Chapter 45 Just throw it away if it's dirty!
"Phew...so tired." Lin Zhixin raised her hand to wipe away the sweat.
"Aunt Xinxin, lower yourself a little," Tongtong urged her, standing on tiptoe.
"Hmm?" Lin Zhixin obediently yielded.
Tongtong took out her clean blue checkered handkerchief from her pocket and carefully and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Jiang Shiyuan's expression froze for a moment, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on Fu Yansi's hand.
That handkerchief was carefully chosen by her for Tongtong, and his name was embroidered on the lower left corner by her stitch by stitch.
Every night before, she would wash, disinfect, and dry the handkerchiefs. The next day, she would personally put them into her child's pocket.
This small handkerchief embodies Jiang Shiyuan's deep love for her son.
But now, Tongtong casually took it out and used it to wipe Lin Zhixin's sweat.
And her son clearly knew that she didn't like Lin Zhixin.
Lin Zhixin smiled gently, "Thank you, Tongtong. Your handkerchief is dirty. Auntie will take it back and wash it for you, then return it to you, okay?"
"No need, just throw it away if it gets dirty."
Tongtong didn't take it seriously, snatched it away, and casually threw it into the trash can next to her in front of Jiang Shiyuan.
Jiang Shiyuan felt a momentary daze, as countless days and nights she had spent working hard for her son flashed before her eyes.
Scene after scene flashed by, only to shatter one after another.
"Aunt Jiang, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Fu Yansi asked worriedly when he saw her change in expression.
"Auntie is alright, let's go."
Jiang Shiyuan lowered her eyes, pulled Fu Yansi, and turned to leave.
Tongtong glanced at their departing figures and let out a disdainful snort.
Lin Zhixin's smile was intriguing. "Tongtong, your mommy and that kid surnamed Fu are really close. If I hadn't seen him before, I would have thought he was your younger brother."
"Hmph! That idiot Fu Yansi is not worthy to be my brother!"
Tongtong pouted in disgust, "Dad has always told me not to play with idiots. But Mommy is with an idiot, so I don't want to be with her either!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhixin smiled without saying a word, only stroking the top of his head.
...
The final round of matches will be held in an outdoor stadium.
This round of the competition is an arithmetic running relay, which is still completed by parents and children working together.
The child first solves an arithmetic problem at the starting point, then runs 200 meters with the problem board. The parent then solves a second problem and runs the remaining 200 meters with the problem board. The first parent to reach the finish line is the winner.
Due to the significant difference in physical strength between men and women, the competition was divided into two groups: one for male parents and one for female parents. After this round of competition, the previous scores were combined to determine the champion of this parent-child activity.
"Aunt Xinxin, don't worry, we will definitely win the championship!"
Tongtong glanced at her father sitting on the main stage, a fierce competitive spirit igniting in her chest, her eyes brimming with confidence, "I'm the top student in my grade at school, math is my strong suit, no one can surpass me!"
Lin Zhixin clapped her hands and praised, "Tongtong is so amazing!"
"Auntie, you can do it too! Run faster!"
"Yes, I will."
On stage, Xie Yuexi, still harboring wicked intentions, felt extremely frustrated seeing how difficult it was to kill Jiang Shiyuan.
So she went into the shadows and called her secretary, gritting her teeth:
"Isn't there any other way to trip up that bitch again?"
Secretary: "Please rest assured, I have changed Jiang Shiyuan's question to the most difficult one in the entire room."
Xie Yuexi raised an eyebrow with schadenfreude, "Heh, you're something else. You'd better make things really difficult for her, make sure that bitch is rolling on the ground looking for her head!"
Lin Zhixin excused herself and went to the restroom.
After closing the door, she took out a small bottle from her bag, poured out a pill, and swallowed it.
Then, looking at her reflection in the mirror, her face gradually turning pale, she smiled sinisterly:
"Who wants to win such a stupid match? What I want to win is Jinghuai's heart."
...
Soon, everything was ready, and the final competition began.
At the starting line, Tongtong happened to be next to Fu Yansi, with question boards placed under their feet.
Fu Yansi's dark eyes shone brightly as he stared straight ahead, his hands clenched into fists.
For the first time in his life, he felt a competitive spirit; he wanted to be number one.
It wasn't for myself, but for Aunt Jiang.
"Tch, idiot." Tongtong glanced at him and scoffed coldly.
"I'm not a fool."
Faced with provocation, Fu Yansi surprisingly changed his usual timid and cowardly image, slightly raised his chin, and straightened his back, saying, "Besides, my father once said that those who think others are stupid are actually the most stupid of all."
"you--!"
Tongtong gritted her teeth. "If you weren't stupid, wouldn't you be able to see the relationship between me and that woman next to you?!"
Fu Yansi was stunned.
"The woman you're competing with is my mommy!"
Tongtong's eyes reddened with anger, and she coldly mocked, "Don't you have a mommy yourself? Why do you have to take someone else's? How can you be so shameless?"
Aunt Jiang... is Xie Junheng's mother?
No wonder Aunt Jiang looked so downcast when she saw Xie Junheng being close to other aunties.
"I'm warning you, from now on, stay away from my mommy's place, or you won't be able to stay in this school for long!" Xie Junheng warned coldly, his eyes sharp.
He doesn't look like a five-year-old child at all; he looks exactly like Xie Jinghuai.
Fu Yansi's delicate face paled, and she bit her lip tightly. Her soft voice uttered words that struck Xie Junheng's soul:
"Actually, you don't care about Aunt Jiang at all. You're just afraid that I'll take Aunt Jiang away from you, right?"
Xie Junheng's chest heaved. "What did you say?"
Fu Yansi gazed intently at Jiang Shiyuan, who stood in the sunlight, radiating a soft glow, his eyes filled with longing for maternal love.
“I won’t stay away from Aunt Jiang, I like her very much. If you don’t like her, then I’ll let her be my mommy.”
Xie Junheng's little fists hardened. "You dare—!"
The moment he finished speaking, the horn blared, and though he was seething with anger, he could only quickly get into a state of readiness:
"Class, get ready for the final match, countdown—"
Five, four, three, two, one! Begin!
As soon as the starting gun fired, the children quickly bent down, picked up the question boards and pens from the ground, and immediately entered exam mode.
On the large screen in the green field, the difficulty of each child's questions and their progress in answering them were also displayed on separate screens.
The math problems set by the school this time were all at the level of advanced math olympiads. Even many adults might not be able to solve them, let alone children.
The school did this so that the exceptionally intelligent children could show off their skills to the city leaders.
Xie Junheng, in particular, has always been ranked first in the grade in mathematics. This time, it is not only to give him a chance to showcase his abilities, but also to curry favor with the school board member Xie Jinghuai.
Sure enough, many children scratched their heads, unable to solve this problem at all.
Xie Junheng, however, answered with a relaxed expression, his writing flowing smoothly like clouds and water.
Xie Jinghuai narrowed his dark phoenix eyes slightly, clearly satisfied with his son's performance.
"Wow! Fu Yansi answered so fluently, that's a pleasant surprise!" the principal exclaimed.
Xie Jinghuai took a closer look and, sure enough, Fu Yansi's answering speed was also astonishingly fast, not at all inferior to Tongtong's.
"Not only that, but Fu Yansi's handwriting is also neat and tidy, which is pleasing to the eye!" Other leaders also praised him.
Xie Jinghuai's sharply defined jawline tightened.
Tongtong's handwriting is indeed not as good as that child's.
Mr. Xie loved calligraphy, and Xie Jinghuai, having been exposed to it since childhood, also learned to write well. However, by the time it came to Tongtong's generation, Mr. Xie was too busy with official duties to supervise him, and his grandmother's excessive pampering made the child restless and unable to concentrate on practicing calligraphy.
A hint of restlessness rose in the man's eyes.
Ultimately, this is also Jiang Shiyuan's dereliction of duty as a mother.
She can't even teach children to read properly, so what else can she do?
She always wanted to get his attention, always wanted to surpass Zhixin, and always wanted him to think highly of her.
But did she succeed? Was she qualified?
At this moment, the match is extremely close.
Xie Junheng and Fu Yansi finished answering the questions almost simultaneously, then, clutching their answer sheets, they sprinted forward with all their might!
A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience!
As Jiang Shiyuan watched Fu Yansi running towards her, her heart inexplicably raced, and her eyes gradually welled up with tears.
"Banban! Keep it up!" she shouted to him.
Fu Yansi gritted his teeth, but he had only run a short distance when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart and then fell heavily to the ground.
"So-so!" Jiang Shiyuan saw it all and her heart clenched painfully.
The feeling was as if it were her own son who had fallen to the ground.
At the same time, several children ran past him.
"Hmph, trash." Xie Junheng sneered inwardly and took the lead.
Fu Yansi's heart is still aching!
But he still managed to get up from the ground with all his might, ignoring his scraped and bleeding knees and arms, and ran towards Jiang Shiyuan without hesitation.
When he arrived and high-fived Jiang Shiyuan, several parents had already started working on their homework.
What used to be an advantage has now fallen far behind!
"Banban, you look terrible! Are you feeling unwell?!" Jiang Shiyuan was no longer able to concentrate on her studies, her eyes filled with worry.
"I...I'm fine, Aunt Jiang, you must win...Go for it!"
After saying that, Fu Yansi clutched his chest and limped off the field.
Jiang Shiyuan took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the question board, and quickly reviewed the question.
"Oh my! The questions that Fu Yansi's mother got are way too difficult!" The parents watching from the sidelines kept discussing.
"Yeah! Even though it's a test for parents, even a high school student who's good at math might not be able to figure this out!"
The principal was also puzzled and said, "This is indeed too difficult. I guess the teacher made a mistake and brought the wrong questions."
"But the game has already begun, and there's no turning back now, is there?"
Xie Jinghuai raised his chin slightly and scoffed, "It's all the same question, no matter which one she answers, the result will be the same."
He was convinced that Jiang Shiyuan, that housewife who only knew how to do laundry and cook, simply didn't have the brains for this.
On the other side, Xie Yuexi, sitting in the stands, stared at the big screen with a smug smile on her lips.
She was waiting for the moment when Jiang Shiyuan couldn't do it, his old face turned red, and he made a complete fool of himself!
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