Chapter 209 A reliable playmate.

When Xiao Shi turned three, Pei Yu considered sending him to kindergarten. It was not because he wanted him to receive education as early as possible, but because he wanted to give him an environment to make friends, as he was worried that he would be too lonely without peers to play with.

On the day of enrollment, Shen Zhiyi and Pei Yu sent him to the classroom together. This was the first time Pei Xiao saw so many friends of his age. He looked around with curiosity in his big eyes.

Shen Zhiyi had explained to him in advance what "going to school" was all about. She wasn't worried about anything else, but she was afraid that Xiao would not be able to adapt to being suddenly separated from his parents for such a long time. After all, he had always been a clingy baby.

"Baby," she kissed the little boy's cheek, "Mom will come to pick you up in a few hours, okay?"

Pei Xiaoshi understood a few days in advance that going to school meant being separated from his parents, and he never showed much resistance, especially now that he saw so many friends in the classroom. He nodded obediently, said goodbye to his parents, and was led by the teacher to meet new friends.

The two adults did not leave immediately. They watched outside the classroom for a while. Shen Zhiyi was somewhat relieved to see that the child had adapted well.

"It seems like he can play well with his new friends."

When he was young, he was always surrounded by adults and had no friends of the same age. If he could make friends through this opportunity, it would actually be very helpful for his growth.

Pei Yu didn't say anything. His expression looked a little cold. He looked calmly at Xiao Shi who was playing.

Shen Zhiyi still has work to do, so she plans to pick up the baby after school in the afternoon.

About an hour after she left, a burst of crying suddenly broke out in the classroom filled with laughter. The teachers were very experienced and patiently coaxed the children, using toys to divert their attention.

But they obviously didn't understand Pei Xiao's crying skills. He cried at the top of his lungs for half an hour, and his voice became hoarse in the end. There was still no sign of easing up, and he even bypassed the teachers and tried to run outside.

The teachers were overwhelmed and at a loss as to what to do, so they had to call the parents.

A few minutes later, Pei Yu appeared at the door. "Hours."

Pei Xiao looked at him with tears in her eyes and reached out for a hug, "Dad!"

The child's face was red from crying, his eyes were swollen, and his voice was hoarse and inaudible. He looked like his mother. Pei Yu patted his back gently, holding him in his arms and rocking him slowly.

He has been a high-needs baby since he was young. Although he has become sensible when he grew up, he is only three years old after all, and he is very clingy. He happily played with his new friends for a while, and suddenly missed his parents. However, the school is different from Huating. He cannot see his parents immediately when he wants to, and he panicked.

After the child was carried into the car and driven towards the road leading to Huating, the child finally stopped crying. Pei Yu fed him some water and applied ice cubes wrapped in a towel to his eyes.

"Pei Shi," Pei Yu called his name, and when the child raised his head, he asked calmly, "Do you think crying can solve all problems?"

When he was a child, he loved to cry. Whenever he cried, someone would come to comfort him and do everything he wanted. Although he was a child, he understood that this trick was extremely effective. Crying didn't work because he didn't cry long enough.

He looked at Pei Yu cautiously, then came over and hugged Pei Yu's waist, shouting "Dad" in a hoarse voice, trying to get away with it.

Pei Yu let him hold her and said calmly, "Crying is only useful for people who love you, like your mother. But if you cry in front of her, she will be sad. Every time you cry, she will be sad. Do you want to continue using this trick in the future?"

Xiao Shi stared at him blankly and wrinkled his shirt on his chest, "But, but what should I do?"

What else could he do if he didn't cry? Pei Yu lowered his eyes and tapped the phone watch on his wrist, "Why do you think I gave you this? Call me."

"As long as you say you can't adapt, don't want to stay in school and play with new friends, and want to be with mom and dad, I will come and pick you up."

Xiao Shi hung his head in a daze for a while. Actually, he didn't want to cry at first. He just told his friends that he wanted to find his parents. His friends told him that if he wanted to go home, he had to cry. If the teachers couldn't coax him, they would ask the parents to pick up the children.

"I'm sorry, Dad." He tilted his head and buried his face in Pei Yu's chest, then tilted his face up for a kiss, his big eyes blinking, "Dad, can you forgive me?"

His eyes are exactly the same as Shen Zhiyi's.

Pei Yu looked at him for a while, kissed him on the forehead, and whispered, "When you go home, you must apply the mask to your eyes carefully. If your mother finds out that your eyes are swollen, she will be sad."

Xiao Shi agreed crisply, as he didn't want to make his mother sad.

Sure enough, when Shen Zhiyi heard that Xiaoshi was taken back before he had stayed in school for the full time, she immediately asked Pei Yu whether Xiaoshi had cried. She guessed that Xiaoshi must have cried.

"I cried for a while," Pei Yu said, "It's okay."

Shen Zhiyi went to the game room to see the baby. Xiaoshi was playing with a puzzle quietly. He had no playmates, so he played by himself most of the time, occasionally muttering to himself some irrelevant words.

"Baby," she held Xiaoshi in her arms, and he held her neck affectionately, "Don't you want to go to school? You can make a lot of new friends there."

Xiao Shi told her seriously, "Mom and Dad are more important than friends."

In fact, children are not used to going to school for the first time, and it is normal to cry. They just need to go for a few more days. But Xiao Shi said he didn't want to go. Shen Zhiyi and Pei Yu didn't want to force him. They always raised their children based on Xiao Shi's wishes, and the child was still young after all.

However, the issue of playmates cannot be ignored. Shen Zhiyi thought about it and came up with a suitable candidate.

On the weekend, Shen Zhiyi played the blindfolded game with her child at home. After searching for a long time, the child suddenly grabbed a person and said, "Found it!"

After he said that, he felt something was not right. His mother was tall and thin, but the person he caught was short and fat, which made him feel very familiar.

He was stunned for a moment, then tore off the blindfold and saw the person in front of him clearly. His eyes lit up, "Brother Jiaze!"

Duan Jiaze is nine years old this year, still a chubby boy. He hugged Xiao Shi excitedly and shouted, "Little brother!"

If you don’t know, you might think they haven’t seen each other for a long time, but in fact they just saw each other during the Chinese New Year.

Duan Jiaze lives in France, and the two brothers can get together several times a year. Shen Zhiyi remembered that his mother divorced last year and had mentioned that she wanted to bring the children to live in China, so he contacted her and brought the children over to live in Huating temporarily.

Although they are six years apart in age, the two brothers get along very well. Duan Jiaze thinks that his younger brother looks like Shen Zhiyi when he was young, and he dotes on him in every way. When he was young, he thought that brother Jiaze was chubby and easy to pinch, and he would listen to him and love to play with him.

Shen Zhiyi looked at how close the two brothers were and knew that Xiao had a reliable playmate.