Chapter 5 Investigate Her

"When did the school become a marketplace?" Su Xiaoyue couldn't help but mock Minister Wang. "Even though President Fan is our school's biggest sponsor, we appreciate his contributions to education, but we shouldn't indulge Mingyu like this. You aren't rewarding President Fan, you're deceiving him and ruining Mingyu's life. From the starting line, you've taught Mingyu to be reckless with power, to do whatever he pleases with his influence. What will he be like once he enters society?"

"You..."

Minister Wang's face turned bright red with humiliation.

Still in his office, Fan Shaoming had heard every word Su Xiaoyue used to rebut Minister Wang, and his expression was not pleasant either, as Su Xiaoyue had also criticized him. Despite being an illegitimate child, because his mother was a powerful woman who established Sanyang Group, he had always been treated as a young master, unaccustomed to being spoken to harshly.

Su Xiaoyue was merely a preschool teacher; he could easily make it so she could no longer teach, but she was not afraid of him, and she had rebuked him.

Especially when Su Xiaoyue told him that his son behaved poorly in school, and was a mischievous little devil, his face burned with embarrassment and anger, feeling particularly ashamed while simultaneously furious at the school's deceit. However, hearing Su Xiaoyue's rebuttal towards Minister Wang, he suddenly found this teacher very real, not fearing power and daring to speak the truth.

He knew that his son was only transferred to Su Xiaoyue's class a couple of days ago. Su Xiaoyue had called him before, but he was too busy with work. When he received her call, "I'm very busy," was all he said before hanging up the phone, failing to find out earlier about his son's true behavior at school.

Appreciating that Su Xiaoyue dared to speak the truth was one thing, but Su Xiaoyue's criticism still irritated him greatly, and he didn't quite agree with what she said. He was indeed very busy; his mother had completely withdrawn from the company's affairs, and it was he who managed the entire Sanyang Group. The Jun Family also always wanted his help with their business. It was precisely because he was so busy that he didn't have time to discipline his son, hence he entrusted the school with that responsibility. He had paid a lot of money just for his son to receive a good education; if the school failed to properly teach his son and then criticized his parenting, how could he be happy?

"Ms. Su, you must go immediately to President Fan and explain, saying that what you just said was all..."

"Minister, are you asking me to lie to the parents?"

"I don't care, if you don't clear this up, I'll fire you!" Minister Wang snapped. "Don't forget you were merely hired by us, not assigned by the education bureau!"

Fan Shaoming suddenly appeared in front of the two, coldly interrupting Minister Wang, "No need to explain. I heard everything."

Upon seeing him, Minister Wang's face quickly brightened into a smile. He walked up to Fan Shaoming, wanting to say something, but Fan Shaoming coldly passed him by and went over to Su Xiaoyue, looking down at her and asking coldly, "What's your name?"

"Su Xiaoyue."

Su Xiaoyue replied politely.

Fan Shaoming already knew her name but still asked redundantly.

Fan Shaoming gave a cold laugh, "Fine, I'll remember that! Just you wait!"

Saying that, he walked past Su Xiaoyue and strode outside, Minister Wang following him. Suddenly, Fan Shaoming halted, and Minister Wang, unable to stop in time, bumped into his back. Minister Wang quickly stepped back two paces and apologetically smiled at him.

"She stays," Fan Shaoming glanced at Su Xiaoyue and coldly instructed Minister Wang, then added, "I'll deal with your issues directly with Principal Zhou."

After concluding, he turned and walked away without looking back.

He didn't even call his personal driver to check on his son's whereabouts.

With a driver accompanying him, he didn't need to worry about his son's safety.

The black Mercedes soon disappeared from Elite Talent School. When the car was utterly out of sight, Minister Wang returned to Su Xiaoyue and coldly said, "If it weren't for President Fan wanting you to stay, I would definitely fire you. Go back to class, you've caused enough trouble!" After speaking, he hurried to find the principal.

Su Xiaoyue had offended her superior and displeased a parent, but she had no regrets; she truly believed that Fan Mingyu had been spoiled by their indulgence. Now that she took over Fan Mingyu's educational issues, she felt obligated to fulfill her responsibility.

The sentence Fan Shaoming left her with obviously carried a threat.

Wait?

Su Xiaoyue shook her head; like father, like son!

Well, she was ready to wait!

There are many major groups in City A, but only eight are the most influential. Besides Sanyang Group, the rest belong to the three great Villas and three powerful family businesses.

Fan Li, the founder of Sanyang Group, stood out as a particularly strong woman and legend of City A. Not only was she astute and competent, having established Sanyang Group and managed it successfully to position it among the eight most powerful groups in City A, but her love life also took everyone by surprise. Many men pursued her, but she notably became involved with the current elder of the Jun Family, turning into a mistress in his marriage and even bearing Fan Shaoming as an illegitimate son.

This was what people found most baffling about her.

Even if she hadn't aimed for the Jun Family's wealth, the man was married. Even if the elder Jun had pursued her first, or if there was initially deception involved, there would have been a time to put things right. Didn't she know to step away?

Now, she and the elder Jun reportedly had no further connection, but her son Fan Shaoming had returned to the Green Water Villa, accepting his family heritage.

No matter how many years had passed, that relationship remained a hot topic among the people of City A.

The Sanyang Group's office building, only thirty-six stories high, was not the city's tallest structure, yet still managed to strain one's neck from looking up.

For someone like Fan Shaoming, who enjoyed looking down on others, his office was naturally located on the building's top floor.

"Xuexue, inform Vice President Jiang Yi to come see me!"

Fan Shaoming had just come out of the elevator when his cold command hit his secretary Lin Xue's ears. Lin Xue responded respectfully and immediately dialed Vice President Jiang Yi's internal line. When Jiang Yi answered, she relayed Fan Shaoming's instructions to him.

"Dial tone"