Chapter 96

Jiang Zhinian vaguely felt that something was wrong here. Throughout the whole incident, Teacher Li's husband enjoyed the vanity and hidden benefits of giving gifts to the anchor, and in the end, he got the money back at no cost at all with the help of his wife.

It's like enjoying everything but giving nothing in return.

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After the heart-to-heart talk on the playground, Jiang Zhinian returned to the office and happened to meet Teacher Qian who came to see her.

"Teacher Jiang, you're back. I was just looking for you."

She came to Jiang Zhinian to discuss adoption.

"Last night, my husband and I discussed adoption, and he agreed. So, we were thinking, could you take us to the orphanage this weekend to talk to the director first?"

Actually, it is possible. After Jiang Zhinian left the welfare home, he would go back regularly to do some volunteer work or bring some gifts to the children.

Because of her pregnancy, she hadn't been back for a long time.

"Then come with me this Saturday. However, adoptions at the orphanage all follow the prescribed procedures. You'll just be there to learn more about the situation, and you won't receive any special treatment. I hope you understand."

"Okay, okay. This is our first time too. We don't have much experience, so let's just get to know the situation."

Teacher Qian is gentle and kind, and is said to be very good to the children in her class. Jiang Zhinian feels that if she could adopt a child, she would be a good mother.

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The last class of every Friday is a themed class meeting. In this class, Jiang Zhinian carefully prepared a topic about pregnancy to provide scientific knowledge to the children.

She first prepared a cartoon clip of "Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother" and played it for the children, and then asked them if they knew how babies were born.

She skipped the reasons for pregnancy and focused on the process of the baby growing in the mother's belly. On the one hand, she wanted to let the children know that it was actually very hard for their mother to be pregnant with them, and on the other hand, she wanted them to no longer feel confused about their arrival.

When children are young, they always ask their mothers where they come from.

Some parents would say that the baby was born from the belly, but most parents are very taboo about the idea of ​​pregnancy. Instead, they tell their children that they were picked up from the garbage dump, and so on.

With the development of society, people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of early sex education. Therefore, letting children understand the reason for their existence early is gradually no longer a taboo topic.

When Jiang Zhinian was little, she once asked the director's mother this question. The director's mother told her that she was the baby left behind by the snowman because she was born in March, when the ice and snow began to melt.

"Teacher Jiang, my mother has a baby in her belly!"

"Teacher Jiang, I have a little sister. I know she came out of my mother's belly. I've seen her."

"Teacher Jiang, I want a younger brother. Can you talk to my mother and ask her to give birth to one for me to play with?"

"Teacher Jiang, my dad's belly is also very big. Is he going to have a baby too?"

Jiang Zhinian had just finished showing the slides and was about to ask everyone to raise their hands to speak, but some of the talkative children couldn't keep still.

Because it was not a formal class, Jiang Zhinian did not interrupt them. He just let everyone ask questions one by one to maintain a certain level of classroom discipline.

Just after she answered a series of strange questions, Qin Ziyang, who had been silent, raised his hand.

"Teacher, you are wrong. Not all children are born by their mothers."

When he said this, he suddenly sat down again, as if he was not asking a question, but just expressing his conclusion.

Jiang Zhinian wanted to explain, but she was worried that there might be some hidden secrets that she was not comfortable touching upon. Just then, the bell rang, and she ended today's theme class.

It drizzled a little when school was over in the afternoon. Since there was no forecast in advance, Jiang Zhinian did not bring an umbrella.

If it were in the past, it wouldn't be a big problem for her to run home in this little rain, but now she is pregnant. Not to mention whether she can run, it would be troublesome if she gets a fever or gets sick after getting caught in the rain.

She stood in the corridor outside her office, hoping the rain would stop soon.

"Are you off work yet?"

Shi Ye’s message came.

"Just about to leave."

Jiang Zhinian's heart moved, and he felt a vague expectation.

"I'm at the gate of your school. Say hello to the guard and I'll come in to pick you up."

When Jiang Zhinian saw this message appear on the phone screen, he felt like he was flying.

"Okay, I'll go down now."

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When I walked to the lobby of the teaching building, I saw Shi Ye's back. He was wearing a gray windbreaker, tall and handsome.

Jiang Zhinian quietly moved closer and poked his back with his finger: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Shi Ye turned around and said with a smile, "I just arrived too."

Jiang Zhinian took his arm, and the two of them walked into the rain together holding an umbrella.

"Why do you bring an umbrella?"

"Zheng Chengfei's." He drove to work and always kept an umbrella in the trunk.

"Then how will he get home?"

"He didn't go home. He ranked last on the test, so the instructor took him to practice. With his passing rate, he won't be able to get home until the early morning."

The rain gradually got heavier and the sky became gloomy and dark. In fact, Jiang Zhinian hated the winter rain. It was cold and gloomy. If it accidentally got wet, it would make him feel very uncomfortable.

But at this moment, she leaned her head on Shi Ye's arm, quietly looking at the rain outside the umbrella, and felt a faint warmth in her heart.

It was like the countdown to the end of the world. In the boundless loneliness and despair, only the two of them were left hugging each other tightly for warmth.

"Shi Ye, if the world were to end in three hours, what would you do?"

Her question was incoherent and most people would find it strange and absurd, but Shi Ye seemed to be in sync with her and accepted the question without any hesitation.

He thought for a moment and said, "How will it be destroyed? Will it be like the earth exploding, or a biochemical crisis?"

"The Earth exploded?"

"Go home and sleep."

No one can stop the earth from exploding, so it’s better to have a good sleep and die in your dream while hugging the people around you.

"What about Resident Evil?"

"There are two situations. One is that only I know that the biohazard is coming in three hours, and the other is that everyone knows."

"Assuming you're the only one who knows."

"Go to the supermarket to buy things, stock up, leave the city, and find a safe house." If there is still a glimmer of hope, he will try his best to survive with his family.

"What if everyone knew?"

"The general plot remains unchanged, but it will become a bloody and violent version." Because humans have the instinct to survive, everyone will make the same choice at the moment, and society will enter a state of disorder. All he has to do is protect his family as much as possible.

Shi Ye saw Jiang Zhinian was silent and asked her, "What about you?"