Chapter 53: A pig or fish.

Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan finally realised that this was the cat their daughter had been talking about.

When it heard Grandpa Wú, it looked pitiful and sulky,

Ouyang Zihan saw this and started laughing.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to try and fight you, you just surprised me that's all. I thought you were going to attack my daughter."

Qin Qianyu's heart warmed, a newly pregnant woman came rushing in despite the dangers to herself or the baby just for her.

"I love you mum!"

Qin Qianyu spoke softly but full of emotion as she lunged herself at Ouyang Zihan's back and gripped her tightly from behind.

Meanwhile, Xi Susu had bumped into a board director for the city's school board. If Xi Susu wasn't here, he'd be the king in this city and the administration building his castle.

However, due to rank and position, Xi Susu out ranked him many folds, and her position was way out of his league.

He was only a small city director in charge of all the school's in the city, school board's.

Where as Xi Susu was the country's Minister of Education.

She wasn't based here, it was coincidental in nature that the reforms and curriculum of the Ministry were being implemented here first before rolling out to the other areas.

He approached Xi Susu and started flattering her from the onset.

Xi Susu wasn't a total idiot, she knew brown nosing ingrates as much as she knew the sun rose and set.

She just responded flatly to everything he said till the last sentence that left his mouth.

Her eyes narrowed and she replied to the director differently than she had done prior.

"Oh! This Dean really sounds like a capable fellow, I too am heading to that restaurant to meet my family for dinner, I'll follow along with you. I'll meet with this Dean alumnus of yours."

Xu Susu couldn't believe her luck. She was about to head to the Deans house to chastise him in private, but since he'd be out she may as well make it a public affair seeing that it'll come out into the public eye come the next school day.

Wen Wú Ling called her mother saying that Qin Qianyu had taken her parents home to try and ease their shocked emotions.

Xu Susu then told her daughter to stay in the city and meet her at the Royal Flamenco, it was a new hybrid restaurant that centred around fusion.

The chefs there fuse or inject Chinese dishes into westernised cuisine and vice versa.

"Can I bring a friend?"

"Oh! Didn't she go home already?"

"Ah no it's another one, her name's Lu Mingxi."

"Of course, let's all have dinner together after I've ripped into this shoddy Dean."

The call ended and Wen Wú Ling invited Lu Mingxi to dine with her and her mother.

Lu Mingxi agreed and the pair made their way over to the restaurant to wait for Xi Susu.

When the friends got there, a loud voice soon sounded out forcing people to look in a certain direction.

The voice belonged to Lu Mingxi herself, she had spotted the woman and daughter that had cursed out Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan on the street.

"Argh! It's that horrid woman and her hateful seed! . . Do they exist just to make life difficult? They're just like flies, coming and going, place to place, spitting out their vileness. Yet, what's worst is no matter how you shoo them away, they always come back!"

Wen Wú Ling thought this was perfect seeing that her mother was on the way,

"Xioaxi, it's time to make these people eat shit! Since mother is on the way, let's go give these guys a taste of our entrees before mother serves them their mains"

"Okay! I'm in! But no desserts! People like them don't deserve sweet things."

"Pfft! . . Sure! No desserts for them."

Wen Wú Ling smiled brightly. She couldn't get enough of the innocence of Lu Mingxi's mind with the words that come out of her mouth.

The mother and daughter duo were aghast as they heard Lu Mingxi's provocation

"Lu Mingxi! Is this how your parents raised you! You dare to insult others in public like this?"

The person that spoke was the Dean of her school Dean Zhao.

He had just gotten off a call from his good friend saying that he was bringing a guest to meet him, and that it was a really important big shot.

Dean Zhao guessed it when he asked if it was Minister Xi, to which the friend gave him his confirmation stating that she was in the car behind him heading to the same restaurant.

Dean Zhao had arrived moments before Lu Mingxi and Wen Wú Ling and was making his way over to the mother and daughter pair to tell them the news about Minister Xi.

"Dean Zhao, what are you saying? Are you saying that people shouldn't be cussed out in public? If so, please relay that onto these two standing before you."

Dean Zhao was confused for a moment, but stuck to his guns and continued to berate the teen girl only because these people were his friends family.

"I can see why Xiaoyu got a rough deal! You don't even know what's going on and don't care at all. Your damn investigative abilities into ALL things are like the hair on your head! . . . Nonexistent!"

Wen Wú Ling chimed in at that point, by then the two arguing parties had drawn a crowd of on lookers and rubberneckers.

"You . . Who are you!? Whose class to do you belong to!?"

"Me? . . I don't go to your school! If I did? You wouldn't dare be this facetious. Just so you know, I don't go to school."

Dean Zhao felt a headache coming on, it got worst when he saw his friend and Minister Xi walking towards them, no doubt they had heard what was being said.

Dean Zhao decided to play hardball with the two teens in front of him as a show of power in front of Minister Xi.

"Lu Mingxi you should go home now! And don't think I won't be telling your father you've been hanging out with no good scummy delinquents like her and Qin Qianyu. Because I'll be doing just that."

"You have a good head on your shoulders, but sadly, you're being brought down by immoral tramps and shameless miscreants."

Dean Zhao said as much as he watched Wen Wú Ling on the phone. Little did he know she was messaging her mother not to reveal their relationship just yet.

"What's going on here?"

"Don't worry Minister Xi, Dean Zhao will handle the situation, he's a really good guy when it comes to sorting out trouble makers. It's a pity that we're in the public eye, but still, those two will be in for it back at school."

Xi Susu cocked an eye at what the director just said.

"Oh! So this good friend of yours plans on going against my daughter and her friends does he?"

Xi Susu mused in her mind.

"Dean Zhao, you're in no position to point fingers! These two attacked and vilified my friends innocent parents! The wife is also with child but it didn't stop these two from spouting their vile nonsense. I'll say it to them again, since you had the nerve to do such a thing you must have proof to back up your claims! I have proof to say otherwise! I'll be laying a complaint on behalf of my friends family and will be suing you both! As well as you Dean Zhao! Since it's your inadequacy that's led to all this!"

Lu Mingxi was furious at this point and let rip with a tirade directed at the three of them.

"Me too, I was so sicken by what I witnessed, I'll be following suit with Xiaoxi!"

Wen Wú Ling proclaimed justly. Suddenly an even louder voice sounded out.

"Little girls should just stick to being little girls! Why try play adults!? Leave it to the adults!"

The Director had interjected at that point. He couldn't stand these two teens threatening his family and friend, especially in front of his BIG boss, Minister Xi.

"Well said!"

Xi Susu added flatly.

The Director was throughly overjoyed when he heard Xi Susu. To his ears, she was supporting his argument which gave him the courage to continue. As he eyed the two teens, he did just that!

"That girl and her parents are getting what they deserve! To think that those scums were living in a building I own! Too bad for them!"

"What do you mean!"

Lu Mingxi and Wen Wú Ling asked reservedly,

"Heh, I've kicked them out of their home, they don't deserve it! I'll let it out to more decent people!"

"You God Damn Pig!"

Lu Mingxi screamed loudly, both her eyes and nostrils flared. Wen Wú Ling got on the phone immediately to contact Qin Qianyu.

"Hold on! This seems to be getting out of hand now! So tell me! Are all of you talking about the schools forum post?"

"Minister Xi, I am Dean Zhao, it's just a small matter no need to get involved, this student and miscreant next to her are just blinded by their friendship with an ex wayward student."

"No Mr Zhao, it's a very big deal! It's also the reason I wanted to see you! Your alumnus here tells me you're a very good person, but all I've seen is a negligent buffoon!"

Dean Zhao, the Director and his family were stunned stupid.

This wasn't what they were expecting, but Xi Susu couldn't care less.

Xi Susu took a breath then laid it out bare for all to hear.

She started off with speaking about the op's identity, Liu Chen. She told them all how he had confessed to Qin Qianyu but she turned him down in lieu of studying.

Xi Susu then proved this by showing examples of her academics.

Then she debunked the photographic "proof" as a few random photos of the same car but all the stalking photos of Qin Qianyu.

Then the supposed sugar daddy. Xi Susu exposed him as a person from another city that had attacked Qin Qianyu and had been arrested and sentenced already for deviancy.

She followed it up promptly with the wanted and warning poster of Wen Wú Ping.

Then she dropped one of two bomb shells on their heads.

She had told them that Qin Qianyu had even qualified for SIC. Being academically inclined themselves they knew what this meant.

It meant that Qin Qianyu was a genius student, but now she had been expelled, Dean Zhao will become a laughingstock and the director also.

Even worst, he had sent an order out to evict her and her family out of the building he owned with his wife.

Then she dropped the second bomb shell of how the teen boy was even investigated by the county's top investigation team, PIT, and the findings of that and the recommendations they gave to local police.

To say that everyone was totally floored would be the understatement of the decade.

"Minister Xi, this, please allow me to make this right, I'll go and see Student Qin and her family right now . . "

"Huh!? And where are you going to find them? Your "good friend" has already kicked them out of their home! . . . Besides, Student Qin had already told you not to regret, or find her!"

"How . . "

Xi Susu didn't bother listening to his excuses, cutting off whatever it was he was about to say as she continued,

"On Monday, you'll present to the entire school during assembly and address the forum post and the ramifications to come for all those that had posted all these vile remakes against a genius student all because of a fairytale that you couldn't be damned looking into. Then you'll be announcing your resignation for being negligent in your duties. You will be stepping down from that day onwards as the schools Dean, we will be appointing a replacement in the interim."

Former Dean Zhao slumped onto the floor, he couldn't believe what was happening right at this very moment.

He looked angrily at his friends daughter, it had all started with her. She was the one that came to him pouting and going on about, how Qin Qianyu was being kept and so on even giving him an analysis of why she believed so.

Then the post came out and he started to believe in what the girl had initially told him about Qin Qianyu.

Yet, now,

"And you! You've gone and kicked them out of their home! One them a child, another pregnant and in an already stressful situation. Can you still be considered human!?"

"I . . I . . "

"I want a full report into all of this and it better have a thorough explanation into why and how a schools resource i.e the schools forum is now being used as a platform for vendettas than its original purpose! And how your "good friend" failed to follow the strict protocols set in place to deal with these type of situations and why it escalated to this point!"

"Since you seem to like being a landlord more than doing your actual job, I also expect your letter of resignation following the report you'll hand in."

"And all four of you can expect a letter from the lawyers regarding your collective actions made against an innocent family."

The Director's daughter shook, she was really scared and started to panic.

She shouted out loudly at Xi Susu making sure everyone could hear.

"They were just harmless words! Do you really need to take it this far! . . . Haven't you done enough!? You're a Minister! This is an abuse of your power!"

"You can shut you pig mouth! It's sickening to see it flapping like a fish!"

"Make up your mind! Am I a pig or a fish!?"

The Director's daughter exclaimed, she was getting angry and flustered and couldn't sort her words or thinking out when Wen Wú Ling had berated her.

Wen Wú Ling snorted and stated calmly,

"Pfft! . . Neither! . . . You're an idiot!"

" . . . "

Xi Susu scowled at the girl and didn't back down either,

"Harmless words? Your harmless words put a pregnant wife into an extremely stressful state and put the foetus in a dangerous situation needlessly! For your sake, I'd hope that nothing happens to the unborn child, else, can you still stand there and claim it was all harmless!?"

Xi Susu had enough now, she said all that needed to be said and more.

"Ling'er, Xiaoxi,"

"Yes Aunty?"

"Mother?"

The former Dean, and company felt even worst now, the two teens weren't unknown to Xi Susu, one called her Aunty, the other Mother.

"I called her daughter a miscreant!"

" . . . "

"You two, I wanted us to have a nice dinner here, but I think it's best we look for your friend and her family to ensure their safety."

"Thanks Aunty! Can we go now? I haven't been able to contact her, I'm worried."

"Me too, I'll keep trying! Mum, can you drive us to her house . . Ah . . Former house, they may still be in the area."

"Mhm, let's go,"

Xi Susu left the restaurant with the two teens, the former Dean and his associates just stood dumbfounded by what had transpired.

Unbeknownst to all of them, everything that had just happened was viewed by 100s of thousands of people live.

The person that gave them the front row seat to all of this was a popular foodie and live streamer.

He had been at the Royal Flamenco to stream himself eating the many fusion dishes they had and his first course had arrived.

The foodies delight show had just begun when Lu Mingxi and Wen Wú Ling entered leading to a new take on his stream, all his fusioned food had turned into popcorn as he watched from the sidelines.

Soon people started clipping the stream and posting it everywhere on the internet.

This was the beginnings of a soon to be ultra hit series and also former Dean Zhao's, the Director and his family's troubles.