After receiving the call, Li Xue rushed to Mt. Carmel Elementary School where Li Wei was newly admitted after she reached the age of five.
The school provides a healthy environment for the kids and has been considered the best school in the entire city. So, Li Xue was quite satisfied and confident that this was the best school for her daughter.
The fees were slightly higher than at the other schools, but the amount was something she could work out, cutting off some of her unnecessary expenses. That's how mothers are used to living. They will cut off their necessities in order to provide their children with something that will make their future even better.
Though Li Xue was quite young when she became a single mother, this motherly feeling was something that does not come according to one's age. It was a feeling that developed inside the moment a woman could feel another life growing inside her. A feeling of such satisfaction that one is willing to sacrifice her own importance for.
As Li Xue entered the school, she could see many children studying in their respective classes, making the atmosphere much more livelier.
Soon she arrived in front of Li Wei's classroom. Noticing a beautiful woman approaching near the class, the class teacher came over to greet her and ask about her purpose.
The teacher did not recognize her as Li Wei's mother, as Li Xue seldom visits the school and comes only to drop or pick up her daughter. Usually, she would just drop her at the school gate and leave after making sure she had gotten inside.
And when picking her up after classes, she would usually ask Bojing's help, as the late afternoon was a prime time for Sweet Delicacy. The customers were full at that time, and her attention was something that was highly needed.
Li Wei was the new student who recently got admitted about one and a half months ago, so there was still some time before parent – teacher meetings that were arranged to have the parents and teachers familiarize with one another.
"Good morning, Mam! Are you looking for someone? How can I help you?" The class teacher asked, in a very polite manner, that was perfectly befitting for someone entrusted by the parents to guide their children.
"Yeah! Sorry to disturb your class, but I am Li Wei's mother. Half an hour ago, I got a call from the school asking me to come at once. Maybe my naughty daughter has created some kind of nuisance here", Li Xue said, as she tried to look inside the class to find her devilic daughter inside.
And there she was, ignoring everything around her, and concentrating all her attention on her book. Her expression was full of seriousness and dedication.
Other children were enjoying their time chatting and playing around, but she was all focused on her book as if she was the only one who had come here to study. Presenting the epitome of a good, intelligent, and sensible student.
But Li Xue knew what exactly was the meaning of this scene. The people might take her daughter's serious expression to be as simple as it is presented, but she knew it was a defense wall she had created to sustain less damage that was coming in her way.
Looking at her serious expression, she wanted to look at her adorable face for some more time but there was something important waiting for her. She cannot forget that she was called here to have a conversation with the principal.
She averted her gaze back at the teacher. The teacher was staring at her with an expression that looked like she had seen some amusing alien in front of her eyes. "Sorry! Is there something on my face? I was in hurry, so I haven't taken a look."
"No, no… it's perfectly fine. I was just taken away that I couldn't believe my eyes. You look so young and beautiful, I can't believe you already have a daughter", the teacher said, still staring at her soft beautiful face that hardly had any makeup on.
Li Xue blushed at the remark. She gently pushed a wild wavy lock of her hair to the back of her ears and gave a grateful smile. She was never accustomed to getting such compliments, even though she had received them from quite a young age.
Few moments passed but the teacher still did not say anything. Li Xue felt a little awkward in such a situation. "Cough!" She gave a light cough to get the teacher out of her thoughts.
"Ahh sorry I was almost lost in my thoughts. Let me ask Li Wei to come out first, then I could tell you the scenario", the teacher said, and then turned back to call Li Wei out.
"Li Wei!"
The girl looked up from her book and her innocent face was screaming that she was the only innocent one here and others were all lying.
The little girl came forward, maintaining her expression, her eyes were fixed on her mother. Telling her that she has not done anything she has abstained from.
"Yes teacher!" the soft voice of the little girl said as she neared the door. She strained her head a little higher to look at her teacher. She was too small to not strain her neck while talking to her teacher.
"Your mother has come. Now tell her what you did earlier", the teacher wanted to sound stern, but looking at such a cute adorable face, she wasn't able to bring her heart to do so.
The little girl blinked her eyes twice at her teacher, looking like she was trying to understand the words of her teacher. When she was sure she understood her teacher's words, she turned on her little shoe heels to face her mother.
Though their facial features didn't match, just by looking at the girl's eyes which held some sort of resemblance, one can confirm that the person she was facing was her mother, on whom she believes in the most.
"Mama, I didn't do anything wrong. As you have told me in the morning, I didn't ask any such questions that the teacher cannot answer. I was behaving as per the rules, but it was Xiao Che, who started it first", the little girl's clear eyes were like a trap that easily caught her inside her words.
Li Xue just looked at her daughter whose expressions were telling her she was being wronged, not the other way round.