Chapter 1 — Tuition Fees for Other People's Daughters

Ms. Truong raised her hand to stop him: "Mr. Tham, please pay attention to what you say." Tong Nhiem whispered: "Uncle Tham, don't argue with Chi Chi anymore because of me. Or I won't receive that allowance anymore." I raised my head: "What subsidy?" Ms. Truong's hand that was flipping through the documents stopped. Tham Kien Quoc's face fell: "It has nothing to do with you." "Why doesn't it have to do with you?" I asked, "What does the school's subsidy have to do with you?" Tong Nhiem panicked: "I said wrong, it's not from the school, it was given to me by uncle Tham." Chu Duong immediately asked: "You clearly said subsidy just now." Tham Kien Quoc stood up: "Tham Chi, if you don't apologize today, I will go find your dean immediately. I want to see if a person who is disrespectful to me and bullies poor students will still be considered for reward by the school." I looked at him: "Dad, just go." He was stunned. "It's best to call everyone here." I said, "Dad, please explain clearly in front of them, why you would rather buy a bouquet of flowers of over three hundred yuan for Tong Nhiem than pay my tuition." Tong Nhiem's tears fell: "Chi Chi, why do you have to force Uncle Tham?" Chu Duong laughed out of anger: "Who is forcing whom?" Ms. Truong stood up: "Okay, I will continue to investigate this matter. Mr. Tham, we will stop here for today." My father picked up the bag, and as I passed by, I lowered my voice: "Don't regret it." I watched him walk out of the office. Tong Nhiem followed. Before going out the door, she turned her head to look at me. Those eyes did not show any self-pity. It's the triumph of the victor. That evening, a post appeared on the school forum. The title is: Poor female student is hated and humiliated by her schoolmates, her sponsoring father angrily criticizes his biological daughter in cold blood. The attached photo is of me standing behind the flower shop counter. The angle of the photo was very clever, it looked like I was bowing my head, deliberately not paying attention to others. There is also a photo of Tong Nhiem holding flowers and crying. Comments spanned page after page. Some people say that my father sponsoring others is a good deed, I should not use morality to force him. Some people say that even poor students bully me, and my heart is evil to the core. Some people say that my father did a great job of raising me through college, but I still don't criticize him enough. I'm truly ungrateful. Chu Duong angrily threw the phone on the bed: "Who took the picture? Tong Nhiem?" "Probably her friend." I picked up my phone and saved the article. "You still saved it?" Chu Duong was about to grab it, "Call the police, find the teacher." "Save the evidence first." "How can you be so calm?" I sent a screenshot to my mailbox, then took a photo of the flower shop's order. "Being calm will save money." I said, "Anger consumes energy, I still have to go to work tonight." Chu Duong looked at me and suddenly couldn't scold me anymore. When I arrived at the flower shop, Ms. Lam was holding her phone reading the article. Seeing me, she immediately closed the door. "Who is that virtuous?" "The person from Tong Nhiem's side." "I posted the camera." Ms. Lam immediately said, "How did she talk in the store last night, the camera captured it clearly." "No need to post it yet." "Why?" "I want to see if anyone else jumps out." Ms. Lam stared at me: "This girl, she sounds a bit scary." "I just don't want to continue being led by them." The doorbell rang, the girls pushed the door open and entered. I know the short-haired girl in the front, is Luu Tinh, Tong Nhiem's roommate. She slapped a hundred yuan bill on the counter: "Give me the cheapest bunch of white daisies." Ms. Lam's face fell: "White chrysanthemums to give to someone?" Luu Tinh laughed: "Giving to living people only brings bad luck to others." I pushed the money back: "The store doesn't sell." "You're just a hired worker, but you're also picky about customers?" Luu Tinh raised the phone and pointed it at me, "Did you see? She caught me."

bully others like that. Pretending to be pitiful, is actually extremely arrogant." Ms. Lam raised her hand to cover the lens: "No filming is allowed in the store." Luu Tinh raised her voice: "Do you dare touch my phone?" The girl next to her chimed in: "Her father sponsored Nhiem Nhiem because Nhiem Nhiem was excellent. She herself doesn't have the ability to win a scholarship, so she blames others." I raised my head: "Last semester, Tong Nhiem failed two subjects." Luu Tinh's expression changed: "You're talking nonsense." "The retake list was published on the training management system." "That's better than a narrow-minded person like you." Luu Tinh walked around the counter, picked up a rose branch and broke it, "Today I keep wanting to buy white daisies, what can you do?" Ms. Lam grabbed the flower branch: "Pay me back." Luu Tinh threw the broken rose to the ground: "Tell Tham Chi to pay for it. Isn't she the best at crying about poverty? I bent down to pick up the flowers, opened the notebook under the counter, wrote down the time, product name and loss. Luu Tinh scoffed: "What are you pretending to be serious about?" I pushed the notebook in front of her: “Camera in the store, destruction of property, intentional filming. Now you pay thirty yuan or wait for the police to come.” Some of them were stunned. Ms. Lam picked up the phone: "I'm telling the truth." Luu Tinh still remained speechless: "Who are you threatening?" The phone was connected, Ms. Lam reported the address.