Arrogant and domineering because of his good looks: His Majesty always pretends to be righteous

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulin felt that Master Zhang was trying to fool her. "Are you kidding me? There's no bleeding, no broken skin, nothing's wrong, why are you asking me for help?!"

"It's Guo Shantong's idea and request that I ask you to come and judge this matter. Will you come in with me?" Zhang Fuzi's last sentence was a question. If it were any other student's parent, it would be fine, but it happened to be Guo Shantong's.

Master Zhang was on the verge of tears. He said he wanted to go to class and that he would leave such matters to Xia Zhishu.

"What's there to reason about? Aren't these things your job as teachers? What right do I have to reason? I'm not even in the school, I don't know anything about this." Chen Yulin said and turned to leave.

Master Zhang quickly pulled Chen Yulin aside, saying, "But you are Guo Shantong's mother. You should at least show some concern for him. You can even take some time to visit him."

Chen Yulin was somewhat moved. After all, it was his own child, a mere two ounces of flesh. Anyway, it wasn't an urgent matter, and it wouldn't take long to settle things.

"Let's go, this is such a hassle." Chen Yulin muttered and walked away first. Zhang Fuzi shook his head and sighed behind him. He still felt sorry for Guo Shantong, but the child often bullied other children.

Upon arriving at the small house, Guo Shantong's eyes lit up when she saw Chen Yulin. "Mom!"

Chen Yulin didn't agree and sat down directly, asking, "What is it?"

Guo Shantong felt a little disappointed when he saw Chen Yulin's impatient look, but he was already very grateful that his mother had come. Guo Shantong pointed at Chen Yulin and complained, "Mom, she hit me, broke my fingers, and kicked me. It hurt so much."

Chen Yulin noticed that the girl in front of him looked somewhat familiar. Xia Rongliu naturally knew what Chen Yulin was thinking and kindly explained to her, "Madam, we just met a month ago."

Chen Yulin thought back carefully; she had come twice this month, both times because of Guo Shantong, a month ago…

Recalling what happened a month ago, she said to Guo Shantong, "You, didn't you bully that little girl a month ago? I told you not to listen."

Guo Shantong was stunned for a moment, then said aggrievedly, "But Mother, this time she hit me..."

"How could a little girl like her hit you? Just bear with it, it'll pass soon. How strong can a little girl be? Why did she hit you?" Chen Yulin launched a barrage of attacks.

Xia Rongliu was taken aback. Although she knew from her previous meeting with Guo Shantong's mother that Guo Shantong's mother did not favor her own child, she never expected her to be so unfavorable.

Xia Rongliu frowned and then relaxed. Guo Shantong hesitated to speak when asked, so Chen Yulin simply asked Xia Rongliu directly.

After recounting the whole story, Xia Rongliu sat expressionlessly on the bench watching how Guo Shantong was beaten by his mother. Although the beating wasn't severe, it left a significant shadow on the child.

Perhaps... Guo Shantong's appearance is probably thanks to his mother. Sigh, so pitiful. Xia Rongliu left the room halfway through to go to class.

Xia Rongliu returned to Xia Zhanxin's side. Xia Zhanxin looked at her worriedly, afraid that she might be injured. Xia Rongliu sat cross-legged and said, "You shouldn't be worried about me. Worry about Guo Shantong instead. He's in a terrible state."

"What happened?" Xia Zhanxin had not yet met Chen Yulin, so she naturally did not know the situation and would assume that her mother was biased towards her own child and that Xia Rongliu would suffer a loss.

"It's nothing, just writing. You won't call me." Xia Rongliu rested her head on one hand on the table, looking at Xia Zhanxin's half-black face and secretly laughing.

Xia Zhanxin was puzzled. Why was his sister staring at his face and smiling? "Sister, is there something on my face?"

"It's nothing, it's very beautiful, hurry up and write it." Xia Rongliu urged.

When Guo Shantong returned, her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She sat in her seat, silent and motionless. Everyone around her was curious about what had happened, but Xia Rongliu was still sighing.

Not all mothers in the world love their children; it would be a tragedy if a mother didn't love her child and still gave birth to one.

After class, Guo Shantong's underlings ran up to him to ask what was wrong and comfort him, while some other kids went to Xia Rongliu to gossip.

"Sister Xia, what happened? Why is Guo Shantong crying?"

"Was it Sister Xia who called me?..."

Xia Rongliu was speechless. Kids these days are too gossipy. "What are you talking about? I didn't hit him. If you want to know what happened, go ask him yourselves."

After school, Xia Rongliu and the others began packing up to go home only after seeing all the students off.

Xia Zhishu was startled when he saw Xia Zhanxin's face. How could the child's face look like this? Seeing Xia Rongliu's smile, he knew that Xia Rongliu was playing a trick on Xia Zhanxin.

"Yinyin..." Xia Zhishu quietly walked to Xia Rongliu's side. "You did the thing on Yuanxiao's face, didn't you?"

"Hehe, Dad, you're so smart." Xia Rongliu praised Xia Zhishu, who rubbed his forehead and said, "Who else but you could do that?"

"Sister, Father?" Xia Zhanxin called out when she noticed Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhishu whispering to each other after she finished packing.

Xia Rongliu turned around. "Hahaha, all done cleaning up? Let's go back now." Xia Rongliu took Xia Zhanxin's hand and walked away first, leaving Xia Zhishu behind with a helpless sigh.

On the way, Xia Zhanxin asked Xia Rongliu in confusion, "Sister, why are all the classmates staring at me and laughing when get out of class is over?" She laughed extremely unrestrainedly.

"It's probably because you're too beautiful. Our Yuanxiao is probably one of the most beautiful girls in town!" Xia Rongliu said in a serious tone, and Xia Zhanxin actually believed her.

Xia Zhishu couldn't bear to look at it anymore. "Alright, let's go home first." He couldn't listen to any more.

When she got home, Lin Yue came out to greet her three 'little cuties'. Before she even got close, she said, "You're back just in time. Dinner's ready, Yin Yin and Yuan Xiao..."

She abruptly stopped mid-sentence, looking at Xia Zhanxin's face in surprise. "Yuan, Yuan, Yuanxiao?"

After confirming several times, she hurriedly pulled Xia Zhanxin to her side and examined his face closely. "What...what...was he bullied at school?! Why does he look like this?"

Xia Zhanxin listened with confusion. Was there something wrong with his face?

“…How could Yuanxiao be bullied? Yinyin and I are both here. Um, this…it was Yinyin who did it.” Xia Zhishu confessed directly.

Xia Rongliu stared wide-eyed at her father. He sold her as soon as he got back? Xia Zhanxin was completely confused.

"You've smeared half his face with ink! How much ink did you put on him? Take him to wash it clean before we eat," Lin Yue instructed Xia Rongliu.

"Okay, I understand! I will. Let's go for the Lantern Festival." Xia Rongliu was slightly disappointed and called out to Xia Zhanxin. Xia Zhanxin understood, and Xia Rongliu smeared ink on his face.

No wonder he said Xia Rongliu pinched his cheek at the wrong time this afternoon; she was smearing ink on him.

Xia Zhanxin wasn't angry and obediently followed behind Xia Rongliu.