The two looked at each other for a while before Liu Nian finally spoke: "Good morning, Xiao Ke. Why are you up so early?"

Shouldn't we be sleeping soundly in bed on such a cold day?

The little guy pouted, looking a bit unhappy, and said, "I have to go to school today."

Oh right! This little guy is only in kindergarten, and today is Monday, so he definitely has to go to school.

"Aren't you happy about going to school?" Liu Nian asked him, amused. "Have you had breakfast?"

Su Ke shook her head: "Let's eat together, sister."

While eating breakfast, Liu Nian noticed the little guy's hesitant expression. She put down her milk and asked, "Xiao Ke, is there something you want to tell your sister?"

Su Ke nodded obediently: "Sister, are you busy today?"

Liu Nian thought for a moment and said, "No rush, I'll take a break for a while."

The little guy was overjoyed upon hearing this.

He asked again uncertainly, "Sister, so you'll be staying home with Xiao Ke all this time, right?"

Liu Nian nodded: "Yes! It's been such a long, long time since I've spent quality time with Xiao Ke."

"Yay!" Su Ke climbed off the stool, came to her side, and hugged Liu Nian's waist: "Sister is the best."

Liu Nian ruffled his hair: "Eat your breakfast, your sister will take you to kindergarten later."

The little guy nodded vigorously: "Okay!"

After finishing breakfast, Liu Nian habitually put on a mask and hat, carrying Su Ke's small backpack in one hand and holding him in the other, said goodbye to Huang Qi and went out.

Su Ke's kindergarten was just across the street from the community, only a ten-minute walk away, so Liu Nian easily carried him to the kindergarten gate.

What was supposed to be a peaceful morning turned into an unexpected turn of events. Just as she put Su Ke down, she saw several children running towards them.

Before Liu Nian could react, the little boy in the lead bowed to Su Ke and apologized: "Su Ke, I'm sorry, please forgive me for what I did to you yesterday!"

The children following behind him also bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle and apologized, saying, "Su Ke, we're sorry, please forgive us!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Nian took a closer look at the children's faces. Oh! They were the naughty kids who had bullied Su Ke downstairs at the apartment building yesterday.

Su Ke pursed her lips, gently shook Liu Nian's hand, and looked up at her: "Sister..."

Liu Nian understood what he meant; he simply wanted to know her opinion!

Su Ke only asked Liu Nian for help because he was nervous, asking her to help him control those children.

Liu Nian looked at the children, then glanced at the women behind them.

It seems their parents found out about yesterday's incident, and they were punished, so they've come to apologize now.

She crouched down to be at Su Ke's eye level: "Xiao Ke, do you think their apology is sincere enough?"

Su Ke stared wide-eyed at the children who were still bowing at a 90-degree angle for a while, then nodded to Liu Nian.

Liu Nian chuckled softly, "Should we forgive them?"

"Um."

Su Ke looked at them, pursed his lips, and said, "I forgive you."

Upon hearing this, the children immediately sat up straight, each of them grinning sheepishly.

Liu Nian thought they deserved a beating, which is why they wanted to bully others. Look, they behaved themselves after being beaten.

"Then Xiao Ke, go inside! I'll go home after I see you go in," Liu Nian said, gently rubbing his head.

Su Ke kept looking back at Liu Nian as he walked, until finally he was led into the building by the teacher, and only then did Liu Nian leave.

Seeing Liu Nian leave, the women urged their children to go inside quickly, and then they all chased after Liu Nian.

"Um, you must be Su Ke's parent! I'm so sorry, my child bullied Su Ke yesterday, and I want to apologize to you as well. My boy just needed to be taught a lesson." A woman said.

Liu Nian generously accepted her apology.

The other women also apologized, and repeatedly emphasized that they would discipline their children properly in the future and that such a thing would not happen again.

Liu Nian thought they were all good, at least they wouldn't spoil their children too much.

Then we walked back to the residential area together. Since we lived in different apartment buildings, we went our separate ways after entering the complex.

When Liu Nian arrived home, she saw Huang Qi mopping the floor. With nothing to do, she thought for a moment, changed her clothes, put on her coat, and went out again.

She hadn't visited her flower shop in a long time, so she needed to take this time to check the bills.

When she arrived at the flower shop, the clerk was arranging flowers. When she saw her come in, she assumed she was there to buy flowers and immediately stopped what she was doing to greet her.

"Hello, what kind of flowers would you like to buy?"

Liu Nian thought her attitude was good, but she wasn't buying flowers: "Let me calculate how much profit we've made over the past few months."

Upon hearing the voice of their boss, the shop assistant immediately perked up: "Boss!!"

Liu Nian nodded: "Have you recorded all the losses from the past few months?"

"Yes, I've already organized them all."

The shop assistant went to the counter and retrieved the bill. "Boss, it's all here."

When the annual profit was tallied, it was found that the profits in the past few months were slightly less than in the past.

I calculated the losses again and found that there were losses of nearly 10,000!

She frowned and asked the shop assistant, "Has business been bad these past few months?"

"Business was pretty good, but a while ago someone ordered flowers. We had already shipped them out, but they changed their minds halfway there and demanded a refund. I didn't know what to do at the time, and I couldn't contact you, so I took it upon myself to refund them."

Liu Nian nodded: "How many flowers did they order?"

"They ordered blue roses, 20,000 stems, and the back of a pickup truck is almost overflowing." The shop assistant said, making a pained expression, which amused Liu Nian.

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