Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi walked to the school gate, one on each side of Zhouzhou, who was bouncing up and down with excitement.
In the Shen family, there were only two children of Zhouzhou’s age who only played together when they occasionally met. Zhouzhou’s own good friend was Xiao Yu.
It was only when going to the park or amusement park that Zhouzhou had other children to play with. Usually, he played by himself.
Before, Ye Wanwan had told him that he would make many friends at kindergarten and that the other children would play with him, so Zhouzhou was looking forward to it.
Before reaching the school gate, a teacher wearing a school uniform was already waving at Zhouzhou. Ye Wanwan recognized her as Zhouzhou’s head teacher.
"Good morning, Zhouzhou," Li Xin waved and greeted the child.
Zhouzhou was a bit shy but still replied softly, "Good morning, Teacher Li."
Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi also greeted the teacher. Then Li Xin took Zhouzhou’s little backpack from Ye Wanwan’s hand and also held Zhouzhou’s hand.
"Zhouzhou, say goodbye to your parents. We’re going inside," Li Xin said.
Zhouzhou turned to his parents and said, "Goodbye, Mom and Dad."
"Zhouzhou, listen to the teacher and remember to go to the teacher if anything happens," Ye Wanwan reminded him, still concerned.
Even the usually composed Shen Yi said softly to Zhouzhou, "When school is over, Mom and Dad will come to pick you up."
"Okay!" Zhouzhou obediently agreed.
While they were talking, a child next to them suddenly started crying loudly with a "wa," drawing quite a lot of attention.
A little boy was clinging to his mother, refusing to go with the teacher.
Ye Wanwan quickly looked at Zhouzhou, worried he might cry too, but Zhouzhou just looked at the scene with a puzzled expression as if he was wondering why the other child was crying.
Li Xin, also worried that the children might be affected, hurriedly said, "Then, Mr. and Mrs. Shen, you can go back first. I’m taking Zhouzhou inside now. If you want to check on Zhouzhou’s condition, you can log into the APP."
"Okay, thank you," Ye Wanwan nodded.
Parents were not allowed into the kindergarten except on open days, but there were cameras in every classroom and even in the dormitories, allowing parents to check the surveillance as needed.
After that, the head teacher led Zhouzhou inside. Zhouzhou kept looking back every three steps but didn’t cry.
Ye Wanwan stood at the gate, watching until she could no longer see him, still standing on tiptoe.
Shen Yi stood with Ye Wanwan for a while before finally saying, "Let’s go back now. We’ll come together this afternoon to pick Zhouzhou up."
Ye Wanwan looked at Shen Yi and reluctantly nodded in agreement.
Shen Yi had to go to his company, so Uncle Zhang dropped Shen Yi off at Jinghong first, then took Ye Wanwan back to Bihai Bay.
However, as soon as she got home, Ye Wanwan didn’t do anything but sat on the sofa and started watching the surveillance footage on her phone.
Ye Wanwan immediately spotted Zhouzhou sitting quietly at the side of the classroom. There were only twenty children in the classroom, and several were crying loudly at the moment.
The teacher was trying to console the children who wouldn’t stop crying, while the children who weren’t crying watched the scene like a play.