Chapter 09
The thing that always makes Wenning most concerned about, of course, can not be a pair of “dispensable” shoes.
Cinderella needed the embellishment of crystal shoes, but she never grew up in a fairy tale world.
In reality, Wen Ning was only upset about Li Che’s schooling. She once doubted the efficiency of Zhou Yinchu, the honorary director, but in this case, Zhou Yinchu did not let her down.
A week later, as expected, she received a call from the Xin’an International Admissions Team.
The international school teacher who had always maintained a high standard of principle suddenly lowered her stance, changed her usual harshness, and on the other end of the phone, with a friendly attitude, detailed the specific process of changing the school registration program, nearly providing enough tips at every step, making the best possible arrangements.
Li Che’s departure from Center Street Elementary School and his search for a school with better educational qualifications has become a foregone conclusion.
The sky of Wenning was a little less cloudy.
At this time, Mr. Wang, who had always been silent, suddenly approached him.
Wen Ning went to deliver food as usual, but halfway down the boulevard he was stopped in front of the car, and Wang Xueqing waved his hand towards himself. Wen Ning opened the windows to ensure normal air flow in the car, carefully adjusting the angle of the tabletop so as not to bump into her child.
She got out of the car.
The summer cicadas in her ears disappeared.
“Ms. Wen, I know you’re probably blaming me, after all, if I hadn’t gone to seek Ms. Li’s help that day, perhaps I wouldn’t have caused the harm to Ms. Li as well as to you.”
Wang Xueqing’s mouth spoke words of apology after apology, but Wen Ning could not see the slightest bit of guilt on her face.
She opened the door.
“But your idea of withdrawing Li Che from school is mind-boggling to me,” the clean-faced, thin female teacher said in a questioning tone at this point, “Don’t you think it’s better to let your child stay and grow up in an environment he or she is familiar with?”
“I would never do that if I were you.”
Suddenly and so forcibly thrown down.
Taking the liberty of making an assertion on her behalf.
Wen Ning might not have an opinion on other things, but she had always taken the issue of her child’s education very seriously, and especially when it came to Li Che’s childhood shadow as well as his psychological trauma, there was no one who had a better say than her as a mother.
At first, Ms. Wang attempted to convince herself, “Besides, I thought that, with my career in the school teaching post, I would be able to more or less take care of Che Che during these years.”
After learning that she wasn’t going to let up, Wang Xueqing directly accused this one mother of hers, saying:
“You shouldn’t be so selfish as to take Li Che away.”
“Ms. Wang, the lawsuit about my husband does need you as a key witness, but you have pushed and pushed, I have never rushed you and put psychological pressure on you,” Wen Ning was unsure of what was going on, and tried to suppress the anger in her heart as much as she could, “I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I am grateful for the care you have shown for my child .”
“But the issue of my child’s education should depend on me, not you.”
If there were no surprises, this was actually the first private and individual meeting between her and Ms. Wang after Li Yuanzhe’s death.
But this was not like an ordinary exchange between a parent and a school teacher; she was accusatory, crossing the original boundaries, and with the hostility hanging on her face evident, Wen Ning was completely at a loss as to where she had slowed her down.
Previously, she had tried to find out about Ms. Wang many times, and she had always stayed out of the way.
The conviction and sentencing of the other parent required Ms. Wang’s cooperation, but Ms. Wang didn’t seem very eager to recall anything about that horrible home visit.
She was not aggressive, understanding her difficulties as a teacher, or her traumatic reaction to the victimization of a colleague.
But she honestly hadn’t thought that Ms. Wang would want to interfere in her life and make a grand statement about her aversion to making decisions on her own.
Ms. Wang pushed her framed glasses, her gentle face taking on a more serious tone: ”Ms. Wen, you should understand that I’m saying all of this out of concern for Li Che, and also because of Mr. Li Yuanzhe’s help …… I think that if he were alive, he wouldn’t want to see you squeezing your way through I think that if he were alive, he would not want to see you cramming your children into an international school. . into an international school like that.”
She portrayed the matter of her helping Li Che to transfer to another school as if she was innocently talking about a very unattractive piece of crap.
“I’m sorry, I’m afraid it’s not your turn to make decisions about our family.”
“I’m just proposing.”
Ms. Wang never intended to look at her squarely: “I am very sorry, I really can not understand how Mr. Li …… can marry a wife like you.”
She then crossed her arms and accused, “You should understand your own conditions instead of sending your child to an unsuitable place with your heart in the right place, it’s not good for Chuchu to go on like this.”
Only then did Wen Ning realize that her concession was a compromise in the eyes of others, and coldly said, “Teacher Wang, your judgment is more than enough.”
Teacher Wang dropped, “I’m angry, don’t let your lawyer come to me again!”
How, would anyone so righteously refuse to investigate and take evidence-
The only people left in the room were the offender’s wife, the victim’s child, and Wang Xueqing, who was visiting the home together.
How could the perpetrator’s wife speak out for the victim, while their children also suffered from the accident, and the only person who had hopes that he could help with the sentencing was the one who said such unconscionable words?
Li Yuanzhe was kind enough to conduct this home visit for the sake of his colleague, who was originally irrelevant to him. To know, if it wasn’t for that extra kindness, Li Yuanzhe wouldn’t have needed to get killed at all.
How could she do that!
How could she just walk away and pretend that nothing had happened?
It was fine to question herself for transferring the child to another school, but how could she forget even the most basic moral conscience?
Wang Xueqing at this point in time can still care about themselves sneer: “also, he is no longer, you can still live a good life, but also try to find a way to get connections to the son into the international school. . into an international school.”
Wen Ning thought she was hallucinating, she couldn’t understand how someone could taunt a mother who was concerned about her child’s education.
Poking at the tip of her heart where it hurt the most.
And this person, on the other hand, was the one who had received their favor, dominated her husband’s life and death, but was indifferent to her lawsuit in defense of her late husband.
In this way, she was even more anxious to directly bring Li Che to transfer matters this semester.
Wang Xueqing high and mighty left, which made Wen Ning feel that these days to her pity, as well as the same as a woman’s tolerance disappeared, but also unconsciously worried about the final judgement of the lawsuit …… but she never understood the reason for Wang Xueqing’s attitude so strong.
When school was over, Wen Ning and Li Che unconsciously mentioned Ms. Wang, but did not notice anything different about this woman, and with Li Che’s personality of not being able to lie, Wang Xueqing took good care of him at school.
“Mom, do you hate Teacher Wang because of what happened to dad?”
To Wen Ning, Wang Xueqing had never been more than her late husband’s former colleague, and she had certainly complained about many people due to Li Yuanzhe’s death, even herself.
“I know that the murderer is not Mr. Wang …… but mom is also a commoner and will regret if she didn’t agree to your father accompanying her on a home visit that weekend ……” By this moment, Wen Ning still could not brutally keep the words down.
Never want to teach their children to learn to hate.
She only sighed as unusual lamented, “Unfortunately, there are not so many ‘ifs’ in the world.”
“Injustice has a head, debt has a master, mom shouldn’t involve innocent people,” even though life has many trials and tribulations, Wen Ning still admitted frankly, “but mom has times when she remembers that your dad was still that young when he left, it’s hard.”
The little one didn’t hesitate to take sides, “Mom, then I won’t associate with Mr. Wang either.”
Li Che would never be anything but on the same side as her, the umbilical cord connection allowing the mother and son to naturally understand each other, “Anyone that mom doesn’t like, I won’t get close to them.”
Wen Ning was unwilling to have such a depressing conversation with her son, “Everything will be fine once you’ve adapted to the new environment.”
These words were spoken to Li Che, as well as to herself.
For a few days in a row, Hundun Pavilion had one more regular customer.
The soon-to-be-married Fan Yijin dragged her fiancé to eat wontons every day, and she and Wen Ning gradually became familiar with each other, and when she learned that the other party had a half-grown child, she directly invited Li Che to be the flower girl at their wedding.
She made special arrangements for her entire store, but in the end, she just wanted to invite this meal.
Wen Ning politely declined, “That’s not quite appropriate, right, Fan, Che Che is already in the third grade of elementary school, it’s best if you look for a younger one.”
“The kindergarten kids are so noisy that my scalp is numb, you don’t know how much of a headache I’m having getting married in this marriage itself ……,” Xiao Fan obediently propped up her forehead, and her other hand favored her fiancé’s face, bypassing the counter’s two-dimensional hanging sign, and intimately patting Wen Ning on the shoulder .
“It’s already cheeky for me to dine alone, and if I have to drag my family along here,” Wen Ning was embarrassed and never willing to agree, “I don’t think it’s too good.”
“What’s the point of being so polite?”
Little Fan was obviously teasing her on purpose, “Is it because you think we’re not friends yet?”
Wen Ning hastily shook her head, “I don’t mean that.”
“Then let’s come together, I love to have a good time,” Little Fan praised without sparing any effort, “Hey, Che Che is handsome, and he’s very smart and understanding, he feels like he’s the child that God has assigned to be able to return the favor.”
Wen Ning is always like this, it didn’t take long for a woman with soft ears, especially with Xiao Fan being so sincere, she immediately loosened up, “But I still feel that our group of people went over to ……”
Xiao Yang also had some hesitation, “Or else, I’ll just watch the store here and not go over.”
“No, you all have to go over one by one.”
Xiao Fan revealed a winning smile, and her fiancé on the side looked at her dotingly, once again sending out a sincere invitation towards everyone present, “I still have a lot of unattached brothers, Xiao Yang can take a look, and Sister Ning is not out of the question if you’ve got your eye on her.”
“This is a handful of years old …… how to be good enough to woe others ah,” Wen Ning laughed at herself, but in due course she pushed out the hardest working employee in their store again, and she slowed down her tone for this reason, gazing tenderly at the girl who had accompanied her through thick and thin, “I’m not sure if I can do this, but I’m not sure if I can. “However, Xiao Yang can find it.”
Wen Ning made the decision for Xiao Yang, who had a red and shy face, “I’m not looking for any man.”
“I’ll go over with you, Little Fan, anyway, I’ll see you then,” Wen Ning understood the other party’s good intentions, but also did not quite want to simply utilize the matter of her widowhood and thus gain the concern of others, Ming said, “You don’t need to run to my store every day and make a special effort to do my business. ”
“It’s not for the business,” the young girl who got what she wanted, her eyes flowed with playful cuteness, “who let my boyfriend so lazy and refused to finish cooking, sister’s your handiwork and so good …… ”
The intimacy between the young couple knew no bounds.
Xiao Fan’s future husband, Xiao Cheng, complained in a low voice, “This is not even married yet, and already start to dislike me?”
Wen Ning snorted in agreement, that kind of cozy, everyday life seemed to be far enough away from her, and trance close at hand.
Suddenly, her cell phone vibrated, and this time, the officials of Xin’an International had sent her an official application form for admission.
The transfer to another school was imminent.
Xin’an International has various publicized charges, although for unusual people, this is destined to be a considerable expense, but since you choose to enroll in school, you are tacitly accepting the consumption standards of other people’s families, and for 12w a year of tuition, 6w a year of school buses, there is no room for complaint.
The boyish Li Che signed his name in English and Chinese at the registration desk, and the Chinese font is strong, while the flowery English is like a flowing river.
This was due to the training Wen Ning had given him over the years.
The initial lettering meant that he had put his head down day after day, focusing and self-sacrificing on having fun.
And in the face of the previous examiners who had turned him away, his attitude had always been unassuming and generous, and Wen Ning had developed an appreciation beyond blood, and if Li Che was not only the child she had raised as a side parent, she thought, her opinion of him would not be so bad.
The woman was doubly pleased.
When all the formalities were ready, Wen Ning logically asked the staff about the payment method for tuition. Many schools’ remittance methods required a specific bank as well as a transfer method.
And a school like Xin’an International was no exception.
Only to be unexpectedly told, “It’s already been paid.”
But she hadn’t paid at all ah, of course, having been reduced to an adult of this age, Wen Ning wouldn’t have envisioned any other candidate for paying the fees other than Zhou Yinchu.