Published at 12th of August 2023 6:30 pm

Chapter 98 Admission

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“Ding ling ling—— Ding ling ling——”

The noise of a landline came through.

Liu Yan answered the phone, evidently anxious while asking, “Hello, who is this?”

“Hello Miss, I am from the Happy Life Insurance Company. Happy Life Insurance is everyone’s preferred insurance company, and buying insurance can protect your personal safety and protect you from…”

“Thank you, but we don’t need this.”

Hearing that the person was selling insurance, Liu Yan cut the other person off but still with a polite tone.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Wan gazed at the child curled up in a corner, feeling a bit of pity as well as a dash of a headache. Overall, she had complicated feelings towards this child, not knowing what to do with him.

Because, this child was her husband’s and his mistress’s child.

Technically speaking, this wasn’t accurate since her husband didn’t have an extramarital affair.

It was due to the craziness of that malicious woman. She r*ped her husband, which led to an unexpected pregnancy.

A few years into married life, Liu Yan and Bai Tianzhe had never conceived a child, and right now, since Bai Tianzhe led that woman’s child home, it was out of the question that she liked this situation.

Liu Yan originally assumed that she would treat this innocent child with a heart full of resentment and divert the hatred she felt for his mother onto him, but seeing this child for the first time, the resentment and indignation had vanished into thin air——

Because this child did not receive his mother’s love.

Hearing Bai Tianzhe explain, that vile woman basically didn’t treat this child as a person at all. Rather, she treated him like a cat or dog, handling him as she pleased. Knowing exactly this, Bai Tianzhe clenched his teeth and decided to bring him home.

However, once everything had already passed, being taken care of by her for two quick months, this child no longer had a boney and pitiful demeanor, his body adding on some meat to it.

Liu Yan looked at Bai Yan, this child was unexpectedly clever and was also not one for words.

The only thing that Liu Yan was dissatisfied about was that his body was quite bad.

This child was inevitably a challenge to feed.

However, even if she had already forgiven her husband and had already chosen to accept him, in that case, the least she could do was raise him until he was an adult—— It had nothing to do with maternal love, instead, it was more on the conscience of a human being.

Seeing Bai Yan quietly sitting in the corner, reading a book, Liu Yan sighed.

She sliced half an apple into small pieces, arranging them on a plate, then softly saying, “Yanyan, you’ve looked at the picture book for a long time, why don’t you rest your eyes for a second and eat some apples before going through it some more?”

The boy lifted his light grey eyes, his hawk-colored eyelashes slightly bending down, covering up half of his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yan pulled open the window curtains, blaming herself for still not being careful enough.

The boy naturally feared light, and these light rays could consequently make his eyes very uncomfortable.

When he first came, due to the woman throwing him under blazing sun to relieve her boredom, his body was covered in red blisters from head to toe, even running a temperature for an entire week and coming back from the edge of premature death with great difficulty.

She was really too careless, she’ll have to be more attentive down the line.

Liu Yan held the plate with both hands as she walked over. Bai Yan then received the apples and said thank you in a small voice before grabbing a small fork and beginning to silently eat the fruit.

Liu Yan propped a knuckle on her cheek, her heart saying that it would also be nice to have such a well-behaved child like this with her husband in the future.

Speaking of which, this child was also born with a good-looking face.

Although it was due to his illness, the light golden hair unexpectedly suited him. Only, it was a pity that this child’s too pale, otherwise, he would definitely become a charming little handsome fellow.

However, even if this was so, he was still quite cute…

Liu Yan smiled warmly and decided to continue preparing delicious food for the next few days, striving to first fatten him up.

Additionally, the purple mark on the boy’s body was also too irksome; these scars needed to be well taken care of. She didn’t know for the life of her how that malicious woman could be so heartless and ruthless as to treat her own child like this.

“Ding dong.”

The doorbell rang.

Liu Yan quickly opened the door, and Bai Tianzhe entered, all covered in dust. Seeing Liu Yan, a nervous color wiped across his eyes.

He closed the door and incessantly paced across the room.

After hesitating for half a day, he then pulled Liu Yan into another room, avoiding Bai Yan as he said, “Yan Zi(1), I have a matter I need to speak to you about.”

- Yan Zi is a pet name for Liu Yan.

“What’s the matter? Is this something we can’t openly discuss?” Liu Yan finished talking before realizing that this matter should not be exposed to a child.

As expected, Bai Tianzhe’s face was red as a tomato, saying with a hint of guiltiness, “It’s pertaining to Yanyan’s going to school.”

“Enrollment… Also, he’s already six years old this year, and it’s just in time for the fall enrollment. We should help him prepare to enroll.” Liu Yan appeared to be amiable.

But, it was precisely because of her tolerant nature that Bai Tianzhe felt even guiltier.

He lowered his voice, saying with extreme unsettledness, “Enrollment… Needs the tuition fee payment. Private elementary schools’ tuition fees easily reach 50,000 yuan per year, and with our family’s current situation, we just can’t afford that, so I also didn’t consider sending Yanyan to a private elementary school.

However, if we think about sending him to an ordinary public elementary school, then it’ll also be around 10,000 yuan per year! This child is bright and moreover, extremely obedient, which is the complete opposite of his birth mother. I don’t want to hold him back…”

The more Bai Tianzhe spoke, the lower his head bowed, he couldn’t hold his head up in front of his wife. He was aware that his request was too much. If Bai Yan were the two’s child, it’ll still be simple since paying for Bai Yan’s education wouldn’t be much of a problem. He and Liu Yan were the same, they were the type of people who would invest in their child.

However, Bai Yan was that woman’s son and was not the least bit related to Liu Yan. Liu Yan didn’t criticize him and just accepted him into their home as a response, which was already extremely magnanimous of her.

But, in a society like this, not going to school was unacceptable.

Each child must attend school for nine years; this was the mandatory standard set for education.

Liu Yan also knew of this, so she said with a flabbergasted tone, “It’s also that expensive to attend a public elementary school nowadays? Doesn’t it cost nothing to send a child to a common public elementary school?

Two days ago, I heard my colleague say that she didn’t spend money on her child’s enrollment, and everyone in her family also attended public elementary school. Or, do you want me to call her later and ask more about it? Her child is from that school…”

“No, I won’t let Yanyan attend this type of free school!”

Bai Tianzhe rose and stood firm, readily refusing this idea, and was evidently quite agitated by this. But then, he realized that his own tone was a bit too aggressive, so he said apologetically, “Yan Zi, don’t you know that you shouldn’t attend this type of free public elementary school? Enrolling here… would mean a death sentence, it’ll really result in a person’s death!”

“How will it?” Liu Yan cried out in surprise, “Before, it wasn’t that big of a deal, right?”

Bai Tianzhe replied, “It’s a new policy this year that the public elementary schools were set to be ‘Special District’ Schools, which are quite different from the regular public elementary schools.

Starting this year, a child meeting the required age to start school will either be fined annually and go to a regular public school, or they need to attend the ‘Special District’ School. And, you know about the compulsory education law, if the parents avoid this and don’t send their child to school, then that child’s parents will also be thrown into the ‘Special District,’ and that child will also be forced to attend that school…”

“Oh my God, schools also have ‘Special Districts?’…How could they have the heart to do this, this child is still so young!”

Liu Yan was absolutely furious but also understood Bai Tianzhe’s stand, “You’re right, we can’t send Yanyan to a ‘Special District’ school!

It’s just 10,000 yuan. We’ll just have to grit our teeth. I can buy less clothes, and you can quit smoking. We’ll just always eat simple food, so we can save up another 10,000 for the next school year.

We can’t just not pay and let that child go to a ‘Special District’ School. What kind of person will I be, won’t I be similar to a stepmother in a fairy tale…”

“Yan Zi, I’m sorry…”

Bai Tianzhe was moved by Liu Yan’s generosity. His wife was eternally kind-hearted. With his wife’s comfort, he said in a guilt-ridden manner, “Actually, I originally don’t spend a lot of money. But, I’ve asked an acquaintance who works on the inside since I really can’t bear to leave this child alone.

That acquaintance said that inside the ‘Special District’ School, a class has 50 people, and graduating after six years, there’s only seven or eight that aren’t bad. The natural selection there is also rather astonishing. With Yanyan’s body and introverted nature, I truly fear that he’d get washed out on his first year of entering…”

Inside the room, the husband and wife reached a consensus, deciding to not discuss it anymore and would support the child to go to an ordinary school.

For a moment, the inside of the room had a warm atmosphere. The couple spoke in secretive words. It wasn’t the type of conversation where you look at me and I look at you, making obvious the rapport and loving affection that the two shared.

However, happy moments never last.

The two didn’t speak for a while before the telephone in the living room rang loudly.

Liu Yan stopped talking and entered the living room to answer the call, saying in a polite manner, “Hello, may I know who this is?”

“Hello Miss, I am from the Happy Life Insurance Company. Your house must have children in it, buying insurance from us will not only guarantee your personal safety but will also protect your family from harm.

As the saying goes, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Buying insurance from us is taking precaution against the one in a million. Our company’s insurance…”

“Thank you, but I’ve already said that we don’t need it. Don’t call me again next time!”

After receiving two harassing calls now, Liu Yan’s good temperament also couldn’t help but feel a bit annoyed.

She didn’t finish listening to the person jabber on and one and directly hung up the phone.

She then saw Bai Yan raise his head and look at her, so she couldn’t help but show a gentle appearance and give him a lukewarm smile.

Seeing the boy once again look down and concentrate on the picture book, Liu Yan returned to the room and smiled at Bai Tianzhe, saying, “It was nothing. It was just an insurance agent. He won’t give up and is always calling me to sell insurance. It truly is bothersome.”

After chatting again for a bit, the two left the room. Liu Yan went to prepare dinner, while Bai Tianzhe approached Bai Yan and began to patiently read to him the picture book, hoping to bring out the shadow of abuse left by his birth mother soon.

After eating dinner, the husband and wife became affectionate to each other for a while and started to discuss the question about Bai Yan’s education.

The two had never had a child, and with one suddenly thrown upon them, they still don’t know what’s to be done after a short while.

But no matter what, he still needed a good education. They would deal with him patiently, letting him grow up to be a kind-hearted and upright person.

Just when the two were absorbed in their conversation, Liu Yan’s phone made a sound.

She opened her phone to discover a string of MMS messages on the screen.

These days, MMS was quite expensive.

Sending an MMS was ten times more expensive than sending a common SMS, so people wouldn’t normally use MMS to contact someone.

Who would send her an MMS as if it were nothing?

With this puzzling in her mind, Liu Yan opened the MMS and discovered that it was a group photo of her and her several colleagues.

In the photo, there was a big red X drawn on her face. You could feel the malicious intent of this picture with only one look.

Below the photo, there was also a message sent——

[Consequences of Not Buying Insurance: This is your future.]

“This crazy person! He really is a psychopath!”

“Who? What happened?” Bai Tianzhe asked.

Liu Yan merely replied in a bad mood, “It’s still that insurance agent. He is mentally deranged. I’ve already said that I wouldn’t buy from him, but he still won’t stop!”

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