"Am I right, sir?" Jiang Yuyan asked as she looked at the principal.
The principal didn’t want to punish the kids in this way, but he had nothing to say as those two women dug the grave for their own kids, so he nodded lightly.
Jiang Yuyan looked around the room, "Can we get the ruler or a thick stick will do too which won’t break even after smacking the hands a hundred times?"
It scared the two women and their kids while the principal asked the person of the school staff to bring the stick.
One woman tried to say something. "Mrs. Lu...."
"Don’t worry, everything would be fine once you punish your kids. Currently, they have lost their minds because of their overbearing mothers, so it’s our job to fix lost minds. Isn’t it? Jiang Yuyan asked sarcastically by interrupting the woman.
Jiang Yuyan was not in a mood to go soft on these arrogant women and she could see why these kids were like this. ’Lost mind’- This is what they talked about Lu Lijun and now it was time to show who had lost it and who was the reason.
"They haven’t kneeled yet," Jiang Yuyan commented.
Two women looked at their kids helplessly and instructed them to do so. The two boys looked at Lu Lijun and Jiang Yuyan apologetically as if they were saying let us go, we are sorry.
Jiang Yuyan looked at the boys, "Don’t be so scared. This pretty woman in front of you felt worried about your upbringing once I watched the video, so I just want to help you to be a good person. Trust me, it won’t hurt much and your hands would be fine in just a few weeks."
"We are sorry. We won’t do it again. Please forgive us," two boys pleaded.
There was no change in Jiang Yuyan’s expressions so the mother’s pleaded too. "We are sorry, Mrs. Lu. please forgive our kids this time and we promise they won’t do it again," the one woman said and the other one added, "We are really sorry and apologize for what our kids did."
"I know you people are sorry but if just saying sorry was the solution, then there wouldn’t be a thing called punishment. Let’s get over with it quickly," Jiang Yuyan said, ignoring their sullen faces.
Just then the staff member came and brought the stick. He put it on the table and left.
Looking at the thick and sturdy stick, the boys and their mother’s eyes left open wide while Jiang Yuyan had different thoughts.
"Oh. It looks nice, so tough and it will hurt nicely but there is a problem. We have only one stick," Saying, she looked at the principal who was silent as his students were going to get punished badly in front of his eyes.
"I will ask to bring one more," said the principal.
"No need, we can use just this one." Jiang Yuyan looked at the two boys, "So tell us who would like to go for the punishment first as we have only one stick."
Hearing both mothers felt bad for their kids, "Mrs. Lu, we can’t....."
"Don’t worry. I am asking because I am not experienced with such punishments as I am not a mother. As you are proud mothers and must have beaten up your kids before, I am just asking for the suggestion. If fifty is not enough, we can make it more. I am totally fine with learning it from you."
One by one, Jiang Yuyan was reminding them how these two mocked her with their words a while ago and those two women had nothing to say.
When these people were talking, the principal and Lu Lijun both were silent while Xiao Min was witnessing how his wicked boss was playing with those people. He was amazed at how his boss has different ways to deal with different people. He was sure, she definitely won’t punish the boys so brutally but the way she talked, he had a doubt if she would do it for real.
Both boys and their mothers had goosebumps on their bodies. The boys kneeled down immediately and apologized again.
"Please forgive us, elder sister. We won’t do it again ever and we won’t ever bully Lu Lijun." Tears started to roll down from their eyes and their mother’s eyes turned teary too.
"Please Mrs. Lu. Forgive us and our kids. We went overboard while talking to you but now we realized our mistake. Please forgive our kids," one woman pleaded as she couldn’t hold back her tears.
"We will make sure to teach them properly and we promise they won’t do it ever again," the other woman added as she too started crying.
Jiang Yuyan looked at the Principal as she asked, "What do you think, sir?"
The principal replied, "Firstly, I am sorry, Mrs. Lu that something like this happened with Lu Lijun and these kids bullied him but we can be a little softer with them as it’s their first time and I will make sure it won’t happen again."
Seeing the principal on their side, the boys and their mothers felt somewhere relieved but they waited for what Jiang Yuyan would say as it depended only on her.
"Well, it’s a school and the decision of how to deal with the students is up to the teachers so I won’t meddle in it. I hope they will get punished according to the school’s rule," Jiang Yuyan proposed.
"Yes, they will get disciplinary action according to the school rules." Saying, the principal looked at two boys, "Both of you would clean the music room of the school once a week for a whole month. The room and every instrument would be clean perfectly and should be placed at the proper place."