Chapter 668: When you can't bear it any longer, there's no need to endure further

In the eyes of many drifters, Beijing's free public schools are the cradle of the wealthy, while expensive private schools are the only choice for the lower-class laborers.

It's not that the laborers are swelling their faces to look rich, insisting on sending their children to private schools.

But they have no choice.

But private schools also have a disdain hierarchy; even if the lower-class laborers swell their faces to look rich once, they can only look up at a forty-five-degree angle to the truly top-tier private schools.

For example, Beijing Yingyu School.

Those who study here are mostly children of high-net-worth families; the parents' network covers the elite of both political and business circles, able to provide students with broader business and political connections.

Moreover, the high-standard teaching facilities and arts and sports resources, plus heavy investment in research, competitions, etc., also help enhance the children's social competitiveness.

However, an annual tuition of 300,000 is absolutely beyond what ordinary laborers can afford.

Sun Zhiqing, who once had power, influence, and money, after experiencing a major turn of fate, is now just an ordinary single mother.

When she first returned to Beijing after serving her sentence, she once opened a wellness club exclusively for women.

It closed after less than a year of operation.

Not only did she not make money, she also piled up a huge amount of external debt; her car under her name was forcibly auctioned by the bank to repay part of the loan.

Now she works at a beauty salon, using her monthly income to repay the bank loan, barely able to sustain her and her son's livelihood.

In this financially strained situation, the only reason she grits her teeth to send her son to Yingyu School is the hope that he will become an outstanding person.

In her view, the Lin family's threshold is simply too high; it's not something she can cross just because she wants to.

Only if the child is outstanding enough can he gain the Lin family's recognition; once he does, he can directly leap across social strata for the rest of his life!

As long as it lets the child return to his ancestral roots, any hardship she endures is worth it.

She often educates her son: 'Don't fight at school; endure if you can. I've put my life on the line sending you to that school. If you get expelled, all my efforts will be wasted.'

Although Sun Mumlin is only in first grade, he is very sensible.

The class's little fatty—Li Tiancai, at a young age, formed cliques in class and ordered other classmates not to play with Sun Mumlin.

Sun Mumlin, fearing his mother's worry, said nothing when he got home and endured it alone.

Until yesterday, when Sun Zhiqing helped wash her son's clothes, she saw that he had washed them once but they weren't clean, with some bloodstains still remaining on the clothing.

Only then did Sun Zhiqing realize something was wrong.

She pulled her son over and asked, 'Did you get into a fight at school?'

Sun Mumlin shook his head nervously, 'No...' Sun Zhiqing didn't believe him, lifted his son's clothing to look, and her tears immediately fell like broken beads.

All she saw were bruises all over her son's body, with eight adhesive bandages stuck on his left rib area.

The foolish son, to hide his injury, not only washed the blood-stained clothing once more, but also used the household adhesive bandages to 'bandage' a four-centimeter-long wound.

This is absurd—if adhesive bandages could heal a four-millimeter wound, why would we need hospitals?

'Are you stupid? Someone hits you and you don't know to run?!' Sun Zhiqing flew into a rage, her heartache far outweighing her scolding of her son.

But Sun Mumlin was still frightened, not daring to lift his head, and whispered back, 'They six people surrounded me in the toilet, I couldn't get out...'

'Then did you fight back?' Sun Zhiqing asked.

Sun Mumlin shook his head and whispered back, 'Li Tiancai's dad is a big boss; the school's experimental building was donated by his father…… Mom, I didn't cause trouble, the teacher didn't say they'd expel me……'

In an instant, Sun Zhiqing's tears poured down like rain.

She wanted to tightly hug her son to comfort him, but feared hurting his wounds.

After a moment of hesitation.

She choked up, voice trembling as she apologized to her son: 'Sorry, it's Mom who doesn't understand education; I shouldn't have told you to endure everything; Mom is incompetent……'

'Mom, don't cry, I'm not in pain.' Sun Mumlin reached out to wipe his mother's tears.

Not wiping would have been better; this wipe made Sun Zhiqing's tears flow even more uncontrollably: 'Sun Mumlin, listen to me! From today on, if anyone dares to hit you, fight back if you can, run if you can't! If anything happens, Mom will back you up! From now on, you're not allowed to be a fool and let others bully you……'

And that's how today's incident happened.

During the morning recess.

The little fatty Li Tiancai, with two lackeys, once again blocked Sun Mumlin in the toilet and shoved him like a societal big brother.

'I've said it before—you're not allowed to talk to Wang Yushi from now on, yet you talked to her today! Did I beat you lightly yesterday?'

The little fatty is very worldly; he doesn't forget to use his hands while talking, and shoved Sun Mumlin again, pushing him against the wall.

Sun Mumlin glanced at the three people in front of him.

Clenching his fists, he warned Li Tiancai the little fatty: 'I'll talk to whoever I want! If you bully me again, I'll kill you!'

'Hey~~ you bathhouse-diving thing, you don't know depth!' the little fatty said, then reached out to choke Sun Mumlin's neck.

The next second they started fighting.

Sun Mumlin didn't waste words, first kicked the little fatty in the crotch, then took on three! He likely inherited Lin Dongfan's wild-boxing talent, knowing how to dodge and counterattack.

By the time the teacher arrived after hearing the news, only Sun Mumlin remained standing in the toilet while the other three lay on the floor wailing in pain.

Not long after, both sets of parents were summoned to the school by the teacher.

Li Tiancai's mother—Xu Yaqiu—seeing her son injured, came up and slapped Sun Mumlin. Sun Zhiqing, who had originally wanted to reason, instantly lost control and angrily slapped Xu Yaqiu back.

Xu Yaqiu's freshly applied eyeliner was smashed by Sun Zhiqing's slap, leaving her left eye unable to open.

The next second.

The two tangled like frenzied lions; the homeroom teacher struggled for a while but couldn't separate them, until Principal Yu rushed over to stop the violent clash.

'Principal Yu, I heard my son was beaten—what's going on with your school?!'

As the voice rang out, Li Hengbo had already appeared at the principal's office door leaning on a cane, his arrogant tone carrying a hint of reproach.

The atmosphere in the office instantly grew tense.

Principal Yu glanced at Xu Yaqiu and Li Tiancai standing on the left, then at Sun Zhiqing and Sun Mumlin on the right.

He then pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

He forced himself to speak to Li Hengbo: 'Mr. Li, I deeply regret today's incident…… children don't understand things; scuffles are also common……'

「Bullshit! 」

Xu Yaqiu angrily interrupted Principal.

She pulled her son to the front and shouted at Sun Zhiqing and her child opposite: "That ill-mannered dog bastard, kicked my son's crotch! Is that something that happens often?"

As she spoke, she pointed at her left eye, which she could barely open.

And she angrily asked Principal: "Look, the eyeliner I just applied yesterday was slapped off by that bitch! If you don't expel that dog bastard today, I'll tear down your school!"

「!!! 」

Faced with the aggressive Xu Yaqiu, Principal was at a loss.

At this point, Li Hengbo also said: "Principal, I'm not saying you, but your school, after all, is supposed to be a noble school, right? How come you're letting any Tom, Dick, and Harry in..."

"Who are you calling a Tom, Dick, and Harry? Keep your mouth clean!" Sun Zhiqing shouted angrily.