After the National Day holiday ended, a crowd of cars gathered outside Hongqiao Primary School, dropping off children for class.
A little girl cheerfully waved goodbye to her mother, then headed toward the school gate under her mother's watchful gaze.
A brand-new black Mercedes convertible slowly pulled up beside the girl. A man got out of the driver's seat and crouched in front of her with a smile. He pulled a lollipop from his pocket and held it out. "Here, your uncle's got a treat for you."
The little girl beamed. "Thank you, Uncle!"
"Do you remember me? A few days ago, I was looking for something by the school gate, and you helped me pick it up." Wang Yongrui asked with a smile.
The girl's eyes lit up. "Oh! I remember, I remember! You changed your hairstyle and your clothes. Oh, and it looks like you changed your shoes too!"
"Hahaha, that's right. I changed everything." Wang Yongrui looked like a completely different person now. He had cleaned himself up and shaved off the stubble he usually went a whole month without touching. Anyone who didn't know him would hardly recognize him.
Just then, the girl's mother noticed a stranger talking to her daughter and hurried over.
Wang Yongrui thought she was going to scold the girl again. He was about to explain, but the woman spoke first with a smile. "Oh, you took a treat from your uncle? You should thank him!"
He froze. He'd thought she was going to scold the girl for taking something from a stranger. After all, the last time he'd tried talking to her, she'd scolded him.
"Thank you, Uncle!" the little girl said cheerfully.
The woman hadn't recognized Wang Yongrui as the scruffy man from last time. She smiled politely. "Hello. Do