He Will Come Back Before Dawn

8

Yu Qian disagreed with the plan proposed by Teacher Zheng. It had been a while since the preschool started, but she noticed that Pei Chuan had not raised his hand once to ask the teacher to help him with the toilet.

When Yu Qian saw the little boy’s chapped lips on hot summer days, she understood it all at once.

Pei Chuan was a sensitive child with high self-esteem. Although his mood had not changed much, no one knew what he was thinking. As changing seats might cause him great harm, Yu Qian thought it was a bad idea.

However, Teacher Zheng brought up the matter of Pei Chuan pushing Bei Yao, which also made it difficult for Yu Qian.

If Pei Chuan really bullied Xiao Bei Yao, it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to sit with him again.

Yu Qian thought about it and decided to observe it all for a day before saying anything.

In the morning, Teacher Yu brought Fang Minjun to the classroom and asked her to introduce herself to the children.

The four-year-old Fang Minjun was wearing a white princess dress and her long, soft hair was loose. As she always kept in mind that she had to learn Chang Xue’s every gesture and smile, so her young face didn’t have much expression. She spoke solemnly, “My name is Fang Minjun, I’m four years old this year, and I hope to get along well with the children.”

This was what Fang Minjun’s father, Fang Xin, had taught her. As Fang Minjun finished speaking, Teacher Yu Qian led the applause. This year, Fang Minjun was undoubtedly clean and pretty, and the classroom was genuinely applauding.

Bei Yao wore a green coat over a cotton yellow pullover with short sleeves and a pair of knee-length bean-green shorts underneath.

This bright color was vibrant and wouldn’t get dirty easily. She didn’t have white clothes since she was a small baby as Zhao Zhilan was afraid of her child getting dirty.

Fang Minjun was probably the only one in the class who could wear a white princess dress.

Fang Minjun was temporarily seated alone at the first table, specially set up for her at the entrance of the classroom. She was still young, so she felt quite aggrieved by being arranged to sit at the front.

Fang Minjun thought everyone had a tablemate except her. It wasn’t like that in kindergarten, the kids in kindergarten liked to play with her. Moreover, that legless Pei Chuan had a table, so why should she sit alone? Didn’t it use to be Pei Chuan sitting all by himself? She wanted to go home and missed her mom, but when she saw Bei Yao with her school bag on the far left of the classroom, she felt that she couldn’t go back!

After the end of the first class, several children suddenly surrounded Fang Minjun.

There were children who used to go to kindergarten together, as well as those who thought Fang Minjun was pretty and looked like Sister Chang Xue on TV. Fang Minjun felt better inside as she was now being cared for by everyone.

Bei Yao carefully took out the clean apple from her school bag.

The big red apple was given to her by Zhao Zhilan, who was afraid that she would be hungry in preschool.

She looked at it endearingly and turned to look at Pei Chuan, “Pei Chuan, do you eat apples?”

Pei Chuan was writing in the Tianzhi grid workbook. The sun was shining through the window in September, and it was a bit dark on the side against the window. Pei Chuan quietly lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on his workbook. He ignored her, and Bei Yao understood that it meant not to bother him.

She turned around happily and asked Ni Hui and Gu Xinghua whether they would eat.

The two children in the back row nodded.