A private kindergarten in Star City.
In the classroom, it's free time now. The children are playing with their friends, building blocks, playing house, or doing other games, having a great time.
But a chubby-looking little girl sat in her corner, intently playing with a one-yuan Coin.
She placed the Coin on the back of her hand, then tried to make it slide between her fingers, using her fingers to turn the Coin around and let it roll between her fingers.
But basically, the Coin will fall out when you flip it from one finger to the next.
Then the Little Chubby Girl picked up the Coin and repeated the process, undeterred and full of enthusiasm, as if it were a toy even more fun than Barbie.
This Little Chubby Girl is none other than Liu Shiling, Xiang Kun's former neighbor who lived in apartment 706.
She moved with her mother to Star City. After the change of environment, her personality also underwent a significant change.
The Little Chubby Girl used to always like to make friends. Although she was always the one on the periphery and ostracized in various groups of children, she was always cheerful and liked to be around the most popular children. She loved being in a lively atmosphere.
But now, she no longer tries to make friends with the children in her new kindergarten, nor does she actively try to integrate into those small groups. Most of the time, she stays alone, intently playing with a seemingly ordinary one-yuan Coin.
Her aloof and indifferent demeanor often attracts children who come to her to play, curious about the magic of her Coin and why she never gets tired of playing with them.
If it were the Liu Shiling of the past, she would have enthusiastically told the other children about her story, explained the origin and wonder of the Coin, told them the story of the bald uncle, and definitely lent the Coin to the other children to play with. She has always been a very generous and sharing child.
But now, she doesn't pay much attention to others, has no desire to make friends with other children, and treasures this Coin very much, refusing to lend it to or even touch it for anyone.
The Little Chubby Girl believed that this Coin was a "magic Coin" and a "Lucky Coin" given to her by the bald uncle, and that it had magical powers, but she hadn't yet been able to master them.
She thought the bald uncle was very skilled and cool when he played with Coin, and she wanted to be like him. She wanted to become strong so that if anyone bullied her mother in the future, she could stand up and protect her.
Liu Shiling placed the Coin on her thumb with her chubby little hand, then flicked it hard, sending the Coin flying.
But when she reached for it with the back of her other hand, she found the Coin was gone; it had been caught in mid-air by another hand.
Seeing the Coin held in the hand of a rather delicate-looking little boy, who then tucked it behind his back, Liu Shiling frowned and said unhappily, "Give it back to me!"
"Guess which hand I have that Coin in, and I'll give it back to you if you guess right," the little boy said with a grin.
Without any hesitation or consideration, Liu Shiling replied directly, "Left hand."
The little boy paused for a moment, then quickly transferred the Coin from his left hand to his right behind his back, before showing his right hand and saying, "You guessed wrong! This Coin is mine!"
Liu Shiling's eyes widened in disbelief, her anger rising uncontrollably. Her eyes welled up with tears, and her lips trembled as if she were about to cry. Then, she instinctively glanced at the small plastic shovel in the corner, which was used by children to shovel sand, but she immediately remembered the bald uncle's instructions and looked away.
She sniffed, stopped arguing with the little boy, and went straight to the door to find the teacher.
The teacher walked over, frowned, and said to the little boy, "Wang Ke, give the Coin back to Liu Shiling."
The little boy spread his hands, looking completely innocent, and said, "No, I didn't take her Coin! She was just playing with it and I don't know where it went."
The teacher is having a bit of a headache. These squabbles among the children are the most difficult to handle. Moreover, the requirements for early childhood educators are very strict now. Educating children must be based on guidance and persuasion, and they cannot be scolded casually.
Just as she was thinking about how to persuade the mischievous boy, Liu Shiling suddenly looked up at her and said loudly, "Teacher, can I borrow your phone? I need to call 110."
The teacher was taken aback. "Why are you calling 110?"
She pointed at the little boy. "Wang Ke stole my things, he's a robber! I'm going to call the police and have the officers arrest him and put him in jail!" Then she pointed to the security camera in the corner of the classroom. "The security camera has recorded it all, Wang Ke, you can't deny it! You'll be arrested and put in jail for a hundred years! You won't be able to play with your toys, you won't be able to play with your toys, you won't be able to watch cartoons, and your mom will spank you every day!"
Because Liu Shiling's voice was loud and imposing, it immediately attracted the attention of all the children in the class. Even the teacher from the next class heard the noise and peeked in from the doorway.
The teacher was dumbfounded, while the little boy Wang Ke was stunned at first, then suddenly remembered something, and burst into tears.
With Wang Ke's sobbing explanation and the other children's identification, Liu Shiling found her Coin under a mat nearby. After picking it up, she acted as if nothing had happened and went to a corner to continue playing by herself.
"Shiling's Mother, was Liu Shiling like this in her previous kindergarten too?"
When parents came to pick up their children after school in the afternoon, Liu Shiling's teacher kept Shiling's Mother behind for a chat.
After listening to the teacher's description of Liu Shiling's behavior at kindergarten recently, Shiling's Mother smiled wryly. She guessed that her daughter's sudden change in personality was due to the incident where someone came to their home and caused trouble.
She initially thought that a change of environment and time would solve the problem, but now it seems it won't be that easy.
Not to mention at kindergarten, even at home, Liu Shiling no longer sits on a small stool in front of the TV watching her favorite cartoons like before. When she gets home, she still plays with that Coin over and over again.
Shiling's Mother also examined the Coin carefully but found nothing unusual. In fact, she knew that Xiang Kun's words to her daughter were just to soothe her emotions at the time. The so-called "magic Coin" and "Lucky Coin" were just casual remarks, and the magical performance at the time was probably some kind of magic trick.
However, Liu Shiling, that simple-minded silly girl, really took that Coin as a magical treasure.
Shiling's Mother wasn't too worried, thinking that after some time, maybe a year or two, her daughter would naturally understand as she grew older.
Moreover, children's interest in new things doesn't last long. Soon, something new will come along to distract her, and then her carefree, easygoing, gluttonous, and playful daughter will naturally return.
So Shiling's Mother spoke kindly to the teacher, making some excuses for Liu Shiling, hoping the teacher would take better care of her and prevent her from being bullied.
Finally, the teacher glanced at Liu Shiling, who was sitting not far away playing with Coin, and smiled, "But little Shiling is very kind to animals. We have several rabbits in our garden, and she often goes over to help feed them. She also often squats down next to them and talks to them, hoping they will grow up quickly."
Shiling's Mother's expression stiffened slightly, and she subconsciously glanced back at her daughter. Of course, she knew why her daughter was paying attention to the rabbit's growth...