I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 311: The World is Cold and People are Cruel

Chapter 311: Chapter 311: The World is Cold and People are Cruel

After Suizi finished speaking, unlike usual, she didn’t delegate tasks to all, she just sat in Wang Mengmeng’s seat.

The room fell silent.

Getting caught talking behind the boss’s back was a massive social faux pas for everyone.

Wang Mengmeng thought Suizi was settling accounts with her, so she hastened to speak:

"It wasn’t me who brought up this issue. They were simply curious, and I just chimed into their conversation."

Everyone: ... seriously?

Clearly, Wang Mengmeng was the one who led the conversation. But with her comment, she turned out to be "innocent".

"Oh?" Suizi raised an eyebrow.

"Director, I’ve been with you since the school was established. We share a deep bond of mutual support, I’m not the type to doubt you!"

Everyone nearly tossed their cookies.

They finally witnessed what ’saying one thing and doing another’ truly meant.

"This enamel cup is pretty heavy—about two taels?" Suizi picked up Wang Mengmeng’s cup and weighed it in her hand.

Everyone turned to Wang Mengmeng again. Wasn’t this the director’s indirect way of reminding her of her boast about eating a cup?

Wang Mengmeng’s audacity once again surpassed everyone’s expectations:

"Everyone was speculating that the principal’s disappearance was related to you. If I didn’t agree, they would ostracize me."

"My God, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning when you step outside?"

Xiaoli shivered at her brazen audacity.

"Director, what exactly is going on with the Principal? Has he run away from home or has something happened to him? It’s been so long, shouldn’t we get a response from the higher-ups?"

Zhang Yue’e spoke.

Among everyone in the room, she was the least likely to believe that Suizi would seize power and harm others, and she was also the least cunning. Her honest words seemed quite candid.

But in Wang Mengmeng’s ear, it was the best chance to exonerate herself.

Wang Mengmeng grasped Zhang Yue’e’s sleeve.

"Look Director! It’s her, and others too, who keep hounding about the principal’s issue, you heard it yourself!"

She was determined to pull others down with her if she was going down, Wang Mengmeng believed in the principle of she cannot be blamed if there are many involved.

"Let go of me!" Zhang Yue’e shoved her away, patting her sleeve disdainfully.

A sleeve touched by such a scoundrel felt dirty.

"Director, please don’t blame Yue’e. She is giving you such a hard time even now, she is really thoughtless!"

The skill of Wang Mengmeng to distort facts had always been unparalleled. In front of a leader like the Principal who couldn’t discern things clearly, the real victim was an honest person like Yue’e.

But Suizi was always a discerning person. She gave a faint smile while watching Wang Mengmeng jumping around frantically.

"It’s perfectly normal for Yue’e to inquire about the Principal. Why do you think she is pressuring me?"

Suizi gently put down her cup, the crisp sound made Wang Mengmeng shudder.

The intimidating presence without a hint of anger, that was Suizi’s way.

"Wang Mengmeng, there’s a saying that goes like this, ’what you see in the world depends on what’s in your heart.’ If your heart is upright, the world seems that way too. Conversely, if your heart is tainted, you believe others are just like you."

Zhang Yue’e nodded vigorously. Yes, Suizi was speaking her mind!

Having a sensible leader was truly a blessing.

"What do you mean I am tainted? The principal, such a big man, vanished in thin air. Is it weird for everyone to have some doubts?"

Wang Mengmeng bristled at Suizi’s remark.

"I, Wang Mengmeng, haven’t done anything guilty, I’ve got nothing to be afraid of—"

"So you just always pop into the Principal’s office to discuss work?" Xiaoli chimed in.

The new employee maintained her dumbfounded expression. Oh my, she had learned so many new things this morning; she needed some time to digest all this...

"Why do you care what I do! If the principal continues to be missing, it’s not out of the question to suspect murder. When I ask the police, we’ll see who gets anxious!"

Wang Mengmeng was also unwilling to continue pretending after being talked about like this by everyone. She tore her mask off and decided to bring Suizi down at the cost of tarnishing her own image—

"Oh my God!" Wang Mengmeng jumped up in surprise.

The Principal and Zhang Dashan walked in.

The Principal’s eyes were still bruised, scratch marks on his neck, and palm prints on Zhang Dashan’s face.

Suizi squinted her eyes, it seemed like this couple had been fighting quite a lot lately.

"Principal, why, you’re not dead?!" Wang Mengmeng was scared out of her wits, thinking she was seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

She sneakily looked at the floor. Thankfully, there were still shadows.

"You’re alive and well, so how could we die?!" Zhang Dashan glared at Wang Mengmeng.

He had heard everything. Damn vixen!

"Sister Zhang, long time no see." Suizi stood up, and Zhang Dashan greeted her with a happy smile.

As she held Suizi’s hand, her affection made it seem like they were sisters.

"Sister Suizi, we really tired you out while we were visiting our hometown. You took great care of the school for us. I brought you lots of local specialties, come, let’s take a look."

Everyone was dumbfounded. So, the rumors that the Principal was silenced by Suizi and her husband were totally unfounded?

"Principal....they all said that you were dead, and sister-in-law too, sob, it’s so good to see you guys."

Wang Mengmeng slapped her thigh, forcing tears to well up.

"Here, eat slowly!" Suizi pushed the cup in front of Wang Mengmeng.

The tears that Wang Mengmeng had squeezed out were held back.

...

The Principal returned, and everything went back to normal, like nothing had happened. Business as usual.

Suizi particularly admired this couple.

If she were in their shoes, she would not have the face to continue working in the school after such a scandal.

"You will never be like him. A bird needs its feathers to survive. A man who lacks a sense of shame is invincible. As long as he doesn’t feel embarrassed, the embarrassment falls on others."

Yu Jingting made a precise comment.

Suizi nodded, indeed.

A person with dignity wouldn’t do the things the Principal did.

"Now that I can take maternity leave again, let’s go to Beijing to visit my mom?" Suizi asked.

Yu Jingting paused in the middle of cracking a walnut, staring at her growing "melon."

"Are we bringing this along?"

Suizi chuckled awkwardly, it seemed a bit inconvenient.

"I’m bored at home and I don’t want to go to school..."

Zhang Dashan saw Suizi and behaved as if she was his own sister, regardless of whether Suizi was willing, she dragged Suizi into small talk.

Suizi wasn’t too fond of chatting with unfamiliar people, especially forced small talk.

"Go visit Auntie Three. Listen to her playing the piano. It’ll be good prenatal education."

Suizi curled her lip.

She didn’t really want to go either.

Pianists spend half their time practicing scales, it’s unpleasant and tedious.

"Sister-in-law, look! Even you aren’t willing to listen to practice pieces, yet you force me to play so much every day! Do you think composers like Beyer Cherney write practice pieces with their toes, with their twisted minds just wanting to make us young pianists suffer?"

Jiaojiao, who was doing her homework, immediately butted in.

"Do your homework! Discuss this once you’ve become a composer!" Yu Jingting kicks Jiaojiao’s seat.

Actually, he thinks the same way. But who made him an adult?

Some words said by adults are perfectly fine, but when said by children, they seem rude or disrespectful.

Just as Suizi was getting bored with no work to do, trouble came