Zayn withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as
though he couldn't care less about the kids' behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.
Turning to Ruby, he said, "I'll entrust the kids to you then."
"Of course, of course! I'll take very good care of them. Don't worry, Mr. Giblo!" Ruby and the
other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.
Zayn took one last look at the kids before leaving.
As he walked away, Josh stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but
seeing as Randy wasn't saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.
"Goodbye, Uncle Zay!"
In the end, it was Venus who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her
adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zayn's heart.
He turned around to look at her, his lips curving into a smile. "Goodbye!"
"Goodbye, Uncle Zay…" Josh finally summoned up the courage to wave to him.
Zayn returned his wave. He then turned to look at Randy, who had remained silent up till
now.
Randy seemed a little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zayn, but waved
politely anyway.
Feeling slightly better, Zayn turned to leave at last.
At the very least, he could confirm that the children did not detest him. This meant that he
had succeeded in his first step!
"Mr. Giblo, I'll send you off, " Ruby said, leading the way back to the drop-off point.
"Alright, children, we'll continue distributing the presents, " the teachers called, gesturing at
the students to settle down. "These are from Randy, Josh, and Venus. What should you say
to them?"
The students look at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and
said, "Thank you to Randy, Josh, and Venus's Daddy for these presents…"
Zayn stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find
that they were all looking at him, too.
Venus twiddled her fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to look at the floor.
Randy opened and shut his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but chose to
remain silent in the end.
However, Josh returned their smile gamely and chirped, "No problem! Hope all of you like
them."
"Thank you!" The students let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their
presents excitedly.
Zayn smirked, feeling a sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple
creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice to you as well…
…
Carla was resting at home when she heard a sudden commotion of cars outside the
house.
She flipped out of bed and walked over to the floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy
right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, a group of workers was
delivering a bunch of items into the house.
Carla squinted and realized that most of the items were medical supplies.
She felt a little confused, but she didn't ask any questions.
"Move quietly!" Mrs. Bolistin hissed urgently. "Miss Wigston is resting upstairs."
The workers nodded immediately, afraid that they might wake Miss Giblo up if they moved
too loudly.
At that moment, there was a knock on Carla's bedroom door.
"Come in!" she called.
A maid pushed open the door and stepped into the room with a new phone in hand. "Miss
Wigston, this is the new phone that Mr. Giblo has bought for you. The SD card has already
been replaced, and your phone number is the same as before."
"Thank you." Carla took the phone from her. After the maid left, she closed the door and
turned on the phone immediately.
This was her third phone in the span of two months. Something always seemed to happen
to her phone—it either fell onto the ground and shattered into pieces, or went missing all of
a sudden.
However, Zayn always replaced her phone quietly after those incidents.
It had been a few days since she last contacted Mrs. Borah and Diane. They were probably
worried sick by now. As soon as she managed to turn on the phone, Carla gave Mrs.
Borah a call. For some reason, however, nobody picked up.
She called Diane instead. Thankfully, Diane picked up the call immediately. "Carla!"
"Diane, are you alright?" Carla asked, feeling rather guilty. "The last time you came to my
house, something happened to you. When I sent you to the hospital, something bad
happened again…"
"Please, I'm the one who should be worried, alright?" Diane exclaimed. "The property
management office said you had gone missing. I nearly called the police!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine, " Carla said comfortingly. "And what about you?"
"I'm fine. I was just startled to death the other day, but I woke up from my coma soon
enough. As for you…oh, by the way, your boyfriend's subordinate—Benard, was it?—came to
look for me."
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