You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Before going to bed, Xiao Yao and Shen Jie texted for a long time.

After saying good night to each other, Xiao Yao turned off the lights.

He felt that there was a faint orchid fragrance on his pillow, where Shen Jie had thrown the small shawl.

Thinking about Shen Jie's outfit today, the boy twisted into a ball on the bed.

--split line--

When he arrived at school on Monday, Xiao Yao felt that the atmosphere was a little... unusually lively.

"Have you heard? Zhou Qi has been found."

"Yes, she is still in the hospital, right?"

"What happened to her? Where has she been all this time?"

"I don't know, but according to reliable gossip and rumors," a boy lowered his voice mysteriously, "this matter is related to Teacher Yao."

"Ah?" A girl asked in disbelief, "I just saw Teacher Yao. If this is true, can he still attend the class?"

"Nonsense, Teacher Yao doesn't look like a bad person, how could he do such a thing?"

"She didn't say he kidnapped her. Anyway, Zhou Qi herself couldn't explain where she had been during her disappearance, and the police couldn't find out either."

"What the hell are these policemen doing?"

"Homework." The study committee member coldly knocked on the corner of Xiao Yao's desk with a stack of notebooks.

"I didn't bring it." Xiao Yao leaned back in his chair and said, "No, I didn't write it."

"Tsk." The study committee member rolled his eyes and walked away.

The study committee member and Yu Luying passed by each other. The latter walked to Xiao Yao's desk, threw an envelope on the table with an expressionless face, and left without saying a word.

There was a small commotion around, and the topic of discussion shifted from Zhou Qi and Teacher Yao to Xiao Yao and Yu Luying.

Xiao Yao opened the envelope in confusion. Hairtail stretched his head to look. Xiao Yao quickly stuffed the letter into the table and read it carefully.

Yu Luying has always avoided having direct contact with Xiao Yao on campus, especially in class. Why did she do that in front of the whole class today... ?

“My phone was confiscated by my mom, and she knew I was with you the whole day before yesterday.

I'm sorry that you couldn't come to my cello concert last time. To make it up to you, can I take you to the movies?

Mom won't be home tomorrow night, so in terms of time..."

Xiao Yao stared blankly at the pink HELLO KITTY letter paper, the beautiful handwriting on it, and the movie ticket voucher attached to the letter paper with a paper clip. His mind went blank.

What's going on, Yu Luying, asking me out to see a movie, taking the initiative?

Chapter 71 Public Execution

2023-01-07

How is this going?

what's going on?

Ah, yes, it should be to thank me for saving his life, right?

Before Xiao Yao could sort out his thoughts, he heard the most disgusting music coming from the radio.

That is, the Athletes' March.

Since this melody has been closely associated with morning exercises, Xiao Yao has developed a Pavlovian aversion to it.

Teacher Yao did not greet everyone as she did in the past. The students looked at each other, but no one moved.

In the end, it was the squad leader who urged everyone to line up.

The weather is very good today, with no clouds in the sky. Although it is only morning, the bright sunshine has already covered the entire playground.

There was no shade or other shelter.

"This is hell on earth." Xiao Yao said to himself.

"It's so hot..." Zhang Jialong cursed.

Complaining is of no use. Xiao Yao stood listlessly in the team, like a weakling.

"Raise the national flag, play the national anthem, and salute!"

Oh yeah, this one's coming up on Monday.

Xiao Yao felt a tingling sensation at the junction of his lower abdomen and stomach.

It’s like the acupuncture we had as a child, with very thin needles and waves of stabbing pain.

The junction of his waist and buttocks felt sore, so he rubbed it subconsciously.

"The ceremony is over!" Xiao Yao raised his head suddenly after hearing these two words.

"Next, it's time for the flag-raising ceremony. Please welcome the outstanding student representative from Class 2 (3) of Senior High School, Zeng..."

A surge of anger suddenly erupted from his dantian and surged into Xiao Yao's heart.

Tell me the truth, why do you want to turn all the students in the school into humans?

Xiao Yao felt as if his crotch was full of sweat and twisted his buttocks in annoyance.

After another ten minutes of agony, the girl finally finished her story.

Xiao Yao heard a small commotion coming from the front. He looked up in confusion and saw that Teacher Yao had walked to the center of the podium and reached out to take the microphone.

"Hello, hello." Teacher Yao tapped the microphone gently.

"Woo——————" The microphone made a noise.

Xiao Yao noticed that the principal was whispering with the grade director, Teacher Lin.

"Students and teachers, my name is Yao Qi. I would like to take up a few minutes of your time today because I have something to say to you."

The noise on the playground disappeared for a moment, and Xiao Yao had a flash of ominous premonition in his mind.

"I am not a good teacher. During my time at school, my mind was always filled with distracting thoughts. I coveted and fantasized about the girls in school with impure thoughts. Today I want to confess my sins to everyone."

The students on the playground were in an uproar. Director Lin was the first to react. He jumped up and ran to the center of the rostrum.

"Because of my uncontrollable desire, a girl's personal belongings were stolen, and another girl went missing. I bear an unshirkable responsibility for this—"

He had just said half of the word "Ren" when the microphone went silent.

"I hereby publicly confess my sins and ask for forgiveness from my classmates!" Several school workers rushed to the stage to carry Teacher Yao away. Without a microphone, the latter shouted at the top of his lungs: "My personal fault is not the responsibility of the school or the system. I will resign from my teaching position and surrender to the public security organs!"

Xiao Yao saw Xiong Ji turn around and make a V sign to him proudly.

"Hello, hello." The microphone was reconnected and the "woooo" noise came out again.

Teacher Yao had been dragged away with her mouth covered. The principal was now speaking: "Maybe due to the hot weather, Teacher Yao's spirit... has been somewhat stimulated. Now please return to class in an orderly manner..."

"Who would believe it?" "There is something fishy going on." "Speak clearly!" The sound of voices from the audience grew louder and louder, drowning out the principal's voice.

"The school guarantees that it will seriously investigate this matter. Please do not make irresponsible comments! All classes, head teachers!" The principal winked at Director Lin, who understood and played the role of Teacher Yao, leading Xiao Yao's class back to the classroom.

As soon as Director Lin left, the class exploded.

"I didn't expect Teacher Yao to be this kind of person!"

"What did you mean you didn't expect it? Didn't I tell you that a long time ago?"

"Yeah, yeah, you all told me not to spread rumors, but now it's all right, I've confirmed it, right?"

"About that matter... I really blamed Xiao Yao wrongly—" said a weak little girl.

"Oh, that's not necessary." A pointed-faced guy named Wang Ming advised.

"Last time I said I saw him hugging Zhou Qi, you didn't believe me and said I was slandering the teacher."

"Zhou Qi is really a piece of shit. I went to the same junior high school as her. She had a very bad reputation back then... Wasn't she the one who bullied the most in the class?"

"What a big shot he is. He gives girls extra lessons every day. I've seen that he has bad intentions!"

"You can't say that!" Xiao Yao's blood boiled, and he finally couldn't help but stand up: "Teacher Yao doesn't only give extra lessons to girls, he cares about both boys and girls, have you all forgotten?

"Teacher Yao paid out of her own pocket to subsidize the class fees and took us to practice extracurricular activities. Have you all forgotten?

"Teacher Yao gave us a relaxed environment, encouraged each of our individual personalities and free development, and enthusiastically helped every student with the difficulties they encountered in life and relationships. Have you forgotten all of this?"

The whole class was silent for a few seconds, but the sharp-faced Wang Ming stood up and said, "Xiao Yao, you're still excited, right? Don't think you..."

"Guan Te! (Note: Shut up.)" Zhang Jialong, who had been sitting in the back row of the classroom and had been silent all the time, suddenly slapped the table and said, "Sit down!"

Wang Ming opened his mouth and then sat down.

Xiao Yao gave Zhang Jialong a grateful look, but the latter just hugged his head with both hands.

"Class is starting." The English teacher walked in with a stack of papers in her arms.

--split line--

"Why are you two so unhappy?" asked the little bear.

At noon, Xiao Yao, Yu Luying and Xiao Xiong sat together in the cafeteria.

"Is it really right for Teacher Yao to end up like this?" Xiao Yao asked, "Did we do something wrong?"

"What did we do wrong?" Little Bear glared, "We served justice! And we rescued Zhou Qi!"

"In fact, Teacher Yao didn't do anything, right? Whether it was Yu Luying's..." Xiao Yao glanced at her: "Or Zhou Qi's matter, in fact, Teacher Yao himself did not do anything out of line. Those were just his shadow... He himself didn't know about it."

"Alas, whether he is guilty or not is a matter for the law and the police to judge," Little Bear shook his head and said, "The law is only the lower limit of morality. The important thing is that a person like him who is full of thieves and prostitutes is not suitable to be a teacher. Even if he doesn't commit a crime now, he will commit a crime one day..."

"Presumption of guilt, right?" Xiao Yao was angry again: "Thought crime, right?"

"Keep your voices down!" Yu Luying, who had been silent the whole time, scolded, "Do you want the whole school to know our secret?"

"Eat, eat." The little bear said embarrassedly.

"Things have come to this. Instead of arguing whether Teacher Yao is a good person, we should think about it," Yu Luying said worriedly, "If this is not what Teacher Yao intended, then who did this and what is the purpose?"

Chapter 72 Remarks on the launch

2023-01-07

Finally, it’s time for my second favorite part, the thank-you speech for the launch.

Someone taught me that the core of the remarks for listing is actually just one sentence: asking for subscriptions. It is best to turn on automatic subscription. Any content that is not related to this direction is nonsense.

But for me, this is a chance to talk nonsense, no, just have a chat with everyone.

So, first of all, I want to talk about “The Birth of a Story”.

In 2017, a distant cousin of mine got married.

He and my cousin's wife hit it off right away and felt like they had known each other for a long time. They each thought the other was their true love.

My eldest brother and his wife said to me with emotion that their biggest regret was that fate had made them wait until they were middle-aged to get to know each other.

In the long first half of their lives, in countless days and nights, the two people either tossed and turned alone in sleepless nights, or searched and searched, getting along with the wrong people one after another, wasting time, youth, years, patience and love with strangers.

Finally, when I looked back suddenly, that person was there, in the dim light, but both of them had faces covered with scars and wrinkles.

If there is a chance to travel through time, I have no doubt what they would choose - let all the acquaintances begin on an afternoon in their youth, under the bright sunshine, and rewrite the story.

This is beautiful and romantic, and I love it very much, but I still asked that question in a very ky way: If you two knew each other in middle school, are you sure you would still love each other?

My eldest brother and his wife thought about it seriously and gave a negative answer.

In fact, we all know in our hearts that meeting the right person at the wrong time will most likely end in vain.

The reason why two people fall in love is that the traumas of growth and what they teach us are an inseparable part of our lives.

"Perhaps that has been the story of life."

In 2017, I was working as a screenwriter in a small company.

My boss told me that the company had taken on a project from iQiyi, a series of suspense short dramas, unit dramas, each episode is 20 minutes long, and you can try writing one episode.

The title of the script outline I submitted was: "It's a pity we met too late."

In the story I imagined, old Xiao Yao and old Shen Jie (of course, they were not called these two names at that time) took a time machine back to their high school days, and went their separate ways to look for their younger selves and force the two teenagers to be together.

But these two children are incompatible - girls tend to mature earlier than boys. At that age, when little "Shen Jie" was already beautiful, generous, decent and had clear goals in mind, little "Xiao Yao" was still muddle-headed, unkempt, playful and active, running around at will, a straight man with zero emotional intelligence.