There was an activity area the same size as the classroom at the back of each classroom, so even if there were many parents around, the room would not be too crowded.
All the parents at the back watched as a couple walked to the front and found a boy sitting in the front row. With no consideration for what he was doing, the man lifted the boy up by the collar as easily as he was lifting a little chick by the beak.
The boy was very confused. He had suddenly been lifted up by a strong force! His eyes were full of fear. Just as he was about to speak, the parents at the back came to their senses and were about to step forward to stop the man’s behavior. However, the woman next to him slapped the boy’s face before anyone could do anything.
A red palm print instantly formed on the boy’s tender face, and the boy loudly cried out.
“What are you doing?”
The boy’s mother rushed up from behind, wanting to protect her child, but she was pushed away by the boy’s father. She staggered a few times before she eventually came to sit down on the ground.
The woman who had slapped the boy was still not satisfied. She started to slap the boy again. She hit him four more times before she stopped.
When the boy’s mother saw her son being hit, she jumped up and pushed the woman who had hit her son. She used all her strength and pushed the woman to the ground. Then, she rose up and slapped the woman’s face a few times in return.
When the arrogant woman’s husband saw this, he threw the child who had been beaten to the side and kicked at the woman’s back.
Fortunately, a group of teachers arrived in time and pulled the parents on both sides apart.
Seeing that a child had been beaten, as well as his own mother, the class teacher was very angry.
“Don’t you parents know manners and common decency? You dare to even beat a child! If you have a problem, you can report it to the school. There’s no need to attempt murder in public. Are there not laws?”
“Laws? What is law and order, pray tell? This brat extorted money from my son. Don’t tell me I can’t teach him a lesson! Do you know who I am? Bring up the law one more time! My cousin sister is the young miss of the Xiao family of Emperor District and a daughter-in-law of the Ning family. Are you sure you want to bring up the law?” The man’s face was full of anger even when he was facing the class teacher. He did not give in in the slightest. He did not show any regret or contrition despite having hit someone.
He did not stop there. The man also shouted, “Go and find your principal immediately. Even if you hadn’t brought up the law, I would have brought this up with him. If I don’t teach this brat a lesson today, I’m not the vice chairman of the Hengliang Group!”
The parents at the back had initially wanted to help the child’s mother when they saw the man beat her and her child. However, when they heard him mention the Xiao family and then the Ning family… In addition to that, he had even said that he was the vice chairman of the Hengliang Group. Everyone shut up and did not dare to say anything more.
This school was a premier school, so no poor family would be able to send their child there. However, compared to the Ning family and the Xiao family, most of the families sending their children to this school were nothing. The Ning and the Xiao family, as well as the Hengliang Group—a subsidiary of these two families—were not people they could afford to anger.
The homeroom teacher, however, was firm. She quickly helped the crying little boy up and said, “Even if you want to argue, you can’t hit a child! You hit a child, yet you’re still trying to justify your actions?!”
