Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

  At her instruction, the chauffeur stopped the car by the side of the road.

  Nian Xiaomu picked up her jacket and got out of the car.

  As she walked forward, every breath she exhaled could be seen in the cold winter air.

  Nian Xiaomu put on her jacket and rubbed her hands together. Feeling a bit anxious, she quickened her steps.

  By the time she arrived at the entrance of the kindergarten, she had already broken out a sweat.

  “Why are you here alone, Miss Nian…?” The teacher who was in charge of school dismissal recognized Nian Xiaomu and stepped forward to greet her.

  Panting and trying to catch her breath, Nian Xiaomu grabbed her arm and asked, “Where’s Xiao Liuliu?”


  “Her class hasn’t been dismissed yet, so they should still be inside. Go in and you should be able to find her.”


  Hearing this, Nian Xiaomu did not wait a second longer.

  She waved goodbye to the teacher and walked into the school building.

  This was the kindergarten that she and Yu Yuehan had picked for Xiao Liuliu.

  To let Xiao Liuliu grow up in a normal environment, Yu Yuehan had kept her identity a secret from the rest.

  Xiao Liuliu was just like any other child from an ordinary background at this school.

  After Nian Xiaomu displayed her parental identification pass, she heard the voice of an angry woman shouting in the classroom.

  “Your school must give me a reasonable explanation for the incident today!”


  “I sent my child to your kindergarten, but you people did not look after him properly! How did he get hit? I am telling you that I will not back down. Whichever brat hit my son, my son will hit him back!”


  “Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Can’t you see the wound on my son’s face? You tell me what misunderstanding this is when his head is bleeding! Why don’t you let me crack your head and then tell you it’s a misunderstanding?”


  “…”


  The teacher had tried to explain the situation to the woman, but the woman’s fury got the better of her, and she transferred her anger to the teacher.

  The young female teacher was about to burst into tears from the berating.

  Nian Xiaomu frowned and walked into the classroom.

  She looked around, but could not see Xiao Liuliu.

  Then, she looked again and finally found Xiao Liuliu’s soft cuddly body kneeling next to a desk.

  Trembling in fear, she had curled herself into a ball.

  Her delicate little face was rosy red, and her big round eyes sparkled with tears. She bit her lips and willed herself not to cry, looking like a child who had been abandoned by the world…


  Nian Xiaomu instantly felt a twinge in her heart!

  Just as she was about to go over to carry Xiao Liuliu, Nian Xiaomu heard the teacher continue speaking.

  “Xiao Liuliu is very obedient and has never hit any of her friends before. Today, Luo Qiang kept pulling her hair and pinching her face. Then, he rounded up a few boys and they said that Xiao Liuliu doesn’t have a mother and that no one loves her. Xiao Liuliu got upset, so that’s why…”


  “…”


  Nian Xiaomu stopped in her tracks upon hearing the teacher’s words.

  There was an indescribable ache in her heart.

  The very next second, Luo Qiang’s mother’s sarcastic voice rang out again and said, “It’s her honor that my son is willing to touch her! I was still wondering which brat had the gall to hit my son. So it turned out to be a bastard who doesn’t have a mother!”


  “Wah, wah…” This time, Xiao Liuliu could not hold back her tears any longer and cried out, “Xiao Liuliu isn’t a bastard. Xiao Liuliu has a mother. Don’t you insult my mother!”


  “If you have a mother, get her to come here!” Luo Qiang ran out and made a face at Xiao Liuliu as he taunted, “Can’t get her to come, right? That’s because you’re a bastard who doesn’t have a mother!”


  Nian Xiaomu clenched her fists and rushed forward to scoop Xiao Liuliu up in her arms.

  “Who says she doesn’t have a mother? I am her mother!”