Chapter 1002: Beautiful Girl (47)

"Something this big, why didn't you tell Mom?"

A faint smile appeared in Tang Guo's eyes, and her voice softened considerably. "That would've delayed your work, Mom. I can handle something like this myself."

"You're only seventeen."

"I'm almost eighteen," Tang Guo replied. "Very soon, I'll be eighteen."

Xu Meihui couldn't bring herself to blame her. After reading about everything in the news, she simply had no grounds to reproach her.

Careless as she was, she had spent all her energy earning money, trying to provide a better life for the two of them.

She had thought that because her daughter looked fine, she really was fine.

How could she have known that ever since entering that high school, her only daughter had been subjected to endless verbal attacks?

She couldn't even imagine what might have happened if her daughter hadn't been this strong. Would today's outcome have been completely different?

That little girl standing on the rooftop might not have chosen to raise a loudspeaker and announce to everyone, "You've all been sued."

Instead, under the contempt and jeers of the crowd, she might have thrown herself from a tall building, crashing onto the ground in a mangled, bloody mess.

Xu Meihui didn't dare imagine such a result. Trembling, she gripped her phone tightly. "Guoguo, Mom's coming right now. Mom will stay with you."

Since her daughter had chosen this path, then as her mother, she would stand by her side and face everything with her. Those malicious people deserved to be sued, and they deserved to be punished.

Her Guoguo had done nothing wrong.

The only thing she had done wrong was not telling her about it.

Thinking back to when Tang Guo had borrowed money from her, understanding suddenly dawned upon Xu Meihui. Most likely, Guoguo had already been planning all this at that time.

Countless questions filled her heart, but she no longer wanted answers. She only wanted to reach Tang Guo as quickly as possible and stand together with her daughter against those hateful defendants.

Xu Meihui arrived very quickly.

Her eyes were red-rimmed as she walked up to Tang Guo and pulled her tightly into an embrace. In the end, mother and daughter stood side by side at the plaintiffs' table.

The trial lasted a long time.

At first, every defendant remained arrogant and fearless, insisting that they had never spread rumors or said anything defamatory about Tang Guo. They claimed she had fabricated everything.

If she failed to produce evidence, they would sue her for slander instead.

Those who knew the truth suddenly found these vicious-looking people somewhat terrifying.

The way they jumped up in indignation, passionately voicing their opinions and loudly condemning Tang Guo as a liar—it was truly ugly to behold.

Countless people sitting in the defendants' seats wore smug expressions. There were so many of them that they felt they could drown the opposite side with words alone.

"I have witnesses," Tang Guo said.

The time came for witnesses to take the stand.

The first witness was Bai Fei.

Bai Fei had always been timid, but this time, standing before tens of thousands of people, she truly felt no fear as she walked to the witness stand and spoke on Tang Guo's behalf.

For the first time in her life, facing so many unfamiliar faces, she strode forward without the slightest hesitation, head held high, a smile on her face, radiating confidence.

Speaking clearly and distinctly, she recounted all the verbal abuse Tang Guo had suffered after arriving at the school, accurately identifying who had said what.

She herself didn't know why, but at that moment, every scene from the past appeared vividly in her mind.

After she stepped down, witness after witness took the stand.

One of them was unexpectedly Chang Zhan.

His expression serious, he recounted many events that had taken place at school.

Among those seated in the defendants' section, Zuo Ran and Wei Liang were the first to admit their wrongdoing. They acknowledged that they had spread certain false rumors, causing psychological and emotional harm to Tang Guo, and stated that they were willing to accept punishment.