If you hadn't come, how old would you make me

Chapter 9

Coming out of Ye Yizhen's office, Wen Ran devoted all her attention to the reports and speeches given to her by Professor Wu Yan. Except for most of the time in class, she was bored in the library, consulting literature and compiling materials, and she was struggling with a piece of data. When he was in a hurry, the mobile phone on the side suddenly rang, and he pressed the answer button without looking at it, and an unfamiliar female voice came from the other end: "Hello, Wen Ran."

She froze for a moment, and after looking at it, she realized that it was an unfamiliar number: "You are?"

The other party reported their name, and Wen Ran had a vague impression that they were part-time instructors of the International Trade Class.

She hurriedly replied, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xu."

The other end of the phone smiled. Although he tried to calm down, he could still hear the choking and hoarseness in his voice: "Wen Ran, can I ask you for a favor?"

Wen Ran hurriedly pushed away the report at hand: "Well, what's wrong?"

The other end choked a few times: "It's like this. My father suddenly became seriously ill, and my family called me to go back quickly. But I still have a freshman major, and I can't leave them alone, so when I go home For a while, I want to ask you to help me and take them for a while."

It turned out to be like this.Wen Ran held the phone and pondered for a while. She was not familiar with Teacher Xu. She only knew that she was a postgraduate student from the headquarters. During the period, I worked part-time as an administrative instructor to earn some living expenses.She speaks with a heavy accent, and she doesn't have a good relationship with other people. She is always alone, and she must be unable to find someone to trouble her.

She didn't speak here, but the other side thought she was afraid of trouble, so she hurriedly said, "These kids are quite obedient and won't cause you too much trouble."

"No, you misunderstood." Wen Ran said quickly, fearing that the loud voice would scare her, "It's okay, I can help you with it for a while, you should ask for leave and go home."

The other end breathed a sigh of relief, and left the monitor's phone number to her. After thanking her, she hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Wen Ran looked at the report in his hand and sighed.Does God think that she lived too comfortably some time ago, and has been finding things for her one after another in the past few days.

Liu Feifei smiled and patted her forehead: "Honey, it's called hard work for those who can."

It's too much work for those who are capable, Wen Ran shook her head, and only hoped that these children would stop finding work for her.Unfortunately, however, her hopes were quickly dashed.

On Friday afternoon, Wen Ran took the time to meet with the monitors of the two classes. Originally, she was trying to sit there with the airs of a teacher, but when she saw the person coming, she immediately lost her composure, and the other party looked at him in surprise. She finally didn't blush. She stood there and called out to Mr. Wen.

As soon as Wen Ran saw him, he remembered the moment when he lost the tennis match. His expression changed several times. He glanced at his phone and asked, "Are you, Fan Yingze...?"

The boy smiled shyly: "Well, I'm Fan Yingze, the monitor of Class [-] of China World Trade Center."

I see.No wonder the primary school girl was so ruthless. It turned out that the monitor took the lead to cheer her on. Wen Ran smiled coyly, and hurriedly let the two of them sit down: "It's like this. Something happened to your teacher Xu recently, so I will take the lead for the time being." Take your two classes, if you have any problems, you can report to me."

The two children nodded hurriedly: "Well, Teacher Xu has already explained to us. We will definitely cooperate with the teacher's work."

It's so cute.Wen Ran was overjoyed, and looked at the two of them: "Is there any problem?"

I saw the two whispering there for a while, pushing back and forth, and Fan Yingze was pushed in front of her by the monitor of the second class of Guomao, and asked with a look of embarrassment: "Teacher, the winter we mentioned to Teacher Xu last time. Did she tell you about You?"

"Winter outing?"

Seeing Wen Ran's ignorance, the monitor of the second class of Guomao hurriedly said: "Many students in the class are coming to City B for the first time, and they all think it's a big city and want to go shopping. We two classes discuss After a while, I decided to use this weekend to go hiking in a scenic spot on the outskirts of City B."

"Oh..." Wen Ran suddenly realized, and then smiled brightly, "That's a good thing, you can go if you want."

"But teacher, according to the rules of University B, if more than 52 people act together, they need to be accompanied by a guide." Fan Yingze reminded, "There are [-] people in our two classes."

Eh?She froze for a moment, then pointed at herself: "That means, I want to go too?"

The two monitors nodded.

At this age, you still go on a winter tour with them?Wen Ran lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head suddenly as if thinking of something, startled Fan Yingze: "Well, you said to go on the weekend, Saturday or Sunday?"

"On Sunday, I have already negotiated with the travel agency. There will be a special car to pick me up at that time. Don't worry, teacher."

"Uh, that's not what I meant—" Wen Ran hurriedly said. If I remember correctly, the day Ye Yizhen said on the phone to help her with the report was also Sunday, right?Wen Ran suddenly felt a headache.

Holding the phone, Wen Ran beat a small drum in her heart. Although it was not the first time to ask the teacher for leave, but if the other party was Ye Yizhen, she was still a little unsure, because he was the only one who made her unsure.

"Wen Ran." His deep voice came from the other end, as if a little hoarse. "Is something wrong?"

"Uh, Teacher Ye, it's like this. A teacher in the department is busy and asked me to help her take care of a freshman class." After much deliberation, Wen Ran decided to proceed step by step.

"Oh." He responded in a low voice, "What's the problem?"

Wen Ran took a breath and said, "It's nothing serious, but they're going on a winter outing tomorrow, and I have to go with them, so I'd like to ask you for a leave of absence. Can tomorrow's report be postponed for a day?"

After finishing speaking in one go, Wen Ran held his breath and waited for Ye Yizhen's answer, but the other party just smiled slightly, "Winter tour? Where are you going?"

"Mountain climbing is the scenic spot in the eastern suburbs of City B."

She answered seriously, wondering why this person asked such detailed questions. However, she knew the answer in the next second, and only heard a faint hum from the other end. Before she had time to rejoice, the person added a timely He said, "Do you mind having one more person, Teacher Xiao Wen?"

Miss Wen.Hearing these four words, Wen Ran felt his face heat up rapidly, and he didn't care to think about it anymore, and the words slipped out without passing through his mind: "Uh, it shouldn't work, plus I have 53 people, the car is full .”

Maybe she refused too quickly, the person on the other end was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled and hung up the phone.Wen Ran held the beeping cell phone, a little puzzled, seeing that this person asked so carefully, did he want to go?
Thinking of this, Wen Ran couldn't help opening his eyes wide.She, she just rejected Ye Yizhen, Professor Ye, and Boss Ye?
The weather on Sunday was good, and Mr. Wen was dug out of bed by the alarm clock when he got up early. He was staring at a pair of big panda eyes standing at the door of the car to check the number of people. Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder. Brother Fan Yingze.Twitching the corners of his mouth, it was a smile.

"Teacher, you haven't had breakfast yet. I brought this to you from the cafeteria." Wen Ran's stomach growled as he said offering a bag of milk and six fried dumplings.Looking up at Fan Yingze's face, he saw that the child was smiling silly with his white teeth bared.

After receiving the fried dumplings, just as Wen Ran was about to pat Fan Yingze on the shoulder to express his gratitude, he saw a primary school girl in sportswear behind him.Wen Ran couldn't laugh or cry with the expression of the elementary school girl who was unwilling but did not dare to say it. Then she withdrew her hand and raised her arms in the air: "Get in the car, let's go!"

Wen Ran sat in the seat reserved for her in the last row, and began to feel drowsy not long after breakfast.When she was about to arrive at the destination, she was woken up by the loud singing of her classmates. She squinted her eyes, looked at the students in the front row who were rushing to sing, and smiled knowingly.

She's still young after all, what was she doing when she was so old?When I was just a freshman, I only knew how to immerse myself in my studies. What remained in my memory for the whole year was a lamp in the study room and the whistling electric fan above my head.

Turning her gaze, Wen Ran saw Fan Yingze sitting obliquely in front of her. The boy was still dressed in a white T and jeans, simple and casual, and the clean feeling was indeed unstoppable.After thinking about it, I couldn't help laughing, yes, if I had been at that time, I would have fallen in love with such a boy.

There are quite a few people who came to climb the mountain today, just like when they came, Wen Ran stood in front of the car door, handing out the purchased tickets to the students one by one, waved the small flag in his hand, just about to call out to start, his eyes swept over somewhere At that time, it was frozen abruptly.

She widened her eyes, afraid that she might be wrong!
Even though she had only been in that gray car once, she still remembered it clearly, not to mention that there was a person standing in front of her that she would never mistake.The man was wearing casual sportswear, with his hands in his pockets, and a pair of black eyes, looking at them with a smile.

She stood there dumbly, watching him walking towards them, her steps were very steady and calm.He also taught the basic professional courses of the freshman year, and this group of children also knew him, and they couldn't hide their surprise and joy when they saw him, especially the girls.Wen Ran sighed, this person really has an indescribable feeling.Following Ye Yizhen's gaze at her, Wen Ran called out in a low voice, "Ms. Ye."

Ye Yizhen nodded, then looked at the group of bluffing children, and asked with a smile: "Students, do you mind having one more person?"

Also, do you still need to ask?Wen Ran stared at this group of children who had defected instantly.

With her bag on her back, Wen Ran slowly walked forward behind the team.She was exhausted after walking too far, but Mr. Ye always looked relaxed. When climbing the mountain, he could talk to this and that, which was very pleasant.It made her want to vomit blood.

Fan Yingze, class leader Fan, followed her all the time, and couldn't help laughing seeing her panting like a cow: "Teacher, why don't I get you the bag?"

Wen Ran tugged at the bag strap, and said ruthlessly: "No need." Today she desperately wanted to climb up to the top of the mountain by herself, just thinking about it, God made her accidentally fall down as if joking with her, and her knee touched On the stone steps, I almost stamped my feet on the spot in pain.

Fan Yingze behind him exclaimed, and before he had time to step forward, a pair of strong arms helped her up, "Be careful."

Low male voice, warm touch.Wen Ran was taken aback for a moment, until he saw the smiling face of the man in front of him, then came back to his senses, retracted his arms, rubbed his knees, and continued walking.The man beside him kept his pace all the time, and he didn't fall too far behind her, but both of them were at the end of the team.

"Teacher Ye?"

"Hmm." He answered leisurely.

"Why are you here?"

you.This title made Ye Yizhen's eyes flash a few times, and he said with a smile: "Well, a student reminded me a few days ago that I was still a young man. I suddenly realized that I did something young people should do, exercise .”

Wen Ran: "..."

"Speaking of which, the teacher would like to thank you. This is the most active outdoor activity for the teacher in the past four years." He said sincerely.

"Oh?" Wen Ran was a little disbelieving, "How do you say?"

Ye Yizhen explained her doubts with a slight smile: "I liked outdoor activities when I was in college, but there was an accident later, and I only went to the gym to exercise since then."

She blinked to express her curiosity, so Teacher Ye began to tell the story.

"I traveled to Europe when I was in college, and then went to Russia. There is a vast forest on the West Siberia Plain. One day, my companion had a whim and wanted to explore, so we set off." He glanced at her as he spoke. , The black eyes are very bright. "We looked through the old Chinese calendar to set an auspicious day, but when we arrived, we found that there had been heavy snowfall for a week."

Wen Ran burst into a smile: "Then you all retreated in spite of the difficulties?"

"No." He said, "It took us only one minute to decide to move on. It turned out later that this was really a wrong decision."

Wen Ran held back a strong smile, and continued to listen to him: "After walking for less than an hour, my companion proposed to go back home. When we walked back, we suddenly found that we couldn't go back."

She raised her eyebrows and looked at him, only to hear his soft and shallow voice ringing in her ears, "Because the heavy snow covered our footprints. We looked back and saw that there were exits everywhere, so we couldn't find the way back. "

"Then, what to do then?"

Her voice sounded a little anxious, which shows that his story is still fascinating. He smiled and said: "We were also very anxious at that time, but we just tried our best not to be more panicked than the other party. We are less than five years away. There is a haystack about [-] meters away, and my companions and I hid in it to keep out the cold."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, then saw the girl and asked anxiously: "And then?"

"Then?" There was light in her beautiful eyes: "Then, I fell asleep."

What?Wen Ran stood there in a daze, unable to react, Ye Yizhen smiled and said, "I won't lie to you, I fell asleep at that time, and when I woke up, I smelled the fragrance of milk. A woman held my head , is feeding me milk."

"You don't even remember?" Wen Ran asked incredulously.

Ye Yizhen shook his head: "I don't remember."

He only remembered that the Russian woman told him that the haystack they were hiding in was used to feed the horses, and they were going to pull it three days later, but seeing that the snow was about to fall heavily, they left early.They pulled all the fodder that time, and they will not enter this forest again for at least half a year.Rao even an unbeliever like him feels lucky.

Wen Ran couldn't help being speechless: "Is it because of the psychological shadow caused by this accident that you no longer get involved in outdoor sports?"

"There must be shadows, but I'm working hard to overcome them now, before my courage is gone." He smiled lightly and admitted frankly, watching the girl next to him jumping up the steps, he reached out to help her, "Isn't this a good attempt?"

Wen Ran was taken aback for the warm palm, hesitated for a moment, and then took it.

(End of this chapter)