Tang Xiu rushed back to school lightning fast and found his mother sitting in the office accompanied by Han Qingwu, who was chatting with her. Seeing this situation, the worries in Tang Xiu’s heart slowly eased. He thought to assign someone to protect his mother secretly, in case one day he would provoke powerful enemies; of which, if they were unable to retaliate against him and target his mother, what would he do if that happened?
“Mum, why did you come to school?”
Tang Xiu looked at his mother and asked curiously.
Upon seeing her son had arrived, Su Lingyun promptly stepped forward to pull his hand and hastily asked, “Xiu’er, I’ve been looking for you in a rush. What have you done to your uncle? Your uncle and aunt dashed to our restaurant, kneeling and crying, wanting you to forgive them. What has happened exactly?”
Tang Xiu was silent for a moment before he answered, “Mum, I was shopping a couple days ago and met Su Shangwen and Zhang Meiyun. They wanted to humiliate me as well as coerce the school to expel me. At that time, my friend was tagging along with me, and he comes from a big business family 100 times bigger than Shangwen Real Estate. That time my friend stood up and defend me, for which, Su Shangwen insulted him. What we didn’t expect was that his father actually passed by and flew into a rage, and swore to make Su Shangwen’s life difficult. If I’m not mistaken, perhaps he will act to get rid of Su Shangwen, so Su Shangwen then ran to you for help, wanting me to talk good about him to my friend’s father.”
Su Lingyun’s complexion greatly changed. Anger grew on her face as she spoke, “How could Su Shangwen be like this? Whatever it is, you are his nephew, his sister’s son!! How could he treat you this badly? Son, you can rest assured, if he dares to use his contacts to make the school expel you, I… I will fight him!”
Han Qingwu at the side also looked angry. She also recalled some of school’s leaders’ attitude toward Tang Xiu. She also knew Su Shangwen’s deeds and conducts. Immediately she said, “Big… Big Sis Su, you don’t need to worry! While I’m still at school, I won’t let anyone bully Tang Xiu and expel him from the school.”
Su Lingyun replied with grateful expression, “Beautiful teacher, thank you. I have heard about the matter before, thank you for standing up for Xiu’er. Our family’s Xiu’er is very smart and well-behaved. It’s just my fault that I have no abilities to protect him, and let him get wronged.”
Han Qingwu took Su Lingyun’s hands and spoke cordially, “Please don’t say that. A year ago, had it not been for Tang Xiu who saved me, he wouldn’t have been hit by the car. This is only a natural act that I must do.”
Su Lingyun had already known that her son saved Han Qingwu. But still, she was full of gratitude. After quite a while, she turned her head and faced Tang Xiu, “Son, what should we do now? Your uncle and aunt… they are still in our restaurant and refuses to leave. I…”
Tang Xiu sighed in his heart. In the end, Su Shangwen was his mother’s brother. And his mother was a kind-hearted woman to begin with. She was unable to steel her heart to withstand Su Shangwen’s pleads and begging. She might be unwilling to see Su Shangwen end up in a miserable fate.
“It depends on you Mum. What do you think of it?”
Su Lingyun hesitated. She didn’t know what to say for a moment. Besides, it was also caused by Su Shangwen himself. If it were not because of her son’s friend, she was afraid that her son’s student status would be implicated and be humiliated. Even his schooling would not have continued. But… blood is thicker than water, and she was caught in a dilemma with this situation.
Tang Xiu the spoke in a bitter tone, “Mom, this time I’ll tell my friend to talk to his father to let the matter go! But if Su Shangwen dares to humiliate us again, I swear I will not let him go easily next time.”
Even though Tang Xiu spoke like this, but he was sneering inside. He couldn’t let Long Hanwen and Chen Zhizhong to act, but he could still make Yuan Zhengxuan strike Su Shangwen. Much less, he had neither familial love nor did he have significant importance to Su Shangwen’s family whatsoever.
Su Lingyun hesitated, “Xiu’er, will your words be heard?”
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