Chapter 69 The woman's nose was red, and his eyes darkened.
She unconsciously sniffed again, thinking that her little gesture was too frequent and had attracted his attention. Her ears burned a little, and she smiled shyly: "It's okay, you'll get used to the weather in the north."
Gu Feiyan looked at her nose and earlobes, which were slightly red from the cold, and her eyes darkened.
He lowered his eyes and whispered as if blaming himself, "It's all my fault. Have I been too much trouble for you?"
As he spoke, he took out a pair of worn-out cotton gloves from the pocket of his coat and handed them to her, saying, "If you're cold, put these on first."
The gloves still retained the warmth of the pocket.
Jiang Wanqiu chuckled, shook her head, and tapped the violin strings with her fingertips: "With gloves on, this fingering technique can't be taught."
As soon as she finished speaking, a little girl with pigtails squeezed through the crowd from the side, stuffed a military green cloth-covered water bag into Jiang Wanqiu's hand, tilted her little face up, and said in a clear voice, "Teacher, my mom filled this with hot water for me, it's still warm, you can use it!"
The hot water bottle felt heavy; as soon as I took it, a warm sensation quickly spread through my palm.
Jiang Wanqiu felt a warmth in her heart. She squatted down, about to pat the little girl's head and say thank you.
"Bang--!"
The classroom door was kicked open from the outside with such force that the wooden door slammed against the wall with a loud bang, making the glass in the windows rattle.
The sudden sound startled everyone in the classroom, making them shudder.
...
Not long ago, at the corner of the playground of the primary school.
Sun Xiaomei, along with several female teachers who refused to believe her, huddled furtively behind the wall.
After most of the students had left school, the group saw Gu Feiyan's tall figure walk straight into the teaching building.
A female teacher hesitated for a moment: "Xiaomei, this... Staff Officer Gu doesn't seem like that kind of person."
Looking at the incredulous expressions on everyone's faces, Sun Xiaomei sneered triumphantly, "Could I be wrong? Just you wait and see! We can't go in now, we have to wait a while, until those two are 'doing their business,' then we'll go in and catch them red-handed! Then, with them caught red-handed, let's see how Jiang Wanqiu will have the face to stay in the military region!"
The moment the door was kicked open, Sun Xiaomei immediately spotted Gu Feiyan standing in the classroom. She opened her mouth and started cursing, her tone filled with the satisfaction of catching an enemy: "Finally caught you! Jiang Wanqiu, have you no shame! Seducing men in the classroom in broad daylight, how can a shameless woman like you be a teacher!"
Behind her, the female teachers she had incited also hurriedly squeezed in, wanting to see what was going on.
This scene was so frightening that it frightened not only adults but even children.
The little girl who had just handed over the hot water bottle burst into tears, and the other children turned pale with fright and hid behind Jiang Wanqiu.
As soon as the crying started, the crowd blocking the doorway realized that, besides Jiang Wanqiu and Gu Feiyan, there were actually four or five other children in the classroom!
Gu Feiyan's face instantly darkened to a depths that could drip water.
He stepped forward, shielding Jiang Wanqiu and the children behind him, his tone somewhat flat as he suppressed his anger: "Sun Xiaomei, what exactly do you want?"
Sun Xiaomei's smug expression froze instantly.
She clearly hadn't expected that there would suddenly be a few more children in the classroom.
It wasn't there when she came to check yesterday!
Looking at the crying children, Sun Xiaomei stammered, her mouth agape, "You...how...how could these children..."
Teacher Wang, who was behind her, also realized what was happening and quickly stepped forward, squatted down, and comforted the little girl who was crying the loudest: "Child, don't cry, don't cry. Tell Teacher Wang what happened?"
A slightly bolder boy sniffed, pointed at the violin next to Jiang Wanqiu, and said loudly, "Teacher Jiang is teaching us to play the violin! We all want to learn!"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the female teachers who had come with Sun Xiaomei immediately changed.
"Sun Xiaomei! What are you doing?!" A teacher with a short temper couldn't hold back any longer and asked, suppressing her anger, "Do you know how bad an impact this has on the children?! Are you crazy?!"
"That's right, teaching kids to play the violin is a good thing, what kind of nonsense is this!"
Gu Feiyan gave Sun Xiaomei a cold look: "It seems that Teacher Sun has a lot of opinions about Teacher Jiang using her spare time to teach music to the children."
"I...I didn't..." Sun Xiaomei trembled with fear, stammering as she tried to explain, but couldn't come up with any words of defense.
Seeing the chaotic scene, Teacher Wang quickly stood up and said to the children, "Alright, alright, that's enough for today. You can all go home now. The adults have some things to take care of."
The current situation is not suitable for the children to stay there any longer.
The children, as if granted a pardon, ran off in a flash.
Only a few adults remained in the classroom, creating an awkward and tense atmosphere.
Gu Feiyan then slowly spoke again: "However, it's not surprising that Teacher Sun thinks that way. It was my fault for not informing Principal Wang in advance and occupying the classroom, which caused Teacher Sun's misunderstanding. I will personally explain to the principal first thing tomorrow morning."
Sun Xiaomei's legs went weak when she heard the word "principal".
Principal Wang values the education of these cadres' children most. If he knew that, out of baseless jealousy, he had led a group of people to break into the classroom, slander the teacher in front of several children, and even "caught them in the act"...
She's probably done with this job for good!
The other female teachers also shook their heads in disappointment and prepared to leave. They had no desire to stay here and embarrass themselves alongside Sun Xiaomei.
As someone walked past Jiang Wanqiu, they even said apologetically, "Little Jiang, I'm sorry, we..."
Jiang Wanqiu shook her head, indicating that she was fine.
Everyone left quickly, leaving only Sun Xiaomei standing anxiously at the door.
Outside the window, fine snowflakes began to fall gently and steadily.
Gu Feiyan turned to Jiang Wanqiu and said, "It's snowing. You should go first; it'll get even colder later."
Jiang Wanqiu nodded, picked up her things, and had just reached the door when Sun Xiaomei, as if possessed, reached out to grab her and pull her back: "No! You can't leave yet!"
Just then, a deep voice came from the end of the corridor.
"Teacher Sun, what are you doing?"
The three of them turned their heads to look at each other.
In the dimly lit corridor, Zhao Wenchang, dressed in a crisp military uniform with a few snowflakes on his shoulders, strode over.
His deep eyes were now coldly fixed on Sun Xiaomei's hand gripping Jiang Wanqiu's arm.
Sun Xiaomei froze, her mind going blank.
Commander Zhao...?
How did this man suddenly appear here?!
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