Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!-Chapter 178 - The Parent-Teacher Conference Incident
Chapter 178: Chapter 178: The Parent-Teacher Conference Incident
Chapter 178: Chapter 178: The Parent-Teacher Conference Incident
Lu Xining, who had just ended a phone call, did not look pleased.
While she pondered the caller’s intentions, a pair of little hands hugged her calf, and a child’s dependent voice carried a soothing effect.
Lu Nuonuo looked up with a brilliant smile, “Mommy, hug~”
Jing Zheng, who had brought her over, leaned against the door and teased, “Knowing you’re home, this little rascal started to despise her uncle.”
“Uncle, shy shy.”
Little Dumpling turned back and made a face at him, then proceeded to cling to Lu Xining.
Lately, Lu Xining had been very busy, and so Lu Nuonuo had been playing with her uncle every day. She hadn’t had much affectionate time with her mother for a long time and began to act coquettishly with Lu Xining as soon as she arrived.
After playing with her daughter for a while, Little Dumpling fell asleep. Lu Xining carried her to bed, tucked her under the covers, left the door slightly ajar, and went to the sofa outside the room to chat with Jing Zheng.
She carefully said, “I need to take Nuonuo to Port City in a little while.”
Hearing “Port City,” a type of physiological disgust surfaced in Jing Zheng’s expression.
As if that place were particularly filthy.
Even so, he still said, “I’ll accompany you guys there.”
“No need, I told you because I want to discuss something with you. I need you to keep an eye on things in Fuxian for me.”
Jing Zheng knew she was planning to construct a research institute in the country that would rival ZN Laboratory. He nodded but still seemed puzzled.
“Sister, Port City is not a good place for either of us. Why go back?”
Lu Xining’s expression chilled as she remembered what the person on the phone had said.
The caller was none other than Old Lady Zhou, who had taken her from Yunqiao Village to Port City back in the day.
“Some things were beyond my power then, but now… I can’t let people keep stepping on me. The humiliations I’ve suffered, the self-respect I’ve lost, I must take it all back myself.”
And she also wanted to find out what that “treasure” her grandmother had promised to Zhou Ni Juan was,
which made the old lady unable to let go even after more than a decade.
The sorrow that always lingered around Jing Zheng seemed even more intense at that moment.
He looked down silently: Take it back herself?
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In the blink of an eye, the day of the parent-teacher conference arranged with Ji Chao and Ji Ze arrived.
Waking up early, Lu Nuonuo scrambled into the walk-in closet, picking out the dress she wanted to wear that day.
Her walk-in closet was filled with clothes bought by the elders around her, especially two godmothers, who made up the majority. Particularly Ming Yuan, the mother-daughter fanatic, had bought her a lot of limited-edition clothes from a fashion show just a few days prior.
Little Dumpling held up different dresses in front of the mirror, occasionally turning back to seek Lu Xining’s opinion.
Having waited downstairs for a long time with no sign of them coming down, Jing Zheng went upstairs to hurry them along.
“Why haven’t you come down for breakfast?”
“You see for yourself.”
In the walk-in closet designated for Little Dumpling, the sofa was piled high with a variety of dresses. Jing Zheng crossed his arms over his chest and couldn’t help but shake his head, as if foreseeing the scene of Lu Nuonuo going on dates in the future.
“Mommy, wear this~”
Finally, Little Dumpling chose the dress she wanted to wear.
Turning around to see Jing Zheng, her eyes lit up, “Uncle, does Nuonuo look pretty?”
Jing Zheng walked over and picked her up, laughing, “Our little princess looks pretty in anything.”
At that, Little Dumpling happily kicked her little legs, still holding the dress she had selected.
Jing Zheng hung the dress on a nearby rack and gently said, “First, let’s have breakfast. There’s still time before the parent-teacher conference. After we eat, Uncle will give you a super invincible pretty Little Jiu Jiu hairstyle.”
Listening to their conversation, Lu Xining chuckled helplessly yet affectionately.
He often said that she and her daughter brought warmth to his home, but wasn’t he also bringing beauty to theirs?
When Lu Xining brought her daughter to kindergarten, Ji Chao and Ji Ze were already eagerly waiting.
Seeing them get out of the car, they immediately rushed over, “Mommy, Sissy.”
Lu Nuonuo wore a beautiful little dress, her hair done in a style recently devised by Jing Zheng, adorable and playful.
She held the hands of her two brothers, warmly greeted Ji Muye, who followed behind Ji Chao and Ji Ze.
Besides suits, there were actually few other styles of clothing in Ji Muye’s wardrobe.
A white casual shirt paired with jeans, an overcoat was a khaki-colored long trench coat; his outfit today was still the casual wear bought for him by Lu Xining in the past.
But it was evident that Lu Xining had long since forgotten.
Because the glance she threw his way was indifferent, without any ripple.
The kindergarten entrance was lined with one luxury car after another.
As soon as Lu Xining and her daughter got off their car, the slightly familiar-looking Rolls Royce following them pulled up, and Zhou Jiawang, dressed in sportswear, alighted from the back seat and strode directly toward her.
The man’s voice was as warm as the breeze, “Ningning, we meet again.”
Lu Xining nodded distantly.
Zhou Jiawang didn’t feel slighted by her coldness and continued to converse with her.
Ji Muye’s steady pace hesitated for a second, his fingers beside him tightening, silently watching the two.
Though Lu Xining today did not wear the very formal gown Ji Ze mentioned, she wore a very elegant white long dress instead.
Compared to other children who wore dinner dresses for the event, her attire stood out in its simplicity and elegance, yet it caught the eye.
When Ji Chao and Ji Ze enrolled, it was Lu Xining who had brought people to handle the admission procedures.
Therefore, the kindergarten’s principal and teachers didn’t know that they were the two young masters of the Ji Family.
Today, when they saw Ji Muye appear here, everyone was drawn to his powerful and cold aura, all curious about his identity.
One or two parents whose companies had cooperated with Shi’an Group recognized Ji Muye’s identity and began telling their children to get along well with the Ji brothers in the future.
Unsurprisingly, when Lu Xining led one son with each hand, with Ji Chao holding Nuonuo and Ji Muye silently following, the family’s collective good looks caused quite a stir in the kindergarten.
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The atmosphere around them briefly froze.
Ji Chao and Ji Ze held their mother’s and sister’s hands, making their way to their seats.
The kindergarten had prepared places for the students’ parents in advance.
They originally wanted their dad and mom to sit at the center, but Lu Xining had them take the middle seats instead.
Ji Muye glanced subtly at Lu Xining, his thin lips pressed even tighter.
Ji Chao and Ji Ze sat in the middle, Ji Muye and Lu Xining on either side, while Little Dumpling sat comfortably in Lu Xining’s lap, her curious eyes surveying the surroundings.
Noticing Zhou Jiawang sitting just across a small path from them, her eyes brightened, “Handsome uncle~”
Zhou Jiawang had just sat down when he heard Little Dumpling’s voice; he turned his head to meet her sparkling gaze and smiled tenderly, “Little Nuonuo, long time no see.”
Seeing Little Dumpling’s affection for Zhou Jiawang once again, Ji Muye felt an indescribable pang of jealousy.
The little girl sitting next to Zhou Jiawang clenched his hand forcefully, “Brother, you’re mine. You’re not allowed to talk to her.”
Zhou Jiawang looked down, “Xinxin, it’s not polite to behave like this.”
Confronted with the girl’s hostility, Nuonuo blinked and promptly withdrew her warmth towards Zhou Jiawang.
She sat quietly in Lu Xining’s embrace, listening to the teacher speak on the stage.
Lu Xining, holding her daughter, turned in another direction and gently patted her back, bringing her closer to Ji Ze.
Even though she didn’t know the girl, Lu Xining recognized her mother—it was Zhou Ziyue from the Zhou Family, married off to Jingzhou.
She was the late-born daughter of Zhou Ni Juan, Zhou Jiawang’s aunt, and wasn’t much older than Zhou Jiawang.
The fact that her nephew from her maternal family came for the parent meeting indicated Zhou Ziyue’s awkward status in the Qiao Family, just as the rumors had suggested.
Although it was called a parent-teacher meeting, it was more of an interactive session between parents and children.
Teachers began by awarding little red flowers to the students in the class, ensuring that every child received a reward through various awards and inviting parents to come up on stage to collect them for their children.
Ji Chao and Ji Ze looked expectantly at Lu Xining, who smiled as she led them onto the stage.
Nuonuo wasn’t tall and the view in front of her was blocked by other students’ parents.
She hesitated only for a moment before searching for her stepfather.
