Chapter 137 Nian Nian's Graduation Ceremony

After the parent-child sports meet, Nian Nian went to and from school each day, carrying her small backpack. As the seasons changed, time flew by, the flowers in the greenhouse bloomed and withered, and the calendar hanging in the Shi family's entrance hall had been changed three times.

Three years is neither a short time nor a long time, but Nian Nian is indeed approaching graduation.

Regardless of whether the Shi family was willing to let Nian Nian go as a kindergartener, the day had arrived for Shi Nianzhu's kindergarten graduation ceremony. A black, extended-length SUV sped down the highway.

"Oh, how come you grow up so fast? I feel like I just accompanied Nian Nian to participate in the parent-child sports meeting." Shi Linzhuo sighed for the fifth time, half with sigh and half with sorrow.

He sat with his legs crossed, his head propped up against the back of the chair, his eyes fixed on the roof of the car with boredom, his chin tilted up, his jawline clearly showing his signs of becoming a mature man. But when he opened his mouth and talked about Nian Nian, he still looked like a frivolous boy.

Shi Linzhuo has grown a lot taller in the past two years. His once thin shoulders have become thicker, and he looks much more reliable.

Two years ago, he was tricked by his father into applying to Harvard, and since then, he and Nian Nian have been apart more often than not. Even though he takes the opportunity to return to China during the winter and summer vacations, he doesn't spend much time with Nian Nian.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Nian Nian didn't feel estranged from him. Not only that, because she hadn't seen him for a long time, Nian Nian missed him terribly. Every winter and summer vacation, she would cling to Shi Linzhuo like a piece of glutinous rice cake, clinging to him to the extreme.

This June was the beginning of his sophomore summer vacation. Knowing that Nian Nian had a graduation performance in June, he immediately took care of all his study tasks and bought a plane ticket to rush back the next day as soon as the school notified him of the specific time of the vacation.

If you count carefully, this is the fifth day since he returned to China.

Shi Nanqi, who had already graduated a year ago, felt the same sentiment, but not as much as him: "It was a bit fast, but I had a very fulfilling three years in kindergarten."

After finishing work every day, I come home to a little baby who makes a lot of fun and entertains me. Anyone would feel that life is filled with a sense of happiness and security.

Speaking of which, this feeling seemed to have arisen after Nian Nian came to Shi's house.

"How can it be fulfilling?" Shi Linzhuo said with a bitter face, "I've become an orphan living abroad alone!"

"It's just you." Shi Guilin's eyes fell on him. "We take turns picking up Nian Nian from school all day long. It's quite a life to take care of a child."

"Uncle..." Shi Linzhuo sat up straight, his back slumped against the leather seat. He looked over and said in a resentful voice, as if summoning a ghost. "Stop showing off, okay? You know how lonely and helpless I am abroad..."

Wang Xiulin just smiled without saying a word, her well-maintained fingers twirling the jade bracelet on her wrist.

"Well, in two years, when you graduate from university and return to China to join the company to help your father and uncle, you'll be able to continue accompanying Nian Nian. There's no need to rush." ​​Shi Jianfeng said with a calm demeanor, as if he had seen through the mundane world. "This summer, you should make the most of your time and spend more time with your child."

"Otherwise, it's time to go abroad again."

“…”

When the topic of going abroad for the start of school came up, Shi Linzhuo closed his eyes and scratched his hair irritably, making it even more fluffy. "Okay, okay, don't mention it. I'll grab my camera now, and when we get to kindergarten, I'll take dozens or hundreds of photos with Nian Nian. After the graduation ceremony, I'll develop them all and take them abroad."

Shi Lihan didn't comment, only saying, "Don't monopolize the camera. Your mother and I still need to take a photo with Nian Nian."

Chen Yi agreed: "Yes, yes."

"..." Shi Linzhuo spread his hands speechlessly, "I really beg you, is this your biological child?"

Regardless of whether the child is a biological child or not, Changying Kindergarten is already right in front of us.

Probably because of the graduation ceremony, the area around the kindergarten was packed with cars and people, leaving almost no parking spaces. The Shi family's driver had no choice but to let the Shi family get off and go to the kindergarten while he took the steering wheel and redirected the car to a more secluded area.

The whole family was out for their son's graduation ceremony. While they were in the car, they didn't think they were that many, but once they got out, they were so crowded and walking down the street that it was hard to ignore them.

Look, Cheng Huili and Jiang Shengjun, who were holding Jiang Duan's hand, saw them from a distance across the street.

"Hey! Jianfeng!" Jiang Shengjun shouted at the top of his voice.

When Shi Jianfeng reached the kindergarten gate, he paused and turned to look. His family members also stopped and tilted their heads.

When the three people came in front of him, Shi Guilin was surprised to be the first to speak.

"Why are you here?" He said, his eyes moving down to glance at Jiang Duan. "Today is Friday, Duan's school shouldn't be closed for the holiday, right?"

Jiang Duan transferred to a private bilingual school a year ago and skipped to the second grade.

Thanks to the continuous tutoring provided by the Jiang family, it was not difficult for Jiang Duan to keep up with the pace of elementary school learning; it was even easy.

As for the reason for transferring schools, the influencing factor is actually very objective - the height difference.

Jiang Duan is now nearly eight years old. He has grown rapidly in recent years and is much taller than Nian Nian.

It is said that he is taller than Nian Nian, but to be frank, he is not only taller than Nian Nian. I am afraid that in the entire kindergarten where the average age is no more than five years old, his height is unmatched.

If this difference from the group lasted only a day or two, no one would notice. But Jiang Duan was faced with the prospect of standing out in kindergarten for a year or two simply because of his exceptional height. It was too much of a surprise.

Not to mention whether Jiang Duan himself noticed the strange looks from some of the other children in the kindergarten, Cheng Huili couldn't stand the thought of someone talking about her own child behind his back.

During the summer vacation after the middle class, Jiang Duan went to the hospital for a follow-up checkup. The doctor gave a relatively encouraging result:

The degree of autism has improved slightly. Keep up the good work. If it is convenient at home, you can try to change the intervention environment or methods to further strengthen the child's social interaction skills.

After hearing the diagnosis, Cheng Huili took the opportunity to suggest Jiang Duan to transfer schools.

It doesn’t really matter to Jiang Duan where he goes to school. Perhaps in his heart, Nian Nian’s opinion is more important than his own choice.

His eyes were clear at that time, and he looked straight at Cheng Huili: "If Nian Nian doesn't need me to accompany him to school anymore, he can transfer to another school."

He still remembered that it was their agreement to accompany Nian Nian to kindergarten.

Later, I don’t know how Shi Guilin and Nian Nian reached a consensus, but in the end, the next day, when Shi Nianzhu called via video, she happily asked Jiang Duan to transfer to another school.

Jiang Duan, who originally thought that it didn't matter to him and that everything depended on Nian Nian's wishes, felt some strange emotions for the first time.

He couldn't explain the feeling, it was like lemon juice was dripped on the tip of his heart, sour and astringent: "...Aren't you going to cry?"

Nian Nian, who was on the other side of the camera, leaned in closer, as if she hadn't heard clearly: "Huh? Crying?"

"Yeah." Jiang Duan picked at his fingers and looked away, not looking directly at Nian Nian in the camera. He spoke slowly, "I won't go to kindergarten with you anymore. You should be very sad."

It seems like she is reluctant to let him go.

Given his understanding of Nian Nian, it was surprising that she didn't cry.

"Don't cry. Papa told me that if Brother Duan goes to the elementary school early, he can help Nian Nian get to know the new school. After Nian Nian finishes kindergarten, Nian Nian will be able to go to the same school as Brother Duan."

"And Papa also said that if Brother Duan goes to the new school first, Nian Nian will have connections when she goes there later!"

Jiang Duan was strangely persuaded.

He was silent for a while, then finally nodded: "Okay. Then I'll transfer to another school. I won't go to kindergarten with you next semester. If you can't open the cup to drink water, go find Xi Zimu and the others to help you..."

He couldn't finish his instructions and warnings in a short while. He hesitated for a while before summing it up in one sentence: "In short, if you can't solve something, remember to find Xi Zimu and Ji Shuhe. If they can't help, find the teacher."

"Nian Nian will remember this. Brother Duan believes in Nian Nian." A little guy promised.

As it turned out, he fulfilled this promise well. Even without Jiang Duan's company, he went to kindergarten and graduated smoothly.

"Yes. He doesn't have a day off today." Cheng Huili raised her hand, which was shaking with Jiang Duan, and teased, "He didn't want to miss Nian Nian's graduation ceremony, so he took a leave of absence and came along."

According to the original schedule, only Cheng Huili and Jiang Shengjun would attend today's graduation ceremony.

After all, one was the child's godfather, and the other was the child's godmother. For people, such important growth moments are rare, so they naturally couldn't miss them, and Jiang Duan was no exception.

Everyone loves the child in the same way. The Shi family expressed their understanding, and Shi Guilin nodded: "Then let's go in quickly. Nian Nian is wearing a little doctoral uniform today, she is very cute."