Chapter 93 Teacher Jin, you and your husband are preparing...

Chapter 93

Jin Ran was not unaware of Jiang Mingxu's intentions.

But her final actions still touched her somewhat.

Ultimately, a man's affection and care for you are not expressed through sweet words, but through concrete actions and what he is willing to give.

Jiang Mingxu, who had been quietly preparing all of this, delivered a perfect answer to her.

She couldn't help but hug him back, and asked softly, "Should I give you a gift in return?"

Without waiting for the other person's reaction, he stood on tiptoe and pressed a kiss to Jiang Mingxu's lips.

Another gentle breeze blew, rustling the treetops as if whispering, and the delicate osmanthus blossoms bid farewell from the branches, fluttering down like a light golden snowfall.

It poured down on the couple embracing under the tree.

The sweet fragrance of osmanthus lingers on my lips.

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The results of the math Olympiad competition take more than a month to come out, and after returning from the capital, Jin Ran's work became less busy.

The daily lessons were no longer too demanding for her, and the competitions only required a small amount of tutoring each week. As a result, she had plenty of time for herself.

The first thing was that the property management of Shuoguo Bay invited her to participate in community activities.

For so long, she had almost forgotten that she was still a member of the community's property management group, until she received a message from the property manager: "The community is organizing a 'Skillful Hands Spread Love' craft activity, inviting residents to make yarn dolls and Christmas cards together, and to contribute to charity."

"Offering charity?" Jin Ran asked, somewhat puzzled.

Yes, our community is collaborating with the municipal children's welfare home, and the handicrafts we made will be donated to the children.

Fearing she might refuse, the property manager added that the time would be between 3 and 4 pm on Sunday afternoon, and wouldn't take too long.

Jin Ran flipped through the calendar and found that it was Christmas Eve. She didn't have anything planned, so she readily agreed.

To be honest, she had never paid attention to this holiday that wasn't a public holiday before, but after being reminded of it, she suddenly noticed that the office was already filled with a festive atmosphere.

For example, several teachers hung mini Christmas stockings on their workstations, placed small Christmas trees on the corners of their desks, and even changed their computer wallpapers to appropriate snow scenes.

During breaks between classes, the teachers also started talking frequently about Christmas.

Older teachers often have families and don't like celebrating Western holidays, but their children do, so they are the busiest.

They have to prepare to decorate the Christmas tree and carefully select gifts. Some fathers even went so far as to buy Santa Claus costumes online: "We can't help it, the kids look forward to seeing Santa Claus every year."

Younger teachers tend to have simpler roles.

While having dinner with her best friends and going shopping on a date with her boyfriend, a female teacher who had just graduated this year ostensibly complained but actually boasted about her boyfriend, who was also a teacher: "He just likes to send flowers. I've told him so many times, they're all flashy and impractical. He should just buy something more useful."

Others said, "You really don't know how lucky you are. My husband only knows how to send cauliflower."

“My boyfriend doesn’t celebrate holidays, so I’m always the one who drags him out.”

Hearing everyone's envy, the female teacher felt a little smug. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Jin Ran, who hadn't spoken, and suddenly asked, "Teacher Jin, how are you and your husband planning to celebrate the holiday?"

It wasn't malicious, just a little bit of showing off.

As new teachers, both joined Wencheng one after the other. Jin Ran achieved results in just half a semester, which inevitably made the female teacher feel a bit competitive.

Jin Ran seemed oblivious and smiled, "He's quite busy, we haven't figured out how to spend our time together."

When she joined the company, everyone knew that Jin Ran was married, and they often saw luxury cars picking her up from school. At first, some people were jealous, but later, they heard from somewhere that Jin Ran had said during her job application, "Graduated from a prestigious university, married into a wealthy family, with an older child, and no intention of having a second child." Gradually, their jealousy turned into sympathy.

There's no such thing as a wealthy family that doesn't want to have children, unless they've damaged their bodies and can't conceive.

At this moment, the female teacher obviously also thought of the rumor, and looked at Jin Ran with some sympathy.

Jin Ran had no idea what her colleagues were imagining.

After tutoring her students in advanced math over the weekend, she took Jiang Xuli to participate in an interactive activity organized by the property management company, ostensibly to balance work and rest and help them relax.

Unexpectedly, the always smiling property manager was very capable, and there were actually twenty or thirty people on site.

Jin Ran also saw many familiar faces—Mrs. Li, who lived in the same building, Sister Wang from the neighborhood committee, and even Mrs. Zhou, whose husband worked in the municipal government. They greeted each other and then, under the guidance of the host, learned how to make yarn dolls.

Everyone participated enthusiastically because it was all for charity, and since the craft wasn't difficult, Jin Ran made two in no time.

They were two rabbit dolls. One was entirely dark green, except for its ears and tail, which were decorated with snow-white. The other was all black, with a small red bow tie at its collar, giving it a proper, gentlemanly feel.

Jin Ran became more and more satisfied with what she saw, and even wanted to stay on her own.

She hasn't prepared a gift for Christmas yet. The seashell bracelet she made last time was very well received. I think she would like it even more if she made a little doll herself.

Thinking this, Jiang Xuli leaned closer and asked, "What is this, a crocodile?"

Jin Ran: "..."

"A rabbit! A lifelike rabbit!" someone exclaimed angrily, raising their voice eight octaves. "Did you even look closely? If you're nearsighted, go get some glasses!"

Jiang Xuli's expression was complicated.

To be honest, he couldn't tell what a rabbit looked like at all, but seeing Jin Ran's angry and embarrassed expression, he chose to swallow the truth.

With hands moving non-stop, recalling the teacher's demonstration, the ten fingers flew as if playing cat's cradle, and in no time, a truly lifelike rabbit appeared before one's eyes.

Mmm, a lovely pink.

Upon seeing this, Jin Ran's eyes lit up, even though she had just been so confident.

For some reason, she has recently fallen in love with pink. Her clothes and shoes must be pink, her pencils and water cups must be pink, and even her pajamas have been changed to pink. So Jiang Xuli's little dolls really touched her heart.

Without any hesitation, she snatched the pink rabbit from the boy's hand: "Actually, I think exchanging them would be more meaningful."

Jiang Xuli raised an eyebrow: "What will you use to exchange with me?"

Jin Ran, without batting an eye, handed the white rabbit in her arms to the other person: "Use my crocodile."

The main point is to be flexible and adaptable.

In the end, none of the three dolls made by the mother and son were handed over.

After discussing with the property management, Jin Ran used the money in her card to buy new toys for the children at the welfare home and donated a sum of money.

It wasn't a lot, but it was still a year's salary for her. She didn't care whether Christmas was a local or foreign holiday; she just hoped that every child could receive a gift on this joyous occasion.

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The Christmas spirit wasn't just in the school; Jiang Mingxu at the company also noticed the employees' quiet discussions.

After finishing his work, he returned to his office, where a calendar sat on his desk, showing that tomorrow was Christmas.

Do we need to give gifts for Christmas?

Clearly, President Jiang has never celebrated Christmas. In fact, apart from statutory holidays, Jiang Mingxu has always ignored other holidays.

But at this moment, thinking about the employees' enthusiastic conversation, he felt that Jin Ran would probably like it very much.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mingxu called over his assistant, Wang: "Order some things for me tomorrow."