Right Here Waiting For You

Upon hearing what Tiantian shouted, those kids who had been momentarily distracted by the food started crying again.

The next second, more than thirty of them started wailing.

“I wanna go home too…”

“This food is awful… I wanna go home…”

“I want Mom and Dad… and Grandma and Grandpa…”

Great. The once-quiet classroom was now noisy, and the teachers busy once again.

Ning Tiantian was pleased with what she had just done. She believed that after the ruckus she had created, she would not have to attend preschool ever again.

And when the teachers were finally done pacifying the 30-odd children, Ning Tiantian was racking her brains as to what else she could say. Miss Mi was quick to cover her mouth before she could say anything else. “My dear girl, could you take a break, please?”

This little girl was such a troublemaker!

Crudely speaking, she was a sh*t-stirrer.

After enduring a long and arduous day, the school bell finally rang. Tiantian rushed outside in a jiffy.

Mama Li was already waiting for her outside the school. Upon seeing Tiantian, Mama Li lavished her with praises. “The first day of school and you didn’t cry. That’s awesome. Godma will buy you good food as a reward…”

Tiantian started howling before she could finish speaking. It was as if she had been put through some form of torture.

“Godma… I don’t wanna attend preschool anymore!”

Mama Li was dumbfounded. What’s happening?

“Don’t cry. Tell Godma what’s wrong. Did someone bully you?” Mama Li quickly handed her a piece of tissue to wipe her tears.

Miss Mi walked over before Tiantian could answer. She looked worse for wear. Pacifying kids was practically more exhausting then moving bricks.

“Are you Ning Tiantian’s parent?”

“Yes, I am,” nodded Mama Li. Preempting the teacher, Mama Li asked, “Did our Tiantian get bullied?”

Miss Mi had actual chest pain from her question. Who would dare bully this child? She considered it lucky that Tiantian hadn’t been bullying anyone else.

“I’m sorry, but not to worry–no one bullied her. Tiantian kept clamoring for her brother, causing the whole class to…” Miss Mi explained to Mama Li what had transpired.

After Mama Li heard the whole story, she shook her head in resignation. She knew that Tiantian was very clingy with Yanmo, but she hadn’t expected it to be to such an extent.

“Therefore, the school proposes that you consider switching to another preschool,” continued Miss Mi.

The school’s trying to persuade them to transfer?

Mama Li’s face fell. Even though Tiantian was a boisterous kid, it wasn’t so bad as to warrant switching to another school.

“You guys are the ones who need to switch. I’ll talk to the head of school in person tomorrow!”

Whoever dared to bully the daughter-in-law of Li’s Group was in for it!

Miss Mi was feeling exhausted once again. She now understood why Tiantian had such a temperament.

By the time they reached home, Li Yanmo had yet to return from school.

Not being able to see her Inky, Tiantian’s tears fell again. Curled up at the corner of the sofa, she wailed as she held onto a photo of her and Inky. “Wah… Where’s Inky? I don’t want to attend preschool… I only want Inky…”

She hadn’t seen Inky for the entire day.

Mama Li brought her a hot towel to wipe her face and comforted her. “Don’t cry anymore. Let’s find you another school, shall we?”

“No!” Tiantian’s eyes were red from crying. Staring sorrowfully at Mama Li, she sobbed, “Even if I were to switch, I would still end up at a preschool!”

Mama Li was so annoying. Did she think that she could fool Tiantian just because she was older than Tiantian?

It wouldn’t matter, even if she had transferred 10 times! Inky still wouldn’t be in preschool!