair and not biased, Xu Fen was very dissatisfied with her attitude and muttered, "It's not your son who was beaten, so of course you don't feel bad and can stop making a fuss."

Director Qiu knew that she was a scoundrel and was too lazy to pay attention to her. He looked around and asked, "No one went to call Duan Xiaoying?"

A military wife who arrived early said: "We have arranged for someone to call her. She is at home bathing her child and won't be here soon."

Although all parents need to discuss how to deal with this matter in the end, it is not time to make a decision yet. It doesn't matter if Duan Xiaoying comes later. Director Qiu doesn't care too much and asks: "Is there anyone who can tell us why you guys fought today?"

Xu Fen curled her lips and said, "Why? They think my son is easy to bully!"

After these words were spoken, one of the military wives who had come to join in the fun could not help but say, "Xu Fen, please stop flattering your own child. Everyone in the compound knows that among all the children in the compound, your son is the most arrogant and loves to bully others the most. Don't you feel guilty for saying this?"

"Yes, yes." After this was said, many military wives agreed.

Xu Fen was immediately furious: "No, what does our children's fight have to do with you? Why are you here to get involved..."

"Enough of the quarreling," Director Qiu interrupted Xu Fen with a sullen face, pointing at a child who was usually well behaved, "Yonggang, tell me, why did you fight?"

The chosen child rubbed his head and said, "I, I don't know. We were playing a war game. It was just a fake fight at first, but then it became real."

When the fight started, these people were on the side of Li Xiaoming, not because they had a particularly good relationship with him, but because they had split up into two sides before the game, and as the fight went on they saw that the others seemed to be really getting excited, so they started to hit harder.

He attacked heavily, and the people on the other side naturally felt it and started to attack heavily as well. As each one became more heavy-handed than the last, the game became really big.

The children who were pointed out by Director Qiu were basically in a semi-confused state, but they were very sure of one thing: the first people to fight were Li Xiaoming, Han Bowen and He Yan.

As they asked more questions, only three of them were left in the group.

Director Qiu glanced at the three of them and shouted, "Bowen, you go ahead and talk."

Xu Fen was unhappy at the time: "Why should he speak first? No, my son has to speak first. Xiao Ming, quickly tell everyone why Han Bowen hit you?"

"I, I..." Li Xiaoming lowered his head, stammering and unable to speak.

Seeing her son so unpromising, Xu Fen pushed his shoulder and said angrily, "Hurry up and tell me!"

"I, I don't know either! We were just fighting for fun, but he suddenly used force and it hurt me a lot." Li Xiaoming said, slowly lowering his head.

Xu Fen usually disliked her son's disappointing behavior, but what he said this time was exactly what she wanted, so she didn't show her dissatisfaction, but just shouted loudly: "Director Qiu, listen, this time it wasn't my son who started the trouble first! It was them who teamed up to bully my son!"

Director Qiu frowned and said nothing. Su Ting saw this and said, "Bo Wen, tell me, did you hit Li Xiaoming on purpose? What was the reason for the fight?"

Before Han Bowen could even open his mouth, Xu Fen interrupted and said, "He was the one who beat my son. Of course he said no. Why are you asking him?"

"Your son was also involved in the fight. If you want to ask, then ask everything. No one should be convicted based on one side of the story. Not only Bowen needs to explain what happened, Xiaoyan will also have to explain it later." Su Ting said, "Director Qiu, is that right?"

Director Qiu nodded: "That's right."

Xu Fen immediately became anxious: "Why? They are a group of people who will definitely put the blame on my son. Director Qiu, you can't listen to their nonsense!"

"Are you talking nonsense? Listen to what they say first." Director Qiu ignored Xu Fen and only looked at the remaining two children. "Then, Bowen, you speak first?"

Everyone present looked at Han Bowen, but he just lowered his head and said nothing.

Xu Fen said proudly: "Look at this, the person involved is speechless. It's obvious that he was the one who started this matter. He is not worthy of it!"

Then he turned to Su Ting and said, "When our children fight with others, we should apologize and reason with them. But some people don't do that. They start to make a fuss and even say that something is reasonable. Some people think that she is doing good for the children, but in my opinion, this is irresponsible. It's no wonder. After all, they are not our biological children. How much effort can we put into teaching them?"

Although Xu Fen did not mention anyone by name, her eyes remained on Su Ting while she spoke, so everyone knew who she was talking about.

Xu Fen had said all this, if Su Ting didn't respond, then it wouldn't be her who was standing here, so she asked back: "So you also know that you are being irresponsible and messing around? That's rare!"

Xu Fen's face changed: "Su Ting, don't play dumb, you know who I'm talking about!"

"I know it. When your child fights with others, you start to make a fuss and say that something is right when it is wrong. Isn't this something you often do?" Su Ting said, glancing at Li Xiaoming. "But your son is not your biological son. This is the first time I've heard of this."

The military wives at the scene burst into laughter.

Xu Fen was so angry that her head was hot: "Your son is not your biological son!"

Su Ting was not affected at all: "Yes, my son is not my biological son, so what?"

Seeing her nonchalant expression, Xu Fen became even angrier and said without caring, "I've never seen someone like you who is so happy to raise a son for someone else!"

"Xu Fen!" Director Qiu raised his voice and looked at Xu Fen with a serious look, "You are going too far."

Xu Fen was so angry that she couldn't hear what Director Qiu said. Not only did she not stop, but her voice became louder and louder: "How can what I said be passed over? Am I not saying the truth? Everyone knows that He Yan's biological mother died a long time ago, and Su Ting is just a stepmother! How many of these stepmothers are sincere to their stepsons? I think she..."

"Don't talk about my mom like that!"

Before He Yan finished speaking, he rushed out like a cannonball, raised his hand and pushed Xu Fen hard. His action was too sudden, and Xu Fen was unprepared. She stumbled back two steps and sat on the ground.

Xu Fen was stunned by the fall. It took her a while to react. She got up and pointed at He Yan and cursed: "You little bastard who has a father but no mother, you dare to hit me——"

Before Xu Fen could finish her words, she was pushed down. This time, it was Su Ting who pushed her down.

Seeing clearly that it was her, Xu Fen did not curse at her, but instead said in a veiled tone: "Director Qiu, look! The mother and son teamed up to bully people!"

But she was not the only one who would be in trouble. After pushing the man, Su Ting hugged He Yan and howled at the top of her lungs. After listening to her complaint, she said, "How dare you say that I bullied you? Why didn't you say anything when you bullied my son? Go out and ask around. There are so many military wives in the compound. If anyone heard what you just said, they would fight you to the death."

The other military wives nodded, and they all felt that Xu Fen was going too far by saying such things to a child.

Xu Fen wanted to speak up to defend herself, but just as she opened her mouth, Su Ting yelled even louder: "Last year you spread rumors about me behind my back, and then apologized in front of all the military wives. Your apology letter was so sincere at the time that I thought you realized your mistake. But more than half a year has passed, and you haven't changed at all. You can curse us mother and son in front of so many people. I don't know how much you say behind our backs!"

Su Ting turned to Director Qiu and said, "Last year, I only lightly disclosed that matter for your sake, but you heard what Comrade Xu Fen said just now. This time, I hope you can handle it impartially, report it to the troops, and let the leaders give me justice!"

Director Qiu was already dissatisfied with Xu Fen, and after Su Ting reminded him of what happened last year, he felt even more annoyed that Xu Fen still did not repent, and said, "I will report this matter."

Xu Fen didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, Su Ting would get the upper hand again, and even brought up last year's incident. She was frightened at the time, and just as she was about to speak, her eyes swept over her son standing next to her, and she suddenly became angry: "Why? It's my son who was beaten! Can't I say a few words?"

Director Qiu said coldly, "I will report both the children's fight and your insults to Su Ting and He Yan."

Hearing this, the parents of the other children involved in the fight became anxious: "Director Qiu, stop it. It's inevitable for children to bump into each other. Fighting is a normal thing. How can it be reported to the police?"

"Yes, yes, no one was injured, so let's just leave it at that."

"Besides, this wasn't a gang fight. They just went too far while playing the game. No one was injured, so I think we should just let it go."

Everyone was talking at once, but before they could come to a conclusion, Duan Xiaoying hurried over.

She first greeted Director Qiu, passing by the military wives who were watching, and then explained, "When Erniu came to call me, I was bathing Bodong, which delayed me."

Director Qiu already knew about this. He nodded calmly and asked, "Did Erniu tell you everything?"

Duan Xiaoying said, "I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."

"It's okay. They are all children from the compound. Besides, this is our job." Director Qiu thought Duan Xiaoying's attitude was okay, so his tone was soft. "I asked you to come here mainly to gather your parents together to discuss how to deal with this matter..."

"Don't worry, Director Qiu. Since it was Bowen who hit someone, we will accept any result." Duan Xiaoying quickly expressed her opinion and looked at her stepson, "Bowen, apologize to Li Xiaoming!"

Han Bowen, who had been holding back tears despite his red eyes, suddenly raised his head and yelled, "Why do you want me to apologize? Do you know why I hit him?"

Duan Xiaoying's face darkened when asked, "No matter why you hit him, as long as you started it first, you are wrong. And you beat him up like this, shouldn't you apologize?"

These words touched Xu Fen's heart: "Look, look, this is all the stepmother's fault. Comrade Duan is more reasonable than Comrade Su. Your children beat my son like this, shouldn't they apologize..."

Han Bowen, who had been suppressing his emotions, finally couldn't help himself and said loudly with his eyes closed: "He said my mother is dead!"

After shouting, Han Bowen opened his eyes and stared at Duan Xiaoying with red eyes: "He said my mother was dead first, so what if I beat him up? You want me to apologize to him? No way!"

Duan Xiaoying was stunned when he heard this, his lips moved but he said nothing.

Xu Fen, on the other hand, reacted quickly and shouted, "This is just your one-sided statement. How can you prove that my son said this?"

"I can prove it!" He Yan walked out of Su Ting's arms and said, "I saw them fighting, so I went to stop them. But Li Xiaoming scolded me too. I got very angry, so I started fighting with him too."

Xu Fen only knew that her son was beaten by Han Bowen and He Yan, but she was not sure about the specific reason. But now that it was said, no matter what the reason was, she was not going to admit it if it was not in her son's favor. She sneered and said, "You are in cahoots with Han Bowen, so of course you will speak for him."

He Yan was very angry when his words were questioned, and he opened his mouth to defend himself, but before he could say anything, Su Ting patted him on the shoulder, motioned him to step aside, and stepped forward and said, "You believed your son when he said that you beat Han Bowen first, but you didn't believe when Han Bowen and He Yan said that your son cursed first. You just have double standards."

Other military wives echoed: "Yes, yes."

"You don't believe that your son cursed first, but I think it's very likely. In front of so many people, you can insult my son by saying that he has a father but no mother. Who knows what you say to Li Xiaoming at home every day? He might have remembered your words. When playing games, Han Bowen might have used too much force, and he cursed out what was in his heart. Every child is born by his mother after ten months of pregnancy. How can he not be angry when hearing such words?"

Seeing the onlookers nodding, Xu Fen quickly shouted, "These are all your guesses!"

"This is a reasonable guess, Director Qiu, I think we should report this matter and have the troops send someone to investigate. Some children are stubborn in front of us and may not dare to lie when facing the interrogation of military comrades. Let them find out who started the fight first and why. Then we can slowly settle the responsibilities and make compensation and apology to avoid hurting anyone. Don't you agree?"

Director Qiu nodded as if thinking: "Okay, let's do it this way."

Not only the parents, but also the children's faces changed. Li Xiaoming even took several steps back, threw himself into Xu Fen's arms and said, "Mom, save me! I don't want to be interrogated!"

Su Ting heard this and exclaimed, "Aren't you the one who got beaten? My son isn't afraid, so why are you afraid? Did you really curse at someone?"

If it was before, Xu Fen would have refuted it long ago, but now, she was frightened.

After these confrontations, she finally understood that Su Ting was a reckless person who was fearless and would report any trivial matter regardless of whether it was reasonable or not. But she was afraid of this.

Unlike Xu Fen who gritted her teeth and said nothing, Su Ting was very calm and even gave Li Xiaoming some advice: "If you cursed, tell us as soon as possible. As long as your mother is willing, we can solve this matter here. Although your mother spread rumors about me behind my back and made me very angry, I can let it go because you got beaten today. But if we can't solve it, I don't mind reporting it to the army. Then we will handle it impartially. Anyway, we mother and son have a clear conscience and are not afraid."

Li Xiaoming was frightened by Su Ting and cried and confessed: "I, I cursed because Han Bowen hit me and it hurt a little, so I cursed him."

"It's fine if you scold Han Bowen, but my son was there to break up the fight, why did you scold him?"

"He pulled me!"

Even though Li Xiaoming was hurt first, they were playing a war game, and it was normal for a child not to pay attention to the severity of the blow.

What’s more, what does a child know? He keeps saying “your mother is dead”. It’s obvious that the adults don’t hold back their words in front of the child. The child hears it and remembers it in his heart, so he can say such words whenever there is a quarrel.

Therefore, facing Xu Fen, Director Qiu's tone was really hard to be nice, and he asked coldly: "Comrade Xu Fen, do you have anything else to say?"

Hearing Director Qiu's tone, Xu Fen knew that she wanted to just let the matter go. Forget monetary compensation. She was afraid that she wouldn't even get an apology after making such a fuss.

But she was a little afraid of being reported, and Li Xiaoming had already confessed everything. No matter how unhappy she was, she had to accept it. However, she was still a little unwilling to give up, muttering: "Even if my son cursed someone, they beat my son like this, so I have to show some appreciation."

"What do you want to say?"

"At least get a physical check-up."

"Okay, take your son to the clinic later and let Dr. Zhao check him out. If he prescribes any medicine, we'll split the bill between the two families, okay?"

Xu Fen curled her lips: "Go to the clinic." The clinic on the island was not big, and the number of doctors and nurses could be counted on one hand. It was incomparable to the city hospital.

And more importantly, they are military dependents, so they can go to the health center for free for checkups, and they have a quota for buying medicine, so minor illnesses basically cost nothing.

Director Qiu's words mean that her son was beaten for nothing, right?

Director Qiu heard her words and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why? The military doctors in the health center can even treat soldiers' fractures. Are you still worried that they can't tell whether your son is in good health?"

Xu Fen quickly said, "No, go to the clinic. I will take my son to the clinic tomorrow."

"Don't go tomorrow, go now. Speaking of this matter, all the children present are wrong. Li Xiaoming, Han Bowen and He Yan made more serious mistakes. So the three of you will each submit a self-review to me within a week. The parents of the other children will take them home and educate them themselves." Director Qiu asked, "Are you willing to accept my handling of this matter?"

The other children's parents quickly said, "No."

Su Ting and Duan Xiaoying also shook their heads. Only Xu Fen, although she had some objections, did not dare to say them out loud and responded vaguely.

Director Qiu continued, "Li Xiaoming cursed first, so he should apologize to Han Bowen and He Yan, but they also should apologize for beating Li Xiaoming. Do you think we should take turns apologizing, or just let it go?"

Although Director Qiu thought it would be best if the three of them apologized to each other, Han Bowen had a stubborn temper, He Yan was not soft-hearted, and Li Xiaoming had scolded them too much, so they would definitely not apologize. Li Xiaoming was easy to deal with, but this child had a bad upbringing and his personality had already changed, so even if he apologized, it would not be very sincere.

It would be better to skip this process.

Sure enough, after hearing what she said, Han Bowen immediately said: "I don't apologize!"

He Yan also said: "I don't want to apologize to him either."

Li Xiaoming hesitated and didn't speak for a while.

"If that's the case, then let's just leave it at that. Let's go." Director Qiu waved his hand and called Xu Fen over again. "Comrade Xu, I hope you can behave yourself in the future and stop talking about others behind their backs. Otherwise, if someone reports you to me again, I won't be able to protect you."

Xu Fen thought to herself, "When did you ever protect me?" She said reluctantly, "I know."

The excitement ended, and the military wives left one after another. Duan Xiaoying also called Han Bowen to prepare to go back, but the latter ignored her. He turned his head and walked to He Yan and asked, "Are you going back?"

The two were not very familiar with each other before, but after fighting together, Han Bowen felt that He Yan was much closer, so he was willing to go with him.

He Yan was a little confused, but he didn't refuse. He looked up at Su Ting and said, "Mom, shall we go back?"

"Yes."

Watching the three people leaving, Duan Xiaoying gave a sad smile to the military wives who had not yet left: "Alas, Bowen must be blaming me."

…

The three of them had no idea what Duan Xiaoying said to the remaining military wives. After they reached the middle of buildings 65 and 66, the two children said goodbye to each other and walked in different directions.

He Yan's emotions came and went quickly. By the time he walked from the grove to the courtyard gate, he had already become happy again.

But this happiness did not last long. When He Yan walked to his yard, he looked up and saw the row of trees on the green belt between the house and the beach. Then he thought of the beating he got last week and his face frowned immediately.

Su Ting unlocked the door, turned around and saw him with a bitter face, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you?"

"Mom, am I going to be beaten today?" He Yan raised his head and asked sadly.

Six sticks, no, it’s seven sticks!

It hurts so much.

Thinking of He Yan's pitiful tone, he talked to Su Ting: "Mom, can you talk to Dad and ask him to hit me less?"

Only then did Su Ting understand what He Yan meant. She laughed and said, "Don't worry, your dad won't beat you today."

He Yan's face lit up: "Really? Then let's make a deal."

Su Ting stretched out her finger helplessly: "Pull the hook and hang it for a hundred years without changing it. Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied!" He Yan hugged his fingers happily. Hahaha, he won't get beaten tonight!

Seeing his silly smile, Su Ting couldn't help but remind him: "I didn't beat you today because you wanted to stop the fight, and Li Xiaoming cursed first, but this kind of thing can't happen again. If you fight again next time, I won't help you. I will beat you with seven sticks, not one less, understand?"

"I know!" He Yan said in a light tone. He didn't ask for much. He just wanted to avoid being beaten today.

But before half a minute had passed, He Yan heard Su Ting say, "Now that you know, hurry back to your room and write a self-examination."

The happiness came to an abrupt end, He Yan turned around and asked, "What examination?"

Su Ting smiled and said, "You, Han Bowen, and Li Xiaoming were punished by Director Qiu to write a self-examination because of the serious circumstances. Have you forgotten? Eight hundred words, not a single word can be missing."

He Yan: “…” My happiness is gone.