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Zhu Miao herself also finds the matter of the parent meeting very annoying.

The previous parent-teacher meetings were held by his grandma. Zhu Miao received the notice of the parent-teacher meeting that day, thought about it, and decided to go home.He picked a weekday afternoon and made an agreement with Yiling in advance. He didn't go to the coffee shop after school and ran directly to the house. He planned to tell grandma about the parent meeting while the annoying uncle and aunt were not off work. up.

Summer has come quietly, and it is well concealed. There is still a cool spring breeze in the morning and evening, but occasionally the bright sun shows its feet.

Zhu Miao was sweating from running, and ran home while thinking about getting her hair cut.He went upstairs, hurriedly greeted the neighbors whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and knocked on the door of the house.

"Grandma, it's me, open the door—"

After a while, no one answered, Zhu Miao knocked again, raised the volume and shouted again, but still no one answered the door.Zhu Miao went from doubt to nervousness to panic, afraid that grandma would fall or faint at home alone when she was too old, and slam the door "bang bang", anxious like ants on a hot pot.

Just when he was about to call the police, the neighbor across the door heard the noise and opened the door.

"Miao Miao, you're back..."

Zhu Miao hurriedly asked: "Is grandma at home? Could it be that she went out?"

"Don't you know?" The neighbor hesitated to speak, "Your grandma was hospitalized two days ago, but it's nothing serious, hey, don't worry, it's okay—"

Unable to shout, Zhu Miao ran away in a hurry to go to the hospital.

Grandma Zhu is not young anymore, she is a frequent visitor to the hospital, just at the intersection.Zhu Miao was familiar with the way, and went straight to the inpatient department. The nurse pointed out the room number and bed for him. Zhu Miao took a deep breath for a while, and then opened the door after he calmed down. He saw Grandma Zhu sitting by the window at a glance.

She was knitting by the window, and she probably had a woolen vest knitted for Zhu Miao in advance. She knits one for Zhu Miao every year.

"Grandma." Zhu Miao called softly, for fear of shocking the old man.

"Oh, Miao Miao is here, come quickly." Grandma Zhu greeted him, "School is over, grandma is fine, why are you here?"

After leaving home, Zhu Miao went back to watch every now and then when his uncle and aunt were away. Xiang Shu paid him wages, and he bought some small things for grandma to reassure him, saying that he had gone to work part-time and lived in the store. Well, I will take her to see it when I have time.

Grandma was worried, but there was nothing she could do. She had dragged Zhu Miao for more than ten years, and Zhu Miao didn't want to embarrass her.

Zhu Miao's voice was still soft. She sat on the edge of the hospital bed, then sat down, bounced up again, and said, "Grandma, I'll buy you some fruit to eat."

Before grandma could speak, Zhu Miao went out again in a hurry. There were mangosteens and lychees in early summer, and the lychees were hot, so Zhu Miao didn't dare to buy them. She bought some mangosteens and carried them back to the hospital.Before entering the ward, Zhu Miao heard grandma's voice, praising him with the grandma on the bed next to her.

"...Yeah, Miao Miao is good-looking and smart. She's in her third year of high school...Yeah, she'll be a college student soon..."

Zhu Miao went in with the mangosteen and put it on the cabinet next to the bed.Grandma Zhu's old problem is ventilation, and she also has some miscellaneous geriatric diseases. She doesn't walk very fast and her back is hunched.Children, like the elderly, change greatly from year to year. Last year, Grandma Zhu was very energetic.

Zhu Miao couldn't say anything about the parent-teacher meeting, stayed with grandma for a while, and then left. Before the door was closed, the inside boasted again.The fur vest was already half knitted, Zhu Miao asked her to weave it slowly so as not to be troubled.

Zhu Miao walked out of the hospital slowly, looking at the setting sun, always feeling heavy in her heart.He squatted on the side of the road and lost his mind for a while, looking at the back of his hand.Young people's skin is white and firm, unlike the old people's skin, which is wrinkled and sallow, showing the tiredness of life everywhere.

Zhu Miao thought endlessly.

Why did his parents name him "Zhu Miao"? He doesn't want to be a sapling at all. What he wants to do is to be a towering tree, and the remaining shade can cover the people around him.

Zhu Miao made up her mind, let her seat be vacant at the parent meeting.

But as Zhu Miao's head teacher, Lin Zhou, an annoying English teacher, doesn't think so.Because Zhu Miao's English grades are too poor (in fact, every subject is poor), Lin Zhou used this as an excuse to always call Zhu Miao to the office. In front of other teachers, Zhu Miao couldn't refuse at all, and felt like sitting on pins and needles every time. I'm afraid that Lin Zhou will be messy again. If no one comes to the parent meeting, Lin Zhou will probably have another excuse to make him.

The day before the parent-teacher meeting, Zhu Miao was extremely anxious.

On the way to the coffee shop after school, he bought some fresh, juicy mangosteen and put them in his schoolbag.As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Xiang Shu was making coffee by the bar counter, and the unique nutty and creamy aroma of coffee permeated the air.The weather is hot, he is wearing a sleeveless dress today, when he flushes and stirs the coffee grounds, the muscles on his arms are tense and swelled, and with the tattoo on his forearm, the female customers around him don't know if they are watching Coffee still depends on people.

Zhu Miao was not in the mood to care about this issue anymore. He quickly greeted Xiang Shu to show his sense of existence, quickly put on an apron and tied it up, and diligently cleaned the backyard, emptying the ashtray, watering the flowers, and wiping the table. Then go back inside and pour water and coffee for the guests.

Xiang Shu saw it and remained calm.

Until the guests came to table after table, and when it was close to closing time, seeing Xiang Shu packing up and leaving get off work, Zhu Miao was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to say it directly, circling around Xiang Shu, like circling around human legs A kitten begging for food.

"Boss." Zhu Miao called out tentatively.

Xiang Shu responded, "Huh?"

"Do you think that today..." Zhu Miao hinted, "I'm very diligent."

Xiang Shu said: "It's okay, are you usually lazy?"

Zhu Miao hurriedly said: "No! If you don't believe me, just ask Sister Yining."

Lost the first battle.

Zhu Miao suddenly remembered the fruit in her schoolbag, quickly took it out, washed the outer shell, and cut it open with a knife, revealing the white flesh of the mangosteen.

Zhu Miao said flatteringly: "Brother, do you want to eat? I bought it."

"Eat it, I don't like too sweet."

Zhu Miao felt sorry for the waste of money, and silently ate the mangosteen.

Xiang Shu said: "Remember to put the cat in the cage, I'm leaving."

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Zhu Miao seized the last chance, closed his eyes and turned his heart, and said, "Brother, can you do me a favor, just that... the parent meeting, just pretend... can you..."

It turned out to be this matter.

Xiang Shu smiled, leaned against the bar, and said, "You've been thinking about this for a few hours, and I thought you wanted to borrow money. It's a small matter, just send me the time and place."

Zhu Miao took a step back and solemnly bowed ninety degrees to express his thanks.

Xiang Shu waved his hands and backed away, saying, "Okay, okay, small things, don't make it look like a farewell ceremony."

He joked: "What? Am I going to pretend to be your parent? Call Dad..."

Zhu Miao blushed, and to show her determination, without further ado, without hesitation, she endured the humiliation and endured the humiliation, and shouted angrily: "Thank you, Dad——"

But Xiang Shu was choked by him and almost choked himself, raised his hand to his mouth, coughed twice, and blushed.