Wang Guangping wanted to swallow his anger for the moment.
But He Jia’s mother wanted immediate satisfaction.
These two people’s thoughts and personalities went in opposite directions, yet this perfectly enabled He Jia’s mother’s arrogance.
When others caused trouble, it was for compensation, but what did the He family lack?
They weren’t here to extort money from the Wang family. She was unreasonable to begin with—Gu Siyan had kindly warned her, but she turned around and berated Gu Siyan, even calling the Gu household. Aunt Zhou knew this person was habitually unreasonable, so she remained silent during the phone call… Such a woman who always wanted to be first, always looking to take advantage, was truly terrifying when she displaced her anger!
What else could she do if not direct her anger at the tutoring class? Should she admit her negligence of her daughter?
She never made mistakes—all mistakes were the tutoring class’s fault!
It was the tutoring class “teachers” who were irresponsible, the people running the tutoring class who were irresponsible. In half a lifetime, He Jia’s mother had never reasoned with anyone, nor did she need to. Although her husband was just a minor section chief in the Education Department’s Development Planning Division, not comparable to Wang Guangping’s deputy director position, so what? He Jia’s mother had never been intimidated by anyone!
What did it matter if Wang Guangping had a higher rank? He had no authority over the Development Planning Division.
He Jia’s mother now truly regretted it to her core—how had she been possessed to believe the tutoring class’s flyers? If she hadn’t sent He Jia to the tutoring class, none of this would have happened. There was no reason her daughter should suffer while the tutoring class continued to make money and build its reputation. If the He family couldn’t live well, then nobody would live well.
“Whoever runs the tutoring class must take responsibility for my daughter. Do you want to deny it? No way! The newspaper clearly states: Wang Jianhua from Capital Normal University, and you’re Wang Jianhua’s girlfriend, right? He does such shameless things, so you’re no good either!”
The fire suddenly turned toward Xia Ziyu.
Ran Shuyu’s mind was in chaos, unconsciously defending: “The tutoring class isn’t run by my son. We’re a good cadre family, so why would we run a tutoring class… Ziyu, say something quickly!”
Xia Ziyu wore an expression as if she’d seen a ghost.
At this moment, Ran Shuyu was pushing her out to face He Jia’s mother’s fury.
After listening for so long, Xia Ziyu understood: He Jia was pregnant by someone unknown, and the He family blamed the tutoring class, believing it had failed in its responsibility. That’s why they came today to beat people and destroy property. Wang Jianhua was bearing the brunt of He Jia’s mother’s anger, and now Ran Shuyu was pushing her forward—wasn’t this just making her take the fall!
“I… I run the tutoring class. My boyfriend Jianhua just helped out. He wasn’t involved in managing the tutoring class at all, so how could he have had any chance to interact with He Jia? Mrs. He, this must be a misunderstanding. If you insist on reporting to the police station, we’re willing to cooperate with their investigation!”
He Jia’s mother sneered, ignoring Xia Ziyu’s words.
She was already making false accusations, and being unreasonable. The point wasn’t to report to the police—making it public knowledge wouldn’t benefit her daughter.
She was here to deal with the Wang family, and now she wanted to deal with Xia Ziyu too!
“You run it? That’s not what the newspaper says. Could it be that the son of a national cadre is also being fraudulent? Then this matter is even bigger!”
This woman knew how to catch the key points.
Wang Guangping glared at Xia Ziyu—if you don’t know what to say, don’t say anything!
“You and I both know that Jianhua didn’t do anything to your daughter. Tell me, what do you want?”
He Jia’s mother spat viciously.
“Director Wang, don’t try to intimidate common folk like us. Who knows, you might not even be a director anymore one of these days. Let me be clear upfront: whoever runs the tutoring class, that’s who I’m coming after. Your family better get your story straight!”
Xia Ziyu’s face alternated between red and white like a ghost.
How difficult He Jia’s mother could be—what she’d experienced when collecting tuition fees wasn’t even her full capability.
Back then, she could handle He Jia’s mother with words, but now Xia Ziyu’s mind was in complete chaos.
What would the Wang family do?
Ran Shuyu’s attitude was already clear earlier.
Then Wang Guangping… and Wang Jianhua?
No, no, no, Jianhua would stand by her side.
He Jia’s mother came under cover of night, turned the Wang household upside down, and left with her people.
Amidst the mess, Ran Shuyu was wiping tears, Xia Ziyu’s face was covered in blood, and Wang Jianhua struggled to get up:
“Ziyu, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
He Jia’s mother had vented her anger, but the Wang family was miserable.
People in this area didn’t know her, but they knew Wang Guangping.
A cadre who returned from the farm and was reinstated, with quite a high position too. Now that the Wang family had such a big scandal, the neighbors would surely gossip. Some people felt tonight’s events were suspicious—which family would be so high-profile if their daughter was violated? Weren’t they throwing away their daughter’s reputation?
“Must have offended someone. I think Director Wang was too high-profile.”
Deputy Director Wang, after all.
There was still a Director above him.
How long had he been back from the farm, and he already dared to use his position to promote his son?
Some people were already unhappy after reading the newspaper.
The tutoring class was large-scale—even if they only made a few yuan per student, it was thousands per month! The Wang family was not only making money but also wanted to gain a reputation, and now they’d stirred up trouble. Whether it was deliberate framing of the Wang family was hard to say, but something must have happened—it just depended on how it would be resolved!
Wang Jianhua and Xia Ziyu went to the hospital.
When Xia Ziyu walked out of the Wang family’s gate, she felt many people watching.
Tonight was truly humiliating, and she didn’t know if her face would be disfigured.
Wang Jianhua was also covered in injuries. Wang Guangping and Ran Shuyu went to the hospital together, where the doctor cleaned Xia Ziyu’s wound:
“The wound on your face is too large, it needs stitches!”
Xia Ziyu grabbed the doctor’s arm, “Doctor, I don’t want to be disfigured!”
She already wasn’t as pretty as Xia Xiaolan; if her face was scarred, Xia Ziyu couldn’t bear to think of the outcome.
The doctor saw how young she was and felt sympathetic, but there was no way to guarantee anything.
“I’ll be as careful as possible when stitching.”
Xia Ziyu could only trust the doctor. Wang Jianhua saw how much blood she’d lost and felt heartbroken. During the stitching, Xia Ziyu held his hand tightly: “Jianhua, I’m scared. Do you think He Jia’s mother will come after me again?”
Wang Jianhua wasn’t sure either.
That mad woman was too fierce, causing people to wreck their homes.
What’s more, she thoroughly understood the Wang family’s situation, every word hitting their vulnerabilities.
How to handle this matter—the three members of the Wang family would need to discuss it carefully behind closed doors. Wang Jianhua couldn’t give Xia Ziyu any guarantees, so he vaguely comforted his girlfriend:
“I didn’t do what she accused me of. You must believe me—we’re not wrong in this!”
Xia Ziyu was deeply disappointed.
Of course, she believed Wang Jianhua wouldn’t take advantage of a naive young girl.
But He Jia’s mother was an unreasonable shrew who created chaos—would she care who was right or wrong?
The other party just wanted to find the person in charge of the tutoring class to vent their anger.
And that person in charge, it now seemed, could only be her?!