The next morning, when there was still a thick fog outside, Li Chengxi got up quietly, put on his military uniform, washed up, kissed Lin Tao on the forehead, and whispered, "I'm leaving."

Lin Tao couldn't sleep last night. By the time she fell asleep, it was already late. Now she is in a daze and hasn't woken up yet.

Lin Tao was very sleepy and didn't know if he heard it or not, but he did respond with a "hmm" and a long tail sound.

Li Chengxi chuckled, put on his military cap, and with a solemn air, he opened the door and walked into the thick fog.

After a few minutes, Lin Tao suddenly realized that she seemed to hear Li Chengxi talking to her just now?

He reached out and touched his side again, only to find it was empty. It seemed that he was not dreaming, it was indeed Li Chengxi who was talking to him just now, but he was gone.

Lin Tao propped herself up and slowly stood up, looking out the window at the thick fog outside. The sky was just beginning to turn pale, but her vision was blocked by the fog.

It's really hard to get used to spending five days alone.

Although she is not used to it, Lin Tao's daytime activities are no different from usual. She goes to school in the morning and has no classes in the afternoon, so she goes home with Xu Yuting at noon.

Xu Yuting's belly has grown a little bigger, and she has to hold her waist when walking.

Wang Yuanliang was waiting on the way, and he came to pick up Xu Yuting. Xu Yuting knew that Li Chengxi had gone on a mission, so she suggested that she stay at Lin Tao's house for a few days to accompany her.

However, Lin Tao quickly rejected it. Xu Yuting was due to give birth in less than two months, and some people might even give birth earlier.

If something happened to Xu Yuting here, Lin Tao would be scared to death, and it would be really inconvenient for the two pregnant women.

I went home and cooked something for lunch, then went to Chen Shuifen's house to sit and chat. The time passed very quickly as we talked about family matters.

The sun was out today, so Chen Shuifen took out her blanket to dry it in the sun and said with a smile, "Teacher Lin, Captain Li is out on a mission, you must be uncomfortable being alone at home, right?"

Lin Tao helped Chen Shuifen pick beans: "It's a little hard to get used to it, but it's okay, it's only for a few days."

"Yes, men are always busy, there is nothing we can do about it. When I was in confinement, his father went out on a mission, and my mother-in-law couldn't come to take care of me. I was the only one at home, but she came anyway." Chen Shuifen sighed about the past, "But Teacher Lin, if you have any inconveniences and need help, just come and tell me, don't be shy."

Chen Shuifen knew Lin Tao's personality and knew that she was not willing to trouble others.

"Okay, I definitely won't be embarrassed with you." Lin Tao responded with a smile.

If there is one thing I am not used to, it is when eating.

No matter what, Lin Tao always had dinner with Li Chengxi. The two of them sat together and did not follow the rule of not talking while eating or sleeping. They just talked about the interesting things that happened during the day. It was plain, but full of happiness and satisfaction.

This was the first time that Lin Tao had dinner alone since arriving on the island, and she found the house eerily quiet.

After dinner, I washed the dishes myself.

At this time, Chen Shuifen came to visit with Zheng Xiangyang and Zheng Hongxing and said, "Teacher Lin, my son Hongxing can't do a question. Can you help him when you have time?"

Lin Tao had just finished washing the dishes and responded to the outside: "Okay, come in, I'll be right there."

Zheng Hongxing took out a math problem. Lin Tao looked at it and found it was not difficult. Lin Tao taught carefully, explaining the steps one by one.

Chen Shuifen listened nearby, but didn't understand much, so she went back to her work.

After teaching a question, Chen Shuifen said, "Xiangyang, don't you have other questions? Ask Teacher Lin while he's free."

There were three questions in total, and Lin Tao taught them all.

Chen Shuifen glanced at the horseshoe watch and found it was eight o'clock. Then she said, "Thank you so much for today. Xiangyang was not paying attention in class. He didn't know how to do the questions the teacher explained. Teacher Lin, it's getting late. You should go to bed early."

Lin Tao glanced at Zheng Xiangyang and saw that when Chen Shuifen accused him of not paying attention in class, he pouted unconvincedly, then smiled with pursed lips.

Although he didn't say much, he had already seen through the secret.

Chen Shuifen took the two children home. As soon as they got home, Zheng Xiangyang said unconvincedly, "Mom, I knew how to do all these questions, but you asked me to tell Teacher Lin that I couldn't do them, and you scolded me for not paying attention in class. I clearly ranked second in the final exam."

"What's the big deal about second place? You are so capable, why don't you get first place and make your mother happy? The reason you got second place last time was because you were not careful enough and made mistakes even though you knew how to do the questions. Your mother is asking Teacher Lin to help you deepen your memory, and you're not happy?" Chen Shuifen said.

After being scolded, Zheng Xiangyang stopped talking, but he still felt a little unconvinced.

Chen Shuifen said, "Okay, your Uncle Li is out on a mission, and it's so boring for Teacher Lin to be alone at home. You can go over and ask her to help you with the questions. You can learn some knowledge and you can also keep Teacher Lin company. Isn't that a good thing?"

When Zheng Youde was on a mission, she was really bored at home alone, but she was a very outgoing person, walking around the streets, and there was nothing wrong with visiting other people and chatting.

Teacher Lin was different from her. She was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to go out late at night, so she simply brought her child to the teacher's house.

Teacher Lin would probably feel embarrassed if she was told to go and accompany her directly. She didn't know what had happened to her when she was working in the afternoon, but she suddenly came up with this idea. Chen Shuifen was quite impressed with herself. She didn't expect her to be so smart!

Zheng Xiangyang: "It kills two birds with one stone!"

But he understood his mother's intention and was no longer angry.

On the other hand, Lin Tao also guessed Chen Shuifen's intention. When she was teaching Zheng Xiangyang to do the exercises just now, she found that Zheng Xiangyang had already solved one of the problems. There were traces on the book, but Zheng Xiangyang erased it with an eraser.

Knowing Chen Shuifen's intention, Lin Tao wanted to laugh and felt warm in her heart.

It was almost time to go to bed, and Lin Tao lay on the bed. The bed that she usually felt was crowded suddenly became spacious today, and she was a little uncomfortable with it.

In the end, Lin Tao fell asleep hugging Li Chengxi's pillow, because the pillow still stank of Li Chengxi's scent.

Only after she smelled this scent could she sleep peacefully.

The first day passed, and there were still four days left before Li Chengxi came back. Before Lin Tao left the house in the morning, she glanced at the calendar and saw the day Li Chengxi would come back was circled in red by Lin Tao.

The second day passed just like the first day. Zheng Xiangyang would still come to her for advice in the evening. However, this time Lin Tao did not choose questions that Zheng Xiangyang could do. Instead, she selected some knowledge points that they had not taught yet, which she considered as a preview.

This time, Zheng Xiangyang listened much more seriously than yesterday. After all, he clearly knew how to do all the questions yesterday, but he still had to pretend that he couldn't do them. It was very tiring!

Everything went according to plan and Lin Tao went to bed.

At midnight, it suddenly started raining outside.

The rain was heavy, hitting the roof and the ground, making crackling sounds, and then "boom!" Lightning flashed across the sky and thunder roared, shaking the sky like a rumble.

Lin Tao was still asleep, her brows were tightly knitted together and she was biting her lips so hard that her pink lips turned a deep red.

She helplessly grabbed a corner of the pillow with both hands and shouted, "No, no..."

Lin Tao began to dream again. In the dream, she was so desperate. That despair seemed to penetrate into her bones, inch by inch, and drown her whole body.

She felt cold all over as she watched the man in front of her kneeling on the ground, slapping himself, saying that he was wrong and that she could do anything to him, even beat him or scold him, as long as he begged her not to leave.

But she didn't want to stay there for a moment. She felt that the man in front of her was a devil. She wanted to escape, but she couldn't. She hated him, but she was powerless...

Finally, she was in a vast expanse of white. She could see nothing but white.

She reached out to touch it, but a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the white mist and pulled her in.

"Ah!" Lin Tao screamed in fright. She woke up from her dream and found that her back was covered in cold sweat.

If she had been able to hold Li Chengxi tightly when she had a nightmare before when Li Chengxi was around, she would not be afraid of anything. But now that Li Chengxi was gone, she could only hold herself tightly, feeling even more uneasy and fearful, but the scene in her dream became blurry.

She only remembered that she was desperate, so desperate——

She didn't want to feel that feeling again.

"Bla--Boom--" The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Lightning flashed across the sky again, accompanied by thunder, making this rainy night even more shocking.

There was a creaking sound coming from the living room. Lin Tao remembered that she had opened the window at night to keep cool, but seemed to have forgotten to lock it when she closed it. Now it was windy and rainy outside, so the window must have been blown open.

Lin Tao took out the flashlight from under her pillow, turned it on, got out of bed, and walked to the living room, where she found that the window had indeed been blown open. Rain was blown in by the wind, and a small area of ​​the ground was wet.

Lin Tao hurried over, closed the window again, and locked it.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Teacher Lin, Teacher Lin, are you okay?"