sunk in yesterday

Xia Zhuo was woken up by a jolt, dizzy and had not had time to recover a clear vision, and could only vaguely see a figure in the driver's seat in front of him.

The driver glanced at him through the mirror, biting a straw in his mouth, his voice was a little indistinct under the buzzing noise: "You can still fall asleep with the shaking on the mountain road, is the young man tired from traveling?"

Xia Zhuo stretched his neck and looked out of the window. Now they are really climbing up the slope, the sky above their heads is gray, no accident, this dream is not a good weather.

While looking around, he answered casually, and said with a smile: "Doesn't this mean that you are assured of your driving skills?"

"Hahaha, you young man has a sweet mouth!"

He looked pleasing, and when he smiled, he couldn't hide the sharpness of his eyes. The driver's tone was much more cheerful, and he patted his chest and vowed: "You must go up the mountain to find me. When the school was still under construction, I would go three or five times a day." Come on, I am very familiar with this road!"

On the way to school?

After capturing the key words, Xia Zhuo turned his head, "Then how far do we have to go? I think we are already halfway up the mountain."

"Hurry up, it will be delivered to you in less than half an hour. Hey, I said you young people too, don't want to work in the city, you have to come to this kind of place where no shit... Although the environment is not bad, But the children here are not so easy to teach, not to mention that their grades are not as good as those in the schools in the city, and the parents are not cooperative at all, otherwise why are there so many teachers suddenly gone?"

It's not too long or too short, and it contains a lot of information.Xia Zhuo wondered if they came to work at the school this time, most likely to replace those teachers who resigned, but is there really a school built on the top of a mountain?What kind of closed prison teaching?

So he pondered: "The mountain road is so difficult to walk, it is not easy for the children who go to school here."

"It's hard to say. You should probably understand the situation. This is the key support place. When the school was first established, it recruited outstanding talents from all over the country. The school promised this and promised that. The enrollment information is written very well. Great, the number of admissions still depends on the lottery, and you can’t get in if you don’t win a lot of money, and there’s been a big storm in the neighboring areas.” The driver shook his head in disapproval when he said this: “Now Parents are too focused on grades, and there are many who are busy with work and neglect their children. How can we adults know what the children are thinking about?"

"Then you just said that many teachers suddenly left?"

"Yes, that's right, I left suddenly. I just heard about it. The school still has to continue to operate, and I have to suppress the news... But I can get along well around here, and I know people everywhere. Man, what I hear is probably true, I don’t want to hide it from you, seeing that you will work here next.” The driver slowed down the speed and said strangely: “I thought you had heard about it, But this car is not easy to turn around now."

Xia Zhuo showed a look of disapproval: "If something happens, can you stop working?"

Seeing his expression, the driver had the desire to pour out the words instead, and said mysteriously under his voice, "Then I'll say it, don't be frightened when you hear it."

No matter how horrible things he has seen and experienced with his own eyes, he can't be scared just by hearing them.Xia Zhuo grabbed the seats on both sides and moved closer: "Just say it."

The driver then said: "What kind of Christmas activities did this school hold at the end of last year? Our small towns don't celebrate this kind of foreigner's festival, but the students have been preparing for the final exam and have not had a holiday for two consecutive months. I had someone set it up, what kind of Christmas tree and Christmas gift box, batch after batch were purchased and transported back from the city with a lot of effort. After finishing, the school announced that it is open for visiting. On the 25th, parents can go up the mountain to meet their children. It is said to spend a holiday with the children, but in fact it is to help them calm down before the exam. It is said that this exam is quite important, and whether you can get more support money is all in one fell swoop. But let me say that doing this It was also made for outsiders to read. No, before Christmas, there was an uproar in the newspapers, and everyone began to praise the humanization of this school. It’s a pity that all the parents were kept in the dark, and I was not an outsider. I can see clearly."

"So what happened? Is it because I didn't do well in the final exam and the school lost its students?"

"No, hey... On the morning of the second day of Christmas, a student in the third grade hanged himself on the biggest Christmas tree." The driver paused, "This incident has hit other students hard, and there are people who don't like it one after another. Come to school, and when the winter vacation is over, not only the students have skipped half of the classes, but even the teachers have handed in their resignations one after another. As for the final grades, of course they can’t be revealed.”

Xia Zhuo quickly asked: "Why did you hang yourself so well?"

The driver sighed: "The school said that the parents put too much pressure on the study, and the child's parents were busy making money and didn't show up on the day of the visit, which may have added to the negative emotions... So the child's health and safety are important, what grades What kind of university can be admitted to is just a cloud... Now that it's all over, the person who raised him is gone, where is this parent crying? Regret? It's too late to regret..."

It seems that the incident has something to do with the hanged student.

Xia Zhuo thought for a while, then slowly said: "I've heard about this, is it a boy who died?"

"Then your news is inaccurate. It was a girl who died, but I don't know what she looked like, and the photo hasn't been released. It seems... which class is it? Hey, look at my memory... Oh yes, Class 6 Yes, the surname is Hu, Gu Yue's Hu." The driver suddenly asked: "How many classes are you going to take? This sixth class is the worst class to take. If the principal arranges it for you, you must not agree to it. Those children don’t have a single mind on their studies, they only know how to dawdle all day long. If a difficult class fails to get a good grade in the end, the class teacher will be criticized for nothing wrong.”

"Okay, thank you."

Xia Zhuo slammed his mouth twice, thinking that it's over, is this going to teach high school students?

Even if the class with the number one in the whole grade is in his hands, it will become the bottom one in a short time. If it is teaching physical education, he can still fool around a few times, but if it is about serious language, it will be fine.

Now I can only pray that Dreamland doesn't care about the education level of the participants, and won't directly sentence them to death just because they haven't solved any problems.

In the following time, the driver introduced the school to him endlessly.The driver seemed to be proud of the effort he had made at that time, and he tried his best to show his understanding of the structure of the facility in every sentence.

Like many ordinary high schools, although there are not many classes in this school, the area is large enough to make full use of the advantages of the terrain. The back garden is as beautiful as an overcrowded Internet celebrity check-in place. A gardener came to take care of the flowers and trees, and the first to find the body was the gardener who came to the garden early the next morning.

Sufficient initial funds allowed the school to have all the facilities. There were a lot of cafeterias, supermarkets, and activity areas. The driver never forgot the fried rice with soy sauce in the cafeteria. He told Xia Zhuo to try it if he had the chance, but he didn’t know he was still doing it now. Not doing it.

"There is a girl in her 20s who is in charge of the logistics in the cafeteria. She is beautiful and very warm-hearted. If you choose a day when she is there to cook, she will give you a few extra pieces of meat."

Xia Zhuo smiled: "You seem to go there often."

The driver laughed, "It's all heard...here, did you see the sign in front? Turning the corner is the main entrance of the school."

Xia Zhuo pressed the window of the car, and after waiting for the car to turn right, he saw an empty land.

From here, the undulating mountain road was replaced by a concrete floor, and a white sign was erected beside the wide and long iron gate from a distance, with the words Chengyang High School written on it.

A lot of people had already gathered in front of the door, he hurriedly searched among the crowd, and within two seconds locked onto a familiar figure among them.

Guan Yuzhou was wearing a black hooded jacket today, and his jeans and trousers were carefully tucked into his boots. He was facing away from him, as if he was talking to someone.

"It's him, that one." The driver stopped the car, pouted over there, without pointing, "The one standing in the middle, wearing a printed shirt and glasses, look at it?"

Xia Zhuo looked for him according to his description, and found that Guan Yuzhou was talking to the man in the floral shirt.

"What's up with him?"

"One of the talents recruited from other places has also studied abroad. He teaches both English and mathematics. He is the class teacher with the best grades. The young man has a good temper and is popular everywhere. Although he is a returnee who has seen the world, But he didn’t put on airs, and greeted everyone he saw. Didn’t the teachers leave one by one this time? He insisted on staying, saying that no matter how low the salary is, he must at least bring this class to graduation.”

Xia Zhuo took a few more glances and felt a little upset.

Why is Guan Yuzhou so focused on talking with this person?

He couldn't remember that the other party was just an imaginary aborigine. He hurriedly said goodbye to the driver, closed the car door and strode towards the man.

As new people approached, the crowd fell into silence from a distance, and everyone stopped talking at the same time, and all those unfamiliar faces looked at Xia Zhuo.

Guan Yuzhou also turned his head, and when he saw him, he was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face changed instantly. The seriousness of the casual smile faded away like the sea water, and his eyes were fixed on him softly. body.

Before Xia Zhuo could open his mouth to start yelling nonsense, the man reached out and grabbed his wrist possessively, and with a gentle swipe, he brought him to his side, "Why did you come here?"

A long time ago, some participants noticed the distinctive aura around this tall and handsome man. Some of them deliberately distanced themselves from him, and some of them took the initiative to talk to them and wanted to go with them. The blind and dull also understood that the co-author had a companion.

Sensing the gaze, Xia Zhuo pursed his lips and gave him a sour glance: "Will it be a good thing for Teacher Guan to come here at this time?"

Guan Yuzhou laughed: "What nonsense."

Xia Zhuo snorted: "You are dressed very young this time."

It is always pleasant to be praised by the person in front of him, Guan Yuzhou curled his lips, "Do you like it?"

He used to not pay attention to dressing up, and many of the clothes were of the same style. Many students around him lamented that he had a good appearance for nothing.But later, he would stand in front of the mirror and struggle for a long time, and the changes from head to toe were all for the person he didn't know if he would meet after going out.

"That's it." Xia Zhuo admitted reluctantly, turned his head to cover up and coughed, and glanced at his fingers, "Where is the thing I want?"

Guan Yuzhou lowered his eyes and said warmly, "I'll give it to you later."

Before Xia Zhuo could say anything, the aborigine who had been watching quietly stepped forward and interrupted their conversation.

This returnee teacher is not frail, he is about the same height as Guan Yuzhou, but the arcs at the corners of the glasses make his facial lines less rigid, as described by the driver, he does not have a domineering posture, and even speaks gently lukewarm.

He stretched out his hand to Xia Zhuo, "Are you the last teacher who came to take office? Hello, I am your current and future colleague. I am currently teaching English and mathematics for Class [-] of the third grade. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Before Xia Zhuo decided whether to hold it, Guan Yuzhou had already blocked half of him.The man hid him behind him to protect him, as if something had offended him, his face was a bit ugly: "Since everyone is already here, please trouble Teacher Wei to take us to visit the school as soon as possible."

Teacher Wei lowered his head and looked at the time on his watch, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. There are still 10 minutes before this class ends, and I will show you these 10 minutes, because the school is really short of manpower recently. , I can’t bring six classes by myself. Most of the time, the students are studying in the classroom. Please pay more attention, the future is very important to every child, and there are only three or four left before the college entrance examination Yue, I hope that everyone can quickly adapt to the life here, so that the children can devote themselves to the review as soon as possible."

Xia Zhuo heard someone whispering: "I failed the college entrance examination myself, isn't this here to harm the flowers of the motherland?"

He thought that there might not be any flowers of the motherland here, and it is more likely that all the piranhas are raised here.

Seeing that the person leading the way was very kind, a little girl in a floral skirt chased after her in a small step, "Then where do we live? Is there an apartment in the school?"

Teacher Wei nodded with a smile, "I'll take you to the apartment later. The accommodation conditions in the school are quite good. I don't think it will make you feel too uncomfortable."

"Can I take a shower?"

"There is a private bath."

The floral skirt really seemed to be on vacation, and she raised her hands and cheered: "Yeah!"

The doorman was a middle-aged man in his 40s who walked with a limp and seemed to have problems with both legs.He stared closely at the door when the participants gathered, and immediately locked the door again after everyone entered, as if he was afraid that something would come in from outside.

This kind of unusual behavior makes everyone feel strange. It is really inappropriate to hire a disabled person with limited mobility to do security work, especially in a sensitive area like a school.

More or less aware of their eyes, Teacher Wei rubbed his neck embarrassingly, and after pulling some distance away, he lowered his voice and said: "The original two guards have resigned, but it is impossible not to have someone on night shift... just now That is Uncle Li. When he was young, he went into the water to save talents in winter. His knees would get sick in this season, and he couldn’t walk very well. In the past, he would deal with hygiene in the school on weekdays, picking up bottles and books that students don’t want, etc. Going down the mountain to sell on weekends, and it’s hard to recruit people now, so I just let him come up first.”

Xia Zhuo turned around, and Uncle Li had already returned to the guard room.The quiet school gate looked bleak and desolate, completely out of line with the vigor and vitality that the campus should have.

Guan Yuzhou noticed his distraction from the corner of his eye, and lowered his head to ask him what's wrong.Xia Zhuo shook his head, and was about to turn around, but suddenly felt a pair of eyes looking directly behind the tea-colored glass. The strong ominous atmosphere was hard to ignore, but when he wanted to distinguish carefully, the poisonous The feeling of being watched by the scorpion disappeared again.

"Teacher Guan." Xia Zhuo stood on tiptoe, put her lips against her ears and said, "There's something wrong with that guard."

"Well, follow him first." Guan Yuzhou stroked his back, wanting to use this physical touch to relieve the restlessness caused by his ears.

"You took advantage of me again." Xia Zhuo immediately raised an eyebrow, with a proud look of "I got caught".

Guan Yuzhou bent his eyes, rubbing his lips against his earlobe just like he did just now, "What is Teacher Xia going to do then?"