Su Xiao Ba’s small face was stern as she looked at the principal. Her meaning was clear: would he handle this matter, or would she go to the education bureau to seek justice, forcing someone else to deal with it?
Although Su Xiao Ba knew that acting this way would earn her a reputation for bullying with her influence, she felt there was nothing wrong with it.
Having influence to rely on was far better than being bullied!
She would flaunt her influence, what could anyone do about it?
“Can we discuss this matter? After all, Su Xiao Tian cannot provide evidence that she did not engage in speculation and profiteering!” the principal attempted to negotiate.
But Su Xiao Ba directly snorted and said, “Does my sister need to engage in speculation and profiteering to earn a few cents? Aren’t the translation jobs for the silk factory and the electronics factory enough for her to earn? Principal, do you know how many people are waiting with money for my sister to help them translate?”
The principal had indeed heard this news before, but he wasn’t entirely clear about it, thinking it might have been rumor.
But now that these words came from Su Xiao Ba’s mouth, the principal didn’t think for a moment that Su Xiao Ba was speaking carelessly.
Su Xiao Tian understood German and French, and it was rumored that even people from the Translation Bureau held Su Xiao Tian in high regard.
Such a child indeed had no need to earn meager amounts by selling hairpins.
With just a few words, money would come her way.
Thinking of the Translation Bureau made Principal Gu’s head hurt even more.
He had also heard that Su Xiao Tian was brought to the Translation Bureau by Comrade Fan Shufang.
The Su family seemed to have an extremely good relationship with Chief Dong. It was said that Chief Dong had mentioned on several occasions that he had several outstanding grandchildren.
It was rumored that the grandchildren Chief Dong greatly admired were precisely these children from their school.
Enough, enough. That girl named Song Lingling brought this upon herself. If she hadn’t harbored malicious intentions, she wouldn’t be in this trouble now.
For several days afterward, Song Lingling did not attend school. It was unclear if it was due to a severe injury or some other reason.
No one in the class mentioned Song Lingling, not even Liu Xiao Hong, who was closest to Song Lingling.
Liu Xiao Hong hadn’t slept well these past few days. She felt she might have misjudged someone.
She had defended Song Lingling at every turn, never expecting that Song Lingling would report Su Xiao Tian for speculation and profiteering.
She had seen it clearly: Su Xiao Tian had only given gifts to a few close friends and sold a few small accessories to other girls.
The prices of those small accessories were indeed much lower than market prices outside.
It should be as Su Xiao Tian said, that she was transferring them to classmates at the original price.
Everyone in the classroom saw it clearly. Why did Song Lingling have to report her?
People of this era, whether adults or children, deeply disliked or even hated the act of reporting others!
Liu Xiao Hong was no exception!
Meanwhile, Principal Gu was in a state of distress.
Although no one had called him regarding this matter so far, he could imagine that once the news spread, if he displeased Su Xiao Ba, the situation would become very difficult.
He couldn’t help but blame Teacher Huang Wenbai. This Teacher Huang, he didn’t know what he was busy with every day.
With so many intelligent children in this class, he managed to turn it into a chaotic mess, with not a single peaceful day.
It seemed he needed to have a good talk with Teacher Huang about this matter!
Finally, after much deliberation, he decided to give Song Lingling a disciplinary action of probation for one year.
When giving this punishment, Principal Gu also considered Song Lingling’s situation.
There was still a year and a half until the college entrance examination, and the probation period was one year.
If Song Lingling remained well-behaved, it would not affect her future.
If this Song Lingling continued to stir up trouble and ruin her own future, then it would be her own doing.
Regarding Song Lingling receiving a disciplinary action, the classmates in the class didn’t seem to find anything wrong with it.
In fact, these students didn’t even feel any sympathy.
Their families had been reported on to varying degrees in those years, and they had suffered many losses. Therefore, when they thought of Song Lingling falsely reporting Su Xiao Tian, they felt nothing but disgust.
Song Lingling’s fate was sealed by her own actions.
Song Lingling returned to school a week later. This time, when she returned, Song Lingling was noticeably much quieter.
She barely spoke, but every time she looked at Su Xiao Tian, her gaze was unfriendly.
Later, the classmates found out that Song Lingling was quiet because two of her teeth had been knocked out, and now she spoke with a lisp, letting air escape.
Sensing the clear rejection and coldness from the other classmates, Song Lingling hated Su Xiao Tian even more.
She resented that when she was the one who was wronged, the entire class sided with Su Xiao Tian, and not a single person spoke up for her.
She didn’t care for such classmates.
That muddled old principal actually gave her a punishment, when it should have been Su Xiao Tian who was punished.
It was all the Su family bullying with their influence!
Su family, just you wait. One day, she would make Su Xiao Tian understand that a country bumpkin was just a country bumpkin!
She could never be compared to someone like her!
Su Xiao Tian looked at Song Lingling’s face, which was still intact, and felt relieved.
Although she didn’t like Song Lingling, if a girl were disfigured, the matter would be too serious.
Song Lingling had only lost two teeth. After some time, she could get two new teeth, and although they wouldn’t be as beautiful as the original ones, they wouldn’t affect her appearance.
After observing, Su Xiao Tian completely let the matter go.
In the following days, Su Xiao Tian continued her life and studies with the same routine, going to school and coming home!
Her time was precious, and she truly couldn’t waste it on irrelevant people!
In the blink of an eye, it was July.
In July of this year, Su Xiao Liu, Su Xiao Qi, and Chi Yiyuan were all participating in the college entrance examination.
Perhaps because more children were taking the college entrance examination in recent years, the elders in the family had become less nervous.
Grandpa Su and Grandma Su were so calm, as if these children were merely going to take a very ordinary exam.
On the other hand, Su Xiao Tian was a bit nervous. Before the exam, she babbled a lot of words to the few of them.
In fact, Su Xiao Tian’s current demeanor was even more nervous than when Su Shou Wen and the others took the college entrance examination.
“Xiao Tian, you weren’t this nervous in the past two years!” Su Xiao Mei couldn’t help but laugh at her.
Su Xiao Tian felt embarrassed to say.
Her brothers and Chi Yiyuan were secretly doing business in private, wasting a lot of time. Although their academic performance was still good at No. 7 Middle School, their grades probably wouldn’t be very good when viewed in the context of the entire capital city, let alone the entire country.
Her appearance made Chi Yiyuan feel that he should also be nervous and cooperate with the little girl.
“Xiao Tian, we will all do well. Even if we can’t win the top spot, our grades definitely won’t be too bad.”
This was the capital city, a place that had a great advantage in terms of college entrance examinations.
Even if they couldn’t get the first, second, or third place, there would be no problem getting into their desired universities.