Chapter 26 You have so many little secrets
Gu Hui wanted to see his biological mother and heard that An Jinzhu had gone to the nunnery. Jiang Zhen took Gu Pan and Gu Hui there, several dozen meters away, and asked Gu Hui to go into the nunnery alone.
Gu Pan snorted: "Gu Hui will definitely cry."
Jiang Zhen smiled and asked, "Why?"
Gu Pan said confidently: "Gu Hui hopes to get mother's love, but mother doesn't want her own child this time, so how can she love us? Gu Hui still went in stealthily, he will be disappointed when he hears the truth."
Jiang Zhen asked: "Are you disappointed?"
Gu Pan hugged Jiang Zhen tightly and said, "I have an aunt, brothers and sisters. I am not lonely or disappointed at all."
Jiang Zhen was touched by Gu Pan's words. After coming here, she seemed to no longer feel lonely.
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An Jinzhu came to the nunnery to visit her mother and elder sister. She came back last year to give birth to a child, but her mother refused to see her. But she saw her this time.
An Qihui's heart was calmed down, and the second sister who she despised was moved again. As soon as they met, she mocked: "You don't even want your own child, are you still a human being?"
As the eldest sister, she had suffered so much scolding that she forced Gu Lianhai to marry the second sister and give birth to twins. The family of four was so happy. But An Jinzhu was so shameless that she hooked up with the youngest son of the Sheng family and even called it love. What a bullshit love, it's just selfish. An Qihui still can't forgive her willful second sister.
An Jinzhu has been walking on thin ice in her husband's family in recent years. She finally gave birth to a child and got herself on her feet, but the child was taken away by her aunt by mistake. Her aunt is now dead. Who can she blame?
Her husband's family took this opportunity to resolve the grudge, so she could only agree, hoping that her mother would forgive her.
"Mom, let my elder sister go with me. She is still young. How can she waste her youth in a nunnery?"
An Qihui refused immediately: "I won't go with you. Don't you think I don't know? You must have bad intentions and want to introduce me to someone who can be useful to you. Dream on."
An Jinzhu was furious: "Sister, I have good intentions, why do you think so badly of me?"
"You are so bad, you can actually not have your own child. Have I wronged you?"
"Okay, you sisters, stop arguing."
Du Molian couldn't calm down. Since her second daughter came, she had to ask, "You should go and see Gu Pan and Gu Hui. Those two children must have great potential and will be your support in the future. You can't just give them to Jiang Zhen for nothing."
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An Jinzhu felt a dull pain in her heart regarding Gu Pan and Gu Hui, and she also blamed An Qihui.
"Sister, I don't love Gu Lianhai at all. You insisted that marrying him would bring me a life without worries. You forced us to be together, but in the end, we got divorced, and there were two more bad relationships. I don't want to see Gu Pan and Gu Hui, but I'm afraid that the two children will hate me in the future. Every time I bite the bullet and ask to see them, I feel so humiliated."
An Qihui was furious that her second sister said that it was a humiliation for her to have the child she had been longing for.
"You are so selfish and cold-hearted. I think Gu Lianhai saw through your nature and refused to give Gu Pan back to me to raise. It's all your fault. If we had a child, Yan Jiawen and I would not have reached the point of divorce."
They started arguing again, and Du Molian had a headache: "Your aunt is gone, Xiuqing is gone too, can't you two sisters take care of each other?"
"I don't need her to take care of me." An Qihui turned his head away with disdain.
An Jinzhu was helpless: "Mom, please persuade my elder sister again. If she wants to leave Fancheng, she can come to my place anytime."
In a corner where they couldn't see him, Gu Hui couldn't help crying and ran out in a hurry. He would never think of seeing his mother again.
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Gu Hui lay in Jiang Zhen's arms and cried sadly: "Aunt, why doesn't my mother like me? I don't have a mother anymore."
An Jinzhu's words also exceeded Jiang Zhen's expectations. How could she describe her own child in that way?
She said, "It may be because of you and Gu Pan that she was treated unfairly in her new family, so she blamed you. Don't cry for someone who doesn't like you. Aunt, your uncle, your father, your eldest aunt, Jiang Zhaojiangtang, so many of us like you."
Gu Pan was not sad at all, and even blamed Gu Hui: "Now you have given up, let's live a good life with our aunt, and don't cry anymore."
Although Gu Pan scolded his brother, he would not allow him to be bullied by others, even if that person was his biological mother.
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When An Jinzhu left the nunnery, she actually saw Gu Pan. Although she hadn't seen the twins for several years, the children looked so much like Gu Lianhai that she recognized him at first sight.
An Jinzhu stepped forward, rubbed her red eyes, and smiled gently: "Panpan, I'm your mother. I'm so happy to see you. Where's your brother?"
If her younger brother had not heard what they said in the nunnery, Gu Pan would have felt deceived. How could a mother deceive her own child?
Gu Pan accused in a condescending manner: "My brother and I were lying outside the window of the nunnery just now. We heard everything you said. You are a bad mother, stop pretending."
An Jinzhu was furious: "Jiang Zhen taught you to eavesdrop on adults' conversations. You have never learned a good lesson since you were a child. Where is she?"
Gu Pan was very angry: "You were the one who said you didn't love me and my brother, and you turned around and blamed us. Although my aunt is bad, you are worse."
An Jinzhu was so angry that she went forward and punched Gu Pan on the butt a few times. Gu Pan bit her with his teeth bared. An Jinzhu felt the pain and threw Gu Pan away.
Jiang Zhen had already arrived and said in a cold voice: "I will tell everyone about what happened today. You don't have to bother asking to see Gu Pan and Gu Hui in the future."
An Jinzhu had been patient for a long time and blocked Jiang Zhen's way: "You should understand clearly that this is my child. You and Gu Liancheng are just uncle and aunt. Do you really think you are the parents? If you can't teach the child, don't force yourself to take care of him."
Jiang Zhen shook off her hand: "Really? Then can you take the child back to Gu Pan and Gu Hui to raise him? If not, why are you saying all this nonsense?"
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An Jinzhu had a hard time at her husband's house, let alone taking care of two more children. She was speechless for a moment.
When Gu Pan saw An Qihui coming out, he suddenly ran towards her and said, "Aunt, I was wrong before and thought you were bad, but compared to mom, you are already very good."
The word "Auntie" made An Qihui's eyes red. She rushed forward and pushed her own sister away: "No matter how bad Jiang Zhen is, she has never abused Gu Pan and Gu Hui. This is ten thousand times better than you. You don't want your three biological children. I'm just waiting to see what happens to you."
An Jinzhu was really angry and sad: "Sister, I am your biological sister."
An Qihui said with a spit, "Gu Pan and Gu Hui are still your biological children. You just hit Gu Pan. I don't have a sister like you."
She also nodded at Jiang Zhen: "I'm not targeting people, I'm targeting things. I lived in hatred for the first half of my life. In the second half, I will think carefully about how to live. Don't worry, I won't target you for no reason."
An Qihui's world collapsed, but she was lucky enough to be able to rebuild it without collapsing.
Jiang Zhen said: "If you don't come to trouble my family, I will naturally not trouble you, but you should not bother Gu Pan and Gu Hui either."
An Qihui understood that Gu Pan called her just now because he wanted to use her to teach her mother a lesson. She missed the opportunity to get along with Gu Pan and Gu Hui in a friendly manner, and there was no way to make up for it.
She nodded and suddenly knew where she should go, the welfare home in Fancheng, where she had been before and where she could live a peaceful life.
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Gu Pan was happy. Suddenly, she could see that everyone had color on them. The color on her aunt was grayish white. The color on her mother would change from red to purple and then to purple-black. The color on her aunt was very stable, blue-gray. Gu Hui's color was light blue. Of course, she couldn't see her own color.
Is this her special ability? Gu Pan was so happy that he held Jiang Zhen's hand and said, "Aunt, let's go home."
When Gu Pan looked back, he saw that the purple color on his mother's body had become darker.
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Gu Pan awakened her special ability, and Jiang Zhen explained to her the meaning of the colors: "Blue means that this person is very upright and can be trusted. My blue-gray color means that while I am upright, I can also do some extraordinary things, which is in line with my personality."
"An Qihui's grayish white shows that she has indeed changed a lot. Your mother has changed from being jealous of your relationship with me, to being hateful purple, and then to being dangerous purple-black. Maybe she hopes I will die."
"Gu Hui is very kind, so it's light blue now. Tangtang is innocent and imaginative, so it's light pink."
Gu Pan understood, and she felt that her ability was very special, so she was also special.
Everything has color. In the afternoon, several children ran around outside all afternoon and had not returned when it was time to cook. Jiang Zhen had to cook by himself.
Gu Liancheng had come home early since talking to Jiang Zhen. Seeing her washing rice and cooking, he quickly took over and asked, "That's strange. You were left at home to cook. Where did the children go?"
"They were playing near home." Jiang Zhen said, "Gu Hui said he wanted to see his mother. I took them to the nunnery this morning and we had a fight. Gu Pan and Gu Hui no longer wanted to look for their mother. I think that's a good thing."
Gu Liancheng was silent for a while. His family never allowed An Jinzhu to see Gu Pan and Gu Hui. There was an element of anger in it, but he also saw through it. An Jinzhu didn't really love the two children. This time she didn't even want to change the one she took away by mistake, which further proved her coldness.
Jiang Zhen is more open-minded. It is better to let the children figure it out themselves than to block them from seeing each other.
"How is Gu Pan and Gu Hui feeling?"
"It's fine. The child recovered after a while. Tangtang is especially popular with small animals. The wild cats and dogs in the neighborhood are all close to her. We are running out of food to feed her."
Gu Liancheng smiled: "This is a big problem."
Jiang Zhen said: "Don't worry too much. I told them that they can feed them with their own rations."
Gu Liancheng couldn't help laughing, but when he thought about it, it might not be a bad thing to let children learn to decide their own affairs.
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Gu Liancheng wanted to discuss something with Jiang Zhen: "My brother-in-law suggested that I transfer to the Fancheng Public Security Bureau. The salary may not be as high as it is now."
Gu Liancheng joined the army early and currently receives a battalion-level allowance of seventy or eighty yuan a month. His salary will probably be half as much after demobilization, which does not seem cost-effective. However, Gu Liancheng's demobilization must be related to Jiang Zhen's identity. After his demobilization, he is actually still in the special department, but he has more free time and it is more convenient for him to do things with his identity after demobilization.
Jiang Zhen thought it was pretty good. As for the money, she had read in An Xiuqing's memory that the public and private sectors were not merged until 1953. With such a large textile factory, the money earned in the past two years was enough for the whole family to spend.
Jiang Zhen said: "Then make more money before the public-private partnership. If you want to work, you can do whatever you want without any worries."
Gu Liancheng was very grateful for Jiang Zhen's understanding: "I asked Qingfeng, and he wants to transfer to the Municipal Bureau with me."
Jiang Zhen was speechless: "We know the inside story. He was transferred to a more suitable position because of his special status. The Wan family didn't know about it. Xiao Qingfeng was transferred right after the divorce. You will see that the Wan family will hate you to death."
Gu Liancheng thought that might not be the case: "Dean Wan and Uncle Wan should have keenly sensed something. It doesn't matter."
Jiang Zhen steamed the rice, cut out the side dishes, and told Gu Liancheng to go out and find the children: "Tell them to come back and cook."
"Let me do it." Gu Liancheng said, "You bought a good fish. What do you want to do with it?"
"Let's make fish soup." Jiang Zhen said, "There's also a piece of tofu. Let's put it in and make a whole pot of stew."
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The children seemed to have radar installed on them. When dinner was ready, they came back and played with the cats and dogs outside. Gu Liancheng boiled some hot water and asked them to line up and wash their hands before eating.
Jiang Zhen talked about Gu Liancheng's career change: "After your father Gu changed his career, his working hours became fixed, and he also had one day off every week. I agree with this."
Being a policeman is just as impressive. Jiang Zhao admires him very much: "Dad, I want to be a policeman in the future."
Gu Liancheng smiled and said, "Of course. In fact, if your mom were a police officer, she would definitely be more powerful than your dad."
Jiang Zhen smiled without saying anything. Gu Liancheng was taking precautions so that if he encountered a major case in the future, he would ask her to search for corpses.
It would be great if her ability could be passed on. I wonder what kind of supernatural power her child will inherit after she gives birth to him?
Gu Liancheng saw Jiang Zhen staring at him and touched his face: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Jiang Zhen stopped his messy fantasies and smiled: "No, I think you are in good spirits recently, drink more of this fish soup."
Today's fish soup is really good, the fish has a light sweetness. Gu Liancheng asked: "Can you taste the sweetness of the fish?"
Jiang Zhen picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and shook his head: "No, it's just fish meat, right?"
This fish was a grass carp with eggs that was bought at the market a few years ago. It was placed in the pond in the space. After the eggs were laid, Jiang Zhen took out the fish and made fish soup.
Gu Liancheng also said that the chickens he had raised last time had a sweet smell. Now he also said that the space bather fish he has been raising for less than a month have a sweet smell. So what will happen if the fry hatched from the fish eggs in the pond grow up?
Jiang Zhen asked the four little ones: "Can you taste the sweetness of fish meat?"
Several children shook their heads: "No, I can't taste it."
Jiang Zhen concluded that Gu Liancheng's sense of taste was more sensitive than that of ordinary people. She said, "I can't taste it either, so it's your problem."
Gu Liancheng’s sense of taste was indeed very sensitive before, but he just thought it was his own problem.
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After dinner, Gu Pan secretly told Jiang Zhen: "Aunt, the color on my uncle's body is light gold, so beautiful."
Light gold? That was the color of integrity and perseverance. Jiang Zhen couldn't help but feel fortunate that she could meet such a pure person.
After eating the fish, Gu Liancheng felt hot and irritable at night and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Jiang Zhen laughed: "You should be a vegetarian from now on."
Gu Liancheng had some impure thoughts that flashed through his mind, but he quickly suppressed them. He didn't want Jiang Zhen to misunderstand anything, so he asked tentatively, "You didn't give me anything to eat, did you?"
Jiang Zhen: "Aren't the whole family eating and drinking the same things? If you don't want to eat, eat outside and come back later."
Gu Liancheng hurriedly explained: "We are just chatting about this, you are anxious again, I was just wondering if you would give me something from the end of the world to eat, otherwise why would my body be so hot?"
Jiang Zhen secretly felt lucky that Gu Liancheng was so easy to control. She said, "No, you might as well suspect that it's a sequelae of your rebirth."
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Gu Liancheng and Xiao Qingfeng went to get their transfer to civilian jobs. Sure enough, the Wan family reacted very strongly. Shen Gaoqin was almost mad: "If he is willing to transfer to civilian jobs, does he need a divorce? Go and ask him if he did it on purpose?"
Dean Wan guessed that Xiao Qingfeng had a new work arrangement, and it was not what his wife said.
He had already inquired about it. Gu Liancheng and Xiao Qingfeng had retired, and the Fancheng Public Security Bureau had just set up a Political Security Section, which was in charge of different tasks from the Public Security Section. New China was only founded last year, and many bad elements were still active. The Political Security Section was responsible for intelligence collection and combating enemy spies.
Therefore, Dean Wan concluded that Gu Liancheng and Xiao Qingfeng simply changed their identities to make their work more convenient. Otherwise, they would have transferred directly to Beijing. Why would they stay in Fancheng? He did not dare to explain this to his wife.
Dean Wan said seriously, "Shulan and Jiang Zhen are still in correspondence. My eldest brother has said that this relationship must not be severed. You can just complain a few words at home, but you are not allowed to say a single word outside."
Shen Gaoqin was so angry that she didn't even bother to open the door when Wan Zhizhi called. She said to her husband, "I'm tired of hearing her complain as soon as we meet. Please give Zhizhi some money and send her away. I don't want to see her."
Dean Wan sighed inwardly, he really couldn't understand whether his wife had ever truly loved her beloved daughter.
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Gu Liancheng and Xiao Qingfeng were transferred directly to the newly established Political Security Section of the Municipal Bureau.
Gu Liancheng is the section chief, and his salary is not much less than his previous allowance. The Political Security Section is a new department, which was just established and lacks staff. Gu Liancheng is very cautious in recruitment. On the day of recruitment, Jiang Zhen brought Gu Pan over.
Xu Xiangping was there too. She had just brought relatives from her sister-in-law's side to the Political Security Section for an interview. However, Gu Liancheng was in charge of admissions and did not admit anyone. The relatives left in a huff, and when they returned, her sister-in-law started to act sarcastic again.
As soon as she came out and saw Jiang Zhen, she took the initiative to greet him: "Jiang Zhen, are you here to look for Gu Liancheng? I'll go get him for you."
Jiang Zhen heard from Gu Liancheng that if he had not been temporarily arranged, Xu Xiangping would be transferred to the Political Security Section to take charge of the work. Now that the other person had no resentment or hatred towards him, Jiang Zhen also responded with a friendly attitude.
"The children haven't started school yet, so I'll take them to see where Gu Liancheng works. They can take a look around without disturbing his work."
Xu Xiangping did not dare to underestimate Jiang Zhen, so she decided to tell him about her relative's job application to see how he would respond.
"My sister-in-law asked me to help her find a job for her relative, but Gu Liancheng didn't give anyone face and rejected the job. I will inevitably be scolded by my sister-in-law again when I go back."
Jiang Zhen heard from Gu Pan that the colors of the few people who were not admitted just now were not very pure, especially the one brought by Xu Xiangping, whose color was purple with a black aura when they left.
Those who stayed were of pleasing colors, and Gu Liancheng's standards and vision in selecting people were not wrong.
She said, "The Political Security Section is not an ordinary section. If you are not admitted, you will only be complained about. But if you make a mistake after being admitted, you will be implicated. If you think about it this way, it may not be a bad thing."
Xu Xiangping thought about it carefully and realized that this was the truth. She felt relieved. If her sister-in-law complained, she would retort with Jiang Zhen's original words.
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After chatting and laughing for a while, Xu Xiangping returned to the unit. As expected, her sister-in-law and her relatives from her mother's side were waiting there, glaring at her.
This time the Political Security Section is recruiting from the public, but not everyone can get in. My brother's wife's relatives from her mother's side look down on others. Even if she is the head of the Political Security Section and is in charge of recruitment today, she cannot let such people in.
"Sister-in-law, your cousin lost the election because of my shame and his lack of ability. There are many good jobs out there. Why are you so angry?"
There are many good jobs, and the Political Security Department was the starting point arranged for my cousin by her family. Unexpectedly, she failed here.
Yu Qiaoying was vomiting: "Sister-in-law, if you had told me earlier that you couldn't do it and stopped wasting my time, I wouldn't have come to you."
Xu Xiangping was still feeling a little guilty, but Jiang Zhen's analysis made her alert. She wanted to separate her brother's wife and her relatives from her mother's side as soon as possible.
"Okay, from now on, don't blame me and your elder brother for any troubles in your family."
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Jiang Zhen looked from afar. The sight of Gu Liancheng working seriously in uniform was fascinating. With a smile on her face, she said to Gu Pan, "We've seen it already. Don't delay your uncle's work. Let's go."
Gu Pan nodded like a little adult: "The people left by my uncle are all very beautiful in color. I feel relieved."
Jiang Zhen was relieved. Not long after he walked out, Gu Liancheng chased him out: "Jiang Zhen, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Zhen said hurriedly: "No, I'm just free. You go to work. Jiang Zhao will start school soon. I'll take them to the mountains to play for a while in the afternoon."
"Then be careful."
Jiang Zhen thought of the relatives Xu Xiangping brought to the interview and added, "Your vision for selecting people is the same as mine and Gu Pan's, very good."
Gu Liancheng looked at little Gu Pan. What kind of vision could she have? He squatted down and pinched Gu Pan's little face: "You have a lot of little secrets that you can't tell uncle."
Gu Pan blinked his eyes and laughed: "Uncle, I want to be a policeman in the future."
Gu Liancheng was surprised: "You are still young. Being a policeman is dangerous. Wait until you grow up and think carefully before making a decision."
Gu Pan thought, her uncle always treated her as a child, but in fact she was very special.
In the afternoon, Jiang Zhen took the four children to the mountains. Looking around, they could see the colors emitted by various animals and plants. They picked out rare colors and actually found a few wild ginseng, which they transplanted into the space. The children said that this was a good thing, and they would see if it would have the effect of strengthening the body in the future.
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After the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Jiang Zhen and Gu Liancheng sent Jiang Zhao to school. Jiang Zhao had been in the third grade before, so this time he was allowed to join the fourth grade class.
The fourth-grade classroom was different from what Jiang Zhen had seen before. Classes were moved to a dilapidated building next door with broken windows and tiles.
"Why only move the fourth grade classroom?" Jiang Zhen went to the Academic Affairs Office to ask.
An old teacher from the Academic Affairs Office reminded: "It was arranged by the newly transferred principal."
The new principal is Chu Aihua. She flicked the nonexistent dust off the corner of her clothes and said calmly, "The fourth grade classroom needs to be renovated. We'll move there temporarily. Is there any problem?"
Jiang Zhen threatened bluntly: "There is a problem. The renovation should be done during the summer vacation, not the beginning of the school year. If you don't change it back for the children, I will report you."
Gu Liancheng asked, "You are Lan Kuiwu's mother, right? His academic qualifications after studying abroad are indeed excellent, but they do not meet the admission requirements of the Political Security Department."
Chu Aihua immediately denied it with a sneer: "Don't say that. I really didn't use my connections to transfer my son from a junior high school to a primary school as principal just because he wasn't admitted, just to change the classroom so that your child would be hated and isolated by the whole class."
Jiang Zhen wanted to give it a try for his blatant arrogance: "Okay, then I will make it impossible for you to be the principal."
Chu Aihua felt as if she had heard a huge joke: "Harsh words are not spoken, but done. If you have the ability, then do it. Don't just talk and delay our work."
Jiang Zhen nodded: "If you are still the principal within three days, I will leave Fancheng."
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Gu Liancheng was horrified. Jiang Zhen was definitely not just talking. When she said leaving Fancheng, she probably meant going to a very, very far place.
Threatening was not a wise choice, so Gu Liancheng decided to ask clearly before persuading: "Jiang Zhen, what do you want to do?"
"Hard fight." Jiang Zhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't be as crazy as her to make people hate me. I'll call my brother-in-law and see if he can let me be the principal of the experimental primary school."
"What if you can't?" Gu Liancheng asked, "Will you really leave?"
Jiang Zhen felt that the higher-ups wouldn't be so stingy: "I'm not asking for power or money. I think I'm capable of being the honorary principal of a primary school. If I don't do a good job, I can be dismissed. Besides, Chu Aihua is too arrogant. She doesn't take the safety of those dozens of children seriously. Whether I'm the principal or not, she should be dismissed, right?"
Jiang Zhen has always been actively cooperating and has never asked for anything. She was supposed to be given a job, a position as an honorary principal. Maybe she will do better than everyone and surprise everyone?
Gu Liancheng supported: "Then I will call my brother-in-law."
Jiang Zhen said: "I will fight this time. I will make it clear to my brother-in-law that since I asked for something, I will definitely return it double."
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The first day of school is for reporting. After receiving their books, the children go back home. The classes officially start on the second day.
Chu Aihua arrived early, looking refreshed, and went to the teachers' office first, waiting for Jiang Zhen to move in and take away the transfer student Jiang Zhao. She wanted to vent her anger, but saw that everyone was packing up.
"What are you doing?"
"Pack your things. The new principal has told us to move to a larger office."
"What nonsense! When did I ever say that?"
"Vice Principal, you didn't say that, but the new principal did. The new principal will host the meeting later, so you should prepare yourself."
Chu Aihua didn’t believe that Jiang Zhen had such great power. He said yesterday that she would be replaced as the principal within three days, but a new principal was parachuted in today? She has relatives at the Education Bureau, how could she not know about such changes?
Chu Aihua didn't believe it: "I want to see which powerful god is the new principal who was airdropped in?"
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