They were already part of the same social circle, with no deep grudges or enmities.
Lin Rui happily accepted the invitation.
As a result, she had just entered the kindergarten.
Lin Rui immediately received a call from Lu Zheng: "Why did you go to Starry Sky Kindergarten?"
They had someone specifically monitoring the kindergarten, and as soon as they saw Lin Rui go to Starry Sky Kindergarten, their vigilance shot up to the highest level.
Lin Rui and Lu Zheng didn't have much of a relationship anymore. She thought that after their falling out, they would only see each other at business circles and friends' gatherings. Now he had called with an accusatory tone.
Lin Rui was instantly displeased: "What I want to do is my business."
"You know very well that Starry Sky Kindergarten doesn't get along with us, yet you still go there."
"You are you, and I am me. Please don't confuse the two, okay?"
Sure enough, the other party was so angry they were left speechless.
Lin Rui suddenly felt a surge of satisfaction at that moment.
She wasn't a meek lamb. She had held onto old feelings before, but her forbearance hadn't earned her anything.
Why should he, after doing something that wronged her, still be able to speak so righteously?
Just her visiting Starry Sky Kindergarten was enough to make him unable to bear it.
What if she started working here?
In an instant, she turned dark.
"Please don't call me anymore. It seems Boss Lu and I aren't that close after all."
"You..." Lu Zheng was at a loss for words. "Even if we're not lovers anymore, we're still like brother and sister."
Lin Rui said, "Honestly, I'm not as shameless as you. A decent ex should be like they're dead. Don't 'rise from the grave' again in the future. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist slapping you."
With that, she hung up the phone.
On the other end, Lu Zheng listened to the busy tone and violently threw his phone.
After hanging up, she let out a long sigh.
Turning to Shen Wei, she said, "Your overt scheme was quite successful."
Originally, she wasn't sure whether to come to the kindergarten or not.
But receiving Lu Zheng's call instantly solidified her resolve.
She wanted to give him a hard time.
And she wanted to make the kindergarten bigger and stronger.
The Lu family was rich, right? Well, coincidentally, her Lin family was rich too.
He had trampled her dignity underfoot. Now it was time to see if he had the resources to match.
Shen Wei said, "Welcome aboard."
Shen Wei directly made her part of the kindergarten's management, as a manager.
Her family had business experience. She had spent so many years abroad and had also studied business management.
Lin Rui surveyed the place and discovered a strange phenomenon.
The employees were working harder than the boss; the boss was just slacking off while the employees were working themselves to death.
If she could thoroughly research this phenomenon, it would be enough for her to publish a paper in an authoritative column.
Just as she was strolling around, she suddenly saw a little girl who quickly hid upon seeing them.
Like a startled little rabbit, she only reluctantly turned around after Shen Wei waved her over.
The little girl looked at Shen Wei, then glanced at Lin Rui, and lowered her head.
Shen Wei said, "This is our painting prodigy." Introducing Mu Zhixing, she had a sense of parental pride.
Lin Rui originally didn't like children, but seeing this little one so socially anxious, she suddenly felt like teasing her a bit. She said, "Little one, do you have any drawings? Can you show big sister?"
"Yes," Mu Zhixing's voice was like a mosquito's buzz.
Lin Rui opened her eyes wide and said, "This child is so well-behaved!" She reached out to hug her.
Mu Zhixing had rarely encountered kindness since she was little. She liked being hugged.
The teachers and others she met at the kindergarten were all kind and gentle.
Lin Rui, with her sharp, mature woman vibe, was someone Mu Zhixing hadn't encountered before.
But she was afraid that refusing would make the lady angry. So, trembling, she reached out her little hands to be hugged.
Being held in Lin Rui's arms, the child was unusually stiff.
It made Lin Rui laugh: "What's wrong? I'm not going to eat you."
When Qi Zhong came out, he saw his beloved disciple curled up motionless in someone's arms. He immediately said, "Mu Zhixing, why are you still dazed? Go back to your painting."
His one sentence directly rescued the child. The little one let out a sigh of relief. "Okay."
Then she wriggled out of Lin Rui's embrace and ran away.
Lin Rui hadn't had enough of hugging the child yet. She said, "You all..."
Qi Zhong glanced at Lin Rui and said, "If you like hugging children so much, have one of your own." Look how scared his disciple was.
Lin Rui was instantly enraged. "Hey, how can you talk like that?"
"I just talk like this."
"Fine, remember this!" Lin Rui walked away haughtily.
Qi Zhong didn't care at all.
He thought she was just a parent with power and influence. But the next day, Qi Zhong was completely stunned.
Lin Rui had joined the staff, coming in directly as a manager. She was in charge of everyone except the principal and vice-principal, including him.
Qi Zhong snorted.
Lin Rui raised an eyebrow: "Didn't expect that, did you?"
Qi Zhong didn't make a sound. After all, he was the painting teacher, not under her jurisdiction.
Qi Zhong looked at her and snorted, "Childish!"
Then he turned to leave.
But Lin Rui said, "I heard you're a painter. What works have you done? I'd like to see."
Her coming to the kindergarten was to give Lu Zheng and Shen Qingqing a hard time, not really to change the structure of the kindergarten.
Although nominally a manager, it was a sinecure.
She particularly liked Mu Zhixing, finding the little socially anxious one super adorable.
Incidentally, she enjoyed bantering with the painting teacher.
Especially Qi Zhong's shocked expression today, it really amused her.
Lin Rui was dying of laughter.
She still wanted to elicit a few more reactions from Qi Zhong.
But Qi Zhong, except for his initial surprise, kept a straight face afterward. He had no intention of showing her.
As a genius, he had his pride. How could he let someone tease him on a whim?
Shen Qingqing saw Lin Rui allying with Shen Wei and truly felt a sense of panic.
Plus, due to her erroneous public relations tactics, she had generated a lot of resentment, and her current public image was very poor.
At present, she hadn't made any blunders, just frantically discounting. They weren't even charging 300 anymore, offering experience tickets for 200.
Shen Wei was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.
But then the System sounded an alarm.
Shen Wei hurriedly checked in the System space and found that this time, the trouble was coming from the Noble Kindergarten.
The Noble Kindergarten had really opened up classes for the general public.
This time, with one move, they took in 2,000 people.
The Noble Kindergarten had been operating in this city for decades, giving everyone a high-end impression.
They had never opened classes for the general public before. Anyone wanting to enter the Noble Kindergarten had to pass a wealth verification.
Parents had to undergo various interviews and tests, and the children you could see were either wealthy or from prestigious families.
Ordinary people couldn't even reach the threshold of getting into that kindergarten.
Now, this time they've opened admissions for a public class, and the price they've offered is incredibly affordable: 1,500 yuan.
Clearly, this is in response to the Starry Sky Kindergarten.
When this price was announced, the entire kindergarten community went into an uproar.
Previously, no one dared to provoke the Noble Kindergarten because they weren't even in the same league.
They positioned themselves as a high-end kindergarten.
Now, the Noble Kindergarten has slashed their price to 1,500 yuan.
Moreover, they're admitting 2,000 children, which is an even bigger blow to the community than what Starry Sky Kindergarten did.
Those kindergartens that used to grovel before them in the group chat couldn't help but lose their composure, even resorting to outright cursing.
They complained that the Noble Kindergarten was leaving no room for other kindergartens to survive.
The Noble Kindergarten was most interested in Starry Sky Kindergarten's reaction.
But Starry Sky Kindergarten had no reaction, which left the Noble Kindergarten somewhat disappointed.
