Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 133 Parent-Child Relationship

However, the teacher came to wake Zhiyuan up, and all of his dreams vanished, leaving only a wet pillow pressed against his face, feeling cool.

The chubby little hand reached out again, "Li Zhiyuan, don't cry, here's some to eat."

Zhiyuan stared at the hand; it was a piece of candy. "I didn't cry."

He looked away and said.

"Li Zhiyuan, I have chocolate, but I didn't bring any today. You can have this first, and I'll bring you some chocolate next time," a childish voice said.

"You eat it yourself, I don't want it..." Zhiyuan silently got up.

He couldn't hide anymore in the afternoon. After class and a snack, Aunt Zhao would come to pick him up. He couldn't let Aunt Zhao know that he wasn't doing well at kindergarten, because Aunt Zhao would tell Uncle Gu and his aunt, and that would make them worry.

When Sister Zhao came to pick him up in the afternoon, there was no sign that anything was wrong.

When Zhiyuan returned home, he obediently did his exercises as before. The old teacher at Gujia Village Elementary School had left him many books, and Aunt Lin had even brought them to the capital. Some of the exercise books were even compiled by the old teacher himself. He enjoyed doing them very much and was very happy doing them every day.

He worked for several hours straight until Aunt Zhao urged him to go to sleep, at which point he put down his pen and went back to his room.

The next day, Aunt Zhao took him to kindergarten as usual.

Aunt Zhao usually only saw him to the door, and he would go in by himself. This day was no exception.

However, once Zhiyuan arrived in the classroom, he remembered that the teacher had said that today was a parent-child sports day, and at least one of the parents had to come to the kindergarten to participate in the activities.

Zhiyuan had completely forgotten about it.

Looking at the classroom, which was half again as full as usual, with the children sitting next to their fathers or mothers, he felt a little lost.

But even if he remembers, so what?

He doesn't have a mom or dad either; Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu both have to go to school...

But he probably won't be involved in this sports meet, right? Anyway, he's never involved in any kindergarten activities, the teachers won't remember him, he can just sit in the corner.

He silently walked to his own corner.

However, yesterday, the little round-faced girl sat next to him, quietly slipped something into his hand, and whispered to him, "You eat, I have more."

He really did bring him chocolate...

Why do these people like to eat chocolate so much?

Chocolate doesn't taste good; it's not sweet and it's bitter.

After stuffing the chocolate into her mouth, the little girl with the round face quickly ran back to her father's side.

The teacher also started speaking, asking the children and their parents to go to the small playground outside.

Zhiyuan thought about it for a moment, then decided not to go. He just sat in the classroom, lost in thought.

Soon after, the loudspeakers on the playground began to blare out in a lively and cheerful tone.

The teacher's voice was full of passion as he organized the sports meet, and then, with whistles and cheers, the outside was practically boiling over.

Zhiyuan was curious, so he climbed up to the window to take a look.

On the playground, a father and his child were running in a three-legged race, with one leg tied to the other.

Zhiyuan had never seen a three-legged race before, and he found it novel and interesting, even though this fun and excitement had nothing to do with him.

"Li Zhiyuan, why aren't you going out? Why are you lying here?" The childcare worker noticed him.

Zhiyuan thought he had done something wrong by lying there, so he quickly returned to his seat and sat up straight.

He came from the countryside and had been criticized many times. What he did was wrong, what he said was wrong. Everything he did and every word he said was a joke in other people's eyes.

The childcare worker smiled and came over to take his hand. "Li Zhiyuan, if you want to see, you can go outside. You don't need to sit here."

Zhiyuan shook his head and remained seated in his chair.

"Come on, I'll take you outside to see the sights." The childcare worker took his hand.

Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, then followed the teacher.

The childcare worker led him to his classroom's designated area, saying, "You can just watch from here."

Zhiyuan nodded, wanting to say "thank you, teacher," but remembering what he had just said, he didn't dare to say it and shut his mouth.

The playground was really lively. Even the little round-faced boy who gave him candy was participating in the race with his dad. Everyone was cheering him on. In the end, the little round-faced boy actually came in first place, and his dad lifted him up and spun him around.

Zhiyuan stared, mesmerized...

"Next project is coming up soon, a relay race, which requires both parents and children to participate. Classmates, gather here!" The teacher clapped her hands to call out.

Instantly, all the children and parents in the cubicle stepped out as instructed by the teacher.

Zhiyuan was the only one left in the square, which looked very out of place.

Zhiyuan, who always wanted to hide himself in a corner, couldn't hide anymore.

The teacher spotted him immediately. "Li Zhiyuan, hurry up and come up here, you're the only one we're waiting for!"

Upon hearing this, Zhiyuan dared not be careless and immediately ran over.

As a result, he ran up to the teacher, who found that he was alone and asked, "Where are your parents?"

"He...they..." Zhiyuan didn't know how to say it. Were Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu considered parents?

"Didn't come?" The teacher frowned.

He definitely didn't come...

Zhiyuan nodded silently.

The teacher suddenly got angry. "Li Zhiyuan, what's wrong with your parents? Do they even care about you? You come from the countryside and can't keep up with anything. You're even dragging the class down during activities. It's so irresponsible! Each class reports the number of children and parents, and now our class is one person short. What are we going to do? Are we still going to participate?"

Zhiyuan panicked, his face turned bright red, and he was even more at a loss for words.

In the class line, a child shouted, "Li Zhiyuan doesn't have a mom or dad, he's not a good kid, his mom doesn't want him anymore!"

This is the second time someone at the kindergarten has said that his mother doesn't want him anymore...

His mother really didn't want him anymore...

The teacher was also taken aback.

"Teacher, both my parents are here. How about we send two parents? That would make enough people," one parent said.

Zhiyuan looked up and saw that it was a woman with a round face.

It turns out, the little round-faced boy's parents have come...

Round face is so lucky, so wonderful...

"Zhiyuan!" Suddenly, a voice rang out.

Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Lin Qingping!

It's my aunt! What brings her here?

Lin Qingping quickly ran over, took his hand, and said to the teacher, "Hello, I'm Li Zhiyuan's mother. I'm sorry I'm late. Is it still possible for me to make it in time?"

Lin Qingping had classes all day, so she went to the classroom early in the morning to reserve a seat.

After visiting the Wu family last week, Yu Chengzhi has finally calmed down these past two days.

While waiting for the teacher to come to class, she saw Sister Zhao's figure flash by outside the door.

She thought she was seeing things, but then the figure appeared again. This time, it seemed to have figured out that she was in the classroom, and waved to her from outside.

She quickly went outside.

"What's wrong, Sister Zhao?"

Sister Zhao hesitated, "Xiao Lin, you're in class..."

"What is it? Tell me," Lin Qingping said hurriedly.

"Zhiyuan Kindergarten has a parent-child sports day today. I heard about it from other grandmothers who were dropping off their children after dropping them off at Zhiyuan. I was thinking of going myself, but the school wouldn't let me in, saying that I wasn't a parent and that only parents could participate. So I had no choice but to come to you..."

Lin Qingping did not hesitate. She knew better than anyone how important the words "parents and children" were to Zhiyuan!

She took leave and rushed to the kindergarten.