"That's right, I heard we did poorly on this exam. The average score is much lower than last year's junior class. The director is very angry and even criticized the homeroom teacher. They said the teacher should hold a meeting with the students' parents so we can all reflect on this. Please have a seat, I'll go get some chairs."
Parents and students needed to sit together, so they had to go to the equipment room to bring chairs over.
"Alright, go ahead."
Nian Suian sat down in Gu Zhijing's seat and casually sent a message to Gu Junxing.
[Here for another parent-teacher conference for your son. Any compensation this time?]
[You got a free big son, and you still want compensation?]
[Of course, I'm talking about money, not feelings]
"Here, please sit on this one. It's more comfortable and has a backrest."
Gu Zhijing had already brought the chair back and eagerly placed it in front of Nian Suian.
"Very good, young man. You have potential, much more sensible than your father."
"Of course! That's called each generation surpassing the last!"
Gu Zhijing puffed up his chest like a puppy that had just been petted.
"You sit here for a moment, I'll be right back."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
Nian Suian waved Gu Zhijing away and greeted Jiang Yun who had just entered.
"Sister Yun, you're here!"
"Yes, though I'd rather not be." She said, glaring at Qu Zizhou.
With forty students in the class, he managed to rank twentieth. Jiang Yun felt angry just thinking about it.
"Mom, please sit."
Qu Zizhou looked at his mom with a fawning expression.
"I think you should forget about university. After high school graduation, let your father take you to Africa and be done with it. Just looking at you gives me a headache."
"No, no, Mom. I love my country and want to stay here. Please sit down, I'll go get a chair."
Time to slip away...
Jiang Yun was fuming. She wondered if she had used up all the intelligence on her first child and ended up with a fool for the second.
"This child is hopeless..."
Hearing Jiang Yun and Qu Zizhou's bickering, Nian Suian couldn't help but smile.
"Sister Yun, Zizhou is still quite adorable."
"What's adorable? He looks just like his father."
She shook her head again: "It's my fault for giving birth to him like this."
"Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
Jiang Yun lowered her voice and said to Nian Suian: "The Wei family has filed a lawsuit. They want to fight for Jiaojiao's custody. The first court session is next Monday."
Nian Suian frowned: "So soon?"
"They couldn't wait anymore, I guess. They've been showing up every day trying to soften Xiaxia's heart. Since Xiaxia wasn't falling for it, they got impatient."
"It's alright, it's better to settle this matter sooner. Besides, they don't have any grounds to fight for custody. They weren't even married back then," Nian Suian thought about it more and felt it made sense, becoming less worried about the situation. "And Lawyer Zhao is very capable. He definitely won't let the Wei family succeed."
Jiang Yun had similar thoughts and nodded in agreement, feeling reassured.
"But there's one more thing. Xiaxia told me everything. About that Chen Shu guy, is he your friend?"
After Jiang Yun got home, she heard from Xiaxia about the incident last Friday night when Jiaojiao almost went missing. She felt a chill of fear when she heard about it.
When she heard about Chen Shu meeting Jiaojiao that day, and about them having dinner together a few days ago, Jiang Yun felt there was more to the story!
Don't ask why, it's just a gossip lover's intuition.
"I guess he's Gu Junxing's friend. I'm not that close to him. Why do you ask?"
"Is he single?"
"I think so... Why are you asking this?" Nian Suian was puzzled at first, then suddenly realized, "You're not thinking..."
Gu Junxing had told her before that both Liu Jian and Chen Shu didn't have girlfriends.
Gu Junxing's exact words were: Liu Jian is one thing, but I've never seen Chen Shu show interest in women. Of course, he's not interested in men either.
"Never mind, I must be overthinking it." Jiang Yun shook her head again. It's better not to mention something that doesn't even have a hint of possibility, to avoid causing any misunderstandings later.
"Mom, I'm here. Mom, please sit."
Qu Zizhou brought a chair over and, like Gu Zhijing, offered the chair with the backrest to Jiang Yun.
"Little Mom-sis, here you go!"
Just as they sat down, Gu Zhijing came running back into the classroom with something in his hands.
"Is this... bubble tea?"
"That's right! It's nice and warm, strawberry pudding flavored. I bought it from the cafeteria window. It's not as good as the ones outside, but please make do with it. If you don't like bubble tea, I also have cola, orange juice, milk, and mineral water."
As Gu Zhijing spoke, he started pulling items out of his coat pockets.
Only then did Nian Suian realize that Gu Zhijing had gone out earlier to buy drinks.
"Thank you, the bubble tea is fine." She wanted to advise the child to be more low-key. She was here for a parent-teacher conference, not a picnic. With so many drinks, she'd have to go to the bathroom eight times during the meeting.
"Look at that. Oh, why wasn't I blessed with such good fortune? I gave birth to a big dummy instead~" Jiang Yun looked at her foolish son and said in a mock dramatic tone.
"Mom, next time, next time I'll buy for you too! It's just bubble tea, right? I'll buy you three cups!"
"Pfft— forget it. Just improve a bit next time and that'll be filial enough."
Qu Zizhou was trying to find a way to appease Jiang Yun while cursing Gu Zhijing in his heart. It was bad enough that he improved in the exam, but he also had to be such a brown-noser. How were others supposed to live up to that...
Without comparison, there's no harm... but with comparison, he might suffer bodily harm.
"Your dad sent money over. Want some?" She added with a sigh, "You're quite valuable, kid." After all, this could be considered her compensation for attending the parent-teacher conference for her good son.
Nian Suian had just opened her phone to see that Gu Junxing had transferred 100,000 yuan to her on WeChat. Mr. Gu was being more generous than last time.
No one can resist money. Hesitating for even a second would be disrespectful to money.
"Sure, sure! Thank you, boss!" Thanks to his little mom-sis, he had been living quite comfortably lately. Not only did he have some savings, but his shoe collection and game skins had also become more diverse and colorful!
At 10:55, Cen Xi walked into the classroom to inform everyone that the parent-teacher conference was about to begin.
At the school gate, Qi Anlu looked at his watch and glanced towards the entrance once again.
"Your father won't let me go..."
Even though he had already heard these words, Qi Anlu didn't know what he was waiting for.
10:58
Qi Anlu turned around, preparing to go back to the classroom. If students weren't required to attend this parent-teacher conference, he could have just found a place to hang out.
This time he'd have to sit alone in the classroom... It would definitely be awkward.
"Congcong!"
"Anlu! Wait a moment, mom."
Qi Anlu turned back, looking in disbelief at the person jogging towards him.
"Mom? How did you come? Didn't you say..."
Didn't you say you weren't coming? Why are you here now...
