Chapter 4

When I arrived at the school gate, Kexin got into the car with the quiet Sijian. In the past, whenever I came to pick up Kexin from school, she would always sit in the front passenger seat. As she put it, she wanted to be closer to me. But today was a bit different. After learning about his parents' accident, Sijian had suddenly become very quiet. Once in the car, he just stared out the window, his gaze blank, lost in who knows what thoughts. As his teacher, and now his adoptive mother, Kexin sat in the back with him to comfort him, leaving the front passenger seat empty.…