Chapter 97: This Silly Child

“Did you all hear that, parents? She and her child think it’s perfectly normal to randomly touch other kids’ faces and butts. Just playing around, she says.”

“But do you think that’s normal? That’s clearly disrespectful, even lewd behavior.”

“Since everyone’s here with their children today, why not ask your kids if this boy has taken advantage of them too?”

“As for my kids hitting hers, I admit it.”

“I’ll pay whatever compensation is necessary.”

“I’ll have someone take him to the best Class-A hospital in Jiang City. He’ll get whatever exams he needs, and I’ll pay whatever needs to be paid.”

“But strictly speaking, our kids were just defending themselves. At most, it was a bit of excessive resistance.”

“During the whole thing, it was my child who was hurt first after being bullied by hers.”

“So, ma’am, what’s your stance on this?”

“My child got hurt. Don’t you bear some responsibility too?”

“My child was bullied and molested by yours. Shouldn’t you apologize first?”

“Molested? They’re just kids, what do they know? You can’t just say whatever comes to your mouth,” the chubby woman snapped, pointing at Lu Qingqiang.

“Mom, he… he just touched my head.”

“Dad, I was squatting there playing with sand, and he stepped on me and called me blind.”

“Mom, I saw it. He was the one who said that little girl was pretty and then reached out to touch her first.”

As soon as the surrounding voices chimed in, the parents watching the scene started getting upset.

These days, every child is a precious treasure to their family.

They just brought their little ones out to play, and now they find out there’s a brat going around bullying other kids?

Who wouldn’t be angry?

One by one, the parents began criticizing the chubby boy and the woman.

But the chubby boy showed no shame at all. Instead, he glared at everyone and shouted.

“Shut up! All of you, shut up! Or I’ll have my dad shoot you with his gun!”

“Oh? A gun, huh? You know it’s illegal to possess firearms, right? Someone call the police.”

“Did you hear what that kid just said? That’s not something a normal child would say.”

“I suspect this kid is either precocious and secretly watches adult stuff at home…”

“Or he’s seen it happen before and is just mimicking what he saw.”

“Hey, chubby lady, maybe you should go home and check if your husband’s been sneaking around behind your back, and your kid happened to see it?”

“Shut up! My dad doesn’t cheat!”

“He said that he and that pretty auntie are truly in love.”

“That pretty auntie is super nice to me. She buys me burgers and fried chicken, and even takes me to the arcade when we skip school.”

“Not like my mom. She’s sloppy and looks like an old hag. It’s embarrassing to be seen with her.”

“Pretty soon, he’s going to marry that pretty auntie and she’ll be my new mom.”

“She’s my dad’s girlfriend, not some stranger.”

“My dad said spanking her butt just means he likes her. It doesn’t mean anything else.”

The chubby boy’s boastful words spilled out, full of shocking revelations.

The crowd was stunned.

The way they looked at the chubby woman shifted from disdain and judgment to sympathy and pity.

“Sweetheart, what are you talking about? What pretty auntie?” The chubby woman was clearly panicked and furious. She rushed over and grabbed her son by the collar.

“Mom, let go! You’re hurting me.”

“You’re useless. You can’t even protect me.”

“When someone bullied me before, the pretty auntie always stepped in to help. Not like you, all you do is yell and make a scene. So embarrassing.”

“Hah, ha ha ha, I’m the embarrassment?”

“If it weren’t for you, how would I have ended up like this?”

“Fine then, you ungrateful brat. Your whole family’s been keeping me in the dark, haven’t they?”

“That ‘pretty auntie’ is just a homewrecker, a shameless fox!”

“Tell me, who is she? Speak! Who exactly is she?”

“You’re my son! Why are you helping outsiders lie to me?”

“She’s not good to you. She’s pretending. It’s all an act!” The chubby woman broke down, shaking her son violently.

“Let go of me! Let go!”

Lu Qingqiang and the others: “…”

How did things spiral into this? Weren’t they just trying to resolve the issue?

Now it had turned into a full-blown soap opera, complete with scandal and family drama.

This kid really was a walking disaster.

Just as they were thinking that, the brat shoved the chubby woman away impatiently and ran off.

The woman wiped her tears absentmindedly, muttering curses under her breath.

Then she got up and chased after the chubby boy.

Before she left, she threw a vicious parting shot at Lu Qingqiang.

“You just wait!”

“…” Lu Qingqiang.

Hey now, if you’ve got guts, don’t run! Let’s keep going!

Ugh! Second Brother Lu Jianshen had just sent her something on WeChat, and she hadn’t even had the chance to use it.

Why’d that woman run off so fast?

Her combat power was seriously lacking.

“Doctor Feng, how’s Zhou Yang doing?”

“Nothing serious. A little later and the wound would’ve healed on its own.” Now that the crowd had dispersed, Doctor Feng finally spoke up in a low voice.

“What? My arm’s not broken?”

“That means I can still feed myself and drink water on my own?”

“Does that mean… I can still be a hero?”

“Not broken at all. It’s perfectly fine.” Doctor Feng looked at him with a mix of amusement and helplessness, his tone gentle.

As soon as Zhou Yang heard that, he lit up.

“Hahaha, that’s great! I’m fine!”

With his eyes still red from crying, that grin of his was truly something else.

Standing behind him, Wang Zhiyu and Wu Feng both rolled their eyes at him.

This silly kid, didn’t he realize they were acting just now?

In public, they had ganged up on someone. That alone made it easy for others to think they were in the wrong.

So the best tactic, aside from exposing the other party’s misdeeds, was to act even more pitiful than them.

That way, the other side would come off as the real villain.

After all, people naturally sympathize with the weaker side.

Too bad Zhou Yang’s brain didn’t work fast enough.

He actually believed his arm was broken?

Unbelievable.

Almost ruined the whole act.

“Sorry, Director. It’s all my fault.”

“As their teacher, I should’ve been watching them more closely. I shouldn’t have gone so far away.” Yuan Yuan looked remorseful and upset.

“Teacher Yuan, it’s not your fault. It’s the bad guy’s fault,” Xu Wei spoke up.

“Yeah, Sister Weiwei’s right. It’s the bad guy’s fault. If the bad guy hadn’t hit anyone, none of this would’ve happened,” Su Tao nodded in agreement.

“Exactly, Xiao Yuan. It makes no sense to blame the good guys for not preventing the bad guys’ actions.”

“Kids are still kids, but you can’t watch them every second.”

“As long as safety is ensured, they should be allowed to go out, meet people, and learn more about the world.” Doctor Feng added.

The other children nodded along, feeling that what they said made a lot of sense.

— Translator’s Notes —

– combat power: In Chinese internet slang, ‘combat power’ (战斗力) refers to a person’s ability to stand up for themselves or handle confrontations, not necessarily physical fighting.

– Class-A hospital: In China, hospitals are ranked into grades and classes, with ‘Class-A’ (also called ‘Grade 3A’ or ‘3A’) being the highest standard, indicating the hospital has top-tier resources and specialists.