Zuo Yu’an deliberately remembered the name of this rice noodle shop, thinking about inviting Lu Kuò over another day, and silently followed her steps.
The first week of school, the school arranged a parent-teacher meeting. Zhu Yu’an’s parents had been in Qining recently and weren’t on a business trip, but because of their special identities, it was inconvenient to attend the meeting. Besides, Zhu Yu’an was too outstanding, completely not needing his parents to worry, so Cheng Zhimin felt very at ease letting the nanny attend.
While Lu Kuo was the opposite, because his grades were too poor, his mother didn’t want to come to school and embarrass herself, so she also hired a nanny to take care of him.
Two young boys stood under the teaching building, waiting for the parent-teacher meeting to finish, feeling a sense of camaraderie.
Cheng Chen and Ting Lan were also waiting downstairs in the teaching building. Ting Lan was relaxed, knowing that her mother would definitely be proud of her at the parent-teacher meeting. As for Cheng Chen, her grades had always been average, not outstanding but not bad either. As long as nothing special happened, the parent-teacher meeting should go smoothly.
There were quite a few students waiting for their parents nearby, and some of them chatted from time to time.
Have you seen the parents of Zhuo Yunan and Lu Kuo?
“Saw it, pretty plain.”
“Judging by their everyday attire, I thought they came from wealthy families.”
But looking at their mothers, they all seem pretty ordinary. Isn’t Lu Kuo’s pair of shoes worth several months’ salary for his mother?
“Putting on a facade of grandeur, this vanity is too strong.”
Zhuo Yu’an and Lu Kuo both transferred from the capital city, and because they naturally possess superior temperament and outstanding looks, they have attracted much attention. Inevitably, there are classmates who envy them, and now that they see their parents dressed plainly, it seems like they have finally found a point to attack them.
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Lan had heard all of this conversation, and actually paid attention to their mother earlier. She was indeed different from what she had imagined.
Cheng Chen said: “Lu Kuo acting tough and pretending to be important is indeed like his style, but Zhuo Yu’an doesn’t seem like it.”
Listening Lan smiled without saying anything, not very concerned. But her gaze turned to Zhuo Yu an in the distance. Unexpectedly, he also happened to look over. Through the noisy classmates, their eyes met. Zhuo Yu an didn’t mean to avoid it, staring straight at her. This was the first time she had looked at him directly in a long time. His heart swelled and ached uncontrollably. He couldn’t bear to look away, hoping that she could look at him for a while longer and keep her gaze on him.
But Lin quickly shifted his gaze, no longer looking at him.
The murmur of the crowd reached both Zhuo Yu’an and Lu Kuo, but the two paid it no heed. Lu Kuo chuckled, “If my mother knew she’d be misunderstood, she’d have brought her eight hundred-meter long sword.”
Zhuo Yu’an, however, thought that if the nanny were his mother, that would be pretty good. He was closer to the nanny than he was to his mother.
Then someone said, “Are you all blind? That’s their nanny, not their mother.”
Ah, I see.
The few students who had been discussing the most animatedly all fell silent.
After the parent-teacher meeting ended, parents streamed out of the teaching building one after another. Students went to find their respective parents. Tinglan was very nervous, afraid that her mother would see Zhuo YUAN. She kept a safe distance from Zhuo YUAN, and after being picked up by her mother from the teaching building, she hurriedly took her mother’s arm and left, fearing that if she stayed any longer, she would be seen.
When Zhang He came out, she was in a good mood and was praised by the teacher in front of all the parents.
She was showered with praise, even asked to take the stage and share her experience on how she raised such an outstanding child. As a mother, her vanity and sense of pride reached unprecedented heights.
The nanny who works for Zhuo Yuan’s house walked out of the parent-teacher conference with a smile on her face, but the nanny wasn’t focused on the child’s excellent performance. Instead, she had a little bit of gossip in her heart. The main reason she came to school was to see which girl had bewitched Yuan.
The nanny was very perceptive. Her primary task in Qining’s life was to care for him, watching over all his joys and sorrows as a young man. So she was full of curiosity about the girl. But she was destined to be disappointed because from beginning to end, he was only ever accompanied by that Master Lu.
After greeting them, she hurried home to report the parent-teacher meeting results to Teacher Cheng.
Life after school started was actually boring and tedious. Every day, it was just classes and endless homework.
Tinglan is still focused on her studies. Because of her good grades, she was elected as the study committee member by her classmates. Therefore, besides her own study time, she also has to be responsible for summarizing the knowledge points learned this week for the class every week.
Lu Kuo still lay on his desk every day, because the seat next to Cheng Chen was empty. He simply sat over there and shared a desk with Cheng Chen. Every day he either slept or teased Cheng Chen, infuriating him to pinch him hard. This made him happy.
Zuo Yu’an no longer ran to their classroom every day, and sometimes he would disappear from the campus for a long time. It was said that he went to Senzhou to participate in some competition. Anyway, his grades were good. Besides getting second place once, he just casually took first place every other time. The teachers also turned a blind eye.
However not
Wherever he is, every Friday he returns to school because this semester, to Lu Kuo’s surprise, he has unprecedentedly taken on the role of the school’s radio announcer.
His program is fixed to air during the time slot after school every Friday afternoon.
For several weeks now, Lu Kuo still couldn’t believe it. It was Zhuo Yu’an! He had always been low-key and disliked being in the spotlight. Let alone reading on the school broadcast, he wouldn’t even bother reading a passage in class.
Lu Kuo asked curiously, “When did you develop this interest? You have quite a wide range of hobbies.”
His first broadcast was reading Hai Zi’s poem “Bride”.
…played several weeks’ worth of ballads.
And today, he read another poem, Haizi’s “Diary”.
Sister, tonight I am in Derlingha, the night is draped over.
Sister, tonight I only have the desert.
At the end of the prairie, I have nothing in my hands.
When in sorrow, one cannot hold even a single tear.
…..
…..
Tonight, I only have the beautiful emptiness of the desert.
The schoolyard bustled with students leaving for the day, and his gentle and soothing voice echoed softly in the air. His voice was pleasing to the ear, his Mandarin standard with a touch of tenderness. Many students slowed their pace to finish listening.
Tonight I don’t care about humans, I just want you.
After the last word was read, music should have played, but it never did. There was a long silence in its place, which inexplicably brought a tinge of sadness.
Even Lu Ku, who is usually carefree and outgoing, seemed to be swept up in the excitement. Outside the studio after the show ended, he rushed to meet Zhu Yu’an, grabbing his arm and asking:
“What older sister? When did you have one I don’t know about?”
“Have you met my older sister?”
Zhuo Yu’an didn’t expect Lu Kuo to be so understanding, and he opened his hand with a slightly “disapproving” look. He didn’t want everyone to understand his broadcasting program, but he knew someone must be able to.