After the director went to rest, Yang Chen also prepared to go back to sleep.
He had just lain down when he heard a loud crash outside.
Immediately, Yang Chen flipped out of bed and rushed out.
Could those two have changed their minds again? Brought the child back?
Rushing out to see, Yang Chen frowned.
It wasn’t Wang Ming and the others returning, but a woman leaning over the railing.
The kindergarten railings are only about a meter high, and a woman was leaning over it, vomiting profusely.
A foul smell drifted over, causing Yang Chen to frown.
Typically having a mild case of mysophobia, he couldn’t stand this at all, so right away he got a bucket and mop.
Thankfully, this isn’t a foam board, or it would be more trouble.
Once the woman stopped vomiting, Yang Chen said, "Can you walk? If you can, hurry home!"
The woman lifted her head and glanced at Yang Chen.
Seeing the woman’s face, Yang Chen couldn’t help but frown.
This woman wasn’t very old, around twenty or so, with a fresh look, an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, youthful energy, quite pretty.
But such a pretty young woman, drunk in the middle of the night, yet still able to walk here alone, truly isn’t easy.
"You... go get me some more booze, damn it, who’s afraid of who, damn!" the woman blurted out, leaving Yang Chen bewildered.
Is this... a woman or just a buddy?
"Damn you!" The woman saw Yang Chen didn’t understand and grabbed her purse, hurling it at him while cursing, "You dare look down on me, huh? You know where I’m from? I’m from Sanli Village, got it! Afraid I can’t pay, huh? Today, the whole bar, my treat!"
Yang Chen suddenly realized, this woman must be a local from Sanli Village.
"I don’t care where you’re from, right now you’re on my turf, leave here immediately!" Yang Chen said, staring at her.
These are people propelled up by urban development, becoming wealthy overnight.
"How dare you talk to me like that!" The woman sprang up, but she stood right on the railing.
Immediately unstable, with a thud she fell down.
Seeing this, Yang Chen frowned.
Because the place the woman fell was exactly where she just vomited.
This really disgusted Yang Chen.
"Yanyan!" Yang Chen shouted.
Calling out for Chen Siyan, Yang Chen also nudged the woman with his foot, finding her already unconscious.
Chen Siyan came out, wearing a coat, "What’s wrong, brother?"
Yang Chen said helplessly, "Come over and help get this person into your room, give her a bath, change her clothes."
"Who is she, brother?" Chen Siyan asked, frowning at the unpleasant smell of vomit.
"Don’t worry about who she is, just bring her in first." Yang Chen said.
No matter what, leaving a drunken woman outside really isn’t safe.
"Okay!" Although reluctantly, Chen Siyan still took the woman to her room.
Yang Chen watched the two go inside, shook his head helplessly, and began cleaning the floor...
Early the next morning, Yang Chen got up and went to exercise by the riverside Zhang Shaoting mentioned, unexpectedly finding the two already there.
While exercising, the two were stunned.
Even though Yang Chen was only doing simple push-ups and sit-ups, the speed and endurance were unbelievable!
In the end, the two were almost dumbfounded, continually staring at Yang Chen’s workout.
Yang Chen did five hundred reps per set, completing entire sets of push-ups, sit-ups, frog jumps, high knees...
Once Yang Chen finished, he glanced at them, "Keep training, finish it and come back for breakfast!"
Having said that, Yang Chen jogged back, as if nothing happened.
The two were thoroughly stunned.
Exchanging a glance, Zhao Shisan gritted his teeth, "Train!"
At that moment, he understood more clearly the gap between himself and Yang Chen, realizing why Yang Chen mentioned he might lag behind.
The gap between them... was indeed quite large!
The two, as if overly stimulated, trained frantically.
Back at the kindergarten, Chen Siyan was already up.
"Brother, was that baby girl taken away again yesterday?" Chen Siyan asked.
"Yeah!" Yang Chen replied while wiping himself with a towel, nodding.
"Then..." Chen Siyan thought and asked, "Is their family really poor?"
Poor? Yang Chen asked himself inwardly.
They couldn’t be called poor, but also definitely not wealthy. Daily laborers make five or six hundred a day, which amounts to a monthly salary of one or two thousand. But their work is physical labor, with occupational diseases appearing relatively early, high risk, and depends heavily on weather. Good weather means more work, bad weather means less work, making income unstable.
They can be said to be hovering around subsistence level, if there weren’t the pressure of three children, things might be a bit more comfortable.
However, now with three kids, they’re relatively more challenged, but definitely not to the point of being too poor to raise a child.
Nowadays, city families saying they can’t afford kids is based on providing high material life and high educational standards, whereas for Wang Ming and the others, raising a child only involves food and elementary education, so it’s not about being unable to support them.
"Everyone has their difficulties, I suppose!" Yang Chen didn’t elaborate with Chen Siyan, her thinking was relatively simple, and some things would be understood in a somewhat simplistic or extreme way, which wouldn’t be good for her.
Chen Siyan didn’t pursue further, feeling happy for the child returning to parents anyway.
"By the way, what about that girl from yesterday?" Yang Chen asked.
"She’s still in my room, probably not awake yet." Chen Siyan said, pouting.
Yesterday was really a hassle for her, still feeling a bit tired now.
Yang Chen frowned and strode toward Chen Siyan’s bedroom.
It’s almost time for class, and he certainly wouldn’t allow this girl to remain here.
Yang Chen had just pushed open the door when he saw the woman sit up from the bed.
"Get out!" the woman shouted, grabbing the pillow from the bed and throwing it out.
Yang Chen caught the pillow, and was stunned.
This pillowcase... was originally a gift from Yang Chen to Chen Siyan, previously bearing the image of a rabbit, now all its embroidered lines were worn off, leaving only an outline.
Unexpectedly, after all these years, Chen Siyan still kept this pillowcase.
"This little girl." Yang Chen felt warm inside, then looked up at the woman.
"Didn’t you hear me say get out?" the woman said coldly to Yang Chen.
If it were a one-night stand with a handsome wealthy guy, that wouldn’t be bad, but seeing this place?
A prefab house, worn-out bedding, even the pillow she just threw was falling apart.
Although the man in front of her was quite handsome and manly, this was definitely not what she wanted.
Furthermore, a man taking advantage of her drunkenness certainly wasn’t a good person.
Yang Chen coldly stared at the woman, "I’ll give you three minutes to change out of those clothes, put on your own and get out of here!"
Having said that, Yang Chen firmly shut the door.
The woman was stunned, incredulously looking at the closed door, and the shadow passing by the window.
"Damn it!" the woman nearly went crazy, cursing.