As expected.

"What? You were beaten by that wild kid?"

Lu Yanping took off her sunglasses and exaggeratedly shouted, "Just wait, I'll deal with that little brat today. How dare she hit my Tongtong? Who does she think she is!"

Lu Yanping roared angrily, ready to charge at Ye Youyou.

The little girl, terrified by the commotion, hurriedly hid behind Zhou Xiaolan, trembling.

Despite her earlier fierceness when fighting Zhu Tongtong, she was still just a four- or five-year-old child. Facing the rage of an adult, how could she not be afraid?

"Tongtong's mom, let's talk this through! They're just kids, and we can't resort to violence!" Zhou Xiaolan quickly stepped in to block her.

"Talk this through? My Tongtong was beaten by this little brat, and you want me to talk it through? I've never even been willing to lay a finger on my Tongtong, and now he's been kicked to the ground a thousand times by this little brat? And you want me to just talk it through?" Lu Yanping, enraged, completely ignored the setting and put on a full display of her shrewish nature.

Zhou Xiaolan was at a loss for words.

"A thousand kicks? Do you actually believe that nonsense about a thousand kicks, Tongtong's mom?" Zhou Xiaolan said. "Kids fighting is perfectly normal. It wasn't a thousand kicks, and Tongtong got into trouble because he insulted Youyou first!"

"So what if my Tongtong said a few things? That little brat should be grateful that my Tongtong even acknowledged her! How dare she hit my Tongtong! Just wait and see if I don't beat that wild thing to death!" Lu Yanping shrieked, her arms flailing.

"Tongtong's mom, Youyou is just a four- or five-year-old child! You're going way too far with your words!" Zhou Xiaolan, shielding Youyou tightly behind her, frowned.

"Are you determined to protect this little brat? If that's the case, don't blame me for coming at you too!" Lu Yanping yelled sharply, completely ignoring the onlookers' stares.

At this moment, a man stepped out of a nearby Mercedes-Benz. He was in his thirties, dressed in a suit, but his greasy demeanor was hard to miss.

"Enough already! Aren't you embarrassed?" Zhu Wen grabbed Lu Yanping and pulled her back.

"Embarrassed? What do you mean embarrassed? My Tongtong got hit, and as his mother, if I don't stand up for him, that's what's embarrassing! Let go, Zhu Wen! Let go!" she snapped, pointing at his hand gripping her arm.

"You've caused enough of a scene with all these people watching!" Zhu Wen said, pulling her behind him. He turned toward Zhou Xiaolan, but as his eyes fell on her alluring figure, he couldn't help but swallow hard, a glimmer of lust flashing in his eyes.

However, he didn't dare make a move on the assistant principal. "Ahem, Vice Principal Zhou, I'm sorry. It's nothing serious. Kids fighting is normal. Tongtong's mom is just overreacting. Sorry to make a scene," Zhu Wen said with an awkward, oily smile.

"Zhu Wen, who are you calling overreacting? My son was hit, and you're just going to smooth things over? What, Tongtong isn't even your kid anymore? Don't think I don't know—you're taking their side because you're lusting after that vixen of a woman!" Lu Yanping screamed. "Fine, if you won't stand up for Tongtong, I will! That brat is going to pay today!"

Ignoring everything, Lu Yanping broke free from Zhu Wen and lunged toward Ye Youyou, who was hiding behind Zhou Xiaolan.

But before she could reach her—

"Daddy!" Ye Youyou suddenly exclaimed in delight, running past Zhou Xiaolan toward a man in her line of sight.

"Good girl, Youyou," the man said, patting her head before stepping forward with her in tow. He stood in front of Lu Yanping.

"Who did you just call a brat? Who did you just call a vixen?" the man, Ye Chen, asked coldly, his face dark.

"You lowlife—how are you not dead from loan sharks or alcohol poisoning yet?" Lu Yanping sneered, recalling how Ye Chen had groveled for forgiveness after a drunken argument with her last year. She looked at him with disdain.

Ye Chen ignored her. "Answer me. Who did you call a brat? Who did you call a vixen?" he repeated, his voice icy.

"Oh? You want to intimidate me? Fine, I'll tell you! I called your daughter a brat and your fox-like wife a vixen! What are you going to do about it? Someone as pathetic as you probably gets cheated on all the time! There, I said it. Did you hear me? Should I say it again?" Lu Yanping puffed out her chest and glared at him.

Before she could finish, Ye Chen slapped her across the face.

The slap echoed loudly.

"Good job!" someone cheered from the crowd.

After all, her words had been too vicious, and her behavior detestable.

"You..." Lu Yanping was in disbelief that this man, usually spineless, dared to hit her.

Before she could continue, Ye Chen slapped her again.

"You—" PIA!

"I—" PIA!

PIA! PIA! One slap after another landed on her face.

The onlookers, including parents, children, and teachers, were stunned. But behind their shock, there was satisfaction.

"What a man!"

"Finally, someone put her in her place!"

Voices of approval rose among the crowd.

"Does it hurt? If it doesn't, I'll keep slapping you! And if it still doesn't, I'll keep going!" Ye Chen said coldly, looking at her swollen face with indifference.

"Zhu Wen, are you just going to stand there while your wife gets beaten? Do something, you coward! Do you have any idea how much my family did for you? You owe me, Zhu Wen! You owe my family!" Lu Yanping screamed, now turning her fury on Zhu Wen.

"Damn it!" Finally snapping out of his shock, Zhu Wen lunged at Ye Chen, swinging a fist toward his head.

But Ye Chen was faster.

He caught Zhu Wen's wrist in mid-air and squeezed hard.

"Ah! It hurts! Let go! Let go!" Zhu Wen howled in pain, his bravado collapsing into pitiful cries, drawing laughter from the onlookers.

"Is that all you've got?"

"Seriously?"

"Ye Chen, are you crazy? What are you doing?" A panicked voice suddenly rang out. Chen Yinuo, having just arrived at the kindergarten on her electric scooter, rushed over, her voice trembling with urgency and emotion.

She hadn't even parked her scooter properly before running toward Ye Chen, her eyes filled with tears.