No.70 days

By the time of the May Day holiday, Shao Wu had already published three papers for Principal Gao, all in provincial journals.

On May [-]rd, the school holiday started, Zhu Jingjing came to find Shao Wu for dinner at noon, Shao Wu took her to a restaurant outside the school, it was almost [-] in the afternoon when she arrived, and there was no one in the restaurant.

Shao Wu said: "Jingjing, don't come to see me for dinner during this period... Try not to say hello if you meet me on the road."

Zhu Jingjing asked in a daze, "Why?"

"It's already been rumored in school that we're dating."

Zhu Jingjing let out a "hey", shook her head and said, "It's okay, they pass it on as soon as they pass it on, so as not to introduce someone to me again."

"No, we must pretend to be unfamiliar during this time."

"Huh? Why?"

"There are some things... I can't talk about it now," Shao Wu smiled at her, "You will know when the time comes."

Shao Wu's thinking is that he probably can't stay in school after the incident, but Zhu Jingjing will continue to be a teacher here, so he can't implicate Zhu Jingjing.

Two days later, during the big class break, Shao Wujin told the students: "Teacher Du and I have changed our evening self-study. Tonight's politics will be changed to geography, and Thursday night's geography will be changed to politics."

"Oh--"

Sure enough, there were always one or two lively boys in the class who asked with a smile, "Why do you want to change, Teacher Shao?"

Shao Wu said very slowly: "My girlfriend arrived in Yongchuan on Thursday night, and I have to pick it up."

"Eh?"

"what!"

"Wow, teacher, you are talking about friends, why haven't you heard about it?"

The drowsy students cheered up in an instant, and their eyes became more gossiping.

"There's nothing to talk about. You'll play with your friends when you're in college the next day." Shao Wu said.

"Were you together when you were in college?"

"Well," Shao Wu thought, he was making up a story anyway, "but we are classmates in high school."

"Ouch—teacher, are you in love with each other?"

"It's not puppy love, we only got together after college," Shao Wu warned the students with a smile in his eyes, "you are not allowed to have puppy love either."

"Teacher, are you in a long-distance relationship?"

"Yes, she...she works in Chengdu, okay," Shao Wu glanced at his watch, "I'm going to class, you just remember to change to evening self-study."

The girl sitting in the first row held her face and shouted: "Teacher, don't leave, let's talk again..."

A few days later, the teachers in the first grade group found out one after another that Mr. Shao, who joined the job last year, had a girlfriend. The two were high school classmates. They were together in college and talked for several years. work in Chengdu.

On the way to the cafeteria for dinner, Shao Wu ran into Mr. Meng who wanted to introduce him to someone before. Mr. Meng pulled his face and said in a displeased tone: "Xiao Shao, you said earlier that you have a girlfriend."

Shao Wu had no choice but to laugh a few times: "I'm sorry, Mr. Meng."

After a while, no one gossips about the relationship between Shao Wu and Zhu Jingjing anymore.

In early June, Longlong took the college entrance examination.The little girl has already obtained the CAFA plastic arts major qualification certificate, so as long as the college entrance examination is performed as usual, there is basically no problem.The day before the exam, Shao Wu went to find Long Long. He originally planned to have a casual chat with her to ease his nervousness before the exam. Unexpectedly, Long Long laughed and said to Shao Wu: "Brother Shao, don't be nervous."

Seeing her like this, Shao Wu felt relieved, and handed her a piece of Dove chocolate that he just bought: "Eat it if you want."

"Hey, my brother also asked me to buy some chocolate."

"He didn't come back?"

"Yeah, he's on a business trip."

"So busy."

"Well, it seems that I am on a business trip in Aba, and the signal is not very good."

"Okay," Shao Wu looked at Longlong and nodded, "Then you take the exam well, and I'll take you and mother-in-law to dinner after the exam."

"OK!"

Longlong and her best friend left chatting and laughing, but Shao Wu still stood there, saying that it was a lie that he was not disappointed—he thought he could take advantage of Longlong's college entrance examination to meet Yang Shuyi, but he didn't expect him to come back at all.Of course, if you think about it from another angle, this is also a good thing - it shows that Longlong's mentality is very stable, unlike some students who are already nervous to the point of panic.

On June [-]th and [-]th, it was extremely hot for two consecutive days, and a heavy rainstorm was brewing under thick clouds.Fortunately, the torrential rain did not fall, and the students finally did not have to take the exam in the rain.

Longlong ended her high school life smoothly.On June [-]th, Shao Wu invited Longlong and her mother-in-law to dinner to celebrate the end of the college entrance examination. The little girl was about to usher in the longest summer vacation in her life.During the dinner, Longlong asked Shao Wu: "Brother Shao, where did you go after the college entrance examination?"

where to play?Back then, he was in no mood to play, and he racked his brains all summer to explain to his parents and relatives why he gave up the National People's Congress.

Shao Wu smiled: "I didn't go anywhere, I just stayed at home."

"Ah—" Longlong curled her lips, "Isn't that boring?"

"What, you want to go out to play?"

"My brother asked my mother-in-law and I to go to Chengdu, and he said he would pick us up after the business trip at the end of the month."

"Chengdu...it's pretty good. Anyway, after the exam, you should relax."

It's so fast—longlong even finished the college entrance examination.If he hadn't met her often in school, Shao Wu would always feel that she was still a primary school student.

Time passed without a trace.It turned out that he and Yang Shuyi's high school days were already five years ago.

How many people still remember what happened five years ago—six years ago to be precise?

June NO.19, Shao Wu woke up early and came to the office.

"Hey," the physics teacher in the next class saw him, "Aren't you missing class?"

"The summary of the monthly exam is not finished yet," Shao Wu said with a smile, "come to work overtime."

After exchanging some pleasantries, the physics teacher went to class, and Shao Wu was the only one left in the office.He got up and started clearing the table and bookcase.First put personal items into a cardboard box: a pen holder from a student, a thermos cup from a school, a piece of paper towel, half a box of Nescafe coffee... Then put various documents into another cardboard box, four times this semester Monthly exam results rankings, summer teacher duty schedule, next week's geography test papers... Although there are a lot of things, but fortunately he has deliberately packed them for a week, so he can just put them in the box at this moment.

Finally, Shao Wu put the teaching aids and textbooks issued by the school on the bookshelf one by one.

Halfway through the first morning class, walking in the corridor of the teaching building, I could hear the voices of the teachers lecturing one after another.Although it was early in the morning and the sun was out, the clouds were covering it low, making it feel extremely stuffy.Walking back to the dormitory from the office, Shao Wu was sweating profusely, and his half-wet T-shirt stuck to his back.

This is the summer in Yongchuan that he is all too familiar with. Year after year, some buildings are demolished and some people leave, but this is always the case in summer.

Shao Wu suddenly wanted to eat a bowl of cold cake, so he wanted to add more sweet and sour raisins.

Unfortunately, it was too late.He was determined to get the job done by noon today.

Shao Wu returned to the dormitory, took off his T-shirt, and put on a neat white shirt. He looked in the mirror and carefully tucked the hem of the shirt into the waist of his jeans.

Then he opened the drawer and took out the light gray stainless steel iron box, which was a brand new iron box with a combination lock.He put it in a backpack, went downstairs, and hailed a taxi.

"Master, go to the Municipal Education Commission."

"Have it."

It was already past the morning rush hour, and the road was smooth. In less than 10 minutes, the taxi stopped in front of the gate of the Municipal Education Commission.

Shao Wu bowed his head to look for some change, and the driver greeted him, "Teacher, are you here for a meeting?"

"It's not a meeting." Shao Wu handed him the money and smiled, "do something."

"Oh……"

Shao Wu got out of the car, and the driver also turned the steering wheel to make a U-turn. He felt that the young teacher was a little strange—he didn’t say anything after getting in the car, and just hugged his backpack tightly, as if it contained a box of gold bars.But for a teacher who came to the Education Committee to work, where did he get the gold bars in his backpack?I guess it's just some files.

The driver thought about these things, and drove away from the Municipal Education Commission.

If he could pay attention a little bit, he would be able to see through the rearview mirror——that young teacher with a backpack walked straight into the letters and visits room next to the gate of the Municipal Education Commission.

"Hello," Shao Wu said calmly to the reception staff in the Letter and Visit Room, "I want to report the vice principal Gao Shenguo of Yongchuan No. [-] Middle School with my real name."