Chapter 211: Chapter 210 She Doesn’t Even Have the Courage to Admit It
This was Ding Cai’s phone number from before; it still hadn’t been deleted.
Since the last freshman meet-and-greet, he hadn’t contacted Lu Mian’s mother again.
He wasn’t quite clear about the situation at Lu Mian’s family, but there were some things that still needed to be communicated to this lady.
Fu Man was at work, and during her break, she received a new message. When she saw that it was from “Lu Mian’s homeroom teacher, Ding Cai,” her fingers trembled violently, and her heart followed, thumping wildly.
She stood in the break room slightly dazed, wondering why Teacher Ding was suddenly contacting her.
Had Mianmian done something wrong… no, she quickly suppressed such habitual thinking, opening the message with a flutter of anxiety.
She both wanted to know the news about Lu Mian, yet something within her dreaded it.
Only when she saw the photo sent by Ding Cai did she tap to enlarge it, then enlarge it again.
Her pupils dilated with shock and disbelief: Was this Lu Mian’s report card?
Lu Mian’s name and scores, highlighted by Ding Cai with a fluorescent marker, shone brightly in first place, forming a stark contrast with the students listed below.
Fu Man looked on bewildered, having never seen such scores before, nor had she ever seen her child at the top of the list.
Xinnuan had done well, too, but had only managed to come sixth in the grade once.
She gripped her phone, her lips quivering slightly, her eyes reddening again and again.
Other colleagues in the break room passed by, asking with concern, “Sister Fu, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” Fu Man forced a smile.
The female colleague, a talkative and easy-going person, noticed something was off and moved closer to look at Fu Man’s phone. She immediately saw the eye-catching scores and, shocked, quickly set down her teacup to take a closer look: “Sister Fu, whose scores are these? All perfect scores?”
The words “my daughter” that reached Fu Man’s lips just wouldn’t come out.
She hadn’t forgotten that Mianmian had severed all ties with the Lu family, with her…
She was no longer Mianmian’s mother.
“These scores are impressive! Sister Fu, is this your daughter?” the female colleague clicked her tongue, “My niece is in high school, and she scores just a few tens, barely passing! She can’t compare to your Xinnuan’s excellence!”
Saying so, she drew the curious attention of many colleagues. They all marveled at the scores.
“Xinnuan is getting better and better!”
Fu Man stood stiffly, unable to speak.
The female colleague reached out, bringing the report card to the front to look at the name.
“Lu Mian?” she asked, taken aback with astonishment, “Sister Fu, it’s your eldest daughter…”
They were colleagues who had worked together for years; everyone was aware of her situation.
“Ah…” Fu Man hung her head, not daring to admit it, quietly taking her phone back.
But the other colleagues were even more envious of her.
“Your eldest daughter is really talented!”
“Sister Fu is blessed. Your younger daughter excels, always in the top ten of her grade, and your eldest daughter’s studies are top-notch too! Sister Fu, you will enjoy endless blessings in the future!”
“Really envious, if I had such a pair of twin daughters and academic aces, I’d be laughing in my dreams! Too bad, I have a son, he annoys the life out of me!”
“Sister Fu, how do you teach your children, share some tips with us!”
Fu Man’s face turned a patchwork of green and red, and what was originally enthusiastic praise from her colleagues now felt like needles jabbing into her heart.
Yes, she had a pair of twin daughters, a matter so enviable.
But why had their family turned out this way?
She should have been able to stand there rightfully, basking in everyone’s admiration. But now, everything about Mianmian had nothing to do with her.
Fu Man clenched her teeth tightly, swallowing all her bitterness and regret.
Using the excuse of going to the restroom, she hurriedly fled from the group of people.
Her fingers trembling, she sent Lu Zhizhai a text message: “Dear, have we always been wrong about something…”