They did not expect to see Luca here at the parent-teacher conference.
Mrs. Hudson turned around and nced at Luca with aplicated look on her face.
She had a feeling that Luca had something to do with thewsuit. At the same time, she was confused
about why Luke would stand up for her.
Today, Luke asked hiswyer to deliver the letter to theirpany because of what happened
yesterday. Mrs. Hudson knew Luke was capable of doing so.
However, it did not look like he wanted to teach them a lesson for his child. It seemed more like he was
standing up for the woman.
It was because she drove Luca mad yesterday.
“Myra, it''s your fault. How are we supposed to exin this to Luke Crawford and ask him not to go
against ourpany?" Brigham, Charlie''s father, could not help but me her.
Myra felt aggrieved. Brigham had been telling her it was her fault since they received thewyer''s letter.
However, she could not be med for everything!
Myra could not help butin, "Enough. How would I know the child''s father is Luke Crawford?
Besides, Charlie wouldn''t have lied to me if he wasn''t afraid of getting punished by you. If it weren''t for
him, would I have offended her?"
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Myra hurried to the hospital after she left school yesterday.
Charlie had already finished his medical examination when she arrived at the hospital.
Myra could not help but ask Charlie why he lied. The child eventually cried and confessed that he was
worried Brigham would punish him. That was why he deliberately said that Tommy pushed him.
Brigham was pissed at the thought of what his son told them. He was furious and resentful. He could
not help but mutter, "That''s very mean of him. It''s just a child''s lie. Why is he taking it so seriously? He
even sent awyer''s letter!"
"Aren''t you the same? Any parent would be worried seeing their child get hurt. I was just worried about
Charlie. That''s why I spoke a little louder than usual. She''s such a sensitive woman. This is
mindblowing." Myra stopped putting on the apologetic expression on her face, and there was anger on
it now.
Brigham glowered at her and warned her, “Watch your words. Haven''t you gotten me into enough
trouble?"
"I..." Myra nced at the podium and shut her mouth. The principal stood on the podium, and he was
about to give his speech.
The principal gave a warm smile as he looked at the parents sitting below. Those were his sponsors of
the new academic building.
The parents were wealthy, but he remembered that the wealth of the parents in this ss was higher
than average. One of the students was Luke Crawford''s child.
The principal turned in Tommy''s direction. However, he was startled when he saw an unknown woman.
Still, he was used to such asions. He took his draft out and started to give his speech about the
school''s ns of building a new academic building.
Luca looked down as she ced her phone in the drawer. She sent Luke a message: [The principal is
talking about building a new academic building. He''s probably going to ask for some sponsorships.
What should I do?]
Luke replied: [Ask him to look for me.]
Luke had always contributed to the school, but he would only talk about it with the principal in person.
Luke was generous when it came to providing educational resources. However, he kept a low profile.
The parents would not know that he was part of it if they did not look at the contribution board.
Luke had personally told the principal not to make it known to the public. That was why there was
hardly anyone who knew that Luke had been sponsoring the school.
[Okay.] Luca put her phone away.
The principal was still looking at his draft, giving his speech on the podium. Luca listened to what he
said. He just wanted to say that he hoped the parents could support the school.
Then, he said that a designer from T Corporation would be in charge of the architectural design of the
new academic building. They would try their best to build a modern and futuristic academic building
and provide the students with afortable environment to study.
Tommy heard them mentioning the T Corporation. He tugged on Luca''s sleeves and said, “Ms. Luca,
isn''t that Daddy''s—"
"Yes." Luca nodded and winked at him, signaling him not to continue talking about it.
The constructionpany was supposed to be responsible for the design of the academic building.
The reason why the principal chose T Corporation was nothing more than to reduce costs.
Luke would not charge him a high price for the building design, after all.
Luca muttered to herself that it was smart of him to do so.
The parents who came today had businesses specializing in different industries. The cost of the
academic building would be lower if every parent chipped in to pay for them.
When Brigham heard the principal mentioning T Corporation, he raised his hand and said, "Sir, my
company will supply the lighting for the new academic building."
"Thank you, Mr. Hudson. That''s very kind of you." The principal beamed with joy.
Once Brigham said that, the other parents refused to be outdone. To make themselves look good, one
of the parents offered to supply the podium and ckboard, while some of them offered to supply the
students'' tables and chairs.
The entire ss offered to supply everything that was needed in the new academic building.
When the other parents noticed that there was nothing they could help with, they suggested chipping in
some money.
The principal immediately asked Mrs. Tuffey to record their names down. After the parent-teacher
conference ended, he would bring the relevant staff and pay a visit to the parents.
Luca felt helpless when she looked at how cheerful the principal was.
The air stank of money. Even though the principal was an educator, he was more like a businessman.
He discussed with the parents how to build the new academic building and how it would benefit the
school.
If an ordinary school wanted to build a new academic building, they had to go through numerous
applications and wait for the government and the department of education to allocate funds to the
school.
However, the principal of an elite school only had to hold a meeting to raise the funds needed.
There was no need to wait for the allocation of funds from the government.
Furthermore, the parents had big egos. They would never take back what they said after that.
As Luca listened to the parents volunteering to chip in for the new academic building, she looked down
and stared at Tommy.
Tommy was looking at her too. “Ms. Luca, did Daddy say anything about this?"
“He told me that he''ll handle this." Luca stroked the child''s head. She assumed the principal would not
ask her such a question in front of everyone.
After a while, the principal left the ssroom after Mrs. Tuffery finished recording the sponsorships of
every parent. Then, he headed to another ssroom to give his speech.
Mrs. Tuffey smiled and said, "Let''s proceed to the next session. It''s about the kids'' school outing. Do
you have any suggestions?"
Luca was speechless.
This was about sponsoring the students'' school outing again.
Even though it was just a ridiculously small sum of money to those parents, it was as though the school
was trying to gain more money from the parents while they were educating their children.
If it were not for the professionalism of the school teachers, assuring that their children would be taken
good care of at school, Luca would be reluctant to send her child here.
The parent sitting in front of Tommy''s table suddenly turned around. She looked at Luca and asked,
"Aren''t you sponsoring anything?"
Luca raised her brows and replied “I''m just the child''s rtive. The teacher should contact the child''s
father if they need any sponsorship."
The parent shook her head and said, "You really don''t know how to do this, huh? The teacher isn''t
going to contact the parents and ask for sponsorship. Besides, there are limited slots for sponsorship to
hit the fundraising target. Before the parent-teacher conference ends, the money chipped in will be
enough for the fundraising. The teacher will look down on the child if you don''t contribute."