"We have a team-building event tonight," Juliette said happily."Huh? Why so sudden?" Sonnet was surprised. If it was a team-building event, they should have been notified of it several days in advance."I don't know. The principal notified me when I came to work in the afternoon. Do you know what’s the most important thing? The location of the event!" Juliette said excitedly."Where?" Sonnet asked curiously."In the evening, we’ll have the luxurious buffet at Grand Harbor City Hotel before we head to karaoke!""Grand Harbor City Hotel's luxurious buffet?" Sonnet was also surprised. "It costs 200 to 300 dollars per person there, right?""Isn't that right? I've never been to a team-building event that's as luxurious. In past events, our school would just reserve a private room that would fit two or three tables!" Juliette echoed.The teachers were quite happy all afternoon. Everyone waited for the children to be picked up by their parents in the evening before they went to touch
After taking the gifts, everyone set off for Grand Harbor City Hotel.Sonnet walked out of the school gate with Juliette and saw a small van parked outside.“Wow! Did our school get a donation from parents? Why is the principal so generous to rent a van for the team building event?” Juliette whispered.Sonnet patted her and said, “Have you forgotten? The school’s expenses are unified and allocated by the headquarters. The team-building cost should be allocated by the headquarters as well.”“But our school hasn’t achieved anything remarkable recently. Why did the headquarters allocate so much more team-building expenses than usual?” Juliette tilted her head and asked. Sonnet was choked up. She was right. It was indeed strange.Miss Jean came over with a mysterious smile and said, “Is it possible that we’re benefiting because of Sonnet?”Juliette suddenly realized it and clapped her hands. “Ah, that’s possible! Sonnet’s boyfriend is Mr. Yates, and if he wants the headquarters to
Johnson snickered but said nothing.Sonnet turned her head to look out the window.It had to be said that although Johnson’s behavior was a bit over the top, it still warmed her heart.Recently, she changed her opinion of him a lot. She was afraid that over time, she would owe him more and more favors that she could never repay…A few days later, Sonnet’s morning sickness improved a lot and her appetite increased. Calculating the time, she was almost three months pregnantOn this day, she went to class as usual and got up to go to the bathroom during the break.They were sitting in the middle rows of the lecture hall today, so she had to walk to the very bottom to get to the bathroom.The aisle between the seats was a bit narrow, and there were many people, so Sonnet moved forward slowly with the crowd.Suddenly, she heard a scream from behind, and then she felt someone pushing her from the back, causing her to lose her balance and fall forward.The girl in front reacted quick
Sonnet did not even have the chance to shriek before Laurel screamed out loud as if she were the one getting carried.“Mr. Yates, you’re really overflowing with power! There aren’t many men these days who can easily carry their girlfriends this way!” Laurel gave Johnson a thumbs up.Johnson responded to her praise with a slight smile. “Thank you for taking care of my Sonnet today. I’ll treat you girls to a meal next time! I’ll take Sonnet home now.”“Go ahead, go ahead!” Laurel quickly replied.Johnson nodded at Vespa, then carried Sonnet away.After watching the two of them disappear from view, Laurel and Vespa came back to their senses.Laurel could not help but exclaim, “Sonnet is really lucky to have met such a man.”“I heard that her previous husband was also very good to her,” Vespa said softly.“But it seems like she had quite a difficult life in the past, so it can be said she has finally tasted the fruits of her labor.”“I wish I could meet a man who’s one-tenth as go
Sonnet had no choice but to sit on the bed and eat.Sophia watched her eat and asked, “What exactly happened? Why’d you suddenly fall?”Sonnet talked about how she was pushed down by someone while she was eating. “I don’t really know what actually happened behind me.”Johnson listened with a frown and immediately called Carter.Sonnet slept that night without having any incidents and insisted on going to class the next day.In class, Laurel talked about the incident the day before, and Sonnet finally found out what had happened.It turned out that a student at the top of the lecture hall was preparing to go down when she slipped and fell onto the person standing in front of her. The person in front of her was caught off guard and fell onto the person in front of her, causing a domino effect. It went on until one of them bumped into Sonnet.The person in front of Sonnet reacted quickly and avoided the fall, so Sonnet fell to the ground.Laurel finished telling the story and said
As Vespa had said, accidents like trampling in the lecture hall were very rare. It was because the steps in the staircase classroom were relatively low and wide, and the students who attended classes were all young people. It was not easy to fall unless there was a special reason.If someone had deliberately spilled oil on the stairs, then this person’s intentions were too vicious.Sonnet could not be sure if this person was targeting her, but regardless of their motive, it was necessary to find out who it was. Otherwise, such trampling incidents might happen again and again.They went to the security room, and the security guard looked surprised. “What? You want to see the surveillance footage? No way. Surveillance footage can’t be shown to just anyone. If you want to see it, you have to get a note from the school leaders.”“Yesterday, there was an accident in the lecture hall. I think you know about it. I’m the person who almost got hurt. I want to see what happened yesterday.
Sonnet sniffed it but did not notice anything unusual. “Really? I don’t feel like anything’s different.”Vespa opened the tea strainer in the thermos and looked at the herbs floating inside. She suddenly raised her eyebrows, reached in with her fingers and squeezed out a small red leaf.“Look at this,” she said in a deep voice.Sonnet did not know much about herbs. “What is it?”“Safflower.”Sonnet was surprised. Even if she did not know much about herbs, she was familiar with the name.In those medieval dramas, safflower was the sacred medicine used to induce miscarriages in the palace.Laurel was also shocked when she heard what Vespa said. “Are you talking about those safflowers that can cause women to miscarry?”Vespa nodded slowly.“How’d you know about this?” Sonnet asked her.“Remember my brother broke his leg years ago? He took herbal medicine for a while. The traditional doctor often prescribed herbs like this to promote blood flow. I boiled medicine for my brother e
The next day, Sonnet brought her thermos to class as usual.Vespa asked, “Are you still bringing your prenatal tea today?”Sonnet looked helpless and replied, “Yes, I told Aunt York that I’m okay, but she insists that there’s no harm in drinking it.”“You’re lucky to have an aunt who cares about you so much!” Vespa envied.Sonnet smiled warmly and said, “Yes, I think Aunt York is so kind too.”She took a sip of the tea, frowned, and put the thermos aside, saying, “It might be good for me, but this herbal tea really doesn’t taste good.”“Good medicine is bitter, and since it’s good for the baby, you have to endure it,” Vespa advised her.During the break, Sonnet took Vespa and Laurel to the restroom together.Maggie watched them leave the classroom, then quietly got up and went to their seats.She took Sonnet’s thermos, unscrewed the lid, and quickly put a bunch of red flowers from her pocket into the thermos. Then, she put the tea strainer back in place.Luckily, there was a