270: A strange old lady

A strange old lady

Their class had suffered a major loss in the competition because Meng Xinjie had been unwilling to practice. The students had looked at Meng Xinjie disdainfully, blaming her for their loss and feeling very dissatisfied.0

Now, upon listening to Meng Xinjie's words, they realized that it was Wang Hongjin's fault.

After all, her method had worked before.

As soon as Meng Xinjie finished speaking, more than half of the students turned their displeased gazes toward Wang Hongjin.

Wang Hongjin's small face was flushed. He wanted to retort, but he did not know what to say.

When they were racing just now, she had been calling out "one, two, one", but her footsteps were not in sync with her words. Now, she was pushing the blame onto Wang Hongjin.

Wang Hongjin was angry before. Now, after being provoked by Meng Xinjie, he was furious. He stood up and pushed her.

Meng Xinjie was pushed so hard that she staggered backward and fell to the ground. Her eyes reddened and tears started rolling down her cheeks.

Meng Xinjie's mother wanted to go over and teach Wang Hongjin a lesson, but then she noticed the other students start to scold him instead. Thus, she chose not to teach him a lesson but just helped her daughter up from the ground.

"Wang Hongjin, why are you like this? This is clearly not right, you pushing Meng Xinjie."

"That's right! If we all had your attitude, wouldn't we gang up on you right now?"

"If you weren't stupid, our class wouldn't have lost."

"That's right!"

Wang Hongjin's face turned even redder. Again, he wanted to retort but could not find the words.

Wang Hongjin's mother was also very angry, but as an adult, she could not go up and start scolding the large group of students.

Qin Yan watched from the sidelines and said in a low voice, "Children nowadays are incredible. They can do so much even at such a young age. They are simply much more capable than we were when we were kids."

Xi Ting reached out to hold his wife's hand. "There are many such people in society who have been raised like this from a young age. However, their development in this regard may present as a limiting factor later on. The little cleverness they think they have limits their development of true, great wisdom. Xiaobao can handle his classmates. You don't have to worry about him."

"I'm not worried. Didn't you see my darling criticize that woman until she was left speechless?"

As for Wang Hongjin, that poor child, Qin Yan did not consider helping him out. After all, he was not her responsibility.

"You guys make Wang Hongjin sound so unbearable. Why don't you try pairing up with me?" Xi Xiaobao suddenly asked.

"Xi Xiaobao, you and Meng Xinran were the fastest pair. Don't swap partners now! You two are the best!" a classmate said.

"Since I'm the best, would you like to try pairing up with me? We'll follow Meng Xinjie's method of counting 'one, two, one' We'll walk alongside each other and see how we compare. It doesn't have to be a competition. Let's just treat it as a game."

"Okay." The student immediately agreed.

Thus, these two children were tied together. The other classmate called out "one, two, one" while Xi Xiaobao followed his commands. Although he walked better than Meng Xinjie had, the two of them still stumbled.

The students widened their eyes and asked, "What happened?"

The class teacher, Teacher Zhong, said, "Students, do you know why this happened?"

The students were silent.

"Walking with tied-up legs is not a test of how well one can walk. It is a test of how well two children can walk together. When two people have three legs and one of them is a shared leg, they need to cooperate and understand each other. Whether it's cooperation or understanding, it takes time to get used to each other's rhythm. If there's no foundation of cooperation between the partners, it will be impossible for them to work well together. That is why Meng Xinjie and Wang Hongjin lost the match. Do you understand?"

Xi Xiaobao's demonstration and Teacher Zhong's explanation helped the other students quickly understand what was going on. Subsequently, they all looked at Meng Xinjie with contempt once again.

For the first time, Meng Xinjie's persona shattered in front of the entire class.

This little goddess had just been exposed as a selfish and vain hypocrite.

In comparison to Meng Xinjie, Meng Xinran was much more likable.

After all, everyone's opinion of Meng Xinran was based on Meng Xinjie's words.

The open day only lasted half the day. Qin Yan left with Xi Ting and the little bun.

*

The next day, after her classes when Qin Yan exited her campus to buy some daily needs, she saw an old woman trying to catch the attention of passersby so that they would lend her money. There were too many scammers at this time of the year. It was common to see elderly men and women who would set up fake accidents to scam others. Young people were too afraid now to step forward and help them because of that. Naturally, none of the passersby paid any attention to the old woman. They merely assumed that she was out to cheat them of their money.

There was a middle-aged woman who seemed to have more of a straightforward personality. She turned directly to the old woman and said, "Old woman, I can tell that you're dressed well and you pay attention to your clothes. Why did you come all the way here to cheat others of their money? Everyone is going through a hard time just to get by in life now. People like you specialize in deceiving young people. Isn't that a form of bullying?"

A troubled expression appeared on the old lady's face when she had been wrongly accused. She stomped her feet, feeling upset and anxious, "I'm not trying to deceive anyone. I really wasn't trying to do that! You... If you send me home and follow me there, I'll give you back your money!"

The middle-aged woman did not believe her at all. She shook the old woman's hand off, "Scammers like you are so shameful these days."

She left right after she said that.

Old Lady Xi mentally sighed. She inwardly lamented that she had ended up humiliating herself when she came to test her granddaughter-in-law.

A few days ago, Old lady Yan had immediately given Old Lady Xi a phone call upon learning about Qin Yan.

Old Lady Yan was the gossip queen with these few families. Old Lady Nei now had a house full of children and grandchildren, and quite a few great-grandchildren as well. She was living the contented life, taking care of all these babies every day. Now, she did not have any time for gossip.

Old Lady Yan, who was very concerned about Yan Ziqi's lifelong happiness, has been busy looking out for nice girls to introduce to Yan Ziqi. She did not care about the girl's background or career. All she wanted was a nice girl who knew her responsibilities, had a pleasant-looking face and for her grandson to like her. That will be enough.

Now, she was anxious when she found out about Xi Ting and Qin Yan. Even Xi Ting had found himself a future wife and still, there was no news from her grandson.

Even though she was anxious, Old Lady Yan still remembered to make it a priority to call Old Lady Xi to tell her about this. They went on for one and a half hours before ending the call.

Old Lady Xi ran to the study hurriedly and pushed the door open. Old Master Xi had his reading glasses on. He was holding a book on Feng Shui, looking like he knew what he was reading about. Old Lady Xi thought that the way his glasses were placed on his nose while studying Feng Shui made him look like a conman out to cheat people by claiming to be divine.

Old Master Xi lifted his head to see Old Lady Xi running in with her phone in her hands, "Guess what? Old Lady Yan called me just now to tell us that our grandson has finally found a girlfriend!"

Old Master Xi immediately put down his Feng Shui book and with curiosity, took off his reading glasses while looking at Old Lady Xi, "Really?"

"Yes, it's true. I heard that Xi Ting brought her to Yan family's charity night. I wonder who she is," Old Lady Xi was half worried, half excited.

She was worried about Qin Yan's character. At the same time, she was excited that Xi Ting was no longer single. She could finally join Old Lady Nei to make fun of Old Lady Yan.

"Let's return to the country immediately!" Old lady Xi and Old Master Xi decided to cancel the rest of their vacation.

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