Chapter 288: Why Did They Suddenly Come Over?
“Hurting Mom’s heart?” Momo’s small eyebrows furrowed into wavy lines, “When was that?”
“Just yesterday.” Zhan Zhan sighed with self-blame, “Sigh, Mom must be very sad.”
“Was it yesterday?” Momo didn’t react.
Zhan Zhan’s tender little face was full of distress, “It was when I asked Mom why we don’t have a dad.”
Momo suddenly realized, her eyes widened, “That’s right!”
“Mom must be very sad.” Zhan Zhan felt sad just thinking about it, “I’m so bad, to actually make Mom sad.”
“Then what should we do?” Momo’s face was full of worry, “I cried yesterday too, I also made Mom sad.”
Zhan Zhan pursed his lips, remaining silent, his brow deeply furrowed.
Momo was so anxious she started to cry, choking out, “Brother, I don’t want Mom to be sad, wuwuwu.”
“I’ll think of a way.” Zhan Zhan touched his sister’s head, comforting her, “Don’t cry.”
Momo sniffled, “We are both really bad, to have made Mom sad.”
Listening to his sister, Zhan Zhan’s eyes also filled with tears, “You’re not bad, it was brother who was bad first.”
He turned and pulled out a tissue to wipe his sister’s tears.
“What’s wrong?” A voice filled with worry came over.
Zhan Zhan and Momo both turned their heads in unison towards the entrance, shouting, “Auntie.”
Jiang Yuan had specially set an alarm to wake up early, wanting to check on the two little ones, and didn’t expect to see them in tears.
She quickly walked over to the two children and asked, “Zhan Zhan, Momo, why are you crying?”
“Auntie, I made Mom sad yesterday, I don’t know what to do?” Zhan Zhan was full of self-reproach, “Auntie, can you help me think of a way?”
“Yes, Auntie.” Momo also asked for help, “Can you help me and brother?”
Jiang Yuan lowered her eyes, looking at their tear-streaked little faces, feeling heartache, and at the same time, a sense of pride couldn’t help but arise deep inside.
She had transformed from a vicious female supporting character feared by her nephew, into an aunt depended upon by her nephew.
She leaned down and rubbed their little heads, smiling lightly, “Okay, I’ll think of a way for you.”
“That’s great!”
“Thank you, Auntie!”
The two children, who had been enveloped in sadness, instantly showed joyful smiles.
Seeing that they had stopped crying, Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
“Auntie, do you have a good way to make Mom not sad anymore?” Zhan Zhan looked at her, his tender eyebrows showing nervousness and expectation.
Jiang Yuan slightly raised her eyebrows and said mysteriously, “Auntie does indeed have a good way.”
Momo’s eyes lit up instantly, and she quickly asked, “Auntie, what is it?”
Jiang Yuan said with a smile, “The way is for you to be happy, and then Mom will also be happy.”
“Is that so?” A look of confusion appeared on Zhan Zhan’s little face.
Jiang Yuan nodded, “That’s right.”
Zhan Zhan and Momo looked at each other, their black pearl-like big eyes full of curiosity and surprise.
“If you don’t believe me, try it in a moment,” Jiang Yuan said, “If Mom sees you smiling, she will definitely smile too.”
“Okay.” Zhan Zhan and Momo both nodded very seriously.
Jiang Yuan accompanied them to wash up, pulled them out of the room, and happened to meet Deng Rui at the entrance.
“Good morning, beautiful Mom~” Jiang Yuan tilted her head and winked, her voice sweet at the end.
“Good morning, Grandma!” Zhan Zhan and Momo said in unison.
“Good morning, darlings, Yuan Yuan, why are you up so early today?” Deng Rui said with a smile, “I was just going to see if Zhan Zhan and Momo were awake.”
Jiang Yuan nodded, “I woke up a bit early today, is Sister awake?”
“Xiao Die isn’t awake yet,” Deng Rui said, “Let her sleep a bit longer, I’ll call her later.”
“Then let Zhan Zhan and Momo call her.”
“Okay, let’s go downstairs for breakfast first.”
After breakfast, Jiang Yuan took Zhan Zhan and Momo upstairs to wake up Jiang Die, and found that she had already washed up and was preparing to go downstairs.
“Sister, good morning, you’re awake,” Jiang Yuan said with a sweet smile.
“Yuan Yuan, morning,” Jiang Die said gently, her gaze falling on the two little ones, and a wave of sourness and guilt uncontrollably surged in her heart, “Zhan Zhan, Momo, morning.”
Zhan Zhan and Momo said in soft, milky voices, “Good morning, Mom!”
After speaking, they raised their two little hands to their heads, forming hearts, their little faces also full of the same sweet smile as Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Die felt her heart warm, the corners of her lips gradually turned up, and she said with a light laugh, “Received the big heart from Zhan Zhan and Momo.”
She extended her two hands as if to grasp, then put her hands in her pockets, “I’m hiding the heart in my pocket.”
Seeing their mom smile, Zhan Zhan and Momo were also very happy.
Auntie’s method really worked, Mom is smiling!
The two little ones quietly looked at their aunt.
Jiang Yuan raised her eyebrows at them, as if to say: Didn’t I tell you so?
She turned to Jiang Die again, “Sister, are you going to work today?”
“No,” Jiang Die shook her head, “I took leave today, I have other arrangements.”
As they went downstairs, she whispered in Jiang Yuan’s ear, “I also took leave for Zhan Zhan and Momo, I’m going to the kindergarten today.”
Jiang Yuan guessed what she was going to do and suggested, “Then I’ll go with you.”
Jiang Die: “Okay.”
Before leaving, Jiang Die looked tenderly at the two little ones, “You’ll have another day off today for Children’s Day. Mom and Auntie will go buy you a cake, be good and listen to Grandma while we’re gone.”
“Don’t worry, Mom,” Zhan Zhan said with a well-behaved expression, “I will take good care of my sister and Grandma!”
Momo nodded like a pecking chick, “Momo will be good, Mom doesn’t need to worry!”
“That’s great.” Jiang Die’s eyes sparkled with a smile.
The black sedan sped down the road.
Jiang Yuan held the steering wheel, her slender eyebrows slightly furrowed, her expression solemn, “Sister, did you ask the teacher to contact Zhang Zhixin’s parents to come over?”
Jiang Die said softly, “I just messaged the teacher, she hasn’t replied yet, she might be busy.”
“Okay,” Jiang Yuan nodded.
When they arrived at the kindergarten entrance, after filling out the entry registration form at the security booth, Zhan Zhan and Momo’s homeroom teacher, Teacher Ye, happened to come over.
“Parents of Zhan Zhan and Momo, good morning.” Teacher Ye was a young woman with long hair tied into a high ponytail, her smile exuding vitality and friendliness.
“Teacher Ye, good morning.” Jiang Die also greeted politely, while Jiang Yuan looked at her indifferently.
Teacher Ye, not knowing why they had suddenly come, led them to the office.
“Parents of Zhan Zhan and Momo, please have some water.” Teacher Ye poured two cups of warm water in disposable cups and placed them in front of the two women.
“Thank you,” Jiang Die said gratefully.
Teacher Ye’s gaze moved back and forth between the two women, and she said with a smile, “This must be Zhan Zhan and Momo’s aunt? You sisters look so alike.”
Jiang Die smiled slightly, not responding to her words, and said gently, “Teacher Ye, actually we came today to ask you about something?”
Teacher Ye put on a serious listening expression, “Okay, please speak.”
Jiang Die: “Before Zhan Zhan and Momo enrolled, I told Teacher Ye that we are a single-parent family, do you remember, Teacher Ye?”
