Su Anran was angry again.

Seeing the little villain and the loving and filial scenes between Li Qiao and her son, she became even angrier, but she didn't dare to show her displeasure in front of Li Qiao.

Li Yao brought a fruit plate from the kitchen. He didn't have a favorite fruit, but today he took the initiative to ask Li Qiao to cut more mangoes for him.

In this way, mangoes occupied most of the fruit plate. Li Qiao thought the little guy liked mangoes.

Su Anran's face turned green when she saw the plate full of mangoes. She hated the taste of mangoes the most.

The little villain had no tact at all. He forced the mango into her mouth before she could say she didn't want to eat it. She couldn't swallow it or spit it out, and she almost vomited.

What followed was a stare-like stare. The little boy, bored, snuggled up to his mother and no longer paid any attention to irrelevant people.

Su Anran was reserved at first, but gradually she became unconscious of the embarrassment and started touching and scratching here and there, thinking she was in her own home.

At ten o'clock in the morning, not a minute more or less, Ning's father knocked on Li Qiao's door on time, ready to take his daughter back.

He didn't leave the community at all and was sitting downstairs waiting. His daughter had just recovered and he was really worried.

"I'm not leaving!" Su Anran rolled on the ground as usual, expressing her resolute refusal. She couldn't leave before she had even tasted the meal Li Qiao had prepared for her.

For the first time, Ning's father did not spoil his precious daughter. He picked her up and left, bowing and apologizing to Li Qiao: "I'm sorry, we spoiled her too much." After saying that, he strode away, feeling humiliated.

Li Yao smiled with his eyes curved, tugged at the hem of his mother's clothes, raised his cute little face and said, "Mom, I'll be obedient." He will be more obedient and sensible than any other child.

"You're so great, babe." Li Qiao leaned forward and kissed him.

The little guy's food is good, and his face is gradually becoming rounder. When you kiss it, it's as chewy as jelly.

Li Qiao hadn't kissed him during this period, and Li Yao was stunned again.

When Li Qiao saw him like this, she suddenly remembered that the children were like this when she had just returned.

She had always thought that the child had opened his heart and accepted her as his mother, but it turned out that a different person had been created without her knowing.

Li Qiao hadn't seen the little one's stunned expression in a long time; it was truly adorable. With adequate nutrition, the little one's hair was growing beautifully, black and fluffy, with stunning hair quality. Perhaps it was the motherly filter, but Li Qiao thought her child was the most beautiful child in the world.

"Ahem..." Li Qiao cleared her throat, straightened the little guy, and said seriously, "Mom thinks I still need to discuss this with you."

Li Yao stiffened his back and subconsciously lowered his eyes. Although he didn't know what Li Qiao was going to say, his first reaction at this moment was to escape.

"Don't be nervous." Li Qiao pinched the little one's face. "Actually, Mommy just wanted to ask you, do you want to go to kindergarten? There will be many children around your age, kind teachers, and interesting classes..."

Li Yao never went to kindergarten. When he was in the third grade of elementary school, he was forced to drop out of school because he had no tuition. In the end, a very good teacher helped him and told him to study hard and get a scholarship when he was at his lowest.

But a month after helping him, the teacher was hit and killed by a car... Many, many years later he found out that the person who hit the teacher was "Mom's" latest boyfriend at the time.

From then on, he actually had a strong desire to jump out of the well through studying. In fact, he was not the smartest and most outstanding child, but in the end, he was always the first in the school.

After the college entrance exam, he thought his "mom" would be happy for him, but he never imagined that his choice of major would be changed...

"I want to go to school." He heard himself answer.

He thought that all the regrets and scars were slowly healing.

——

Li Yao felt that he was very ordinary, just a member of the vast human race, small and fragile.

Instead of choosing between the high-end bilingual international kindergarten and the "background" kindergarten that was hard to get into even if you had money, Li Qiao chose the most ordinary public kindergarten, which was just 50 meters left from the community entrance.

There are Zhou Zilong, Xuanduo, Mumu...all the children in the community go to school there.

Was Li Yao doing this for them? No, not really. He was just envious. He envied them for having their parents pick them up every day, and for being able to stroll with their parents along the path between school and home...

These are things that the so-called international schools cannot give him. His mother provided him with a higher platform to choose from, but he was ungrateful and only coveted the warmth that he had never experienced before.

It was around 6:30 in the afternoon when we finished visiting three kindergartens. The sun was setting and the shadows of the two, one big and one small, were stretched very long.

The nightlife here is vibrant, and many vendors have already set up their stalls at this hour. There's a large and bustling night market near the city center square, with a constant stream of people. Li Yao had never been there, so Li Qiao took him there.

I bought a mango flavored ice cream for the little guy from the ice cream shop. The little guy seemed very interested in mangoes today.

Li Yao: “…” How should he tell his mother that he doesn’t actually like mangoes that much?

Afraid that people would push the short little guy, Li Qiao picked him up. The two of them hadn't eaten yet, and the nearest one was a barbecue stall. The aroma wafted from far away, stimulating people's sense of smell.

It seems that it is not suitable for children. However, it seems that it is not a bad idea to try it once in a while.

"Boss, fifteen skewers without any spicy sauce."

“Okay—”

Two tables away was a table of drunks. Three of them sat together, drinking, chatting and bragging. The sounds of them could be heard one after another. The two young girls at the next table couldn't help but show disgust on their faces.

The skewers were served. Li Yao had never eaten this kind of thing in his previous life because it was too expensive for him and he couldn't afford it.

He tasted it carefully, his eyes shining slightly, and he couldn't help shaking his now short legs. After realizing it, he tightened his little face again, as if the childish guy just now was not him.

"Beauty, can you add me as your friend?" Two of the guys at the drunkard's table sat opposite the two girls at the next table.

As for the third one, he staggered over to Li Yao, patted his shoulder, and mumbled, "Eh? Go away, little brat."

"Hey, your dad is here..."

The man grinned with his big yellow teeth and scanned Li Qiao's body from top to bottom.

At the same time, "click——" the picture froze.

"Fuck, I got scared!" The person holding a camera hiding in the crowd felt a pang of fear when he saw the candid photo and couldn't help but curse under his breath.