Chapter 4

After school started,

It wasn't long before the first act of me being the biggest fool in my last life came around.

Both in my last life and this one, I still couldn't understand.

How could parents not even pay their child's tuition?

Were they really just expecting others to raise their kid?

In my last life, I paid for Mia’s tuition on my phone.

I had no idea Skylar's tuition hadn't been paid.

Not until Skylar's homeroom teacher called and asked me to come to school. That's when I found out.

Yes, David and Brenda had directly put *my* information in the child's guardian contact section.

When I arrived at school, I saw Skylar standing in the office, head down.

It was clearly her parents' fault, but she looked as if she’d committed some terrible mistake, and it broke my heart.

I quickly paid her tuition.

Then I told her to go back to class and study hard.

"Auntie, why didn't Mia's homeroom teacher call you?"

Looking at Skylar's pitiful expression,

How could I say: "I already paid my daughter's tuition, who knew your parents simply don't care about you?"

Fearing she might resent her parents later, I suppressed my anger towards David and Brenda and patiently explained:

"This is all Auntie's fault. I paid Mia's tuition a long time ago. Your parents just transferred your tuition to me yesterday, and I was so busy with you two starting school that I completely forgot!"

Yet, later, in her public diary, she wrote this:

"My parents clearly transferred my tuition and living expenses to Auntie a long time ago, but Auntie refused to pay my tuition until I was called out by the teacher in front of the whole class. Only then did she reluctantly pay the tuition that should have been settled before school even started. This small incident, however, became an unforgettable scar for me throughout my senior year."

After the second time I hung up on Skylar's homeroom teacher,

My phone once again showed a missed call notification.

I finally picked it up, exasperated.

"Hello, is this Skylar's guardian?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's like this, we need you to come to school for a moment."

"I understand."

Although it was still unavoidable to go to their school, this time I wasn't so flustered.

I carefully tidied myself up.

Then I went to a local bakery and bought a strawberry cake Mia liked, and ordered her a bubble tea.

High school is stressful, and eating some favorite desserts can relieve it.

But in the last life, because I had to raise two children,

and when buying anything, I always had to buy two copies.

Plus various tutoring fees, rent, etc., Mark and I were also under considerable financial pressure.

So I rarely bought these non-essential treats for the kids.

But this time I wouldn't treat Skylar equally.

So there was no need to save this little snack.