Chapter 5

"Tell me the day before you take the medicine, and I'll take time off to take care of you."

Jiang Zhinian came back to her senses as if waking from a dream, realizing her ridiculous thoughts just now, and she suddenly felt a little ashamed.

"No, no, I can do it myself."

She searched online for a written description of the entire process and felt that... it was a very painful and shameful process.

She was used to hiding this side of herself and had no intention of letting anyone else accompany her.

"Even medical abortion has certain risks. It's best to have a family member by your side. I'm a doctor and the person most responsible for you right now. It makes the most sense for me to take care of you."

Jiang Zhinian couldn't find any reason to refute and could only nod in agreement.

"Okay, got it."

Shi Ye was silent for a while, confirmed that Jiang Zhinian had nothing to say, and then turned and left.

Jiang Zhinian stood there, not looking back, but not walking away either. Only when he estimated that Shi Ye's back was about to disappear at the end of the path did he turn his head to take a look.

…

Jiang Zhinian stood for two classes in a row before returning to the office. After sitting for a while, he heard that there was a fight between students in the classroom.

She is the class teacher and what she fears most is these half-grown children fighting.

I rushed to the classroom and saw a boy pinning another boy down on the table, crying and shouting, "You don't have a father, you don't have a father."

Jiang Zhinian quickly pulled the boy away and asked what happened.

The class's loudspeaker immediately began to report the whole story.

It turned out that the Chinese class representative came to assign the topic for the evening composition, and the title was "My Dad".

The little boy who hit the student told his deskmate that his father was a soldier and was on a mission abroad, so he couldn't go home.

The little boy who was beaten heard it and said that he was lying and that he didn't have a father at all. He wanted to tell the teacher that he was a liar.

The two men started fighting.

After hearing this, Jiang Zhinian felt a black screen in front of his eyes and almost fell down.

"Teacher, teacher, what's wrong with you?"

The breath seemed to be stuck in her throat, choking her and making her dizzy. She could only hold on to the desk to barely stand.

She looked down at the little boy who had hit someone, and saw that although he had hit someone, the tears on his face were no less than those of the child who had been hit.

The little boy raised his dark eyes and looked at Jiang Zhinian, which were filled with stubbornness and sadness.

Jiang Zhinian moved his lips and wanted to say something, but the bell rang and the math teacher walked in. Jiang Zhinian had no choice but to let them go to class first.

"You two, come to my office after school."

…

Student fights can be serious or minor. The school requires that once a student fight occurs, the school must call the students' parents to inform them of the incident immediately, so as to avoid the students returning home and then exaggerating the incident to their parents, which would then make it difficult for the school to explain clearly.

Soon, the parents of both children rushed to the school.

Jiang Zhinian asked the parents on both sides to check their children's health first, and only after they confirmed that there was no major problem did they start to talk about the situation.

Only the boy's mother came to the house. When she heard the reason why her child hit someone, she burst into tears immediately.

The parents of the beaten child also looked unhappy.

Because the incident did not become a big deal, the parents of the beaten child did not pursue the matter. The two children apologized to each other and the matter was over.

After everyone left, the mother of the beaten child suddenly asked the child to wait at the door and turned back.

"Teacher, our Chenchen... is a rather sensitive child. Please take better care of him at school."

Before the parents came, Jiang Zhinian had already looked through the little boy's school file. In the kinship column, there was indeed only a mother, but no father.

He grew up in a single-parent family.

Jiang Zhinian nodded: "Don't worry, I will organize a theme activity in the class later to provide positive guidance and education on this matter."

Chenchen's mother was originally quite calm, but after hearing what Jiang Zhinian said, she couldn't hold it back and burst into tears.

"It's no use, teacher. Chenchen has suffered countless ridicules and contempts since he was a child because he has no father." She covered her mouth and cried sadly.

Jiang Zhinian is a person with strong empathy. When she sees others sad, she will feel sad too.

After calming down and suppressing the sadness in her heart, she comforted him, "Chenchen is a very sensible child. He usually gets along well with his classmates..."

Chenchen's mother suddenly grabbed Jiang Zhinian's hand and shook her head in grievance: "I really regret it. I shouldn't have given birth to him because of my soft heart. If I hadn't given birth to him, he wouldn't have to suffer with me..."

Jiang Zhinian moved the corners of his mouth, but could no longer utter a word of comfort.

…

When Jiang Zhinian returned home in the evening, he sat quietly on the sofa, without turning on the lights and not wanting to cook.

She is now 6 weeks pregnant and seems to be experiencing some early pregnancy symptoms.

She feels a little nauseous when she wakes up in the morning or smells something strange.

She knew that she could no longer hide it.

Rub your hands to warm them, put them inside the clothes, and you will see a life growing under the flat belly.

Incredibly wonderful.

In fact, among the options given by Shi Ye, she really considered the first one seriously before going to sleep.

Give birth to a child and raise it alone.

She promised not to disturb Shi Ye or affect his future family life, but to secretly have a child that belonged entirely to her.

But today's single mother taught her a heavy lesson.

Is she really capable of being a qualified mother? How can she protect her child when the child is ridiculed by other children because he has no father?

If the child asks her, Mom, why do other children have fathers but I don’t?

How would she answer?

Jiang Zhinian slowly curled up into a ball.

*

The final exams for elementary school can be completed in one day: Chinese in the morning and math in the afternoon.

Jiang Zhinian walked slowly around the examination room, looking at this group of little radish-like children sitting in their seats taking the exam, and suddenly felt very emotional.

She still remembers her first time invigilating an exam, when she was still teaching first grade and a little girl suddenly stood up and started to leave.

She stopped the child and asked her what was wrong.

She said, Teacher, I forgot to drink milk this morning, I want to go home and drink milk.

Jiang Zhinian quickly coaxed the little girl and repeatedly assured her that he would buy her milk. Only then did the little girl reluctantly return to her seat and start drawing on the test paper.

Two years passed in a flash, and the little radishes grew up one by one.

Jiang Zhinian feels very happy when recalling the little things in the past.

She chose to teach in elementary school because she really likes children, and this job really makes her happy every day.

What a pity...

It seemed like she would never be able to have a child of her own.