Healing a Fallen S-Rank Beastman: Everyone Fights Over the Little Female-Chapter 174: Apology.

But now that Lu Xiao had pointed it out so directly, the teacher’s expression froze. She couldn’t even utter a word of rebuttal, because it was, in fact, the truth.

To avoid showing favoritism, she hadn’t even gotten involved when the other parent was scolding Lu Yu. She never expected this female named Lu Xiao to grasp the key point the moment she walked in.

Seeing the teacher seemed to want to explain but couldn’t find a suitable reason, Lu Xiao ignored her. "We’ll discuss the school’s part in this later. You, madam," she said, turning to the other woman, "you just said my Lu Yu has no manners. On what grounds?"

When the other woman saw Lu Xiao enter, she noted she was older than Lu Yu. Besides, Lu Xiao’s name had been circulating widely in aristocratic circles recently, so of course, she had heard of her. Now, seeing her in person, she couldn’t help but feel a chill. After all, this was the woman who had even made Duke Green suffer a loss.

"Look at what she did to our little girl! Don’t you think she needs to apologize?"

As the woman pushed the little female in her arms forward for her to see, Lu Xiao glanced at the girl’s torn collar and smiled. "Other than her clothes being a bit messy, I don’t see any injuries. On the other hand, there’s a huge handprint on my Lu Yu’s face. Don’t you think you owe me an explanation? There’s a saying: ’you don’t hit someone in the face.’ Especially since my Lu Yu is also a young female. If her face is scarred because of this, how will you take responsibility?"

Anyone could see the handprint on Lu Yu’s face. Now that Lu Xiao had brought it up, no one present could refute it. It was just too obvious.

But the little female being sheltered in the woman’s arms suddenly spoke up. "Lu Yu hit me too! She kicked me! I’m hurt too, and I’m a female!"

Lu Xiao looked at the defiant little female, who had her chin raised. "You’re hurt too? Where? Lift up your clothes and let me see."

Hearing this, the little female immediately lifted the hem of her shirt to reveal her waist. Her skin was fair and smooth, without so much as a red mark, let alone an injury.

"Impossible! It still hurts right here! Lu Yu definitely kicked me just now! Teacher, didn’t you see it?"

The teacher, who hadn’t had a chance to speak, suddenly interjected, "Yes, Your Excellency Lu Xiao—"

"Teacher, if you cannot maintain an impartial stance, please refrain from speaking. Can you do that?" A single glance from Lu Xiao forced the teacher to shut her mouth again.

Lu Xiao had already lost any good feelings she might have had for this teacher.

Meeting Lu Xiao’s cold gaze, the teacher subconsciously clamped her mouth shut.

"How can there be no injury? Teacher, you saw it, say something!" the little female said anxiously. The female protecting her also chimed in, "That’s right, Teacher, why aren’t you speaking? Didn’t you see Lu Yu hit our little girl?"

"She... They were fighting each other." The teacher finally managed to squeeze out this sentence, then subconsciously glanced at Lu Xiao’s expression.

"Even if they were fighting each other, it’s obvious my Lu Yu got the worst of it. Besides, we still haven’t clarified why Lu Yu started fighting in the first place." As soon as Lu Xiao said this, Lu Yu, who had been silent until now, laughed. "Go on, Su Panpan. Say it. Repeat what you said to me, right here in front of my sister!"

Lu Xiao also watched the other girl with great interest.

"You can’t take the things children say seriously! My Su Panpan was probably just joking, and Lu Yu took it to heart!"

"Lu Yu is 14 this year, isn’t she? At that age, she’s no longer a little child. She can take care of herself and has a decent ability to distinguish right from wrong. Unless there’s something wrong with her head, she should be able to tell what’s a joke and what isn’t. Since Lu Yu won’t say it, you say it for her. I’d like to hear what was said, and I’ll judge for myself whether it was a joke. Teacher, you can act as a witness, right?"

Put on the spot again, the teacher nodded quickly. "No, no problem."

Without anyone realizing it, Lu Xiao had taken complete control of the situation.

Lu Yu, however, hesitated, unsure if she should repeat those vile words in front of Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao noticed her hesitation, and her heart softened. "Go ahead and say it. There’s nothing I can’t hear."

Lu Yu stole a glance at her and bit her lip. "She said you must have some hidden illness, otherwise why would you only be willing to take one male as a partner? That only sick people do that. She also said you’re a hypocrite, putting on an act to fool everyone, but you must be really promiscuous in private. She called you stupid for treating a trash male like a treasure and said the Empire has never seen a female as short-sighted as you. She said that being the same gender as you is a humiliation. And she also said..."

"Don’t, don’t say any more! It was all just a joke, you really can’t take it seriously!" The female who had been protecting Su Panpan suddenly cut Lu Yu off. Her expression was stiff as she looked at Lu Xiao’s unreadable smile, a sense of dread creeping into her heart.

Before she came, she had only heard that her Panpan had gotten into a fight. She had no idea her Panpan had said such things.

The problem was, these words sounded awfully familiar. They were the exact things she and her friends would gossip about Lu Xiao in private. They never imagined Su Panpan would overhear them, take them as truth, and then parade them in front of the person herself!

"Your child certainly has excellent manners. The words coming out of her mouth are utterly vile. One can only imagine how strict your family’s upbringing usually is." Lu Xiao knew as soon as she heard it. The girl must have learned these things from listening to adults. Otherwise, how would a young child know so much?

Lu Xiao’s gaze made the woman burn with shame, yet she was unable to offer any rebuttal.

Su Panpan, however, tilted her chin up, apparently still not realizing the severity of the situation. "Was I wrong? If you don’t have some shameful secret, why would you be willing to stick with just one male? Isn’t it because that male has some dirt on you, forcing you to obey him?"

At first glance, the reasoning almost sounded plausible.

But Lu Xiao just smiled. "Don’t assume things just because you’re ignorant. Studying hard would do you some good. Based on your offense against me, I demand that you apologize to my sister, Lu Yu, right now. A public apology, in front of everyone. Otherwise, I will hand this matter over to the Female Protection Association and hold your family accountable for the crime of slandering my personal reputation—in my capacity as Lu Xiao, Merit Earl."

’Weren’t they accusing us of using our status to bully people? It would be a disservice to them if I didn’t use my status now.’

Hearing this, Su Panpan’s face instantly paled. "How could you do this? I wasn’t wrong! I—AH!"

She was still shouting, but the female who had been protecting her yanked her back and slapped her across the face. "That’s enough! Shut up! Haven’t you caused enough trouble?"

Lu Xiao didn’t stop her. ’In my opinion, a child’s misbehavior is mostly due to being spoiled. When words don’t work, a slap or two is probably more effective.’

The teacher standing nearby watched, her heart pounding in terror, and a new worry gripped her. ’After she’s done dealing with this mother and daughter, will it be my turn next?’