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

"Soft."

The crisp sound of the keyboard stopped abruptly.

"Anything on your mind?"

The voice that replaced it was as gentle as water.

The girl's pupils trembled slightly, and she looked back. In those clear eyes, her own uneasiness and confusion fell like a feather in the palm of that person's hand, floating in the shimmering pool water, and was gently soothed.

"...Yeah." She heard herself say.

"Teacher Tong...how did you know?"

How do you know she is worried?

"You kid," Tong Yao said, half-smiled, "your worries are written all over your face. How stupid do I have to be to not notice it?"

Ruan Qian's face flushed as if her thoughts were exposed. Was her behavior in front of Teacher Tong too obvious? In Teacher Tong's eyes, would it be childish and deliberate?

——Ruan Qian, you are so stupid.

The girl felt ashamed.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Tong Yao found it funny and pointed to the chair next to her, "Don't stand, sit down."

Ruan Qian quickly sat down and poked her legs with her slender index finger.

"Teacher Tong... Is Teacher Long leaving next semester?"

Tong Yao was a little surprised: "You know? Well... from what I heard, it is true. What's the matter?"

"Is it because of... the questionnaire report?" the little girl asked softly.

Tong Yao looked at her for a while and gave a positive answer:

"That is indeed the main reason. The school takes this matter very seriously. Although we don't know who the whistleblower is, we know the specific class, which is Class 9."

After that, she soothed them, "Don't worry, the teachers won't have any opinions about you."

But this was not what Ruan Qian was thinking.

She was thinking...

"Teacher Tong, you know I came from Xiangnan, right?"

The little girl spoke in a trance.

She lowered her head, lost in her memories, while the nursery rhyme listened quietly.

“The best junior high school in our area is a private one, and I used to go to school there.

“When I was in the second grade, a very kind biology teacher came to teach us, but we were very naughty.

"Teacher Tong, do you know that the poorer the place, the less willing the children are to study?

"Our class is a poor one, and our biology teacher always begs us to do better in the exams, because if we keep doing poorly, he will be assigned to a faraway campus. He also has a daughter to take care of, and if the work place is too far away, he may not even have time to take care of his daughter.

"But when he begged us, the kids who didn't study were even less afraid of him. Our class's biology grades were always poor, and later, he was transferred away."

Maybe it's the same for Teacher Long Ting? Maybe she has parents to take care of, but she's worried about the upcoming transfer. She doesn't think it's her fault, but... she's sad.

The misfortune of the person she hated could not bring her the slightest joy. She hated Long Ting to death when she was scolded a few days ago, but now she was worried about her. In the final analysis, it was because she walked out, because... Teacher Tong.

"Ruanruan." Tong Yao took the little girl's hand and said seriously, "You are still young, don't think about this kind of thing. You just need to know that adults need to be responsible for what they do."

She could see that Ruan Qian was a child with strong empathy. In fact, many children were like this, looking naughty, but their hearts were soft and soft. If she was told that she was noisy, she would keep silent.

"Adults have their own solutions, so just focus on your studies." Tong Yao said softly, letting go of Ruan Qian's hand, rummaging through the drawer, and took out a piece of chocolate. "Don't think too much. I'll give you one. It's delicious. Go back and have a nap early."

Chocolate again.

Ruan Qian took the cold chocolate and felt like a child again, being coaxed.

But I feel at ease.

"Why does Teacher Tong always have chocolate?" she asked gloomily.

"It's high in calories, so I sometimes eat one in the morning." Tong Yao smiled. Breakfast at school was early, so she would get hungry easily by noon, so she always had chocolate ready.

She checked the time and found that it was past the noon curfew. She looked at the girl and said angrily, "You took your time. Look, you can't get into the dormitory."

Students who cannot enter the dormitory can only take a nap in the classroom. In fact, many students choose not to go back to the dormitory for the sake of studying, and directly do homework for the whole afternoon.

"It's okay, I can sleep in the classroom." Ruan Qian said quickly for fear of causing trouble.

Tong Yao, who was originally about to ask the little girl to sleep in the air-conditioned office for the whole afternoon, shut up. After thinking carefully, she felt that sleeping in the office was too conspicuous, and there was nothing wrong with her sleeping in the classroom with her classmates.

"Well, go ahead," she said.

The little girl left. She paused for a moment, then reached out to open the lunch box. Sure enough, the eggplants were carefully divided together, which made her feel relieved - she actually hated eggplants, both the texture and the taste were weird to her, but fortunately they were piled together so she didn't have to pick them out bit by bit when eating.

After she finished her meal, she worked for a while. When she was done, she stretched, locked the office door, and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

When she left, she took the route that passed Class 7.

On a quiet afternoon, you can just see the little girl’s cute sleeping face from the back window.

She paused for a moment, smiled knowingly, and then left.

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"Attend class."

"Stand up!" Ji Chen shouted.

"Happy Teachers' Day!"

The nursery rhyme on the podium was a little confusing.

The first class today was Mathematics for Class 7, and she even forgot that today was Teachers' Day.

"thank you all."

Teachers are the gardeners of the motherland?

Flowers are not as caring as lovely students - at least that's what the teacher thought today.

Today is Saturday. Since the make-up classes have been temporarily cancelled, it has been changed to "group self-study". There is no need to attend classes. The teacher just needs to sit on the podium.

However, Tong Yao couldn't help but write a few questions on the blackboard.

"If you are interested, just give it a try. I made it based on the format of the college entrance examination questions. It is quite comprehensive. It doesn't matter if you can't do it."

Ji Chen and Yin Jiali are always the first to finish.

They sent in their answers, and sure enough, they did a great job.

Then there is Ruan Qian.

In front of the whole class, the little girl seemed uneasy, but still presented her draft.

"Hmm... Questions one and two are correct. Question three... Hmm? Enumeration method?"

The third question was to find the coordinates of a point. The girl drew a picture, listed a lot of points, and forced it to fit, which was then verified.

"You won't get everything if you divide it this way." She couldn't help but tease.

Ruan Qian blushed and said embarrassedly: "I don't know what the standard practice is..."

"It's not difficult actually. Here, give me the pen."

She calculated on the draft paper stroke by stroke.

Ruan Qian watched silently as Teacher Tong wrote beautiful cursive script. It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his personality, and indeed, Teacher Tong herself is so beautiful.

The two people on the stage are very pleasing to the eye.

Sitting at his seat, Xu Hao turned around and knocked on Jiang Yiming's desk:

"Do you know Lily?"

Jiang Yiming raised his head and looked forward: "Aren't they just two girls together?"

Xu Hao winked and nodded towards the podium.

"You said Ruan Qian and Tong..." Jiang Yiming was surprised, "You must be joking."

"Just kidding."

"Well, it's quite interesting when you think about it."

"Jiang Yiming, Xu Hao, what are you talking about?" The sound of a nursery rhyme rang out from the podium, and the two teenagers fell silent instantly.

When being mentioned by Teacher Tong, I always feel like I have made no loss, and I may even make a small profit.

get out of class has ended.

When Tong Yao returned to the office, she noticed that the desk was piled with greeting cards.

Just count them...there are at least twenty of them.

Generally speaking, only class leaders would send a greeting card on behalf of the class as a token of appreciation, right? She saw that other teachers seemed to do the same.

"Oh, these kids, why don't you buy something else with the class money? Why buy flowers? It's such a waste. They will wither in a few days." Li Hanqiang walked in with a bouquet of carnations. He complained but looked happy, like an old man who didn't want his children to spend money.

Teacher Lu from Guangmingding next to him said unhappily:

"I received a few bottles of conditioner and it was a mockery of me."

But the corners of your mouth were also raised when you looked at the greeting card.

Tong Yao sat down and read the cards one by one. There were more students in Class 4 than in Class 7, but that was normal, after all, there were more students in Class 4 who were taking extra classes with her.

"Dear Teacher Tong,

Happy Teachers' Day!

by Ruan Qian"

The little girl's greeting card is really insincere.

Tong Yao laughed and also noticed that there was a shamrock drawn on the greeting card. It was actually very well drawn and looked lifelike.

Four classes of students are inviting her to dinner tonight.

She packed up in advance and prepared to leave. Before leaving, Long Ting, whom she had not seen for a day, pushed open the door, walked by in silence with empty hands, and sat down in her seat. There was a greeting card lying alone on the table.

It was from the Chemistry class representative of Class 7, and Class 9 didn’t even send it.

Greeting cards and small gifts were piled up on the nursery rhyme desk opposite her. The office was filled with the scent of carnations, but not a single one was meant for her.

Tong Yao was not in the mood to guess what Long Ting was thinking.

But she knew, probably, there is no teacher who doesn't want to be liked by students, right?

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"Happy Teacher's Day, Sister Yaoyao! Cheers!"

At the party, everyone clinked glasses with juice.

"Let's play some games!" Xu Yin suggested. "Has anyone played 'I Love You' and 'Shameless' before?"

"Hey, I played it!"

"What? What are the rules?"

This game is very simple. You can only say "I love you" to the person on your left, and "shameless" to the person on your right, and repeat it in a cycle. Someone will always make a mistake, and the person who makes the mistake -

truth or Dare.

Tong Yao didn't want to spoil the students' fun, and since there were girls around her, it wouldn't be too awkward.

So, in the private room, voices of "I love you" and "shame on you" were heard one after another.

It was Xu Yin's turn on her right.

Xu Yin looked at her, her face slightly red, and whispered:

"I love you."

Tong Yao smiled and replied:

"shameless."