Chapter 93

After the two chatted for a while, Chen Shuifen also joined them.

"Teacher Xu is here today too?" Chen Shuifen said.

Seeing that Chen Shuifen came alone and Zheng Hongxing was not following her, Lin Tao asked, "Where is Hongxing?"

Normally, when Chen Shuifen came over, Zheng Hongxing would definitely follow her because he wanted to play with his sister.

Chen Shuifen said, "He went out with his brother. Won't school start again in a few days? Let them have more fun during these few days."

Hongxing is just five years old this year, so it's early for him to start the first grade, but he can still go to school. According to Chen Shuifen, instead of letting this little rascal cause trouble at home, it's better to send him to school early, so that he can at least learn a few more words.

They talked about other things. Lin Tao thought about it and decided to tell them about Jin Pingping.

Last time, Fan Jianshu had not yet been arrested, and Jin Pingping asked her not to report Fan Jianshu's affairs. After she came back, she had no intention of telling Li Chengxi about the matter, and simply did not mention it to Xu Yuting and Chen Shuifen.

Otherwise, they knew that Fan Jianshu was a wicked person who did wicked things, but he did not get the retribution he deserved. Telling them about it would only make them angry.

This time Fan Jianshu was arrested, so she talked about that matter.

Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting were both excited when they heard this. This was indeed a huge matter and completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Think about how proud Jin Pingping was when she brought Fan Jianshu to the island. She wanted to let everyone know that she had found a partner who was the director of the Education Bureau. She also said that they would live in a new house after marriage, and she also said how good the Fan family was to her.

They all thought that Jin Pingping lived a good life after marrying Fan Jianshu, but they had no idea that so many things happened.

We got married at the beginning of the year, so it’s only been over half a year now, and things have turned out like this.

Although Jin Pingping can be annoying sometimes, in this case, Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting were both scolding Fan Jianshu.

Chen Shuifen gritted her teeth and cursed Fan Jianshu, saying that he was indeed a 'scumbag', a real bad guy, just like the Ma Yan people. After cursing, she sighed and said, "So Jin Pingping is gone like this? She is a woman with a child in her belly. In today's world... Well, think about it, she is quite pitiful. She is a miserable person."

Chen Shuifen also knew Jin Pingping's background, otherwise she would not have introduced a date to Jin Pingping at the beginning, because she felt that Jin Pingping was an orphan and looked pitiful. Little did she know that Jin Pingping had a high mind and high standards, and she looked down on the man she introduced.

At that time, Xu Yuting and Jin Pingping did not get along well. Now that Jin Pingping encountered such a thing, she felt very pitiful. But after all, it was Jin Pingping who chose the wrong person at the beginning.

After dating so many people, she disliked this one and that one, and finally chose Fan Jianshu. She thought she had entered a happy nest, but she didn't expect it to be a den of wolves. The Fan family really didn't treat Jin Pingping as a human being, and they wanted to eat her up until even the bones were left.

Chen Shuifen said, "Yes, the guy she was dating before was so good. If she had gotten together with him, she would have lived a very good life now. Now, Xiao Chen is married. The other party is a female soldier in the Propaganda Department. She is also very pretty. She also took my mother home. She said that she was not in good health, but in fact, they don't need to take care of her. On the contrary, she can even take care of their children."

Because of Jin Pingping's incident, several people were very sad and insulted men like Fan Jianshu. Even Ma Debiao was dragged out and scolded severely.

Chen Shuifen cursed the most harshly. She was a very straightforward person. Women understood women's sufferings the best, and she was on the side of her female compatriots. She cursed with gnashing teeth. If Fan Jianshu and Ma Debiao were here, she would probably want to step on them.

Lin Tao said: "But this time she was able to stand up and take the initiative to report to Fan Jianshu, which is quite good."

Xu Yuting also agreed: "That's true. I admire her for that. But think about it, Jin Pingping's temper is not the kind of person who can tolerate being wronged. This is something she would do."

Chen Shuifen said, "It's thanks to her that she did this. The bastard probably didn't expect that he would find someone who had no one to rely on and could make his family do whatever they wanted. He didn't expect that he was such a tough guy. He really got angry and fought with him."

This is also something that Chen Shuifen admires about Jin Pingping. Her personality is not likable, but she is not someone who can tolerate being wronged. When she really encounters trouble, she dares to confront others head-on. Perhaps it is because Jin Pingping has no parents since she was a child and is used to being bullied, so she has learned to protect herself in this way.

If Fan Jianshu had married someone else, it would be hard to say whether that person could do what Jin Pingping did. It was very likely that, just as the Fan family thought, she would be manipulated by their family all her life, and endure their humiliation and live her life like this.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuifen gnashed her teeth in anger.

The three of them chatted about Jin Pingping for a while and then changed the subject. After all, one cannot keep talking about bad things, as it will affect one's mood.

They chatted for a while, and before dark, Xu Yuting and Wang Yuanliang took Xiao Qingming away. Yueyue seemed reluctant to leave, and kept smiling at Xiao Qingming, wanting to continue playing with her brother.

As soon as they left, Li Chengxi said unhappily, "Why do I feel like Yueyue really likes playing with Wang Qingming? When they were about to leave, she even pulled Wang Qingming's clothes to stop him from leaving."

The most important thing is that Wang Qingming, that brat, is not interested at all. He doesn't seem to be very interested in his daughter Yueyue? Is this reasonable?

Their daughter Yueyue is so cute, why doesn't Wang Yuanliang's son want to play with Yueyue?

Especially when Lin Tao, Xu Yuting and Chen Shuifen were chatting in the yard just now, he and Wang Yuanliang were taking care of the children at home. Xiao Qingming was playing alone all the time, while Yueyue was like a piece of taffy, sticking to him after a while and wanting to hug Xiao Qingming.

She also gave Xiao Qingming a kiss on the face, but Xiao Qingming wiped the saliva left by Yueyue on his face with his hand in disgust.

The girl whom he held in his palm and wanted to kiss dozens of times a day, took the initiative to kiss the boy from another family, but the boy from another family reacted like this. Li Chengxi, the old father, was so angry that he refused to kiss her.

The key point is that Wang Yuanliang saw it and teased him, saying that when I told you that we should arrange a marriage for our children, you didn't agree. Look, doesn't Yueyue like our Qingming very much? She even kissed him. Look, look.

Wang Yuanliang's boasting earned him a glare from Li Chengxi, who really wanted to teach this guy a lesson.

He held Yueyue in his arms and warned him: "Watch out for your son."

But Yueyue really didn't give him any face. After being picked up by him, she was still unhappy and insisted on going to play with Xiao Qingming, which made Li Chengxi very angry.

But there was no other way. If he didn't let her go, Yueyue would pout in grievance. The little guy was the best at using this trick. His chubby little face and pouty expression were even more heartbreaking than shedding tears.

In the end, Li Chengxi could only let Yueyue continue to play with Xiao Qingming, while he watched from the side with a sullen face. If Yueyue wanted to kiss Xiao Qingming again, he would stop her immediately.

Fortunately, Yueyue was not so troublesome later and stopped kissing Xiao Qingming. But when she was playing with Xiao Qingming, she was so happy that her eyes were curved like crescents.

Wang Yuanliang was watching from the side, laughing as he watched, thinking that his son had really made great progress. At the same time, he hoped that this brat would be strong enough to bring Xiao Yueyue home and make her his daughter-in-law.

The little girl is very cute, and both he and Xu Yuting like her very much.

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Lin Tao looked at Li Chengxi's sullen face as he told her about what happened just now. She felt helpless and amused. She said with a smile: "Captain Li, you are really stupid. How old is Xiao Qingming? He is less than one and a half years old. What can they understand? Are you jealous of him?"

Seeing that Li Chengxi still looked unhappy, Lin Tao had no choice but to continue to coax him: "How could Yueyue understand these things? Even children like to play with children older than themselves. Yueyue also likes to play with Hongxing. Every time Hongxing comes over, isn't she still happy? Yuting also often told me that after the Qingming Festival, she wanted to play with other older children, but others looked down on her and thought she was too young. As for kissing, she doesn't understand it even more. Maybe she learned it because you always kissed her at home? Besides, it's nothing for children to kiss each other. Captain Li, you are the leader of a group, and you are still angry about this?"

Lin Tao discovered that sometimes, men also need to be coaxed.

Take Li Chengxi for example. In Lin Tao's eyes, he is often omnipotent. He is mature and stable. Sometimes when Lin Tao encounters something she doesn't know how to solve, she will take the initiative to ask for his opinion.

But even such a man can be childish sometimes and needs to be coaxed, just like now.

After Lin Tao finished speaking, Li Chengxi's expression was not so bad anymore, but looking at Yueyue who was sitting on the small bed playing with a doll, he decided to give her a good "education" about what happened today.

Li Chengxi said to Yueyue in a serious and slightly solemn manner: "Yueyue, Daddy is telling you that you can play with Wang Qingming, but you can't kiss him first. Do you understand? Not only can you not kiss him first, you can't let other brats kiss you first either."

Lin Tao stood by, listening with a mixture of amusement and helplessness as the old father Li Chengxi taught his daughter.

Although what Li Chengxi said was correct, and this was what Lin Tao was going to tell Yueyue in the future, it was just that Yueyue wasn't even one year old yet...

Are you sure you understand...?

Yueyue obviously didn't understand. She held the little doll in her hand and stared blankly at her father talking to himself. She blinked her big eyes, then moved to her father's side, hugged his neck, and kissed him on the face. After the kiss, Yueyue went back to playing by herself.

Lin Tao smiled and asked, "How is it? Are you feeling less angry now?"

Li Chengxi: “…”

To be honest, thinking of Wang Yuanliang and his son, he still felt a little angry. But the girl was so likable, and she was so young that she wouldn't understand even if he told her, so Li Chengxi had to give up.

However, Li Chengxi, the old father, was still very happy when Yueyue took the initiative to kiss him. At night, when Yueyue finished her feeding and wanted to sleep, Li Chengxi held her in his arms and coaxed her to sleep.

After a while, Yueyue fell asleep.

The little guy was cute but noisy when he woke up. After falling asleep, he was quiet, with long and curly eyelashes. I don’t know what he dreamed about, but the corners of his mouth were raised, and he was smiling happily.

Li Chengxi wanted to kiss Yueyue on the face, but when he thought of what Lin Tao had said before, he held back.

From now on he has to be more restrained. Yueyue is young and ignorant, and he, as a father, has to set a good example.

However, he could not kiss his daughter, but he could still kiss his wife who was lying next to him.

Lin Tao, who was kissed by Li Chengxi for no reason, reached out and pinched Li Chengxi's waist, muttering, "Stop making trouble, it's still early, I haven't taken a shower yet."

Besides, Lin Changhai is still playing chess at Captain Zheng's house. What will he say if he hears what they are doing inside when he comes back?

Fortunately, Li Chengxi didn't intend to bother anyone so early. He kissed Lin Tao on the lips and let her go.

After Lin Tao finished her shower at around eight o'clock, the two of them lay on the bed. On the way, Li Chengxi got out of bed and went to the living room once again. On the surface, he went to get some water, but after hearing the snoring from next door, he went into the room again, locked the door, got on the bed and started to make trouble.

Lin Tao let him go, and when she felt aroused, she hugged his neck and hummed softly.

Last time, when Li Chengxi knew that Wang Yuanliang went to the clinic to get condoms, he directly took most of them from him, and they haven’t been used up yet.

However, Wang Yuanliang told him about this two days ago and asked him if he could go to the toilet to get condoms in the future instead of getting them from Wang Yuanliang.

Because Wang Yuanliang took a lot of condoms last time, most of them ended up at Li Chengxi's place. But the doctor at the clinic didn't know. When he ran out of condoms at home and had to go to the clinic to get more, he still remembered the look on the doctor's face, which was full of shock.

So many condoms, and they were used up so quickly. I have to use at least ten condoms a day, and I have to use them every day without taking a day off. This... this is too scary.

Wang Yuanliang was already a little embarrassed, and when he left, the doctor asked him, "Captain Wang, are you feeling well? I noticed that there are some dark circles under your eyes recently. Are you exhausted? Young people should be more restrained... I have a prescription here. Why don't you take it back and ask Teacher Xu to give it to you..."

Wang Yuanliang: “…”

There are dark circles under his eyes because that bad boy Wang Qingming always wets the bed late at night and he has to get up in the middle of the night to change his diaper!

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After the joy, Lin Tao leaned in Li Chengxi's arms, her breathing a little unstable. Li Chengxi reached out and stroked her back gently, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Lin Tao's aroused look when she reached the climax just now was so tempting.

"Are you feeling better?" Li Chengxi asked.

Every time Lin Tao arrived, it took her a while to recover. It was like getting an electric shock, with her whole body numbing.

Lin Tao hummed, her breathing became calmer, and she leaned into Li Chengxi's arms and slowly fell asleep.

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The next day, Lin Tao went to school to hold a welcome party for the new teachers.

Lin Tao suggested that each teacher bring some food from home so that everyone can eat and chat at the same time. The atmosphere will also be more relaxed and harmonious, unlike an ordinary welcome party where everyone introduces themselves and then sits there not knowing what to say.

The proposal was passed unanimously, so the next day, Lin Tao fried some spicy diced rabbit. Fearing that the new teachers could not eat spicy food, Lin Tao only added a little bit of chili to enhance the flavor.

I also fried a dish of clams. After all, we were in school, and it would be inconvenient to carry soup. This kind of clams can be eaten as a snack and it would be more convenient to carry it with you.

Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing had similar ideas to Lin Tao. They cooked dishes that were relatively easy to prepare, and so did the other teachers. Everyone was looking forward to seeing the new teachers, so they came early. When they arrived, the four new teachers had not arrived yet.

Among the teachers here, only Lin Tao and the principal have met the new teachers. The other teachers have not yet met them. Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing are also very curious and are looking forward to meeting them.

Not long after, they arrived. The four new teachers also brought along specialties from their hometowns.

The three little girls walked in front. Although Qin Ling had only known Zhao Xiaoqin and Ren Ying for one day, she had already integrated into the group because of their similar age.

Xie Cong was more calm. He followed them silently, walked in, and nodded to everyone.

For some reason, Lin Tao noticed that Zhong Jing, who was sitting next to her, had a strange expression on her face when she saw Xie Cong walk in. This expression was definitely not what one would have when seeing someone for the first time, and it was not surprise, but rather astonishment.

Moreover, when Xie Cong walked into the classroom, his eyes fell on them.

Lin Tao knew very well that Xie Cong was not looking at her, and even less at Xu Yuting. It was obvious that Xu Yuting did not know Xie Cong. She even pulled Lin Tao aside and said that these new teachers looked so young, and she even took the initiative to talk to the new teachers.

Therefore, the only possibility is that the person Xie Cong was looking at was Zhong Jing.

Lin Tao was puzzled. Could it be that Zhong Jing knew Xie Cong?

Did Xie Cong come here this time just for Zhong Jing?

After she had this guess in her mind, she began to notice the discord between Zhong Jing and Xie Cong. Even when Xie Cong was introducing himself to everyone, his eyes would intentionally or unintentionally fall on Zhong Jing, but Zhong Jing did not look at Xie Cong, seeming a little absent-minded.

After the new teachers introduced themselves, it was Lin Tao and the others’ turn to introduce themselves. After all, they were new teachers who had just arrived, and if they didn’t introduce themselves, others wouldn’t know them.

There was no need to introduce Lin Tao. She was the one who picked up the students today and the new teachers got to know her. However, the new teachers did not know that Lin Tao was the dean of studies and thought that she was just an ordinary teacher like them.

So when the principal introduced Lin Tao as the Dean of Studies, Xie Cong's expression did not change at all, but the female teachers were quite surprised.

However, this kind of surprise did not contain any bad elements such as "jealousy", but was very surprised that Lin Tao could become a director at such a young age. At the same time, I admired Lin Tao even more. I felt that she must have the corresponding ability to be able to sit in the position of director.

The principal also said that Lin Tao is an excellent teacher at Shengshan School.

The new teachers listened and said that they would learn well from Director Lin in the future.

Although Lin Tao was promoted to director, the teachers at school and the people on the island still called her Teacher Lin. When someone suddenly called her Director Lin, she felt it was strange and quickly told them that they could just call her Teacher Lin.

After the introduction, we ate and chatted. We could talk about anything, such as our hometowns and our views on Shengshan School.

Because of this topic, everyone became closer, and after the whole welcome party, everyone was in a quite relaxed state.

Xu Yuting also said a lot. She spoke directly and said that when she first came to the school, she felt that this school was very small and old, and she had no sense of belonging to this school. But now it is completely different. She feels that this is the best school she has ever been to.

She likes it here and she likes everyone.

Lin Tao also expressed some of her inner thoughts, and everyone had a very happy chat together. This made the new teachers’ nervousness about the new environment disappear, and they quickly integrated into the group.

The welcome party started in the afternoon and ended in the evening.

Afterwards, Xu Yuting said she wanted to go to the restroom. There was no light in the restroom, so she could only go there with a flashlight. Lin Tao went with her.

By the time Xu Yuting came out of the restroom, most people had already left. Zhong Jing was no longer there, probably having gone back as well.

Lin Tao originally wanted to ask Zhong Jing if she knew Xie Cong when she was going back, but now she had to give up. She could ask again next time when she had the chance, it would be the same.

"What do you think of these new teachers?" Lin Tao asked.

Xu Yuting smiled and said, "They are all good. Ren Ying has a cheerful personality and I like her very much. Zhao Xiaoqin and Qin Ling are also very good. I haven't paid much attention to Teacher Xie because he doesn't talk much. But everyone has a different personality. The teacher from Beijing must be very good too."

Xu Yuting spoke highly of the teacher who came back this time, but it was obvious that she did not notice the discord between Xie Cong and Zhong Jing.

Lin Tao is not sure whether her guess is correct or not. She originally thought that if Xu Yuting saw something, she would tell her about it. However, Xu Yuting didn't see anything, so she simply didn't mention it for the time being.

Lin Tao smiled and echoed.

Seeing that she didn't say much, Xu Yuting quickly reached out and held Lin Tao's arm, saying with all her heart, "But Tao, I still like you the most. You and I will be good friends forever."

After hearing this, Lin Tao couldn't help but laugh out loud. What was Xu Yuting thinking? Did she think that she was jealous?

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On the other side, Zhong Jing and Xie Cong were walking side by side.

It was already dark, and the sea breeze blew towards me, carrying a fishy and salty smell.

Zhong Jing held a flashlight in her hand, and the beam of light pierced through the darkness, burning a hole. She did not look at the people beside her, but stared closely at her steps. There was no extra expression on her face, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

Xie Cong's eyes had been on Zhong Jing since the moment he walked into the classroom during the welcome party. There were too many people in the classroom at the time, so he couldn't show it too obviously, so he had been restraining himself.

After the welcome party ended and everyone left, he saw Zhong Jing still standing there. He didn't know whether she was waiting for Teacher Xu or Teacher Lin, or for him.

He then walked up to her and asked, "Can we go for a walk and have a chat?"

On the train to Shancheng and on the boat to Shengshan Island, Xie Cong had thought of many things he wanted to say to Zhong Jing. But now that he saw her, he seemed to be unable to say them.

After all, the two hadn't seen each other for almost ten years.

After a long moment of silence, they both spoke at the same time.

Xie Cong: "Are you okay?"

Zhong Jing: "Why did you come to the island?"