It's the students' fault if they are too popular.

"I graduated."

Nothing can stop them.

Anyway, we have already walked out of the school... Tong Yao struggled symbolically a few times and was led obediently.

then.

She saw a group of boys from Class 7 coming out of the Internet cafe nearby, smiling in groups.

Or the kind that comes towards you.

Although they are no longer under the control of the school after graduation, the boys are still not strong enough and are still instinctively afraid of being discovered by teachers when they go to the Internet cafe. They all said honestly:

"Hello, Teacher Tong."

"Hello teacher."

"Hey, Ruan Qian."

She seemed to be stunned and could not react. Instead, Ruan Qian smiled and greeted the boys, holding her hand tightly.

Her face was flushed, and she could only hear exclamations from behind her like "Wow, look at their hands" and "They really did it".

Tong Yao suddenly felt fortunate that she would be transferring to a branch school next semester.

Otherwise, “You know, that teacher was picked up by a girl who is two years younger than her” is really lame.

Chapter 145: Adulthood

The gymnasium was packed with people at the afternoon briefing.

Tong Yao was too embarrassed to appear in front of the students, so Ruan Qian took a few brochures and went home. The information session was actually useless, just a bunch of seniors talking about how good their schools were, but any university with a high score is not bad, and the real choice is up to you.

Over there, Gu Yiwen was already urging Ruan Qian to return to southern Hunan. That was the time when their relationship was at its strongest, and Ruan Qian was reluctant to leave. However, she had not spent enough time with her parents for three years, and she might not have the chance to do so after going to college as she planned, so they finally agreed to go back after her birthday.

The rest of the day was a monotonous love affair. Tong Yao had a tryst every night with blushing cheeks and heart pounding, and went back exhausted to accompany Dong Yang in the middle of the night. When Dong Yang was not around, the bathroom and the living room also became places for decadent lovemaking.

Ruan Qian is not the only one who is happy and reluctant to leave.

In early July, the official document was issued, and Tong Yao was transferred to the branch school. Ruan Qian was shocked when she learned about it, and she was worried that Teacher Tong could not control the students in the branch school, and she was powerless to do anything.

In the morning, the moving company came and moved the furniture back and forth onto the truck. Dong Yang hid behind Tong Yao, feeling unhappy:

"Don't you live here anymore?"

"Let's move to another place." She squatted down gently, "Auntie is going to move to another place for work. Does Dongyang have any friends to say goodbye to?"

Dongyang nodded. After living here for so long, she had become friends with many of the teachers' children.

"Go ahead," Tong Yao patted the child on the back, "We will come back in a few years."

The branch school is far away from the main school, and unless something unexpected happens, she will not come here in the short term. The only person she felt sorry for was Dongyang. Changing the environment must have a great impact on a child. He needs to make new friends and get familiar with the unfamiliar surroundings again... It's just that Dongyang was not there when she made the decision, otherwise, she might have found other ways.

"Are you still living in the school this time?" Ruan Qian asked.

"No, the teachers' dormitory there is shared by two people," she shook her head. The conditions of the branch school were not as good as those of the main school. "I rented a house outside the school."

The rented house is bigger than the one here and is right in front of the school. The only drawback is that it is expensive, but that is not the drawback of the house.

After packing up everything, they drove to the branch school. The branch school was still called No. 1 Middle School, but with a subtle bracket at the end, it said Xizhu Campus. When introducing themselves to the public, they could still say that they were teachers at No. 1 Middle School.

Their new home is in a building with a long history. Although the house is old, it is not shabby and shabby. Instead, it has a sense of immersion in time. There are chickens raised in the yard, which walk around without being afraid of people.

"From now on, we have to listen to the rooster crowing in the morning." The nursery rhyme joked.

The little girl also nodded: "Hearing the cock-crow, we get up and dance."

The house was not dirty to begin with, and after the furniture was arranged, it didn't take too much time to clean it. Ruan Qian also noticed that this house had three bedrooms. She had a thought, which meant... Teacher Tong didn't have to accompany Dong Yang at night?

"Dongyang," she walked over to the child with a smile, "Do your friends still sleep with their parents?"

In the world of children, children aged five or six can sleep with their parents, but if other children know about this, they will be laughed at.

Dongyang is actually very smart. She always claims to sleep alone in front of other children, but when she gets home, she will snuggle into her aunt's arms. She also has a mobile phone and tablet bought by her aunt, so those children who don't have enough fun at home like to play with her. To her, it's not an electronic device, but a tool for making friends.

"It seems... they sleep separately." Dong Yang said in a low voice.

"Then you have to learn to be independent," Ruan Qian laughed, "When I was your age, I always complained that I didn't want to sleep with my mother."

Dong Yang lowered his head in confusion, and after a while, he said sensibly:

"Then I'll sleep alone from now on."

Hearing their conversation, Tong Yao blushed and walked away quickly.

In fact, Ruanruan didn't need to tell her that she and Dongyang also had to sleep separately. They had different schedules, one went to bed at nine o'clock, and the other was still working at twelve o'clock, often waking Dongyang up when she went to bed. After a year, her relationship with Dongyang no longer needed to be consolidated through these, which was why she rented a bigger house.

July 7th is the little girl’s 14th birthday.

After today, I will no longer be a little girl.

The lights went out, and in the flickering candlelight on the cake, Ruan Qian seemed to see her past. There were eighteen candles, sixteen of which were dim and two were bright. She blew them out in one breath, and after a brief period of darkness, Dong Yang excitedly turned on the light:

"Eat the cake!"

"Slow down, let your sister Ruan Xi cut it for you."

"It's okay. Which piece do you want to eat, Dongyang?"

She was very sure that this was the happiness she wanted.

At nine o'clock, Dongyang went to bed. In fact, it didn't matter whether Tong Yao accompanied her or not, because she would go to bed after the child fell asleep. Tong Yao took out the newly bought lychees from the refrigerator and peeled them for the little girl. The soft flesh and sweet and sour taste immediately captured Ruan Qian.

"You like eating so much?"

"Hmm," Tong Yao peeled the peel slowly, and Ruan Qian was reluctant to finish the one in front of her, "I've never eaten it before."

Tong Yao was stunned. She didn't expect that the little girl had never eaten lychees. She suddenly felt a little upset.

"But I feel it's similar to longan," Ruan Qian added.

Tong Yao hummed and continued peeling:

"Then eat more."

"Don't give it to me all the time," the little girl said embarrassedly, "eat it yourself too."

Tong Yao blinked, then suddenly leaned in and kissed Ruan Qian on the lips. She stuck out her tongue, and thus, she also shared the sweetness of the lychee and the little girl.

"Yeah, I'm done eating." She smiled.

The little girl glanced at her quietly, but did nothing and continued to wait for the litchi to feed her.

If her mother saw this, she would definitely beat her - kid, how could you bother letting Liao Liao serve you.

But it’s my birthday, so surely it’s okay?

She spit out the lychee core and leaned gently against Tong Yao:

"I bought a ticket for tomorrow afternoon."

"Ah."

"I'm leaving." Not getting the answer she wanted, she continued, "I'm going back to Shonan."

"Spend more time with mom and dad." said the nursery rhyme.

"I'm going to college after the summer vacation." Ruan Qian bit her lip, "I won't see you for a long time."

"Stupid, I can visit you during the summer vacation."

"What about school? You must be busier than me."

The little girl's voice was full of grievance and sadness.

"But that's how life is," Tong Yao said with dimples on her face, "When you finish school and you're not busy anymore, we can be together every day. By then, Dongyang will also be in school. After a long time, we can worry about Dongyang's college entrance examination together. Don't you think it's great?"

"I don't want to go to school at all." Ruan Qian said, "Anyway, my job is to draw comics...anyway..."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and she finally couldn't continue. Her work was not just about comics, she had to be a motivated person, someone who was at least worthy of Teacher Tong in terms of knowledge and consciousness, and she couldn't be someone who was unwilling to learn.

Improve yourself and prove yourself.

The nursery rhyme just smiled softly and stroked the little girl's cheek:

"I can't run."

Ruan Qian didn't say anything, slowly moved her body, and then kissed Tong Yao's lips. It was a bit unexpected, but Tong Yao was not too surprised. She fell on the sofa in the direction, and gently grasped the little girl's vest with her fingers. Slowly, her breathing became heavier, and her bright face was flushed:

"To the bedroom..."

A hand passed under her legs, and she was picked up and put on the soft bed. The little girl called "Yaoyao" and "Teacher Tong" alternately. She was so ashamed that she put her hand to block the light above her head. She didn't think it before, but after graduation, the little girl calling teacher on the bed was a killer for her.

Late at night, she fell asleep while modeling for the little girl after exhausting her last bit of strength. Ruan Qian put down her paintbrush, cleaned her up with a towel, covered her with the quilt, and stared at her blankly all night.

She didn't want the night to pass like this and wanted time to stop. She even cherished time more than she did during the college entrance examination.

In the morning, Ruan Qian went to the bathroom to put on makeup to cover her dark circles. Before going to the station, she asked to visit Jiang Wu.

Tong Yao was stunned, nodded, drove home, and when she arrived at the door, she looked back and saw the little girl with a serious face. She was indeed still a little nervous.

"Don't be afraid, my mother actually likes you very much." She comforted him.

“Don’t lie to me…” The little girl pouted, and when she entered the door, she immediately put on her best attitude and bowed slightly:

"Aunt.

"I'm going home, and I came to visit you specially."

Tong Yao actually wanted to eavesdrop, but Jiang Wu and Ruanruan went into the study and didn't allow her to follow them. The door was still closed, so she couldn't hear anything.

……

"I thought you were going to hide behind Yaoyao and live your life." Jiang Wu said in the room, "I see you guys are living a happy life."

Ruan Qian said seriously: "Getting your blessing is the best gift for Teacher Tong."

Jiang Wu was very happy to hear such words, but she said:

"She has you and a daughter now, and she still cares about my opinion? Dating is her own business."

"You are the most important person to Teacher Tong."

"Well said." Jiang Wu smiled in front of Ruan Qian for the first time. She was in a good mood today. "In fact, I admire you very much. Your college entrance examination results also show your hard work, but you have to know that this is only the first step. There are many people with similar scores as you, and many with higher scores than you. Many of them are not worse than you. You draw comics, while others can learn musical instruments, create literature, and compete abroad... Do you understand?"

You're not that special.

"I understand." Ruan Qian whispered, "I will continue to work hard."

"I hope you'll keep your promise." Jiang Wu took a sip of tea. "Is your comic going to be adapted into a TV series? Are you discussing it recently? If you don't understand, you can ask me. Don't mess it up."

Ruan Qian was stunned for a moment, then looked up in surprise:

"Thank you auntie."

Jiang Wu waved her hand nonchalantly, indicating that there was no need to say more. Ruan Qian was about to leave when Jiang Wu suddenly said:

"correct.

"Young man, you'd better exercise some restraint."

Chapter 146: A Little Farewell

Starting from home, they went to the rental house of the branch school to pick up Dongyang, and finally Tongyao drove Ruan Qian to the station.

"Dongyang, say goodbye to your sister Ruanxi." She pressed Dongyang's shoulders from behind and patted him gently.

"Goodbye Ruan Qian." Dong Yang pursed his lips, reluctant to leave.

Ruan Qian squatted down with a smile, rubbed the little girl's face, and said:

"You guys should go back soon."

Tong Yao touched her pocket and suddenly realized she had forgotten something. She said:

"Stand here and don't move. I'm going to buy two oranges."

Having said that, he threw Dong Yang to the little girl and ran back to the car.

Dong Yang and Ruan Qian looked at each other. Ruan Qian thought that Teacher Tong could only take advantage of her with words.

A few minutes later, Tong Yao came back with a key instead of an orange in her hand. She shook it and said, "Put out your hand." Ruan Qian did as she was told subconsciously, and then she gently pressed the warm key into the little girl's palm.

"Does it look familiar?" She smiled.