The teacher hadn't assigned any homework that day, so Tao Zhiyan was especially happy. As soon as he finished eating, he ran outside to play.
The children chattered downstairs for quite a while before finally deciding to play house.
Tao Zhiyan was pretty, and one of the little girls wanted him to be the dad while she played the mom.
But the chubby boy wasn't happy about that. He blurted out, "Why does he get to be the dad? He doesn't even have a dad."
The moment he said that, all the other children frowned.
Meng Yang shoved the chubby boy, glaring at him. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
The chubby boy stumbled half a step from the shove and instinctively argued, "How is that nonsense? Tao Zhiyan really doesn't have a dad!"
"Who says he doesn't have a dad?" Meng Yang cast an anxious glance at Tao Zhiyan, then pointed at the chubby boy. "Keep saying stuff like that and we won't let you play with us anymore!"
"Exactly!"
"How can you say that about someone?"
The children all spoke up for Tao Zhiyan.
Tao Zhiyan, on the other hand, hadn't reacted at all. He was still sitting on the ground playing with his toys, as though he hadn't heard anything.
Once everyone had been assigned a role, Tao Zhiyan still played with them.
But after only a little while, he said he was sleepy and wanted to go home.
The little boy didn't speak after he got home. He didn't even smile while watching cartoons.
Feng Ze didn't know how to comfort him either. All he could do was sit beside him and occasionally ruffle his hair.
Come to think of it, he really didn't seem to have ever met Peach's dad.
Where had Tao Zhiyan's dad