Huo Mingshan today really witnessed the true nature of scoundrels and societal scum!
If the previous trespassing on campus and intimidating teachers and students were just debt collection tactics, then the unfounded accusations at the police station, maliciously shifting the bla, even turning the tables, was blatant filth! It could only prove those people had despicable character!
For the forr, Huo Mingshan admitted defeat. He made the first move to protect the students by hiding the debt, so it was normal for those people to direct their anger at him.
But for the latter, Huo Mingshan absolutely could not tolerate it!
In today’s world, such tricky people dared to fra others in front of the police! Instead, it was upright people like Huo Mingshan who had no way to defend themselves before the officials! Such an imbalance of justice was truly infuriating!
So afterward, Huo Mingshan kept pushing, shuttling between the hospital and school, determined to clear his na and to prove that those people had committed assault!
But after all the back and forth, in the end, he only got compensated 500 yuan for dical expenses, which left Huo Mingshan seething with anger!
Therefore, when Huo Feng ca to look for him and express concern, it only resulted in a tirade and complaints from him!
This was probably the first ti in many years that the Huo father and son had been so in harmony!
For the first ti, they stood on the sa side, with the sa temperant, discussing the sa plan, and henceforth, they were in the sa boat.
That evening, Huo Mingshan and Huo Feng talked surprisingly well.
The father and son sent WeChat ssages back and forth, chatting until half past midnight!
Late into the conversation, Huo Feng asked Huo Mingshan, who had leaked this matter to Pu Sangzhi?
Huo Mingshan didn’t actually know.
Because when he left the classroom earlier, Huo Mingshan had specifically instructed all the students not to ntion this distressing matter to Pu Sangzhi; it would be better for everyone to deal with it internally.
The students had all agreed at the ti, and not a word was ntioned in the class group chat.
Sohow, the news still leaked to Pu Sangzhi.
But since it was already out, there was nothing that could be done.
The incident hadn’t had a significant impact and was resolved appropriately, so they guessed that even if Pu Sangzhi knew about it, she probably wouldn’t worry too much.
Aside from feeling upset about the events of this evening, Huo Feng did have an unexpected gain...
Because after they said goodbye, they sent him an extra ssage: "Your performance today was not bad. At least, it made feel like the judo and Sanda class fees over the years weren’t a waste. However, it’s still better to fight less in the future. Martial strength is indeed useful, but it should be applied in the right place."
Although half of that sentence was nonsense, the other half pleased Huo Feng imnsely.
After all these years, Old Huo was finally admitting that he was good at fighting! That was significant progress!
Just for tonight, Huo Feng found Old Huo quite endearing.
However, before going to bed, Huo Feng rembered that Pu Sangzhi hadn’t given him his ID card today.
He quickly sent a WeChat ssage to Pu Sangzhi, urging her to send him his ID card as soon as possible as he needed to book his train tickets.
This ssage, Pu Sangzhi did not reply to later.
...
The next day, the matter of the bad people intruding into the school to collect debts spread throughout the school.
Another piece of news that burst forth was Huo Mingshan’s middle-aged baldness incident!
For Huo Mingshan, this was the most terrible aftermath...
As soon as he got up in the morning, wherever he went, as long as he encountered teachers and students who recognized him, everyone would stare at his forehead!
So many piercing gazes on Huo Mingshan’s head gave him the illusion that everyone wanted to lift off the toupee on his head to see the truth...
Such scrutiny of his appearance was truly embarrassing!
Huo Mingshan had rely walked along the campus path when he felt like he had lost all face, extrely uncomfortable!
When he arrived to teach class 2 (1), the whole class’s gaze was also fixed on his head!
Thus, Huo Mingshan endured almost torturously through teaching the class for a whole period.
With 5 minutes left until the end of class, he could no longer endure the agonizing feelings and spontaneously brought up the issue to the students, "You’re all very curious about my head, aren’t you?"
With his question, the students in the class imdiately shook their heads.
Even though they shook their heads as if they were playing rattles, Huo Mingshan did not believe their reactions!
"I don’t believe you’re not curious!"
Huo Mingshan tossed the chalk in his hand into the chalk box, dusted off his hands covered in chalk dust, and said, "Speaking of it, I’m not afraid of your laughter, but my head started shedding hair massively two years ago. At that ti, I tried all sorts of shampoos, hair tonics, and even black sesa paste, rubbing ginger on my scalp... all sorts of thods, but nothing could save the hair that was falling out in clumps. As you can see, I actually beca bald like this two years ago. The reason I’ve been wearing a wig is to look younger. I’m really not that old!"
Facing the students in his own class, Huo Mingshan was a bit more casual and simply ca out with it.
Actually, he had no choice but to tell them...
He needed to give them an explanation; otherwise, everyone staring at his bald head would make him even more self-conscious.
After hearing what he had to say, the class fell silent, with no one objecting, questioning, or mocking him.
Their reaction, however, did give Huo Mingshan so respect.
With that, Huo Mingshan felt much better inside and said, "You’re still young and don’t understand the pressures on a man. When I was young, I had a full head of hair too. After my son was born, different kinds of pressures ca flooding in. Life, family, career, education... all sorts, pressures from everywhere. To bear these pressures, there’s always a price to pay, so gradually my head started to cool off. You guys can laugh if you want, and it doesn’t matter if you laugh behind my back. But in front of the teacher, you should still give so respect. No more disrespectful looks from now on."
"Understood!"
The class president Wu Beilei led the response.
Then, the rest of the class nodded in agreent, saying, "Understood!"
Huo Mingshan waved his hand, "If you respect your teacher, then when you’re out and about and hear others talking about the teacher, it would be great if you could say a few words in defense. But clearly, you don’t respect your teacher that much, otherwise, the incident with the teacher’s wig falling off wouldn’t have spread yesterday."
"Teacher, we definitely didn’t spread it!"
Class president Wu Beilei quickly spoke up to clear the air, "There were students from Class 7 in this classroom yesterday, not just our class! A lot of Class 7 ca to watch the excitent, they must be the ones who spread it!"
"Yes, teacher!"
The other students in the class hurriedly chid in.
Although that’s what they said, in reality, the entire class had indeed been secretly gossiping and laughing at Huo Mingshan’s receding hairline the night before.
Until this morning, the students were still snickering to themselves while staring at Huo Mingshan’s wig.
However, the entire class hadn’t expected Huo Mingshan to outright admit it.
From the mont Huo Mingshan candidly acknowledged it, the students began to feel guilty and quickly made excuses for themselves!
Sotis honesty is respected, while hiding and skulking only leads to ridicule.
"Then the teacher believes that you didn’t spread this matter."
Huo Mingshan raised his hand and said, "I hope you won’t laugh at the teacher’s hair in the future. Soday, if you get the chance to et the teacher’s son, you’ll understand why I turned out this way."
The class president Wu Beilei took the lead in responding, "Okay, teacher! If we get the chance to et your son, we’ll definitely teach him a lesson for you!"
The whole class echoed in agreent: "Right! We’ll help you discipline the naughty kid!"
With such a group of students who felt for him, Huo Mingshan felt deeply comforted, "Thanks a lot, thanks."
Thus, Huo Mingshan had finally managed to deal with his students.
But once the class was over and he returned to the teachers’ office, Huo Mingshan unsurprisingly encountered the naked stares from all the teachers in the office...
Mostly female teachers occupied the office, and Huo Mingshan really couldn’t stand the attention from the opposite sex.
So, he simply gathered everyone and told all the teachers the true reason for his mid-life baldness using the sa explanation.
After listening to his heartfelt recount, the teachers all expressed their sympathies.
"I wonder how old Mr. Huo’s son is. Teaching kids these days is really exhausting!"
The head teacher of Class 3 nodded and said, "My son is only in elentary school, and when my husband helps him with howork at ho, he can get so frustrated it’s palpitations!"
"Yeah!"
The head teacher of Class 4 agreed, "Education is indeed a tricky business! Mr. Huo, you look like soone who worries a lot about his children. You should take it easy in the future! Your own health is the most important!"
Huo Mingshan nodded in return, "Yeah. Two years ago, when my son caused a big ss, my hair was falling out in torrents! Even when I ca to terms with it, the hair never grew back. Forget it, forget it, my son has been spoiled already, I can’t teach him anymore..."
In the teachers’ office, Huo Mingshan continued to discuss his painful parenting experiences with his colleagues...
Zheng Qiu, sitting on the side, remained silent, and even felt an urge to laugh!
Zheng Qiu really wanted to record this scene and secretly show it to Huo Feng...
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