"Xiaolong?" Huo Jiao was puzzled, then thought for a moment, probably because he brought the doll that Lu Yao gave him yesterday to school.
After all, he was still a child under six years old, with innocence and childlikeness that adults could not understand.
Observing his childhood self from another body, the perspective is very special.
Huo Jiao's childhood memory is full of violence, scolding, grievance, and powerlessness, and he never dared to recall it too deeply. But Hu Qi in front of him, although his face is childish, his eyes are bright, without any trace of haze, and he looks at him expectantly with his lips pursed.
Hu Qi did not get a response, and gently tugged at the other's sleeve.
Pepper came back to his senses. He actually didn't know how to get along with children. Recalling the tone and demeanor of Lu Yao and Xiaoyou when they were with each other, he tried to speak softly: "What little dragon?"
Hu Qi pulled Pepper closer and said in a low voice: "He is my friend. Only show him to Brother Pepper. Don't tell anyone else."
He still remembered the agreement with Alfred last night.
Hu Qi was actually very good at observing people's expressions. He kept paying attention to Pepper's not-so-good-looking face. He wanted to make him happy for no reason, and accidentally told the secret. He
realized that he had let the cat out of the bag after he said it, but weighing the two, Hu Qi still hoped that Pepper could be happier.
Pepper actually treated a doll as a friend. He resisted the urge to cover his face.
Even if the child in front of him was himself when he was a child, he still looked stupid.
Hu Qi could read people's expressions, but he was not as good as an adult.
He could not see the complicated feelings of Jiaohu, and just thought that he agreed. He carefully pulled out the schoolbag from under the desk, holding the zipper and unzipping it little by little, "His name is Alfred, he is a cute little black dragon, and he can talk."
The schoolbag was opened a little, and the little black dragon lying in the schoolbag with its tail coiled up heard the conversation between the two people, leaned back and blinked.
Jiaohu was shocked: "!!!"
This is Alfred?
The tutor that Xiao Ze and Xu Xiaoxiao talked about?
It turned out to be a dragon.
Damn, no one told him the inside story.
Hu Qi was very cautious, and really only let Jiaohu take a look, and then hid the schoolbag back under the table.
Hu Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Does he really know how to talk?"
Hu Qi couldn't help but feel happy when Hu Jiao seemed to be a little happier. He nodded vigorously, put his hand to his mouth, and whispered, "When no one is around, I'll ask him to come out and play with us."
On the first day of school, the teacher finished explaining things and let the students out before noon.
The weather was still clear in the morning, but it suddenly started to drizzle when school was over.
Most parents were waiting at the school gate with umbrellas to pick up their children, but when Hu Qi and Hu Qi came out, they didn't see any parents.
Hu Jiao remembered that it was always like this when he was a child. They just dropped him at school and didn't care.
No matter it was raining heavily or hailing, they never came to pick him up.
If he got home late one day, it would be a good excuse to scold him.
The owner told him not to dwell on the past, but when he came back here, he felt wronged and powerless everywhere.
He couldn't get out at all.
Hu Qi once again reflected gloom on Hu Jiao's young face.
Hu Qi and he stood in the corner of the school gate porch to avoid the rain and the crowds.
Hu Qi carefully reached out his hand and touched Hu Jiao. Noticing that he did not respond, he grabbed his hand and suddenly chuckled: "Brother Hu Jiao, let's wait until the rain is a little lighter before going back. Don't be afraid."
Hu Jiao came back to his senses, looked at Hu Qi's awkward smile, and sighed silently.
The students came out of the school, found their parents who came to pick them up, ran over, grabbed their hands, and left with an umbrella.
There were fewer and fewer people at the gate, and finally only the guard and Hu Jiao who was hiding in the corner were left.
The rain not only did not get lighter, but it got heavier.
The guard came over from the other end with his hands in his pockets: "Little friends, no one came to pick you up?"
Hu Jiao was in a bad mood and did not answer. Hu Qi took
the initiative to say, "We'll go back when the rain stops."
The security guard looked at the two little radishes and looked pitiful. He turned around and took out an umbrella with two broken ribs. "You two can take it and play. You don't have to return it." Hu Qi stood still. Hu Qi looked at Hu Jiao, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to take the umbrella. There were light footsteps, and Lu Yao appeared holding a plaid umbrella. "Sorry, it's raining and there's traffic jam, so we're late. You two are good and didn't run around. Let's go, my car is over there." Hu Qi and Hu Jiao's eyes lit up. Hu Qi was purely happy and ran to Lu Yao without thinking. Hu Jiao stood there in a daze, waiting for Lu Yao to greet the security guard and turn around to call him before he came back to his senses. Lu Yao's umbrella was big enough for three adults to hide in. However, Hu Qi and Jiao Hu were not tall enough, and the three of them were not in step. Lu Yao asked them to hold hands and walk in front, while he held the umbrella at the back. On the way home, Lu Yao was looking for topics to talk about, and Hu Qi answered them very actively. He liked to send Alfred to his Aunt Lu. Aunt Lu was different from the adults he had met. She would listen to him carefully and answer any questions he had in a gentle manner. It was as if the spell called "ignorance" cast on him did not exist in front of her. Jiao Hu sat silently in the shadows, watching Hu Qi lean forward with shining eyes, concentrating on Lu Yao's direction. For some reason, she felt so sad that she could not bear it. Jinju Primary School is not far from Jinju Community. It takes about 20 minutes to walk there, and even less time to drive there. The car drove into the garage, and he took the elevator from the second floor to the third floor. When he walked to the door of Room 305, Hu Qi was in a trance for a moment. Ah, we are home. Lu Yao pressed the doorbell for Hu Qi. When Hu Qi's mother opened the door, she did not hide her impatient expression. She saw Lu Yao first, was stunned for a moment, and then looked down at Hu Qi. She suppressed the emotion that was about to explode, and said with a dry smile: "Huohu Mom, please bring Hu Qi back as well."
The umbrella standing by the wall was still dripping water. Lu Yao did not have a polite smile on his face: "Hu Qi's mother, it's raining heavily outside and there are many cars on the road. Parents usually don't feel comfortable letting their children run back in the rain in this weather."
Hu Qi's mother's face froze, and she said awkwardly: "Oh, I may have gotten up too early in the morning and had a headache when I came back. I took two pills and my head was fuzzy, so I really didn't hear the rain."
This excuse was ridiculous. Lu Yao also knew that a few words could not change Hu Qi's situation, so he just said one more sentence: "It's almost noon, get something to eat for the child. It's the time for growth, don't get hungry."
Ever since she learned that Lu Yao was a teacher at Jinju Primary School, even if he was a physical education teacher, Hu Qi's mother felt an extra layer of pressure in her heart. She nodded and reached out to pull Hu Qi into the door.
Hu Qi seemed to have gotten used to his family's attitude, and his face showed no expression.
But when his mother was about to close the door, he waved his hand and said goodbye to Lu Yao and Jiao loudly.
The door of Room 305 was closed, and Jiao's first tutoring session was over.
His consciousness suddenly lost contact, and when he woke up, he was lying on a chair in the tutoring room, with the blanket he used last night draped over him.
He grabbed the armrests of the chair and tried to sit up, but his body felt very heavy. When he raised his head and did not see Lu Yao, Jiao felt inexplicably empty in his heart. He tried to sit up, walked to the door of the laboratory, raised his hand and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
Xu Xiaoxiao came out of the bathroom, saw Hu Qi and immediately said, "You're awake. Is there something you want to talk to the owner about?"
Jiao closed his eyes, thought to himself, "Is there any need to ask this?" and nodded.
Xu Xiaoxiao could see that he was in a bad mood, and she thought about her first tutoring experience, when her emotions were also up and down.
The feeling of loss of seeing hope but not being able to grasp it was more unbearable than having no hope at the beginning.
Xu Xiaoxiao walked over and whispered, "The owner is resting. When she came back this time, she was exhausted, and her face was so tired that I could tell something was wrong. If you have anything to say, wait until she wakes up. Or, you can tell me."
Because the shelves were cleared out, the canteen closed early, and only the glass tea room still had customers.
Xu Xiaoxiao helped Huo Jiao outside, and the two sat in front of the empty shelves.
"She wasn't so tired when she tutored before?" Huo Jiao asked.
Xu Xiaoxiao recalled and shook her head: "In the past, she was full of energy after the tutoring. This time, she seemed to lose consciousness immediately. Your tutoring may be different from mine."
Huohu asked Xu Xiaoxiao about the tutoring process, and fell silent after listening.
Xu Xiaoxiao saw that he was shrouded in depression, and couldn't help but said: "Trust the owner, she is one of the rare people who can truly empathize with others. If she decides to help you, she will definitely do her best."
The two were chatting casually, and Xiaomei and Zheng Siyao, who came yesterday, suddenly appeared.
Xu Xiaoxiao initially thought that they came to ask about tutoring again, but the two of them took out a receipt document with a serious face.
Huo Jiao's live broadcast last night was too much, attracting nearly 10 million people's attention. Originally, the higher-ups were going to send him directly to the most stringent mental hospital.
The Super Power Research Institute learned the news in advance and asked for the person to go there.
Two people came to pick up Huo Jiao to the Super Power Research Institute.
When Lu Yao woke up, Huo Jiao had already been taken away.
Xu Xiaoxiao's face was full of guilt: "Sorry, owner, I couldn't stop them."
Lu Yao sat on a rattan chair in front of the shelf with a blanket wrapped around him, looking at the passers-by through the glass, letting Er Xin rub against his legs, and comforted him: "It's okay, Zheng Siyao has sent a message to explain the situation. Don't worry about Huo Jiao for now, I will pick him up during tutoring. In his situation, it would be good for him to have more contact with normal people."
Xu Xiaoxiao nodded, but are the people in the research institute really normal?
Lu Yao leaned back in the chair, unable to hide the fatigue on his face, and sighed: "Hey, the most important thing right now is to recruit a suitable cram school teacher."
Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at the recruitment notice posted on the door, hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but say: "Owner, do you think I can be a teacher?"
Xu Xiaoxiao was uneasy, but her eyes did not avoid or flinch.
Since she joined the cram school, Xu Xiaoxiao has had a new goal in life.
She wants to be a cram school teacher like Alfred, to guide people who are lost on the road of life.
She knows that she is not qualified yet, but she can't keep calm when she knows that the owner is interested in recruiting people.
Lu Yao was not surprised at all. "The cram school teachers in our center need some professional qualities. The relevant books and materials have been compiled into a book and placed in drawer No. 99."
Xu Xiaoxiao ran into the cram school room excitedly and took out a document from drawer No. 99.
Just like he trained manicurists before, Lu Yao began to train cram school teachers.
Teachers trained by the childhood cram school center need to sign a five-year employment contract.
After five years, they can stay or leave as they please.
Seeing Xu Xiaoxiao's joy, Lu Yao took out a note from his personal storage: "Xiaoxiao, please contact this guest when you have time."
Xu Xiaoxiao took the note and unfolded it. There was a familiar yet unfamiliar name followed by a string of numbers.
Lu Yao: "I tried to persuade her, but she refused to come. If it were you, you might be able to persuade her. I know you may not want to see her again..."
"I know. I'll contact her." Xu Xiaoxiao said quickly.
Lu Yao was really tired, so he sat outside for a while and then went back to the laboratory.
In the evening, Ji Feiming brought toys and snacks from the snack bar, nail salon and blind box store.
Knowing that Lu Yao was still resting, Ji Feiming and Xu Xiaoxiao went to stock up together and did not disturb her.
The next morning, Xiaomei and Zheng Siyao arrived just after the cram school opened.
There were four people in the group, including Xiaomei and Zheng Siyao, An Yan and an experimental subject.
Xu Xiaoxiao led the four to the cram school room, made tea for them, and then knocked on the door of the laboratory.
The door opened from the inside, and a calico pig scurried out quickly, followed by Lu Yao.
Zheng Siyao and Xiaomei greeted Lu Yao, and Lu Yao responded one by one. He asked about Jiao Jiao's situation, and then looked at An Yan and the experimental subject.
An Yan wore frameless glasses, short silver hair, pigeon blood pupils, and sickly white skin, but no one around him found it strange.
It seems that in this world, he does not need to pretend his appearance.
In response to the shopkeeper's greeting out of social courtesy, An Yan nodded coldly.
Only Zheng Siyao heard Professor An's disordered heartbeat and was sure that what he found on the train was not an illusion.
Looking at An Yan's indifferent dead look, he couldn't help shaking his head.
This man is hopeless.
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