"It’s your Uncle Diwu coming to see you."

Ye Mingmei reached out to touch her head. "But even if Uncle Diwu is coming over, you still need to finish your homework first before you can play with him. What homework did the teacher assign this week?"

After speaking, Ye Mingmei gestured to the housekeeper to fetch Meimei’s backpack.

As soon as Meimei heard her words, her big eyes blinked and she suddenly sprang up from the sofa, rushing toward her backpack, tightly hugging it so the housekeeper couldn’t touch it.

"Meimei, what’s wrong?" Ye Mingmei was startled and immediately looked at her daughter, whose face showed a hint of panic, and she furrowed her brows in confusion.

Since Meimei was a month old, she returned to work. Firstly, to prevent herself from overthinking, and secondly, because watching her daughter grow increasingly like Yu Xiuzhun made her fear she couldn’t handle it.

Even though she didn’t spend much time with her daughter usually, Meimei was still very close to her.

Meimei spent most of the time with the nanny, but every weekend, she would cling to her, asking her to teach her how to do homework.

Yet today...

"Did something happen at kindergarten?" Ye Mingmei’s eyes flashed as she looked at Meimei in front of her, not rushing to take her backpack but softening her voice, beckoning her over.

"Come to mommy."

"..."

Meimei loved her mother very much. Seeing Ye Mingmei beckoning her, she hesitated for a few seconds but still went over with her backpack.

"I talked to your teacher, who said Meimei is very good at kindergarten, smart and behaves well, right?" Ye Mingmei poured a glass of juice and placed it in front of Meimei.

Meimei nodded obediently before reaching out to pick up the juice.

Instead of drinking it hastily, she handed it to Ye Mingmei’s mouth, "Mommy drink first."

"Alright." Ye Mingmei touched her head with gratification, taking a sip.

After watching Meimei finish the juice, she continued to ask, "Do you like kindergarten?"

"..."

Meimei’s bright eyes clouded over, and for nearly ten seconds she hesitated before murmuring softly, "I like it."

"Little children who lie aren’t good kids," Ye Mingmei raised her eyebrows in surprise.

She was already shocked when Meimei began hesitating, and after seeing a fearful look in her daughter’s eyes, she became even more astonished.

Little kids usually like playing with peers, why doesn’t Meimei like kindergarten? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"I’m not lying. I like the teacher, like Tingye and Jiang Nan, and Doudou..."

Meimei started counting on her fingers seriously.

After counting a few classmates, she couldn’t continue.

"There are supposed to be over twenty kids in your class, do you only like these few?" Ye Mingmei listened to the names Meimei listed, slightly furrowing her brows.

Meimei has been in kindergarten for so long and has only made these few friends; could it be she has a bit of a solitary nature?

Ye Mingmei looked at her well-behaved and understanding daughter and quickly dismissed that thought.

She gently cupped her daughter’s delicate little face, "Can you tell mommy why you don’t play with other kids?"

"Because they don’t play with me. They said I don’t have..."

Meimei blurted the words but instantly stopped, her eyes flashing, nervously covering her small mouth with her hand.