Alex He's name echoed from the entrance through the playground area shortly after his mother showed up at the entrance. A while later, the little boy appeared and a little girl trailed closely behind him.
"Mommy!" Alex ran over to his mother and hug her thigh as he would usually react whenever his mother showed up to pick him up.
This time, instead of waiting for his mother to return his embrace, Alex immediately moved away. He turned around and suddenly his face turned red upon realizing that Hazel had seen that scene.
He had always reminded his mother not to show too much affection in front of his friends as he was now a big boy. But whenever he saw his mother, Alex could not stop himself from going straight to his mother.
A look of relief flashed on his face when Alex realized that Hazel was not going to mock him for the way he had reacted. Instead, the little girl walked over to their teacher and leaned her head on their teacher's body.
