The director looked helpless, with a look of grief and indignation.
"Mingxue, this matter—you are indeed more responsible. Now that you have injured six students, why don't you withdraw from school and go home to rest?"
Madam He crossed her arms and sneered, "Not withdraw, she must be expelled! And after expulsion, I will sue her for intentional injury! She hit six people, so we will sue all six families together!"
Qin He watched the dramatic scene unfold.
She patted the agitated Mingxue and stood up.
"Madam He wants to sue us?"
"You can also consider not suing, as long as you let your sister kneel down and kowtow to my daughter to apologize!"
Qin He raised her lips, her eyes holding ice shards, "Then how many kowtows will it take for you and your daughter to be appeased?"
"Kowtow until we are appeased," Madam He said with a wild laugh.
He Shuyan, holding her mother's arm, raised her chin.
A sly smile appeared on Qin He's face, "Madam He, your daughter's brain can easily implicate your whole family in disaster."
Clearly, she knew that she had provoked Mingxue by scolding Miss Qin, and then got beaten.
Now, she did not expect that by telling her mother the origin of the matter, she only wanted to vent her anger.
Qin He looked at He Shuyan's proud expression and chuckled. Perhaps He Shuyan did not just want to vent her anger; she was simply brainless!
Madam He, holding her daughter, sat down and snorted, "You can start kowtowing."
He Shuyan's group of close friends were all smug.
Qin He sighed, picked up her phone, and played the surveillance footage.
He Shuyan's voice was sharp, "That Qin He is a bitch. She is already a divorced woman abandoned by a man, yet she shamelessly seduces Shen Yilin. She doesn't even consider that she is three years older than Shen Yilin! I think when she gets old, she will be that kind of sexually insatiable old rich woman, sleeping with gigolos every day!"
Silence filled the air.
Madam He frowned and looked at the director.
The director looked at the screen, "You, how did you get this surveillance recording?"
Seeing He Shuyan suddenly lunge to grab her phone, Qin He pushed her aside.
Even though she was pregnant, dealing with such a weak and pampered spoiled young lady was still easy for her.
The video continued to play. Mingxue and Gu Ranran happened to pass by, heard the commotion, and immediately started arguing with He Shuyan.
Then, He Shuyan pointed her finger at Mingxue's face, "I am the eldest daughter of the He family, how dare you scold me?"
What followed was chaos, and Mingxue, angered by He Shuyan, resorted to violence.
Madam He was furious, "You hired someone to hack into the school's network?"
Qin He curled her lips, smiling faintly at Madam He, her eyes devoid of warmth.
After a minute of staring.
A flash of realization crossed Madam He's mind, and she suddenly fell silent.
Who was her daughter insulting in the video just now? Qin He?
In Qingcheng, there was no prominent family named Qin—
Madam He's face turned slightly pale, and she looked at Mingxue.
Before coming, she was fearless because there were no prominent families named Ming in Qingcheng.
She must be some girl from a remote small county who came to Qingcheng to study.
But now, her mind quickly connected the dots.
The Madam Qin of Qin Corporation was named Ming Yuzhu!
The Qin family of Qingcheng!
The Ming family of Haicheng!
Madam He's legs felt weak, and a chill spread to her fingertips.
Qin He nodded, "Madam He, have you figured it out? Then we can talk properly."
Madam He clutched her bag tightly.
He Shuyan had not yet realized what was happening. She had been holding her chin high, waiting for Mingxue to kowtow, but now she frowned.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Shut—up," Madam He lowered her voice.
He Shuyan's face turned pale.
The director, being astute and familiar with Qingcheng's prominent families, also realized what was going on.
"So it's the eldest daughter of Qin Corporation, Qin, my apologies—" the director said with a forced smile, "What happened with that person who went to retrieve the surveillance footage! I will definitely teach him a severe lesson later!"
Qin He was noncommittal. She didn't have time to deal with this director.
Qin He stared at Madam He, "Expel He Shuyan, and the other five students withdraw, otherwise we will have a good discussion in court."
Madam He clenched her fists.
Not to mention that Qin He had evidence proving that her daughter had provoked the incident first!
Even if Mingxue had beaten her daughter for no reason, their family would not dare to say a word!
The Ming family of Haicheng, combined with the Qin family of Qingcheng, already held up half of China's commercial empire!
The He family, in their eyes, was equivalent to a small workshop that could be crushed with a flick of a finger.
"Alright, I will arrange the withdrawal immediately," Madam He gritted her teeth.
"Mom, what are you talking about? Why should I withdraw from school!" He Shuyan became agitated.
Madam He was extremely annoyed. She was adept at flattering the powerful and stepping on the weak, and precisely because of this, she understood how terrifying the gap in power was.
"Shut up, do you want the He Group to be implicated by you?"
Qin He said coldly from the side, "I said expel He Shuyan."
The director, trying to salvage the situation, said, "He Shuyan, I trusted you too much. Without watching Miss Qin's video, I was truly deceived by you. How dare you bully the eldest daughter of the Ming family of Haicheng, aren't you afraid of angering the Ming family?"
The eldest daughter of the Ming family of Haicheng?
The Ming Xue who always wore sportswear?
He Shuyan's face turned pale, and her eyes widened in shock as she stared at Ming Xue.
Ming Xue crossed her arms, sat next to Qin He, and glared back coldly.
As the situation was resolved, the director was about to smooth things over when he saw a person standing by the window at the door.
Gu Qichen had watched the entire scene unfold and walked into the room.
He had originally planned to intervene if Qin He could not handle it, as Qin He was wary of him now and would not like him interfering in Qin family matters.
But—Gu Qichen thought of the video sent by Gu Ranran.
Madam He pointed at Qin He's nose and called her and her sister orphans—
A surge of ferocity welled up in his chest, and he entered the office with a detached expression.
The director and Madam He recognized Gu Qichen and fell silent in surprise.
The director reacted first and stepped forward, "Mr. Gu, why are you here?! Don't worry, Miss Gu is not injured, and no one will dare to hold her accountable!"
Gu Qichen walked to Gu Ranran's side and took the phone from his sister's hand.
He brought up the video.
Madam He and Qin He's conversation echoed in the room.
"Madam He wants to sue us?"
"You can also consider not suing, as long as you let your sister kneel down and kowtow to my daughter to apologize!"
"Then how many kowtows will it take for you and your daughter to be appeased?"
"Kowtow until we are appeased."
The scene fell silent, and Madam He's hand trembled slightly.
Gu Qichen returned the phone to Gu Ranran and observed his sister's face, "Are you injured?"
Gu Ranran was about to say no, but seeing her brother's calm gaze,
She "En"ed and extended her hand, revealing a small fingernail mark, "He Shuyan grabbed me!"
He Shuyan's eyes widened, and she shouted in disbelief, "You're lying, this—this was just grabbed!"