Bai Ziren really wanted to do something for Cheng Jingbo, but he didn't know what he could do. Thinking of what Mu Zibei said, people with a full stomach are the happiest. She decided to be more realistic and go to the supermarket to buy some for him on weekends. food.
As a result, she bought nearly 500 yuan of things. There were too many things and it was inconvenient to carry them. She packed them into boxes and sent them to his school.
On Monday afternoon, Bai Ziren received a call from Cheng Jingbo, saying that the things had arrived.
"Are you sure you didn't send things to kindergarten children?" Cheng Jingbo asked.
Bai Ziren was a little ashamed. She remembered that she had put a pack of bear biscuits and mango-flavored juice in her hand.
"I read the card you wrote and loved it."
She wrote a line on the card, which read: "Hui Er is good to me, let's walk hand in hand."
This is a sentence she likes, which roughly means that those who love me and spoil me, I will move forward with you.
"I'm reminded of a friend who said that on his third wedding anniversary."
"..."
"I understand what you mean."
She was at a loss for words, and it always felt weird. It was a very sincere sentence, and he seemed to understand it as a hint from her.
He didn't do it on purpose, did he
But now I don't have time to think about it, she quickly asked him how things are going at school, he simply said that everything is fine and there is no need to worry, and then asked her how her day was, what she had for lunch, and what time will it be later Back to the dormitory, exactly the same as usual.
After the phone call ended, Bai Ziren felt a little worried, but he was powerless, and walked towards the laboratory with his head down.
On the other side, Cheng Jingbo had just put the box full of snacks under the table when the door of the office was pushed open. Teacher Shen walked in and said, "Mr. Cheng, Zhou Chenran's family members are here. Everyone is in the reception room of the psychological counseling center." , please go over there."
Cheng Jingbo said, "I'll be there in five minutes."
The person who came with Zhou Chenran today was her elder brother Zhou Xianran. On the way of waiting, he chatted with the two school principals in a friendly manner for a while.
After Cheng Jingbo came in, he was not surprised to see Zhou Xianran. To him, their relationship was just schoolmates.
Teacher Shen came over to serve tea, Cheng Jingbo sat down, and Zhou Chenran was sitting on the sofa directly opposite her. She kept her head down, showing no expression.
Zhou Xianran stopped talking and also suppressed his smile.
Teacher Shen sat next to Zhou Chenran, his eyes fell on Cheng Jingbo's face, and he said straight to the point: "Mr. Cheng, we are here today to have a frank and honest talk and get things settled as soon as possible."
"I think so too." Cheng Jingbo said.
Teacher Shen said again: "Would you mind letting Zhou Chenran talk about it first?"
"do not mind."
Zhou Chenran raised her head and briefly stated the whole process. The content was similar to what she had said several times recently. She insisted that it was Cheng Jingbo who called her to the office. He criticized her recent performance, including the weak points in the debate. , she disagreed, argued for a few words, he was suddenly very angry, came over and pushed her to the ground, telling her to shut up and stop disobeying him, unfortunately, her face touched the sofa, and there were two bruises green.
"Mr. Cheng, do you agree with Zhou Chenran's statement?" Teacher Shen asked Cheng Jingbo.
"I've said it many times, but she didn't tell the truth." Cheng Jingbo's expression was calm.
Zhou Chenran bit his lip and kept shaking his head: "I'm not lying. Although I can't remember everything he said at that time, I know that he criticized me from the beginning to the end, and his attitude is very strict."
Cheng Jingbo interlaced her fingers and looked at Zhou Chenran: "Can you look into my eyes and talk?"
Zhou Chenran met his eyes, and in an instant, her emotions suddenly collapsed, and she burst into tears, as if she could no longer bear the pressure.
Seeing this, his elder brother Zhou Xianran stretched out his hand to press her shoulder, and spoke gently in her ear to stabilize her mood.
With the protection of his family, Zhou Chenran no longer concealed his crying, and quickly closed his eyes, resting his head on his elder brother's shoulder, his voice intermittent: "I don't want to be here... I want to go home... Please stop asking, I'm fine now Really, don't ask me about this anymore... Teacher Cheng, I was wrong, please don't treat me like this again. "
Teacher Shen was very distressed when she saw it, and said to her: "Okay, let's not ask, I will take you to wash your face now."
Zhou Chenran went to another office with Teacher Shen.
Zhou Xianran had a good time, she pressed her finger on the wall of the cup, didn't look at anyone, and said what she thought was correct: "My sister has been excellent in character and learning since she was a child, and she never lied. As an elder brother, I believe every word she says, It is obvious at a glance that Teacher Cheng's teaching method is improper."
He turned to look at the head of the department, and said reasonably: "As far as I know, Teacher Cheng is very strict with my sister. Her articles are good in the eyes of others, but there are many shortcomings in his eyes. I stayed up all night to revise it several times, but I still didn’t get good comments, and he even criticized her point of view in the public class, and many students can attest to this.”
No one spoke, Zhou Xiaran continued: "Maybe Teacher Cheng is very knowledgeable, but part of his teaching methods are wrong. He didn't take students' self-esteem into consideration, and he couldn't treat students as friends and communicate with them on an equal footing. It is very disappointing. Many students have reported that Teacher Cheng is indifferent to others in private, reticent and difficult to get close to. As a philosophy teacher, he does not actively care about their spiritual world and cannot warm the hearts of the children. It’s a chilling thing.”
"Furthermore, a teacher who cannot accept academic dissent and only criticizes minor conflicts is inherently problematic."
After speaking, he picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.
Cheng Jingbo smiled lightly: "If you think there is something wrong with my teaching method, you are welcome to advise me at other times. Now let's talk about the matter. I don't accept Zhou Chenran's statement. I didn't take the initiative to ask her to meet her. The injury on her face is not my fault." Caused."
"You mean my sister is lying?"
"right."
"Then did you push her down?"
"I pushed her away, but only if she behaved inappropriately towards me."
Zhou Xianran frowned, and the light reflected a sharp light on the glasses: "Please explain clearly."
The door was pushed open, Teacher Shen walked in and said nervously: "Don't talk about it, Xiao Zhou's mood is very wrong."
They went to the office next door and saw Zhou Chenran curled up in the corner, crying softly, with a dazed expression, bumping his head against the wall, muttering: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I won't dare again... Please forgive me, please..."
Zhou Xianran strode over and pulled her up: "Chenran, what's wrong with you? My brother is here."
Zhou Chenran fell on his brother, his face was pale, his eyes couldn't focus, he kept thinking that he was wrong, and he didn't dare to do it anymore, begging him to spare her, don't say it.
Zhou Xianran turned her head and said angrily: "That's all for today, I'll take her home, we'll talk about this matter another day."
Bai Ziren lived like a year, and it was almost Friday. He received a call from Uncle Mu, saying that his mother was sick and was on an IV in the hospital. He drove to pick her up on Friday evening. She agreed after thinking about it, so this A week's worth of appointments fell through.
Cheng Jingbo said on the phone that she was fine, and let her be with her mother at ease, and they will meet again next week.
Liu Xinyu had a high fever for three days, and finally subsided by the weekend, but she did not dare to take it lightly, continued to take medicine, rested in bed, and did not allow her two sons to enter the room.
Bai Ziren took care of his mother and cut fruit for her to eat.
"How are you and that teacher Cheng?"
"we are doing well."
Liu Xinyu smiled wearily, put his hand on his forehead, thoughtfully, and then asked: "Do you like him because he is knowledgeable and kind-hearted?"
"Not exactly. I had a familiar and friendly feeling towards him from the very beginning."
"Have you seen it before?"
"No, it's just that he met my expectations."
"You mean the Prince Charming you imagined as a child?"
"Not Prince Charming, but a friend."
"There are many people who can be friends."
"But he is the only friend who makes me want to be close. One thing is strange. Many things that I dared not say in front of others can be said to him very frankly. As time goes by, he gives me the feeling that he is both a friend and a friend. The elder is a man who makes me feel happy and nervous when I see him, and I miss him very much when I see him."
Liu Xinyu thought for a long time, and felt a little relieved when he spoke again: "Are you sure you will be this person in this life?"
"I'm sure."
"Then I wish you well." Liu Xinyu smiled.
"thanks Mom."
When Bai Ziren walked out of the room, Mu Zidong and Mu Zibei were standing at the door, asking how her mother was doing.
"It will be fine soon, please be gentle and let her sleep for a while."
The two brothers nodded and went back to the room obediently.
Bai Ziren took out the ring in his pocket, carefully put it on his ring finger, and then gently stuck it to his lips.
The fact that her mother no longer objected made her feel grateful that the understanding of family members is so important to love.
She likes him and wants the whole world to know that he is good. Even if she can't, at least don't misunderstand him.
In the lighthouse cafe on Friday, the waiter behind the bar is no longer Xiao Ji, but a new intern, tremblingly making coffee, Zhang Wuji sits silently by the side, looking at the resignation letter on the table, His complexion was colder than frost.
The intern slipped his hand, dropped the coffee cup on the floor, and ruined a spoonful of good Blue Mountain coffee powder.
Without taking his eyes off Zhang Wuji, he dropped the lighter in his hand and said in a low voice, "You can get lost."
The service timidly left.
Compared with the chilly temperature on the first floor, the living room on the second floor is much warmer.
Bai Ziren and Cheng Jingbo chatted while reading.
"How's the school thing going?" She finally broke the good atmosphere and asked the real thing.
"It's over," he replied.
"Is the result good?"
"Within my acceptance." He turned a page of the book.
"What is it?" Her gaze was completely off the book.
"From next semester, I will transfer to teach at Liuhe Campus."
Bai Ziren felt very uncomfortable after reacting, and he was finally punished.
"The new campus is good. It's surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the air is fresh, but it's a little far away from you." He reached out and brushed the dust off her eyelashes.
She kept silent, belatedly remembering that the Liuhe campus is located in the counties surrounding the city, which is far away from here, and it will be difficult to see each other once a week in the future.
"Sad?" he asked.
She nodded slowly and said, "I guess you didn't clarify for yourself."
He didn't expect her to guess it so quickly, but he guessed half of it, and he clarified, but he didn't make the love letter public.
At that time, he thought he threw it away, but in fact he put it in the wastebasket, put it together with some copy paper, and accidentally took it back together, and put it in a folder in the drawer. He only discovered it when he was sorting out recently. , but did not take it to testify.
Zhou Chenran hasn't come to class for almost two weeks. She called Teacher Shen and denied that Cheng Jingbo had ever hinted at her, showing that he has always treated her like a teacher treats a student, and never had other thoughts, but he did something to her. , that part of the statement she has not changed.
"Teacher Cheng is a good teacher. I have always respected him. Although he is very strict with me, he has a good intention. This matter is not his fault alone. My attitude is very bad, which made him angry. He pushed me away. I was just a momentary emotion, and it was almost an accident that my face hit the sofa, and he didn't expect it either."
Zhou Chenran was still lying, but the content had changed, which at least showed Cheng Jingbo's innocence in some respects.
In the end, Cheng Jingbo did not choose to embarrass Zhou Chenran. He saw her curled up in a corner that day, delirious and talking nonsense. He had seen that look on another girl's face before. I'm scared.
That year, his younger sister, Cheng Jingmo, was still in elementary school. In order to avoid being punished for making a mistake, she told a lie, but she failed to deceive the Chinese teacher. When he arrived, she had already been exposed on the spot, crying and saying I didn’t dare anymore, and begged the teacher not to tell it. The teacher handed her a tissue and said to her, “As long as you don’t lie again, I will never tell this matter.”
It was after that time that Cheng Jingmo really learned to be honest, whether it was with others or with herself.
She once said to him seriously: "If the Chinese teacher told everyone the truth at that time, I might jump off the building."
He criticized her for being willful, but he also thanked the teacher in his heart.
After so many years, his sister has passed away, recalling those little stories as if they happened in the previous life.
Now, except for the people who are important to him, he won't take anything else to heart.
He will choose to be tolerant to others, and it is probably time to be tolerant to him. The world is ups and downs, and when he is almost thirty years old, there is one more person by his side, and he will be with him for the rest of his life.
With this one precious gift, everything will seem small.
After a long time, he held the hand of the person next to him and said to her: "It may not be a bad thing, the working environment over there may be more suitable for me. As for you, as long as you want to see me, I will come to you at any time."
She said nothing, still lost.
"If you don't worry, shall we get married first?"
Startled, she asked, "Now?"
"if you are willing to."
"I am not ready yet."
He smiled: "I don't force you, I just want to tell you that I am here, and if you want to take it away, you can take it away at any time."
She lowered her eyes, her vision blurred in an instant, there was sadness and joy, and her emotions didn't know what to do.
He wiped away her tears and kissed her eyes.
"What I said must count. I will take care of you and won't leave."