Ning Zhi sat in the passenger seat and went to school with little Lu Jue again the next morning.

Both little Lu Jue and Lu Shenyuan sat in the back of the car with Mother Lu sitting next to the two of them. She insisted on taking the kids to school every day.

Ning Zhi learned from the dialogs between Mother Lu and Lu Shenyuan that Lu Shenyuan was in the academically-focused class and little Lu Jue was in a regular class. The two did not belong to the same class.

Mother Lu wished that the two of them could be in the same class; that way little Lu Jue would have his older brother to look over him. She was, however, not a selfish one, and did not want to sacrifice Lu Shenyuan’s grades for the sake of taking care of little Lu Jue.

When Mother Lu returned from her gathering that night, she immediately went to visit her son on the second floor.

Aunty Feng reluctantly prepared the bath water for little Lu Jue. She quickly walked up to Mother Lu with a smile when she saw Mother Lu walking inside. “Madam, you are back.”

“How’s Xiao Jue doing today?” Her son was nice and docile and would never cause any trouble. Mother Lu, however, wished that he could be more active like other kids, even if that means he would get into troubles from time to time.

Seeing that Mother Lu had returned, Ning Zhi patted little Lu Jue next to her and said to him, “Hurry up. Tell your Mommy that this old witch hit you.”

Little Lu Jue’s ear was reddened from being twisted. Ning Zhi checked on it. Lucky there was no tears.

Her heart ached and she talked softly next to little Lu Jue’s ear. “Xiao Juejue, you need to tell the adults that the old witch hit you. You can just let the bad people bully you.”

The maid took advantage of the fact that little Lu Jue didn’t like to talk and wouldn’t hurt even when hit, nor would he cry. Which was why she felt that she could do whatever she pleased.

Ning Zhi taught him. “You need to learn to tell on them!”

Little Lu Jue’s little face was long. He did not respond to her. His ear itched from being blown on and he cocked his little head.

Ning Zhi walked inside the house.

Then, a little boy walked down from upstairs. He was much taller than when she saw him the time before.

Lu Shenyuan was fair and delicate when he was a child. He had on a clean, white shirt but Ning Zhi really couldn’t be fond of him.

Lu Shenyuan said politely, “Aunty Feng, my mother had to head out today. Thank you for taking care of Xiao Jue.”

As though something had occurred to him, he went on to say, “I am going to meet up with my classmates at the library so I won’t be doing on my homework assignments with Xiao Jue. Please pass the message onto Xiao Jue, Aunty Feng, and keep an eye out on him when he work on his homework assignments.”

Her lips twitched a little and she tried to find the right word choice in order to not hurt his fragile feelings. “Your clothes……”

It wasn’t every day that Lu Jue would respond back to her, “Pretty.”

Ning Zhi, “……”

She mellowed out her voice and wooed him. “They are too bright and don’t look good on you. The red one that I bought for you is very pretty. You should dress in red.”

Lu Jue gave her a sideway glance before he quickly averted his eyes. His lips were shut tightly.

Even though his look didn’t change much, Ning Zhi could tell that he was unhappy from the two black clouds over his head.

Conflicted, Ning Zhi said, “Okay, how about this? You can wear your floral prints at night, but wear red in the day time? You look the best when you are in red.”

Ning Zhi pointed at the little boy in the picture and asked Mother Lu, “Mom, who is this little boy?”

“You couldn’t tell? That’s Shenyuan, Xiao Jue’s big brother,” said Mother Lu with a smile. “This was the first picture that we have taken together since we have adopted Shenyuan.”

Ning Zhi frowned. No wonder she thought the little boy at the kindergarten looked familiar when she saw him. The familiar feel came from her memory. The original owner had seen Lu Shenyuan before.

Xiao Jue in the picture was a little bit older than he was when he was in kindergarten. Meaning to say that Lu Shenyuan had not yet been adopted at that time.

“Ah, you two are back. C’mon over and join us,” said Mother Lu happily when she saw Ning Zhi home. “Xiao Jue, your dad and your big brother are back. Come say hi.”

Father Lu and Lu Shenyuan had been developing their business overseas before now and had just flown back today.

Father Lu didn’t say anything when he saw the clothes that Lu Jue was wearing but he couldn't help but looked disappointed. “You two went out today?”

Ning Zhi, holding onto Lu Jue’s hand, walked over and sat down on the couch. “Yes, I took Lu Jue out today.”

Father Lu was a bit surprised. His younger son hasn’t left the house in over 6 months.

This little fool was nothing but a treasure chest. One only needed to push open a lid a tiny bit and the lights would shine out from the inside.

Ning Zhi walked over to Lu Jue, reached out to his shirt, and buttoned it up for him. “Lu Jue, you are so good looking.”

Lu Jue’s eyelids, lowered, shuddered slightly. His lips were pressed shut tightly and a little sun popped into the indicator above his head.

Ning Zhi was pleasantly surprised. Oh, so he liked compliments from her?

Ning Zhi was going to dish out more compliments when Lu Jue abruptly turned and walked over to a rack of clothes. “Pretty.”

Ning Zhi whispered into his ear tenderly. Lu Jue kept his eyes lowered and all he could hear was her voice.

Feeling that the big hand started to relax and the black cloud over Lu Jue’s head had disappeared, Ning Zhi’s lips curved upward. Little Lu Jue was easy to woo, as was big Lu Jue.

There are many designer stores on the second floor.

Ning Zhi walked into one of them with Lu Jue by her side. Knowing that it would bother Lu Jue, she had the salesperson kept their distance.

There are many new designs in the shop. Ning Zhi was a little disappointed that she had yet to regain her beauty. She picked out one that she liked and was about to go try it on.

“I am going to go try it on. You wait for me here, okay?” Ning Zhi wasn’t too worried as there were bodyguards around them.

Inside the car.

Ning Zhi looked at Lu Jue sitting next to her and saw the black cloud in the indicator above his head. She found that amusing.

Some autistic people had their own daily routines and, when they were interrupted or interfered with, it would cause make them feel unhappy or anxiety.

Lu Jue went jogging in the morning every day and would play with his puzzle, on his computer, and read at specific hours in the afternoon. It was as though they had an alarm clock set and was both rigid and boring.

Being dragged out by Ning Zhi interrupted his routine and, as such, Lu Jue was unhappy right now.