chapter 13 Violence at the school gate

However, these parents felt life was fair when they found out that Violet was the victim of the rape all those years ago.
The woman who had thick makeup on her face snorted in disgust. "No matter how good-looking you are, what's the point? You're just an impure woman whom a man had sexually assaulted."
"Wow. She is a stunner. It's a pity that the rapist got to her first." A wretched-looking man looked at Violet's exquisite figure and said with regret.
Violet was used to hearing these humiliating and ridiculing remarks coming from these people. At that moment, she just wanted to take her daughter and leave this place as soon as possible.
Baldwin strode forward with a frighteningly gloomy expression. Only now did he finally understand why Violet kept checking her watch in the car and was so anxious to get to school on time.
It turned out that she had predicted that something like this would happen. It was easy to imagine how many people had ridiculed and mocked Violet and Alyssa in the past eight years.
Baldwin blocked Violet's path when she wanted to return to the car.
Violet's eyes glistened with tears as she pleaded, "Please let us pass through. I beg you."
Baldwin didn't move and said in a low voice, "This incident will haunt me if we leave just like that."
While speaking, Baldwin raised his hand to wipe off the drool on Alyssa's schoolbag as guilt and anger flashed across his determined face.
Violet's heart was touched momentarily by his action. She wondered why his concern for Alyssa seemed to surpass everyone else, excluding Violet herself.
Her expression gradually changed when Baldwin bypassed her from in front of her. Knowing Baldwin's violence, he would probably do something impulsive and rash.
Sure enough, Baldwin went over to the students and parents who had mocked Violet and Alyssa earlier.
The elementary school students and the group of parents looked puzzled, not knowing who this tall, handsome man was.
Baldwin was like a hungry wolf slowly approaching its prey. Gradually, the few elementary school students who had just humiliated Alyssa were so frightened that they leaned closely against their parents.
Even their parents frowned and stared at Baldwin.
After Baldwin stood still, he looked at one of the little boys who bullied Alyssa earlier. His voice was low and husky as he asked, "You spat on my daughter and called her mother an impure woman, right? "
The little boy was terrified by Baldwin's ferocious gaze, so he didn't answer Baldwin's question.
"Ahh! Mom... I'm scared..."
The little boy was only around 7 to 8 years old. Petrified by the man before him, he burst into tears instantly. Even the other children who had just mocked Alyssa started crying as they trembled.
Seeing this, the little boy's mother and other parents immediately became upset. The woman pointed at Baldwin, shouting, "Who are you? What the child said is none of your business. I will settle the score with you if you scare my son."
Baldwin narrowed his eyes, retorting coldly, "He speaks such hurtful words at such a young age. Aren't you going to do anything about it as his parent?"
The woman snorted arrogantly. "It's none of your business. Besides, what my child said is the truth. Everyone in this school knows that Violet Qin is an impure woman who a man had raped."
Slap!
As soon as the woman finished speaking, she was slapped in the face. The slap was so powerful that it pushed the woman back more than 9 feet away.
Ouch!
The woman uttered an animal-like pitiful cry after falling onto the ground. Her jaw was dislocated, and 7 to 8 of her teeth had fallen out.
Baldwin never hit women unless he couldn't help it, and today was one of those days that he could not suppress his anger.
Blood drained from the woman's cheeks momentarily. She never expected that Baldwin would actually dare to hit her in public.
She wanted to curse or call for help, but her jaw was dislocated, and she could only make a strange sobbing noise.
The little boy slumped onto the ground with fear, wailing as he peed his pants. Even the pupils next to him who had mocked Alyssa wet their pants, too.
The parents who wanted to scold Baldwin were terrified. They retreated a few steps and lowered their heads, fearing that this violent man would cause trouble for them.
Baldwin scanned the faces around him and stated, "It's the parent's fault if their kids are rude. If you don't teach your kids what's right or wrong now, someone will teach them when they are adults. I won't hit your kids, but all of you who humiliated my daughter and wife should apologize and admit your mistakes to them!"
Violet was shocked, standing not far away from Baldwin. She didn't expect that Baldwin would avenge her and Alyssa. In her eyes, Baldwin's anger and love for Alyssa was genuine.
"What happened?"
A fat middle-aged man walked over with a frown just then.
His expression darkened when he saw the woman sprawled on the floor. He glanced at the gloomy-looking Baldwin.
"Did you beat her right in front of the school entrance?" The middle-aged man questioned Baldwin, looking at him.
The wretched-looking man from earlier spotted the middle-aged man, hurrying over and saying, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, this man claims to be Alyssa Qin's father. Not only did he beat the student's mother, but he also asked us to apologize to Alyssa and her mother."
The person who came was none other than the principal of the school, Stan Liu, a corrupted and lewd-looking middle-aged man.
When he heard the wretched-looking man's words, Stan raised his eyes to look at Violet and Alyssa. Baldwin caught a hint of lust and smugness in Stan's gaze at that moment.
Then, Stan stared at Baldwin sternly and said, "You are so ridiculous. How dare you hit someone right at the school entrance? You're definitely going to jail."
Baldwin replied coldly: "As the principal, don't you have to get down to the cause of why this happened? Your students spewed malicious words and defamed my daughter. Is this how an educator like you should act?"
Stan furrowed his brows, doubting Baldwin's words. "You are Alyssa Qin's father? As far as I know, her father is a rapist. Moreover, what these students said is true. Should I, as the principal, teach them how to lie?"
As the principal of a school, not only did he not feel ashamed when his students humiliated another student, but he continued to emphasize that Alyssa was the daughter of a rapist, which just goes to show how morally corrupted he was.
What was unknown to Baldwin was that no one in the school initially knew about Violet's past. Hence, that was why she enrolled Alyssa here.
But Stan had heard of the unfortunate event that occurred to Violet, so by the time Violet transferred Alyssa over to his school, he was already entranced by Violet's beauty.
He wanted to find an excuse to get near her, but Violet wouldn't give him a chance. Therefore, the indignant Stan spread the news about Violet's tragic past to every parent and student in the school.
And today, Baldwin, who claimed to be Violet's husband, had shown up, causing trouble. Stan knew he could use this chance to send him to prison. That way, Violet would beg Stan to let Baldwin off the hook, and by then, Stan could get Violet to do whatever he pleases.
Baldwin's eyes turned frosty when he heard Stan's words. He voiced coldly, "The truth? The truth is a rapist did horrible things to a pitiful woman. Yet, you guys made her life even worse. What's the difference between you people and the rapist that ruined her life?"
Many parents and their kids lowered their heads. Baldwin was right. Violet was a pitiful woman with a tragic past. Yet, they still spoke maliciously of her. Their actions were no different from that of a beast without a guilty conscience.
Baldwin's words touched Violet. She mused, "How is he able to speak such meaningful words as a rapist and a violent man?"
But Stan snorted. "As the principal, I have to be responsible for my students enrolled in my school. I did them a favor by allowing a rapist's daughter to be enrolled here. But you, as Alyssa's father, weren't grateful for the favor I did, choosing to hit a student's parent. I'm going to send you to prison for this."
With that, Stan took out his phone. However, he had just pressed a number when someone powerful pinched his chubby, phone-holding hand.
Crack!
Stan moaned in pain, noticing that his phone screen had cracked. He was shocked and terrified by Baldwin's strength.
"Do you want to call the police? Since I'm going to jail anyway, I might as well hit you again," Baldwin stated amusedly.
Slap!
It was yet another loud slap landing firmly on Stan's chubby cheek. Immediately, the 5-foot-4-inch tall man, weighing around 180 pounds, flew more than 16 feet away.
Stan's face slammed onto the ground harshly, and the crowd could clearly hear the sound of his nose bridge and teeth breaking.
Ouch! Ouch!
Stan let out a blood-curdling scream. Not only did all his teeth fall out, but there was also blood flowing out of his ear. It was evident that his eardrum was perforated.