I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 56. The Light of Righteousness (Continued)
"There are so many people over there, let's go take a look!"

At lunchtime, on their way to the cafeteria, a few of them passed the school's bulletin board, a small area packed with people, three layers deep.

Lin Wanning, always eager to join in the fun, grabbed Zhang Yiyi's hand and tried to squeeze in to take a look.
Xu Qingfan grabbed the other person's backpack and asked two passing students, "Senior, what are they all looking at? Why are there so many people there!"

Seeing that Xu Qingfan and his group were all good-looking, two senior female students stopped and patiently explained, "You're a first-year student, right? Last semester, didn't a girl in your grade get bullied by her classmates in kindergarten? The Yangcheng Evening News said that kindergarten couldn't recruit any students this semester and recently closed down."

"Yay! Brother Qingfan, it really went bankrupt!" Lin Wanning couldn't wait to reach into Zhang Yiyi's pocket and pull out the notebook to write down the good news.

"Are you Xu Qingfan?" The senior student pointed at him in surprise when she heard Lin Wanning's address.

"Yes, thank you, seniors." Xu Qingfan chuckled, waved to the two seniors, and then left with Lin Wanning's backpack.

Upon learning of the closure of Sunflower Kindergarten, Zhang Yiyi remained calm, and the smile on her face seemed more like she was happy because Lin Wanning was happy.

Xu Qingfan bought a copy of Yangcheng Evening News for 50 cents at a stationery store. The news was published on the front page, with a bold and black headline that read, "Reflecting on the various problems in the education industry from the closure of a kindergarten."

Xu Qingfan skimmed through the article. The issue of student bullying, which he was most concerned about, was not mentioned in the article. Instead, the blame was placed entirely on the teachers' inaction. Then, the article used this as a basis to elaborate on many problems such as the lack of qualifications of private schools and the low quality of teachers.

Xu Qingfan realized that Sunflower Kindergarten was just a front; the real purpose of this article was to expose the uneven quality of private schools.

The deeper meaning behind it was not something a nobody like Xu Qingfan could guess. He handed the newspaper he had finished reading to Lin Wanning, saying, "There's nothing to read. It just says that Sunflower Kindergarten couldn't attract any new students and therefore went out of business."

“This kind of bad school should have closed down long ago! Yangcheng Evening News is a good newspaper, Ningning should buy it every day from now on!” Lin Wanning spread the newspaper on the dining table and pulled Zhang Yiyi to read it with great interest.

The children's values ​​are really simple. Xu Qingfan smiled and thought about it and felt relieved. It's not easy to change the long-standing values ​​of society. After all, they are just children. What bad intentions could children have?

"Stop looking, the line is getting shorter, let's go buy food!" Xu Qingfan patted the two little girls' heads and pulled them to line up to buy food.

While eating, Lin Wanning picked up some green peppers she didn't like and put them in Xu Qingfan's bowl, asking, "Brother Qingfan, will the newspaper still pay you for your article this time?"

"Of course not! What are you thinking?" It turned out that the article about Xu Qingfan's 5-year-old daughter that Yangcheng Evening News reprinted last time had its payment sent to Zhang Chunxue, and Zhang Yiyi gave him the envelope when she came to the school.

The payment wasn't much, only 120 yuan. Xu Qingfan calculated that it should be 50 yuan per thousand words.

"Then Brother Qingfan is the most amazing!" Lin Wanning said, his words muffled as he chewed his food.

Although she couldn't hear what Xu Qingfan and Lin Wanning were saying, just watching them open their mouths and looking at the expressions on their faces made Zhang Yiyi feel particularly at peace. She truly hoped that such moments could last forever.

A small newspaper reminded the students of Experimental Primary School of the happy times they had when they ganged up to whip Zhang Yiyi's corpse last semester. No one knows who started it, but the classrooms of those students who had bullied Zhang Yiyi once again became a popular spot for such activities.

Then came the familiar scenario: parents came to make a scene, the school mediated, and immediately issued new school rules: students from different grades are prohibited from moving between buildings without permission, and violators will be punished!
Unfortunately, the results were minimal. While older students did stop coming to watch, students in the same grade still rushed over after each class to watch the spectacle, pointing and gossiping about those students on the list. In the office, Xu Qingfan was undergoing a three-way interrogation.

"You caused this mess, so you have to take responsibility for resolving it!"

Xu Qingfan grinned, wanting to retort, but considering his current status, he decided against it.

"Why keep this kind of student in school? Expel him! If he's not expelled, I'll transfer my daughter to another school right now!" A group of parents were indignant.

“Parent, you shouldn’t ask me to handle this. You should let your son and daughter handle it themselves. Have they apologized to Zhang Yiyi? Has Zhang Yiyi forgiven them?” Xu Qingfan said impatiently.

[If you want to transfer schools, then hurry up and do it. I'm number one in the grade. Expel me? You don't deserve it!]
"Stop bringing up other people's issues, we're talking about yours now!"

The principal gestured for the parents to calm down, saying, "Please rest assured, the school will see this matter through to the end. As for Xu Qingfan, he was already punished last semester, and this incident has nothing to do with him. The one who tied the knot must untie it. I think what Xu Qingfan just said is very good."

[Why are you dragging me into this when it has nothing to do with me?!] Xu Qingfan silently rolled his eyes.

After the principal made numerous promises that the incident would be handled properly, the seven or eight troublemaking parents finally left.

Watching the last parent leave, the principal finally breathed a sigh of relief. But then, glancing at Xu Qingfan sitting there playing with his fingers, his mood instantly soured again. "This afternoon, you'll come with me to each class to apologize to the parties involved!"

"Okay," Xu Qingfan readily agreed.

As long as those people can recognize their mistakes and are willing to sincerely apologize to Zhang Yiyi, it's okay for him to put on a show for the whole class again.

After all, according to rumors circulating from various sources, that group of people had indeed been bullied terribly over the past six months, so this could be considered a case of good and evil being rewarded in the end.

The first class in the afternoon.

The principal, grade leader, and teacher Guan led Zhang Yiyi and Xu Qingfan from the second floor to visit each class one by one.

Zhang Yiyi seems to have truly let go of her past experience of being bullied. When faced with apologies from those who bullied her, the little girl simply smiled and nodded.

What Xu Qingfan didn't know was that Zhang Yiyi had the courage to stand here because she had never let go of his hand.

This seems like a happy ending for everyone. The former bully apologized to Zhang Yiyi and then received apologies from Xu Qingfan and the classmate. The demands of the student, the parent, and the principal were all met.

but!

When will my disciplinary action be lifted?!
(End of this chapter)