Chapter 98 The Witness' Story
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CHAPTER 98
"Good afternoon Ms Bai. This is Mrs Su and her son Su Quan. Mrs Su, this is Ms Bai and her son Bai Xiaojin," the principal introduced them.
"It is a pleasure meeting you Mrs Su," Bai Renxiang greeted out of respect for Mrs Su. She is after all a young mum.
"Hmph. There is no pleasure in meeting a slut," Mrs Su said harsh words without care.
Bai Renxiang was left stunned at what she just heard.
\'Okay. Let being respectful to this woman be damned,\' Bai Renxiang said in her head.
"Excuse you, Mrs Su. I suggest you think before you speak. There are children in the room and they can hear you loud and clear," Bai Renxiang warned with a story face. The smile she had worn earlier was no longer on her face.
"Ahem. Ms Bai, I assume that you are aware of the reason for you being called to the school," the principal quickly spoke to avoid more exchange of words between the two women.
"Yes, Mr principal. But if I may ask to know in details of the incident that occurred with my son and hers," Bai Renxiang inquired.
"Yes. It appears that your son hit Mrs Su\'s son because he did not want to play with him," the principal briefed her of what had happened.
"With all due respect Mr principal, that is not detailed enough. My son does not just hit a boy because he did not want to play," she reasoned out. Bai Renxiang had to be clear of what had happened before any other thing.
"But that is what he did. Your bastard of a son caused my son\'s lips to be injured," Mrs Su\'s voice held hostility of the highest form.
"Su Quan was the one who called me a bastard and my mummy a whore. I told him to stop," Bai Xiaojin said from the corner he was standing at. They all looked over at him.
"Mrs Su I did not ask you for the details. I asked the principal. Also-" Bai Renxiang beckoned Bai Xiaojin yo come closer to her.
"For a little injury on your son\'s fowl lips, I wonder how my son is bruised all over. In fact, I think that whoever witnessed the fight should be the one telling the story," Bai Renxiang turned to look at the principal.
The principal got hold of the meaning of her words and called for the two boys waiting outside.
"These two were there when it all happened. They are Long Xin and Xie Chao," he said after the boys got into the office.
"Since you two were there, can you tell us what happened at the playground," he said.
"Su Quan saw Bai Xiaojin walking alone on the playground and thought of going to play with him," Long Xin started.
"We told him not to go at first but he did not listen and still went to meet Bai Xiaojin," Xie Chao chipped in.
"Yes. So we followed him and asked Bai Xiaojin to play with us," Long Xin continued.
"But he...he said he did not want to play and even called Quan a pig head. And...and Quan told him to apologize."
"That is true. But Bai Xiaojin did not apologize. He hit Quan on the face so Quan hit him back and that was how they fought," Long Xin concluded the story.
Bai Renxiang could not believe her ears. The whole story sounded implausible to her. She knew her son very well.
Why would he even call some a pig head? Where did he learn that from anyway? She had made sure to mind her language when she is at home. Besides that, she hardly uses foul words.
And if Bai Xiaojin ever insulted the boy, he would have apologized when told to instead of hitting him.
But she did not know how to prove that he did not call the boy names. The two children that happened to be there attested against him.
"Ha! Did you hear what they just narrated? My son was being too kind to want to play with your bastard son," Mrs Su let out a mocking sound.
"That is not what happened. They are lying. They were the ones who started calling me and my mummy names. They were the ones who did not let me go in the first place," Bai Xiaojin refuse to be quiet and let those troublesome trio tell lies about him.
"But the people who saw it all said you started it. You hit my son first. Yes or no," Mrs Su shouted back.
"Yes. But-"
"There we have it. He has said it himself," Mrs Su cut Bai Xiaojin off from whatever he wanted to say.
"But that was because he called me a b*st*rd. He said you told him that my mummy slept around. He called my mummy a wh*re because that was what you told him. I did not call him names first. Su Quan did," Bai Xiaojin tried to make Su Quan\'s mother understand his point.
"Then you would have told the teacher about it. You did not have to take matters into your own hands," the principal said.
"But Mr principal Mrs Su\'s son called me and my son degrading names," was all Bai Renxiang could say. Why was no one speaking about the fact that she and her son were insulted?
"That does not give him the go-ahead to start a fight. He should have told his teacher," the principal said.
"I would have done that if the three of them had let me go. They were the ones always looking for trouble. That was why I tried to avoid them. Su Quan never wanted to play," Bai Xiaojin defended himself.
"Do not talk when your elders are talking. You lack proper home training. But it as expected from a slutty mother," Mrs Su berated him.
"Mind you words Mrs Su. I am no slut and I am not the person teaching my son how to speak such foul words to people!"