Pei Zhuo accompanied Yu Xu through the process of cremation and burial on Sunday morning, and he didn't close his eyes all night.
When he returned home in the afternoon, he finally couldn't resist, and fell asleep in Lu Lin's car, and didn't wake up when he heard the horn.
Knowing that he was sleepy, Lu Lin parked the car without waking him up, so he called Huo Lu.
Huo Lu went over to help them open the door, and saw his brother being hugged by Chief Lu like a mermaid princess, and he was still sleeping soundly.
... I don't know if I'm really sleepy or just pretending.
Lu Lin carried Pei Zhuo to the bedroom first, put the pillow and covered the quilt to let him continue to sleep, and then explained the situation to Huo Lu when he came out.
"Teacher Pei has been taking care of the students for three days in a row, and she is really exhausted."
Huo Lu stood on tiptoe and glanced at the movement in the bedroom, closed the door and pulled Lu Lin aside: "Brother Lu, I'm going to climb the mountain with my parents this weekend, can you take care of him for me?"
Without waiting for Lu Lin to answer, she quickly said, "If you don't stay here tonight and watch him, he can sleep until tomorrow morning, and it's impossible to touch him for dinner or breakfast, maybe there will be something wrong with his stomach. "
Lu Lin said briefly, "I'll cook porridge for him."
"You'll sleep too, it's still early now." Huo Lu quietly opened the door and looked inside, and found that his brother was really asleep. He turned his head and closed the door and whispered, "I'll be in my third year of high school next year. What are your plans, Commander Lu?"
"Intend?"
"That's right, think about it, every minute and every second counts in high school, and the students suffer and the teacher suffers too." Huo Lu's small abacus was fast, and now he had a sharp mouth, very demeanor of a Chinese teacher: "If you live close to the school A little bit, wouldn't you be able to take care of the students more, and sleep a little longer?"
Lu Lin's eyes fixed, and he understood what she meant.
Huo Lu knew that he was conservative, but the problem was that there was no dispute between men and men about cohabitation before marriage, so he patted his shoulder and lowered his voice to add fuel: "Brother Lu, I know my brother's temperament best, he looks free and easy. Very willful, but actually very thin-skinned."
"If you don't take the initiative, how many good times you two will miss."
When Lu Lin thought about living together, he spoke unnaturally: "I'll think about it later."
"Hurry up." Huo Lu pointed to the door of the room: "My brother is a fairy, and when he lives alone, he can drink a little dew to be full, are you willing?"
Lu Lin looked at her and thought it was fun: "You two have a very good relationship."
Huo Lu's smile became a little sad: "Not exactly."
"My brother and I... have the same father and mother." She said softly, "His mother died when he was very young."
"He was only a few years old at that time, and he lived a very strong life alone."
"Later, we had my mother and me at home, and he rarely asked us for help. He usually smiled gently and softly. In fact, he was used to handling everything by himself."
"When I was in college, my brother suffered from appendicitis. He went to the hospital alone for surgery. If his friend hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known about it." Huo Lu looked at Lu Lin and said, "Think about it, you can go there alone. How can he endure surgery..."
Lu Lin listened to her gossip one by one, holding her hand tightly on the edge of the sofa.
Hearing it made me want to go in and hug him and touch his face.
Huo Lu actually knew everything.
From Pei Zhuo's regular visit to the cemetery every month to send flowers to his mother, to every grievance he suffered in the experiment, she was silently watching, changing ways to treat him so as to keep him warm.
"Now, Mr. Lu, you are here too," Huo Lu rubbed his eyes and said, "If you treat him badly, I will burn the language group down."
Lu Lin hugged her without saying a word, and when he let go, he picked up the spare key that Pei Zhuo had left by the door.
"I'm going to make soup for him."
He rarely makes promises, and sometimes feels that promises are too empty.
But at least the companionship is real.
Pei Zhuo fell asleep and woke up in a daze.
He smelled the aroma of black-bone chicken soup, and it seemed that there were fried lamb chops.
He groped out of bed and saw that the light in the kitchen was on.
... where was I before
Teacher Lu in the car
Staying up all night and catching up on sleep feels a lot like a hangover.
I seem to remember everything in my mind, and I seem to forget everything.
Pei Zhuo walked over lightly, and saw Lu Lin wearing an apron chopping onions.
The black chicken soup in the casserole is gurgling, the rice cooker next to it is already steamed, the cut green peppers, mushrooms and shredded pork are piled up on the board, and the cherry tomatoes are drying by the sink.
"Teacher Lu?"
Lu Lin didn't hear the sound, and was still tasting the soup.
Pei Zhuo opened the door, hugged him slowly and said, "Mr. Lu, didn't you sleep this afternoon?"
Lu Lin handed over the spoon and fed him a small mouthful: "Be careful of the heat."
"I slept for a while, it's okay." The man touched his face to confirm that his temperature was normal, and explained sideways: "There is stewed porridge here, and quicksand bags are put in the steamer. The time is set for you. Remember to eat when you get up in the morning."
Pei Zhuo buried his face on his back, hugged his waist and said sullenly: "Will Teacher Lu not stay at night?"
Lu Lin leaned over and kissed his hair: "There are documents at home, and I will take them to school tomorrow."
Yu Xu also arrived when class resumed on Monday.
He tried his best to be as calm as possible, but his face was still pale and there was no energy in his eyes.
Pei Zhuo understood the pain of his mother's loss, so he put a bottle of hot milk by his hand during his morning reading, and didn't say anything unnecessary.
Time will slowly numb certain emotions, they still exist, but they are no longer deep-rooted.
The final exam is getting closer, and most people are hurrying to review.
But there are also a small number of people who are busy with other things.
Many parents even started to prepare for self-enrollment materials, self-recommendation letters and recommendation letters, and award resumes.
The end of the year and the beginning of next year are the IELTS and TOEFL exams. Some students want double insurance at home, and they are too busy taking care of culture and English at the same time.
A group of students who intend to study in Commonwealth countries need to prepare for IELTS, and if they go to North America, they need to prepare for TOEFL.
Pei Zhuo has rich teaching experience, and he also has experience studying abroad. Wechat has been flooded with inquiries and requests from the parents of the two classes early on, and he can't finish replying to the messages almost every day.
After the funeral, Lu Lin was still calm on the surface, and continued to be the unsmiling head teacher, but the silent part was more delicate and considerate, and helped Pei Zhuo avoid a lot of trouble.
When it came to the day of the city's final exam, almost all the teachers were tense and relieved.
During the summer vacation between the second year of high school and the third year of high school, almost 100% of the students could not take the vacation. Even if the family did not have the conditions to enroll in the remedial class and sprint desperately, the school homework could not be finished.
But this is the last vacation for the teachers—after this summer, they will face more intensive work and more difficult tests.
After waiting until the end of the exam to send out the results, Teacher Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
He missed class for a few weeks because of the birth of his daughter, but fortunately, the students in the class were all very good, and the average score ranked second, which did not drop and even increased by 0.1.
When Pei Zhuo used to assign summer homework, he always had the illusion of entering the printing room by mistake
Six or seven class representatives came in taking turns carrying papers, newspapers and exercise books, and the monitor and the school committee were also very busy.
Notice papers were flying all over the classroom, passing things around the front and back desks like an assembly line, and even the faces of the students were covered.
After Pei Zhuo finished his homework, he tapped the different handwriting of red chalk and blue chalk on the blackboard.
"There are remedial classes, and students who need to reduce the burden on my side, as long as the final exam score is above 120, there is no need to do this part of the basic questions." He pointed to the right: "If you don't pass the exam, there is no make-up class at home. Classmates, you still need to be more self-disciplined and improve your listening and vocabulary during the summer vacation."
"Let's prepare well together, and the third year of high school will be easier, right?"
The students in the audience joked: "Teacher Pei will teach us a class, we also want to see you during the summer vacation!"
"Where does Mr. Pei go during summer vacation? My cousin is so beautiful, can I introduce you~"
Lu Lin leaned forward and handed out another stack of papers: "I need to write ten argumentative essays and five narrative essays during the Chinese summer vacation, and I will mark and grade them all."
"Farewell, Chief Lu! Spare my life and see you next semester!"
"Mr. Lu, why don't we stop making fun of Handsome Pei?"
Many people can rarely play with their mobile phones for a while, and they can't sit still for the last ten minutes, as if there are a hundred ants chasing and biting their buttocks on the stool.
When things were almost explained, the students scattered and rushed home at the speed of fleeing.
Lu Lin was still thinking about Huo Lu's previous proposal, and felt conflicted for a while.
He didn't know if living with Pei Zhuo would compress his private space and cause him too much trouble.
"Ms. Lu," Pei Zhuo carried his things to the office with him, and whispered, "I want to go to the movies tonight."
"okay."
The phone rang suddenly.
Lu Lin stood still, and was a little surprised when he answered the phone: "What? I see, I will come later, please help me clean up first."
"Sorry, maybe I can't watch it anymore." He hung up the phone and looked at Pei Zhuo, a little guilty: "The old house where I live has a problem with the water supply system, and it seems that the water pipes in my kitchen and bathroom have also blown up, and we are rushing to repair it at this time. "
"Then go back quickly, your clothes and materials are over there," Pei Zhuo pulled him to speed up the pace and hurried back: "Have the books you collected spoiled?"
"The aunt of the property is helping with the rescue."
"Hey, how about it?" Pei Zhuo suddenly stopped, watching his cheeks turn red: "You are far away, and the house is old..."
Lu Lin knew that he was a little embarrassed at the moment, so he said it for him first: "It's true that I live in a bad place."
"Does Teacher Pei mind... being my landlord?"
He knows that it is very honorable to negotiate rent with his lover, and he has already tacitly agreed to take care of him for the rest of his life.
So he took another deep breath and watched his cheeks burn as he spoke.
"Mr. Pei, I will live with you. From now on, I will cook for you every day, take you to and from get off work, and stay with you all the time. Do you agree?"
Pei Zhuo didn't answer him, he was looking at the left and right ends of the corridor to see if there was anyone.
Then quickly kissed his lips.
Then I couldn't resist kissing again.
The author has something to say:
The story is just that the city is in Beijing, and the names of the schools such as Experimental No. 1 Middle School are all random.
There is no need to check the number, and there is no intention to allude to any school or teacher.
And,
I just saw the comment section, a reader celebrates his birthday today.
I wish you a happy day and all the best.