I never expected that on my very first time coming to pick up Si Tong, I would encounter a kindergarten bullying incident!!
Originally, I didn't have the slightest bit of fondness for Si Tong.
This little liar had led me around by the nose. Although my grandfather, Du Wenzhong, had also played a part in it, I still held it against Si Tong in my heart.
This made me feel the urge to run away whenever I saw a child.
However, now seeing Si Tong standing among a group of kids, looking like a wronged little kitten as he kept waving his hands and explaining to others that he wasn't an unlucky child, that he had a father and a home...
My heart felt as if it had been tightly squeezed by someone's hand, and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Si Tong, come here!"
I didn't care about the security guards' attempts to stop me. I lifted my leg and stepped over the railing.
"What kind of unruly nanny are you!"
The plump woman beside me immediately complained to the security guards, "Our Wenwen is a little princess. If this woman so much as touches a single hair on her, I'll sue you for dereliction of duty!!"
I sneered inwardly. So she knew her daughter had a foul mouth and was likely to get beaten up!
Thankfully, before I could do anything more impulsive, Si Tong ran up to me.
"Sister Xiao He... I'm... I'm sorry..."
He had seen the conflict between me and the fat woman and apologized to me in a low voice, looking a bit embarrassed as he tugged at my hand.
"Si Tong, do you know what you did wrong?"
I looked down at Si Tong with a straight face.
"... I... I shouldn't have argued with the other kids."
Si Tong still thought he was in the wrong, which really irritated me.
I pinched his soft little cheek and said firmly, "You're wrong! You were wrong to try to explain. If anyone dares to call you an unlucky child, you should just scratch their face!!"
As I said this, I glanced at Wenwen, who was standing haughtily beside the fat woman.
"Hey, who are you saying should scratch whose face?"
The fat woman turned around and glared at me angrily after hearing my words.
"I'm talking about your child!"
I naturally stared back at her defiantly. After all, my eyes were bigger than hers, and I could look more imposing when glaring. "If we ever hear your daughter insulting Si Tong again, he won't be so polite!"
"What more can he do?"
The fat woman sneered and scolded, "His whole family is dead anyway. It's a fact. We don't even want him in our class. He'll bring bad luck to us!"
"... Bring bad luck, huh!"
I had an idea after hearing the fat woman's words.
Hehe, it seemed that the foul mouths of the mother and daughter were contagious!
I suddenly smiled and looked at the fat woman's dress. "Mrs. Wenwen, your dress is so beautiful!"
The fat woman had thought I would be furious, but unexpectedly, I changed the topic and complimented her dress.
"Of course. I bought this at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. It's the latest style of the season and costs hundreds of thousands. "
She proudly tugged at the hem of her dress. "Ordinary people can't even get a glimpse of it."
"Ooh..."
I reached out and brushed her shoulder twice, which startled her. She quickly took a step back. "What are you doing?"
"There was a fly on your hundreds-of-thousands dress!"
I stepped back with a smile.
"You're crazy!"
The fat woman thought I was being even more inexplicable. She glared at me fiercely and quickly led her Wenwen out of the crowd.
I also led Si Tong by the hand and followed them unhurriedly.
"Sister Xiao He, don't be angry."
Si Tong saw the cold look on my face and knew I was angry. He quickly shook my hand and said, "I don't care what they say. I just ignore them."
"Then... do you have any friends in your class?"
I looked absent-mindedly at the fat woman in front of us, swaying her hips as she walked gracefully, and asked Si Tong.
Si Tong was stunned for a moment and then slowly shook his head. "Wenwen always says I'm an unlucky child. My deskmate used to be nice to me, but later, after Wenwen said that sitting with me would bring bad luck, my deskmate didn't want to sit with me anymore."
"Really?!"
I always assumed the worst about human nature, but I never thought that children, who were supposed to be pure and innocent, would play such a mean trick of ostracizing others.
"Why does she always pick on you?"
Why would a child have so much malice towards others for no reason?!
"Because... I... I haven't been to school for a long time. When I first enrolled, I was in the junior class... Now I'm in the senior class. My classmates aren't familiar with me, and they don't talk to me when they chat."
It turned out that this kindergarten was the one Si Tong's parents had chosen for him when they were alive. No wonder everyone knew his real name.
It seemed that Si Tong hadn't told anyone that Si Jiangchen was his current father. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been bullied like this.
"Why didn't you tell them about Father Si?" I asked.
Si Tong grinned and said, "Sister Xiao He, this is a matter between kids. Why involve adults?"
"Ooh!"
I also laughed. Right! Just like I disdained to scratch that chubby Wenwen's mouth, Si Tong also wanted to solve the problems among kids on his own!
"Do you want to watch the show of punishing Wenwen's mother today?"
I winked at Si Tong.
Si Tong immediately looked excited. He suddenly understood and shook my hand. "I was just wondering why Sister Xiao He suddenly became interested in her dress! Her dress looks so tacky. It's like a big moth in a vegetable field!"
"Hehe, so do you want to watch?" By then, I had already led Si Tong to Si Jiangchen's car.
"Of course I do. Is Sister Xiao He going to scare her?"
Si Tong opened the back door and got in.
"Who are you two trying to scare?"
Si Jiangchen slowly started the car and looked at the two of us whispering to each other in the rearview mirror.
He never expected that our relationship would suddenly become so good.
"Hehe, take us to the Sheraton Western Restaurant."
When I had brushed the fat woman's shoulder earlier, I had asked one of Si Tong's former companions among the Five Ghosts to follow her.
That little ghost, who was sitting on the woman's shoulder, had told me where she was taking her daughter for a big meal. Naturally, I was going to follow them and teach her a lesson.
Since that fat woman dared to insult Si Tong, it was only natural that Si Tong's little friends should teach her a lesson!
Si Jiangchen saw the triumphant looks on our faces in the mirror and just smiled indulgently. He didn't ask any more questions. He turned the steering wheel and drove towards the upscale Western restaurant I had mentioned.
The Sheraton Western Restaurant was actually an affiliated restaurant of a big hotel, not far from Si Tong's kindergarten.
When we parked our car in the parking lot, we happened to see the chubby Wenwen skipping up the hotel steps with her mother.
"The steaks and lamb chops here are just so-so, and the desserts aren't very good either."
Although Si Jiangchen said this, he still parked the car. "You can try them for fun, but if you want something really delicious, I'll cook for you later."