Chapter 242: Chapter 145-146: Hidden Truths / Accidents / Joy? (Part 3)
"The point is to make use of me. I’m not just the simple son of the Mayor; my family..."
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"This place has really nice surroundings, indeed a good place for recuperation." After getting out of the car and looking around the villa, Tang Luo sincerely praised.
Ying Nuo patted her forehead as if she had an epiphany: "Now I see why everyone likes money so much. Otherwise, how could you live in such a beautiful villa?"
Xing Nong wrapped his arms around her and cleared his throat lightly: "After you marry Brother Luo Feng, Luoluo will definitely gift you a house like this. She is a generous sister, better cozy up to the little sister-in-law."
"That’s openly jealous!" Having been joked about for so long, Ying Nuo, the classmate, had long become numb to this kind of talk.
"Stop messing around, let’s go in." While speaking, Ye’er ushered everyone inside, rang the doorbell, and was stunned to see the person opening the door—it was Dongdong’s mother whom they had met at KFC last time.
"Aunt Li, what a coincidence." Ye’er smiled at Sister Li and secretly poked the still stunned Yan Xingnong, the classmate.
Xing Nong frowned and looked at Sister Li: "Aunt Li, didn’t I introduce you to work at the service station? Are they bullying you?"
Sister Li hurriedly waved her hands, "No, no, Miss Yan, they treated me really well and took special care of me, but the people working there are military spouses, and I really couldn’t bear to keep taking their places."
"Aunt Li, you are good in every way, just too proud. You think too much for others. If you work here, what will happen to Dongdong?"
"He walks home after school by himself, and I bring food back to him from here in the evening. Dongdong is especially worried about me losing this job. He says this way he doesn’t have to worry about me going hungry," Sister Li said, wiping her tears.
"Let’s go inside and talk, no need to stand out here." Ye’er wrapped her arm around Xing Nong and walked inside. Turns out she had followed up last time to understand the mother and son’s situation and found work for them. This girl really has a warm heart.
Tang Luoying Nuo, and Fu Mo also basically understood what had happened and laughed, pushing the frowning Xing Nong from behind: "Cheer up, are you afraid Aunt Li will be mistreated here at Ye’er’s place?"
"Ye’er, you’re here?" Sang Qingqing greeted with a smile from the main house: "Godfather went to see Uncle Luo, and it’s just me and Sister Li at home. Come on in, everyone."
"Ah..." Ying Nuo suddenly jumped up and grabbed Ye’er, trembling in fear. Big Yellow was eyeing her, dragging its chubby body.
Ye’er teased with a laugh: "Nuonuo, seems like you really have a connection with my brother. Big White and Big Yellow love my brother the most, and now as soon as you arrive, they’ve set their eyes on you, tsk tsk..."
"Luo... Luoluo... quick... get them away from me." Ying Nuo’s voice trembled beyond recognition.
"Nuonuo, didn’t you really like Song Qiu? These are its parents. Come on, you aren’t the one who just pretends to like the idea like ’Lord Ye who enjoyed the company of dragons’?" While Ye’er teased her, she waved her hand and drove Big Yellow and Big White away. The two dogs, not content, shook their tails, looking back every three steps as they returned to their territory, barking, they just wanted someone to accompany them on a run!
After everyone entered and chatted for a bit, Ye’er called Sister Li over: "Aunt Li, if it was someone else, I might have to test them for a while before deciding. But your character, the incident last time, has already said it all. By the way, what school is Dongdong currently attending?"
Sister Li spoke hesitantly, "Dongdong is in fourth grade in the extracurricular class at Dongping Road Primary School."
Ye’er frowned upon hearing this; the so-called extracurricular class means no official school enrollment. It seemed that Sister Li didn’t have a local hukou and didn’t have enough money to pay for a non-local child’s school selection fee, so Dongdong had to attend this kind of class.
To put it bluntly, it’s almost like a cram school. While the curriculum is the same as the regular classes, the teaching quality isn’t very good. The kids in these classes are treated as third-class citizens in school. The first-class are local students, second-class are non-local students in regular classes, and third-class are those in such classes. In a few more years, this third-class won’t exist because attending these classes means essentially there’s no future!
The others looked at Sister Li with some dissatisfaction. Without the conditions, even returning to the rural area to study is better than this, they thought. How could you delay the child’s future just to stay in the city?
Sister Li hesitated for a moment, then wiped the corner of her eyes: "Miss Luo, it’s not that I’m too vain to take my child back. I really had no other choice. Can you listen to my reasoning?"
Ye’er nodded: "Go ahead, speak."
"I’m from Dianzi Village, Yangping Town, Weixian. After graduating from junior high school, my aunt’s relative introduced me to work as a waitress in a small restaurant in Island City, where I met my ex-husband, Yin Dejiu."