The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 158 Standoff

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After receiving a tip from the students, Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua immediately hid in a coffee shop across from the school.

Strong coffee, fragrant yet bitter.

"What should we do?" Xue Hua was completely at a loss.

"What's meant to be will be, and we can't escape it. Hiding like this isn't going to work..." Wei Jianguo said, frowning.

"You mean..." Xue Hua looked at Wei Jianguo, looking at his face, and felt that her husband was really quite charming today.

Be brave enough to take responsibility for your actions...

"We had a frank and open discussion with them. We will definitely take responsibility for what is our responsibility, and they can't pin the blame on us for what isn't our responsibility," Wei Jianguo said.

"Should we tell our son-in-law?" Xue Hua asked.

"Nonsense! How could we tell them? Would we make them worry? Our daughter is pregnant. If she knew something happened here, would she still be able to sit still? She would definitely rush back. It's freezing cold; what if she gets into trouble with the baby?" Wei Jianguo said.

"Yes, yes, we won't tell anyone. If anything happens, we can handle it ourselves..." Xue Hua nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Besides, even if there really is food poisoning, it doesn't necessarily mean it's from drinking our fresh milk. All the teachers and students in the school drink our fresh milk, so if something happens, it should affect all the teachers and students. Why is it just her who is affected?" Wei Jianguo said.

"Now that you mention it, it really makes sense. So, did the students stop getting sick before they started drinking our fresh milk?" Xue Hua felt relieved. Of course, getting sick is normal; everyone gets sick sometimes. Didn't Zhao Xiaolei get hospitalized two months ago? Was it also from drinking fresh milk? I think we hadn't started supplying fresh milk to the school back then.

"Let's go, we're in the right. If she dares to be violent towards us, we'll call the police..." Wei Jianguo said, standing up from his seat, throwing down the money, and pulling Xue Hua away.

The couple appeared at the school gate and were immediately shocked by the scene inside. Before they knew it, the square in front of the school building was surrounded by parents. Amid the noise, a few vulgar words occasionally escaped their lips. The school leaders and teachers had all hidden away. If it weren't for the need to take care of the students' mental health, these parents would have already picked up bricks and smashed the school.

"Oh dear, Jianguo, how dare you two come back? Hurry up and leave..." When Grandpa Mei saw the couple appear at the school gate, he quickly pushed them away.

"They're here, they're here... The two culprits are here..." Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua had just appeared at the school gate when they were immediately spotted by the students' parents. Everyone swarmed over them, raising their fists, ready to attack the couple.

The couple was truly terrified; they never expected these parents to be so unreasonable.

"Stop..." At the critical moment, Wei Jianguo stepped forward and stood in front of Xue Hua, shouting loudly at the angry parents.

To be honest, Wei Jianguo was quite imposing at that moment, and the students' parents were immediately intimidated.

"You sell poison and make dirty money, and you still have the nerve to complain???" An angry voice immediately rang out from the crowd.

"Is this any of your business or not? Your child is in the hospital?" Wei Jianguo was not intimidated at all.

"My child is in the hospital..." Wang Na immediately stepped forward.

"Your child has never been hospitalized before? Now that he's been hospitalized, you come to us? What about before? Did you go to the grain and oil store? The vegetable market? Or the water company?" Xue Hua held Wei Jianguo's arm, feeling particularly confident.

"I..." Wang Na was speechless for a moment. Then she thought about it and realized that it was true. Had her daughter never been sick before she started drinking fresh milk?

"When we sold the fresh milk, we told everyone beforehand that it was strongly recommended by the school, not mandatory. Whether to buy it or not was entirely voluntary. To put it bluntly, this is a unilateral sales relationship between me, Wei Jianguo, and you, and has nothing to do with the school. If you have any problems, you can call the police! What are you doing causing trouble at the school? If it affects the children's studies, is it your responsibility as parents or our responsibility as teachers??? Now, besides Feng Yanyan, whose child has been harmed by drinking it??? Step forward immediately and register with me, and we'll go to the police station together to clarify this matter..." Wei Jianguo's tone was firm, and he glanced at Wang Na: "As for the personal attack on Principal Hu, I think our school must seek justice."

"Hmph! You think you can absolve yourself of any responsibility with just a few words? You're quite the bachelor. If it weren't for the school's strong recommendation, would we have given our child that kind of rubbish? Even if the school isn't primarily responsible, it still bears some responsibility..." Wang Na sneered.

"That's a matter of opinion, let's wait for the law to decide..." Wei Jianguo said expressionlessly.

"Whose child is in trouble? Come out and register them right now..." Xue Hua frowned, looking at the group of students' parents with great authority.

The parents looked at each other in bewilderment. Some of the later arrivals, seeing a group of parents surrounding the principal's office, assumed that these parents' children were all drunk and, in their panic and anger, worried that their own children might also get sick, which was why they joined in the commotion. Little did they expect...

"Hey! Get out of here! Didn't your child get food poisoning?" A middle-aged woman in a black winter coat nudged a middle-aged woman in a yellow winter coat next to her.

"Your child is the one with food poisoning. My child is perfectly healthy..." The middle-aged woman in the yellow winter coat glared at the man.

"Then why did you get involved in this trouble???" The woman in the black winter coat asked, quite surprised.

"Didn't you join in the trouble too???" The woman in the yellow winter coat rolled her eyes at the man again.

"I only joined in because I saw you causing trouble..." said the woman in the black winter coat.

"I only followed her because I saw her causing trouble..." the woman in the yellow winter coat said, pointing to Wang Na standing at the front.

"So, your child is alright?" the woman in the black winter coat asked, sounding annoyed.

"Of course it's alright, my child is perfectly healthy."

"..."

The same conversation was taking place simultaneously in the crowd, and everyone then realized that they had all joined in the commotion. The real victim was actually the daughter of the woman in front of them, and they couldn't help but have bad thoughts and feel extremely embarrassed.

"Do you have it or not? If you do, step forward. If you don't, disperse and go do whatever you were doing..." Seeing everyone looking at each other awkwardly, Xue Hua's momentum grew even stronger.

Wei Jianguo turned his head slightly and glanced at his wife. Just then, Xue Hua also looked at him, and the couple couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Return it! We'll never give that poison to our child again. Give it back right now..." Wang Na shouted as soon as she saw everyone looking at her with suspicion in their eyes.

"Yes, yes, please refund us. Even if the milk is fine, we still wouldn't dare give it to our child..."

"Exactly, we must learn from this lesson. We must be very strict about the drinks we give our children..."

The group of parents started arguing again.

"No problem, no problem, everyone go back and bring the milk over. We'll buy it back at the original price and make sure no one loses out..." Wei Jianguo said.

"Everyone, take the fresh milk to the school's logistics department to exchange it for money. We'll go to the hospital now to see Feng Yanyan. I hope the police can get involved in this matter..." Xue Hua said.

"Hmph, so what if it's the police station? Who's afraid of who? We're the victims..." Wang Na sneered.

So, everyone went to the police station to report the case.

"Doctor, what did my daughter eat that caused food poisoning???"

Feng Yanyan's father, Feng Guohui, is the deputy general manager of a state-owned enterprise. He is usually very busy, leaving early and returning late. However, when his daughter suffered from food poisoning, he naturally had to put down his work and rush to the hospital. He works to support his family. If something happens to his daughter, what's the point of him working so hard?

Feng Guohui was holding the doctor's hand, asking questions anxiously.

"What food caused the poisoning? We really can't say for sure..." The doctor tested Feng Yanyan's vomit, and the results were somewhat perplexing. According to the dosage of toxins produced by that food, the little girl should have already died from poisoning. However, the girl's physical condition was too good; she had such strong resistance. This was the most puzzling thing for them.

"Could it be caused by drinking milk???" Feng Guohui gritted his teeth as he mentioned the particularly strange fresh milk.

"Milk???" The doctor raised an eyebrow and fell into deep thought.

"Yes, it's milk. The school gave it to us, saying that goat milk can replenish the children's brainpower and cow milk can replenish their physical strength. What kind of magical milk is that? I think it's obviously a scam. I've seen my daughter lying in bed counting sheep with her eyes wide open many times. She can't sleep at all every day. This situation has been going on for more than two months..." Feng Guohui felt heartbroken thinking about his daughter's pitiful appearance with her eyes wide open.

"You're saying the child hasn't slept for two months??" The doctor's eyes widened, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.

"Of course, how can you sleep after drinking that goat milk? I only drank it once, and that time, I didn't sleep all day..." Feng Guohui said.

"That's not right. According to your logic, if she doesn't sleep all day and night for two months in a row, her health will definitely break down." The doctor frowned.

"That's right, if this continues, your health will definitely collapse..." Feng Guohui agreed with the doctor's statement.

"This is even more strange..." The doctor's face showed a strange expression. "Our tests show that your daughter is in excellent health. Abnormally healthy, note, abnormally healthy, even healthier than a perfectly healthy person. If it weren't for her exceptionally good physical condition, given the dosage of poisoning she received, we wouldn't have been able to save her at all..."

"Huh?" Feng Guohui's mouth immediately opened wide.

"That's right. If it weren't for her good physical condition, we wouldn't have been able to save her at all. The only thing we want to know now is why your daughter's physical condition is so good. I think I have the answer now. I wonder if you could provide us with samples so we can do some component analysis on the fresh milk?" The doctor's eyes were very eager.

"So, my daughter's food poisoning has nothing to do with that fresh milk???" Feng Guohui's eyebrows twitched. You see, his wife had gone to settle accounts with the teacher who supplied the fresh milk.

"Of course it's okay, we didn't find any trace of fresh milk in the child's stomach at all," the doctor said.

"She drank it last night..." Feng Guohui said, somewhat unwilling.

"Hmm! This level of food poisoning has no incubation period. The milk you drank last night was already excreted in your urine this morning..." the doctor said.

"It really isn't about the milk???" Feng Guohui asked again.

"Why are you so hung up on milk? Based on your description, I suspect that a big reason your daughter was able to escape this ordeal is the milk you mentioned. Milk improved the child's physical condition and greatly enhanced her immunity. According to our tests, the child's immunity is 5 to 6 times that of an average person. That's an alarming number!" The doctor said, his heart trembling.

The doctor's feelings are easy to understand. It's like fishing. You're fishing in a small ditch, and the fish you catch are always tiny fry, only an inch long. But suddenly you catch a big, long fish, a foot long! How novel and exciting that would be!

"Oh dear..." Feng Guohui bent over, slapping his thighs hard with both hands, his face full of regret. "Oh no, oh no, the child's mother went to settle scores with the teacher. Isn't this repaying kindness with enmity???"

Just then, Wang Na arrived with the police, along with Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua.

"Old Feng, how is Yanyan?" Wang Na saw her husband talking to the doctor in the hallway. She had seen him slapping his thigh earlier and thought that her daughter's condition had relapsed, so she asked anxiously.

"The baby is fine, he's sleeping now..." The doctor spoke first.

"Ah, yes, Yan Yan is fine. Why did you bring the police here???... Hehe, hello Teacher Wei, hello Teacher Xue, hello Officer Policeman..." Feng Guohui felt that the situation was serious.

"Hmph, why are you being so polite??? Some people are not convinced, so let's let the police uphold justice... Dressed like a little vixen, she can spend the rest of her life in prison." Wang Na disliked Xue Hua. A woman older than herself looked almost the same age as her daughter. Any woman would feel uncomfortable seeing her like that.

Xue Hua was furious, but being a cultured person, he naturally wouldn't argue with Wang Na. He simply kept a cold face, expressionless and completely calm...

"You're being rude and have no manners... The hospital is just a little short of samples, but we should be able to get the results soon..." Feng Guohui looked at the composed Wei Jianguo and his wife, and couldn't help but feel a little insecure.

"Ahem, actually, the results are in. The child had food poisoning because two foods in his lunch were incompatible with each other. If it weren't for the child's excellent physical condition, we wouldn't have been able to save him in time..." The doctor saw that both sides had gone to the police station, and knew that the situation might be very serious. At this point, he could only put aside the matter of why the child had such a good physical condition.

"What did you say? It's the food we ate for lunch..." Wang Na's eyes widened, her mind racing: "But I ate... no, walnuts, she ate four or five big walnuts..."

"Yes, we reached that conclusion when we were trying to save the child. However, given the dosage of that toxin, even with our most skilled medical expertise, an ordinary person would definitely die within ten minutes," the doctor said.

"Why is the child alright?" The police officer who came along also noticed the problem and asked.

"It's strange, actually. According to the child's father, the child hasn't been able to sleep for two months straight. Normally, after such a long period without sleep, the child's health would have collapsed. However, our tests showed that the child's physical condition was exceptionally healthy, with a physical fitness level 5 to 6 times that of an average person and a very strong immune system. This is why we were able to save the child," the doctor said.

"So, it has nothing to do with milk?" the policeman said.

"It's related, absolutely related, there's a very direct relationship..." the doctor said with unusual certainty.

Just as Wei Jianguo and his wife had begun to feel a little relieved, their expressions changed drastically.

"Listen to this! How about that? I told you it was from drinking milk, didn't I?" Wang Na immediately perked up. Since her daughter was out of danger, she might as well teach these two young men in their fifties a lesson.

"Did you listen to the doctor's explanation?" Feng Guohui muttered dejectedly.

"Ahem, the child's father just mentioned the milk to me. I suspect that the milk may have saved the child's life. So I said that the child's survival is definitely directly related to the milk. Of course, I can assure you that the child's food poisoning has absolutely nothing to do with the milk..." the doctor said.

"Hehe, doctor, your lung capacity is definitely 5 to 6 times that of an average person..." Wei Jianguo gave the doctor a thumbs up.

"Oh? Why do you say that???" The doctor was puzzled, and in fact, no one was puzzled either.

"He's just taking a deep breath..." Wei Jianguo laughed.

Upon hearing this, the doctor couldn't help but feel embarrassed, while Xue Hua covered her mouth and giggled.

The police officer also wanted to laugh, but considering the image of the police in front of the people, he didn't dare to laugh loudly, but instead put on a very friendly smile.

After hearing the doctor's words, Wang Na immediately felt guilty. It was one thing for her to cause trouble for Wei Jianguo, but the key issue was that she had scratched the principal's face, leaving it covered in scratches. She had initially thought she was in the right and didn't care, but now that she had come to this conclusion, she was now seen as unreasonable. If the principal called the police, she could be detained or even sentenced.

What's more, this is repaying kindness with enmity; the feeling of guilt and embarrassment is indescribable.

"You little comrade, you really love to joke around. I'm already 48 years old, and you're still joking with me..." the doctor laughed.

"Young comrade??" Wei Jianguo found it somewhat amusing. "I'm over fifty, and you dare call me 'young comrade'?"

"You're only 48? It's normal for us to joke around with you, right? You're a few years younger than us..." Xue Hua said.

"Hey? Uncle, Aunt, what brings you to the hospital?" At this moment, Su Xiaodie was taking her urine sample to be tested when she suddenly saw Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua in the hallway. Tong Yu had already introduced her to Wei Jianguo and his wife, so she naturally recognized them and quickly came to greet them.

It seems like everything just happened at the same time, all ending up at the same hospital.

"Oh my, it's Xiaodie? What are you doing at the hospital???" Wei Jianguo exclaimed in surprise.

"Hehe, what a coincidence! Are you feeling unwell? Be careful in your daily life. It's best for young people to take preventative measures beforehand, otherwise dealing with it afterwards can be very harmful to your health," Xue Hua said with a smile.

"Oh dear, what are you saying, Auntie? My dad has uremia, but he's been getting a little better today. I'm just taking him to get a urine test. What are you thinking?" Su Xiaodie immediately blushed and said shyly.

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