After the divorce, I became a mountain god

Ma Lu was displeased after hearing Teacher Yu's words and said to her, "Teacher Yu, since you've brought this up, regarding the fact that my daughter is adopted, my wife told you this so that my daughter could receive more attention from the teachers at school, worried that she wouldn't adapt well to the new environment. But you've spread this around. I want to ask you, what kind of teacher are you?"

Upon hearing Ma Lu's words, Teacher Yu said, "What are you saying? When did I announce that your daughter was adopted? Ma Shiyao's parent, you should have evidence for your statements. You can't just accuse someone of something for no reason."

Ma Lu said, "Trying to pin this on me? My wife only told you about this, so why does Li Ruihang always refer to my daughter as an adopted wild child, and why does he often talk about my daughter like that in front of her classmates at school? Tell me, if you didn't leak this, who else could it be?"

When Teacher Yu heard Ma Lu say those words, she was clearly guilty. She quickly realized what was going on and looked at Ma Lu, saying, "There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. Do you think no one will know if I don't say anything? How would I know how others found out? You can't just assume I did it because of that, can you?"

Ma Lu said, "Teacher Yu, don't be so quick to clear yourself. I must have my reasons for saying this. It was Li Ruihang who said it himself. He overheard you talking to his mother on the phone and that's why he spread the news among the classmates. You still won't admit it?"

After hearing Ma Lu's words, Teacher Yu smiled contemptuously and said to Ma Lu, "You call yourself an adult? You actually believe what a child says? I really don't know what you're thinking?"

Seeing that the teacher refused to admit it, Ma Lu said to her, "I won't talk to you about anything else. My daughter, Ma Shiyao, was bullied by Li Ruihang at school. You have to give us an explanation for this."

The teacher said to Ma Lu, "This parent, I think you're just here to cause trouble today. You're either saying I told others about your daughter's background, or that Li Ruihang bullied your daughter. I've been watching them at school every day and I haven't seen Li Ruihang bullying Ma Shiyao. How did you find out? Do you have eyes in your daughter's body? These claims are completely baseless!"

Ma Lu said, "Teacher Yu, as a parent, I just wanted to understand my child's situation at school. From the moment I came in, you haven't given me a kind word. When Li Ruihang's mother said my daughter bullied her son, you immediately told us to apologize. When I said her son bullied us, you not only didn't say anything, but also accused us parents of causing trouble? Do you think your actions are acceptable? Could it be that you took bribes from Li Ruihang's family and conspired with them to bully my Shiyao?"

Ma Lu's words hit a nerve with Teacher Yu, who quickly retorted, "That's just your guess, you're talking nonsense. We teachers educate and nurture students, and we treat every child equally. We would never accept gifts from others!"

Ma Lu said, "Heh, so you're a teacher who educates and nurtures students and treats every child equally? If I hadn't run into this family at the restaurant last night, I wouldn't have known that my daughter had been bullied by Li Ruihang and ostracized by many other children because of it. If you were really a teacher who educates and nurtures students and treats every student equally, as you say, my daughter wouldn't have been ostracized by other children for so long. This clearly shows that you are turning a blind eye to this matter!"

After having dinner with Xu Bo'an and the others at the restaurant yesterday, Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi asked Ma Shiyao about everything that had happened at school. Only then did Ma Shiyao explain her recent situation at school to Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi in detail.

Ma Lu then learned about his daughter Ma Shiyao's true situation at school. Ma Shiyao said that when she first went to school, she got along well with her friends. But after a few days, for some reason, Li Ruihang started encouraging others not to play with her. He also kept telling others that she was adopted from an orphanage and that her adoptive parents were very poor and that they picked her up and dropped her off at school every day on an electric scooter.

Most people who can afford to attend such schools come from wealthy families, and their children are usually driven to and from school in luxury cars. However, the Ma Lu family doesn't even own a regular car, let alone a luxury car. They drive their child to and from school on an electric scooter every day, which has led to Ma Shiyao being gradually neglected by everyone.

Yesterday, Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi felt very guilty after hearing what Ma Shiyao said. Firstly, they felt guilty for not discovering their child's situation at school earlier. However, they couldn't blame Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi for being careless; it was just that Ma Shiyao was too sensible and didn't want to cause trouble for her parents.

The reason Ma Shiyao was able to tell them about her experiences at school last night was because she ran into her classmate Li Ruihang at the restaurant and got scolded. Ma Shiyao felt she couldn't hide it anymore, and with Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi repeatedly asking her, she finally told them everything that had happened at school.

Secondly, the couple originally thought that sending their child to such an expensive private school would ensure that the teachers would take good care of the child, given the high tuition fees. However, they ended up paying a lot of tuition and their child was being ostracized by other children at school. They felt guilty, wondering if they had made the wrong choice in choosing the school.

Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi genuinely liked Ma Shiyao. Not only was she well-behaved and sensible, but she also brought good fortune to their family shortly after arriving, resulting in Shi Xinyi becoming pregnant with twins. Ma Lu, Shi Xinyi, and Shi Xinyi's parents all regarded Ma Shiyao as their little darling, and the whole family doted on her. They couldn't bear to scold her, and had never even raised their voices at her. They were heartbroken to see her suffer such a great injustice at school. They both decided that they had to tell the teacher about this and handle it properly. If the teacher didn't handle it properly, they would go to the principal.

In short, the school must give an explanation regarding this matter concerning the child. Otherwise, others will think that her family is easy prey and can be manipulated at will. In that case, Ma Shiyao will face even more severe ostracism from her classmates, which will eventually harm her mental well-being.

Hearing Ma Lu's questioning, Teacher Yu retorted, "How can you, as a parent, talk to a teacher like that? I have to take care of over thirty children every day. How can I possibly keep an eye on your child every single moment? There will inevitably be times when I'm not doing my job well. If you think I'm not doing a good job and you're really worried about your child, why don't you just take him home and hire a private tutor?" The mother of the chubby little boy named Li Ruihang chimed in, "That's right, Teacher Yu has to take care of over thirty children every day. She has to look after each one, right? How can she just stare at your child all day long? Teacher Yu isn't Ma Shiyao's private tutor. If you have money, go hire a private tutor. If you don't, don't put on airs here!"

Hearing the two of them working together to target him like this, Ma Lu was very angry and said to them, "How can you talk like that? Especially you, Teacher Yu, you are the children's teacher. When parents come to you to talk about their children, they hope you can mediate and resolve the matter. This is your responsibility. Not only do you not mediate, but you also say such things? If every child has to be able to afford a private tutor, then what's the point of having a school?"

The mother of the chubby little boy standing nearby looked at Ma Lu with disdain and said, "If you can't afford a private tutor for your daughter, then you should follow the school rules! What are you yelling at the teacher for?"

Ma Lu looked at the woman and said, "I only came to talk to the teachers and parents about my daughter being bullied by her classmates at school, hoping to resolve this matter. But I spoke to you politely, and what was your attitude towards me? It wasn't an attitude of solving the problem at all. Not only did you mock my family for not having money, but you even turned around and asked us, the victims, to apologize. What business is it of yours that my family doesn't have money? We didn't eat a single grain of rice from your family. As long as the tuition is paid in full, your school should fulfill its responsibilities. You didn't even investigate the situation regarding my child before asking us, the parents, to apologize. Do you even deserve to be a teacher?"

The mother of the chubby little boy standing nearby said, "Children spend all day with their teachers. How could a teacher not know what kind of child someone is? Teacher Yu knows my son isn't like that, which is why she made unreasonable parents like you apologize. She handled the problem so fairly and reasonably, and you say she's not fit to be a teacher? This is an insult to teachers. Teacher Yu has the right to sue you."

The chubby little boy's mother regularly gave gifts to the teacher, and the two had a lot of private conversations. When Teacher Yu spoke, it was obvious that she was on the woman's side. Now, with the woman constantly protecting Teacher Yu's rights, Teacher Yu was even less afraid of Ma Lu!

This is because the teacher knows the family situation of the more than 30 children in the class very well, and knows exactly what their parents do for a living and their home address.

When Ma Shiyao first enrolled, Ma Lu had just returned from developing the market in Weizhou. She thought she could get a job smoothly, but unexpectedly, it coincided with the reform and transformation period of the Construction Group. In addition, Xu Bo'an left, and she couldn't find a suitable position in the Construction Group for a while. She was unemployed during that period.

Shi Xinyi's mother happened to be sick at that time, and Shi Xinyi took care of her. After reconciling with Ma Lu, the two discussed settling down in Dongjiang. Shi Xinyi quit her original job and happened to be unemployed.

So later, after adopting Ma Shiyao, when sending the child to school, the school asked parents to fill in "unemployed" in the "What is the parents' occupation" column, and Ma Lu and Shi Xinyi also filled in "renting" in the "Family living situation" column!

The family survey form from the school made Ma Shiyao feel that her family stood out among all the children. Teacher Yu had looked through all the forms and found that Ma Shiyao's family was the worst off, to a point that was heartbreaking. Families that could afford to send their children to their school were usually not poor. The sudden appearance of Ma Shiyao's family's circumstances made her stand out among the children. Teacher Yu really couldn't understand why a family with such circumstances, struggling to make ends meet, would still think of sending their child to their school.

From that time on, Teacher Yu looked down on the Ma Lu family from the bottom of her heart, and treated Ma Shiyao differently from other children, both openly and secretly. Later, in order to make it easier for the teacher to pay more attention to the child's psychological problems, Shi Xinyi told Teacher Yu that Ma Shiyao was an adopted child. After hearing this, Teacher Yu not only had no sympathy for Ma Shiyao, but instead looked down on the family even more.

When Ma Shiyao was at school, Teacher Yu barely paid any attention to her and almost never asked her questions in class. The children were very smart, and although they couldn't express it verbally, they could sense that the teacher treated them differently than she treated Ma Shiyao. Over time, the students began to isolate Ma Shiyao.

Especially that chubby little boy named Li Ruihang, he was the first to incite the other children not to play with Ma Shiyao, and he also told the other children that Ma Shiyao was adopted and that her family was very poor, and so on.

From then on, Ma Shiyao was often bullied by a boy named Li Ruihang. Teacher Yu accepted a red envelope from Li Ruihang's family and not only turned a blind eye to the matter, but also encouraged Li Ruihang's arrogance, which made Ma Shiyao even more unpopular at school.

Teacher Yu knew that Ma Shiyao's family was extremely poor, so she turned a blind eye when she saw Ma Shiyao being bullied by other children at school. Now that Ma Lu had come to her, she dared to be so arrogant towards him.

When Teacher Yu heard Li Ruihang's mother speak up for her, she straightened her back even more. Li Ruihang's family was very well-off, and she thought that their family background must be quite strong. It would be easy for them to manipulate a poor family like Ma Shiyao's.

Then, Teacher Yu looked at Ma Lu and said bluntly, "That's right, how can you slander a teacher like that? Is this what a parent should do? If you keep making trouble like this, don't think I won't sue you. Just now, Li Ruihang's mother said that your daughter bullied someone else's son. You'd better apologize and leave right now. I have to teach a class, and I don't have time to waste my breath on you!" (End of this chapter)