It was fine for Jiang Jingxiu to know she had returned; after all, she was no longer Jiang Mi but Ling Lan, a brand new identity and a new person.
"Okay," Mian Mian also felt she could no longer lie to her father. Her father loved her very much, and what she did was wrong.
"Good girl," Jiang Mi couldn't help but stroke her daughter's soft, long hair.
After dinner, Jiang Mi personally brushed her daughter's hair. She was skilled, and often styled her daughter's hair back then. She braided her daughter's hair into two pigtails that hung down in front of her chest, adorned with two sparkling hair clips, making her look exceptionally energetic.
"My daughter is truly beautiful," Jiang Mi couldn't help but exclaim.
"That's because I look like Mom," Mian Mian proudly tilted her little neck, like a proud little swan.
Jiang Mi kissed her daughter's forehead with relief and took her out of the hotel. On the way, mother and daughter chatted happily all the way to the school entrance. Mian Mian got out of the car and waved goodbye to her mother. Jiang Mi insisted on watching her go inside before leaving. Mian Mian then turned and skipped towards the school gate.
Jiang Mi watched her daughter enter the main gate before she reluctantly drove away. What she didn't know was that less than a minute after entering, Mian Mian ran back out and watched her mother's car leave.
Mian Mian was truly, incredibly happy. She skipped into the campus, wishing she could do two somersaults in place. Back in the classroom, Qian Xiaoguo handed her a broom and said, "Let's go, it's our turn to sweep outside today."
"Oh, it's our turn for duty today, I completely forgot. That's wonderful, the sun is bright and beautiful, perfect for sweeping!" Mian Mian cheerfully continued to skip outside, holding the broom.
But after a few steps, she bumped into Yun Buji. The boy looked at her as if she were a monster. Mian Mian immediately composed her expression, coughed lightly, and left with the broom.
Qian Xiaoguo quickly followed.
Classmates on the opposite side were also going out to sweep the campus. Yun Buji grabbed one and snatched the broom, then walked away. The classmate was speechless.
Yun, the school bully, snatched things from him, and he dared not snatch them back. He could only tremble and go back to find another one.
Qian Xiaoguo could barely keep up with Jiang Mian Mian's pace. She finally caught up and asked, "Jiang Mian Mian, are you secretly dating someone behind my back!"
This smile, this mood, this cheerful bouncing, was like two different people compared to yesterday's dejection, sadness, and downcast demeanor.
Besides the power of love, Qian Xiaoguo couldn't think of anything else that could cause such a drastic change in a person.
"Dating what? I don't want that. I'm still a child. I only want family love and friendship!" Jiang Mian Mian was happy, so her voice was clear and crisp.
Yun Buji heard her words and found them strange. Yesterday, she was crying buckets of tears while hugging a woman who seemed to be her sister. He glanced at them and they did look somewhat alike.
However, what the child said made sense. Why talk about romance at such a young age? Studying hard was the proper thing to do.
"Then what's going on? Did your mother come back?" Qian Xiaoguo felt that only Mian Mian's mother returning could make her seem like she had undergone a complete transformation.
Mian Mian's eyes widened, and she said excitedly, "You actually knew! My goodness, you truly are my best friend, you guessed it right! My mother is back!"
"Ah? Really!" Qian Xiaoguo was also stunned. She had just guessed randomly and didn't expect to be right.