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On the third day of my business trip, a new female parent suddenly joined my son's parent chat group, which had been quiet for so long. I clicked on the voice message, and an unfamiliar, sweet female voice played. "Hello everyone, I'm the new language arts teacher at the school, and I'm also Dylan's mom. Looking forward to getting to know you all~" My whole body stiffened. I clicked into the group members list and compared them repeatedly. My son's name is Dylan. She says she's Dylan's mom. Then who am I? I immediately called my husband. "Did someone get added to Dylan's parent group by mistake?" On the other end of the line, his voice paused for a moment, then he laughed casually as if nothing was wrong. "Oh, probably just a mix-up. There are so many kids at the school, it's normal to have duplicate names. Did something happen?" I said with a smile that it was nothing, then hung up. That same night, I caught the first flight back and headed straight to my son's school. The plane landed and I took a cab directly to my son's elementary school. He's seven years old this year, in first grade. It was 1 PM—the first class had just started. The security guard was very responsible. As soon as he learned I was a student's parent, he called the homeroom teacher. A few minutes later, a girl wearing a white shirt and black skirt, looking like she'd just graduated, came running