Chapter 721: Poverty is the Original Sin

Wang Yinghao came out to greet them and was startled: "What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

It was agreed that they would stay at Xiao Ya's house for a while, but now, before the time was up, the mother and son had suddenly returned.

Moreover, both of their faces showed clear signs of having cried; Shi Youxuan's makeup was ruined, and Sheng Zichen's face was even more smeared with tears, which had not stopped yet.

"Grandma."

The little guy threw himself into his grandmother's arms and wailed: "Woooo—"

"The kindergarten is bad."

"The teacher is bad, the kids are bad, they mocked me, I'm never going to eat again..."

Wang Yinghao comforted her grandson: "Baobao, be good, don't cry, don't cry, tell Grandma what exactly happened?" She was completely confused and didn't understand at all why he wouldn't eat.

"Mom, please take Baobao upstairs for a hot bath, I'm going to have Fang Jie brew some Calming Tea."

Shi Youxuan said weakly.

Seeing this, Wang Yinghao knew something very bad had happened.

"Alright, I'll carry Baobao upstairs."

She stopped asking and took Sheng Zichen back to his room.

The little guy had taken a hot bath and drank the Calming Tea; along with the Calming Tea, his favorite snacks and treats had also been brought up.

But the little guy didn't touch them, and didn't even glance at them.

The first time since the beginning of time.

Sheng Zichen fell asleep.

He wasn't sleeping very soundly; his chubby little hand was tightly gripping his mother's finger, not letting go even in his sleep.

She gently patted her son; tear stains were still on her son's round little face, and his small mouth would pout in grievance from time to time.

Shi Youxuan's heart was about to melt.

What exactly had her son experienced at the kindergarten?

She had carefully selected this kindergarten precisely because it had a good reputation and no history of child abuse, yet she never expected him to be bullied on his very first day.

Sheng Hanyu's face was so dark it could drip ink.

He sent people to investigate thoroughly, only to find out that the so-called "child abuse" at other kindergartens were all rumors spread by the bilingual school.

Smearing others was done with the goal of elevating themselves.

Clearly, she had succeeded.

He called for Lao Qi and gave only two words: "Smash it."

"Yes."

Lao Qi went down.

If you dare to provoke their family, you must be able to bear the consequences.

"Ring-ring—"

Shi Youxuan's phone rang.

An unfamiliar number.

After she answered, the kindergarten director's frantic voice came through: "Sheng Zichen's mother, you've gone too far! Not only did you hit our teacher, but you also had people smash the kindergarten? You will have to bear the consequences and legal responsibility for doing this..."

The villain accusing the victim first.

Shi Youxuan: "Then let's see each other in court. Even if you didn't come to me, I was going to come to you; this matter is not over yet."

Her husband had people smash the kindergarten; she knew about this.

Lao Qi did things too efficiently, leaving not a single trace behind.

Actually, in Shi Youxuan's opinion, they should have carried banners while smashing it!

The bigger the scene, the better, only then could she vent her anger.

As for the consequences, who cares.

However, the kindergarten director was no fool; although there was no evidence to prove it was done by Sheng Zichen's parents, she immediately suspected it was them!

In the director's heart—the poor are the unruly!

What wouldn't poor people do?

She believed that poor people were the embodiment of being unrefined, vulgar, and violent.

In any case, she looked down on them entirely.

If it weren't for the requirements from above to provide quotas for the impoverished, she wouldn't have bothered to accept the children of those poor wretches.

Now, sure enough, something had happened.

She prepared to use this incident to completely kick the children of the poor out in the future!

Shi Youxuan was in no mood to deal with them now; she was afraid this incident would leave a psychological shadow on the child, so she stayed by Sheng Zichen's side, never leaving him for a moment.

The little guy had changed.

He had become taciturn, sensitive, and timid.

Even when others laughed normally, he would cry.

"Mom, sister is mocking me!"

"Woooo..."

Shi Ran:...

Her original intention was to coax her younger brother into being happy, but it turned into mocking?

Heaven knows she didn't have the slightest intention of mocking him.

Shi Youxuan held her son and coaxed him softly: "Zichen, sister is your family, she loves you very much and wouldn't mock you, Mom promises on a chicken leg."

"I don't want chicken legs; kids who eat chicken legs have no future... sob sob sob..."

The whole family's hearts were breaking.

The little one, who loved to talk and laugh and loved to eat most of all, was now not eating anything.

Before, he would find all sorts of ways to hunt for food, but now he actually shivered with fear when he saw something delicious!

Only when he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore would he wolf down a little food.

He wouldn't care what it was, just stuffing it into his mouth indiscriminately before saying he was full.

Shi Youxuan called Jian Yixin to tell her about the child's situation and asked if she had any good solutions.

Very soon.

Yixin arrived with a psychologist, holding Moli.

The quiet Moli and Sheng Zichen were playing quite well together.

Yu Qingwan sat on the sofa.

Shi Youxuan personally served tea and water: "Please have some water."

Yu Qingwan: "I don't drink tea; I'll have juice, pomegranate juice, thank you."

She really didn't stand on ceremony.

Drinking pomegranate juice was no problem, but the problem was that it wasn't the season for pomegranates!

But Yu Qingwan was an honored guest, so Shi Youxuan couldn't be negligent; she had someone go to the market to buy some, just to try their luck.

"Hehe, I was teasing you."

Yu Qingwan called the servant back and didn't let them go.

Then she picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip: "Not bad, actually."

Shi Youxuan:...

She didn't know what medicine the psychologist was selling in her gourd.

But she must have her reasons for doing this.

Shi Youxuan knew of her abilities from when she helped Wan'er recover her memory last time.

After finishing the cup of tea, Yu Qingwan smiled and said: "Look, if there's no pomegranate juice, tea is also quite good, isn't it?"

"You can't buy pomegranates this season, and even if you could, they would be too sour and astringent to swallow, so it's better to change to something else, and then you find it's actually not bad..."

Yu Qingwan was speaking with hidden meaning, and Shi Youxuan was a smart person; she understood as soon as she heard it.

It was to tell her to change kindergartens, but that was a matter for the future; wasn't the most important thing right now to help Zichen walk out of the shadows?

Before she could ask, Yu Qingwan said: "Let's make a bet. I bet you haven't had the chance to tell Baobao about changing kindergartens yet, right?"

Shi Youxuan:...

Correct!

She really hadn't said it.

The key was that she hadn't had the opportunity to say it either.

For the past two days, the child had been crying and making a scene incessantly, and even in his sleep, he would be startled awake; she didn't even dare to mention the two words "kindergarten," let alone have the chance to talk about changing kindergartens.

Yu Qingwan left after drinking a cup of tea, without seeing the child.

She told Shi Youxuan that a child's greatest sense of security comes from their parents.

A word of comfort from a mom and dad, especially from a mom, is more effective than a hundred words from an outsider.

Sheng Zichen's problem wasn't actually that serious, and children aren't as simple as adults think.

The little guy didn't say it, but because he was worried his parents would continue to send him back to that kindergarten, he deliberately acted in an exaggerated way to make the adults feel heartache.

Sometimes they deliberately magnify their own fear, with the goal of making their parents take it seriously and change their minds.

Shi Youxuan thought about it carefully.

In order for the little guy to attend the International Bilingual Kindergarten, she had been anxious and irritable during this period.

She had been tossing and turning every day, and her son had seen it all... The more Shi Youxuan thought about it, the more guilty she felt.

She quickly went upstairs and pulled her son into her arms: "Baobao, we are changing to a different kindergarten; we will never go to that one again."

"Really?"

Sheng Zichen blinked his big eyes, a little uncertain, but his gaze carried a glimmer of hope.

When "kindergarten" was mentioned, her son didn't object; it wasn't like the family feared, where he didn't want to go to any kindergarten at all—he just didn't want to go to that one!

The little guy's reaction was exactly as the psychologist had said.

Shi Youxuan's heart finally settled back into her chest.