"Teacher Huang, has this award been given to the wrong person?"
Xu Fan stood up, somewhat displeased.
It wasn't that he cared about the gold medal per se, but the first-place prize held extraordinary significance for Xiaoduo, and he could not just let the little girl be disappointed.
It was evident how the previously eager girl, now seeing someone else rush to claim the prize she deserved, had a face full of grievance.
If it hadn't been for Mu Qingyan comforting her at her side, she might have started wiping away tears by now.
But Teacher Huang seemed unconcerned with Xu Fan's question.
With an expressionless face, he adjusted his glasses and said, "Sir, I'm sorry. Although you were the first to cross the finish line, this event is, after all, a parent-child activity."
"The three of you do not qualify as a family, so I'm sorry, you're not eligible for the prize."
"..."
Hearing Teacher Huang's explanation, Xu Fan's face began to look somewhat unpleasant.
Indeed, he and Mu Qingyan, strictly speaking, were not a family, but as a teacher, didn't she understand how much harm her current actions would cause to the child's heart?
"How can you say that we aren't a family?"
Xu Fan said with a stern face, his stubborn temper flaring up. He wouldn't let Xiaoduo miss out on this award today; he wasn't ready to let this go just yet.
"Is that even a question?"
Before Teacher Huang could explain, Director Niu yelled out.
He wrapped his arms around his wife, smiling at Xu Fan and said, "Brother, as far as I know, Mu Xiaoduo is from a single-parent family, with no dad, right?"
"At most, you could be considered a lover, obviously not a family in the strict sense. Haha, also, brother, good taste, huh?"
Director Niu finished with a smile, greedily glancing at Mu Qingyan, though with his wife right beside him, he didn't reveal too much.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Seeing people around looking at her with strange eyes, Mu Qingyan was so angry that her shoulders trembled!
She was well aware of what those people were thinking at the moment—most likely believing she couldn't stand loneliness and thus had found Xu Fan.
She angrily stood up, eager to argue.
"Qingyan, don't talk."
But before she could say anything, Xu Fan blocked her.
He knew very well how aggrieved a woman, who had maintained her integrity for years, must feel being judged with such eyes.
But at such a time, as a man, he couldn't let a woman stand up for them.
Xu Fan walked silently towards Director Niu. Perhaps it was because of his nouveau riche background, that the man was so unguarded in his speech?
"Director Niu, don't you feel it's shameless that your kid should win this prize?"
"What a joke! Shameless? Today's event is sponsored by me. If I let my son win several first places, how is that shameless?"
Hearing what Xu Fan said, Director Niu immediately retorted defiantly.
He consciously shook the gold Rolex on his wrist and snorted proudly, "Brother, if you can't handle it, just suck it up, understand?"
Director Niu didn't feel there was anything shameful about it, and proudly revealed the truth. Teacher Huang, standing nearby, kept a stern face, probably cursing Director Niu as an idiot internally.
"Haha, no wonder..."
Xu Fan glanced at Teacher Huang dispassionately and let out a cold laugh.
He suddenly understood why Teacher Huang was adamant about giving the first place to Director Niu's son.
After all, he was the financier.
At that moment, after giving a glance to the domineering Boss Niu, Xu Fan shifted his gaze toward the completely confused children nearby.
"Parents, next, please cover your children's eyes."
"Boss Niu, I'm sorry…"
Having said that, Xu Fan took a deep breath and looked towards Boss Niu.
Boss Niu chuckled, thinking this guy sure knows how to play.
"Hehe, brother, as long as you understand, in this society, money speaks…"
Smack!
Before Boss Niu could fully impart his life philosophy to Xu Fan, Xu Fan raised his hand and delivered a fierce slap directly onto his fatty face!
With a crisp smack, Boss Niu started yelling as he was slapped, his body rolling over several meters like a cartwheel.
Xu Fan shook his slightly sore hand and indifferently looked over at Boss Niu who was rolling on the ground.
"Sorry, I'm the type who can't hold back."
With so many kids around, he was initially concerned about setting a bad example by taking action, but Xu Fan just couldn't help it and slapped this unbearable guy across the face.
Subconsciously looking to the side, he saw all the parents covering their children's eyes and he sighed in relief, muttering apologies.
"Are you freaking sick! Why did you hit my husband!"
Seeing Boss Niu getting beaten, his wife, furious, charged up and began to curse at Mu Qingyan nearby.
"You hare, no wonder your child is mute, choosing such a man, you freaking deserve it!"
Like they say, birds of a feather flock together; this woman truly resembled a shrew right now. Xu Fan, slightly headache from this, shook his head and said, "Sorry, everyone keep covering."
As soon as he spoke, Xu Fan raised his hand and delivered another slap.
Although the woman was dressed expensively, her body wasn't particularly sturdy, and she immediately rolled away under the force of Xu Fan's slap.
Xu Fan rubbed his hand and said, "I'm usually a good man who doesn't hit women, but facing a shrew like you, I'm really helpless."
The area around the scene was eerily silent, Xu Fan, with one slap to a kid, instantly brought Boss Niu and his wife to their knees on the ground, and the parents looked at Xu Fan, internally exclaiming his audacity.
You should know, Boss Niu isn't an ordinary person, absolutely a tycoon. This young man is probably in for trouble later.
"Sir, how could you hit someone? Stop immediately! Otherwise, I may have to call the police!"
It was only then that Teacher Huang reacted, boldly stepping forward, hoping to intimidate Xu Fan with the phone in her hand.
Xu Fan glanced at her coolly and hummed, "If you don't want to get hit, behave yourself."
"You!"
Teacher Huang, angered till her face went red, thought of Xu Fan's recent slaps and immediately backed away, scared.
Watching her sneakily fiddling with her phone, she was probably calling the police by now.
Xu Fan couldn't be bothered to care about her. He walked over to Boss Niu, stepped on his chest, and straightaway pushed him back to the ground just as he was about to get up.
Bending over, he asked with a smile, "Brother, did that slap hurt?"
"You…"
Boss Niu wanted to explode in anger, but at that moment, being stepped on the ground like a grandson, his face turning red, he literally couldn't utter a word.
Xu Fan, watching him cowered, hummed continuously, "Can't take it? Just hold it in."
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