Chapter 104
"...I don't want to go to kindergarten!"
Although Lu Baiyuan is only five or six years old, it is already clear that she is the type of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force.
After being gently coaxed by her older brother Lu Baiyi, she tearfully told him everything, becoming more and more aggrieved as she spoke. When she told Xu Gui, she was also angry and aggrieved, but her anger outweighed her grievances. Now, when she told her own brother, she was clearly more aggrieved.
"...Baozi and the others all say I'm a money-loser! They say I'm worthless, and that Mom and Dad don't like me. I don't want to stay there!"
She sniffled and looked at Lu Boyi hesitantly, "Big brother, I don't want to go to kindergarten anymore, please don't make me go to kindergarten!"
Lu Baiyi's face had already darkened when she uttered the words "worthless good-for-nothing," and his expression was extremely unpleasant. However, when Lu Baiyuan looked at him, he still tried his best to make his expression look better.
"Baozi...Do Baozi and the others often talk about you like that?"
"……Um."
"Does your teacher, Ms. Lin, know about this?" Lu Baiyi asked, suppressing his anger.
Lu Baiyuan pouted again and said unhappily, "I know, I told Teacher Lin, but Teacher Lin said that Baozi and the others were just joking with me and didn't mean it, and told me not to take it to heart... But I'm still very angry."
Lu Baiyi smiled: Very good, now I'm the one who's angry.
The Lu family is wealthy, so they naturally chose the top private kindergarten in City A for their child. The facilities and teachers there are top-notch, and of course, the price is correspondingly "exquisite."
But now, the Lu family has paid exorbitant tuition fees, yet they have not received services commensurate with the price, and their child is being bullied at the kindergarten.
Xu Gui glanced at the expression on Lu Baiyi's face: Very good, this guy is furious.
"Why didn't you tell your brother about these things?" Lu Boyi asked softly. "Didn't your brother say that no matter what happens, Yuan Yuan can tell him?"
Lu Baiyuan said, "Teacher Lin said that my brother is already very tired from work. Yuanyuan is a good child and should be considerate. She shouldn't bother her brother with such trivial matters!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Xu Gui couldn't help but let out a silent exclamation.
She glanced at Lu Baiyi, whose jaw was clenched, and thought to herself: In other words, this Teacher Lin is not only protecting those kids who bullied Lu Baiyuan, but also using words to manipulate Lu Baiyuan.
For several seconds, Lu Baiyi remained silent, seemingly too angry to speak.
“Brother, I’m sorry, Yuan Yuan is not a good child.” Lu Baiyuan said, her head down and her hands twisting together, her mood low. “But Yuan Yuan really doesn’t want to go to kindergarten anymore. The people there are not nice, and Yuan Yuan is not happy at all.”
Hearing this, Lu Boyi felt a pang of heartache. He took a deep breath and gently rubbed Lu Baiyuan's head.
“If Yuan Yuan doesn’t want to go to kindergarten, then we won’t go!” he said gently. “Didn’t your brother say that no matter what, we should put Yuan Yuan’s wishes first? If it’s something Yuan Yuan doesn’t want to do, we won’t do it!”
Yuan Yuan raised her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Lu Baiyi.
"Brother is the best, Yuan Yuan loves brother the most..." The child, who had been looking unconvinced in the shop, now spoke softly, as if coated with a layer of honey with a milky fragrance, sweet enough to melt anyone's heart.
Lu Baiyi's icy expression softened slightly at the sound of his sister's sweet voice.
*
Next, Lu Boyi inquired in detail about Lu Baiyuan's life in kindergarten, specifically asking the children who said she was a "money-losing burden".
However, when he asked why the children called her a "money-losing brat," Yuan Yuan pursed her lips and remained silent no matter how her brother questioned her. When Lu Baiyi pressed her further, she would softly hug her brother and say:
"Yuan Yuan is so tired, Yuan Yuan is sleepy, Yuan Yuan wants to go home..."
Lu Baiyi: "..." How could I not be sleepy if I sneaked out for my afternoon nap?
Seeing that he couldn't get any results, he sighed, told Lu Baiyuan to stay in the car, and went outside to call the kindergarten. Although he was furious with the kindergarten, they were still anxiously looking for their child and had even called the police.
Now that the child has been found, it's natural to notify them.
"...Yuan Yuan has been found? That's great! Is she alright?" the people from the kindergarten asked with concern.
Lu Baiyi looked up slightly at the blue sky and said in a calm voice, "Luckily, nothing happened to her. However, I did hear some things from her that I didn't know before."
The person speaking to Lu Baiyi was the kindergarten principal. When she heard Lu Baiyi's words, her heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.
“Mr. Lu, what do you mean by that…” she hesitated.
Suppressing his anger, Lu Baiyi said, "Regarding the matter of my sister being verbally abused by teachers and bullied by students at your kindergarten, our Lu family's lawyer will contact your orphanage on our own initiative!"
"What?" The kindergarten principal was stunned, standing there holding her phone, completely dumbfounded.
"Principal, what's wrong?" Teacher Lin leaned over and asked expectantly, "Have you found Yuan Yuan?"
Upon hearing her voice, the principal stiffly turned her head. Suddenly, as if remembering something, her gaze fell on Teacher Lin, and she asked in a stiff tone, "Teacher Lin, I remember you were Miss Lu's homeroom teacher, right?"
Teacher Lin: "...Yes."
The principal asked, "So, are you aware that Miss Lu was bullied by the students in your class and verbally abused by the teacher?"
"..."
Upon hearing the principal's question, Teacher Lin's mind went blank, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer.
If she answers that she knows, meaning she clearly knows about it but has been doing nothing, this answer will definitely not be well received; however, if she answers that she doesn't know, then as the homeroom teacher, not knowing that the children in her class are being bullied... this is even more dereliction of duty.
In just a few seconds, Teacher Lin had already made her choice.
"I...I don't know..." She looked earnestly at the headmaster, "I've never heard of this."
Upon hearing this, the kindergarten principal looked disappointed. She gave Teacher Lin a deep look, then frowned and said anxiously, "What are we going to do? What if the Lu family really causes trouble..."
Will their kindergarten still be able to thrive and continue operating?
Teacher Lin didn't understand the principal's fear and whispered, "Principal, even if the Lu family wants to cause trouble, we don't need to be afraid. The children in our kindergarten are all from wealthy and influential families. As long as the parents are willing to help, what can the Lu family do even if they want to?"
Upon hearing Teacher Lin's words, the principal was so angry that she laughed.
"What do you know?" the principal said, looking at Teacher Lin. "That's the Lu family. In the entire City A, how many families can stand up to the Lu family, and how many dare to oppose them?"
Upon hearing the principal's words, Teacher Lin felt a slight tightness in her chest: "Is the Lu family that powerful?" She felt as if she had guessed something wrong.
"Is the Lu family that powerful? Teacher Lin, I didn't expect you, working at our kindergarten, to ask such a question." The principal was somewhat disappointed. "How many Lu families do you think there are in the entire City A?"
You should know that the children in their kindergarten generally come from very good families, either rich or noble. The teachers working here naturally need to know about these families. If you describe the rich and noble people in City A as a pyramid, then the Lu family stands at the very top of the pyramid.
The principal questioned, "Teacher Lin, haven't you ever heard of the Lu's Building? I thought that as a resident of City A, you should all know about the Lu's."
The principal had a reason for saying that. The Lu's Building is located in the very center of City A. Because of its unique architectural design, it can be said to be a landmark in the entire City A. Not only people in City A, but also people from other provinces have heard of the name of the Lu's Building. It is a must-visit place for tourists coming to City A.
"So, tell me, if the Lu family wants to do something to our kindergarten, do you think our kindergarten can still get away with it?" the principal said through gritted teeth.
Teacher Lin was completely bewildered. She murmured, "That shouldn't be the case. Didn't Lu Baiyuan say that her parents are unemployed and only know how to wander the world, while her sister is still a student?"
As for her grandfather, he was a frivolous old man who only knew how to date old ladies...
“She said her whole family was supported by her brother alone!” she said.
The headmaster said, "That's not wrong. After her brother graduated from university, her parents handed over the Lu family business to her eldest brother, who is now the head of the Lu family and the eldest son of the Lu family..."
Teacher Lin: "..."
It’s over!
At this moment, only one thought remained in Teacher Lin's mind: she had always thought that Lu Baiyuan's path was just an ordinary one, and had never connected her with the Lu family.
"If she's the young lady of the Lu family, why is she so well-behaved?" Teacher Lin screamed inwardly.
If she had known earlier that Lu Baiyuan was the young lady of the Lu family, she would never have treated her that way.
What to do, what to do...
Ms. Lin felt flustered. She glanced at the anxious principal, then secretly went to the side, took out her phone, and called someone from her contacts.
"Hello, Yin Hong..." As soon as the call connected, Teacher Lin called out, her voice exceptionally soft, as if it had a thousand turns of emotion, even though she was extremely fearful and nervous at that moment.
*
On the other side, after finishing his phone call with the orphanage, Lu Baiyi composed himself and returned to his car.
However, he was stunned as soon as he got in the car, because Yuan Yuan, who had been chatting with him just moments before, had fallen asleep. The back seat was spacious, and her small body was curled up in the back seat, sleeping soundly.
Seeing her like this, Lu Baiyi's surging anger paused.
The child fell asleep, so the two adults talked outside the car.
"Thank you so much for what happened to my sister today," Lu Baiyi said to Xu Gui.
Xu Gui generously accepted his thanks and said, "Aren't you curious why the child in your sister's class calls her a money-loser?"
Lu Baiyi nodded, then frowned and said, "I originally guessed that it might be because Yuan Yuan is a girl that she was scolded like that... but since you specifically brought it up, it must be more than just that reason, right?"
Xu Gui nodded and said, "Yuan Yuan is a girl, which is indeed one reason, but there's another reason, it's because of her name..."
Lu Baiyi looked at her in surprise.
Xu Gui said, "Your sister's name is Lu Baiyuan, which sounds like 'six hundred yuan,' and you're called 'six hundred billion.' Oh, Yuan Yuan said she has an older sister named Six Million?"
“Look, her older brothers and sisters are called six hundred billion or six million, but when it comes to her, it becomes six hundred yuan… Maybe some people are gossiping in her ear, and she can’t help but overthink it.”
"..."
Lu Baiyi had never expected this reason. He rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile, "So that's the reason..."
Their family's generation uses the character "Bai" in their names, so the children are all named Lu Bai×, the eldest is Lu Baiyi, the second is Lu Baiwan, the third is Lu Baiyuan... Actually, the naming of Lu Baiyi was just a coincidence.
At first, Lu Baiyi's parents didn't think anything was wrong. But then someone said, "Lu Baiyi, your son's name sounds like it's about 60 billion." Then, as if their meridians had been opened, Lu's parents decided to name their second child Lu Baiwan, which means six million. It's obvious that she and Lu Baiyi are siblings.
Then, she had her third child...
Lu Baiyi: "...That's really true."
Xu Gui said, "I suggested that she and her brother change their names, so that she would be worth 60 billion. The name sounds expensive, but she said she didn't want her brother to be ridiculed."
Lu Baiyi was startled.
Xu Gui smiled and looked at him, saying, "Your sister really likes you."
Lu Baiyi smiled and said, "Yuanyuan is indeed a good child." But it's precisely because the child is too good that she gets bullied, which makes the older brother even angrier.
Having already handed someone else's sister over to her brother, Xu Gui felt she could retire gracefully and told Lu Baiyi she was going back.
Lu Baiyi was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said, "So fast?"
Xu Gui: "Hmm?"
Lu Baiyi coughed lightly and said, "What I mean is, would you like to come to my house for a visit? Just the other day, someone gave us a basket of peaches, and I made some peach-flavored mochi. They tasted pretty good. Would you like to try some?"
Xu Gui's face immediately showed a look of excitement, but in the end she shook her head regretfully and refused with great heartache.
"...No, I have work tomorrow, I need to film a show, and I need to get some rest!" - These were her manager Kuang Ming's exact words. Kuang Ming told her to rest well tonight, to recuperate, and to try to appear on the show in the best possible condition tomorrow.
Kuang Ming's words were just a habitual reminder, but he certainly didn't expect that his habitual remark would actually have an effect. Otherwise, Xu Gui would definitely have succumbed to the temptation of the food and been lured away.
Xu Gui said regretfully, "Then I'll head back now."
Lu Baiyi subconsciously took half a step towards her, saying, "I'll take you..."
Xu Gui shook his head and said, "You should take good care of your sister. She seems to be in a bad mood today. You should comfort her."
Lu Baiyi also realized this. Ignoring the regret that inexplicably rose in his heart, he nodded slightly to Xu Gui: "You're right. I still need to talk to my parents about this and see if we should change Yuan Yuan's name."
After all, the child has already been ridiculed by his peers because of his name, so it's natural to consider changing it.
Upon hearing his words, Xu Gui was speechless.
She looked away guiltily, thinking: When Lu Baiyi's sister said she wanted to be called "Xuanzhu," she was probably just saying it casually. What if Lu Baiyuan actually told the Lu family that she wanted to be called Lu Xuanzhu…
Xu Gui: I can't imagine that scene.
When the car Xu Gui had called arrived, she quickly got in and looked up at Lu Baiyi, who was standing by the car, saying, "Then, I'll be going now..." She widened her eyes, trying hard not to show any guilty expression.
From Lu Boyi's vantage point, she appeared rather docile, which stirred something within him.
“…Be careful on the road,” he told Xu Gui, his fingers twitching at his side. He couldn’t resist reaching out and gently touching Xu Gui’s cheek, saying, “Send me a message when you get home.”
The sensation on his cheek was so vivid that Xu Gui was slightly dazed and nodded a beat late: "...Okay."
After the car drove away, Lu Baiyi stood there for a few seconds, watching the taxi that Xu Gui was in drive into the traffic before turning around and getting back into the car. In the taxi, Xu Gui watched the receding figure disappear and couldn't help but reach out and touch the spot on her cheek that Lu Baiyi had just touched.
She looked somewhat confused.
The taxi driver glanced at her in the rearview mirror, smiled, and asked, "Boyfriend?"
Xu Gui: "...Huh?"
The taxi driver, with an air of experience, said, "I know, young couples in the throes of new love don't want to be apart for even a moment. Back when my wife and I were dating, we were exactly like that; we really couldn't bear to be apart for even a second!"
"I missed her terribly after being apart for half a day..." he said with a smug expression. "Fortunately, we got married later, and I can see her every day. Sigh, but seeing her every day is getting a bit annoying."
He said he was annoyed, but his tone was smug and full of boasting.
After saying that, he glanced at Xu Gui again and comforted her, "So don't be sad. Once you and your boyfriend are married, you'll get tired of seeing him!"
Xu Gui finally realized what the driver meant and explained, "He's not my boyfriend, we're just good friends."
"I understand, my wife and I were good friends back then!" the driver said with an expression that said, "I know."
Xu Gui: "..." I see you don't understand anything.
She did a fortune telling for the driver and found that he was destined to have both a son and a daughter, and a happy life... Moreover, he would also enjoy the blessings of his descendants, and after his children grew up, he and his wife would travel all over the world.
besides……
"Your wife is pregnant now," she said.
The driver was paying attention to the road when he heard Xu Gui say something. He instinctively asked, "Who? Who did you say?"
Xu Gui: "I told you your wife is pregnant."
The driver turned the steering wheel, made a turn, and then continued talking to Xu Gui. He said, "You're really good at joking, girl. You don't know, do you? I'm not in good health, so it's not easy for me to have children."
Xu Gui smiled and said, "It's clearly your wife who has health problems and difficulty conceiving, but you go around telling everyone that it's you who has health problems."
Upon hearing this, the driver couldn't help but glance at Xu Gui again in the rearview mirror, and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
The driver and his wife were childhood sweethearts, dating since high school. They went to university and got married, and their relationship has been smooth sailing. Even though they are not wealthy now, and the driver has to drive a taxi to earn extra money after get off work every day, they are very content.
The only problem for the couple is that they don't have children. They have been married for seven years and still don't have any children. Of course, both sets of parents are urging them to have children, so the couple went to the hospital for a check-up a few years ago.
The final examination revealed that the wife had a health problem and had difficulty conceiving, with a very low probability of getting pregnant. However, only the couple knew about this, because afterwards, the driver told both families that it was his health problem.
"I have oligospermia and can't have children!" that's what he said.
Over the years, the couple still hadn't conceived, and they had given up on the idea, no longer actively pursuing children. But now...
“Your wife is pregnant, and with twins,” Xu Gui said. “They’re two daughters. You love daughters, don’t you?”
The driver was dumbfounded: "What are you talking about? Young lady, you must be joking."
Xu Gui: "...Pull over to the side of the road first." She was afraid that if they continued talking, they would have a car accident.
The driver, looking bewildered, pulled the car over to the side of the road.
Xu Gui sat in the back seat with her arms crossed. She said leisurely, "I'm not joking with you. Your wife is indeed pregnant. If you don't believe me, you can take her to the hospital for a check-up now. Oh, and be careful, don't let your wife fall."
“Your wife is not in good health, and it is not easy for her to have a child. This time she fell and will have to rest in bed for a long time. This pregnancy will be very difficult. But if you take good care of her now and prevent her from bumping into anything, then this pregnancy will go quite smoothly and there will be no more setbacks.”
Xu Gui spoke with an air of authority and seriousness, but the driver became more and more confused as he listened. He smiled wryly and said, "...You said it yourself, my wife has difficulty conceiving, how could she possibly get pregnant?"
Xu Gui raised an eyebrow: "It's not that you can't get pregnant, it's just that the chances of getting pregnant are a little lower. But you only have these two children."
The driver's mind was in a bit of a mess.
"Is what you're saying true or false?" he couldn't help but ask again.
Xu Gui: "I have no reason to lie to you."
Driver: "But I didn't even know my wife was pregnant. How did you know?"
Xu Gui: "Because I am a diviner."
driver:? ?
So, did I encounter a madman? Or a madman who's completely delusional?
*
The driver dropped Xu Gui off at the orphanage entrance. His previously feverish brain had been chilled by Xu Gui's "divine prediction," meaning he no longer believed Xu Gui's words.
He thought: I must have gone crazy. For a moment, I actually believed what this customer said.
After Xu Gui got out of the car and left, he drove home for dinner. At the dinner table, he jokingly told his wife about this funny incident.
"I almost believed her. You didn't see it, her expression and tone were so real, it was like there really was something like that..."
Therefore, for a moment, an unrealistic expectation actually arose in his heart.
Fortunately, the other person's words, "I can tell fortunes," finally calmed his feverish mind.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
