Chapter 303 Ethan Got into Trouble!
Seeing more and more people gathering around, Teresa's emotions became increasingly agitated, as if she had suffered a great injury. "Penelope, my Niko is just a child who doesn't understand anything. You've bullied him so badly, what kind of ability is this!"
In the eyes of everyone, children were a vulnerable group. An adult bullying a defenseless child was indeed indefensible.
Seeing the way everyone around her was looking at her, as if she were some great villain, Penelope was truly speechless.
Teresa had truly mastered Lola's teachings, even possessing the ability to present black as white.
But she, Penelope, did not have a particular fondness for being wantonly splashed with dirty water by others.
Besides, she was Ethan's mother. In the kindergarten, her actions influenced everyone's perception of Ethan. She didn't want everyone to think that Ethan had a malicious mother who bullied children.
"I didn't bully your son," Penelope grabbed Ethan's hand, showing his palm's injury to everyone. "Ethan was running nicely on the playground when your son suddenly rushed over and tripped him. Ethan got hurt, and I was in a hurry to take him to treat his wound. I didn't have time to argue with you. Now, you're blocking us from going to the medical room and making false accusations. What's this all about?!"
Teresa didn't expect that Penelope, who always seemed so indifferent, could also be so eloquent. She was momentarily left speechless.
Plus, Ethan's wound was too convincing, the wind direction at the scene instantly reversed.
Indulging their own child in openly hurting others, not only obstructing others from going to the medical room for treatment, but also turning around and blaming the victims, this behavior is too despicable!
The way the crowd around looked at Teresa suddenly changed.
Teresa was proud. As a well-known female star, she had a strong sense of self-esteem. Being accustomed to being high above, how could she tolerate being looked at with such contempt and disgust by everyone!
Penelope's voice continued, "Teresa, although I don't want to argue with a child, your son's deliberate tripping of others is indeed quite nasty. I still hope that you can discipline your child properly, don't let him get used to bullying others at such a young age!"
"Who did you say was bullying others?! Penelope, it was clearly you who bullied my son! Look at my Niko, he was scared to tears by you!"
Niko was quite the drama king. Upon hearing his mother's voice, he, who was just snarling and clawing moments ago, had tears rolling down his cheeks in an instant.
"Woohoo, she bullied me!"
Everyone was not a fool. They had seen Ethan's wound clearly. Plus, the arrogant air around Niko was too strong just now. Even if he was pretending to be pitiful now, no one would believe him.
Seeing the expressions on the faces of the people around her, Teresa knew that her path of slandering Penelope for bullying children was no longer viable. She could only think of other ways to embarrass her.
Teresa's eyes flickered, and she began to scheme.
"Forget it, Penelope, we are old classmates after all. I won't hold today's incident against you. By the way, Penelope, weren't you always unmarried? How come you have such a big child?"
The crowd at the scene also recognized that Penelope was the internet celebrity who had recently been in the news, and couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.
In the society of that time, having children out of wedlock was not uncommon, but if a public figure did such a thing, it would be a huge negative news.
Before Penelope could speak, Teresa stepped forward, disdainfully grabbing a handful of Ethan's sleeve. "Oh dear, how can the material of this shirt be so poor? Penelope, how much is this shirt?"
Ethan, today, wore a sporty fleece jacket. The fleece inside was very comfortable, and the outside was pure cotton. Penelope really didn't think there was anything wrong with the material of his clothes.
Penelope also glanced at Ethan's clothes and spoke truthfully, "Sixty-nine ninety."
It also included free shipping, good quality and low price, she thought it was perfect.
After hearing Penelope's words, Teresa burst out laughing, and many of the onlookers also laughed out loud. After all, in their view, sixty-nine and nine was just too cheap, too disgraceful.
In this aristocratic kindergarten, which child didn't start with a five-figure price tag for just any piece of clothing!
Many people felt that Penelope was not from their world at all. Looking into her eyes, they couldn't help but feel a bit more contemptuous.
So poor, yet still trying to keep up appearances, sending their child to this kind of kindergarten that costs tens of thousands a month. They really prefer to suffer than lose face!
"Ah, Penelope, I remember now! You were involved with an old rich man when you were in school! This child, he's his, isn't he? He's so rich, why would your son be wearing such cheap street stall clothes?" Teresa feigned concern as she looked at Penelope and spoke, "Penelope, don't tell me that old rich man has found a new love and kicked you and your son out?!"
The gazes of the crowd at the scene towards Penelope became increasingly subtle. It turned out that the little internet celebrity, Penelope, not only had a child out of wedlock, but the man involved was an old geezer!
The girls of today, have they no shame in trying to latch onto wealthy men!
Penelope looked at Teresa in shock, she had no idea how she ended up with an old tycoon, and even got kicked out?!
Before Penelope could recover from her shock, Teresa had disdainfully pinched the sleeve of Penelope's tracksuit again.
"Penelope, this outfit of yours, it couldn't possibly be sixty-nine dollars and ninety cents too, could it?"
"No, it's eighty-eight including shipping," Penelope said honestly.
"Puff..."
Teresa laughed so hard that she cramped up. It took her a while to recover, then she slowly said, "Penelope, look at you, you're a celebrity now, aren't you? How can you still wear such cheap, low-quality clothes that only cost eighty-eight including postage?"
"Even if your rich family kicked you out, you shouldn't degrade yourself like this!"
Penelope looked at Teresa in front of her with utter confusion. She genuinely felt as if she had been kicked in the head by a donkey. She was wearing a comfortable, warm, and stretchy tracksuit that cost eighty-eight including postage. How did she end up making a fool of herself?
Could it be that she had to wear animal skins on her body and make herself shine like she was wearing a string of light bulbs to be considered self-love?
She really couldn't agree with Teresa's values.
Penelope remained silent, which only fueled Teresa's smugness. Back in high school, she had been genuinely jealous of Penelope. Now, seeing her only able to afford such cheap clothes and living in such poverty, she felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
The more relieved she felt, the more she wanted to step on Penelope.
"Penelope, as an old classmate, I really can't stand to see you living like this! Weren't you always shameless since childhood, always seducing older men? Why don't you seduce a few more to spend money on you and your child?!"
"I won't let you talk about my mom!" Ethan could tolerate others calling him a stupid cripple, but he couldn't stand anyone saying his beloved mother was shameless.
He abruptly broke free from Penelope's embrace, stepped forward and angrily pushed Teresa, "Bad woman! Apologize to my mom!"
It was quite a coincidence, when Ethan pushed Teresa, the diamond watch on her wrist fell to the ground.
Teresa looked at her precious wristwatch as several diamonds fell off, her face instantly changed, "Penelope, you've gone too far! You actually let this cripple you gave birth to ruin my watch! Do you know how much this watch costs?! Even if I sold you all, you couldn't afford to compensate!"