After stopping being a simp, the school heartthrob cried and begged to get back together.

Chapter Ten: I Am Also Your Daughter

"Everyone's here." The principal arrived.

He looked at Huo Fei: "Mr. Huo is here too?"

"My son has been slandered by this classmate." Huo Fei pointed at Liu Shengyan: "I'm here to demand an explanation."

"Rumors?" The principal was taken aback. "What rumors?"

"Principal, take a look at this." The homeroom teacher of Class 3 handed the tablet computer to the principal.

The principal understood immediately. He frowned slightly and asked, "Liu Shengyan, did you do this?"

Liu Shengyan huddled next to Secretary Liu, trembling and silent.

"You can't stay silent. Did you do it or not?" the principal urged. "Answer quickly."

"Principal, my daughter is being unreasonable. Please give her another chance," Secretary Liu said hurriedly.

“Parent, your daughter spread such rumors and caused harm to others. You can’t just let it go with the excuse that she was immature,” the principal said sternly. “This kind of thing cannot be allowed to happen. This matter must be severely punished.”

Secretary Liu looked embarrassed and immediately turned to Mr. Shen: "Mr. Shen?"

Old Shen looked at me and my mother.

“Principal, this teacher has been leading the bullying of my daughter at school. I have already reported her to the Education Bureau.” My mother said coldly, “I heard that she accepted a lot of money to help a certain student transfer schools.”

"You're talking nonsense!" Wang Jing immediately retorted, but she subconsciously looked at Secretary Liu.

The principal's face turned extremely grim: "Teacher Wang, is it true?"

Wang Jing was trembling with fear; she knew the truth would eventually come out.

"How could you, as a teacher, do such a thing?" the principal exclaimed angrily. "Whose side are you on? That student must be sent back to his hometown!"

My mom pointed at Liu Shengyan: "This is the classmate."

The principal looked at Liu Shengyan with surprise, somewhat confused.

Huo Fei cleared his throat and whispered something in the principal's ear.

The principal suddenly realized: "This matter cannot be tolerated and must be severely punished, otherwise the school's reputation will be ruined."

"That's right, isn't this a troublemaker who's ruined two students at once?" Huo Fei chimed in, adding fuel to the fire.

“Principal, about this matter…” Wang Jing tried to deny it.

But she soon realized that there was no way to reverse the situation.

Han Li reported the matter to the Education Bureau. Once officials from higher up come down to investigate, she'll be completely finished.

She was killed by Secretary Liu!

Upon hearing that she had to transfer back to her old school, Liu Shengyan burst into tears: "I don't want to transfer back! I don't want to!"

Secretary Liu looked at my mother and me: "Madam, Miss."

"Secretary Liu, are you living in the past?" My mother retorted, annoyed. "What 'madam'? My surname is Han."

"Ms. Han," Secretary Liu paused, "my daughter already knows she was wrong. For the sake of my many years of service to the company, could you please give my daughter and me another chance?"

"Secretary Liu, you must be joking. If it hadn't been discovered that it was your daughter who did it, wouldn't my daughter have been bullied all this time?" My mother looked at her sarcastically: "Do you think your words of admitting your mistake can make up for the psychological damage to my daughter?"

Secretary Liu pursed her lips.

She looked at Old Shen with hopeful eyes.

However, Old Shen dared not look at the mother and daughter.

"Dad!" Liu Shengyan suddenly ran over and grabbed Old Shen's sleeve: "Dad, save me, I don't want to transfer back to my old school!"

"What nonsense are you yelling about!" Old Shen hurriedly pulled his arm away.

"Dad, I am your daughter too, why won't you acknowledge me?" Liu Shengyan cried bitterly.

Everyone except those in the know was completely bewildered.

Huo Fei looked at Lao Shen with a deep gaze and asked, "Lao Shen, your illegitimate daughter?"

Old Shen glanced at my mother, then at me; he knew he couldn't hide it anymore.

“Child, your status as an illegitimate child was given to you by your own father and mother. It’s really wrong of you to vent your anger on Shen Yan. She’s innocent too,” Huo Fei said helplessly.

"Dad, I don't want to leave here," Liu Shengyan cried. "Why can Shen Yan grow up openly and call you Dad, but I can't?"

"Enough!" Old Shen roared. "You can hate me, but you shouldn't have touched Shen Yan!"

Liu Shengyan was startled and stared blankly at Lao Shen.

"You know you're an illegitimate child, and I never intended to acknowledge you as my daughter, you know that?" Old Shen said angrily. "Didn't your mother tell you that?"

Liu Shengyan looked at Secretary Liu with a choked voice.

Secretary Liu kept his head down and remained silent.

My mother gave a cold laugh: "How could someone as smart as Secretary Liu not tell me? Shen Yuan, you've kept this from me for over ten years, and you've kept it perfectly secret all along. Guess why I suddenly found out?"

Old Shen suddenly realized what was going on and looked at Secretary Liu.

Secretary Liu looked up: "President Shen, it wasn't me."

My mom scoffed lightly.

"Old Shen, it's no use saying all this now. I think you should take this illegitimate daughter back and educate her properly, lest she cause a disaster in the future," Huo Fei said in a deep voice.

Old Shen took a deep breath and looked at Secretary Liu: "Secretary Liu, you're fired."

After saying that, he started walking away.

"President Shen?!" Secretary Liu exclaimed in surprise.

She never expected that she would be fired as well.

Old Shen left without looking back.

Huo Fei looked at the principal: "Principal, what do you think?"

"Mr. Huo, rest assured, I will issue a statement to clear Huo Yubai and Shen Yan's names," the principal said in a deep voice.

"Principal, then I'm relieved." Huo Fei looked at Huo Yubai, "You little rascal, I've taken care of this for you. You better focus on your studies!"

Huo Yubai snorted.

Huo Fei glared at him and walked away.

The principal looked at my mother and said, "Shen Yan's mother, you've seen it all. We will handle this matter properly."

My mom nodded: "Okay."

The principal turned to look at Secretary Liu and Liu Shengyan: "You two go back first. We'll contact you by phone about something."

Secretary Liu hesitated for a moment, then pulled Liu Shengyan away.

She knew that nothing she said would make a difference.

The principal then looked at Wang Jing and said, "Come to my office now."

Wang Jing looked utterly defeated, and she slunk away with the principal.

"You should go back to class too," the homeroom teacher of Class 3 said to Huo Yubai.

Huo Yubai glanced at me indifferently, then left.

I accompanied my mom to the school gate: "Mom..."

"Focus on your studies, we can talk about some things after school." My mom patted my face: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing that happened at school?"

I hesitated for a moment: "Mom, actually I mentioned this to Dad at first, but he..."

"What can he possibly lock up? He's terrified I'll come to school and he'll be scared to death if he sees Liu Shengyan." My mom sarcastically said, "What a piece of trash! All of this is because of him!"

That's absolutely right.

"I'm so glad you're alright." My mom breathed a sigh of relief. "Go back to class, I'll pick you up after school."

"Okay!" I nodded.

My mom walked out of the school gate.

I turned around and went back to the classroom.

My classmates were all looking at me with complicated expressions.

I returned to my seat and looked at Mu Xi.

Mu Xi made a "Y" sign at me.

I smiled; I knew it was her!