It wasn't until they left the school and got into the car that Nina noticed her bag's zipper was open. She quickly zipped it up and asked, "Orion, do you want to head straight home, or do you want to go somewhere else?" "Let's go straight home, Mom. I'm a bit tired and want to rest. I still have school tomorrow," Orion replied as he fastened his seatbelt.

"Okay, that works for me," Nina agreed, and they chatted as the driver navigated through traffic. Before they knew it, they were back home.

Once inside, Orion didn't stay in the living room to play like he usually did. He took off his coat, changed into his house slippers, and ran up to Nina. "Mom, I'm going upstairs to do my homework. I should finish before dinner."

"Homework?" Nina was taken aback by the phrase. After all, Orion was only in preschool, not elementary school. Why did he have homework already? She understood that teachers assigned it for the kids' benefit, but she couldn't help but worry that the pace might be too fast.

"Yes! The teacher said we need to start getting into the habit of doing homework, or we might struggle in elementary school. The assignments aren't hard. I can do them quickly," Orion replied, not at all concerned.

room, Orion pulled out the booklet the school had given him and placed it on the table for Nina to see. "Mom, the

letters were simple, making them easy to write. The math focused on comparing numbers up to twenty, which wasn't too difficult for a child

do you understand all the assignments? If there's anything you don't get, I can explain it to you now," Nina offered as

up his pencil and quickly completed a page of math problems. "Mom, I can do all

dinner, I'll check your homework," Nina said, feeling confident in her

prison guard. That would only

she walked out, she instinctively lightened her footsteps and returned to the

cup of milk tea in his

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