Chapter 124: Teacher Ran's Admiration

Shazhu was very depressed.

He always felt Bang Geng and Qin Huairu were teaming up to sabotage him.

Especially Bang Geng.

It was too abnormal.

He even suspected that Bang Geng had been bought off by his enemies, such as Lin Shengli and Xu Damao.

He, who had already reached the door, turned back, his face dark, pointed at Bang Geng, lowered his voice, and said:

"Bang Geng, if you mention that 'stupid' word again, I'll really beat you."

Bang Geng laughed and shouted loudly:

"Mom, Uncle He wants to hit me."

As soon as he said that.

Outside, Teacher Ran, who was about to push his bicycle and leave, couldn't help but look toward Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu smiled and said:

"It's fine, He Yuzhu actually likes children now."

"He's very kind-hearted, he wouldn't hit Jiageng."

"He just likes to roughhouse with children usually."

"He's already twenty-nine, almost thirty, yet he still acts like a child."

"Ah, I can't do anything about him either."

"If you didn't look at his face, others would still mistake him and Jiageng for brothers."

"Really, he's been very good to Jiageng."

Qin Huairu's voice was neither loud nor soft.

Shazhu heard every word.

The earlier words made him feel relieved.

But the later words made him feel depressed.

What does "acting like a child" mean?

What does "if you don't look at his face, others would mistake him and Bang Geng for brothers" mean?

Doesn't that mean he's immature?

And still can't do anything about him?

That tone makes it sound as if his relationship with Qin Huairu is very close.

How does Teacher Ran view this?

As for Teacher Ran, upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, he couldn't help but blurt out:

"He, he's only twenty-nine?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said:

"Yes, what's up?"

Teacher Ran: "Oh, nothing."

Teacher Ran really wanted to say, I thought he was already in his thirties or forties.

But she still didn't say those words.

Just then, a coughing sound suddenly came.

Teacher Ran turned his head and saw Shazhu walking out.

"All right, Jiageng's mom, I'm leaving now."

Teacher Ran said and was about to push his bicycle away.

Shazhu saw this, hurried over to her, then pointed at his own home and said:

"Teacher Ran, this is my home."

"It's quite big, bigger than Jiageng's home; why don't we go sit inside?"

Teacher Ran: "Oh, no need, no need, next time."

"I still have to do a home visit later."

"No need to see me off, I'm leaving."

Qin Huairu: "Hey, Teacher Ran, goodbye."

Shazhu watched Teacher Ran's back, hesitated a moment, but ultimately didn't follow.

Qin Huairu smiled and said: "Shazhu, why didn't you follow?"

Shazhu said with a gloomy face:

"No, Comrade Qin Huairu, what's going on with you tonight?"

"You keep sabotaging me."

Qin Huairu: "Do I?"

Shazhu: "Yes, you really do."

"Not only do you sabotage me, but Bang Geng does too."

"I think I've figured it out."

"You basically don't want me to find a wife."

Qin Huairu laughed and said: "You, you're destined to never have a wife in this life."

"Accept your fate."

"Teacher Ran just thinks you're warm-hearted, helped Bang Geng pay his tuition, right?"

"People have no other intentions, meaning they have no intention of dating, ah."

"Besides, when you count money you still put your hand in your mouth to wet it with saliva."

"Are you disgusted or not, huh?"

"Would Teacher Ran date you?"

"You, just give up."

Shazhu shook his head and said:

"No, no, no, I don't think so."

"Teacher Ran is just being reserved."

"As long as I persist, we still have a chance."

"No, I still have to see Teacher Ran off, to give her a good impression."

Having said that, Shazhu took off running toward the front courtyard.

Qin Huairu shouted with a smiling squint:

"Nobody knows where Teacher Ran went, yet you're still chasing her—you're really foolish."

Shazhu ignored her, his steps not stopping.

Arriving at the front courtyard, Lin Shengli and Yan Bu Gui were chatting with Teacher Ran.

He frowned, then hurriedly hid to the side to eavesdrop.

Lin Shengli had just come back from outside; seeing Yan Bu Gui chatting with Teacher Ran, he stopped.

Yan Bu Gui: "Teacher Ran, I'm telling you, our courtyard really has produced a talent, a great talent."

"He invented that, those whatever machines; anyway I don't understand."

"In short, they're sold far and wide, both domestically and abroad."

"Here, it's created quite a bit of foreign exchange for our country."

"Oh my, people from many countries come to place orders."

"Even Little Japan sent people to ask him to go there to repair machines."

Teacher Ran looked at Lin Shengli, full of admiration, and said:

"I never expected Comrade Lin Shengli to be so young and yet so talented."

"I truly admire him."

Lin Shengli laughed: "Teacher Ran, you flatter me; I'm just doing my duty."

"Just like you and San Da Ye, fulfilling our duty, teaching and nurturing."

Teacher Ran nodded and said:

"Mm, that's right."

"But compared to you, we're just petty hacks meeting a master."

Yan Bu Gui: "Indeed, we can't compare, we can't compare."

"By the way, Teacher Ran, has that Shazhu been bothering you?"

Hearing this, Shazhu, hiding in the dark, unconsciously clenched his fists.

Teacher Ran: "No, not really; with Jiageng's mother around, he wouldn't dare act out."

"But I still somewhat agree with what Jiageng's mother said."

Yan Bu Gui asked: "What did Jiageng's mother say?"

Teacher Ran: "Jiageng's mother said He Yuzhu is like a child who never grew up."

"Although I've only had brief contact with him,"

"I can still tell."

"He really does act somewhat like a child."

Saying this, Teacher Ran lowered her voice and continued:

"He paid Jiageng's tuition, pulling out a stack of cash; what astonished me was that he actually, right in front of me, licked his finger to count the money and gave it to me."

"I didn't know whether to accept it or not."

Yan Bu Gui laughed: "Alright, I believe this; Shazhu really could do something like that."

"Otherwise, he couldn't be this old and still never have dated."

"He, he is twenty-nine years old this year."

Teacher Ran asked: "Yan Teacher, Jiageng's mother said He Yuzhu is twenty-nine, but I still don't believe it."

"He looks a bit mature, not like a twenty-nine-year-old."

Yan Bu Gui: "Exactly, he looks like he's in his thirties or forties—everyone says that."

"By the way, I also want to tell you something."

"He stole my bicycle wheel and sold it."

"If it weren't for the sake of our courtyard, I would definitely have sued him."

Teacher Ran: "Really?"

Yan Bu Gui: "Indeed, everyone in our courtyard knows about this."

"Don't believe me? Ask Shengli."

Lin Shengli laughed: "It's indeed true."

Yan Bu Gui: "See, Teacher Ran, you really must not date him."

"We're from the same school; I really don't want to see you jump into a fire pit."

Teacher Ran: "Ah? I never said I wanted to date him."

However, I think he's quite enthusiastic toward me.

Yan Bu Gui: "That's exactly right."

He's taken a liking to you.

Teacher Ran: "That's his business; I don't want to date him."