Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 152 Worry
"What kind of movies do you like to watch?"

After getting in the taxi, Zhou Jing held Yang Wenwen's hand and put it on his lap.

"Well, I don't know. I watch all kinds of movies. I went to the cinema with Teacher Zhao Xin a few times when I took you to this class. I haven't been to a cinema for three or four years. How about you?"

Yang Wenwen's hand trembled slightly, but she did not pull it back, allowing the boy to hold it, although she felt a little uncomfortable.

Before showing a movie to students in her class, Yang Wenwen would watch it carefully first and only let the students watch it if there were no problems. Except for horror movies, she likes to watch all kinds of movies.

"I watch all kinds of movies. I don't have a favorite. I don't have the mood to go to the cinema alone."

Zhou Jing lifted up Yang Wenwen's hand and looked at it. Yang Wenwen's hands were white and slender, with long and thin fingers. She often used chalk to write in her right hand. The fingertips of her right thumb, index finger and middle finger that held the chalk were obviously rougher.

Yang Wenwen looked at the boy's hand and said, "How is your cousin doing in school?"

"It's OK. I'm in the top ten of the key class of No. 10 Middle School."

“The management of No. 10 Middle School is very good.”

"The lower the school's enrollment level, the stricter the management, the better the school spirit."

After becoming a teacher, Zhou Jing understood more thoroughly that school management is secondary, and the quality of admissions is the most important. School management is much easier when the quality of students is good. For a school like the county high school in Zhou Jing's hometown, it would be difficult to improve student performance even if the school was built into a prison.

As they were almost at their destination, Zhou Jing paid the taxi driver.

"I come."

Yang Wenwen also took out the change from her down jacket pocket.

"Why bother with me?"

Zhou Jing first handed the money to the driver.

Yang Wenwen didn't argue anymore, put the money back, got out of the car, looked at the building in front of her and said, "It's been a few years and I didn't know there was a movie theater here."

"It's very windy here."

Zhou Jing put the hood of Yang Wenwen's down jacket on her.

"You wear it too."

Yang Wenwen also put a hat on the boy.

The cinema was on the fourth floor. When the elevator door opened, Zhou Jing asked Yang Wenwen to go first. Someone pressed the button for the fourth floor. In a blink of an eye, they reached the fourth floor. When the elevator door opened, Zhou Jing asked Yang Wenwen to go out first. Zhou Jing followed closely behind Yang Wenwen.

When they arrived at the hall, there was no rush to line up to buy tickets. Zhou Jing took Yang Wenwen to choose movies next to the bar.

The films currently showing include "Jump Out", "刺陵", "风云2", "October Besieged City" and so on.

"Teacher Gu Jia said that she felt depressed for several days after watching 2012. Have you seen this movie?"

Yang Wenwen pointed to the film "2012".

"I haven't seen it. It's a disaster movie. Do you want to watch it?"

Zhou Jing shook his head immediately, thinking that Gu Jia definitely didn’t tell her colleagues that she watched it with him.

"150 minutes, two and a half hours, is a bit long."

Yang Wenwen had seen a post on QQ space about this movie, which had a very high rating. She wanted to see it but hesitated for too long. The nearest show was at 7:50 and ended after 10:00.

"It doesn't matter. I'm not busy tomorrow anyway. How about just watching this?"

Although he had watched it with Gu Jia before, Zhou Jing didn't mind watching it with Yang Wenwen again, so that he wouldn't be biased.

"Okay, I'll buy the ticket."

Yang Wenwen nodded and took out her wallet from her shoulder bag.

"Don't be polite to me." Zhou Jing certainly wouldn't let Yang Wenwen pay the bill.

Yang Wenwen's life is not rich. She works alone to support a family of three, herself, her mother and her daughter. Her monthly salary of more than 5,000 yuan is very good in Yu City, but the expenses are also not small. The rent is 1,200 yuan a month, and the daily expenses for three people, etc. It is good if she can save 2,000 yuan a month. In two years, the expenses for her daughter to go to kindergarten will be even greater.

Yang Wenwen's family spent almost all of their savings in the past two years to buy a house for her younger brother in the provincial capital. Her younger brother will be 26 years old after the Chinese New Year and may get engaged next year. There are many places to spend money on wedding, dowry, and car purchase.

Therefore, the family cannot give Yang Wenwen any financial help. The fact that her mother helps Yang Wenwen to coax her child has already relieved a lot of burden for her. If her younger brother gets engaged next year, he will get married the year after next at the latest. If he has a child and needs Yang's mother to coax him, Yang Wenwen will be very busy.

Yang Wenwen is worried about this now. It would not be good if there is no one to take care of the child. Her mother asked Yang Wenwen to consider whether the time is right and let the child go to school near her brother's house or Yang Wenwen resign and find a job in the provincial capital so that they can be close and take care of each other.

Yang Wenwen didn't want to consider either of these two options. First, her daughter already lacked a complete family, and Yang Wenwen couldn't let her daughter leave her side again. Second, going to the provincial capital to find a job would only put more pressure on Yang Wenwen. The salary for finding a job in the provincial capital would definitely not be higher than now, but the expenses would be greater than here.

Yang Wenwen cannot let her brother down as she has already been a burden to herself, nor can she affect the lives of her brother and sister-in-law because of herself.

"I'll buy you something to drink."

Zhou Jing was queuing up to buy movie tickets, while Yang Wenwen was preparing to buy tea.

"Wait a little while, the movie won't start for a while." Zhou Jing pulled Yang Wenwen's finger, pointed to the leisure corridor and said, "Find a seat and wait for me."

Yang Wenwen nodded and turned to look for a seat.

Zhou Jing watched Yang Wenwen's back. Yang Wenwen had a ponytail with side bangs, and her legs were well-proportioned in tight jeans. She walked in black boots with a moderate pace, and her ponytail swayed with the rhythm of her steps. She carried her bag on her right shoulder and held the shoulder strap of the bag with her right hand. Her back was also intellectual and elegant.

After buying the movie tickets, Zhou Jing went to the tea area and bought a cup of black tea and a cup of honey lemon, both hot, and then went to the leisure corridor to find Yang Wenwen.

"I'll buy it. I'm always asking you to spend money."

Yang Wenwen, who had not yet adapted to the situation, was already feeling a little awkward. The car fare, movie tickets, and drinks were all paid for by the boy, who was seven years younger than her. Yang Wenwen felt uncomfortable and incompetent.

"Are you angry?"

Noticing that Yang Wenwen looked unnatural, Zhou Jing sat next to her and smiled.

"I'm not angry." Yang Wenwen shook her head, trying to calm herself down. She took the hot tea from the boy's hand and asked, "What tea did you buy?"

"This is black tea, and this is honey lemon."

Zhou Jing pointed.

“They are all what I like.”

Yang Wenwen smiled slightly. She didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, nor did she want her emotions to affect the other person's mood.

"You can drink them alternately." Zhou Jing looked at Yang Wenwen and said, "I understand how you feel."

"I'm in a good mood!"

Yang Wenwen smiled again.

"Your worries are written all over your face." Zhou Jing pinched Yang Wenwen's face and said seriously: "I hope to give you happiness and hope that you can live a better life. If my entering your world makes your life more stressful, then I would rather not disturb you."

"I insist on getting close to you not only because I like you, but also because I am now able to help share the burden on your shoulders. None of the words I said were impulsive. No matter what our future holds, I will always help you sincerely."

Zhou Jing looked at Yang Wenwen and continued.

"But." Yang Wenwen's eyes couldn't help but become wet. She tried hard not to let the tears flow out, pursed her lips and continued, "I may not be able to give you anything."

"I never thought of getting anything from you. Even if you never let me get close to your heart, I should help you to the best of my ability based on the three years of education, right?"

If we have to say what Zhou Jing was thinking about Yang Wenwen, Zhou Jing's intentions are self-evident.

"You've done a lot for me. These past six months have been the happiest I've had in the past few years."

Yang Wenwen couldn't help but let her tears fall from the corners of her eyes. She turned her head to look at the other side of the corridor and raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes.

(End of this chapter)