"Teacher Jia, right? You blocked our car early in the morning and hit my sister. Is it because we wouldnât let you tutor her, and you feel unhappy?" At this time, Lin Yuan also got out of the car, ran over, gave Teacher Jia a shove, and said, "Youâre really too much as a teacher. We donât enroll the child in your classes, and we have to see your face? First, you talked to my sister. My sister decided not to enroll the child and made it clear to you. You couldnât stand losing out on those few hundred bucks, so you called my brother-in-law, and spent more than ten minutes on the phone blaming my sister. You also complained about my nieceâs grades, like without you sheâd be lost. I wonder, my niece has been one of the top in the entire grade while she was in your classes. Howâs that bad? Let everyone judge whether Teacher Jia is being excessive in this matter."
"Yeah, whatâs the deal? If we enroll in your classes, do we have to stick with you forever? If we donât want to sign up, you pull a stunt like this. After this, who would dare enroll? We told you yesterday we wouldnât sign up anymore. Are you going to treat us like you did Sister-in-law Lin if we donât continue tomorrow?"
"Look at the tutor you hired! Next time, be careful. When looking for a tutor, you should not only consider their skill level but also their character. Isnât this annoying? Hiring a tutor and causing trouble like this."
"Exactly, didnât it also lead to a fight? Whatâs going on here, acting so brazenly in our compound? If she has a job, we should complain to the school about her."
"Sister-in-law Lin, why donât we go find her supervisor together?" Some people who couldnât bear to watch came over to show concern.
"Yes, letâs go talk to her supervisor." How can we let an outsider bully someone from our compound?
Lin Wan looked around at the growing crowd, most of whom were standing by her side. Lin Wan smiled to herself. Her cousin joined in, encouraging everyone to go to her supervisor.
Teacher Jia was anxious, with so many people criticizing her alone. She had to defend herself, "She hit me too. I slapped her once, and she slapped me twice. Plus, her brother secretly went to find my husband, shameless!"
"You hit me, and I didnât hit back? Unbelievable. Itâs nothing to slap you twice. Do you not know why I went to your husband? Everyone, hear me out: We hired her to tutor our child. We didnât want the child to be overwhelmed during the summer, as we already had other plans, including a trip to her uncleâs place. But when she heard about the summer break, she talked about how my daughterâs grades were poor, but I refused to comply. She was unwilling and called my husband at his office, and all she did was complain about me. I was angry about it. She was relentless, and complained to my husband with the intent of causing us to argue. I thought there must have been some misunderstanding, so I wanted to personally visit her to clear things up. Who knew she wasnât home, but her husband was, so I talked to him about it. Afterward, they ended up arguing with each other. She blamed it on me and accused me of seducing her husband." Lin Wan laughed twice, "Is your husband better than mine in any way? Do I need to seduce him? Is he more handsome than mine, or does he earn more? Iâd be out of my mind to seduce your husband."
"This teacher is really something. Whether people want tutoring is their own choice. Itâs not like money grows on trees. You tutor once and stick to it. Speaking ill of others just because they stop hiring you? Whoâd dare hire someone like that? And you accuse others of seducing your husband? Looks like youâre the one doing that.""
A random sister-in-law in the crowd spoke up, and her cousin quickly chimed in, "Exactly, I think when she called my brother-in-law the other day, she was trying to seduce him. How can someone like that be qualified to teach children? I wouldnât dare hire her."
Seeing the support, Lin Wanâs demeanor quickly hardened, and she deliberately acted furious, grabbing her hair and kicking her, "I tolerated you for so many days. If you hadnât gone too far today, I wouldnât have acted. Itâs not that I am unreasonable and hit you. If someone bullies us, and we donât fight back, that would make us cowards."
Lin Wan continued to fight with her while speaking. Lin Yuan watched for a moment and then deliberately started to pull them apart, advising her to calm down, but secretly pinching her several times. Many of those supposedly breaking up the fight had issues with Teacher Jia, saying they were breaking it up, but in reality, many were like Lin Yuan.
In the end, Teacher Jiaâs hair was a bit messy, and there were two slap marks on her face, but Lin Wanâs slaps were light, so it wasnât too noticeable after a while. But internally, there were still unpleasant feelings about the bruises.
Teacher Jia was beaten and left it at that. When Lin Wan left, she even said she would go find her supervisor. Some sister-in-laws also said they would go with her. That scared Teacher Jia. Since she was currently on suspended duty with pay, she barely made ends meet. If her supervisors found out she caused trouble with people in the compound, she would certainly face severe punishment. At that point, whether she could keep her position would be uncertain.
Teacher Jia could only swallow her anger and walked away with her head hung low. But this matter had blown up so much; it wasnât likely to end here. Lin Wan wasnât in the mood to deal with it at the moment, though. She left, her face burning with pain, and went back to Brother Junziâs place.
"She hits pretty hard. I just donât have as much strength as her. Although I slapped her twice, the marks on her face disappeared soon, unlike mine, which is still red." Lin Wan told the situation as she rolled an egg on her face when she and her cousin arrived at Brother Junziâs house.
"At the beginning, you should have let me get down there too. I wouldnât have given her a chance to strike." Lin Yuan said.
"I did it on purpose, I just didnât expect her to hit so hard."
"You canât let this go, sheâs strong-willed, you have to be even stronger. We canât let people bully us. This matter needs to be dealt with seriously." Junzi thought they should properly deal with this woman.
Lin Wan knew that Han Yi would definitely find out about this and handle it when the time came.
Her cousin checked on her sister-in-law, and with only just over a month, judging by the reaction, it was likely a boy. Her current weakness seemed to be due to not eating properly these past few days. Lin Yuan suggested eating small and frequent meals, focusing on foods she liked. If she threw up, she should continue eating; gradually, it would improve.
Junzi was reassured by this, though he wasnât much of a cook himself. Now that Tao Jia couldnât handle anything, he didnât know how to take care of her properly.
Lin Wan chuckled, "Why donât we let Godmother take care of Sister-in-law?"
"Thatâs a good idea. Iâll call Mom in a bit." Junzi thought this was a decent plan.
Tao Jia waved her hand and said, "Mom is helping Uncle run the store right now, where does she have time to come over? Besides, she hasnât been apart from Dad much, asking her to come for such a long time, Dad would definitely have opinions."
Junzi felt troubled when he heard this, "Thatâs true, Mom and Dad havenât been apart much."
Lin Wan also knew, them having lived together for most of their lives, suddenly separating them doesnât quite fit.
However, Brother Junzi said to let this matter slide and if it doesnât work, heâll learn to cook himself.
When Lin Wan heard this, she was a bit amused. Her godmother had said that Brother Junzi, at over thirty, had never cooked once. If he wanted to learn to cook, she was indeed curious.
At noon, Junzi didnât let the two leave but asked them to help guide him in making a few simple dishes.
Tao Jia said she wanted dumplings. Luckily, they had meat and vegetables at home, so Lin Wan asked Brother Junzi to make some chive and meat dumpling filling. He did a decent job chopping the filling, seasoning was fine too, but when wrapping them, he was clumsy; either too much filling or too little, never pinching them properly. The result was when he cooked them, they all fell apart.
Nonetheless, Tao Jia ate quite a lot today, which got Brother Junzi motivated. He said he wouldnât go to training today and would ask Tao Jia what she wanted for dinner, and he would personally make it for her.
Without them around, Lin Wan had no idea what kind of meal Brother Junzi would make. After Lin Wan and her cousin sister returned from Brother Junziâs place, it was already past two.
Originally at this hour, her husband should have gone to training, and their child should be at school. But as soon as she opened the door, she saw Han Yi sitting in the living room with a cold expression.
Lin Wan was taken aback, thinking that todayâs event had been known by the higher-ups and that Han Yi had been criticized.
"Ai Yi, is this really serious? But it was her who started it."
"Come here," Lin Wan said, and Han Yi still had no expression, maintaining a cold face as he called. Lin Wan thought the matter was quite serious; otherwise, Han Yi wouldnât be so angry.
Lin Wan quickly went over, sat beside him, and was about to apologize, but Han Yi directly lifted her chin to look closely, finally pointing at the still-red half of her face, "I heard you hit her too?"
Lin Wan hurriedly nodded, let out a noise, "She hit me first, I couldnât just let her hit me for nothing. Anyway, what did the higher-ups say?"
"The higher-ups didnât say anything, but I saw Teacher Jia today. She complained to me, saying you slapped her twice."
Lin Wan heard it wasnât the higher-ups shouting at Han Yi, but rather, Teacher Jia complained to Han Yi, and immediately got upset, let out a hum, "Youâre not trying to make trouble for me on her behalf, are you?"
"Humph, seems youâre quite domineering at home, but why do you get timid in front of others? Youâre really foolish, how did you let her hit you, also, your strength is too weak, I couldnât see any marks on her face, but look at yours, itâs been so long, and youâre still like this."
Lin Wan was a bit bewildered by Han Yiâs sudden string of words. She couldnât immediately grasp Han Yiâs meaning.
Then, Han Yi continued, "Starting tomorrow, follow me to run and do pull-ups."
"Ah...why?" Itâs been so many years, never once had Han Yi asked her to train with him daily.
"To build up strength, so you wonât lose out so easily next time."