Chapter 586: Children Fighting

Lady Qi is truly fastidious.

This set of tableware was actually not for Shi Youxuan to refer to; Lady Qi intended to use it during family dinners on the weekend!

For three meals a day, the people of Jiangzhou only care about nutritional balance and the combination of meat and vegetables.

But for the nobility of L Country, even tableware must be distinguished.

The tableware for daily breakfast is the same, while the tableware for lunch and dinner is a different set.

There are also birthdays, holidays, festivals...

For different times, the tableware used all has its own requirements.

It is not just tableware, but also clothing, jewelry... there are different combinations for different occasions.

Clothes for social scenes, no matter how expensive, cannot be worn again after being worn once.

Otherwise, one will be laughed at by others for being shabby.

Not to mention the countless cumbersome etiquettes, which Shi Youxuan did not figure out even after five years in L Country.

A luxurious and refined life requires strong financial support; when they were in L Country before, it was effortless for Lady Qi to maintain a decent life.

But now, if they still want to maintain their previous quality of life, it won't be long before they are living hand-to-mouth; in the long run, not to mention returning to their home country for revenge, even maintaining normal expenses would be questionable.

Shi Youxuan took out a gold card and handed it to Lady Qi: "Meiqi, regardless of whether your men can negotiate a cooperation, our friendship should not be affected. This card is my personal one; take it, and pay me back with interest after you return to the country."

Lady Qi:...

She wanted to decline, but her finances were indeed very tight.

Lady Qi knew that Shi Youxuan was very smart, but she didn't expect her to be this smart; just by looking at a set of tableware, she could judge that their life was not as good as before.

Shi Youxuan saw her embarrassment, so she added with a smile: "Of course, if you are willing to count it as an investment, I would be even more willing."

Borrowing money to others also requires a method; for a person like Lady Qi, if she misunderstood it as Shi Youxuan "pitying" or "giving charity" to her, then it would not be forming an alliance, but forming a grudge.

"Xuanxuan, thank you. I will accept the card, and I acknowledge you as a friend for life."

Shi Youxuan nodded heavily: "Mm, good friends for life."

Shi Youxuan did not expect that a small act of help at the beginning would make Lady Qi remember her kindness and truly keep it in mind for a lifetime.

The two left the Qi Family.

The cooperation between the men was negotiated, and the friendship between the women was also established.

With the adults of the two families on good terms, the children also became closer and closer.

Qi Heng made rapid progress in all other subjects, but his progress in mathematics was particularly slow; he just couldn't do problems that weren't originally difficult, which made Shi Ran, the "master," feel very frustrated.

Qi Heng also attended classes in Shi Ran's "small classroom," and he was the dumbest student in the class.

If Shi Ran explained more to him at school, it would cause dissatisfaction among other classmates; the children even clamored that Shi Ran was biased, that she only explained lessons to Qi Heng because she liked him, and they hyped up the two as a "little couple," shouting it out loud in the classroom.

Qi Heng acted very "manly" and hit the students who were shouting nonsense!

He even fought one against five, one person fighting a whole group.

At first, Shi Ran used her status as a "teacher" to tell everyone not to fight, but later she saw that the "teacher's" words didn't work at all; no one listened.

Instead, more and more people surrounded and attacked Qi Heng.

So she got angry too, rolled up her sleeves, and went up to fight!

This incident caused a very bad impact.

Among them, one child was pressed to the bottom by a group of children during the pushing and shoving, resulting in a fractured rib, and was admitted to the hospital.

The parents of the injured child were relentless; they didn't want a single cent in compensation, but insisted on severely punishing the students who hit others, otherwise they would take this matter to the Education Bureau and the media, making it impossible for the school to continue operating.

Principal's office.

Shi Youxuan and Lady Qi sat on the sofa waiting for the parents of the injured child to arrive, to see if there was any room for mitigation.

Of course, they both hoped to turn a big problem into a small one and a small one into nothing; as long as lowering their posture could make the other party vent their anger, they would try their best not to escalate the matter.

Shi Ran and Qi Heng stood behind their mothers, heads lowered, little hands clutching their collars, acting very obediently.

The majesty they had while fighting was nowhere to be seen.

Shi Youxuan looked at her wristwatch for the Nth time; half an hour had passed since the agreed meeting time, and the other parents had not yet arrived.

If they hadn't arrived, they would just have to wait; after all, they were in the wrong.

After the incident happened, the school called her immediately to tell her that Shi Ran and Qi Heng had fought and had beaten a classmate quite badly.

At first, Shi Youxuan didn't understand, and thought that Shi Ran and Qi Heng had fought each other!

She hurriedly asked which of the two children was injured.

The teacher said that neither of them was injured, but that they had beaten another classmate into the hospital.

The person was in the hospital, and she was told to go there immediately.

She went, and met Lady Qi, who had also rushed over, at the hospital, but did not see the injured child or the parents.

The child's parents were one step ahead of them; they had transferred the child to another hospital before they arrived and refused to let them visit.

They only said to wait for a phone call, and that this matter was not over.

They waited anxiously and finally received a call, agreeing to meet in the Principal's office.

Half an hour passed, and the other parents did not arrive.

Another half hour passed, and the other parents still did not arrive.

The two children couldn't stand still, kept shifting their weight from one foot to the other, and were whispering to each other.

Qi Heng: "Shi Ran, don't be afraid. When they come, just say I did it alone; it has nothing to do with you."

Shi Ran: "I was the one who pushed Sun Zihan; it has nothing to do with you."

Qi Heng: "The matter started because of me, so of course I will take responsibility."

Shi Ran: "I am the teacher, I bear the primary responsibility."

Although the two children did not speak loudly, they were standing right behind Shi Youxuan, so she heard everything they said.

Shi Youxuan felt gratified.

Not bad, both of these children are not bad; they do not panic when encountering trouble and are able to take responsibility—this is what it looks like to do great things.

She turned back and said to the two children: "You two sit for a while, don't just stand there like fools."

"Alright."

Shi Ran immediately pulled a chair over, preparing to sit down, but when she turned her head and saw Qi Heng still standing there without moving, she quietly tugged at him: "Come over and sit."

Qi Heng shook his head slightly; he felt it was not quite appropriate.

Furthermore, his own mother had not given the word, so he dared not sit!

Lady Qi nodded slightly; although she did not explicitly state it, it was equivalent to tacit approval.

Both children sat down, exhausted.

But just as they sat down, the door to the Principal's office was pushed open, and a crowd of people suddenly surged in.

A microphone was thrust in front of Shi Youxuan: "Chairman Shi, may I ask what you have to say about your daughter running rampant at school and beating a classmate into the hospital?"

Shi Youxuan's face turned cold: "Who let you all in?"

The situation for Lady Qi and the two children was no better than hers; reporters surrounded the four of them separately, all asking similar questions.

"Qi Heng's mother, is your family a connection of the Sheng Family, or did you get into the school through the back door?"

"Student Shi, you are so vicious at such a young age; is it that you are usually accustomed to bullying classmates at school?"

"Qi Heng, did you strike first, or did Student Shi Ran strike first?"

These people had no good intentions at all; every sentence was a trap, just waiting for them to walk right into it.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have fallen for it.

Shi Youxuan understood at this moment that these people had come to pick a fight and had no good intentions at all.

Instead of answering, she asked: "Which media outlet are you reporters from? Take out your press passes and let me see them."

"Chairman Shi, please answer my question; do not evade the important points."