The kindergarten teacher was embarrassed. Looking at the furious parents, she then turned to Lu Wanqing. She didn't dare to offend anyone and readily agreed, "Okay, please follow me to the monitoring room."
The teacher led the way, and Lu Wanqing gently rubbed Xiao Mu Lan's head, leading her child towards the monitoring room.
Not only Lu Wanqing and Mu Lan, but the other three parents and their children also followed into the monitoring room.
The teacher quickly pulled up the video footage of the incident. Lu Wanqing, with Mu Lan, watched along with the parents of the other children.
In the surveillance video, the children had finished a class with the teacher. During the break, the teacher temporarily left, and then another child appeared beside Xiao Mu Lan.
"Mu Lan, the mechs your family sells exploded!"
"Everyone in the Mu family are bad people. Your mechs are so expensive, you're bleeding everyone dry!"
"The Liang family has also developed an S-class mech. Their mechs are much better than yours, and cheaper too!"
At this moment, a second child approached and joined the chatterbox of the first boy, saying, "Exactly, I saw the news too. The Mu family is so bad, everyone in their family are bad people!"
"We will never buy mechs from the Mu family again. They are so bad!" the third child added.
"My family's mechs won't have any problems! My family's mechs are the best!" Xiao Mu Lan finally couldn't stand it anymore and retorted loudly.
"That's not true! We all saw the news. Everyone in your Mu family are bad people, you've harmed everyone, and your family's mechs explode and can kill people!" The children beside her, seeing Mu Lan's defiance, immediately started shouting even louder.
Lu Wanqing watched them argue, her hands clenched by her side. She was furious and couldn't believe that matters between adults would involve children.
The three children didn't just verbally abuse, but as the four of them argued, they started pushing Mu Lan.
Seeing Mu Lan pushed down, Lu Wanqing instinctively became anxious and reached out, wanting to pull her child up. But it was just a surveillance video; it had already happened, and she couldn't stop it.
Lu Wanqing watched helplessly as Xiao Mu Lan was bullied by the three children and fell heavily, hitting the corner of the wall. This was how Xiao Mu Lan's forehead injury occurred.
The next moment, Xiao Mu Lan became fierce. Like an enraged little beast, she got up and attacked the three children. Mu Lan, though small, was unafraid of fighting three opponents. All three children were beaten down by her.
"The Mu family's mechs have no problems!"
"My dad is not a bad person!"
"We would never harm anyone!"
"My family's mechs would never explode!"
Xiao Mu Lan said fiercely as she fought.
The commotion of their fight was significant, and the teacher quickly arrived, separating the children. The surveillance video paused at this point.
"Mu Lan's mother, you've seen the situation. Mu Lan..." The kindergarten teacher cautiously looked at Lu Wanqing and said tactfully, "Perhaps you could have Mu Lan apologize to them? Children are still young, and hitting is wrong."
"Then is it right for them to curse?" Lu Wanqing was equally indignant. She smiled, but her eyes were cold.
Lu Wanqing glanced at the teacher, then at the other three parents, and said, "An apology is possible, but they cursed at my Mu Lan first, bullied my Mu Lan first. They should apologize to my Lan Lan first!"
"If they apologize first, then my Mu Lan can apologize to them for fighting three of them and beating them all down."
The other three parents immediately became confrontational.
"Why? When did our children bully Mu Lan? What the children said is all the truth, isn't it?"
"Exactly. The Mu family is unethical, and people aren't allowed to talk about it?"
"The news about the Mu family's mechs exploding is known throughout the interstellar era now. Your Mu family is finished!"
The three parents, each speaking a sentence, were aggressive and overbearing. It seemed not just the children, but the adults were about to fight. But just then, someone entered the monitoring room. It was Mu Sijie.
Mu Sijie stood at 1.8 meters tall, with a powerful aura. Especially when he had a cold expression, he exuded an intimidating presence. The parents, who had been so arrogant moments ago, were startled and fell silent upon seeing him.
Mu Sijie entered from outside and walked directly towards Lu Wanqing and Xiao Mu Lan. Seeing her father, Xiao Mu Lan hesitated for a moment, then took her mother's hand and walked to her father's side.
"I know everything that happened at the kindergarten. Regarding the recent events concerning the Mu family, we will provide an explanation to the public after our investigation is complete. As for what happened in the kindergarten, I hope the teacher can give Mu Lan an explanation," Mu Sijie said coldly, directly addressing the kindergarten teacher.
They paid to send their children to school for them to learn, not to be bullied by other children.
The teacher's face turned pale. She looked nervously at Mu Sijie, then turned to the other three parents.
Their kindergarten was not an ordinary one. The families who could send their children here were all of significant status, and none of them were people she, a small figure, could afford to offend.
"Mu Sijie, what do you mean? Your Mu Lan beat our children like that, and you still want an explanation?"
"Exactly. We are the Federation, not the neighboring empire. Is there no law here? This is not the Mu family's absolute domain!"
Mu Sijie turned around and said coldly to the troublemaking parents, "The kindergarten is indeed not the Mu family's absolute domain, but we didn't send our children here to be bullied by others!"
The parent was startled. The courage they had mustered moments ago vanished under Mu Sijie's intimidating gaze. They were somewhat afraid.
"Master Mu, no matter what, Mu Lan beat our children like this today. She must apologize to our children!" the last parent stepped forward and said coldly.
Mu Sijie's face was stern. He looked directly at that parent and said, "That's possible, but your child bullied my Mu Lan first. If an apology is to be made, have your child apologize first, and then my Mu Lan will apologize."
"You!!!" The parent clearly hadn't expected Mu Sijie to be exactly like Lu Wanqing in his speech. She was furious.
The kindergarten teacher was also nervous. Fortunately, the principal soon arrived. The principal was a man in his fifties with a receding hairline. He entered and immediately started trying to smooth things over, playing the role of a peacemaker.
Lu Wanqing and Mu Sijie watched his performance with cold expressions. The principal was unfazed, and the other three parents also maintained their stern demeanor. The atmosphere remained tense but no longer as explosive as before.
After an unknown amount of time, the principal, having run out of words, licked his lips and said, "What happened today is our kindergarten's fault. Our teacher's supervision was inadequate, and we didn't look after the children properly. We hope you can forgive us."
The principal's words were well-chosen. It was all the teacher's fault for not watching properly. If the teacher had noticed the children arguing in time and intervened, none of this would have happened. There wouldn't have been three children ganging up on Mu Lan, nor would Mu Lan have fought three opponents and beaten them down.
Finally, the teacher stepped forward to admit her mistake and apologize to everyone. Everything was considered settled.