Chapter 293 - Gossipy Teachers

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After a week's break, Edith returned to the kindergarten to resume work. The moment she arrived, her colleagues walked over to her with concern. They were relieved upon hearing that Edith's grandfather had recovered well. Just as everyone was about to depart, someone saw that Edith was carrying a few paper bags in her hand. 

"Teacher Qian, what did you bring?" Teacher Guo asked. She peeked at the paper bag and saw the brand printed on it. 

"This," Edith stretched her hands. "Please distribute these for everyone."

Teacher Guo peeked into the bag and took out a box. Looking at the red box, Teacher Guo then raised her head and looked at Edith with a hesitant gaze. "This… Teacher Qian, don't tell me that this is wedding candies."

Edith flashed a timid smile. "It is. I got a marriage certificate last week."

"Ah?" Teacher Guo had wanted to joke but was not expecting that Edith would really tell them that she had received a marriage certificate. Her gaze moved towards the ring on Edith's finger and only then that she was convinced.

"Teacher Qian, why didn't we know that you have a boyfriend," Teacher Shen teased. Her expression froze as a thought came to her mind. "Don't tell me that you got married to for your grandfather's sake? It couldn't be that you married a total stranger?"

Teacher Shen was a fan of dramas and had watched something similar to this plot. The grandfather was sickly and was worried about his only granddaughter. To ensure her sick grandfather, Edith chose to get married to a stranger… 

Suddenly, Teacher Shen's thoughts went wild. Teacher Qian had that innocent look on her face and as the eldest, Teacher Shen was a little worried.

Edith felt the corner of her lips twitched the moment she saw the look on Teacher Shen's face. "Teacher Shen, please don't think too much. My husband and I have been dating for months."

"You really hid your relationship well," Teacher Guo said. "We didn't even realize that you are in a relationship. Teacher Qian, congratulations. Please invite us over to your wedding."

"Of course." Edith nodded.

At this time the headmistress entered the room and the teachers began to scatter to get into their classes.

Edith walked over and greeted the headmistress. The headmistress and her mother-in-law are good friends and were aware of Edith's relationship with Neil.

"Teacher Qian, congratulations on your marriage."

"Headmistress Fu, thank you," Edith looked at the headmistress and hesitated. "I took a few weeks off without saying anything to you. Sorry for the inconvenience I caused."

After the headmistress was aware of her relationship with Neil, she had not mentioned a word to her colleagues and had looked after her well. Edith was grateful for the headmistress's help.

Edith had thought that she would lose her job after she did not show up at the kindergarten for a few days. Surprisingly, the headmistress had called and told her that she can return anytime she wanted.

Headmistress Fu held on Edith's hand and patted it gently. "Your mother-in-law has already told me what happened. How's your grandfather? Is he well now?"

"Mmm… My grandfather's health is better these days. He had already returned to our hometown yesterday." Edith heaved a sigh as she thought of her grandfather. 

Her grandfather was thought that it would be inappropriate to continue to stay with the Mo family after staying for a couple of weeks. At least, if he returned to Z Town, he would be free to move around anywhere he pleased.

After assuring his granddaughter that he will not try anything dangerous or try to trick her, Edith finally let her grandfather return to Z Town.

"It's good that your grandfather had recovered well. Your mother-in-law and I are good friends. Later, if you encountered any trouble, come over and look for me."

The two of them exchanged a few words before Edith went back to her class and resumed her class. The children saw her walked into the class and started to cheer up happily. A few of them rushed over to hug her.

Seeing this situation, the little girl who was sitting alone in the corner of the classroom walked over to join the others. Hazel skilfully slipped through the others and held on Edith's hand tightly. 

Her eyes widened with amazement, knowing that the tricks that she learned from her great-grandfather were very useful.

After a while, Edith was finally able to calm down those little kids and they all went back to their place before the class started.

…

The class was especially lively on that day and the children were very enthusiastic since their teacher had returned. In the end, Edith found herself especially tired after entertaining the kids' endless questions.

After the kids had left, Edith noticed that a few teachers had not left and instead hang around at the entrance.

Seeing her coming over, Teacher Guo smiled and explained, "Teacher Qian, I heard that the others were curious about your husband. You have gotten married recently and the others were sure that he would come over to pick you up."

They had seen the brand on the box and tasted the candies. After discussing among themselves for a while, the teachers concluded that Edith's husband was not someone ordinary. The candies were expensive and it was not something that someone with a kindergarten teacher could afford. 

Edith turned to the others and watched them helplessly. "Teacher Guo, my husband is still working at this time. He won't be coming over to pick me up."

Of course, Edith did not tell them that later on, it was her who will be heading over to MH Group to pick up her husband from work.

The others heard her words and quickly heaved a sigh of disappointment and dispersed.

Her lips twitched as she watched everyone walked away. She had never thought that the fellow teachers to be very gossipy. It seemed that spending their time with the kids for long hours had made them quite bored.

Edith made a note to tell Neil not to show up at the kindergarten lest the teachers would get over-excited. At this time, she was a little too shy to explain her love story with Neil.

Once everyone had dispersed, Edith reached to hold Hazel's hand and the two walked over towards the vehicle, where Driver Tang was waiting for them. 

Edith sent a few texts to a few people and turned to the little girl beside her. "Hazel, do you want to come over with me to Auntie Lily's place?"

Hazel's eyes turned brighter. "Will Alex be there as well?"

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