The teacher smiled and nodded.
"Go on in."
"Your mom and dad will be here to pick you up from school soon."
Hm?
The teacher took her phone out of her pocket.
When she saw who was calling, she paused in surprise.
She answered the call.
"...Okay."
"Got it."
"I'll bring her to the school gate and wait for you."
"...Of course."
The teacher put her phone away.
"Yaya."
The teacher stood in the classroom doorway.
She looked at the child who had just sat down.
"Your mom and dad are here to pick you up."
Huh?
The child paused in surprise.
She had just sat down...
She immediately got to her feet.
"Okay."
A smile spread across her face.
The teacher led a few children toward the school gate.
The short-haired girl and the girl with a ponytail quietly lagged behind.
Meeting the parents was...
It wasn't that the two children were afraid.
But they did feel a little awkward.
Even though this wasn't their first time meeting Yaya's parents.
"Dad, Mom."
The child spotted the familiar figures from a distance.
Her big eyes curved into crescents.
As she drew closer, she noticed...
There was someone with her parents.
And it was someone she knew.
It was the older brother who had just parted ways with them...
The child paused in surprise.
The woman held out her hand to the child.
The child took her mother's hand.
"Mom."
"Dad."
The child looked up at the man.
Then she looked at the young man standing beside her parents. "Big brother."
The young man smiled.
"Surprised I'm still here?"
The young man had promised the children that if they got scolded, he would step in and explain things for them.
He