The little girl spoke with the air of a miniature adult, explaining the reason for the incident, which immediately made Yu Zhou's heart sink.
He knew his own daughter well. While she might tell white lies about trivial matters, she absolutely wouldn't lie about anything significant.
This meant that today, in kindergarten, the little girl had truly been wronged by the chubby boy, which was why this whole situation had erupted.
Therefore, even Yu Zhou felt he had to take it seriously.
He began to examine his daughter closely. Suddenly, he noticed that her small shoes were still covered in mud.
Then, he looked at the chubby boy. There wasn't a speck of mud on him anywhere.
This made Yu Zhou's expression even worse. He stated directly, "It rained today, and the schoolyard was all mud."
"Look, my daughter's feet are covered in yellow mud, but your child has none on him. So, how could she have stepped on your child? It doesn't make sense, does it?"
He had apologized instinctively earlier, but that didn't mean he would remain submissive indefinitely.
And in this current situation, it was clear the little boy was lying to frame his daughter. Since that was the case, Yu Zhou naturally had no more polite words to offer.
"Hey, hey, hey! How can you be like this?"
"My baby says she was stepped on, so she was definitely stepped on. To the hospital, right now!"
"Everyone, please be the judge. Someone stepped on my baby, and yet they refuse to admit it. Are the parents of students from your Fuzhong Second Elementary School really this ill-mannered?"
The woman's voice was so arrogant that even Yu Zhou was momentarily stunned.
It wasn't that he hadn't seen arrogant people. In later life, those who felt superior and were incredibly boastful were numerous.
But, to encounter a woman in this era who felt she was inherently better than others, acting as if he were a lower-class person, was truly a first for him.
Logically speaking, people in this era, even though classes were starting to form, with the rich being very rich and the poor having little chance of rising, this was only the beginning. It hadn't yet reached the point where everyone had such a mindset, where they only respected wealth and not morality.
When the poor suddenly became rich, many people who couldn't control their emotions would feel this way. But in this era, there weren't many truly wealthy individuals.
Everyone earned a few hundred yuan a month. Who was looking down on whom?
At this moment, many other parents began to gather around.
The teachers who had been seeing the children off at the entrance also came over.
"What's going on? Don't you know that arguing at the school gate affects everyone?"
"Parents of these two children, take your arguments outside. Don't disrupt the flow of dismissal here."
The teacher seemed rather annoyed, which was a common trait among teachers of this era.
It's important to remember that in those days, teachers at good schools were highly valued.
Even a kindergarten teacher might have the possibility of moving up to a formal grade level and becoming a homeroom teacher.
They considered themselves intellectuals and public servants, and naturally, they didn't have much patience with children.
Moreover, these two children were the most disruptive ones in their class, so Teacher Liang was even more displeased with them.
She thought their parents were too coddled and wanted to cause trouble at the school gate.
"What do you mean? The parents of students these days truly have low素质. They stepped on someone and didn't even bother to go to the hospital?"
"Kid, you just wait. And you, kid's dad, if you dare not take my baby to the hospital today, I guarantee you won't even see tomorrow's sun."
Suddenly, the woman seemed to transform into someone else, yelling at the top of her lungs.
It was as if, under the witness of so many people, she could do whatever she pleased.
At this point, Yu Zhou also became less polite.
He looked at her, a rare hint of anger appearing on his face.
"I told you, my child didn't step on anyone. Even so, I apologized to you earlier. And you still want to go to the hospital?"
"Come on, come on. I'd like to see what you can do to me. You threatened me with not seeing tomorrow's sun. Do you have that ability?"
Clearly, even the usually good-tempered Yu Zhou was now filled with boundless anger.
What was all this about? He had already lowered his stance so much, just to prevent his daughter from being isolated at this school. Now, his humility had become proof to some that he was easy to bully. Wasn't this just picking on an honest person?
"Daddy, I'm scared!"
Yu Xiaoyu began to cry, her face streaming with tears.
She felt like she had caused trouble. If she had known, she would have just said she stepped on him. That way, her father wouldn't be so angry.
Even now, the innocent little girl was still thinking about her father.
How could she know that what Yu Zhou wanted to see least at this moment was his daughter being wronged?
"Okay, okay!"
"I've truly never seen anyone so stubborn. You just wait. I'm calling now."
The woman was instantly furious, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Completely disregarding the fact that the chubby boy behind her seemed to be frightened, she pushed through the crowd, pulling out a brick phone.
She started making a call.
"Where the hell are you? Your wife is being bullied at school. Are you going to do something about it?"
"Yes, come over now. Bring a dozen people. I don't believe that in this day and age, anyone would dare bully us, mother and child."
Then, she made another call, this time seemingly to the child's father.
Her voice was soft and tearful, which made Yu Zhou's scalp tingle.
"Young man, you should just apologize and take her child to the hospital."
"Don't you see? They have a brick phone. They're on a completely different level than us."
"Whatever you do, don't offend such an important person over a moment of anger."
Finally, some of the parents who saw the brick phone began to persuade Yu Zhou. In their eyes, anyone who could afford a brick phone in this era was either a powerful official or a wealthy boss.
These were people that ordinary citizens could not afford to offend.
Many citizens already understood the truth of the matter. But what could they say? Even if they knew this person was being unreasonable, what then?
Did they really want to confront someone who could summon people with a single phone call?
If there was no need, it was best to back down. This was the only option that many people had already considered.