"Of course, I know—"
"Old Gu wasn't blindly taking his own child's side, either. 'It was wrong for that child to tear up the teacher's handouts and materials.'"
"But that child had never been mischievous by nature."
"I didn't believe he did it on purpose."
"Or rather, he must have had a reason for doing it."
"The child's parents later asked him about it, too."
"They asked him why he had done it."
"The child remained silent."
"The child's parents also knew the incident had affected him quite badly."
"After all, even they adults couldn't bear listening to the things that teacher had said while berating the child."
"Let alone a child."
"The child must have been terrified."
"That poor child."
Old Gu shook his head. "I went to see him."
"He was even more frightened and uneasy than when I'd seen him last."
"The incident must have cast a shadow over his heart."
"My younger brother gave the child's parents a thorough scolding."
"He said they had found all sorts of unreliable people to tutor the child."
"They had practically ruined the child."
"The child's parents regretted it deeply, too."
"Child's Mom had almost gotten into a conflict with her colleague."
"The child refused to say why he had torn up the teacher's handouts and materials."
"The child's parents guessed that perhaps the teacher had been fierce and said some particularly cruel things... perhaps even cursed at the child..."
"Thinking about what the child had gone through during that time, the child's parents felt heartbroken for him and also regretted their own carelessness."
"Most importantly, this child had already had quite a few tutors."
"Nothing had ever gone wrong before."
"So they had overlooked investigating the tutor properly."
"When they asked him, the child seemed