However, Ye Suidong, sitting next to Fang Jingyao, remained expressionless. She lowered her head and focused on eating the rice in her bowl. To her, the food in the school cafeteria was already quite delicious.

Ye Suidong ate very quickly; in no time, he had already eaten a third of a bowl of rice.

She then slowed down, occasionally glancing up at the kitchen to see when the teacher in the kitchen would leave.

"This pig's trotter is awful, but you can have it!"

When Ye Suidong heard Fang Jingyao's voice, she looked down and saw a stewed pig's trotter that was now in her bowl.

The pig's trotters were stewed until tender and glistening with oil, topped with chopped scallions, making them look incredibly appetizing.

Ye Suidong looked up at Fang Jingyao.

Fang Jingyao didn't look at her. He lowered his head and put another piece of steak into her bowl, muttering discontentedly, "This steak is overcooked, it's awful!"

Ye Suidong: "..."

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The kindergarten's afternoon activities mainly consist of crafts, which Fang Jingyao found quite interesting. He diligently followed the teacher's instructions to fold roses, and after folding them all afternoon, he finally managed to have two rather pretty roses, one large and one small.

After finishing all that, the afternoon passed by in the blink of an eye, and it was time to go home from school.

Fang Jingyao couldn't wait to put on his little schoolbag and rush to the school gate so he could give the roses in his hand to his mother!

Fang Jingyao had only run out a short while when Ye Suidong called him back. Ye Suidong must have followed him out.

Ye Suidong, with his thin and frail body, was panting heavily. His originally pale face was flushed, indicating that he was extremely tired.

Fang Jingyao stopped and looked at Ye Suidong.

Ye Suidong didn't say much, but walked over and handed him two little things.

Fang Jingyao raised his hand and saw two paper stars. The stars were folded from shiny paper and were very pretty.

Fang Jingyao looked at it again and again, finding it a bit unbelievable: "For me?"

Fang Jingyao found it extremely strange that he would receive a gift from his mortal enemy in his lifetime.

Ye Suidong stared at him with her cold eyes for a few seconds, then stretched out her small hand, "Give it back to me if you don't want it."

Fang Jingyao immediately hid what he was holding behind his back and replied confidently, "Yes, yes, yes! If you give it to me, it's mine!"

Before Ye Suidong could retract his hand, Fang Jingyao took out the small rose from the side of his backpack and placed it in Ye Suidong's hand. "Then I'll give you something too. I spent the whole afternoon folding it. Isn't it pretty?"

Ye Suidong looked down at the crooked clown rose she had folded in her hand. She remained silent for a while, then nodded against her conscience: "It's beautiful."

Fang Jingyao smiled and happily said goodbye to Ye Suidong: "Then I'm going home. See you tomorrow."

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Parking is not allowed in front of the kindergarten, so the driver could only park on the side of the road not far away. After Wen Yixing got out of the car, she saw a young couple selling small toys that children like to play with at the kindergarten entrance.

These toys are all handmade and look exquisite and cute.

Wen Yixing carefully selected a toy from the stall and finally chose a small panda toy.

When school was over, Wen Yixing lined up at the gate to pick up her child.

The teachers at this bilingual kindergarten are all very good, and the people living in the same neighborhood are willing to send their children to this kindergarten.

Most of the children attending kindergarten here come from very well-off families, and their parents are generally well-educated and follow the school's rules when picking up and dropping off their children.

Wen Yixing waited at the door for a while, and soon saw her son's little face through the iron fence.

Fang Jingyao also noticed that his mother had come over, and he stood on tiptoe and waved happily to Wen Yixing.

He was always overjoyed to see his mother after school.

As soon as they left the house, Fang Jingyao ran to Wen Yixing's side, eagerly pulled out the large rose from his schoolbag, and handed it to Wen Yixing like a treasure: "Mom, look, this is what I folded for you."

Wen Yixing smiled and took it, praising with some surprise, "Wow, Yao Yao folded it herself? That's amazing!"

Fang Jingyao was so pleased with the praise that he practically shrugged off.

Sure enough, no matter how old he is, he always loves to hear his mother praise him.

"Mom also bought Yao Yao some small toys." Wen Yixing handed the little panda toy in her hand to Fang Jingyao.

Fang Jingyao took it and exclaimed with equal delight, "Wow, thank you, Mom!"

Although he is mentally an adult, he can still let go of all his worries and be a carefree child in front of his mother, which is truly a blessing.

On the way home, Fang Jingyao took out the two stars that Ye Suidong had given him and showed them to Wen Yixing, "Mom, look, Ye Suidong gave them to me."

Wen Yixing took a small star from her son's little hand, raised her hand to the sky and compared it, "You folded it so well, have you made up?"

Fang Jingyao thought for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Well, we should have made up by now."

Ye Suidong is just a kid who can't even get enough to eat, why should he bother arguing with him?

A gentle breeze was blowing as the mother and son walked hand in hand along the roadside. Wen Yixing noticed that her son was particularly interested in the two stars in his hands, picking them up to look at them and holding them in his palms, clearly enamored with them.

"Mom, do you think it's true that if you fold 999 stars, one wish can come true?"

As Fang Jingyao played with the two paper stars in his hand, he remembered that folding small stars was very popular for a period of time when he was in junior high school.

There was a rumor at that time that if you folded 999 small stars, you could make a wish come true.

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