Su Yan led Su Xiaoyu out of the car and walked towards the kindergarten.

When she handed Su Xiaoyu to the teacher, she hesitated for a moment and her hand stopped.

The teacher and Su Xiaoyu both looked up at her.

"Xiaoyu's mother, is there anything I can help you with?" the teacher asked gently.

Su Yan hesitated for a moment, but still decided to ask, "I wanted to ask, did Xiao Bao come today?"

The teacher tried hard to recall, then shook her head. "It seems not."

Su Yan responded softly, then nodded and let go of her hand.

"Xiaoyu, you must listen to your teacher today. After school, your mother will pick you up."

The teacher waved Su Xiaoyu's hand, "Say goodbye to your mother."

Su Xiaoyu looked at Su Yan with a hint of worry in her eyes, but she still obediently said, "Goodbye, Mom," and followed the teacher away, turning back every few steps.

Su Yan returned to her car but didn't rush to leave. Instead, she sat there and watched through the car window as parents dropped off their children.

Su Yan didn't know how long she waited, but she still didn't see Yi Kangle's figure.

She took out her phone and glanced at the time; it was already past 10 o'clock. Her heart sank; the chances of Yi Kangle coming back to kindergarten were extremely slim.

Su Yan felt anxious and didn't know what to do.

She hesitated before opening her contacts, pressing and releasing Yi An's name repeatedly. After much deliberation, she finally found Xue Qinxin's number.

The phone rang twice before Xue Qinxin answered it.

"Yan Yan, what's wrong? Did you suddenly remember to call your godmother?"

Despite hearing her joking tone, Su Yan couldn't bring herself to laugh.

"Godmother, I've been too busy these past few days. I'll come visit you once this busy period is over," she said, forcing a polite response.

Xue Qinxin kept smiling, "It's nothing. I haven't properly thanked you for what happened to your dad last time. Come over whenever you have time, and your godmother will definitely cook you something delicious!"

Su Yan gave a perfunctory reply and then got to the point: "Okay. By the way, godmother, do you know Lin Hui's address?"

"Lin Hui?" Xue Qinxin was slightly surprised. "What do you need her for?"

"It's because I need to talk to her about some minor issues."

Su Yan deliberately feigned difficulty and stammered.

Xue Qinxin immediately understood upon hearing this.

"Wait here, your godmother will send you the address in a bit. If anything happens, just call your godmother, and I'll stand up for you. Let's see who dares to bully you."

Although a large part of her statement was to thank Su Yan for helping her win over Su Xuehai, Su Yan was also very happy to hear it.

"Thank you, godmother, I can handle it."

Su Yan exchanged a few more words of concern with her before hanging up the phone.

A short while later, Lin Hui's address was sent over. Su Yan imported the address into the navigation and drove there.

Su Yan's car came to a steady stop in front of Lin Hui's house. Looking at the small villa in front of her, she looked sad.

Su Yan didn't get out of the car, but stayed inside, staring intently in the direction of Lin Hui's house.

She could do nothing but wait around every day, hoping to catch even a glimpse of Yi Kangle.

Su Yan comes here every day after dropping Su Xiaoyu off, and sits here all day until Su Xiaoyu gets out of school in the afternoon before leaving. For meals, she just grabs a piece of bread or a rice ball to tide her over.

Lin Hui seemed to be deliberately keeping an eye on them, and kept Yi Kangle from going out.

But even with all the precautions, there will always be times when things go wrong.

Yi Kangle was playing ball alone in the yard. He kicked the ball, probably with too much force, and it flew out of the gate.

Yi Kangle turned his head and glanced at the nanny who was busy not far away. After hesitating for a while, he ran out the door by himself.

He hurriedly chased after the rolling ball, which hit someone's shoe, bounced back, and slowly came to a stop.

Yi Kangle bent down to pick up the ball, held it, and looked up at the person. The moment his eyes met hers, he froze.

"Xiaoyu's mom?"

He turned his head anxiously to look behind Su Yan, "Where's Xiaoyu? Has she arrived?"

As soon as Su Yan saw Yi Kangle, she couldn't control her emotions. Her eyes were sore and swollen, as if something was about to fall out.

"Xiaoyu went to school, why aren't you going to school?"

She tried to make her voice sound normal, but it still trembled almost imperceptibly.

Upon hearing this question, Yi Kangle's face immediately fell.

He muttered to himself, "I want to go to school too, to play with Xiaoyu. But Mom won't let me go out. She says it's dangerous outside."

Su Yan already knew the answer; she just wanted to say a few more words to him.

She slowly squatted down, looked him straight in the eye, and lovingly examined every feature of his face, as if she wanted to etch his appearance into her heart.

"Is Xiaobao doing well with his mother?"

Yi Kangle didn't understand why she asked that, but she still tilted her head and answered truthfully: "Although my mother is very strict with me, she must love me, and I like my mother too."

Hearing this, Su Yan felt a strange bitterness in her heart. If she had recognized Yi Kangle sooner, would the mother he spoke of as his beloved have become her?

But none of that matters anymore, as long as he's happy and healthy.

"It looks like there's something stuck to Xiaobao's back. Can Auntie take it off for you?"

Yi Kangle turned his head and strained to look behind him, but couldn't see anything, so he had no choice but to obediently turn around.

Su Yan's hand trembled as she reached for his clothes and gently lifted them, revealing the birthmark that immediately caught her eye.

The moment she saw the birthmark, she couldn't control herself, and tears started streaming down her face.

Seeing that she hadn't reacted for a long time, Yi Kangle turned around and looked at her, his eyes widening in surprise.

"Auntie, why are you crying?"

He tentatively reached out and carefully wiped away her tears. But for some reason, the more he wiped, the more tears came.

Su Yan felt the warm softness on her cheek and greedily grabbed his small hand.

"Little Bao is such a good boy. Can you tell Auntie when you got this birthmark?"

Yi Kangle tilted his head and thought about it carefully. "I've always thought I had this. My grandma, who takes care of me, said that this birthmark was to help my mother find me."

Upon hearing this, Su Yan burst into tears.

She echoed in a trembling voice, "Yes, it's so that Mom can find you. Your grandma is right."

Yi Kangle looked at her strange reaction, and her little face scrunched up.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

He quickly pulled his hand away and said seriously, "I'm going home. If I don't go back soon, the nanny will worry."

Su Yan felt the warmth disappear in her palm and tried to grab it, but she couldn't grasp anything.