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

Teacher Tong will have new students, a new class, a new life, and maybe even a lover. Years later, when I meet Teacher Tong with great expectations, I may only get a sudden “Oh, I remember you” after thinking hard.

Once she graduated and went to college, all that remained between her and Teacher Tong were memories.

Good memories are for people who are not satisfied with their current lives. People who are satisfied with everything will occasionally think of them and reminisce about them before they start a new life; but people like me will only immerse themselves in them and cannot extricate themselves. The memories will fade in Teacher Tong's heart, and in the end, only I will remember them.

"Soft? Soft?"

Ruan Qian raised her head and realized that Teacher Tong was calling her. She opened her eyes wide and panicked: "...Ah?"

"Teacher Tong asked you how you plan your vacation!" Ji Chen helplessly acted as a parrot.

Ruan Qian pushed aside her hair, trying to sober herself up, and forced a smile:

"It's just three days off. I will review at school and try to do well in the monthly exam."

"Hmm..." Tong Yao thought for a moment and smiled, "Come on, I've also set the questions. I'll just reveal one thing: the math is relatively simple compared to last time."

"Simple?" Ji Chen showed a regretful expression, "How can I get higher scores if it's simple?"

"Then you should give me a full score." Tong Yao teased.

"Forget it then." Ji Chen raised his hands in surrender in horror.

"I'm confident in your and Jiali's math. Don't let other subjects hold you back." Tong Yao tilted her head and smiled gently, "Ruanruan, you have to work hard. Show your ability in the exam and believe in yourself. I believe in you."

Ruan Qian was a little absent-minded. She said "hmm" softly for a long time, then looked at Ji Chen:

"Then let's not disturb Teacher Tong, shall we? Let's go back to school early."

Ji Chen was stunned at first, then nodded.

"Teacher Tong, let's go now."

"Have a safe journey. Text me when you arrive at school." Tong Yao waved from the bed.

At the door, Jiang Wu handed the bag to the three people and said:

"This is a bag of cherries, this is a bag of apples, and this is a bag of strawberries. Take them. Thank you for coming to see Yaoyao."

The woman’s aura could not be refused. The three of them smiled bitterly, as if they were children being forced to give red envelopes.

When I left, I had more in my hands than when I came.

Chapter 31: Her Unknown Past

During the National Day holiday, the school was much quieter. Local students went home, and most of the out-of-town students had their families visit them, so the hotels near the school gate were packed.

The only ones left were students from other places like Ruan Qian who had no one to visit them.

She didn't envy others. It wasn't that her parents didn't love her, it was just that their conditions were poor. Her mother put some living expenses into her bank card and gave her a 200 yuan red envelope on WeChat, asking her to take her brother out for a better meal.

She knew how hard it was for adults to earn money and didn't want to accept it, but her mother insisted that she take it and she couldn't refuse.

Rejecting kindness hurts.

She was actually very happy - she couldn't help thinking so sometimes.

Ruan Qian is a person who is easily satisfied.

At 7:30 in the morning, she was the first one to arrive in the classroom. Because of the National Day, she allowed herself to sleep for half an hour longer. When she saw that there was no one in the classroom, her first thought was relief.

I am not lagging behind others.

She gradually got used to the side effects of staying up late to draw, and she opened her English book and started memorizing words. The pressure of the monthly exam was very high, and each of the subjects was her weak points. Although she had made up for some of her math, she was not good at all the comprehensive science subjects. She didn't even know which subject to start with, and she would be particularly anxious every time.

Feeling upset and sighing.

Review lasts until 11am.

She patted her overused head, took out her cell phone and contacted her younger brother.

Ruan Qian: "Let's go out for dinner this afternoon. I'll treat you to a nice meal."

She looked up and saw that most of her classmates were playing with their phones. Some of them had run out of battery, so they sat down next to the podium, where there was the only power strip in the classroom, and played while charging their phones.

"Who has yesterday's new comic? Lend it to me." A boy asked the people around him.

"I have it!" someone immediately said, with a sly look on his face, "Call me daddy."

"Get lost." The boy cursed with a smile. Soon, the other party threw the comic book over and the boy caught it steadily. At this time, Ruan Qian, who was not far away, asked a little awkwardly:

"Um... can you lend it to me to take a look?"

The boy was stunned. Faced with the request of the beautiful classmate, he was conflicted. It was not that he minded borrowing Ruan Qian later, but he was considering whether to show his courtesy.

"Well, you take a look first." The boy smiled on the surface but he was crying inside.

"Thank you!"

nice guy!

Ruan Qian took the comic and turned directly to the last chapter. The last column of Zhiyin Manke was often filled with submissions from newcomers, and the immature style and monotonous coloring were exactly what Ruan Qian needed.

This time, the comic strip she submitted was still not selected.

She was frustrated for a moment, but recovered quickly. Her four-frame comics were still far behind this newcomer.

The new cartoonist this time is called Green Tea, and she drew a short story about a Green Tea girl who destroyed the relationship of her best friend and was eventually defeated by true love.

A sense of déjà vu has arrived.

Before Ruan Qian could think about it, the message on QQ started flashing.

Ruan Xiaobei: "It's so troublesome to go out to eat. It's better to give me the money and buy food myself."

Ruan Qian: "Are you tired now in the third year of junior high school?"

Ruan Xiaobei: "Not particularly tired..."

Ruan Qian: "If you're not tired, come out to eat with me. I'll find you at the entrance of your school."

Ruan Xiaobei: "..."

Ruan Qian turned off QQ and planned to go to the ATM outside the school gate to withdraw money. In this era when WeChat and Alipay payments are not yet popular, cash is the greatest guarantee.

In October, the weather became a little cooler. The trees on campus dropped piles of yellow leaves, and the wind blew my hair and dust.

Ruan Qian took a deep breath, inserted her bank card into the slot, and withdrew 700 yuan. 200 yuan for lunch, and 500 yuan for living expenses during this period. Although Teacher Tong gave her a work card, she rarely went to the teacher's window to eat. In the end, she was still embarrassed.

The little girl is thin-skinned, especially in front of the people she cares about.

"Classmate, classmate?"

Suddenly, someone called her.

Ruan Qian put the money away, turned around, and found a thin man wearing a baseball cap.

"Well, my phone is out of battery," the man touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, "Can you lend it to me to make a call?"

Ruan Qian hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to believe it. She nodded, unlocked the screen, and gently handed it over.

"Thank you." The man said and dialed a number.

The call seemed to be connected.

"Hey, where are you? My phone is out of battery! I'm waiting for you here!"

"...Hmm, let me see where this is. The one in front looks like a restaurant..."

As he spoke, he began to walk away without leaving any trace. Ruan Qian felt something was wrong, frowned slightly, and shouted:

"Hey."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she spoke, the man ran away.

The little girl's pupils shrank, and she immediately realized that it was a scam. She shouted "Don't run" and chased after him.

On the morning of National Day, there were few shops open in front of the school gate, and no one could help her.

As she passed by someone, she shouted "That man is a thief" and did not expect anyone to help her. However, the next moment the person next to her stretched out his leg, and she felt her foot tripped. She subconsciously protected her face and fell to the concrete floor.

Beside me, a footstep quickly escaped.

——They are in the same group.

Ruan Qian got up, her body covered in dust, her knees and arms feeling burning pain. She clenched her fists and tried hard to hold back her tears.

That cell phone is very important to her.

The cost of buying another mobile phone is even more unaffordable.

She couldn't catch up with the man in the first place, and after she fell, she could only see his smaller and smaller back.

She stood there blankly, when at this moment, the sound of fighting came from the distance.

"What are you doing?! Stop!"

Ruan Qian was stunned. She could only see a man at the intersection stopping the man who had robbed her phone and knocking him down almost instantly. The accomplice behind him was obviously worried and ran away without even trying to get in.

The little girl ran over and found that she knew this person: it was Teacher Tong’s brother, Tong Hua.

"Uncle Tong..."

As soon as Ruan Qian opened her mouth, Tong Hua burst out laughing.

"You call me uncle?"

The little girl choked, realized that something was wrong, and carefully changed her words:

"Mr. Tong, are you not hurt?"

Tong Hua shook his head, took out Ruan Qian's cell phone from the pocket of the man on the ground, then frowned and took out three or four more.

Still a repeat offender.

"This is yours," Tong Hua handed it to Ruan Qian, "You are Yaoyao's student, right? It was you who took her to the infirmary last time?"

Speaking of which, Ruan Qian still felt that she had taken advantage by sending Teacher Tong to the infirmary. She whispered:

"Hmm. What are you doing here?"

"Nothing, Yaoyao is injured, her things are in the dormitory, I'm here to help her get them." Tong Hua explained with a smile, "Is your phone broken?"

Only then did Ruan Qian think of checking her cell phone.

She picked it up and looked at it. There was no need to look closely. The cracks on the screen were obvious enough, spreading from point to surface like a spider web. The girl felt cold in her heart and pressed the switch. It was barely working.

"The screen is broken?" Tong Hua said apologetically, "I may have thrown it to the ground too hard just now. Sorry."

As for the people on the ground, they had already run away at some point.

"It's okay," Ruan Qian smiled bitterly and shook her head, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten my phone back. It's still usable, it's okay. How much does it cost to replace the screen?"

The little girl had never replaced the screen before, and this was the first time she broke her phone.

Unfortunately, she was asking someone who also hadn’t changed the screen.

"Ah? I don't know either." Tong Hua said embarrassedly, "But I know someone who can change it for you for free. I'll take you there."

The offer is tempting.

Even though she had never replaced it before, Ruan Qian knew that replacing the screen was very expensive.

Free replacement can save you a lot of money.

But free things are the most expensive.

She didn't want to owe anyone a favor. Even though she already owed Teacher Tong a lot, she didn't want to owe Teacher Tong's family any more.

"I was the one who broke it in the first place, so it's only right that I take you there," Tong Hua touched his head, trying to dispel the girl's concerns, "It doesn't cost money, right? I haven't thanked you for sending Yaoyao to the infirmary that day."

After Tong Hua finished speaking, he realized that the girl would not think that he was a bad person, right? Although he was an acquaintance, there were too many acquaintances committing crimes in the world. He thought about it and added: "How about I call Yaoyao and you tell her?"

Before he could finish his words, the call had already been made.

Ruan Qian's refusal was stuck in her throat and she couldn't say it.

She really wanted to talk to Teacher Tong, even on the phone.

"Hello, Yaoyao?"

"I haven't got the information yet. Um, I ran into your student, the girl who took you to the infirmary. It's a little complicated. I'll give her the phone number."

Ruan Qian took the phone almost in a panic.

"Tong...Teacher Tong."