Lord, give up! Madam has too many vests

Chapter 359 The Siblings Meet (Part 1)

Qin Shengsheng waited under the shade of a tree at the kindergarten entrance until noon. In the afternoon, the driver brought her lunchbox.

Qin Shengsheng was about to deliver lunch to Xiao Qinxi when her phone suddenly rang urgently.

She quickly answered the phone, and the assistant on the other end sounded like she was crying: "Sister Sheng! Something terrible has happened! The haute couture dress we sent to Xinghe Entertainment yesterday has a problem. The lining of the skirt has come undone, and it has also snagged the client's silk shawl! The client is demanding that we pay ten times the deposit, or they will go to the media and expose us for 'deceiving the client with a defective product'!"

"What?" Qin Shengsheng's voice suddenly rose.

She had personally overseen the order for that dress for half a month and checked it three times before delivery. How could something like this happen?

She took a deep breath, trying to suppress her panic, and asked, "Where exactly did the problem occur? Do you have any photos of the scene?"

The assistant choked up, saying, "The photos were sent to you on WeChat, but the client won't listen to any explanations. They said we either have to pay ten times the compensation or risk ruining our reputation... Sister Sheng Sheng. This is our first celebrity job. If it gets exposed, our fledgling studio will be..."

Qin Shengsheng didn't listen to what was said after that. She hung up the phone and opened WeChat, only to feel a headache. She raised her hand to press her temples, and an indescribable sense of grievance welled up in her heart.

Her idol is Coco Chanel, and she started her own studio after graduation so that she could one day become like him.

Over the years, she has become quite well-known in the industry. For this one order, she only slept four hours a day, running around factories, overseeing designs, and attracting clients. She couldn't even find time to spend with her niece. She thought this order would help her gain recognition, but unexpectedly, something went wrong halfway through.

"Starting a business is really difficult..."

She muttered a complaint under her breath, her voice full of exhaustion. But complaints aside, things still needed to be resolved, and Xiao Yanxi was still waiting for her in the garden.

She glanced at her phone and saw that Yan Xi's lunch break was still over an hour away, so she immediately asked the driver to deliver the food.

"Master Zhang, I have to go back to the company to deal with an urgent matter. Please take lunch to St. Mary's. After Yanxi comes out of school, please take her home first. Remember to give her some snacks on the way. I'll go back to be with her as soon as I'm done."

After hanging up the phone, she couldn't help but glance at the kindergarten again, imagining Xiao Yanxi eating obediently, and felt a pang of guilt.

But with company matters pressing at hand, she could only grit her teeth, turn around, and quickly walk towards her car.

As the engine started, she silently vowed to herself: Once this is resolved, I will definitely take Xixi to the amusement park for a whole day.

Not long after Qin Shengsheng left, a silver-gray motorcycle sped up with the soft sound of its engine and came to a steady stop in front of the imposing iron gate of St. Mary's Kindergarten.

Yan Lan stepped off the car with a nimble step, turned around and picked up her son Yan Chao from the back seat. She gently pinched his little nose with her fingertips and said in a gentle voice, "Chao Chao, look, this is your new kindergarten. Are you happy on your first day?"

Yan Chao glanced at the exquisite carvings at the kindergarten entrance and the imposing foreign security guard standing in front of the gate. Her little brows furrowed slightly. Her godmother said this was the best kindergarten in the city.

It looks like nothing more than a pile of fancy things, and it's full of little kids who just cry. What's so good about it?

But he didn't show the slightest disgust on his face. Instead, he reached out and hugged Yan Lan's neck, rubbing his little head against her neck. He said in a sweet voice, "As long as godmother chooses it, Chaochao will like it! Besides, Chaochao is already a little man. He will definitely be able to go to school obediently. Mom can go and do your work without worry."

As he spoke, he deliberately puffed out his little chest and slung his schoolbag over his shoulder, his grown-up demeanor making Yan Lan laugh out loud.

Yan Lan ruffled his soft hair, then squatted down to straighten his crooked collar, gently stroking his cheek with her fingers: "You're so sweet-talking. If anyone bullies you at the kindergarten, remember to tell the teacher, and Mom will come to pick you up after get off work."

"I know!" Yan Chao nodded vigorously, but a flash of disdain quickly crossed his eyes—bullying him?

Those little brats probably wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of his clothes.

He deliberately slowed his pace as he walked into the kindergarten gate, not forgetting to turn back and wave to Yan Lan. Only after watching his mother's figure disappear around the street corner did he lose his obedient expression, his little face full of helplessness as if he were "forced to work".

As Xiao Yan entered, she noticed two people gathered around the kindergarten's guardhouse. One of them, a man in a black suit, was Mr. Zhang, the Qin family's driver, who was carrying a lunchbox.

He slowed down and listened for a while. Mr. Zhang wanted to bring lunch to Yan Xi, but was stopped by the foreign security guard who repeatedly explained, "The kindergarten has a rule that outside food is not allowed to be brought in, for fear of affecting the children's food safety."

Mr. Zhang was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead, but he couldn't produce the special approval slip from the kindergarten director, so he could only stand outside and worry helplessly.

At this moment, Xiao Yan followed the teacher into the kindergarten cafeteria and heard a lot of noise in the room.

The children chattered around the table, some chasing each other with spoons in hand, others tearfully picking the vegetables off the plate.

The teacher walked ahead, glancing back at him from time to time. Seeing that Xiao Yanchao followed quietly behind, unlike the other children who looked around, the teacher thought the child was rather introverted.

After taking only a few steps, a blond foreign teacher walked towards Yan Chao, smiling and bending down to ask in English, "Hi, little boy, do you like apples?"

Xiao Yan didn't even lift his eyelids or stop walking. If he answered a question that even a three-year-old could answer, wouldn't he be no different from the little kids around him?

The teacher quickly smoothed things over, saying, "The child may not have learned English yet; they'll pick it up gradually."

Yan Chao rolled her eyes inwardly: It's not that I don't know how, it's that I'm too lazy to play along with your childish Q&A.

Along the way, Xiao Yanchao's eyes had already thoroughly explored the surroundings: the imported solid wood dining tables and chairs, the foreign teachers' qualification certificates hanging on the wall were all certified by formal institutions, and the lunch boxes at the pick-up point were even printed with child safety certification marks.

Godmother has such a good eye! The facilities in this garden are top-notch, but the "software" is really lacking.

"Qin Chao, look, the food pick-up area is just ahead. Go line up, get your tray, and find an empty seat."

The teacher pointed to the line not far away, added "Don't run around," and then turned to comfort the child who was crying for his mother.

Just as Yan Chao was about to move, her eyes suddenly caught sight of a little girl with pink pigtails by the window diagonally in front of her. She was poking at the broccoli in her plate with a spoon, breaking the leaves apart. Her little mouth was pouting so much that it could hold an oil bottle. Who else could it be but Xiao Yanxi?

Yan Chao's eyes lit up instantly. The feeling of being "utterly bored" just now vanished, and even the noise in the cafeteria seemed much more pleasant—so her sister was here too!