The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 340 - 330: The Scholar Fights

The man pointed at Lu Jingqiu, on the verge of exploding: "You..."

Shen Mu pulled Lu Jingqiu behind him and said, "You what you."

Lu Jingqiu poked her head out from behind and said, "I’m pregnant. If you harm my child today, I’m telling you, even if the King of Heaven himself arrives, you’ll still have to pay with your lives."

The man stepped forward, ready to confront Shen Mu: "The King of Heaven? I am the King of Heaven! My father is Director Liang of the police station. You dare to cause trouble here, but let’s see who’s standing next to you."

Teacher Li, witnessing the situation, trembled inside, thinking it would be a disaster if the parents caused a commotion at the school.

Yang Linghua, too, came to her senses at this moment. Considering her boyfriend’s identity, she was afraid of no one. She immediately perked up, covering her face with one hand and pointing at Lu Jingqiu with the other: "Ah Zhuo, she hit me."

Lu Jingqiu also snickered twice to herself when Yang Linghua called out ’Ah Zhuo’. This man couldn’t possibly be Director Liang’s son, could he? Despite knowing that Yang Linghua knew Director Liang, she still brazenly called for someone to hit her. "Yang Linghua, you haven’t changed a bit with your malicious tricks. Since you know Director Liang, how about I make a call and have him come over?"

Liang Zhuo immediately froze: "You... What did you say? You know my dad?"

"Oh, so Uncle Liang is your father, and Yang Linghua is your girlfriend? Uncle Liang probably doesn’t know, right?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhuo coughed awkwardly to cover his own panic and hastily said, "Linghua, that... I’ve got something else to do. I’m leaving first."

"Hey, Ah Zhuo, don’t go. If you leave, I..."

"You deal with this situation in school nicely with this sister. We’ll meet another day." He then turned back to Lu Jingqiu and said, "Big sister, please be generous and act as though you didn’t see me today. Absolutely do not tell my father about this. Oh, by the way, who are you? I’ll go home and ask my father."

This person, who had been so arrogantly untouchable just moments ago, managed to change his face so quickly with a single sentence – he was clever enough to ask. Lu Jingqiu laughed and didn’t hide the truth, saying, "Go tell Uncle Liang that Jingqiu will come over to see him on Sunday."

"Oh, ah, no need, no need. My father is very busy, he probably won’t have time to see you," he said, as he hurriedly ran off.

Yang Linghua was left anxious: "Ah Zhuo, wait for me."

"Yang Linghua, the matter isn’t resolved yet, and you’re leaving first?"

Yang Linghua said, "Qingqing is my older brother’s child. I just ran an errand for my brother today. Comrade Lu, it’s just children fighting and causing trouble, why take it so seriously?"

"Yang Linghua, just answer me – did you slap my sister yesterday or not?"

"..."

"Teacher Li, it was her, wasn’t it?"

Teacher Li nodded quickly: "Yes."

"Yang Linghua, I’ll visit Uncle Yang at the steel factory in a bit, or maybe find your sister-in-law to ask if this kind of behavior is condoned by them."

"You... I was just impulsive yesterday, but today didn’t you hit me too? You’re not letting it go even though you’re in the right."

"You had the right to hit a child?"

Lu Jingqiu signaled to Teacher Li and stepped past Yang Linghua out of the school gates, Shen Mu stayed close in case Yang Linghua thoughtlessly slapped her sister again.

After the two left the school, Lu Jingqiu indeed had Shen Mu take her to the steel factory. They didn’t see Yang Linghua’s father but directly met with Yang Linghua’s sister-in-law.

Yang Linghua’s sister-in-law was quite surprised, as she had never met Lu Jingqiu before but had heard her name: "Comrade Lu, do you have business here at this time?"

"Yes, I do. Do you know about the conflict at the school between your daughter and my sister?"

Yang Linghua was startled: "I know, so it was your sister. I’ve heard a bit about the incident. It’s Qingqing’s fault. We have many children in the family, and since she started middle school, we let her board from Monday to Sunday. We didn’t expect the lack of supervision at school would lead to this. We accept the school’s notice of criticism and are planning on having her commute instead. At this age, she’s rebellious, and boarding clearly isn’t working."

Lu Jingqiu said, "Is that so? We aren’t unreasonable. We just want a public apology in front of the whole school. Making a mistake and apologizing for it isn’t too much to ask for, but Yang Linghua went to the school yesterday and slapped my sister without conceding to reason. It sounds like all talk from you, overbearingly going to the school to hit a child."

"...Ah, no, what are you saying? My cousin went to the school yesterday?"

"Didn’t you know about the children taking you to the school today?"

"I have no idea, his father and I were at the factory all morning. The kid didn’t come home."

Lu Jingqiu seemed to realize something and said, "We asked teachers to notify the parents first thing this morning to come to the school, but your child must have been too scared to tell you and, instead, informed Yang Linghua. As a result, not only did Yang Linghua fail to apologize when she arrived, she brought her boyfriend along and behaved very arrogantly.

It seems that the lesson from last time was not enough. Your family is fully employed at the department store and the steel plant, and now even your privileged children are becoming arrogant. If that’s the case, I think we need to bring this to the attention of your leaders."

"Please, no, we’re honest workers, never been involved in any disciplinary issues. What happened with your younger sister is our fault, we’re truly sorry. You know how my sister-in-law has been spoilt by my mother-in-law. After such a serious lesson last time, she had toned down quite a bit, but unexpectedly, she’s now leading my daughter astray. Comrade Lu, I’ll take care of this as soon as I get home. I’ll make sure Qingqing gets a strict talking-to and personally see to it that she apologizes to the child."

"I don’t want my sister to have this kind of trouble at school again."

"Definitely, we will handle it properly."

"After all, school is a place for learning. As a parent, who’s raised a child to this age, I must set a good example, instill the right values in her. If we let her continue unchecked, she might turn into the next, upgraded version of Yang Linghua. Wouldn’t you say so, sister-in-law?"

"Yes, you’re right, Comrade Lu."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t say much more, left the steel plant, and was about to take Shen Mu home when, coincidentally, she ran into Director Liang, who had just come back from a meeting. She wasn’t sure if he was out catching someone or on some inspection.

He saw Lu Jingqiu first and waved at her with a smile. Lu Jingqiu quickly had Shen Mu stop.

The encounter with Liang Zhuo was still fresh in her mind, and she wondered whether to speak up or not. Ha ha.

"Uncle Liang, what a coincidence. I was thinking of coming to see you on Sunday."

"See me for what? We don’t need any of that, things are fine. And who might this be?"

"This is my brother-in-law. Shen Mu, Ah Mu, this is Director Liang from the city bureau."

"Hello, Uncle Liang."

"Hello, hello. Shouldn’t you be at school at this time?"

"Yes, I took some time off to take care of something. A relative from our team’s sister was bullied at school. I went to deal with it.

Oh, by the way, don’t you have a son named Liang Zhuo?"

"Yes, that’s Ah Zhuo, my youngest son. Does Jingqiu know him?"

"Yes, I just met him today. He really does look a lot like you, Uncle Liang. We spoke a few sentences, oh, and he introduced his girlfriend to me, Comrade Yang Linghua. Uncle Liang, you remember the incident before, right? The two female comrades who tried to trip me up, one of them was named Yang Linghua."

"What? Girlfriend? That brat doesn’t work properly and is messing around outside. He dares to be with such an undisciplined comrade.

Jingqiu, did that lad cause any trouble?"

"No, Ah Zhuo is quite witty. Our first meeting was such a coincidence, ha ha."

Shen Mu almost couldn’t hold back when he heard Lu Jingqiu say that.

He had not expected Lu Jingqiu to have such a sense of humor.

Lu Jingqiu chatted with Director Liang for a while about home life and even mentioned Factory Director Lin from Yangcheng City.

Uncle Liang was quite nostalgic about those old times with her father, and they could have chatted all afternoon on the street if she hadn’t had other matters to attend to.

By the time Lu Jingqiu got home, it was already past three o’clock.

She was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she lay on the bed.

She didn’t wake up until after five, and while Shen Mu was out, she also went out to order a 1.3-meter bed for Jiang Yiyi at Carpenter Uncle’s place.

On the way back, she was wondering what to have for dinner.

Right then, she ran into Niannian coming back from school, who seemed to be heading to her house.