CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 050 THE MISTRESS SPEAKS HERSELF

Gu Shiting was about to say something, but then he heard Mrs. Gu continue, "Don’t you feel regret? She’s a girl; you should be the one to send her home, not the other way around."

Gu Shiting: "..."

He faced the lights of the living room, turning his back to the darkness of the night, his whole body frozen.

He had always felt powerless over his illness, even accepting it with a sense of ease.

But his mother’s words made him feel helpless for the first time.

After finishing, Mrs. Gu wanted to pat his shoulder but didn’t quite dare to touch him: "You need to get better. It’s not just your family that needs you; your friends need you too."

Gu Shiting nodded vigorously, his voice slightly hoarse: "I understand, Mom."

Song Chen took the elevated road, and with fewer cars at night, it took less than forty minutes to get Sheng Tang to her doorstep.

When Sheng Tang got home, her parents and grandmother were still awake, sitting in the living room watching TV.

Seeing her come back, their faces lit up with smiles, clearly in a good mood, and they all heaved a sigh of relief.

"I’m sorry, I won’t come back this late again," Sheng Tang promised.

Her mother stroked her head.

Her grandmother asked if she wanted a late-night snack, but Sheng Tang shook her head, saying she’d eaten too much today.

That night, she slept very soundly.

Her class teacher Chen Caixin, however, did not sleep a wink; she was anxious, worried, even fearful.

At seven in the evening, she was having dinner at a restaurant with her husband and son when her phone rang—it was the principal’s secretary.

The principal’s secretary told her: "Teacher Chen, when it comes to rewarding and punishing students, you need to be fair. Sheng Tang in your class has done well, but you never praise her, instead punishing her for every little mistake. This is really unfair."

The class teacher was stunned for quite a while.

She had a good relationship with the principal’s secretary. If it were just a trivial matter, there was no need to call her at night; it could easily be mentioned during work hours.

But the secretary called her.

The class teacher’s hand trembled a bit: "Secretary Sun, this... is my fault. Sheng Tang, she..."

She dragged out her words.

Secretary Sun’s voice remained serious, with no hint of small talk: "Please, Teacher Chen, pay attention to every student, including Sheng Tang. The principal does not want to have a meeting to discuss teaching ethics."

Cold sweat ran down the teacher’s back.

She was the principal’s trusted confidante, and when parents complained, the principal would always support her. Even the board of directors would back her up.

Who could challenge the principal? And the fact that the principal didn’t call her personally but used the secretary showed the matter was even more serious!

She knew Sheng Tang’s background, her father being the illegitimate son of the CEO of Jiali Garden.

Jiali Garden was a listed company, but Huishi’s principal didn’t fear them. In the country, or even internationally, few enterprises could rival Huishi.

The principal treating it so formally suggested that the person behind Sheng Tang had connections with Huishi.

The class teacher tossed and turned that night.

She was very pragmatic and knew there were things you absolutely couldn’t do.

The next day, with dark circles under her eyes from a sleepless night, she went to find the principal.

She asked the principal directly.

The principal’s attitude wasn’t very good: "I’ve always trusted your work, how could you make such a simple mistake this time? Can’t the class teacher treat all students fairly?"

Sweat broke out on Chen Caixin’s back.

The principal’s attitude told her the matter was more serious than she had thought and might even threaten the principal.

Who had such influence?

The Gu Family behind Huishi?

Besides the Gu Family, no one else had that kind of power.

But how could Sheng Tang know the Gu Family? Her family, her looks, none of it seemed connected to the Gus.

"I understand, Principal, I’ll reflect on this! This time, I let personal feelings affect my judgment and failed to consider the students’ feelings. It was truly dereliction of duty." said the class teacher.

The principal nodded and told her to get back to work.

Meanwhile, the principal called Song Chen.