Your promise, my sea

Chapter 2 A Different Parents Meeting

Autumn.

It was the rainy season in City C, with gusts of cold wind blowing, and the windows were wetted by the dense rain within a short while.Yan Zhen, who was sitting by the window, sighed: I'm going to go home in the rain again.

Teacher Li from the same office came in: "Mr. Yan, do you have no class this afternoon?"

Yan Zhen smiled slightly: "Just finished."

"The weather is really weird recently. One game after another just finished. Mr. Yan, do you go to work by bike?"

Yan Zhen hummed, his tone light and calm.

This teacher Li got married last month, and married a high-ranking son. These days, he has been picked up by car to work, and he is in the limelight. At this time, he just wants to make her envious, which shows that she is not good at it , also retreated in a smug manner, and stopped talking.There was a sudden desertion in the office, and the silence was not broken until the door was pushed open again.

"Teacher Yan!" A little girl with shofar braids rushed in, and Yan Zhen recognized that she was the monitor she had just appointed last week.

"what happened?"

The little girl swallowed: "Mr. Yan, there is a fight in the class, I, I can't persuade it!"

"Oh?" She frowned slightly, "Go back first, I'll go to class right away."

Yan Zhen is an elementary school teacher, and her job is not a leisurely job, because the school where she works is mostly the children of high-ranking officials, and most of them are children, so it is good if she can not look for work.This is not going to cause trouble again——

The 36 people in the class were divided into two groups at the moment, standing behind the two leading boys respectively.The two boys had obviously fought a lot, and their faces were scarred to varying degrees.One of the little boys was wiping his nose and tears, while the other glanced at him with his head held high.

"Gu Jiaming, you hurt him, so hurry up and say sorry." Squad leader Lin Xiaoxiao said.

The little boy with his head raised high gave her a faint look, then turned his head away with disdain.

"Gu Jiaming!" Lin Xiaoxiao stomped her feet anxiously.

"No." Gu Jiaming looked at Lin Xiaoxiao sadly and angrily, "Where are you from? If you are on my side, don't persuade me to surrender to class enemies. My dad said, the battlefield I would rather die than submit!"

Lin Xiaoxiao choked, glanced and saw a figure walking towards them.It's over, the teacher is here——

When Yan Zhen walked into the classroom, he could clearly see the leaders of the opposing sides at a glance, Gu Jiaming and Lin Zi, the well-known troublemakers in the class, these two must be the ones who did bad things.However, the two usually don't fight each other, and this is the first time that they have confronted each other like today.

"what happened?"

Lin Zi cried miserably and pointed at Gu Jiaming: "Mr. Yan, I just said one word to this guy, and he beat me up. Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Yan Zhen patted Lin Zi's head reassuringly: "What did you say about him?"

Lin Zi sniffled, and said submissively, "I-I said that his dad would definitely not come to the parent-teacher meeting this time, and in the end, he-he beat me up."

"You deserve it." Gu Jiaming frowned like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

No wonder—

Yan Zhen calmed down the emotional child: "Okay, it's okay, go home from school first." Then he pointed to the angry child Gu Jiaming and said, "Gu Jiaming, come to my office."

The little girl Gu Jiaming frowned suddenly, grabbed her schoolbag, and followed the teacher out with great righteousness under the gaze of everyone.

The rain had stopped, Yan Zhen sat at the desk and looked at Gu Jiaming who was standing in the corner, and beckoned him to come forward: "Not convinced?"

The kid pouted and didn't speak.

"Is it the one you hit first?"

"Yes." Reluctantly admitted, and quickly defended, "Who would have thought that he would be so ungrateful, so I just slapped him!"

Yan Zhen laughed: "Why did you hit Lin Zi?"

"Who told him that my dad won't come to the parent-teacher meeting!"

Yan Zhen said: "Then your father hasn't come several times?"

The kid Gu Jiaming choked for a moment and was speechless. After a while, he muttered softly: "Teacher, there is no way to reconcile the conflict between the enemy and ourselves."

This little guy.Yan Zhen thought for a while: "Well, give me your father's phone number, and I will personally notify him to come to the meeting."

The kid Gu Jiaming opened his eyes wide, in disbelief: "Really?"

"of course."

Gu Jiaming immediately beamed with joy, and took out a mobile phone from his bag: "Teacher, you can use my number to make a call. My dad thinks it's my number, please accept it!"

The phone was connected quickly, and before Yan Zhen could speak, he heard a series of words like Bengdou: "Oh, little ancestor, the chief of staff is busy, what trouble is your old man getting into? What's wrong with this?" Call sometime?"

Yan Zhen was quiet for a while before interrupting the endless chatter on the other end: "I'm sorry, I'm Gu Jiaming's teacher."

The mouth of the person on the other end seemed to be closed suddenly, and it took a while to calm down: "Ah, oh, hello, teacher. Gu Jiaming's parents are in a meeting at the moment and cannot answer the phone. I am his correspondent Ma, what can I do for you?"

Yan Zhen twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's nothing, I just want to inform Gu Jiaming's parents to come to the school for a parent meeting in a few days. Gu Jiaming really hopes that his father will be there, so I hope he can spare time to come."

"what?"

"If you have any problems, let him contact me again, but I think if you put your children's education first, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

After leaving his number, Yan Zhen hung up the phone and patted Gu Jiaming's head: "Gu Jiaming, the teacher will definitely let your father come this time, so you can't fight with other children over this kind of thing in the future."

After finishing speaking, Gu Jiaming didn't look at him expectantly as expected, but pouted and said, "Teacher, do you know what my father does?"

"Huh?" She really didn't know yet.

The kid Gu Jiaming sighed and said, "My father is a soldier."

It turned out to be a soldier? !Yan Zhen looked at the phone speechlessly for a long time.

It was already late when I got home at night, Yan Zhen walked upstairs after locking the car.This building is a bit old, and when you step on the stairs, you will be greeted by layers of dust.He took out the key and opened the door, before turning the door, he opened it from the inside, and a kind face appeared from the inside: "Xiaozhen, are you back?"

"Grandma." Yan Zhen smiled and put the bag away, "Be hungry, I'll cook right now."

Seeing that she was wet all over, the old man hurriedly said: "No hurry, go take a shower and change clothes first, look at how wet it is."

After a quick shower, Yan Zhen got dressed and tied up her hair before cooking.Grandma followed her and asked, "Why are you back so late today? Did something happen at work?"

"It's nothing, just a meeting." Yan Zhen said, "Grandma, our school is raising funds to buy a house now, I wonder if we should change houses too?"

"How much does that cost?" Grandma felt distressed.

"It's okay. I have some savings now, so I should be able to pay the down payment. I will pay off the rest of the mortgage with my salary."

Grandma sighed, and reached out to stroke Yan Zhen's wet hair: "That's too hard, let's forget it, and the most important thing now is not the house, but your own business."

Yan Zhen was puzzled: "My own business? What is it?"

Grandma smiled and said, "You are already 27, what else can you say?"

Yan Zhen had an epiphany, and hurriedly turned away: "I'm not in a hurry."

"You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry." Grandma said resolutely, "Sister Li said yesterday that she wanted to introduce you to someone, so I'll wait for you to come back and make an appointment, how about it?"

It seems that this time it's for real, Yan Zhen has no choice but to nod his head: "If there is one, let's see it."

Grandma was satisfied, and suddenly remembered something, nodded her forehead and said: "No perfunctory!"

"Understood." Yan Zhen pretended to be impatient, "Grandma, go out first, I want to cook."

It was finally quiet, Yan Zhen looked at the stove and smiled helplessly.

While frying the vegetables, grandma suddenly pushed the door open again, and Yan Zhen asked while flipping through the vegetables, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"Xiaozhen, call." Grandma said with a smile, "It's a man."

man?Yan Zhen was taken aback, turned off the gas stove and went to answer the phone: "Hi, I'm Yan Zhen."

"Hello, Teacher Yan, I'm Gu Jiaming's parent." A clear male voice said.

"Oh, Hello."

"I've been busy this afternoon, so I'm sorry to disturb the teacher now, what's the problem?" The tone on the other end was very calm, as if receiving calls from the teacher was a common occurrence.

"Oh, there's no big problem, it's just that Gu Jiaming told me that you probably won't be able to come to the parent-teacher meeting, so I want to confirm it myself." Yan Zhen said.

That's right, kiddo.Gu Huaiyue muttered something in his heart, and then asked, "When is the parent meeting?"

"Two days later."

Gu Huaiyue smiled: "It should be in time, I will attend."

"That's good." Yan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.

Grandma leaned forward: "Xiaozhen, who is it?"

Yan Zhen rubbed his forehead with a headache: "Grandma, why are you so ineffective, you are the parent of my student."

Grandma pursed her lips and said, "I'm not thinking about your life-long affairs, and I don't want to think about who else will worry about you except me. Tell you, I have already thought about it. When you get married, I will move to the countryside Go to your elder brother's place, so you won't be bothered!"

Yan Zhen is the only daughter, and the elder brother that grandma said is the eldest son of Uncle Yan Zhen.It has been more than ten years since Yan Zhen's father passed away. She has always been taken care of by her grandmother and uncle. In the past two years, she often took her grandmother over to live with her after she found a job in the past two years.

Yan Zhen shook his head, not daring to talk too much when the old lady was angry, and in order to reassure the old lady, Yan Zhen went to see the person Aunt Li had arranged for her the next day.

Yan Zhen sat in the coffee shop, holding a coffee cup in his hand, listening carefully to what the man opposite him was talking about.

"Miss Yan is a teacher? Is it junior high school, high school or university? The job of a teacher is very good. It is even better to be a university teacher. The salary is good and leisurely." The man paused and asked, "May I ask how much Miss Yan's monthly income is?" ah?"

Yan Zhen smiled softly: "I am a primary school teacher, and my salary is not very high."

"Primary School Teachers?"

"Yes, elementary school teacher." Yan Zhen fiddled with the coffee spoon lightly, "Education starts from the baby now, and elementary school teachers are also very hard to do."

"That's right." The man nodded awkwardly, "Then, Ms. Yan must be very good at dealing with children, right?"

"It's okay." Yan Zhen reluctantly said, "I just became a teacher, and I still need to practice."

The man asked for a long time before finally giving up.He was not satisfied with what he asked, and the lady on the opposite side was unwilling to disclose the deep content. It seemed that this blind date was about to fail.

The man was melancholy, Yan Zhen looked at his watch: "Sorry, I have a meeting this afternoon, if possible, I want to go first."

"Oh, yes." The man waved his hand.

After thinking about it for a while, Yan Zhen took out the money from his wallet and handed it to the waiter: "This is the money for coffee."

In fact, Yan Zhen was a little disgusted with the scene of blind date, so even if the other party had a good impression of her, she would leave the scene after a quick chat.It wasn't that she was rude, she just felt that the love she found in this way was a little unreliable.

After leaving the coffee shop, Yan Zhen hurried to the school.

The parent-teacher meeting was arranged at two o'clock in the afternoon. She came an hour in advance and walked to the classroom after preparing the materials.Parents' meetings are always the same old routine, and it's hard for Yan Zhen to prepare so seriously every time.

There were already many parents sitting in the classroom, and before entering the classroom, Yan Zhen realized that this parent meeting was a little different.Because through the window, she saw a figure in military uniform sitting in the middle of the classroom.After a little thought, Yan Zhen understood that this should be Gu Jiaming's father.

Standing still on the stage, Yan Zhen casually cast a glance at the man.The man lowered his head slightly, and the pair of epaulets on his shoulders were two bars and two stars.It should be the rank of lieutenant colonel, Yan Zhen thought silently.It happened that the man raised his head, his eyes met, he nodded politely to her, Yan Zhen regained his composure, smiled slightly, and started the meeting.

Generally speaking, the academic performance of this class led by Yan Zhen is not bad, so every time Yan Zhen holds a parent meeting, the main theme of Yan Zhen is to praise the students who are outstanding in their studies, and only mention those mischievous ones.Yan Zhen also mentioned the names of these people a little today, hoping that the parents can educate them more when they go back, so that their children can devote their minds to their studies.The one-hour parent-teacher meeting passed quickly. At the end, Yan Zhen was used to being surrounded by parents and asking such and such questions. After finally sending these parents away, Yan Zhen let out a sigh of relief. When he looked up, he was surprised to see that A lieutenant colonel officer was still sitting in his seat.

The lieutenant colonel stood up and walked to the podium. The 1.8-meter tall man happened to be at eye level with Yan Zhen who was standing on the podium.Faced with such an oppressive man, Yan Zhen tried his best to calmly say: "Hello, Gu—" Looking at his military uniform, she hesitated how to address him.

The man smiled politely: "You named Gu Jiaming just now, so I want to talk to you about Gu Jiaming's education."

Seeing Yan Zhen nodding, the man tilted his head slightly and shouted to the door: "Gu Jiaming, come in for me."

After a while, I saw a small man with a schoolbag on his back looking inside the door frame: "Chief, are you looking for me?"

The man raised his eyebrows: "Relax, stand at attention, and walk together—"

The villain pursed his lips, but he still did.The man patted the child's head and looked at the teacher: "Mr. Yan, how is Gu Jiaming doing in school during this time?"

Yan Zhen glanced at the two of them, the adult looked calm and patient, while the villain looked aggrieved, looking at her pair of big black eyes was rather pitiful.The adults seemed to see that Yan Zhen was in a dilemma: "It's okay, teacher, you can just say it."

Yan Zhen smiled: "It's nothing, student Gu Jiaming does need some discipline, but the overall performance is still good."

The man understood, and patted Gu Jiaming's head: "Okay, thank you teacher." After speaking, he held Gu Jiaming's armpit.Gu Jiaming was embarrassed to yell because of the teacher's presence, so he could only stare at him with a pair of bright black eyes.

The man said goodbye politely, and walked out with Gu Jiaming by his arm.

Yan Zhen stared at the backs of the two for a while, then shook his head with a smile.What a fun father and son pair.

At the gate of Guyuan, a car just stopped.

The car door opened, and the man walked out first, and then opened the co-pilot's door, and this time it was Gu Jiaming who got out.The villain stood still, put his hands behind his back, glared once again at the adult in front of him who was looking at him with a smile, and then strode away.

The lieutenant colonel shook his head, and knocked on the driver's window: "Feng Zhan, you go to the airport to pick up someone later, don't ask who it is, just find the darkest person in military uniform."

"Okay." Feng Zhan agreed cheerfully.

In the room, Gu Jiaming's aunt Liang He immediately went up to meet the kid who was rushing in: "Why are you running in such a hurry? Where are your father and uncle?"

Gu Jiaming snorted: "Don't mention these two people to me." The child was very angry, and the consequences would be serious.

Liang He rubbed his head and coaxed him: "Okay, don't be angry anymore. I heard from your uncle that your father's plane was delayed, and he could have caught up with it. And it's not a matter of time , Didn't your uncle hold a parent-teacher meeting for you?"

This is what makes Gu Jiaming most angry.The parent meeting was held, and there was a man in military uniform sitting in his seat, but that was his uncle, not his father!His father is still sitting on the plane and flying back leisurely.

"That's different!" The kid pouted, still a little angry.

Liang He smiled and rubbed the child's head: "Okay, tonight I have your favorite butter puff pastry, go and eat it quickly, your father will be back later."

Sure enough, Gu Jiaming's eyes lit up, he left his schoolbag to Liang He and went straight to the restaurant.Liang He stood behind him, shaking his head with a broken smile.Look at the appearance of this little greedy cat, where there is still a little behind the door.

Gu Changzhi, the patriarch of the Gu family, is an older generation of revolutionaries who came from the battlefield, first in the Liberation War, and then in the Sino-Vietnamese counterattack. He was awarded the rank of general in the 20s.The old general had three sons.The eldest son, Gu Huaiqing, served as the secretary of the provincial party committee in a southern province.The remaining two sons served in the army. The second son, Gu Huaiyue, served as the chief of staff of the A division of a certain group army in the B military region, and the youngest son, Gu Huaining, served as the commander of the armored regiment of the T division of the group army.It stands to reason that the three sons are so promising, General Gu and his wife should be happy, but it happens that these three sons are not with their parents, which is enough to make the old couple depressed, especially Gu's mother Li Wan.

Li Wan was Gu Changzhi's second wife, who bore him two sons.The second son Gu Huaiyue is Li Wan's eldest son, and the youngest son Gu Huaining.Since Gu Huaiqing was not Li Wan's biological son, it was not easy to make more demands, but Gu Huaiyue and Gu Huaining were different, especially Gu Huaining, the youngest son who took care of the family.Ever since the youngest daughter-in-law Liang He gave birth to twins, Li Wan wished that the family would stay in City C every day, and would call to urge them to come back every Chinese New Year.Isn't it just the reminder to come back this time?
Liang He smiled, recalling a phone call Gu Huaining received before boarding the plane.It was from my second brother who was participating in a military exercise in the northwest region. She thought it was some important event, but she didn't expect it to be a family matter—holding a parent meeting for the little scourge.

Gu Huaining smiled: "Why did you leave your son's education to me?"

The other end was silent for a few seconds: "The plane is late, and we will definitely not be able to catch up when we go back. You go and make up the number, the teacher has called the door this time, there must be some serious problem with this brat."

Gu Huaining smiled and agreed, but Liang He thought in his heart that the kid will be sad again this time.

In fact, according to the arrangement of taking care of Huaiyue, he can still catch up with the parent meeting on time.Unexpectedly, the plane was delayed for several hours due to the weather, so when Gu Huaiyue arrived home, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

The car stopped at the gate of Guyuan, Gu Huaiyue got out of the car, and when he entered the yard, he saw that the lights in the hall were still on, presumably his family members were waiting for him.He stood outside the door, adjusted his military appearance, rubbed his eyebrows before stepping in.

As soon as his mother saw him, she came up to meet him, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "Mom, you made my show so big."

Li Wan reprimanded lightly: "You're still talking, look at your tan." Every time he and his younger brother Gu Huaining come back, his mother is always the one who can nag the most, and the whole family knows this.

Father Gu Changzhi shook the newspaper and snorted, "I've been in the army for so many years, and it's just a routine confrontation exercise. What's the matter?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Wan glared at him immediately. In fact, Mr. Gu is also a knife-mouthed bean curd. Just see it.Now that his son came back, the old man put down the newspaper and went upstairs to rest.

While following the old man, Li Wan told Gu Huaiyue: "Your stomach will definitely not be able to handle the plane meal. There is dinner left in the kitchen. Ask Mrs. Zhang to warm it up for you. Be sure to eat dinner."

Gu Huaiyue smiled: "Understood, you can go to rest."

The two elders went upstairs, finally clean, the remaining three looked at each other and smiled helplessly.Liang He went upstairs to take care of the baby, leaving space for the two brothers.

Gu Huaiyue took a sip of tea, shook his head, and changed the subject slightly in his voice: "What will happen to the parents?"

"Your son is upset."

"Oh?" He smiled. "It's expected, but this time it's really my fault. I promised him a long time ago but I didn't catch up."

Gu Huaining was silent for a few seconds and said, "Second brother, let me tell you something you don't want to hear."

Gu Huaiyue looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"I have to find a mother for Jiaming." Gu Huaining weighed the weight of this sentence, and said slowly, "Jiaming's mother has been dead for so long, I don't care what you do, but the child can't do without a mother "Being a father, he understands what a complete family means to a child.

Gu Huaiyue lowered his head and smiled when he heard the words, and fiddled with the beads on the tea lid, his expression a little dazed.It's also hard for him, a younger brother who usually doesn't talk much, to try his best to persuade him like this.It's just that his thoughts are completely beyond their comprehension, and they are buried so deep that even he himself is unwilling to dig.

"Or, are you waiting for Mom to arrange it for you?"

This is quite new, Gu Huaiyue said: "Why, what kind of trick did the old lady think of to deal with me?"

"Next Tuesday is the old man's birthday. Mom means to arrange a party in the garden and invite everyone who can be invited. I heard that Shen Yiming, the general staff, is invited this time. You haven't forgotten his little daughter, right?"

Gu Huaiyue naturally remembered: "Understood, I am prepared."

After a few brief conversations, Gu Huaiyue returned to his room on the second floor. His son, Gu Jiaming, was already asleep. There was only one wall lamp in the room. The dim light illuminated the room softly. With the quilt sandwiched between her legs, she slept in a mess.

He quickly walked a few steps to adjust the quilt for his son, but he didn't want the little man to wake up, a pair of dark eyes instantly caught the man in front of him, turned around, and finally turned over with a soft snort and continued to sleep , completely ignore him.

Gu Huaiyue laughed, and lay down beside him with his clothes on: "Gu Jiaming, are you still angry with Dad?"

What responded to him was a soft voice: "Fall asleep."

Clearly not listening, Gu Huaiyue stroked his forehead: "Then you can continue to sleep, sir, I have a plane tomorrow afternoon..."

As expected, the little guy turned over and glared at his eyes that had succeeded in a trick.

Gu Huaiyue smiled, hugged his son on his lap, and said persuasively, "When are you going to hold a parent-teacher meeting next time? Can I see how I behave next time?"

Gu Jiaming pouted: "Next time I won't let you go, let my uncle go."

"That can't be done." He nodded his son's head and comforted him, "Why don't I take some time to meet your teacher these few days and explain to her?"

"Then my teacher knows that it wasn't you who went there that day?"

"It's okay, it's up to Dad." Gu Huaiyue assured him firmly.The little guy forgave him reluctantly, slipped into his arms, and fell asleep sweetly.Looking at the innocent sleeping face of the little guy, Gu Huaiyue's eyes gradually softened.

Just finished a class, Yan Zhen patted the chalk on his body and walked to the office.

Today's weather is fine, the sun is shining brightly, and the coolness brought by the lingering drizzle for several days is easily melted away.Yan Zhen opened the window to let the sun shine in.The teachers in the entire office were in class, and the rare silence made her feel very comfortable.Suddenly, the phone in the drawer buzzed.

Yan Zhen took it out and saw that this group of numbers looked familiar: "Hello."

"Hi, I'm Gu Jiaming's parent."

"Hello."

"Ms. Yan, do you have time recently? I want to visit the school." The deep voice sounded very comfortable.

Yan Zhen was a little surprised: "Well, I will be here from Monday to Friday. What's the matter?"

The other end was silent for a few seconds before saying: "I was unable to attend the parent meeting last time due to some reasons, so I want to find a time to talk to Teacher Yan."

Yan Zhen was a little surprised: "The one from last time, the one with the rank of lieutenant colonel, isn't it you?"

"That's my brother."

It turned out that Gu Jiaming's father was someone else, it was quite complicated.Yan Zhen was silent for a moment, and said: "Yes, today is Friday, so next Monday. Is the time convenient?"

Gu Huaiyue readily agreed, and the matter was settled.

But little Gu Jiaming still had a bad face: "Maybe you will have something to do again then."

"No, I promise!" He stroked his son's head and walked to the living room.

When his mother Li Wan saw him, she couldn't help but say something more: "You count yourself, you have been to Jiaming's parent-teacher meeting several times when he went to school, and this time he finally agreed to come down and the last one who went up was a substitute!"

Gu Huai smiled and said nothing.

Thinking about it carefully, I really owe my son a lot, so I have to show it well this time.

on Monday.

Yan Zhen's class was scheduled for the first period in the morning, but because the alarm clock went on strike, it was almost time for class when she arrived at school.

When he walked into the office, Teacher Li, who was facing him, was touching up his makeup. When he caught sight of Yan Zhen, he exhaled softly: "Mr. Yan, why do you look so bad?"

"Really?" Taking Teacher Li's mirror, Yan Zhen looked at it carefully and handed it back, "I was in a hurry this morning, so I didn't have time to put on makeup."

Teacher Li pursed her mouth: "This is not acceptable. If this woman is not cherished and cared for, she will grow old very quickly. What's more, we teachers who go in and out every day are covered in chalk powder, so we must pay more attention. By the way, Teacher Yan , are you free this weekend? How about we go shopping together?"

Yan Zhen frowned slightly, then smiled quickly: "No, I still have work on weekends."

"Huh?" Teacher Li was surprised, "What job?"

"A tutoring job." Yan Zhen said concisely, took out the textbook from the drawer, "It's getting late, I'm going to class first."

Teacher Li looked at her going back, and couldn't help muttering: "What kind of tutoring can a Chinese teacher do?"

Yan Zhen is indeed teaching Chinese, but when she was a tutor outside, she did both Chinese and mathematics, and she took two jobs at a time, so the two days on weekends were very full.Grandma was worried that she would ruin her health if she worked too hard, so she advised her several times not to do it anymore, and she was not in a hurry to buy a house.And Yan Zhen just responded with a smile, and he still did it the next day.

Everyone in the classroom is full, and the atmosphere is very active.After a weekend, the children were happily chatting with their friends after they came back.

Yan Zhen took a special look at Gu Jiaming, and saw that he was sitting on the seat, wearing a crooked peaked cap, smiling very pleasingly, while Lin Zi sat listlessly behind him.It must be that this little friend Gu has already told the world about his father's return, and he is feeling proud at the moment.

She couldn't help raising the corners of her lips slightly. When the child was young, his father was his piece of heaven. They didn't know what it meant to be a parent. They only knew that their father was more amazing and more like a hero than anyone else.

Yan Zhen still remembers that Gu Jiaming wrote such a sentence in an essay: "My father is a great hero who stands up to heaven and earth."

It seemed that his father held a very important position in his heart, so it was no wonder that he would fight with Lin Zi because of such a sentence.

When class was over, Yan Zhen received a call from Gu Huaiyue. On the other end of the phone, he politely asked if it was convenient for her to meet up. After getting an affirmative answer, he asked her to meet at a coffee shop near the school.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhen couldn't react.Cafe?Wouldn't it be more appropriate to meet the teacher at school?It seems that this parent really doesn't see the teacher very much.Thinking of this, Yan Zhen raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

According to the agreed time, Yan Zhen came to the coffee shop on time.

Because she knew the other party's identity, Yan Zhen looked around as soon as she entered the door, not wanting the result to surprise her.Among these people, she did not see a single one in military uniform.

When she was slightly surprised, a man in casual clothes stood up to meet her gaze. He was handsome and thin, with a thin and slender figure, and his walk was majestic and windy.Looking at him, Yan Zhen subconsciously concluded that this was Gu Jiaming's father, and the man's words just proved her guess. "Hello," the man said.

Yan Zhen smiled slightly, stretched out his right hand to hold his hand: "Hello."

After sitting down, Yan Zhen ordered a cup of coffee, and his eyes fell on the man opposite, but what he saw was a cup of steaming tea.

Gu Huaiyue lowered his head and took a sip of tea, his aching stomach felt better.There was a dinner at noon today, and he couldn't stop himself from drinking some alcohol. The high concentration of alcohol made his stomach, which already had problems, extremely uncomfortable.He put down his glass and looked at Yan Zhen who was sitting opposite.The young woman, in a uniform, had a very calm expression, as if she was waiting for him to speak.

"Sorry, Mr. Yan, for wasting your time."

Yan Zhen shook his head: "It's okay, it's our teacher's job to receive parents' visits."

Gu Huaiyue also smiled lightly, and the sharp feeling all over his body dissipated a lot.It is difficult for him from a military background to soften easily, he himself does not know this, but Yan Zhen who is sitting opposite him can feel it clearly, because she is feeling a little restless at the moment.

"Jia Ming has been naughty since he was a child, so he must have caused a lot of trouble for the teacher, right?"

"Student Gu Jiaming is a bit naughty, but he is also very smart and very likable."

Gu Huaiyue smiled on the surface, but hummed inwardly.The little brat has a sweet mouth, and can make everyone around him stunned.After chatting for a while, Gu Huaiyue also had a little understanding of his boy's behavior. He put his hands on his knees, maintained an upright sitting posture, and said, "I was a soldier, and I was away from home for many years. I couldn't discipline my son properly. , So, I have to trouble the teacher more."

"Soldiers guarding the border and defending the country, I can understand that." Yan Zhen smiled, but changed the topic, "But it's not good to let the children down all the time, you don't have time, doesn't Jia Ming's mother have time?"

Gu Huaiyue was silent for a while, and gave the answer: "I'm sorry, but Jia Ming's mother has passed away."

Yan Zhen was a little surprised. She had taken over this class for a long time, but she really didn't know much about this situation.Just as she was feeling extremely embarrassed, the phone in her bag rang. She glanced at Gu Huaiyue, turned sideways and picked up the phone.

The call was from Mrs. Li, who is at the opposite door. Grandma is not in good health, so please ask Mrs. Li to take care of her when she is not around.Yan Zhen's eyelids twitched suddenly when she saw the number on the caller ID, and Aunt Li's loud voice on the other end of the phone also made her premonition come true: "Xiaozhen? Your grandma has high blood pressure again, and she is currently in the municipal hospital. Come here quickly!"

After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhen immediately jumped up from his seat, grabbed the bag beside him and prepared to go out.It was the hand that grabbed her forearm that reminded her of his presence.

Yan Zhen looked back, her eyes only fell on his shoulders, she couldn't hide her embarrassment and panic, she whispered: "I'm sorry, my grandma has something wrong, I have to go to the hospital."

"I heard it." Gu Huaiyue said in a deep voice, and seeing the woman in front of him looked even more embarrassed, "I'll take you there."

"what?"

"The municipal hospital is in the east of the city. It's far away from here. It's faster to drive there."

Obviously, he saw her riding a bicycle over, which made her feel a little embarrassed.But it was really time-consuming to go there by bike, Yan Zhen bit his lip, and finally agreed.

When she arrived at the hospital, Aunt Li was guarding the door, and saw Yan Zhen hurriedly greeted her.

Yan Zhen grabbed her hand and asked, "Auntie, how is my grandma?"

"It's much better. I just woke up. I was also anxious just now."

Yan Zhen hurriedly wanted to enter the door, but Aunt Li suddenly grabbed her, with a hesitant look on her face: "I think you should not rush in."

"what happened?"

"Do you still remember the blind date I introduced to you last time?"

Why did you mention this suddenly, Yan Zhen hurriedly replied: "I remember."

Mrs. Li clasped her hands together and said, "Your grandma just got angry because of this matter, and her blood pressure went up when she got angry. Once the blood pressure goes up, wouldn't it be—"

Yan Zhen was a little anxious: "What's going on?"

Here's the thing.Yan Zhen handed over her grandma to Aunt Li to take care of her. The two of them usually sit together and talk about their parents when they are free.This day when grandma talked about her marriage, she remembered the person she had a blind date with last time, and she was a little curious because she had never heard Yan Zhen talk about her.Because it was introduced by Mrs. Li, she asked Mrs. Li to call the man.

The man evaded on the other end of the phone: "This lady doesn't seem to be serious about getting married, and I can't get along with her at all."

It's like this again, so many people let her push away like this before.Grandma became angry as soon as she heard it, and then she was admitted to the hospital.

Yan Zhen can't laugh or cry.After thinking about it, she quietly opened the door and walked in.

Grandma was still in a deep sleep, Yan Zhen sent Aunt Li away and sat down in front of grandma's bed.Grandma is 68 years old this year, but she does not have gray temples like other old people of the same age.If you look closely, she still has a lot of black hair, which is something grandma has always been proud of.But in the past few years, for her grandma, she has also added gray hair.Thinking about it, Yan Zhen felt ashamed of grandma.

The window of the ward was not closed, and there was a gust of cool wind blowing in through the window screen. Yan Zhen paced to the window to close the window, but heard the grandma lying on the hospital bed say: "Don't close it, let the wind blow the fire down for me." .”

Yan Zhen was helpless, but still closed the window, put on a smiling face and turned around: "Grandma, it's autumn already, do you want to catch a cold?"

The old lady snorted: "Die early, good morning, so I don't have to look at you little troubles."

"grandmother."

In the end, she still had a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. After a while, grandma held her hand and persuaded her earnestly: "Xiao Zhen, grandma once promised your father that she would raise you up smoothly and watch you get married and have children. But Now that I am 68 years old, are you still unwilling to fulfill your grandma's dream?"

Yan Zhen was speechless for a moment, and the ward fell into silence for a moment, and the knock on the door was very clear.Yan Zhen turned his head to look, and was surprised to find that the person who came was Gu Jiaming's parent——Gu Huaiyue.

Being stared at by two pairs of eyes all of a sudden, Gu Huaiyue was also a little uncomfortable, but the door was ajar, so he could only bite the bullet and go forward like this: "Excuse me, Teacher Yan, your bag was left on my car gone."

Yan Zhen was embarrassed immediately, and hurriedly took her bag from his hand.Grandma looked at him, her chaotic eyes dimly lit up: "Xiao Zhen, this is?"

"This is my student's parent. They sent me here along the way." She knew what grandma was thinking and explained quickly.

Sure enough, grandma's eyes dimmed again. Gu Huaiyue had seen such eyes from his own mother before, and he was so familiar that he knew it with just one glance.

"Then I'll go back to Teacher Yan first, and I'll contact you when I have something to do." Looking back, I looked at the old lady on the hospital bed, "You should also have a good rest."

"Hey, hey!" The old lady responded repeatedly, looking at his back with a trace of melancholy, she muttered to herself, "Why can't my Xiaozhen meet a good man?"

Yan Zhen was carrying the bag, listening to grandma's words, and sighed silently.

After completing the tasks assigned by his son, Gu Huaiyue felt much more relaxed. After leaving the hospital, he took Gu Jiaming home from school at the right time.

Gu Jiaming was very wary of his father's move: "Dad, what happened to you today?" Suddenly treating him so well, something must have happened.You know, he rarely enjoys the treatment of his father driving him.

Gu Huaiyue gave him a chestnut, dumbfounded: "What's the problem? Huh?"

The child covered his head, and his small face suddenly wrinkled into a bun: "Our teacher said that if a person doesn't like to talk to you very much, but suddenly turns around and smiles at you, then there must be a conspiracy." On the chief's face: "You must have done something to apologize to me, do you think you plan to leave me and go back to City B?"

Gu Huaiyue twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, turned sideways and stroked his son's little head: "This time, Dad will stay for a few more days, so you don't have to worry."

Gu Jiaming pursed his lips: "You keep what you say?"

Gu Huaiyue immediately promised: "I will issue a military order for you."

Touching his son's small head, Gu Huaiyue was slightly lost in thought.It seems that he has thrown his son out of the shadows, and it's hard for his son to be so close when he sees him because he has been away for a long time.

In the words of his mother, Jiaming is so clingy to him because he has no mother but a father, and it would be better to have a mother to take care of him.Of course he understood what his mother meant, but he always laughed it off.But now the mother finally couldn't bear it anymore, and started to force him to marry him. The old man's birthday banquet right in front of him was his grand family banquet.

Where should I find a suitable partner to prevaricate the old man's birthday party?This is really a problem.

Gu Jiaming also had a headache, and languished on his seat with a sad face: "Dad, our Chinese teacher assigned a composition today."

"What? Difficulty completing the task?"

"Hmm." Gu Jiaming covered his face with a pair of chubby hands in frustration, and sighed from between his fingers.

so serious?He raised his eyebrows: "What's the topic?"

""my mom"."

Gu Huaiyue was slightly startled: "Who is your Chinese teacher?"

"Teacher Yan." The child said crisply, "It's our head teacher."

Yan Zhen.Gu Huaiyue subconsciously recited the name silently.

After staying in the hospital for three days, Yan Zhen took her grandma home. Although the old man was still angry, he couldn't do anything about his granddaughter's stubbornness.As soon as grandma relaxed, Yan Zhen naturally relaxed a lot. When she was free, she suddenly thought of Gu Huai Yue.Last time, because she was in a hurry, she got out of the car in a hurry as soon as she arrived at the hospital. Not only did she forget to take her bag, but she didn't even have time to say thank you.

This is neither emotional nor reasonable. After hesitating for a moment, Yan Zhen still called Gu Huaiyue, but to her surprise, no one answered the phone.It must be inconvenient, Yan Zhen had no choice but to hang up the phone, looked at the thick stack of homework books piled on the table, calmed down and started working.

Yan Zhen teaches the first grade. Correcting the children's homework is not a boring task for her. On the contrary, for their simple and childish thinking patterns and those small mistakes that adults can't understand. Mistakes, Yan Zhen often can't help laughing.

Take the composition she was correcting as an example. The crooked Chinese characters are barely enclosed in the matts, and pinyin will replace Chinese characters from time to time. She is carefully translating the composition called "My Mom" composition: "Teacher, this composition makes me very embarrassed. My mother passed away a long time ago. Grandma said that she turned into a bird and flew away. I don't believe it. Children are not so good Lie. However, the chief said, since the teacher assigned the task, I will do it well. So teacher, you really make me difficult."

Seeing the end, the corners of Yan Zhen's mouth curled up slightly.She looked at the conspicuous "Gu Jiaming" on the cover, recalling the scene when this little guy shook his head and sighed and said "My father is a soldier", and couldn't help laughing, what an interesting little guy .

To make him so embarrassed, does she, the teacher, have to express something?After thinking for a moment, Yan Zhen circled a small flower below.The red color is like the red cheeks of a child.

Gu Jiaming was also very excited.

His composition actually got a little red flower? !This was not at all what the child expected, so the child became even more excited, and started yelling as soon as he entered the house after school.

Grandma Li Wan and sister-in-law Liang He all praised him with smiles, but Gu Huaiyue took the notebook in his hand and glanced at it, then looked back at the child's smug little face, how could this little guy see A little bit embarrassed.He flicked the little guy's forehead: "Next time, don't be so perfunctory to the teacher. If you want to follow my standards, you should fail."

The child pouted: "Teacher Yan is not that bad."

Just when Auntie Zhang was making butter puff pastry, the kid twisted his buttocks and rushed to eat.Gu Huai smiled and walked upstairs.

He went out for a day today. A soldier in the division had an accident during the special forces selection competition and was sent to the nearest municipal hospital in C City. He visited him on behalf of the division.

The phone happened to be left at home, and when I picked it up, there were three missed calls, one of which was Yan Zhen.

Gu Huaiyue frowned subconsciously, and turned back.The other end answered the phone very quickly, even before he could think of an opening line, her faint "Hello" had already passed.

"Hello, Teacher Yan, I'm Jia Ming's father."

Hearing the deep voice from the phone, Yan Zhen was slightly taken aback.She answered the phone in a hurry and didn't have time to check the caller ID. "Oh, hello." She greeted him awkwardly, he probably called her after seeing her missed call, "I called you this morning, nothing else, Just wanted to thank you."

Gu Huaiyue smiled lightly when he heard the words: "It's okay, is the old man still in good health?"

"Well, it's almost recovered."

"That's good."

After the polite words were finished, the two sides fell silent.Just when Yan Zhen was about to say something, he suddenly heard a child's excited cry from the phone: "Dad, grandpa is back, come down for dinner!"

Yan Zhen smiled when he heard the words: "It's okay, then I'll hang up first."

"Okay." Gu Huaiyue replied hastily, but when he turned around and saw Mr. Gu who was gently hugging Gu Jiaming's little friend downstairs, he suddenly remembered something, and quickly stopped Yan Zhen who was about to hang up the phone, "wait one time."

"Huh?" Yan Zhen was taken aback by his sudden sound.

Gu Huaiyue himself was a little surprised when he yelled out almost unconsciously just now.He stroked his forehead, paused for a moment before slowly opening his mouth: "I think, please help Teacher Yan."

(End of this chapter)