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After half a day of playing around combined with classes, the teachers ordered the children to take a nap. As always, Xuan Lingwen excused herself from naptime with her mother's note and settled down with a book in her hands instead. The teachers merely glanced at the note and returned it back then returned their attention to helping the other kids lie down. Xuan Lingwen left the nap room as she knew the teachers, caretakers really, would turn the lights off once the other children were comfortable. She sat down in the lit hallway, next to the door to the nap room, leaned against the white plastered wall with colorful scribbles, and opened her book.
A few teachers left the nap room to go back to work, leaving two to watch the children as they slept. Xuan Lingwen silently read her book, whispering the words to get an idea of their intonation. She would ask one of the teachers later to read the book with her to see if she got them right.
Once the day at the daycare preschool officially ended, Xuan Lingwen had one of the more patient teachers read her the book she chose as the other children were picked up by their parents. When the teacher was done reading the book, Xuan Lingwen put the book back. She thanked the teacher and slipped out of the building with her dull red backpack when the teachers weren't looking, not that they'd make a fuss even if they did notice. She didn't have a father and her mother was working constantly to put food on their table. None of her mother's relatives lived nearby and even if her grandparents did, they probably wouldn't care enough to come pick her up. So the teachers never raised any alarms when she disappeared on her own after the daycare hours officially ended. Xuan Lingwen could see the disdain in their eyes the few times that she met them with her mother. They didn't exactly favor this useless grand-daughter that their precious daughter was so adamant about having despite being dumped by the father.
'They would probably hope something happened to me so mother could return to their side.' Xuan Lingwen thought as she trudged down the sunset lit road, her eyes facing forward.
"Where are you going, little girl?" A slim and clean man wearing a black, leather jacket and blue jeans spoke to her. His face was clean shaven and his facial features were above average yet it had a sleazy air to it that can't be wiped off no matter how much he washed his face.
Xuan Lingwen, with an unchanging straight face, tried to walk past him but was forcibly stopped.
Xuan Lingwen turned her head to finally look at him, her expression still completely stone-faced calm. She could see the wicked gleam in his eyes. Despite being stopped and called on, Xuan Lingwen still didn't say anything, just stared at him with an unwavering gaze.
As the silence continued on, the man started to get uncomfortable so he opened his mouth again.
"Little girl? Hey, I'm really not a bad person okay?" He urged her to speak.
'That's a classic line that every bad person says.' Xuan Lingwen thought, still not showing any reaction.
"Hey? Hey?" The man was obviously getting impatient but tried hard to hide it.
After waiting for another minute with no response, the man let her go with a click of his tongue, fully displaying his true nature. "Tch. F*ck, it's a defective kid. Dammit and I thought I finally got a good catch."
He ran a hand through his hair and took out a pack of cigarettes. As he was busy mumbling to himself and completely ignored Xuan Lingwen's existence, she walked away.
Leaving the (assumed) child kidnapper behind, Xuan Lingwen walked the rest of the way back home, still alone. She opened the door to her and her mother's doghouse sized apartment with the key she kept on her. She set down her fraying backpack next to the bed at the back of their apartment and took out her assigned homework. Settling down under the window streaming in orange light, she began to write.
"Lingling, I'm home!" Xuan Shuhan came back as Lingwen was finishing up her homework.
"Welcome home, mother." Xuan Lingwen packed her finished homework into her backpack and went up to greet her mother.
"Honey, it's so dark, you almost scared me! I thought you weren't home yet. When the sun sets, remember to turn on the lights okay? Doing homework or reading in the sunset is bad for your eyes." Xuan Shuhan reprimanded as she settled the cloth bags she was holding on the counter of the closet-sized kitchen of their apartment.
"Yes mother." Xuan Lingwen answered as she helped her mom unpack the things she bought for this week's dinner.
Xuan Shuhan gave her a helpless smile as she went about putting things in the fridge and cupboard. This wasn't the first time this has happened and probably won't be the last.
"So, how was your day, sweetie?" She asked as she brought out the pan to start making tonight's dinner.
"It was good. One of the teachers read me a book and I learned some new words." Xuan Lingwen replied as she watched her mother from just outside the kitchen. The counter was currently too high for her to reach and sitting on the counter would block some of the light from the rimmed ceiling light in the one-person hallway that Xuan Shuhan flicked open on her way in.
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After half a day of playing around combined with classes, the teachers ordered the children to take a nap. As always, Xuan Lingwen excused herself from naptime with her mother's note and settled down with a book in her hands instead. The teachers merely glanced at the note and returned it back then returned their attention to helping the other kids lie down. Xuan Lingwen left the nap room as she knew the teachers, caretakers really, would turn the lights off once the other children were comfortable. She sat down in the lit hallway, next to the door to the nap room, leaned against the white plastered wall with colorful scribbles, and opened her book.
A few teachers left the nap room to go back to work, leaving two to watch the children as they slept. Xuan Lingwen silently read her book, whispering the words to get an idea of their intonation. She would ask one of the teachers later to read the book with her to see if she got them right.
Once the day at the daycare preschool officially ended, Xuan Lingwen had one of the more patient teachers read her the book she chose as the other children were picked up by their parents. When the teacher was done reading the book, Xuan Lingwen put the book back. She thanked the teacher and slipped out of the building with her dull red backpack when the teachers weren't looking, not that they'd make a fuss even if they did notice. She didn't have a father and her mother was working constantly to put food on their table. None of her mother's relatives lived nearby and even if her grandparents did, they probably wouldn't care enough to come pick her up. So the teachers never raised any alarms when she disappeared on her own after the daycare hours officially ended. Xuan Lingwen could see the disdain in their eyes the few times that she met them with her mother. They didn't exactly favor this useless grand-daughter that their precious daughter was so adamant about having despite being dumped by the father.
'They would probably hope something happened to me so mother could return to their side.' Xuan Lingwen thought as she trudged down the sunset lit road, her eyes facing forward.
"Where are you going, little girl?" A slim and clean man wearing a black, leather jacket and blue jeans spoke to her. His face was clean shaven and his facial features were above average yet it had a sleazy air to it that can't be wiped off no matter how much he washed his face.
Xuan Lingwen, with an unchanging straight face, tried to walk past him but was forcibly stopped.
Xuan Lingwen turned her head to finally look at him, her expression still completely stone-faced calm. She could see the wicked gleam in his eyes. Despite being stopped and called on, Xuan Lingwen still didn't say anything, just stared at him with an unwavering gaze.
As the silence continued on, the man started to get uncomfortable so he opened his mouth again.
"Little girl? Hey, I'm really not a bad person okay?" He urged her to speak.
'That's a classic line that every bad person says.' Xuan Lingwen thought, still not showing any reaction.
"Hey? Hey?" The man was obviously getting impatient but tried hard to hide it.
After waiting for another minute with no response, the man let her go with a click of his tongue, fully displaying his true nature. "Tch. F*ck, it's a defective kid. Dammit and I thought I finally got a good catch."
He ran a hand through his hair and took out a pack of cigarettes. As he was busy mumbling to himself and completely ignored Xuan Lingwen's existence, she walked away.
Leaving the (assumed) child kidnapper behind, Xuan Lingwen walked the rest of the way back home, still alone. She opened the door to her and her mother's doghouse sized apartment with the key she kept on her. She set down her fraying backpack next to the bed at the back of their apartment and took out her assigned homework. Settling down under the window streaming in orange light, she began to write.
"Lingling, I'm home!" Xuan Shuhan came back as Lingwen was finishing up her homework.
"Welcome home, mother." Xuan Lingwen packed her finished homework into her backpack and went up to greet her mother.
"Honey, it's so dark, you almost scared me! I thought you weren't home yet. When the sun sets, remember to turn on the lights okay? Doing homework or reading in the sunset is bad for your eyes." Xuan Shuhan reprimanded as she settled the cloth bags she was holding on the counter of the closet-sized kitchen of their apartment.
"Yes mother." Xuan Lingwen answered as she helped her mom unpack the things she bought for this week's dinner.
Xuan Shuhan gave her a helpless smile as she went about putting things in the fridge and cupboard. This wasn't the first time this has happened and probably won't be the last.
"So, how was your day, sweetie?" She asked as she brought out the pan to start making tonight's dinner.
"It was good. One of the teachers read me a book and I learned some new words." Xuan Lingwen replied as she watched her mother from just outside the kitchen. The counter was currently too high for her to reach and sitting on the counter would block some of the light from the rimmed ceiling light in the one-person hallway that Xuan Shuhan flicked open on her way in.
After half a day of playing around combined with classes, the teachers ordered the children to take a nap. As always, Xuan Lingwen excused herself from naptime with her mother's note and settled down with a book in her hands instead. The teachers merely glanced at the note and returned it back then returned their attention to helping the other kids lie down. Xuan Lingwen left the nap room as she knew the teachers, caretakers really, would turn the lights off once the other children were comfortable. She sat down in the lit hallway, next to the door to the nap room, leaned against the white plastered wall with colorful scribbles, and opened her book.A few teachers left the nap room to go back to work, leaving two to watch the children as they slept. Xuan Lingwen silently read her book, whispering the words to get an idea of their intonation. She would ask one of the teachers later to read the book with her to see if she got them right.Once the day at the daycare preschool officially ended, Xuan Lingwen had one of the more patient teachers read her the book she chose as the other children were picked up by their parents. When the teacher was done reading the book, Xuan Lingwen put the book back. She thanked the teacher and slipped out of the building with her dull red backpack when the teachers weren't looking, not that they'd make a fuss even if they did notice. She didn't have a father and her mother was working constantly to put food on their table. None of her mother's relatives lived nearby and even if her grandparents did, they probably wouldn't care enough to come pick her up. So the teachers never raised any alarms when she disappeared on her own after the daycare hours officially ended. Xuan Lingwen could see the disdain in their eyes the few times that she met them with her mother. They didn't exactly favor this useless grand-daughter that their precious daughter was so adamant about having despite being dumped by the father.'They would probably hope something happened to me so mother could return to their side.' Xuan Lingwen thought as she trudged down the sunset lit road, her eyes facing forward."Where are you going, little girl?" A slim and clean man wearing a black, leather jacket and blue jeans spoke to her. His face was clean shaven and his facial features were above average yet it had a sleazy air to it that can't be wiped off no matter how much he washed his face.Xuan Lingwen, with an unchanging straight face, tried to walk past him but was forcibly stopped.Xuan Lingwen turned her head to finally look at him, her expression still completely stone-faced calm. She could see the wicked gleam in his eyes. Despite being stopped and called on, Xuan Lingwen still didn't say anything, just stared at him with an unwavering gaze.As the silence continued on, the man started to get uncomfortable so he opened his mouth again."Little girl? Hey, I'm really not a bad person okay?" He urged her to speak.'That's a classic line that every bad person says.' Xuan Lingwen thought, still not showing any reaction."Hey? Hey?" The man was obviously getting impatient but tried hard to hide it. After waiting for another minute with no response, the man let her go with a click of his tongue, fully displaying his true nature. "Tch. F*ck, it's a defective kid. Dammit and I thought I finally got a good catch."He ran a hand through his hair and took out a pack of cigarettes. As he was busy mumbling to himself and completely ignored Xuan Lingwen's existence, she walked away.Leaving the assumed child kidnapper behind, Xuan Lingwen walked the rest of the way back home, still alone. She opened the door to her and her mother's doghouse sized apartment with the key she kept on her. She set down her fraying backpack next to the bed at the back of their apartment and took out her assigned homework. Settling down under the window streaming in orange light, she began to write."Lingling, I'm home!" Xuan Shuhan came back as Lingwen was finishing up her homework."Welcome home, mother." Xuan Lingwen packed her finished homework into her backpack and went up to greet her mother."Honey, it's so dark, you almost scared me! I thought you weren't home yet. When the sun sets, remember to turn on the lights okay? Doing homework or reading in the sunset is bad for your eyes." Xuan Shuhan reprimanded as she settled the cloth bags she was holding on the counter of the closet-sized kitchen of their apartment."Yes mother." Xuan Lingwen answered as she helped her mom unpack the things she bought for this week's dinner.Xuan Shuhan gave her a helpless smile as she went about putting things in the fridge and cupboard. This wasn't the first time this has happened and probably won't be the last."So, how was your day, sweetie?" She asked as she brought out the pan to start making tonight's dinner."It was good. One of the teachers read me a book and I learned some new words." Xuan Lingwen replied as she watched her mother from just outside the kitchen. The counter was currently too high for her to reach and sitting on the counter would block some of the light from the rimmed ceiling light in the one-person hallway that Xuan Shuhan flicked open on her way in.
