"Miss, could you please move your car forward?"
After waiting for ten minutes, Di Mingjue lost his patience. He walked to the front car window and knocked on the glass.
The window rolled down, and the woman turned into a man.
Di Mingjue couldn't help but shift his gaze to the back seat.
"Sir, what did you just say?" The man's voice interrupted Di Mingjue's stare.
Snapping back to attention, Di Mingjue quickly said, "Please drive forward a bit, my car is behind yours."
The man stuck his head out and glanced behind him. After confirming Di Mingjue's statement was true, he stepped on the accelerator and the car moved forward.
Looking at the distance between the two cars, Di Mingjue gestured to the man.
The car remained parked by the roadside, and Di Mingjue turned back into his own vehicle. As he passed the other car, he couldn't help but take another look at the back seat.
Through the tinted window, he vaguely felt that the figure inside was familiar.
"He's gone," the man said to the back seat.
The woman took off her sunglasses and watched Di Mingjue's departing vehicle through the front windshield. Not until the car disappeared did the back door open from the inside.
"You can go now," Jiang Feifei said, turning and entering the school behind her.
The guard stopped her, but after an inquiry and seeing her pass, he allowed her to enter.
The school was large, with the teaching buildings in front and the areas for students to relax and eat lunch at the back.
Jiang Feifei navigated through the teaching buildings and arrived at the kindergarten block.
"Hello, excuse me, who are you?"
Jiang Feifei withdrew her scrutinizing gaze. "I'm the newly hired lifestyle teacher."
"You're in the wrong place. This is the teaching building; the living quarters are at the back," the patrolling director said.
"I'm sorry, it's my first day here. I'll leave now."
"It's alright. The students are in class. You can go around the back."
Jiang Feifei responded with sincere politeness and left the teaching building as instructed by the director.
Turning the corner, Jiang Feifei stopped. There would be plenty of time, and the school was not that large. She wasn't worried about not meeting the three children. Beneath her shadowy gaze lay her greed.
...
"Miss, why have you returned?"
"To get something."
Ye Ziyu replied perfunctorily to the servant and rushed upstairs. She had discovered a document left at the Ye Residence right after returning to her office and by the time she went downstairs, Di Mingjue had already left. She had no choice but to take a taxi back.
Entering the room, Ye Ziyu immediately spotted the forgotten document on the bedside table. She walked quickly, picked up the file, and left the room without delay.
Passing by Xingxing's room, Ye Ziyu retracted her steps. She stopped at the door and glanced at the tightly shut door.
Had the doctor visited?
Her pupils darting upward, Ye Ziyu recalled seeing Ye Shaoting at the company earlier. Her concern for Xingxing resurfaced, and Ye Ziyu reached out to knock on the door.
"Xingxing, can I come in?" Ye Ziyu moved closer to the door. Receiving no response, she prepared to open it.
As she turned the knob, she vaguely heard a falling sound. Her heart skipped a beat, and Ye Ziyu quickly pushed the door open.
Xingxing lay by the bed, seemingly having fallen when getting up.
"Are you alright?" Ye Ziyu walked over and reached out to support Xingxing's shoulder.
At her touch, Xingxing forcefully broke free.
With her arm half-dropped, Ye Ziyu looked confusedly at Xingxing, who was covered in cold sweat. Her gaze drifted down to the blood seeping through his sleeve.
Blood?
Ye Ziyu squatted down and lifted Xingxing's arm.
Xingxing kept avoiding her, his movements showing a reluctance for Ye Ziyu to touch him. The more he resisted, the more worried Ye Ziyu became.
"Xingxing, are you injured?" Ye Ziyu let go and asked with concern.
Seeing her genuine worry, Xingxing was afraid she would see the wound on his arm, and even more afraid she would be saddened by it.
"Xingxing, you're about the same age as Yuze. In my eyes, you're like my own child. You can tell me anything that happens, we are a family."