Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 207 Anyone can play the victim.

No sooner had Han's father arrived at the school than his stepmother rushed over to the school as well.

Now all the performers have arrived.

Before Mr. Han could even offer any words of comfort, the stepmother began her performance.

She burst into tears and began to blame herself: "It's all my fault for not taking good enough care of Xiaoxi. I'm a derelict mother and I haven't taken good care of my daughter. Otherwise, she wouldn't have made friends with these shady characters."

Previously, her subordinates had shown her a video of a fight. In the video, Lin Yingxin was a girl with excellent fighting skills. Naturally, the stepmother stereotyped that a girl who could fight was a delinquent.

While crying, she looked at Xia Lan with a serious expression, calling her her "bastard friend" repeatedly.

Lu He and Xia Lan exchanged a glance, then continued watching her act, wondering what other tricks she could come up with.

“Principal, you see, this isn’t Xiaoxi’s fault,” the stepmother pointed at Lin Yingxin. “She’s the one who started the fight. How can there be a student in the school who doesn’t study and only knows how to fight?”

“This school is a place for learning. Students with poor grades who are unwilling to learn should be expelled.”

The principal looked embarrassed by these words: "Mrs. Han... this student Lin is first in our school and among the top students in the city..."

Upon hearing this, the stepmother choked on her words. She stole a glance at Mr. Han and saw that his expression, which had been furrowed, had changed from annoyance to surprise and then to admiration.

"Auntie, please don't talk nonsense. Han Xi and I were the ones who were bullied. Students from another school, along with a group of thugs, blocked us at the street corner and demanded money..." Xia Lan spoke eloquently and logically. She looked at the principal and said, "Principal, don't you think we should go to the neighboring school and ask for an explanation?"

That makes a lot of sense. The principal nodded. "After all, it was the students next door who started the trouble first. If anyone is to be punished, it's them who need to show some attitude first. After dealing with those troublemakers, why should we be the ones to explain ourselves to them?"

After realizing what had happened, the principal immediately pointed at the head of the teaching department: "Are you confused? If we hastily deal with the students, wouldn't that be tantamount to admitting that our students were causing trouble and committing crimes outside?"

The head of the teaching department was given a severe scolding and didn't dare to lift her head. It was someone from the Han family who had called her, instructing her to expel Han Xi's friend and then teach Han Xi a lesson.

Since she had received instructions from the Han family, she naturally assumed that Mr. Han wanted to teach his unruly daughter a lesson, so she didn't intend to make a big fuss at first.

The director only planned to expel Han Xi's friends as previously agreed, make Han Xi write a self-criticism, and issue a school-wide reprimand to embarrass her and teach her a lesson.

I never expected that this would turn out this way and put her in such an awkward position.

The director glanced furtively at Han's father. The aloof middle-aged man acted as if he didn't recognize her, seemingly preparing to sever ties and deny everything.

The stepmother realized the situation was turning against her. If things escalated to the point of questioning the neighboring school, her attempt to bribe the students and thugs would likely be exposed.

“The principal is right. We can’t punish our child, but we can’t cause trouble at the other school like this. It’s so embarrassing. What about our child’s reputation?” The stepmother quickly tried to smooth things over.

The principal seemed to have been swayed by the young stepmother again.

Seeing the hesitation on the principal's face, the stepmother quickly continued, "Look, didn't our child really participate in the fight?"

“If this matter is brought up, the other school, for the sake of its students’ reputation, will never admit that one of their students was a hoodlum.” Her reasoning was so sound that it was impossible not to believe her.

"The two schools will inevitably argue back and forth over their reputations, and it will be quite ugly if they end up smearing each other."

It has to be said that the stepmother is really quick-witted; if she weren't so capable, she probably wouldn't have been able to sway Mr. Han.

“Mrs. Han, what you say makes perfect sense. In my opinion, we shouldn’t punish the children. It’s not entirely their fault.” The head of the teaching department hurriedly agreed as if grasping at a straw, while glancing at Mr. Han’s face to indicate that this was Mrs. Han’s opinion, not that he was unwilling to do his job.

Lu He and Xia Lan stood silently side by side, watching the adults put on their act. They whispered among themselves, both agreeing that the stepmother was bound to cause more trouble if she hadn't achieved her goal.

As expected, after persuading the principal not to go to the neighboring school to question her, the stepmother turned to Mr. Han and sobbed, "Xiao Xi is spoiled and pampered all the time. The trouble she's caused the school is all my fault as her mother..."

Lu He narrowed his eyes. This woman's initial goal was to incite discord between Han Xi and her father, to bribe thugs to beat her up, and to get the school to issue a public reprimand. This was not only to vent her anger and teach Han Xi a lesson, but also to make this good-for-nothing daughter embarrass her father.

She then deliberately tried to persuade him openly while secretly adding fuel to the fire, making Han's father angry and scolding his daughter, leading to an argument between the two.

Lu He winked at Xia Lan, then suddenly burst into tears: "Dad! It's not Auntie's fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to a less crowded place, which allowed those thugs who wanted to rob money to take advantage of the situation!" She buried her head in Han's father's arms, sobbing loudly, and didn't forget to push her stepmother away to make room for her to put on her act.

The young stepmother was pulled out of the old man's arms with a bewildered look on her face, staring incredulously at Lu He crying pitifully.

When did Han Xi change her personality? Before, she was a stubborn and obstinate person who would always stick her neck out and refuse to listen to reason. What's with this seemingly innocent and docile little rabbit now?