Chapter 99: Prejudice
Upon hearing Mr. Liu’s words, Yiyi stood up directly and said, "Teacher, I did this homework very seriously."
"You call this serious? Look at this question, you’ve even misspelled English words. What were you thinking? Don’t think you can be proud just because you’ve improved in your other subjects. You’ve made no progress in English at all, it’s just as bad as before. It’s not that I want to target you, but you’re just not doing well enough."
Upon hearing this, Yiyi frowned directly.
From Mr. Liu’s eyes, she could clearly sense her disgust towards her. This person was simply nitpicking. Even if her English improvement was the smallest among these subjects, it was still much better than before. Yet she still said that, trying to undermine her confidence.
"Teacher, I’ve completed my English homework seriously. If there are mistakes, it’s truly because I wasn’t careful enough, but you shouldn’t say it like that. Shouldn’t you be encouraging students’ confidence?"
Hearing Yiyi’s words, Liu Ting was extremely angry.
"What, do you dare to question me? I’m doing this for your own good," she said and then threw the exercise book in front of Yiyi.
"Many students like you, who get a little success and become complacent, end up achieving nothing." After that, Liu Ting ignored Yiyi and walked up to the podium to start the class.
Yiyi looked at Liu Ting indifferently, picked up her exercise book, flipped through it, and then took out her notebook to listen carefully.
Arguing more with such a teacher was useless. She already had a bias against her, and no matter how well she did, she’d still find faults. So it’s better to ignore her, as long as she learns well.
Sitting in front of Yiyi, Le Ping turned back to look at Yiyi with a smile and whispered, "Mo Yiyi, make sure to be more careful next time, to avoid being criticized by Mr. Liu again."
Wang Qiong, sitting behind, also glanced at Yiyi, with a slight look of complacency in her eyes.
Fei Erya patted Yiyi on the shoulder and said, "Yiyi, don’t mind it, your progress is actually quite significant."
Fei Erya had noticed Yiyi’s progress, so she completely disagreed with Mr. Liu’s words. However, since they were accustomed to respecting teachers, she wouldn’t speak ill of Mr. Liu.
Though Yiyi didn’t take Liu Ting’s difficulties to heart, her originally good mood was spoiled. When she saw what was happening at home after school that evening, her bad mood worsened.
Outside the house, Old Mrs. Jiang was loudly scolding.
"Mo Xiaohong, come out right now. You were clearly our daughter-in-law, yet you took your daughter to live outside. What are you up to? Now that you have a good job at the food factory and live in town, have you forgotten about us, Jiang Family? You’re indeed a woman who despises the poor and loves the rich."
Some neighbors around were watching the scene.
Old Mrs. Jiang stepped forward, pointing at Old Mrs. Jiang, and said, "What are you talking about, old woman? I know Xiao Hong, she’s not at all the person you describe. Moreover, as far as I know, Xiao Hong is already divorced. What right do you, her former mother-in-law, have to come and accuse her?"
After hearing this, the expression of those around became somewhat better, and the critical comments also lessened.
Old Mrs. Jiang glanced at Old Mrs. Jiang and said, "Mind your own business, old hag. This is Jiang Family’s affair, none of your concern." Then she continued her tirade at the door.
At this moment, Ding Yuejun opened the door from inside. Seeing Old Mrs. Jiang, she was so angry that she trembled all over.
"You’re going too far, old woman. It was your family that wanted the divorce, and now you shamelessly come to blame Xiao Hong. How thick-skinned can you be? You guys..."
However, Old Mrs. Jiang was adept at arguing. She immediately interrupted Ding Yuejun’s words before she could finish, saying, "Xiao Hong and Hai Rong already have a child, and you, as the stepmother, not only don’t hope for their good but wish for their divorce. What are your intentions?"
At this point, the people around started pointing fingers at Ding Yuejun. So this person was Mo Xiaohong’s stepmother, which made people inevitably speculate.
Fei Erya had never seen such a scene, and for a moment, she was a bit stunned.
But Yiyi was infuriated, her face turned pale with anger. She stepped forward and pushed Old Mrs. Jiang, looking down at her, saying, "Your Jiang Family is truly shameless."
"You..."
This time, it was Yiyi who interrupted Old Mrs. Jiang, not giving her a chance to speak, and rattled off the matter between Jiang Huirong and Li Xue’er like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. In the end, she said, "Your own son was cuckolded without knowing, only to find out the truth after the divorce. What, are you regretting it now? I tell you, there’s no regret medicine in the world; my sister would never want someone like Jiang Huirong again."
Some neighbors who heard Yiyi’s words looked at Old Mrs. Jiang with meaningful expressions. So there was such backstory, no wonder Mo Xiaohong didn’t want to return; it was the Jiang Family who forced the divorce initially.
This said, the Jiang Family is indeed quite shameless.
Clearly, it was they who drove her away, but now they see the woman doing well and want to latch on. Where in the world is there such a good thing?
"Old woman, leave at once and don’t appear in front of Yiyi and them again, so as to avoid sullying their eyes." Old Mrs. Jiang, unable to contain her anger, stepped forward to say a word.
They had previously guessed that Ding Yuejun and Mo Xiaohong might both be divorced, and later it was confirmed to be true. They didn’t think much of it, but didn’t realize there was so much else going on.
Now she truly felt that it was good that Xiao Hong got a divorce. With someone like Old Mrs. Jiang, how good could Jiang Huirong and other Jiang Family members be?
Old Mrs. Jiang, being pointed at and talked about, suddenly lost some of her momentum. However, after all this time, she still hadn’t seen Mo Xiaohong and her daughter, so she continued to curse loudly.
Yiyi could no longer tolerate Old Mrs. Jiang causing trouble at the doorstep. She directly picked her up and walked her outside.
"What are you doing, let me go! I’m telling you, if anything happens to me, you’ll be sorry."
However, Yiyi didn’t pay any attention to Old Mrs. Jiang’s words and only after taking her far away did she return with Fei Erya.
Mo Xiaohong was sitting in the main room with Shanshan. Seeing them return, she quickly asked, "How is it? Did Old Mrs. Jiang leave?"
"Don’t worry, sister, she’s gone. But if she dares to come again next time, you should just curse her away. It’s Jiang Family’s fault in the first place, she has no right to blame you. You mustn’t weaken your own momentum."
Hearing Yiyi’s words, Mo Xiaohong nodded.
Ding Yuejun said somewhat helplessly, "Yiyi, your sister is also considering Shanshan, otherwise she would have gone out earlier."