"He wants to go to school? Why?" Yang Xiaoyu received a call from Butler Bai while working and immediately interrupted his work.

"The Third Young Master said that he didn't have a notice for the start of school, and he didn't know what to prepare for the start of school, so he wanted to go to school in advance to get another notice."

Although the summary was reduced to one sentence, it took Butler Bai and Wan Qiu five minutes to figure out the whole story of this sentence.

"What notice? I'm going to take him to drop out of school tomorrow."

Yang Xiaoyu raised his voice and sneered at the school, his tone full of arrogance.

"It's just a matter of making a phone call to get a notification letter. Do you need Wan Qiu to go there in person? You can just ask the teacher to deliver it to him directly."

Butler Bai thought that Wan Qiu asked to go to school, most likely out of habit.

Wan Qiu did not have the right to make phone calls in the past. Even though he has a mobile phone now, he does not have his teacher's phone number.

"No... since he has brought it up, he must go." Yang Xiaoyu thought. Yan Hua had reminded them of some things when he was talking to them about Wan Qiu's situation.

Rather than being rejected, it is more likely that Wan Qiu has developed a self-suppressive personality because he has been rejected too many times.

Try to meet Wan Qiu's requests as much as possible and let Wan Qiu get used to the feeling of being agreed to.

"Then should I take the Third Young Master to school?" asked Butler Bai.

Although Yang Xiaoyu wanted to go back, he had work to do today and couldn't leave.

"I'll give you news later."

When Butler Bai heard that Chu Jianshu was coming back to take Wan Qiu to school, he was stunned for a while.

This man, who has always been very busy and overly serious, not only does not meet his children's requests to go to school, he even asks his secretary to attend parent-teacher meetings.

However, it is also because the young masters are all very outstanding, and because of the Chu family's financial situation, the young masters receive nothing but praise, and Chu Jianshu will not take the time to listen to the flattery.

There really has been a change.

As a butler, he shouldn't guess his master's thoughts and intentions, but he still couldn't help but sigh.

Wouldn’t it have been better if the eldest and second young masters had been treated so seriously by the teacher when they were still in school?

Chu Jianshu did not have no work today, but after receiving the call from Yang Xiaoyu asking about it, he decided to postpone all the work.

The gradually rising sense of responsibility as a father also made Chu Jianshu reflect on his own shortcomings in educating his children.

Maybe he should see with his own eyes what his children's life is like in school, things that cannot be seen on cold documents.

When Chu Jianshu and Wan Qiu's eyes met, the father and the son, both of them were lost in their own thoughts.

Wan Qiu didn't expect that Chu Jianshu would go to school with him.

Wan Qiu had attended parent-teacher meetings before. After being brought to the city, in his first year of school, Ning Qiaozhen not only attended his parent-teacher meetings, but also often received calls from teachers.

In Wan Qiu's memory, that was not a happy thing.

He remembered the unhappiness that spread throughout Ning Qiaozhen's body like a black mist every time she received a call from her teacher, and he also remembered the look in Ning Qiaozhen's eyes after the parent-teacher meeting.

What kind of look is that?

It was as if there was a thick and cold ice wall between him and Ning Qiaozhen. He was immersed in the cold water, knocking on the ice wall, and perhaps only saw the vague figure of Ning Qiaozhen.

Is dad going to school with him now?

Even Wan Qiu knew that the students' parents would be very happy when they were praised by their teachers.

The warm orange atmosphere between intimate parents and children will not appear between him and his parents.

The teacher would never praise him.

"What's wrong? Why are you in a daze? Don't you have anything to take with you?" Chu Jianshu's voice rang in Wan Qiu's ears again.

Going to school, something will happen that will make Dad unhappy.

But Wan Qiu would not do anything to stop or refuse.

Wan Qiu shook his head.

"Let's go," said Chu Jianshu.

Watching Wan Qiu quietly get on the passenger seat, Chu Jianshu bent down and fastened Wan Qiu's seat belt.

Sitting back in the driver's seat, Chu Jianshu was also silent.

It was also the first time for Chu Jianshu to go to school with his child.

What’s more, it’s with Wan Qiu.

Since Wan Qiu returned to this home, he has spent most of his time with Yang Xiaoyu.

Chu Jianshu is not the one who would take the initiative to care about his child's personality. Even if he wants to change it, it is not easy to find an opportunity to start.

The time he and Wan Qiu spent alone together was zero.

As a not very competent father, Chu Jianshu was also a little restrained.

This time, Butler Bai still prepared a small kettle for Wan Qiu and also placed a large water cup in Chu Jianshu's car.

Both of their cups were filled with iced mung bean soup, but Wanqiu's had sugar added.

When Chu Jianshu got the mung bean soup, he glanced at Butler Bai, and his preconceived impression of this butler was slightly deviated.

Wan Qiu's gaze remained on Chu Jianshu's face, and Chu Jianshu felt a little awkward, which was rare.

He was wondering how Yang Xiaoyu could remain calm under Wan Qiu's gaze.

Neither Chu Zhang, Yang Ze, nor even Chu Yigui would look at him so directly or stare at him for a long time.

If it were any other child, he would definitely take it seriously.

Just like when it comes to treating wild wolves and stray cats, humans always have different attitudes towards them.

During the entire driving process, the only sound in the car was the cycling navigation.

Wan Qiu seemed to realize that Chu Jianshu didn't want to talk, so he started looking out the window.

When the light was red, Chu Jianshu went to pay attention to Wan Qiu. Was his passenger seat so empty?

Chu Jianshu was not interested in Wan Qiu's school, or rather, such a school was not worthy of his attention.

Ning Hai and Ning Qiaozhen have no background and no money, so naturally they can't send their children to any good school.

This private school does not have any restrictions on household registration for students, and does not even have an academic record, so the student body is a mixed bag.

The chaotic state of the surrounding businesses is enough to tell what the situation is like here. Within a kilometer of the school, you can see several internet shops and KTVs clearly visible.

The roads are chaotic and there is almost no greenery.

When Chu Jianshu was paying attention to whether there were any parking spaces around, he noticed that Wan Qiu's expression was obviously different from usual.

It's the sense of security of being in a familiar, controllable place.

Wan Qiu returned to a familiar place.

Of course, the Chu family would feel more at ease with three full years than with only one or two months.

Wanqiu’s school is not big, with only three teaching buildings, the primary school, the junior high school, and the dormitory building, as well as several bungalows. The whole picture can be seen at a glance.

Chu Jianshu left his coat in the car. Fortunately, although it was a sunny day today, the temperature was not high enough to make people uncomfortable.

Wan Qiu didn't say anything and stood quietly beside Chu Jianshu.

Chu Jianshu looked at Wan Qiu.

I thought of Yang Xiaoyu.

Is he going to hold Wan Qiu’s hand?

Would my fourteen-year-old son be willing to hold his father’s hand?

Although Chu Jianshu's mind was always lingering over the words "hold hands", the words that came to his lips were: "Let's go."

Although they didn't hold hands, Wan Qiu and Chu Jianshu were very close.

Chu Jianshu noticed that Wan Qiu was always paying attention to his surroundings.

"I'm not familiar with the road, you lead the way." Chu Jianshu decided to give the right to lead the way to Wan Qiu.

Yan Hua had many suggestions, one of which was that since Wan Qiu didn't know how to spontaneously find what he wanted to do, he should make decisions among the things he needed to do.

Chu Jianshu realized that his attitude towards children had really become much softer, and he even had more patience to do some small things that he once thought were unnecessary.

He also noted that this was his responsibility towards his children.

Wan Qiu looked up and looked at Chu Jianshu, and Chu Jianshu allowed Wan Qiu to explore his thoughts.

"Okay." Wan Qiu nodded.

He changed from following Chu Jianshu to leading the way slightly ahead.

Wan Qiu, who had been living in the Chu family with some fear, took the initiative to do things without hesitation.

Chu Jianshu guessed that if Wan Qiu was given enough time to learn and adapt, he might be able to become a normal child.

The school gate was open, and occasionally one could see some boarding students returning to school, dragging large boxes into the campus.

Wan Qiu planned to go directly into the open gate of the school, but was suddenly stopped by a harsh shout.

The portly security guard, wearing a security uniform that stretched his belly, walked up to them and asked, "What do you do?"

Chu Jianshu and Wan Qiu stopped together.

When the fat guard saw Wan Qiu who was half-hidden by Chu Jianshu, his expression was not so fierce. He glanced at Chu Jianshu and asked, "Are you him?"

"I am his father." Chu Jianshu responded.

The guard's eyes were very strange. He looked at Chu Jianshu several times. Chu Jianshu looked very different in both temperament and dress. The guard also noticed that Wan Qiu's uniform today seemed very beautiful.

"You..." The guard had never seen Wan Qiu's father before, and he lowered his head doubtfully and asked Wan Qiu: "Your father?"

"Yeah." Wan Qiu nodded obediently.

In Chu Jianshu's opinion, the guard obviously knew Wan Qiu.

But with so many people in the whole school, it would take some time for the security guard to remember Wan Qiu.

"Okay, you idiot..." The guard just started to speak. The word "idiot" obviously made Chu Jianshu lose his temper, but the guard continued to say, "School starts tomorrow, why are you here today?"

Wan Qiu looked up at the guard, then said, "My school admission notice is gone."

The guard was stunned, uttered an "oh", and said, "Wait."

Chu Jianshu watched the guard return to the guard room, take out a brand new piece of paper from the guard room, and then return again.

The guard was going to give the single sheet of paper to Wan Qiu, but then he passed it to Chu Jianshu: "Don't you have a parent group? Can't you just ask in the group?"

Chu Jianshu was actually a little angry at the security guard for calling Wan Qiu a fool, but he did not show it.

I received the notice of starting school, which had just a few simple lines of words and a school stamp on it.

The security guard wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was sweating profusely just from walking these two steps.

Chu Jianshu did not refute. Although the guard's tone sounded a bit harsh, it was obvious that his attitude towards Wan Qiu was not particularly bad.

"Do you know Wan Qiu?" Chu Jianshu suddenly said.

The guard wiped his sweat, with a questioning look on his chubby face: "Oh, his name is Wan Qiu, I don't know him, but he looks familiar."

Wan Qiu stood in front of the security guard. The tall and fat security guard should have been a stranger to Wan Qiu. At this moment, he seemed to be in a bad mood because he was standing in the sun.

But……

Chu Jianshu did not see Wan Qiu's habitual behavior - staying away from someone who is in a bad mood.

Wan Qiu stood there, looking up at the security guard. His thin figure formed a contrast with the tall and fat security guard.

The guard looked down at Wan Qiu's brand new clothes and shoes and grinned, "Are you finally willing to buy him a pair of shoes?"

Do most people care what shoes a child wears?

Why are you paying attention to Wan Qiu?

Chu Jianshu wanted to get some information about Wan Qiu from the guard.

"How did you notice the shoes?"

"You wear the same pair of shoes all year round, and other students step on them. How can we not notice it? You don't look like someone who needs money, but you don't even look at what your child is wearing all day long. I really don't know what you were doing before."

The guard seemed to have opened up his mouth, chattering on and on, blaming Chu Jianshu.

"You definitely don't know how your kid got bullied at school, right? I don't know how many times I've seen it happen. Nowadays, all the little brats have bad intentions and are born bad. They are so young, yet they bully others collectively."

The guard stood in front of Chu Jianshu and was not afraid of Chu Jianshu's expression at all.

Perhaps it was because the sun was too bright, and the guard's eyes, which looked too small due to his obesity, were illuminated by the sun, so he could not see Jianshu's expression clearly.

"You look healthy, but you raised your child like this. During the last physical education class, I saw him fainting from hypoglycemia, and no one noticed..."

"Do you know what your classmates call you?"

"Do you know how people throw dirty bread to your child and your child eats it, and how others laugh at your child?"

The guard didn't know much, but he had a deep memory of idiots like Wan Qiu who had obvious physical abnormalities.

After scolding him for a few words, he felt it was boring, so he looked up at Chu Jianshu's expression. Suddenly, he was frightened by Chu Jianshu's gloomy face and shut up.

In the bright sunshine, the guard shuddered.

"You're so fierce now. Why didn't you look fierce when your child was bullied?" The guard muttered a few words and waved his fat hands, "Parents will be allowed into the school tomorrow. You can't go in today."

"I understand." Chu Jianshu had no intention of entering this school.

After hearing the guard's words, Chu Jianshu's impression of this school changed from a school of teaching and educating people to a breeding ground for poisons where the purest malicious intent without any interest relationship was gathered together.

From the information I have looked up before, I know that this school is in chaos. Students generally do not study well, and most of the time it seems like they are just here to get compulsory education.

The only information they got from the teacher was that Wan Qiu was not good at studying, was a loner at school and had no friends, and was occasionally bullied.

More teachers will not say that for the sake of the school's image and the protection of other students, they know very few details.

"Do you see these things often?" Chu Jianshu asked.

"Quite a few, and not all of them are yours." The guard smacked his lips, not as much as before, "These students are like monkeys, they do anything. I don't know what happened to yours when I can't see them."

Chu Jianshu stared at the guard. Although there was a big difference in body size between him and the guard, the guard was several heads shorter in aura.

"What did you do when you saw this?" Chu Jianshu asked.

"What?" The security guard was stunned for a moment, then understood what Chu Jianshu meant. "What can I do? The most I can do is to chase them away. How can I do anything else? Even so, there are still parents complaining about me. I'm just a security guard. Do you still expect me to protect your son?"

Chu Jianshu narrowed his eyes and looked down at Wan Qiu: "Do you remember this person?"

Wan Qiu, who had been very quiet all the time, nodded after hearing Chu Jianshu's question.

"Is he good to you?" Chu Jianshu asked.

This question made the guard stunned for a moment.

Under normal circumstances, Wan Qiu might consider what he needs to say based on other people's attitudes.

But... Wan Qiu couldn't look at others for this matter.

He knew it very well.

The guard was very nice to him.

Wan Qiu nodded.

The guard was a little surprised when he saw Wan Qiu nod. He couldn't help scratching his short hair and suddenly laughed: "I thought you were a fool and didn't remember anything."

The security guard did these things because he couldn't stand it, and when he saw them, he just chased the people away.

"If you have new shoes, don't let people step on them. If they pull your clothes, tell the teacher. I see you've gained weight. Are you eating well? Grow taller. If they bully you, fight them."

As he spoke, the guard took out a handful of candies from his pocket and stuffed them into Wan Qiu's hand. He was obviously very happy that Wan Qiu remembered him.

"If you still remember, it's worth my giving you candy."

Wan Qiu held the candy in both hands and looked up at the guard's round face, his eyes bright and trusting.

Wan Qiu held the not-so-pretty, low-quality candy in his palm.

It seemed that those were not candies, but small acts of kindness that Wan Qiu received, and he cherished them.

Chu Jianshu saw everything. In the huge campus in front of him that seemed to be covered with darkness, in Chu Jianshu's eyes, there was not only a huge and hideous monster living there.

"Do you have a business card?" Chu Jianshu suddenly asked the fat security guard.

"What do I need that for?" the guard replied subconsciously.

Chu Jianshu narrowed his eyes and looked at the security guard. The security guard was very recognizable just by his fat body, so there was no need for him to ask for a business card.

"I have neglected my child before, and I won't do that again. Thank you for taking care of Wanqiu all the time." Chu Jianshu's thanks were very sincere.

Even though he was not the one who had ignored Wan Qiu, he sincerely expressed his gratitude to those who had taken care of Wan Qiu.

Afterwards he would ask someone to formally thank the guard.

"I hope you'll do what you say." The guard said, not being too harsh. He wiped the sweat off his face and went back to the guard room.

At least the guard room was still in the shadows, and there was even a fan inside blowing air out.

There were a few students playing together in groups of three or four inside the school gate. Wan Qiu looked at the school. He would go to school tomorrow.

Now that I have received the notice of starting school, the mission of this trip should have been completed.

Chu Jianshu did not want Wan Qiu to continue staying here. It was obvious that this place did not leave Wan Qiu with perfect and beautiful memories.

They walked in the shade of the tall building. Chu Jianshu unbuttoned a button of his shirt and looked down at Wan Qiu.

Should I go back now?

Wan Qiu followed Chu Jianshu quietly. Since he was not allowed to enter the campus, Wan Qiu also lost the responsibility of leading the way.

When leaving the school gate, Wan Qiu quietly relaxed his tense body.

Without looking back, he walked away step by step from this place that would make Chu Jianshu unhappy.

Even though Chu Jianshu was already unhappy.

Chu Jianshu observed the surrounding environment.

Apparently there are lots of shops here that students would want to visit.

When Wan Qiu was here, would he also have something he longed for when looking at other students?

Wan Qiu kept his eyes down looking at the ground, only occasionally looking up at Chu Jianshu, indifferent to everything around him.

But Chu Jianshu couldn't tell whether Wan Qiu really didn't care or chose to ignore it because he cared too much.

Chu Jianshu gave up the idea of going home immediately. He pulled up the collar of his hot shirt to let the late summer breeze flow into it.

He took out his wallet, took out a banknote and placed it in Wan Qiu's hand.

"I'm not familiar with this place. Can I use this money to take Dad around?"

Wan Qiu blinked, looked at the money in his hand, and then looked up at Chu Jianshu.

Wan Qiu nodded.

Wanqiu is very familiar with this journey.

It is the only way from home to school.

In this remote place where there are not many tall buildings, when the morning sun shines on the not-so-wide road, you can see many students in school uniforms walking quickly towards the school gate on the road.

In the shade where he and his father were locked, students would always crowd together, surrounding the small vendors who sold many cheap snacks.

Breakfast stalls, small carts, occasional rings, shaved ice, fried skewers...

In the flowing blue ocean, there are always students staying around.

But Wan Qiu didn’t know what snacks were popular among his classmates, nor did he know what the food sold at those small vendors that always smelled fragrant tasted like.

Wan Qiu wanted to introduce everything to Chu Jianshu, but he found that what he thought was familiar was just what he thought.

These things that are remembered every day from going to and from school are pieced together into similar pictures, but Wan Qiu is just a spectator outside the picture. He has never really entered the picture to experience the fun of everyone in it.

Wan Qiu stood still.

He was at a loss as to what to do with the task his father assigned to him.

Is it too forced?

Chu Jianshu waited for a long time, but Wan Qiu did not take any action.

"Wan Qiu, this is Dad's first time here." Chu Jianshu rarely tries to encourage his children, but this time, Chu Jianshu said seriously, "You know a lot more than Dad."

Wan Qiu raised his head, the uneasiness in his eyes did not disappear, but Chu Jianshu's encouragement was not without effect.

"Dad believes in you."

Chu Jianshu watched Wan Qiu being encouraged by his words. He tried to suppress his fear, and tried hard to act like he was doing something. He couldn't help but think of Chu Zhang and Yang Ze.

If he had given some encouragement instead of asking all the time...

What they can get is the family bond that Chu Zhang and Yang Ze trust and rely on more, rather than the current family that is barely maintaining superficial peace but has no idea where the cracks have appeared.

"No matter what, you have to give it a try." Chu Jianshu didn't know whether this sentence was said to Wan Qiu or to himself.