Tsuna grabbed the buzz-cut boy by his head and punched him in the face. Just as he was about to strike again, Principal Takakura hugged him from behind, forcing him to stop.
Seeing that they were all sobbing with their faces covered and no longer daring to fight back, Shizuka chose to stop. Yaeko, holding Yuzuru, hurried forward and asked, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
"Nothing, just a little pain in my hand." Shizuka shrugged to indicate that it was a small problem, reached into her pocket to take out her cell phone, and started to call her husband.
Daisuke, who was smoking on the office rooftop while watching the busy traffic below, felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Frowning in confusion, he pulled it out and saw that it was a call from his wife. He answered without thinking twice.
"Hello? What's wrong, dear?"
"Come to Tsuna's kindergarten."
After hearing what Shizuka said, Daisuke, who was confused, suddenly thought of something and asked nervously: "You didn't hit the teacher, did you?!"
"What are you thinking? I just beat up two parents who were making trouble."
"Okay... I'll go over now." Daisuke, who was about to hang up the phone, thought of something and quickly stopped, then asked: "You didn't kill them, did you?!"
"Am I really that violent? It was just a few slaps."
Daisuke could hear the murderous edge in her voice and had no desire to go back and kneel on the washboard in front of the kids. He quickly let out a few nervous laughs. "Haha, of course not! I'm coming now."
He hung up the phone and put away his phone. Daisuke looked at the cigarette in his left hand that he had only taken a few puffs off, raised it, took a deep puff, threw it into the ashtray on the rooftop, and walked downstairs.
Shizuka saw that the other party had hung up the phone, turned her head to look at the two people who were covering their faces and not sobbing, and said calmly: "Do you want to settle it privately or call the police?"
Before the two women could respond, Shizuka went on, "I've made myself clear—privately settle for 500,000 yen plus the medical expenses for your faces. If you go to the police, all you'll get is the cost of medical treatment. You're housewives, so there's no claim for lost wages. And in the end, it was just a few slaps."
The mother of the crew-cut kid covered her left cheek and glared at Shizuka. With her other hand, she pointed to her belly and said, "Then what about this? You hit me in the stomach."
Shizuka ignored the other person's eyes, chuckled, and said, "Yes, if you call the police, the medical expenses will be a little more than the other one."
The mother of the short-haired kid couldn't take it anymore and reached for her phone to call the police. But the mother of the mushroom-haired kid quickly reached out to stop her and tried to dissuade her, saying, "You're really going to call the police? I'm telling you, if you do, the most you'll get is about 150,000 yen—and the other side doesn't seem afraid of being detained."
The short-haired kid's mother weighed the 500,000 against the 150,000 in her mind. She snapped out of it, put her phone away, and said nothing more.
Seeing that their attitude had softened, Shizuka turned to Yaeko and smiled."Hey… Yaeko, could you take Shoko and Tsuna to grab some sandwiches nearby? I want to leave, but they probably won't let me."
Yaeko looked at Shizuka, who was instantly grinning, and also smiled and shook her head, handed Yuzuru in her arms her, and walked out of the infirmary to buy some food for the two children.
Director Takakura put Tsuna down from his arms and told him to go play with Shoko. Hearing that they had already settled the matter privately, he knew that it was nothing for him to do. He said goodbye to everyone and left.
Teacher Yoshinaga comforted the two crying children with a soft sigh, feeling that everything was unfolding before her. Meanwhile, Teacher Ageo gently stroked Shoko's head—who had been watching the scene from the bed until now—and sensed that Tsuna's mother was no ordinary person.
Shizuka held Yuzuru and watched Tsuna approach. She reached out with her left hand to pat Tsuna's head and chuckled, "Are you scared?"
Tsuna shook her head, looked into Shizuka's eyes, and said sincerely, "No, I just suddenly felt that you, Shizuka, have a violent side."
Shizuka gritted her teeth, then patted Tsuna's head, looked at Tsuna, and chuckled, but didn't say anything.
About five minutes later, Yaeko returned to the infirmary carrying a bag from the convenience store and handed out sandwiches to everyone. Teachers Ageo and Yoshinaga waved their hands to refuse, indicating they didn't want any. Tsuna took a sandwich from Shoko and chose to feed it to her.
About half an hour later, Daisuke walked into the infirmary with a black briefcase and nodded to Yaeko and the two teachers to say hello.
Daisuke took out two pieces of paper from his bag, handed them to the two parents, and said, "Since you have chosen to settle privately, please sign this private settlement agreement. I will pay you immediately after signing."
Daisuke turned his head to look at Shoko lying on the bed. Looking at the injuries on her body, a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. He thought that it was good that Shizuka could hold back and not use force this time.
When Yaeko heard Daisuke say that it was not the two families who paid the 1 million together, she hurriedly said, "No, no, no, our family also has a share in this matter. How can we let you pay alone?" After saying that, she stood up from the chair and wanted to walk over to take the agreement paper.
Shizuka was holding Yuzuru and couldn't reach out to stop Yaeko, so she gave Daisuke a meaningful look. Daisuke understood immediately, reached out his hand to stop Yaeko, and said firmly,
"This isn't your family's business. The person Shizuka hit should be compensated by our family."
Shizuka saw that Yaeko was still about to object and continued where Daisuke left off: "That's right. And it's not easy for you to juggle work right now. You'd be better off using that money to buy something delicious for our Shoko."
In the end, Shizuka saw that Yaeko really refused to agree, so she could only write a 50,000 IOU to Yaeko, letting her pay it back whenever she wanted. But Yaeko thought it was too little, and the two began to haggle over the amount of the IOU.
Daisuke saw that he couldn't get a word in, so he could only quietly walk to Tsuna's side to check if Tsuna was injured.
Tsuna felt a little itchy because he was touching him all over, so he gently slapped away Daisuke's hand and asked curiously, "Dad, why do I feel like you are used to Mom doing this?"
Daisuke smiled and said, "You are still young now, and you won't understand even if I tell you. To put it simply, your mom used to be the leader of the bad girls in this area. If it weren't for your dad's ability to conquer your mom and let her be a housewife, she might be fighting in a gang on some street now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Daisuke ignored Tsuna's shocked expression and reached out to pat her head. But the moment he raised his hand, he felt someone tugging at the back of his shirt—accompanied by Shizuka's sharp, menacing voice:
"Who do you say was conquered by whom!?"
Daisuke quickly raised his hands and begged for mercy: "I, I, I, I was conquered by you."
Shizuka snorted, loosened Daisuke's clothes, helped him smooth it, then hugged him from behind, and whispered in his ear, "Thank you." After that, Daisuke's smile never dropped for the whole day.
Tsuna looked at the loving couple in front of him, and his mouth twitched unconsciously, and he turned around to play with Shoko.