Spring Branches

"It's time to repay the favor."

Ana was confused.

I didn't understand what Lu Yichuan meant.

He said, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean? I don't understand."

Lu Yichuan said: "If you want to repay your gratitude, then be with Mr. Shen."

After Lu Yichuang said this, Ah, it suddenly dawned on me.

Lu Yichuang's meaning was very clear, which was to let him be a spy.

After hearing the news, Ana felt a little disappointed and blamed himself. His mood suddenly became gloomy. His unhappiness and resistance were all shown on his face.

Lu Yichuan said: "I just asked you to do it. Whether you can complete it or not, it will be considered as repaying the favor."

Ana answered slowly: "Let me think about it, okay?"

Lu Yichuan nodded: "You must give me an answer before 10 o'clock in the evening."

Ana left the office.

Lu Yichuan picked up his phone again, but still hadn't received a reply from Tang Shiyan.

An inexplicable feeling of nervousness suddenly surged into his heart, and Lu Yichuang frowned.

Without giving himself time to hesitate, Lu Yichuang took the sun-protective clothing he bought for Xiaoxiao in the mall during the lunch break and walked out quickly.

If Tang Shiyan had answered Xiaoxiao's call, she would have replied to him. However, it was already past 5:30 and she had not received a reply from Tang Shiyan. She also had not received any news from the school teacher calling to pick up the child.

There must be something fishy going on here.

When Lu Yichuan ran out in a hurry, Ana followed him without saying a word.

He said, "What's the situation, Mr. Lu?"

"Drive to school."

"Yes." Ana didn't ask any more questions and quickly drove the car out of the underground parking garage.

Along the way, Ana drove the car very fast.

He looked through the rearview mirror and saw Lu Yichuan, who was sitting in the back seat, with his brows tightly frowned, looking coldly out the window, and the bag in his hand was unconsciously clenched again and again.

What happened?

Soon, the car arrived at the school.

There were no teachers, no students, and no parents at the school gate.

Lu Yichuan got off the car quickly and walked into Xiaoxiao's class.

As soon as I entered the classroom, I was shocked by the scene inside.

Xiaoxiao was sitting at a small square table, playing with building blocks with a very beautiful girl.

And the girl's appearance...

Ana's expression of surprise was the most obvious, and she subconsciously looked at Mr. Lu beside her.

Lu Yichuan's brows were furrowed even tighter than before, and his eyes were fixed on the woman's face.

"...Is this Sister Tang?" Ana said in surprise.

The two girls, one big and one small, looked in the direction of the sound. When the girl was facing the two men at the door, An Na couldn't help but curse.

Xiaoxiao was very surprised to see Lu Yichuang. She ran over happily and hugged Lu Yichuang's long legs.

She said, "Dad, you are here."

Lu Yichuan hadn't taken his eyes off the woman who looked exactly like his dead wife. His eyes were almost dull.

The woman walked over with a gentle smile.

She said, "Hello, are you Xiaoxiao's father?"

"..."

Seeing that Lu Yichuan did not answer the girl, but just looked at her with a very nostalgic look, Ah Na hurried over to help.

He chuckled, stretched out his hand to the woman, and said, "Hello, this is our President Lu, Xiaoxiao's biological father. May I ask who you are?"

Xiaoxiao ran over and took An Na's hand, saying happily: "An Na, she is our new teacher. Do you also think she looks exactly like mom?"

Ana nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes."

Then he asked, "Why did you suddenly change teachers?"

Xiaoxiao said: "The original English teacher is pregnant and will give birth soon, so she took maternity leave. This teacher will take care of us for a while."

Ana said "Oh", and looked at Lu Yichuan standing beside him. He had returned to his usual cold and serious expression.

He looked at the female teacher, stretched out his right hand, and said, "I'm sorry, teacher. I was a little distracted just now."

The female teacher smiled gently and shook hands back, with sweet dimples on her face. "It's okay, little daddy. The weather is quite hot today. I saw that you hadn't come to pick up the child yet. The child was standing alone at the door, and it was quite sunny outside, so I brought her to the classroom to wait."

Xiao Xiao said: "Yes, Dad, it's really too sunny outside."

Suddenly remembering something, Xiaoxiao walked to the schoolbag again, took out a bag from the schoolbag, took out a pink sun protection coat from the bag, and said, "Dad, this is the sun protection coat that the teacher gave me."

Ana looked at Mr. Lu beside her again with a puzzled look.

He also bought a sun-protection jacket today, which also happened to be pink.

Is this a coincidence, or is it intentional?

Lu Yichuan squatted down, touched the little head, kissed the little cheek, then looked at the female teacher and said, "Teacher, you took the trouble, I will transfer the money to you."

The teacher said, "It's okay. I bought them for all the students. Just consider them as a first meeting gift."

Lu Yichuan nodded: "Teacher, where do you live? How about I take you back?"

The female teacher opened her mouth to speak, but Xiao Xiao spoke first: "Dad, the teacher hasn't eaten yet, and I'm a little hungry too. How about we go eat first, and then send the teacher home after we're done?"

Finally, a few people got into Lu Yichuang's car.

The female teacher sat in the passenger seat, and the father and daughter naturally sat in the back seat, while Ana drove.

From the moment they got on the bus, the father and daughter exchanged glances, seeming to be communicating something with their eyes. Sometimes they looked at each other, and sometimes they looked at the female teacher.

Especially Xiaoxiao’s expression, which was the most surprised.

Lu Yichuan didn't understand what she expressed with her eyes.

So Xiaoxiao sighed with disappointment, took Lu Yichuang's phone, and typed a line in the memo for Lu Yichuang to see.

——Dad, do you also think that the teacher looks exactly like mom?

Lu Yichuan nodded.

Xiaoxiao just continued to write.

——I also thought it was my mother at first sight, but later I asked around and found out that the teacher already had a lover. Her hometown was City B. My mother had a red mole behind her ear, but the teacher didn’t. My mother also didn’t have dimples, but the teacher did.

Looking at so many words, Lu Yichuan felt relieved at first.

It is commendable that a child under five years old knows so many words.

Lu Yichuang looked at the female teacher's profile.

In fact, if you look closely, there is a big difference between the female teacher and Tang Asi.

For example, personality.

If Tang Asi were here now, he would definitely not play building blocks with the children, but would sit with his legs crossed, eat ice cream and play games.

Xiaoxiao saw that Lu Yichuan was a little absent-minded, and the female teacher in the passenger seat touched the hair behind her ear awkwardly.

So she typed another line for her father to see.

——Dad, please stop looking at me. The teacher is making me embarrassed.

Lu Yichuan pinched his little cheek awkwardly, then turned his head to look out the window.

Soon they arrived at the restaurant where they often ate.

The female teacher got out of the car first, opened the back door, and carried Xiaoxiao down. Xiaoxiao happily held the female teacher's hand and walked into the hotel.

Ana stood beside Lu Yichuang, looked at the two people, one big and one small, walking in front of her, and sighed deeply.

Sighed: "It's a pity that she is not Sister Tang."

"You noticed it too?" Lu Yichuan raised a half-smile at the corner of his mouth.

Ana said, "It's obvious. Although she looks exactly like Sister Tang at first glance, if you look at her a little more you will know that there is a big difference."

Lu Yichuan just said "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

Ana nodded.

Ah Na continued, "I remember that Xiaoxiao's English teacher was still a while away from giving birth, how come she was suddenly replaced? And she was replaced by someone who looks so much like Sister Tang. Mr. Lu, do you also think there's something fishy going on?"

"You have seen it, do you think I can't see it?" Lu Yichuan asked back.

Ana touched his head awkwardly. "Anyway, the sudden appearance of a person who looks so similar to me proves that this matter must be very complicated. So who could have done it?"

Lu Yichuan shook his head: "Who do you think it is?"

"It might be the Shen family's doing!"

"is it?"

Lu Yichuang showed a look of obvious disbelief on his face, and he didn't continue talking nonsense with Ana, and walked into the restaurant.

A large and a small group of people have already gone up to the box on the second floor.

Xiaoxiao obviously liked this female teacher very much and kept holding her hand and refused to let go.

The female teacher said: "Xiaoxiao, do you miss your mother?"

Xiaoxiao's expression dimmed instantly: "...I want to."

"Then maybe your mother misses you too." The female teacher's eyes instantly turned red. She lowered her eyes and looked at Xiao Xiao. There was a kind of heartache and regret in her eyes, but these two expressions only lasted for less than two seconds before disappearing completely.

Although her mood changed quickly, Lu Yichuan, who walked in from the box, still saw it all.

He raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Dad." Xiaoxiao called.

Lu Yichuan's consciousness was brought back to his senses.

Ana said, "Have you ordered the food?"

Ana pulled out the chair next to Xiaoxiao, and Lu Yichuang sat in it, then she pulled out the chair next to Lu Yichuang and sat in it.

The female teacher said: "Not yet."

Ana said, "What do you want to eat, teacher?"

The female teacher said, "Except ginger, everything else is fine."

Don't eat ginger.

Tang Asi never ate ginger before.

One time when she had her period, her stomach hurt so badly that she felt like she was dying. She could obviously drink some ginger candy to relieve the pain, but she would rather get a needle in her butt than drink ginger tea to nourish her body.

Lu Yichuang's expression didn't change. He lowered his head and played with his fingers with Xiaoxiao.

Ana withdrew her gaze from Lu Yichuan and looked at the menu again.

He ordered a few dishes at random, but each one was the restaurant's signature dish and was particularly expensive.

After the waiter walked out, Xiaoxiao put his hand in the female teacher's palm again.

Xiao Xiao carefully observed the palm of the female teacher's hand and found that there was also a small black mole under her thumb. She was a little surprised: "Teacher, you have a mole on your hand too."

The female teacher looked at the palm of her hand and smiled: "Well, this mole has been there since birth. In fact, I have quite a lot of moles on my body."

After hearing this, Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Yichuan, who was lowering his head as if handling official business on his phone, but he remained unmoved.

Xiao Xiao sighed softly.

Xiao Xiao: "My mother also has a lot of moles on her body."

"What a coincidence." The female teacher smiled awkwardly.

Knowing that this kind of emotion of hers would bring pressure to the people around her and make them feel a little depressed, Xiao Xiao hid all her negative emotions deep in her heart and put on a cheerful and lively appearance.

She said: "I sat in the middle, my father sat on my right, and the teacher sat on my left. I suddenly felt so happy."

The female teacher smiled awkwardly and looked at Lu Yichuan who put down his phone.

Lu Yichuan opened his mouth to speak when the door of the box was knocked twice from outside, and several waiters came up with dishes.

After the waiter left, Lu Yichuan said, "Teacher, please eat more. Xiaoxiao is a naughty child and often fights with classmates at school. Please take care of her."

The female teacher said, "I heard from other teachers about Xiaoxiao's problems. All the problems have nothing to do with Xiaoxiao. It's the problem of those children. I know everything. Xiaoxiao's father can rest assured."

Lu Yichuan said: "That's fine."

……

After the meal, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Xiaoxiao was so sleepy that she had fallen asleep, lying drowsily in Lu Yichuan's arms.

The female teacher suggested, "Xiaoxiao's father, Xiaoxiao has fallen asleep and has to get up early to go to school tomorrow. You can send Xiaoxiao home first. I can take a taxi back."

Ah Na said, "Teacher, it's okay. I've just called my people and they will come to pick you up soon. There are a lot of bars and barbecue stalls here, and there are a lot of drunk people. It's safer for me to take you home."

The female teacher wanted to refuse, but Ana brought up the drunk man, and the teacher swallowed the words of refusal back.

All I could say was "Thank you."

Only after watching Lu Yichuang and Xiao Xiao get into the driver's car did Ana start the car.

"Teacher, where do you live?" Ana asked.

The female teacher replied: "Haibao Garden."

"Not far, quite close."

"Yes."

The car starts moving.

The female teacher's face suddenly became embarrassed. She no longer had the gentleness and generosity she had just now. Now she looked more stingy and disgusted.

This left Ana completely confused.

Finally, he sent the female teacher to the community and watched her enter the community before he drove the car.

Ana did not go home, but drove to Lu Yichuang's house.

As soon as he entered the door, he rushed to the refrigerator.

He took out a bottle of Coke and drank it in big gulps.

After drinking, he looked at Lu Yichuan, who was sitting on the sofa in brown pajamas.

Ah Na said, "I feel like there's something wrong with this female teacher. When you and Xiao Xiao were here, she was gentle, generous, approachable and lovely. As soon as I started the car, her expression suddenly changed, and she became cold and stingy."

Lu Yichuan laughed out loud, "Interesting."

"Who is she?" Ana wondered, "Do you need me to check?"

"No need." Lu Yichuan said, "I roughly know who it is."