Chapter 5297: Bump
He never expected to run into a former elementary school classmate.
It was the classmate whose similar experience to his niece's he had only recently told his older brother, sister-in-law, and niece about...
Even more unexpectedly...
They ended up chatting for quite a while.
He told her about his niece's situation.
She also told him more details about how unlucky she'd been back then.
Before they knew it...
Time had slipped by.
And he had run into the rain he'd thought he wouldn't encounter.
Zhang Lei lifted his head.
At some point, the sky had grown overcast.
Rain poured down.
It pattered against the ground.
Zhang Lei wasn't in any particular hurry.
His home was nearby.
He had only gone out for a walk during his break.
He hadn't expected one unexpected incident after another.
He decided to wait and see.
Maybe the rain would stop soon?
Otherwise, he'd just run home in the rain.
He'd only need to take a shower afterward.
Hm?
Zhang Lei took his phone out of his pocket.
His older brother was calling.
Zhang Lei ended the call.
He sighed softly.
His older brother had taken the child to her extracurricular class today, then headed to the office to work overtime.
His sister-in-law was away on a business trip.
It was time for the child's class to end.
His older brother was tied up and couldn't leave.
So he called Zhang Lei and asked him to pick up his niece.
Zhang Lei called his wife.
If his brother hadn't called, he'd have waited for the rain to stop before heading home—or run home himself if it kept raining.
But now he knew the child was waiting...
Especially since, given her current situation, being alone could