The One They Had Underestimated
"What's the harm in just talking?"
Was it going to make the kid lose a piece of flesh?
"So petty."
"Look at that young woman."
"Your attitude is so awful, but she's still being so gentle and polite."
"Aren't you ashamed?"
"Stop picking on someone who's too nice to fight back."
A vein throbbed on the woman's forehead.
She opened her mouth.
In the end, though, she closed it again.
What was the point of arguing with people who didn't know the facts?
What did they know?
Even as she told herself that, the anger in her heart kept growing.
The woman pressed her lips tightly together.
"...Let's go."
The woman spoke to the man, her voice a little hoarse. "Yaya will be late for school."
Luckily, they had left early. Otherwise, the delay would have made the child late for school.
But if they wasted any more time, she would be late anyway.
Ah!
As soon as the child heard she might be late, she panicked.
"Mom! Dad!"
"Hurry!"
"I don't want to be late!"
"My teacher will scold me!"
"All right, all right."
The woman nodded.
"Let's hurry."
The woman turned around with the child in her arms.
She put a hand on the child's shoulder and guided her forward.
The entire time, she made sure the child didn't look at Chen Jing.
Worried about being late, the child was already distracted and anxious.
Chen Jing wanted to say something else, but the man's warning look stopped her cold.
Her expression turned a little awkward.
"Our patience is limited."
The man lowered his voice.
"Chen Jing."
He spoke each word slowly. "Don't show up in front of Yaya again."
"Yaya isn't like you."
"You won't