Chapter 7: Difficulties of Being a Single Father

The large office was neat and tidy. Wang Shan sat at the desk in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

He was working with a frown on his face.

——[Oh, this is the helplessness of a single father. When he is busy with work, he can only put his children in tutoring classes. 】

——[Middle-aged men are all like this, they never complain about being tired, and as long as there is someone to help them, the pressure of life will be reduced a lot. 】

——【In the end, it is not easy for Wang Shan to work hard to this point alone and take care of his daughter.】

——【This is us, the post-80s generation. We have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and no one to rely on. We have to swallow all the hardship and fatigue.】

——【In fact, life is not as easy for people nowadays as it was back then. In the past, we raised children by just feeding them whatever we had. Since everyone was uneducated, there was no pressure to educate them.】

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Suddenly the cell phone rang, and Wang Shan saw that it was a call from Yaya’s piano institution.

I glanced at the time and it was almost time for the get out of class to end, so I guess it was time to remind him to pick up the kids.

As soon as the phone was connected, the teacher's anxious voice was heard.

"Hey, Yaya's dad, please come over here, Yaya got into a fight with someone!"

Hearing this, Wang Shan didn't care about his work anymore and ran out.

The netizens watching the live broadcast were confused and had no idea what was going on.

Wang Shan was driving with a lot of worry in his heart. He couldn't understand why his daughter, who usually behaved so well, would suddenly fight with others.

When he arrived, the two children who had fought with Yaya were sitting in the teacher's office together with Yaya.

"Yaya's father, I'm Yaya's new piano teacher, my last name is Li."

"Here's what happened. These two kids were in a small class. Today, when Yaya finally finished class, they came to see me."

"After getting Yaya's consent, I brought her to the class and asked her to play a song."

"Then the two kids said something to each other and Yaya started fighting with them."

"It's all my fault. I didn't handle it in time."

Teacher Li briefly told Wang Shan what happened, but she didn't ask for more details.

Wang Shan was a little annoyed, but considering there were cameras behind him, he had to hold back his temper and pulled Yaya over.

"Yaya, tell daddy, what's going on?"

At this moment, Yaya's hair was messy and there were scratches on her face, which showed that the two children showed no mercy when they fought just now.

Wang Shan became even more furious after seeing this.

"dad……"

Yaya pouted, feeling extremely aggrieved, and choked up as she told the details of what had happened.

It turned out that it was because Teacher Lin had taught so well before, and Yaya learned better than most people, so Teacher Li had other ideas.

I brought Yaya to my class, hoping that she could inspire the students there.

However, children of this age are often very jealous. When they saw Yaya performing so well, they immediately took the opportunity when Teacher Li was out to insult Yaya.

Yaya was so angry that she started fighting with the two older kids who were swearing at her fiercely.

Teacher Li became more and more frightened as she listened. She had never expected things to turn out like this.

At the same time, I felt very ashamed. Why were the children taught by other teachers so outstanding?

However, the students she taught were jealous because they could not play the piano as well as the younger ones, and even bullied them. "Yaya's father, this is all my fault. It was my negligence that caused Yaya to be bullied."

"How about this, I will contact the parents of the two children and ask them to take Yaya to the hospital to treat her wounds."

"As for these two children, I will ask them to apologize to Yaya later. What do you think?"

Teacher Li apologized quickly, feeling extremely angry.

Yesterday I was happy to have taken over Teacher Lin’s students. After all, the children that Teacher Lin teaches are all talented.

If Yaya achieves something in piano in the future, she can also brag about it.

Who would have thought that something like this would happen.

She subconsciously wanted to clear herself of the blame. After all, every child has fought when they were young.

If I lose my job because of this incident, it would be a huge loss.

Wang Shan glanced at the two children standing next to him and saw that they looked timid, without the arrogance that they had when they bullied Yaya just now.

He also understood clearly what Teacher Li meant, which was simply that he didn't want to take responsibility.

"No need. It takes two to tango. Yaya must be at fault for the way things have turned out."

"Let the two children go back to class and make sure this doesn't happen again."

Teacher Li was relieved when he saw that Wang Shan did not pursue the matter. After asking the two students to apologize, he took everyone back.

Let's leave things here to others.

Yaya didn't expect that her father didn't support her even when he came.

I felt even more aggrieved and my tears fell even harder.

Wang Shan frowned impatiently. He hated crying children the most, especially when they cried after being bullied.

But after all, it was in front of the camera, and he certainly couldn't scold his daughter no matter what.

So he had no choice but to take a piece of paper, squatted down to wipe Yaya's tears, and comforted her softly.

"Yaya, fighting with other kids is a very wrong thing. Didn't Daddy tell you to protect yourself outside?"

"They are jealous of you because you play the piano better than them, right?"

"We should just ignore this kind of people. If we can't afford to offend them, can we just avoid them?"

"Dad will change your piano teacher tomorrow. You hit the teacher today, so just forget about it. Don't cry anymore."

Wang Shan's self-proclaimed comfort immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the majority of netizens.

They originally thought that Wang Shan would at least call the parents of the two children, but who knew he would just reveal the truth so hastily.

——【Fuck, I take back what I said about Wang Shanshuai. It’s too speechless. Can’t he see that his daughter is being bullied like this? Is he blind?】

——【I am dying of laughter, what kind of idiotic remarks are these, what do you mean by one hand cannot clap, stretch your face over here and I will show you if it can clap or not! 】

——【This guy is too cowardly. Not only did he not help his daughter get justice when she was bullied, but he also said something like "If you can't afford to offend, you can afford to avoid it." Is this what a father should say? 】

——[This is too bad. When I compare him to others, I find that Father Lin is much better. Yaya was crying so sadly, but he couldn’t see it at all!]

——【Oh, I think this father did the right thing. Yaya is a girl after all, so it’s better to have less trouble than more.】

——[This is also for Yaya’s own good. Girls will be bullied if they are too assertive. Besides, this is just a minor fight between children. What’s the big deal?]

——[I think there is nothing wrong with Wang Shan’s approach. It is normal for children to have conflicts when they are young. If parents get involved, it will easily make things worse.]

(End of this chapter)