I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 36. Parent-Teacher Meetings and Conflicts
"What's wrong with Lao Xia? Weren't we supposed to come to the small parent-teacher meeting together?" Yao Jinping said on the way to school, standing up for her best friend.

Lin Jing shook her head with a wry smile, "Someone contacted me saying a batch of goods had arrived. After hanging up the phone, I rushed out the door without even putting on my shoes."

"Let me tell you, men go bad when they have money. You'd better keep a close eye on him, or he'll get involved with some shady women." With her husband still driving in front, Yao Jinping whispered in Lin Jing's ear.

Lin Jing's heart skipped a beat as she recalled her husband's lack of enthusiasm in returning home this time.
I hope nothing really has happened.
"Hmm." She fell silent for a moment, not even realizing that she had deformed the cushion with her right hand.

Xu Qingfan and his classmates were arranged to stand at the school gate early, holding up the sign for Class 16 to guide the parents who were coming in.

Lin Wanning didn't leave after school; she stayed by his side like a little ray of sunshine, talking non-stop.

"Son, why are you the only one here? Where's Xiaoxiao?" Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu, and Aunt Lin got out of the car and came over at some point. Seeing that Xia Xiaoxiao was not there, Mrs. Xu asked in confusion.

Hello, Auntie! Hello, Uncle!

"Eh~" Yao Jinping stepped forward and rubbed Xiao Wanning's head.

"Xiaoxiao went to guide the other parents. Huh? Where is Uncle Xia?" Xu Qingfan looked around but didn't see Xia Guofu.

"Uncle Xia is busy with work again." Lin Jing's thoughts were still a bit confused. When she saw Xiao Fan looking at her, she smiled bitterly.

This wasn't the first time, so Xu Qingfan didn't take it to heart. He grabbed his mother's arm and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to the conference hall first."

"Mom, where's Dad?" From afar, Xia Xiaoxiao saw her mother and Aunt Yao's group and ran over quickly.

"Your dad's gone out again," Lin Jing sighed. She knelt down to comfort her daughter.

Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to throw a little tantrum, but when she saw the tired look on her mother's face, she opened her arms and hugged Lin Jing tightly, burying her face in her chest. "Yes, it's the same if you come, Mom. I have my mom, that's enough!"

Lin Jing hugged her daughter and took a deep breath, feeling her previously empty heart suddenly filled.

After leading the group into the conference hall, Xu Qingfan held Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and strolled around the campus.

"I don't know what to say, so I'll do a somersault for you." Seeing Xia Xiaoxiao looking sullen, Xu Qingfan took two quick steps, turned around, and did a backflip.

When I landed, I stepped on moss on the cement and lost my balance, falling on my butt.

Seeing Xu Qingfan's comical appearance, Xia Xiaoxiao's previously tense face twitched, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Fool." She stepped forward and pulled Xu Qingfan up.

Xu Qingfan patted the dirt off his bottom. "Alright, why the long face? What's so great about parent-teacher meetings? Only incompetent teachers call parents! It's his loss that your dad isn't coming. Do you think every kid can get a perfect score? Only ours, the Crouching Dragon and the Phoenix!"

Xu Qingfan's attempts to reason with her were ineffective, and Xia Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him, "I'm too lazy to talk to you. I'm leaving. I still have to go back and guide my parents."

As the two were approaching the school gate, they saw two unfamiliar boys grabbing Zhang Yiyi's ears, seemingly trying to snatch her hearing aid. However, Zhang Yiyi dodged their attempts each time they reached out.

The two men were annoyed by Zhang Yiyi's evasiveness and pushed her to the ground.

"Bang!" Xu Qingfan cursed, letting go of Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and rushing over to deliver two Foshan Shadowless Kicks to the two little CS players.

There are just people who are faster than him.

A blur of motion appeared from nowhere, and with a swift kick, struck one of the men in the stomach, sending him flying two or three meters away in the blink of an eye.

Then came another beautiful high kick, the long leg drawing a graceful arc in the air before landing on the face of another child who was still in a daze.

"Fuck!"

I thought Lü Bu was invincible, but I didn't expect someone to be even more valiant than him. Whose general is this?
Xu Qingfan rushed over in a hurry, only to see clearly that the one who had just kicked someone was actually Xiao Ruanwen!
Looking at the two children lying on the ground, Xu Qingfan's lips twitched. "Are you sure your name is Ruan Wen and not Rui Wen?"
The commotion immediately attracted the attention of the teachers and parents, and those who were scattered around gathered together.

Xu Qingfan ignored Xiao Ruanwen's situation and stepped forward to help Zhang Yiyi up. When the little girl saw that it was her team leader, she clung to him tightly, like a drowning person grasping at a straw.

Xu Qingfan tucked Zhang Yiyi's hair behind her ear, and looking at her red ear that was showing, he wished he could kick those two people a couple more times.

"Which class are you from? How dare you hit our students? Have your parents come yet? Call your parents here!" It seemed that the teacher of the two boys who had been hit had arrived, and she pointed at Xiao Ruanwen and scolded her.

Since starting kindergarten, Xiao Ruanwen has always been an excellent student, deeply loved by her parents and teachers, and has never been yelled at by a teacher.

Seeing the other homeroom teacher pointing aggressively at her, Xiao Ruanwen felt incredibly wronged, and her eyes immediately reddened. "It was your students who started the fight!"

"Little girl, don't talk nonsense! Which eye of yours saw my son hit someone? Let me tell you, if my son is disfigured, I...I'll make your family pay!" One of the mothers of the unruly children looked at her son's face, which was swollen like a pig's head, and her fingers were trembling with anger.

"It was your son who bullied Zhang Yiyi first!" Xiao Ruanwen had a lot to say, but because she was too emotional, she could only shout out this sentence before tears welled up in her eyes.

Xu Qingfan couldn't hold back any longer.

On a whim, he removed Zhang Yiyi's hearing aid from her right ear and secretly put it in his pocket.

Xia Xiaoxiao had somehow appeared beside Xiao Ruanwen, staring coldly at the person opposite her.

Xu Qingfan handed Zhang Yiyi, whose body was still trembling, to Lin Wanning and took the megaphone from the old gatekeeper who was standing by watching the commotion.

Attention everyone! Attention everyone!

Zhang Yiyi, a student in Class 16 of Grade 1, has lost her hearing aid. Everyone, please watch your step! If you see any objects resembling headphones, please pick them up and return them. The hearing aid is imported from the United States and is worth 200,000 yuan. Attention everyone! Attention everyone!

The group of people who were chatting away were stunned for two seconds, and then they all paid attention to their feet, so as not to accidentally break something worth more than 200,000 yuan!

After the crowd quieted down, Xu Qingfan took Zhang Yiyi's hand again and walked to Xiao Ruanwen's side.

"Nonsense! Who gave you permission to take the megaphone!" The other homeroom teacher saw that Xu Qingfan was holding a large megaphone and reached out to snatch it away.

Xu Qingfan dodged back two steps and then turned the megaphone back on. "Teacher, your student lost my classmate's hearing aid. I advise you to call the police now. It's worth over 200,000 yuan; you, a college graduate who's only been out of school for a few years, can't afford to pay for it!"

Li Tiefeng's heart skipped a beat, but he still stubbornly said, "Which eye of yours saw that it was one of our students who lost the hearing aid!"

“Exactly, they haven’t even grown their first hair yet, do you know how much 200,000 yuan is?” A parent standing next to them chimed in.

Xu Qingfan pointed directly at Zhang Yiyi's ear and shouted, "My teammate's hearing aid was already here. You two good sons reached out to snatch it, and you scratched my classmate's ear until it was red. There are two CS fingerprints on it. You can't deny it!"

The square fell into a deathly silence.

He had already calmed the situation down, but then another child's parent arrived at some point.

"Waaaaah~ Daddy, someone hit me! Daddy, kill her!" Hearing that his son had been hit and seeing the black shoe print on his white shirt, the parent was instantly furious.

Most Chinese parents are the type to insist on having a point even when they're in the wrong, regardless of the details of the matter, and they're ready to slap Xu Qingfan across the face.

"You've got some nerve, daring to hit my son!"

Xu Qingfan was prepared to be slapped, but the hand that was supposed to hit him remained suspended in mid-air and wouldn't come down.

"You've got some nerve, daring to hit my son!" Xu Aiguo appeared behind him at some point, grabbed the hand that was hitting him, and pushed it hard, knocking the other man to the ground.

Thank you to the old city under the sun for the monthly pass.

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