Chapter 8 Debunking Rumors
  Seeing that Fang's mother kept bowing her head to apologize, the parents thought that she was easy to bully, and they were talking happily. Unexpectedly, Fang's mother suddenly looked like a demon, with her eyes wide open. Her murderous posture scared them so much that they all took a step back!
  But then they became even angrier: Good man, we are telling the truth, and you dare to scold us? So a group of women surrounded Fang's mother and started to fight back.

  "We said it, what can you do? You dare to do it and you are afraid of what others say? Bah!"

  "That's right, what are you looking at? If you are not convinced, then come and hit me?"

  Hearing this, Fang's mother laughed, "Okay, this is what you said!" She turned around and kicked the door shut, and grabbed the broom in the corner and rushed over!

  "What are you doing? I'm telling you, there's someone upstairs!"

  "Don't come over here! Ouch! Help! Someone's being beaten!"

  "Oh my God! Someone's being beaten! This is terrible! Come on... Ouch! Stop it, stop it..."

  Fang Qing was in the middle of a class when he heard screams and angry curses from the hallway. The teachers from various classes, assuming something serious had happened, rushed to their offices after settling their students.

  By then, the fight inside had already ended.

  Fang's mother, panting heavily, clutched a broken broom in one hand, the other on her hip, glaring at the other parents with gritted teeth.

  The parents, who had previously been jumping and shouting at Fang's mother with their chins raised, were now, their hair disheveled and their clothes in disarray, huddled behind the stunned Teacher Zhang, trembling.

  "Stop it, stop it, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

  Teacher Zhang, young and unfamiliar with such a violent scene, watched with a sullen expression, unable to utter a single word.

  Fortunately, other teachers arrived quickly and resolved the embarrassing situation. Then the principal also called and asked Teacher Zhang to take a group of parents to the principal's office again.

  These parents immediately became excited, thinking that with the principal's support, they would be able to severely punish the Fang family mother and daughter and let them vent their anger!
  But as soon as they entered the principal's office, the principal announced that some of the news about Fang Qing was false, and also advised the parents to go back and do a good job in the ideological education of students and not to spread rumors.

  What? All rumors?

  Several parents were stunned. How could this be possible? Didn't someone see the girl from the Fang family having her clothes torn to pieces in the street? How could the news be false?

  Seeing the parents' incredulous expressions, the principal had to ask Director Wen to testify.

  Director Wen stood up and coughed. "According to our police investigation, Fang Qing encountered a thug on her way home from school. She cleverly scared them off and then took the initiative to report the incident to the police. Accompanied by her parents, she went to the police station to file a report. Perhaps this has led to a misunderstanding..."

  "She wasn't raped?" a parent cried out in disbelief, then covered her mouth. But everyone heard her words, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly froze.

  "Comrade, please be careful with your words! Don't believe these rumors anymore! Fang Qing bravely stood up to the criminals, and her actions are commendable. If you, as parents, can't control your own words and actions, how can you educate your children by example? I hope these false statements will cease immediately. It will be for the best for all of us." Director Wen

  said solemnly, and then said goodbye to the principal. Leaving the principal's office, Director Wen immediately relaxed: after all, he had fulfilled his promise to his daughter. The rest was up to the school to handle. As

  Director Wen left, a sense of awkwardness settled in the office.

  After all, everything that had happened was caused by that rumor. Now that it had been proven false, the students who had previously bullied Fang Qing from a moral standpoint were in a rather awkward position.

  Those parents, knowing they were in the wrong, lost their earlier arrogance and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Fang's mother across from them.

  The principal praised Fang Qing's bravery and, with a philosophy of peace and harmony, ultimately had Teacher Zhang escort the parents out of the school.

  Fang Qing stood downstairs in the office building, anxiously awaiting the outcome. The noise she heard during class had made her extremely worried about her mother's situation, so she ran over during the break.

  Only when she saw her mother emerge unharmed did she breathe a sigh of relief. "Mom, are you okay?"

  Seeing the anxious look on her daughter's face, Fang's mother felt a pang of relief. She smoothed the hair from her daughter's ear, her tone more relaxed than ever. "What can possibly happen to me, silly girl? Don't you trust your mother? With me, there's nothing we can't solve. Okay, get back to class. It's all settled. If anyone dares to say anything bad about you again, I'll beat them up. I'll take your responsibility!"

  Several parents who had followed her out shuddered at her mother's words. "These Fang mother and daughter are too aggressive! Even now, I still feel a dull ache in those places..."

  The parents avoided the Fang mother and daughter in front of them, quickly leaving the area by the wall.

  They wanted nothing more to do with the Fang family! They were all bad people! And when they got home, they had to tell their children to stay away from Fang Qing!
  ...

  After careful consideration by the school, Fang Qing's case finally came to an end.

  Fang Qing was publicly praised by the school for her bravery in fighting the assailant, and was awarded a certificate and a notebook as a token of encouragement. However, for the brawl with the students, the teacher gave her a verbal reprimand. The students who had provoked the students and even brought knives to school were given stern warnings.

  Upon hearing this, Wang Jing was furious, but due to the school and teacher's attitude, she couldn't openly provoke Fang Qing. Instead, she found ways to cause trouble for her.

  For a whole week, Wang Jing and Huang Lili went to great lengths to cause trouble for Fang Qing: kicking her water bottle one day, soiling her books the next, even chasing her to the library to cause trouble...

  But facing their embarrassment, Fang Qing did not take it to heart. After all, she had been through so many things, and this little action could no longer affect her. She just wanted to study hard now.

  So when these people started to make sarcastic remarks again, she chose to ignore them.

  Today is Friday. As soon as the bell rang, Fang Qing picked up her schoolbag and walked out, unaffected at all.

  "Fang Qing, stop right there! Who told you to leave before I finished talking?"

  Wang Jing stretched out her hand to block Fang Qing, her face distorted, but just as she was about to continue to pester, she was pushed hard and staggered.

  "A good dog doesn't block the road, get out of the way."

  Wen Ling pushed the unreasonable Wang Jing away, pulled Fang Qing over, turned around and walked out of the classroom, leaving Wang Jing behind her jumping and cursing.

  Everyone looked at her in a daze, and suddenly felt that Wang Jing and the others who kept provoking her were like real clowns.

  (End of this chapter)