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Jiang Cheng replied: "We are together less and apart more. From what you said before, you are greatly influenced by your mother."

After saying that, Jiang Cheng naturally turned around and extended his hand towards Huang Yuqi.

The road between North Building 11 and North Building 12 is very steep.

There is a section where the slope even reaches a vertical 90 degree angle.

It was already a bit thrilling going up this road, and you need to be even more careful coming down now.

Jiang Cheng first went down a few steps, then turned around, his eyes full of concern and tenderness.

While going downstairs, Jiang Cheng kept an eye on Huang Yuqi's every move.

When she almost missed a step, Jiang Cheng quickly reached out to hold her and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Huang Yuqi blushed and shook her head, looking at him gratefully.

"Be careful and go down slowly."

Seeing Huang Yuqi put her hands in his hands, Jiang Cheng immediately put her hands on the armrests on both sides.

Huang Yuqi originally thought that Jiang Cheng wanted to hold her hand and go downstairs together, and wanted to remind him that it was a bit dangerous to go downstairs like this.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Cheng directly put her hand on the handrail, signaling her to hold the handrail and be careful.

This thoughtful gesture was like a warm spring breeze blowing across Huang Yuqi's heart, stirring up a subtle ripple deep in her heart.

Looking at Jiang Cheng's back, Huang Yuqi's lips curled up involuntarily.

She couldn't help but wonder why she was smiling like that?

She has always believed that she would appreciate people who have similar personalities and goals to her.

However, so far, the only people she had met, apart from Zheng Qiu, were some scattered passers-by.

There are also male teachers among these people, but most of them cannot persist for long.

And today, in this conversation with Jiang Cheng, she seemed to see the openness and sincerity in his heart.

Although on the surface, she and Jiang Cheng do not seem to be on the same path, the destination of the path they are pursuing is the same.

This made Huang Yuqi feel a little strange.

For people who are afraid of heights, this distance might make their legs weak when they go down, but for her who often climbs mountains, this slope is actually nothing.

However, Huang Yuqi did not say it out loud, she was actually feeling somewhat conflicted inside.

On the one hand, she didn't want to appear too weak in front of Jiang Cheng; on the other hand, she didn't want to reject Jiang Cheng's kindness at this time.

Huang Yuqi took a deep breath and continued, "When I was a child, I felt that my life was really hard. I had no father or mother, and I had to rely on myself for study. My grandmother received the minimum living allowance and my mother raised me with a not-so-high monthly salary, so I was very rebellious when I was a child, and even my relationship with her was not good."

Her voice was a little low, as if she was suppressing something.

Jiang Cheng looked at Huang Yuqi in surprise when he heard this. He could feel the pain and conflict in her heart.

Jiang Cheng asked, "So, you only understood it after you grew up, right?"

Huang Yuqi nodded slightly, tears welling up in her eyes.

"You had a rebellious phase?"

Seeing Jiang Cheng's confusion, Huang Yuqi smiled, revealing two cute little canine teeth: "Why? You can't tell."

After all, Huang Yuqi's appearance is too pure, and she is the type of girl who looks like a good girl at first glance.

It has nothing to do with the word rebellious.

Jiang Cheng couldn't help laughing and said, "I really can't tell. You look like a good student who studies hard."

Huang Yuqi continued, "When I was a child, the words I said to my mother the most were: Why don't you come back to Kyoto to work? Because my grandmother always told me that my mother went to teach in order to enjoy the "Three Supports and One Assistance" policy. After teaching for a few years, it would be easier for her to rely on civil servants in Kyoto. But my mother went there for more than 20 years. She forgot what her original purpose was, and even forgot about me..."

"I was still young at that time, and she was always away from home, so there was no one to control me. During the first year of junior high school, I stopped studying, skipped classes to surf the Internet, and was disobedient. Later, my mother found out and asked for leave for me in a hurry and took me to where she worked."

Jiang Cheng asked curiously: "The teaching environment must have been very bad, how did you feel at that time???"

Huang Yuqi recalled: "Although the environment was poor at that time, I remember that there were more volunteer teachers than now, and there were more students there, but the environment was worse than it is now. I originally thought that my conditions were already very poor, until I saw their desks, classrooms, and meals, I realized how happy I was in Kyoto.

Jiang Cheng sighed: "Fortunately, your mother took you there. It turns out that action and environment are the best education."

Jiang Cheng felt that this aspect of Huang Yuqi's mother's education was exactly the same as his own mother's when he was a child.

Every time the neighbor's naughty kid got beaten, Li Yan would immediately open the door and let Jiang Cheng go outside to watch the fun, so that she could hit herself in the face.

Huang Yuqi nodded and said, "Since then, I started to study hard and never skipped classes again. In fact, I was rebellious at that time, mainly because I was extremely insecure. My mother was often not at home, and the relatives around me kept whispering in my ears that my mother must have other children outside, so she didn't want to go home. Although I didn't want to believe these words deep in my heart, the facts were in front of me, and she really rarely came home, even during the winter and summer vacations, she would drag her feet and not go home."

Jiang Cheng sighed softly and responded, "This is the profession of a teacher. Especially in places where teaching is carried out, the teaching time may need to be extended for various reasons."

Huang Yuqi continued to talk about her experience: "Yes, it was not until I went to her workplace that I began to understand. Until now, I still remember the scene very clearly, and the impact will be unforgettable for me. When my mother returned to school, the children in the mountains cheered as if my mother was their biological mother. When I saw this scene, I felt very complicated, moved and a little jealous."

"Although I was still very unhappy at the beginning, as if my mother was taken away by them, but when I saw the learning environment and the family environment of those people of my age, I finally understood that my mother was not the irresponsible person that people around her said she was. On the contrary, her sense of responsibility was too strong, so she had to sacrifice me to help more people."

Jiang Cheng nodded: "Nothing in this world is perfect. Fortunately, you understood your mother later, otherwise this would have become a tragic story."

"Yes, after staying there for half a month, I forgave her, and then I returned to Kyoto. Because of this experience, I began to become sensible, because I wanted to be like my mother. She also went there for material things at first, but there, she found what she wanted to do most in her heart."

Jiang Cheng responded: "It's rare for someone to find something they want to do and stick to it. To put it another way, your mother has lived a free life."

Jiang Cheng's words were like a sharp sword, piercing Huang Yuqi's heart.

"That's right. Although she has been misunderstood by people around her all her life, even my grandmother has been cursing her, but she has never tried to defend herself. As you just said, she is free, her soul is strong, and she is someone I admire."

Jiang Cheng never thought that he would discuss such profound matters with someone he had only met a few times at the Great Wall.

Most people nowadays either live under the expectations of their parents or live under the comparisons of their relatives.

Jiang Cheng replied sincerely: "Anyone who can ignore the people around him and stick to himself is indeed a strong person."

"Yeah, so how should I live my life? This question used to bother me for many years, but now it doesn't bother me anymore. I want to be like my mother, a person with a free soul, not bound by worldly gazes. But for a person like me, I am free, but my power is small. Sometimes I even doubt that the significance of what I am doing is not as practical as the elementary school you donated directly."

Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Why did you suddenly get yourself into trouble again? Mao, didn't I say that? A single spark can start a prairie fire. No matter how new the school is, it won't work without teachers."

Seeing that he often comforted himself, Huang Yuqi couldn't help but laugh.

Originally she wanted to enlighten Jiang Cheng, but unexpectedly the opposite happened in the end.

"You are right. I just thought too much..."

While they were talking, the two had already taken the cable car from the eighth floor of the North Tower directly to the foot of the Great Wall.