Chapter 1226: Chapter 1226: Recognizing a Goddaughter (3)
With a “pop” sound, Xiao Yan couldn’t dodge in time, and the wooden plug bounced off her forehead, leaving a red mark, just like when she almost got a lipstick mark the first time she went to take a photo.
Xiao Yan’s eyes turned cross-eyed, rolling upwards to look at the wooden plug in the center of her forehead, which, after grazing her nose, fell to the ground, bounced twice, and landed again.
“…” Jiaojiao.
Looking at Xiao Yan’s reddened forehead, Jiaojiao licked her lips, trying hard to hold back and telling herself not to laugh. But she couldn’t help it. She turned away and buried her head in Xiu Xi’s shoulder to cover her laughter.
“Xiao Yan, are you blind!” The male classmate who had his hot water bottle kicked over blew up, shouting angrily.
“I… I didn’t do it on purpose.” Xiao Yan reacted, immediately apologized, but then quickly added, “Zeng Xiaobao, why did you bring a hot water pot to class? Leaving it like that is very dangerous.”
“Pfft, could it be as dangerous as you leaving things on the balcony railing?” Zeng Xiaobao retorted sarcastically.
Looking at the pool of hot water he lost, he felt deeply pained. Mainly because getting more water not only costs money but also time.
Rendered speechless by the sarcasm, Xiao Yan didn’t know what to say. Ruan Jiaojiao had already been let down by Xiu Xi.
Meanwhile, Ruan Lei and Yang Tao had returned, and upon entering, they saw the scene, looking back and forth in surprise, then asked Lu Zishu, “What’s going on?”
“Hmph!” Lu Zishu snorted coldly and turned away.
Ruan Lei didn’t understand what was wrong with him, turned to look at Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi again, and Yang Tao ran to Ruan Jiaojiao’s side, worriedly asking, “Jiaojiao, no one bullied you, right?”
“No, no.” Ruan Jiaojiao shook her head, her cheeks red and eyes puffed from holding back laughter.
Seeing her like this, Yang Tao didn’t believe it, turning to glare at Xiao Yan. She didn’t like Xiao Yan, not just because of Ruan Jiaojiao but also because Xiao Yan came from a poor background, and yet loved to form cliques, often sarcastically mocking others about how much money they had.
She didn’t understand how the wealthy offended her.
Xiao Yan, already irritated from knocking over Zeng Xiaobao’s hot water bottle, felt worse when Yang Tao accused her of bullying Ruan Jiaojiao. Unable to hold back, she shouted directly, “She’s the young miss; her mother is a teacher at the school. Who dares to bully her!”
As she spoke, she reached out to shove the compensation money into Ruan Jiaojiao’s hand, but before she could touch her, Ruan Jiaojiao slapped her hand away.
“Xiao Yan, you need to clarify what you mean by this. So what if my mother is a teacher at the school? What do you mean by your words?”
This was a simple situation—apologize and pay, and it would be settled. But Xiao Yan insisted on playing the victim forced to bow to power, which Ruan Jiaojiao found disgusting.
Her mother only got promoted to head of the grade last year, and no one could fault her professionalism or character.
Ruan Jiaojiao always protected her family fiercely. Many times, people could talk about her, but speaking about her mother was a completely different matter.
Xiao Yan initially just wanted to have the last word, but she didn’t expect Ruan Jiaojiao would mind so much. Moreover, she realized that comment disrespected Shu Jiao, leaving her feeling guilty.