"Hm?" The teacher was stunned.
Pay the price?
"Theoâs mom, do you want to..."
Yvonne sneered coldly, "Yes, I'm doing what you're thinking about. Go tell Henry's assistant that
they should wait for my revenge. I'm not going to let them g o for bullying my son!"
She was serious!
The teacher's forehead broke out in cold sweat and she said bitterly, "Miss Smith, I understand your
feelings, but this is just a conflict between the children. Thereâs no need to involve the adults.
Moreover, Annaâs father is Mr. Lancaster..."
"So what?" Yvonne said sarcastically, "Heâs the chairman of the Lancaster Group, but Iâm not too
bad myself. They need to pay the price, and so do you. You know about Theo's situation and that
he is autistic, but you tried to hide the fact that he was bullied, so I won't let this slide either!"
When the conversation ended, she hung up the phone and sent a message to Lisa to go to the
kindergarten to pick Theo up.
After sending Lisa the message, Yvonne contacted the kindergarten principal and used her status to
pressure the principal to fire Theo's teacher.
Although that teacher was very kind to the children, i n her opinion, that teacher was not responsible
enough.
The teacher stopped the children from bullying Theo immediately when she found out about it, but
she didn't tell the parents about the incident after that. Because of that, the teacher could be
deemed as somewhat negligent.
Besides, the teacher also said that she didnât hear those children calling Theo names anymore, but
she probably didnât know what those children would do in private.
That teacher probably didnât even know if the children would call Theo names in private or not,
right?
Fortunately, Theo only started getting bullied in the past few days. If Theo had been bullied for a
long time, maybe his autism would worsen. If that happened, who would be responsible for the
consequences?
Therefore, the teacher must not stay!
The principal of the kindergarten received Yvonne's order to fire the teacher, so he didn't say
anything and just agreed.
The teacher was indeed responsible for the matter after all.
After she hung up the phone, the principal went to the teacher's office with a dismissal letter.
The teacher was talking to Joe about the phone call just now. After she saw the principal of the
kindergarten coming in with a dismissal letter, she was dumbfounded. She could not believe that
she just got fired because of a wrong decision.
Joe saw the dismissal letter too and frowned. He muttered, "It seems like she actually means it!"
Now that the teacher was fired, Joe realized that Theo's mother was not just all talk. She really
wanted t o go to war against them.
Joe realized how serious the matter was as he thought about it. After he greeted the principal, he
took Anna out of the kindergarten and went to the Lancaster Group to find Henry. He then told
Henry everything.
Henry's face became gloomy after he heard what Joe said.
He thought this matter could be resolved as long as he apologized to them.
However, they wouldn't accept their apology and even threatened to make them pay the price.
It was obvious that this matter was no longer a small conflict between the children, but a conflict
between two families.
Moreover, judging from the fact that the parents had the power to dismiss a teacher just because
they wanted to, and how they were not afraid of the
Lancaster family, their family background seemed to b e on par with the Lancasters.
Joe glanced at Anna on the couch and asked, "Mr. Lancaster, what should we do now?"
Anna seemed to know that she had gotten into trouble. She lowered her head and stayed in the
corner of the couch without saying a word.
However, Joe knew that this child would only be good for a while, and she would get into trouble
again after that.
Henry folded his legs and tapped his fingers on his knees a few times before saying in a deep
voice, "Is there any respectable person in Vancouver who has returned from overseas recently?
Their background is probably on par with the Lancaster family too."
Once they figured that out, they could tell who the parent of that child was.
Joe smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Mr.
Lancaster, there's usually a huge commotion when any upper-class family returns from overseas,
so how could we not know? Besides, the only upper-class family that has recently returned to
Canada with a family background as reputable as the Lancaster family is Miss Shannon. But Miss
Shannon is still single, so how could she have a child? Mr. Smith doesn't have children either."
Henry did not speak anymore and he didnât refute Joe either.
He didn't think it was the Smith family from the beginning, and he never thought it would be them. 1
But if it wasn't the Smith's family, who else could it b e?
Except for them, there were no other foreign upper-class families who had returned to Canada
recently.
When Joe realized what Henry was thinking about, he hesitated and said, "Mr. Lancaster, should I
go investigate?"
Henry raised his hand. "No. Since their power is no weaker than the Lancaster family, thereâs no
need to investigate because it will only annoy them even more."
Joe scratched his head. "Then how do we know their identity?"
Henry pursed his lower lip, then looked at Anna on the sofa and waved to her. "Come here!"
Anna didn't dare to defy him, so she obediently climbed off the couch and walked over slowly. She
called out as she looked at him, "Dad..."
"What's the full name of the child you bullied?" Henry asked.
Anna tilted her head. "Theo."
Henry was speechless. "His full name!" "It's just Theo," Anna blinked and said again.
Joe looked at her and said helplessly, "Mr. Lancaster, the child's registered name is indeed Theo.
It's a nickname. His parents didn't register his actual full name. I heard from the principal that Theo
will only b e at the kindergarten temporarily. After his parents finish their affairs in Vancouver, they'll
take him back to the States."
"Returning to the States..." Henry squinted, "They didn't even register his name in detail. They're so
mysterious, as if they're hiding from someone."
Joe pushed up his glasses. "I think so too. Although the principal didnât reveal the specific identities
of Theo and his parents, the principal did tell me about Theo's condition, so I can understand why
Theo's mother was so angry."
"Tell me!" Henry looked at him.
Joe said emotionally, "The principal said that Theo was born prematurely and was weak and thin.
He also suffers from severe autism. The reason why his parents sent him to the kindergarten was
because they were hoping that the kindergarten's lively atmosphere could influence him and make
his autism better."
As he continued, he looked at Anna, conflicted. "But Anna led the other children to ostracize Theo
and called him names. Autistic patients are emotionally sensitive, so his autism might worsen
because of the bullying. I think that was why Theoâs mother was so angry, because she was afraid
of that."
"I see!" Henry touched his forehead.
So the child was autistic.
For some reason, Henry felt very uncomfortable and felt a little distressed for the child named Theo.
It affected his mood, and when he looked at Anna again, there was a hint of hate in his eyes.
Children were often very sensitive in sensing emotions. When Anna realized that Henry was
displeased with her, her eyes instantly turned red and she started feeling scared, as if she was
gradually losing something important. What was it? She was still young and could not tell.
"Dad..." Anna's face was pale and she mustered up the courage to go forward and grab Henry's
trousers as she wanted to get close to Henry.
When Henry noticed her, he frowned and gently pushed the tip of his toes on the ground to sit back
further, avoiding her touch.
Anna saw it and looked at Henry in disbelief. Her mouth drooped.
Dad actually avoided her.
Dad didn't want her to touch him. Did he not love her anymore?