After the pep rally ended, the parent meeting soon began.
Most seats had two parents squeezed into them, making the room feel rather crowded.
Except for the corner of the back row.
Yuan Su's and Pu Yu's seats had been pushed together, but only one gray-haired old woman sat there.
Li Suhua sat with her back ramrod straight and her expression stern.
She glanced at the empty seat beside her, then shifted her stool toward the middle, taking up both places by herself.
Cheng Siyi stood at the front of the classroom. First, she summarized the class's overall performance last semester, then singled out several students who had made significant progress.
"Pu Yu, in particular, has improved greatly in every subject. In Chinese and English especially, she has consistently ranked first in her year. Her steady, hardworking approach to studying is something everyone should learn from."
As Li Suhua listened, the corners of her mouth couldn't help lifting slightly, but she quickly forced them down again, pretending not to care.
She opened Pu Yu's report card on the desk. Looking at the row of high marks written in red, she gently brushed her fingers over them, her heart sweeter than honey.
Hmph.
This was the child she, Li Suhua, had raised.
Just then, a middle-aged woman in a mink coat in the front row suddenly spoke in a snide tone:
"Teacher Cheng, Pu Yu is certainly a good student. But I think she might do even better if she had a different deskmate."
The classroom went quiet at once.
The woman turned around and cast a pointed glance at the empty seat in the back row, speaking just loudly enough for the entire class to hear:
"I'm not trying to meddle. We all understand that Yuan Su's family circumstances are