The stir surrounding the affair alerted school principal Mai Jan-mei, and after learning the facts of the case, she tried to intervene on Li-ping's behalf. But the father accused her of taking Li-ping's side and trying to cover up the facts, and he even complained to his city councillor.
事情鬧大，驚動了校長，麥冉妹在瞭解案情後，想設法幫她轉圜，卻被家長指責校長偏袒學生、隱瞞真相，還一狀告到市議員那裡。