"Director Zhou?"
Huaxing Trading.
Chen Yinuo, who had already arrived at the Business Cooperation Group and familiarized herself with everything, answered the phone and spoke with surprise.
Why would the Deputy Director of Zijing Kindergarten call her?
"Youyou's Mom, I want to tell you that you can send Youyou back to our Zijing Kindergarten. Youyou's tuition has been paid, and even the next semester's has been paid in full!" Zhou Xiaolan said.
"What? Director Zhou, are you mistaken? How could Youyou's tuition be paid?"
Chen Yinuo was stunned and simultaneously hurried towards the restroom.
"Youyou's Dad paid it!"
"Ye Chen? How did he know Youyou transferred schools?" Chen Yinuo was even more confused.
"It's like this, I happened to run into Mr. Ye and recognized him as Youyou's Dad, so I mentioned it. He said he had a falling out with you before, so he didn't know about this, and then he came back to the kindergarten with me to pay the tuition. Youyou's Mom, the child's tuition problem has been resolved. In terms of educational space and growth space, those ordinary kindergartens outside still can't compare to our Zijing. Please send Youyou back to our Zijing tomorrow!"
Looking stunned, she exchanged a few more polite words.
Until the call ended, Chen Yinuo couldn't recover.
That beast who valued money like his life, he paid Youyou's tuition?
And it was eighteen thousand in one go?
He's not thinking about paying back the high-interest loan anymore?
To Chen Yinuo, this was as unbelievable as Ye Chen voluntarily taking out a hundred thousand to help Chen Yihao pay the settlement fee!
In that scoundrel gambler's eyes, he would only see himself and only think about preserving himself.
Wife or daughter, they were dispensable to him.
A person who could steal Youyou's New Year's money meant for tuition to gamble, a scumbag who yelled about not letting his daughter go to school, saying that attending kindergarten was a waste of money, would voluntarily pay Youyou's tuition of eighteen thousand in one go?
Furthermore, this was while he owed over two hundred thousand, and could be chopped to death at any moment if he couldn't pay it back?
No, the selfish, cowardly, and useless Ye Chen would absolutely not!
But then how to explain what Director Zhou said on the phone?
Hesitated repeatedly.
She still dialed the phone number she hadn't called for a long time.
Outside the bank.
Ye Chen held the three hundred thousand in a black bag.
He had just walked out of the bank.
The phone rang.
Seeing 'Yinuo' displayed on the caller ID, his breathing suddenly became rapid.
"Yinuo?"
"You paid Youyou's tuition for this half-semester and the next semester?"
Chen Yinuo's tone was as cold as ever.
"Yes, I happened to run into Director Zhou. She said Youyou was no longer at Zijing Kindergarten, that you transferred her to another kindergarten because of money, and she also said that the conditions of those kindergartens outside couldn't compare to Zijing Kindergarten, that Youyou's educational and growth environment was deteriorating, so I went back to the kindergarten with her and paid the tuition!"
Ye Chen continued before finishing his sentence, "Yinuo, this is about the child's education and growth, after all. No matter how much you hate me or dislike me, you should have discussed it with me..."
However.
Before Ye Chen could finish speaking.
Chen Yinuo interrupted, "Discuss with you? Ye Chen, do you have the nerve to say that to me? Do you have the face to say that to me? Are you blaming me for transferring Youyou to another ordinary kindergarten?"
"I..."
Ye Chen wanted to explain.
But Chen Yinuo didn't give him any chance.
"Isn't all of this thanks to you? If there wasn't absolutely no other way, could I have transferred Youyou to another ordinary school? Don't I know that the facilities and conditions of Zijing Kindergarten are incomparable to those ordinary kindergartens outside? If only I could afford it, could I have let Youyou leave Zijing Kindergarten?"
"It's you, it's you, it's you who drove our mother and daughter to a dead end! I tried to borrow from others, but the money I borrowed before to help you pay off gambling debts hasn't been repaid yet. Do you think others would lend to me again? I couldn't borrow, I couldn't borrow a single cent. My credit cards have all been stolen and overdrawn by you, and even online loans, all the online loans that could be borrowed, you stole my ID card and phone to borrow them all!"
"I'm being driven to death by you, driven to death, do you know? Let alone Zijing Kindergarten, I could barely afford that one thousand yuan for even the ordinary kindergartens outside. The monthly rent and utilities, Youyou and I's food, drink, and expenses..."
At this moment.
Chen Yinuo had broken down and was crying loudly.
She originally thought she was strong, originally thought she was already numb to all of that.
But when she spoke of it again, she realized she was like a blade of grass, a pathetic and tragic blade of grass.
No, she wasn't even as good as a blade of grass.
At least a blade of grass has roots!
And she, like rootless duckweed, had absolutely no sense of belonging or hope.
Drifting wherever the wind took her.
Husband, husband is a scumbag and a beast.
Her maternal home, her maternal home treated her coldly and unwelcomingly.
The pressure of life, depending on each other as mother and daughter.
Uninterrupted collection calls.
A blacklisted personal credit record.
Harassment and suppression from her company superior.
All of it had already made her unable to breathe.
Truly, if it weren't for not being able to let go of her daughter Youyou, she would want to die. She really wanted a quick release!
The breakdown and crying stopped.
She wiped away the tears on her face.
She didn't continue to recount the bitterness from just now.
It was simple, complaining to that kind of scumbag, degenerate beast was meaningless.
"Huff!"
She adjusted her breathing.
"Saying all that is meaningless now. Let's stop here! Biologically speaking, you are Youyou's Papa. Since you paid her tuition, I will send her back to Zijing Kindergarten!"
After speaking.
Chen Yinuo didn't give Ye Chen any chance to speak again.
She directly hung up the call.
In front of the restroom mirror.
She took out a tissue from her pocket to wipe away her tears, took out the simple makeup box she carried, and used the cheap cushion foundation to touch up the unsightly tear stains.
She took several deep breaths to calm her emotions, and then forced a smile as she walked out of the restroom.
Only that already battered heart was still aching inch by inch.
But no matter how much it hurt, she had to pretend to be strong, because she didn't want outsiders to see her vulnerability.
Survival was exhausting, life was bitter.
But for Youyou, she didn't have any room for vulnerability...
Outside the bank.
Ye Chen stood frozen in place, holding the phone that had long gone silent.
As if petrified.
After a long time.
His tear ducts uncontrollably stirred.
Two lines of clear tears couldn't help but stream out of his eyes.
"I'm sorry..."
Moving his dry throat, he whispered mournfully.
He didn't call back.
He let out a long, heavy breath.
After calming his emotions.
He then carried the three hundred thousand in the black bag and walked towards the taxi waiting for passengers by the roadside.
He pulled open the car door and sat inside.
"Master, Anda Finance Company, thank you!"