To make He Yu regret - Chapter 17

☆ Little princess’s dog

In the end, they didn’t buy dried sweet potatoes. On that sneak out with his mother, He Yu noted the timing, location, and transportation, but he forgot to remind Jiang Mingzhen to bring money.

They arrived at the vegetable market and returned empty-handed. However, the symptoms from dried sweet potatoes of Miss Jiang were relieved because of their trip.

She no longer sighed. The two also ushered in the start of preschool smoothly. The thing she was worried about didn’t happen at all. On the contrary, she was very popular in preschool. Everyone in the class knew that as long as they play well with Jiang Mingzhen, they would get delicious food and fun. Jiang Mingzhen had the most toys. The toys she brought to school weren’t taken back home again. She would give them to whoever pleases her eyes. Jiang Mingzhen’s mother always bought some food and drinks to the school every Friday. It was for her daughter, but she always bought more. That ‘more’ portion was enough for the teachers and classmates in the class, and there was plenty of surplus.

Every Friday, Jiang Mingzhen was the little princess in the class. The tempting food was neatly placed on her desk, and she began to separate them out infront of all the children. The person who played best with her was the first to be named by Jiang Mingzhen, and was also the most assigned.

“He Yu, take as much as you want.” Jiang Mingzhen called the first name, and he was the first one without exception. Everyone knew that the relationship between He Yu and Jiang Mingzhen was extraordinary. The two go to school and leave school together, sit at the same desk, and always stay together when playing games between classes. The reason was also spread among children that He Yu’s mother was the nanny of Jiang Mingzhen’s family. Every week, Jiang Mingzhen’s mother brought things which were carried by the nanny.

“He Yu is a servant of Jiang Mingzhen’s family” That was what they thought.

Someone even said, “He Yu is a dog raised by Jiang Mingzhen.”

There were a few children in the class next door who knew Jiang Mingzhen. When He Yu first visited Jiang Mingzhen’s house, she asked them to visit her house. They were all impressed with He Yu that day. They found He Yu when Jiang Mingzhen was away.

“Why are you playing so well with Jiang Mingzhen now?” They were curious.

“Did you really become her dog?”

He Yu couldn’t answer. He was six years old and seemed to be more silent than other six-year-olds.

Compared to Jiang Mingzhen, who was surrounded by many partners, He Yu didn’t make any new friends. The children in the class followed Jiang Mingzhen to call him “He Yu”. Everyone knew that he was from the country and had a funny accent. One of the kids mimicked his accent and made fun of it. When He Yu tried to resist the person who was joking, “Can you not talk like me?”  

The clown kid stuck his tongue out and continued to say in the accent: “Can you not let me talk!” At that time, Jiang Mingzhen laughed with everyone, the imitator imitated too well and amused her. She had no way of knowing that deep in He Yu’s heart, he would feel inferior because of a joke, after all, he had never told her. When everyone laughed at him, he always looked calm. Jiang Mingzhen was super happy to be in preschool with He Yu. She felt that she and He Yu had a great time here every day. During the class, he sat in his seat, holding his box of marker drawings whose surface patterns were about to be broken. When she saw him, she got up.

“He Yu, stop drawing. Let’s go play shuttlecock with me.” So He Yu joined the shuttlecock team, which was all girls. Not long after Jiang Mingzhen learned to hit the shuttlecock. She hit it and the shuttlecock fell to the ground. After bending over to pick it up a few times, she got exhausted. Accidentally she hit it farther, she asked He Yu who was standing next to her for help, “Will you pick up the shuttlecock?”

He went to pick it up without saying a word. He Yu was really convenient to use. Jiang Mingzhen subconsciously began to rely on him, and called him to pick it up if the shuttlecock went far. Gradually, other girls copied Jiang Mingzhen and asked He Yu to help them pick the shuttlecock. After that, the girls who hit the shuttlecock would inevitably call He Yu… He was like a dog. Even if someone else said it, he couldn’t think of a rebuttal.

The dog would pick up the ball for the owner, and he would pick up the shuttlecock. He Yu, who obeyed Jiang Mingzhen’s words, was much more obedient than a dog. Because of the status of the nanny’s son, in the eyes of everyone, including Aunt Fan, the head of the Jiang family, Jiang Mingzhen, and even He Yu himself saw himself as a lowly person.

That identity spread along more and more people. The ones joining this contempt circle were classmates and teachers in the school. It had slowly grown to the point where he felt deeply uncomfortable Something went wrong. “Where did Jiang Mingzhen go? Why didn’t you watch her? Call her back to class,” the teacher said to him.

He recalled the insults and sat silently not obeying the teacher. Her classmates gave him a new nickname, “Pug”. Jiang Mingzhen heard it as she entered the room, she asked why. They said that because He Yu was the dog of Jiang Mingzhen’s family from the village.

“Do you also think he is like a puppy!” She said, “I felt the same a long time ago! His eyes are round like a puppy, and he is always good!”

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