"Chongwen is a very good child, very polite, and hardworking. He will definitely achieve something in the future..."
The enthusiastic recommendation from the school leader was buzzing in my ears, looking almost as if eager to snatch a bank card from my bag.
But this voice also brought me back to clarity, perhaps thanks to divine intervention, I was really back to the time before everything started.
Looking at those glaring three characters on the list, I felt as if my stomach were being turned inside out.
"Zhaozhao, are you okay? If you're not feeling well, we can go back first and come again tomorrow?"
Jing Chuan looked at me with concern all over his face.
He is my husband, and in our past life, we fought together, and our relationship was always good.
After my parents passed away, he and Jing An were the most important people to me.
Yet in our past life, due to receiving the news of our daughter's miscarriage during driving, he got into a car accident.
I tried hard to calm myself down.
"It's okay, this child is not bad, please, teacher, bring him over so we can meet him."
In just ten minutes, Zhou Chongwen appeared before me again.
In stark contrast to the righteous and morally upright impression of him I had.
The present Zhou Chongwen was just a skinny, dark-skinned poor boy.
His school uniform was clean, but only he knew the clothes beneath it had many patches sewn on.
Just like himself, seemingly harmless on the outside but with a heart like a viper's.
"Hello, Uncle and Aunt."
I only glanced at him before turning my gaze to another name.
"Teacher Wang, please bring this child over as well for us to meet."
Teacher Wang seemed troubled upon seeing the name I pointed at.
"Miss Xu, this child... her family doesn't allow her to study. She will get married right after graduating middle school, maybe you should reconsider..."
Unable to resist my insistence on meeting, the teacher still brought the child over.
Xu Laidi, she was very quiet, almost to the point of being wooden.
"Hello, Uncle and Aunt, I am Xu Laidi."
Zhou Chongwen subtly moved his foot aside when Xu Laidi came over.
A flash of pride and disdain crossed his eyes.
Even more adept at masking his emotions than the same time in the previous life.
"Husband, I want to sponsor Laidi."
To no surprise, Zhou Chongwen, who thought he had it in the bag, thought he misheard.
"Aunt, who did you say you want to sponsor?"
"Chongwen," Teacher Wang intervened seeing his loss of composure, "Miss Xu, Laidi won't be able to continue studying after middle school, and Zhou Chongwen does have better grades, maybe you should reconsider?"
"Mr. Jing, what do you think?"
Jing Chuan, who accompanied me here, certainly would not refute my decision.
"Laidi and I both have the surname Xu, which shows we are destined, so I want to sponsor her."
This reason was too capricious, but Zhou Chongwen, dissatisfied, could only grit his teeth and accept.
I saw the tightly clenched fists hidden in his sleeves, and my heart finally felt a bit of relief.
Getting angry over this already?
A youth indeed cannot hide things.
"However, Chongwen does have good grades, so I will sponsor both of these children."
Zhou Chongwen is very short of money right now, after all, his father is a gambler, and if it weren't for the nine-year compulsory education, he might not have even attended middle school.
He was quite lucky, the uproar in the past life with An'an didn't affect him much.
This time, even if I don't sponsor him, surely there'll be some other fool willing to fund his studies later.
Might as well go along with it.
Besides, I haven't gotten my revenge yet, how could I let him go so easily.
The money we sponsored Zhou Chongwen with in the past life was quite significant, enough to sponsor another student completely.
Leaving the school, I saw the blazing sun on the clear sky.
The summer sun was unbearable, yet precious to me who spent the past life bedridden.
"Let's go home."
Jing Chuan held up the sunshade for me.
"Mm, An'an should also be getting out of school."