Gu Zhendong noticed then that his daughter's face was bruised, with obvious scratches that had also swollen.
Seeing this, he was both angry and self-reproaching.
He blamed himself for not noticing his daughter's injuries immediately, but rather Chen Xiao, an outsider, did.
He was angry that his daughter had been hurt!
From her birth until now, he had never laid a finger on her.
Now, seeing her in this state, clearly beaten, Gu Zhendong was furious.
To bully someone and push it to his doorstep, how dare they!
In an instant, anger spread throughout the room.
"Tongtong, tell your dad who had the guts to do this to you. I'll kill him today!"
Gu Yutong was startled by his words: "It's nothing, Dad, I just fell accidentally. It has nothing to do with anyone else."
Gu Zhendong naturally didn't believe her: "Nothing to do with anyone else? You fell yourself? Then why did your homeroom teacher ask me to see her? Tongtong, don't be scared, your dad is here to back you up."
Gu Yutong stammered, looking troubled.
Chen Xiao quickly interjected, "Uncle Gu, I think you're scaring Tongtong. This is a society governed by law, don't always talk about fighting and killing. I suspect Tongtong had a conflict with a classmate, right?"
Gu Yutong's eyes lit up, and she immediately looked like she had found a kindred spirit, nodding quickly.
Chen Xiao coaxed her, "Tongtong, don't be afraid. Tell me what happened, and Brother Chen will help you solve it!"
As expected, Gu Yutong trusted Chen Xiao very much and then revealed the truth.
It turned out that the injuries on Gu Yutong's face were inflicted by several classmates.
A few female classmates had cornered Gu Yutong in the restroom after class, accusing her of seducing one of their boyfriends.
Gu Yutong naturally denied it, and those girls immediately started hitting and scratching her.
Gu Yutong, not to be outdone, got into a scuffle with them.
At that moment, a teacher saw them and separated them. The outcome was that parents were called.
Gu Zhendong asked, "Tongtong, do you have any relationship with that boy?"
Gu Yutong shook her head vigorously: "Of course not!"
Gu Zhendong said generously, "It's okay even if you do, but you should focus on your studies now. It's best not to."
Gu Yutong rolled her eyes: "I'm not interested in those little boys in puberty!"
As she said this, Gu Yutong's gaze flickered towards Chen Xiao.
However, neither Chen Xiao nor Gu Zhendong noticed this detail, and even if they had, they wouldn't have thought much of it, as they considered Gu Yutong still just a child.
Although Gu Yutong herself didn't think so.
"In that case, Dad will go to the school. They're just kids, there are no deep-seated grudges. Misunderstandings can be resolved."
After learning the truth, Gu Zhendong calmed down and stopped shouting about fighting. He appeared eager to resolve the issue.
Gu Yutong nodded like a pecking chicken, surprised that her father would go to see the teacher with her.
At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly said, "I'll go with you. I'm free anyway, and I'll drive you."
The father and daughter naturally had no objections and accepted Chen Xiao's kind offer.
Chen Xiao's reason for accompanying them was not simply because he was "free."
He felt that the matter was not as simple as it seemed.
Gu Zhendong had been living in seclusion for a long time, and his thinking was out of sync with the outside world.
Chen Xiao worried that if any unexpected situation arose, Gu Zhendong might act irrationally.
Upon arriving at the homeroom teacher's office, four girls were already standing inside.
Each of them had injuries on their faces, and they were no less hurt than Gu Yutong.
Seeing this, Gu Zhendong almost chuckled.
He looked at his daughter with admiration, thinking, "As expected of Gu Zhendong's child, a tiger father has no dog son!"
Gu Yutong's homeroom teacher was a middle-aged woman in her forties, with short hair and thick glasses, who looked very stern.
She looked at Gu Zhendong and Chen Xiao: "Are you Gu Yutong's parents?"
Gu Zhendong quickly stepped forward: "Hello, teacher. I am Gu Yutong's father."
The homeroom teacher drawled, "What happened, your daughter has already told you, right?"
Gu Zhendong seemed to be in a good mood. When he first learned his daughter had been beaten, his blood pressure had soared.
But when he saw how badly the people who bullied his daughter had been beaten, he wasn't as angry anymore and intended to let the matter rest.
After all, they were just children, and bumps and bruises were inevitable.
So, he smiled and said, "I heard, teacher. I think this is just a friction and conflict between children. I hope they can resolve it themselves. I won't pursue it further, and I won't trouble you, teacher."
The teacher was taken aback: "You're not pursuing it?"
Then, she said sternly, "Gu Yutong's parent, your daughter beat her classmates like this. Is this something you're not pursuing? You seem to have misunderstood. I called you here to hold you responsible, not for you to hold others responsible!"
Gu Zhendong suddenly realized why the parents of the other girls hadn't come, and only he had.
It turned out that this homeroom teacher was blaming everything on him.
He sneered: "Teacher, I think you haven't understood the situation either. They attacked my daughter first. Why should we be held responsible?"
The homeroom teacher said coldly, "Who made the first move is debatable, but your daughter injured them, and that's not acceptable!"
"It's not acceptable that my daughter injured them, but it's acceptable that they injured my daughter? What kind of logic is that? How can you be a teacher!"
Gu Zhendong's temper flared.
The homeroom teacher slapped the table: "Gu Yutong's parent, what kind of attitude is that? How are you talking to me?"
"As expected, like father, like daughter. I see that Gu Yutong's behavior of hitting people is all because she has a father like you!"
Gu Zhendong frowned. Why wasn't this teacher making any sense?
Clearly, the other party had made the first move, and his daughter was merely defending herself.
How did it become entirely her daughter's fault in her eyes?
But this was a school, after all. Gu Zhendong suppressed his anger and said, "Teacher, it doesn't matter what you say about me, but I ask you to respect my daughter. I don't think she did anything wrong!"
The homeroom teacher laughed in anger: "Oh, you're threatening me? Gu Yutong's parent, your demeanor is questionable. It's no wonder Gu Yutong won't learn well with you around!"
Gu Zhendong became impatient: "Teacher, I don't want to talk to you anymore. I hope you can find the other parents too, so we can confront each other!"
The homeroom teacher sneered: "You want me to find them just because you say so? Who do you think you are? Do you know who their parents are? I'll scare you to death if I tell you!"