Chapter 72: Confrontation

Now, it was Qin Ya’s turn to be confused. She looked around the table setup of Class Eight and double-checked that the woman in front of her, who spoke so confidently, was indeed sitting in Mo Zhu’s seat.

She was about to flare up when she remembered that there were many big families that the Fang family could not afford to offend in Jingyang High School. Qin Ya sighed and endured it. “I don’t know the name of your child, but the seat you’re sitting in belongs to my daughter, Mo Zhu.”

Chen Man sneered and stood up to look into Qin Ya’s eyes. “I’m sitting in the seat of my daughter-in-law, Mo Zhu. Oh, I’m sorry, but on the account that Madam Fang might not have seen me before, let me introduce myself. I’m Chen Man from the Huo Family.”

Qin Ya was so frightened by Chen Man’s imposing glare that she did not react to the situation. She stood rooted to the ground for a while and only came back to her senses when the surrounding people started to whisper about their relationship.

They had long heard that the madam of the Huo family was not easy to deal with, but they did not expect her to be so aggressive today.

Considering the Huo family’s power, Qin Ya smiled awkwardly and said with a fawning expression, “Look at me. I didn’t recognize you as the famous Mrs. Huo. Xiao Zhu is too ignorant. It’s just a small parent-teacher meeting. How can she trouble you to come to school personally?”

“Madam Fang, what are you saying? Xiao Zhu is the daughter-in-law of the Huo family. In the future, the entire Huo family will be hers, not to mention a small parent-teacher meeting today. I don’t think there is any trouble. Mrs. Fang, please don’t be a busybody.”

Chen Man glared at Qin Ya coldly and did not look at her kindly at all in front of everyone.

With her temper, it was fine if she did not meet Qin Ya. However, if she was given the chance, she had to teach this mother of Xiao Zhu, who only cared about getting benefits, a lesson on behalf of her.

When she thought about how her poor daughter-in-law had lacked the love and care of any relatives since she was young, and how she had grown up alone in a remote mountain village with such poor conditions, Chen Man’s heart broke.

Chen Man grit her teeth and sneered at Qin Ya angrily.

Being treated like this by Chen Man, Qin Ya had lost her face. She had originally thought that since they were in-laws, Chen Man should give her a way out in front of so many parents in Class Eight. She did not expect this woman to start mocking her for no reason.

“Mrs. Huo, you’re treating me like an outsider. No matter what, Xiao Zhu is my biological daughter whom I gave birth to after carrying her for ten months. It’s part of my job to show concern and advice to her,” Qin Ya said embarrassedly.

“Haha, I don’t have to trouble you. You should give some advice to your younger daughter instead. With the Huo family taking care of Xiao Zhu, you don’t have to worry!”

Chen Man flipped through Mo Zhu’s test papers and report card on the table and did not even bother to look at Qin Ya.

After a few exchanges between the two of them, the parents nearby had more or less guessed the whole story. Under the disdainful gaze of everyone, Qin Ya finally couldn’t bear the pressure and said, “I’ll be troubling you with it then, I’ll leave first.”

Not long after Qin Ya left, the parent-teacher meeting officially started.

Li Xiao stood on the podium and began his speech with a strong sense of justice. First, he talked about the overall increase in Class Eight’s grades and other aspects of their performances. Then, he singled out and praised the students who had outstanding results or had improved greatly.

Li Xiao could not be bothered to spout any pompous nonsense. After giving a rough overview of the importance of each subject and the proportion of marks of the different subjects in the college entrance examination, Li Xiao organized the parents and started the individual questioning segment.

Although Class Eight’s results were not one of the best in the level, the parents cared about the children a lot. After Li Xiao finished speaking, he was surrounded by the parents.

Although Chen Man also wanted to talk to the teacher privately about Mo Zhu’s learning situation, it was indeed not good to squeeze into the crowd at the moment. She sighed, lowered her head and seriously studied Mo Zhu’s papers.

If she didn’t look at it seriously, she wouldn’t have known. However, when she took a closer look, she really gave Chen Man a fright. She saw that Mo Zhu had gotten a perfect score on the physics paper. She flipped the paper three times but she still couldn’t accept this fact.

She didn’t expect that although her daughter-in-law’s total score wasn’t high, she was actually a little genius in Physics. Chen Man nodded proudly as she stared at the number, one, in Mo Zhu’s physics ranking.

After some time, the parents in the class who had surrounded Li Xiao to ask him questions were almost done. After a few people left one after another, the man bypassed the crowd and came to Chen Man.

“Hello, you’re Mo Zhu’s parent right?” Seeing Chen Man so dignified and elegant, Li Xiao’s tone couldn’t help but soften.

Chen Man put down the report card in her hand, stood up politely, and replied, “Yes, hello, Mr. Li.”

Li Xiao had been thinking about how he should ask about Mo Zhu just now. Now that he met Chen Man’s gaze, he thought about it and decided to tell her the truth.

“It’s like this. Although Mo Zhu’s results this time aren’t ideal, she’s still quite smart.”