I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 635: One Mistake After Another

Chapter 635: Chapter 635: One Mistake After Another

Family members’ job issues were considered trivial matters to Fan Huang, and he usually didn’t meddle in them.

However, since Suizi brought it up, Fan Huang took it to heart.

While he didn’t promise anything to Suizi, when he got back, he still had someone check into Fan Lili’s performance at her workplace.

Two days later, Chen Lijun was strolling around in Fan Huang’s courtyard, and noticed him sitting alone under a tree, playing chess against himself.

"Feeling down?" Chen Lijun sat across from him, glanced at the chessboard. It was set up for a losing game—the kind he played when he was stressed.

This man rarely showed any extreme expression. If you wanted to guess his thoughts, you had to pay attention to the minute details.

Fan Huang said nothing but reset the pieces for another round, intending to play a game with her.

After walking a few steps, Fan’s mother came in leading the sobbing Fan Lili. Upon seeing them, Chen Lijun finally understood why his mood was so low.

"Fan Huang! Explain to me! Why did you transfer Lili from the kindergarten?"

As soon as Fan’s mother entered the courtyard and saw that Chen Lijun was also present, her anger flared even more.

"Uncle, what did I do to offend you, why are you treating me like this..." Fan Lili began crying as soon as she entered the courtyard.

Fan Huang glanced at her, his lips pursed in disapproval.

"Was she the one who instigated you?! Just because Lili sneaked a few glances at her son-in-law, she wants Lili to lose her job? That bastard messed up my hair last time and I haven’t even settled the score with him yet!"

With Chen Lijun’s eyebrows raised, she realized that it was, indeed, her son-in-law who had messed up Fan’s mother’s hair, no wonder it looked so uniquely styled—This young man Jingting has such a great aesthetic sense.

"Her transfer has nothing to do with Lijun."

Fan Huang pulled out two pieces of paper from under the chessboard, handed them to Fan’s mother.

As Fan’s mother looked at the documents, a combination of text and photos, her brow knitted tightly.

"So, she’s killed a couple of kittens and puppies. Lili didn’t do it intentionally."

The photos were of several dead kittens, their fur all wet. They had been scalded to death.

The photos were taken by the director of the kindergarten, stating that Fan Lili had scalded stray cats with boiling water to scare off some misbehaving kids during her working hours.

"There are stray cats and dogs everywhere. What’s the big deal if one or two of them die? You want Lili to lose her job over such a trivial thing?"

"Uncle, I really didn’t mean to, it’s these damn cats that wanted to attack the children I was looking after, I was trying to protect the kids..." Fan Lili was crying so hard that she was having difficulty catching her breath, looking utterly pitiful and victimized.

Suizi heard this conversation over the courtyard wall and it sent chills down her spine.

Suizi had come over to borrow books from her father’s study. She hadn’t expected to witness this scene, and the chilling realization settled into her heart.

"Protect the children? Can you tell me, how much threat could a month-old kitten pose?"

For once, Fan Huang’s tone was unusually harsh. When he got angry, he could be quite intimidating. Fan Lili, frightened by her uncle’s outbreak of temper, retreated behind Fan’s mother, not daring to say another word.

"Fan Huang, don’t go overboard! You’re making a big deal out of a minor issue over a couple of dead cats and dogs!" Fan’s mother defended her granddaughter, giving her a reassuring pat, "Look at what you’ve done to Lili!"

"She has no reverence for life. Today she can scald kittens to death, who’s to say she won’t harm children tomorrow? Several children in her class were traumatized by her antics. Their parents went to the director, who had to suppress the matter under pressure from our family."

If not for his investigation, Fan Huang would never have imagined that his admittedly non-deft niece could be so reckless and cruel.

No wonder Suizi had warned him. Let someone with such a heartless nature work in a kindergarten? Isn’t that harming others’ children?

"You said it yourself, the director suppressed the matter, so it’s over, isn’t it? If her workplace isn’t pursuing this, why are you being such a stickler? Lili just killed a couple of kittens, but you’re acting as though she has committed the most heinous crimes."

Fan’s mother felt that her granddaughter’s actions were only slightly inappropriate, barely worth mentioning, and thus equivalent to having done nothing wrong.

She couldn’t understand why her son got so angry over such trivial matters.

"She was not fired, just transferred. We have already shown her lenience." As his mother remained obstinate, Fan Huang became even more resolute to rectify this situation.

It is precisely because of these old people who unconditionally shield their wrongdoings that the younger generations became more and more unrestrained.

"Grandma! I don’t want to go to the zoo! I don’t want to feed tigers! I’ll be bitten to death!" Seeing that Fan Huang was determined for the job transfer, Fan Lili, crying, shook Fan’s mother’s arm.

"Ahem!" Chen Lijun couldn’t help laughing.

Fan Huang, this old man, was truly mischievous.

After Fan Lili abused the kittens, he got her a ’big cat’ to look after, really knowing how to pick a place.

He actually had Fan Lili transferred to the zoo to look after tigers!

"I instructed the zoo not to let her handle food. She won’t get a chance to harm the tigers or their cubs."

"Grandma save me! I’ll be bitten to death!"

"Fan Huang, if you still consider me as your mother, you’d transfer Lili back! Even if you don’t let her look after the children, you could switch her to a less strenuous job. A girl working with tigers... wouldn’t that tarnish our family’s reputation if word gets out?"

"The transfer order has already been issued." Fan Huang stood up as he finished his sentence, not caring about his mother’s reaction, and started heading inside.

Fan’s mother, who had nowhere to vent her anger, saw Chen Lijun also starting to leave, and loudly ordered:

"You stop right there!"

Chen Lijun stopped, and Fan’s mother stepped up and slapped her across the face!

Hearing the unusual sound, Suizi sprinted towards the courtyard. Seeing her mother covering her face instantly enlightened her about what had transpired.

"Why did you hit my mom?" Suizi’s temper flared. Even though Fan Huang rushed over, he was a step too slow. Seeing Chen Lijun covering her face, his eyes darkened immediately.

"What was that for? I gave the order. Why did you hit Lijun?"

"Huh! You don’t even call me ’mother’ anymore for the sake of this vixen. I slapped her because it should be done. If she hadn’t been whispering in your ear, confusing you, how could you have disregarded everyone’s objections and done things that dishonor our ancestors?"

"The ancestors of your family have wilted and perished, standing on the opposing side of the people? Everything my dad does is for the greater good, how come that dishonors our ancestors?"

Seeing her mother being hit stirred up Suizi’s fighting spirit.

"Suizi, come here." Chen Lijun didn’t want her daughter to get involved as she knew Fan’s mother was not a generous person.

But Suizi ignored her as though she hadn’t heard it, and continued to confront Fan’s mother

"He had a car accident a while ago, and you didn’t check up on his condition. Even a stepmother takes better care of her children than you, which is your first mistake. My dad and my mom are in love. You keep calling her a vixen, showing no respect for his choices, this is your second mistake. You fail to manage your subordinates, allowing your younger generation to run amok and commit crimes, this is your third mistake. Broadly speaking, you are letting down the party and the people, and from a narrow perspective, you are failing your ancestors. With such a warped set of values, what can you use to sustain the future of a family?"

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