Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Slapping the Fake Heiress 39
Zhang Ke suddenly woke up in the middle of the night.
He sat up, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and muttered, "Something isn’t right."
He also came across a question in the middle of the night half-asleep.
Anning doesn’t know who Xiao Yuan’s father is, so how did she get Xiao Hongyi’s phone number?
Moreover, she dialed Xiao Hongyi’s more private number.
Zhang Ke picked up his phone and sent a message to Xiao Yuan.
Zhang Ke: Xiao Yuan, did you tell Zhao Anning your dad’s mobile number?
Xiao Yuan didn’t reply, probably still deep in sleep.
Until the early morning, Zhang Ke was still preoccupied with this matter, and he finally received a reply from Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan: No, why are you asking this?
Upon seeing the reply, Zhang Ke, while brushing his teeth, talked to himself: "This isn’t right, it’s impossible. Zhao Anning doesn’t know Uncle Xiao, and Xiao Yuan never mentioned who his father was in class. How did she get Uncle Xiao’s phone number?"
This question remained unresolved even as Zhang Ke went to school.
Today is the parent-teacher conference, and parents are accompanying their children to school.
Previously, it had always been Song Ruyi who attended the parent-teacher conferences for Zhao Mingzhu.
But today, Song Ruyi came to the school with Anning.
At the school gate, Song Ruyi ran into Zhao Mingzhu.
Upon seeing Zhao Mingzhu, Anning clung tightly to Song Ruyi’s arm and refused to let go.
Song Ruyi knew this meant Anning felt insecure.
She patted Anning’s hand and brought her over to Zhao Mingzhu’s side: "Mingzhu, mom will first attend Anning’s parent-teacher conference. Is it okay if I meet your teacher later?"
Zhao Mingzhu, full of resentment but still smiling, said, "Of course, mom, you go to my sister’s class."
She looked at Song Ruyi with affection: "Mom, I haven’t seen you for such a long time, please... take care of yourself."
"Alright."
Song Ruyi smiled and agreed, then walked into the school with Anning.
Zhao Mingzhu watched Anning’s receding figure, venom nearly seeping through her eyes.
Upon entering classroom 12, Song Ruyi saw that many parents had already arrived.
She asked for Anning’s seat and sat down. Just then, she saw a middle-aged man come in and sit not far from her.
Seeing this man gave Song Ruyi a big shock.
Isn’t this...
Although she had never met him formally, she had seen his photo before and recognized him immediately.
"Mr. Xiao."
Song Ruyi tried calling out.
The middle-aged man turned around and smiled at Song Ruyi: "Hello."
"Hello, hello."
Song Ruyi was both nervous and excited: "Which student’s parent are you?"
"Xiao Yuan," the middle-aged man replied.
Naturally, this middle-aged man was Xiao Hongyi.
"Xiao Yuan."
Thinking of how Xiao Yuan stood up for Anning a few days ago, Song Ruyi smiled: "So you are Xiao Yuan’s father. Truly... I am Zhao Anning’s mother. Your son is really well-educated, has a strong sense of justice at a young age, is very enthusiastic, and also looks after his classmates. My daughter just transferred here not long ago and she has praised him several times."
As soon as she mentioned she was Anning’s mother, Xiao Hongyi also smiled: "So you are Student Zhao’s parent. I know your daughter. Zhao Student scored top in her class this midterm exam, almost perfect scores. Really, what is your usual approach in educating your child?"
At this moment, Song Ruyi’s mood had already stabilized a lot, and she no longer felt as nervous facing Xiao Hongyi.
"Our family...sigh, we never really educated her, my daughter was just found not long ago."
Xiao Hongyi did know a bit about this.
Yesterday, Anning called him and gave him a scolding, so naturally, he investigated who Zhao Anning was; many things about the Zhao Family were out in the open and easy to look into, so it didn’t take him long to learn a lot about Zhao Anning.
"There wasn’t much that could be done."
Xiao Hongyi also sighed, then laughed: "But Student Zhao is quite good, a very righteous person, and also bold. You wouldn’t know, but yesterday..."
He then talked about how he had wronged Xiao Yuan yesterday, and how Anning stood up for Xiao Yuan.
After finishing his story, Xiao Hongyi laughed again: "Don’t be too hard on the kid. Who hasn’t done some impulsive things when they were young? Kids, if too mature, would lack vitality. I think Student Zhao is quite alright."
Xiao Hongyi was a daring and enterprising person when he was young; he didn’t like children who were timid. He liked those who were forthright, bold, and dared to speak and act, even if they were a bit impulsive.
Song Ruyi didn’t expect this, she was stunned for a moment, then apologized to Xiao Hongyi with a smile: "Kids are like this mostly, just a few days ago Xiao Yuan came to my house to stand up for Anning, and now Anning has shown righteousness too."
After saying this, Song Ruyi paused again.
She pondered for a moment, then asked Xiao Hongyi in a low voice: "Mr. Xiao, did Anning know you before?"
Xiao Hongyi shook his head: "No, Xiao Yuan seldom mentions me at school."
As he said this, he was also stunned.
Just then, Xiao Yuan walked in with his hands in his pockets.
Xiao Hongyi called him over: "Yuan Yuan, have you ever mentioned me to Student Zhao?"
Xiao Yuan found it strange; why were they both asking him this question early in the morning.
"No, why would I mention you?"
Song Ruyi was also puzzled: "Mr. Xiao, you said Anning called you, directly on your mobile phone?"
Xiao Hongyi nodded: "I thought it was Xiao Yuan who told her."
But if Xiao Yuan didn’t tell Anning, then how did Anning know?
Song Ruyi became alert, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
She quickly called Anning, who was talking to a classmate at the door, over and directly asked: "Ningning, you called Mr. Xiao yesterday, how did you know his mobile number?"
Xiao Yuan also moved closer when he saw Anning coming.
He was also stunned when he heard this: "Anning, you... called my dad? But I never told you who my dad is?"
He suddenly understood why Xiao Hongyi came to apologize to him; it seemed that he thought Zhang Ke was behind it, but now it looked like it was Anning.
Xiao Hongyi also looked at Anning: "Student Zhao, tell your uncle, how did you get my mobile number?"
Anning shrugged her shoulders, nonchalant: "What’s so hard about that? Hacking into the school’s database lets you know, it’s easy."
"What?"
Song Ruyi pressed down hard to keep from screaming out loud.
Xiao Hongyi was also shocked, then looked at Anning seriously.
Song Ruyi pulled Anning over: "What did you say? You, you hacked into the school’s database, do you know that’s illegal?"
Anning blinked: "Illegal? I didn’t know, no one taught me."
Song Ruyi inhaled deeply to suppress her inner fear, realizing that the Liu Family probably also didn’t educate Anning properly.
Her tone softened: "Ningning, you can’t do this again, it’s illegal, you really can’t do that."
But Xiao Hongyi seemed somewhat intrigued: "Student Zhao, the firewall at your school is pretty good, how did you hack into it?"
Anning looked at Xiao Hongyi strangely: "You... you mean your company’s firewall isn’t even that brittle? It’s fortunate that there hasn’t been an incident over the years. Our school’s firewall is so weak, it took me less than two minutes to hack into it..."
Song Ruyi clutched at the area over her heart.
She felt like her heart was about to leap out.