Second chance

10. Slap in face.

"Ms. Cao, how can you speak to your student like this?" Mr. He and the director said almost simultaneously. "You can't look down on a student because of her family circumstances!"

"Yes, Ms. Cao, you have gone too far." Mr. He added, "Besides, this student is really talented, and you, as a teacher, should focus on the academic performance of students rather than their family circumstances."

With that, Mr. He handed Taeyeon his cell phone and asked her with a smile, "Who are you going to call?"

Taeyeon received the phone with a smile, thanked him and dialed a phone number that she bore in mind only a few days ago. Soon the call was answered. "Yoong...."

"It's me." Taeyeon's voice sounded aggrieved. For some reason, upon hearing Yoong's familiar voice, she suddenly felt so wronged and wanted to cry. Was it because she had a family to depend on now?

Yoong felt his heart skip a beat when he heard Taeyeon's sob. He asked hurriedly,

"Erika, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you? Tell me who did it. I'll avenge you!"

Hearing Yoong's words, Taeyeon felt even more wronged-she began to cry loudly.

Yoong, on the other side of the phone, was so worried that he jumped to his feet and walked out of the meeting room he was in.

"My dear, don't cry. Wait just a moment. I'll be right there!"

Upon seeing Yoong suddenly walk out without hosting the meeting, the others in the meeting room looked at each other in astonishment, wondering what happened.

The secretary ran after him, shouting, "President, this meeting is very important..."

"Very important?" Yoong looked at the secretary and frowned. "My sister was bullied and she cried. Is there anything more important than my sister?! Just ask the vice president to attend the meeting!"

He then proceeded to leave the company without looking back.

Staring at the president who had entered the elevator, the secretary felt her head ache, but she could only go back to the meeting room.

"President Jung said the vice president will host the meeting for him, and that he'll read the meeting minutes on his return."

Naturally, she couldn't tell them that the president said the company was not as important as his sister...

Taeyeon hung up the call and returned the cell phone to Mr. He.

Tears kept running down from her eyes. At the sight of this, the teachers who had entered the office later on whispered to each other: What a pretty girl. She looks so pitiful in tears. Who bullied her? Oh, she is crying so sadly.

Ms. Cao was terribly upset about her tears, so she snapped even more sharply, "What are you crying for? Don't be a drama queen! As a student, you seduce male students in the school! How can you still have the cheek to cry?"

This was literally a personal attack.

"Ms. Cao, watch your words!" the director said with a scowl.

Mr. He also stepped up and said, "The student has explained that she did nothing in class except only sit on her seat and listen to lectures, and I remember that you didn't blame her for not listening to lectures but for overdressing. But look at her, she is in normal school uniform. I wonder why you are being so difficult to her."

Only Ms. Cao knew that she was being difficult to Erika because she got a phone call this morning, asking her to take good care of a certain country bumpkin who had offended the Miss of the Jung Family, which was why she had looked up her files.