"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that now. Hold on to the tree trunk and don't let go! Hang in there! Whatever you do, don't let go! The ladder is coming right away!"
Ms. Zhu didn't dare to ask any further.
She was afraid that by pressing Zhuo Hao too hard, his grip would falter, and he'd fall straight down from the tree.
Before long, the school workers hurried along, carrying a ladder.
They swarmed like their tails were on fire, coordinating to begin the rescue of Zhuo Hao.
Through the united effort of all the faculty, they finally got Zhuo Hao down from the tree.
Zhuo Hao looked utterly shaken, his little face streaked with tears.
Once he had calmed down a bit, he pointed at Susu in the crowd, accusing her of wrongdoing, "It was her, that new student! She threw me up in the tree! Wuuuuh... Wuuuuh..."
Zhuo Hao rubbed his eyes with both hands, crying as if he was the most aggrieved person in the world.
Susu was playing with sand, still clutching handfuls of yellow sand in her little chubby paws.
Upon hearing the noise, Susu looked up and locked eyes with Zhuo Hao, her bright eyes brimming with cuteness.
"What are you talking about? Was it me who bullied you?" Susu asked with a smile that was both adorable and "friendly".
Zhuo Hao shivered violently and quickly backtracked, "No, no, it wasn't me who said anything!"
"Do you want to play with sand with me?" Susu invited.
"No, no! I don't want to!" Zhuo Hao took to his heels and ran as if a ferocious tiger was after him.
To Zhuo Hao, seeing Susu was like seeing a ghost.
Was the new student really that scary?
Ms. Zhu cast an eye towards Susu, who was still engaged in building her sandcastles. The little girl was so cute and delicate, just like a porcelain doll.
Right now, the little tyke was completely absorbed in her game.
She was just a normal kid.
Throw a classmate up in a tree? Absolutely impossible!
From afar, Qin Luoyun watched the scene, puzzled as to why Zhuo Hao suddenly became so scared of Susu. Hadn't he boasted that he could help her get revenge? How could he be so useless?
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In the evening, the Qin family elders came to pick up Susu from school.
Seeing Ms. Zhu's face full of perplexity, Qin's grandfather asked anxiously, "What's the matter? Did Susu cry today?"
The teacher smiled awkwardly, "Susu didn't cry; she's very brave."
Susu hadn't cried; it was they who wanted to cry.
This little rascal was full of tricks. On her very first day of school, she turned the kindergarten upside down and even gathered a bunch of little followers.
The teacher didn't know how the little girl had managed it.
"As long as she didn't cry, that's good. Going to school should be a happy occasion! Our Susu is the bravest and the strongest!"
Qin's grandfather beamed with pride as he held his granddaughter's hand.
Qin's grandmother offhandedly remarked, "I wonder who it was that felt so heartbroken when his daughter walked into preschool without looking back."
"Old lady, can you not undermine me in front of our daughter? I still want to save some face in front of her!" He craved that dignity!
It was very important!
"I speak the truth, I wouldn't hide anything from our little treasure!" Qin's grandmother hummed, giving no quarter to her husband.
Qin's grandfather felt wronged.
Susu patted Qin's grandfather on the head, comforting him with authority and tenderness, "Be good, daddy, be good, don't cry, you're amazing!"
Comforted by his daughter, Qin's grandfather was immediately revitalized.
Indeed, a daughter was the best, the tender little warm jacket to the heart!
Not far away, the second elder of the Qin family, Qin Jinfang, who had also come to pick up his granddaughter, saw Qin's grandparents from a distance and struggled to recognize them.
Were they really his elder brother and sister-in-law?