Ziheng put down the Tower of Hanoi he was playing with, left his seat, and walked towards Teacher Song who was standing at the podium. With clear eyes, he asked, "Teacher, what's going on?"
The other children in the class all looked over, their young faces full of curiosity.
For a moment, the surroundings became much quieter, not as noisy as before.
Xia Ziheng was incredibly clever. He never made a mistake with his math problems, drew beautiful pictures, and was handsome. All the other kids in his class loved him, and the teachers often praised him. Other kids would be called out by the teacher for making mistakes, but Xia Ziheng had excelled in every aspect since he started school, earning him the respect of his teachers. That's why no one understood what the teacher was asking him to do.
Being stared at by so many eyes, Teacher Song felt uncomfortable and called Ziheng to the corridor outside.
The children became more and more curious, twisting their necks to look outside and gathering together to whisper.
"What are you thinking? Looking at Teacher Song's expression, I know she's not criticizing Xia Ziheng. She's definitely praising him."
"But why should he avoid us when praising him?"
"Maybe I should talk to him about something else."
The discussion gradually became louder, and the class returned to its previous noisy atmosphere.
Teacher Song looked at Xia Ziheng's head. The child had his hair shaved short last week, but it hadn't grown much this week, so it was very difficult to pull out. She was a little confused and didn't know how to start. She couldn't just pull it out forcefully.
Xia Ziheng was bewildered. After waiting for a few seconds, Teacher Song didn't say anything. He looked up and asked, "Teacher Song?"
"Ah, teacher sees there is something on your head, it looks like plasticine, I want to help you get it off." Teacher Song reached out and touched his hair, wanting to pull out a few strands while he wasn't paying attention.
No matter how calm Xia Ziheng was, he was still a child after all. It was impossible for him to think about paternity testing. He just thought Teacher Song was acting strangely today: "I've never played with plasticine before."
"That, that might have been played by another kid, and accidentally landed on your head."
"teacher!"
A clear voice suddenly came from the side, which scared Teacher Song and he failed to pull out his hair.
Teacher Song looked at Zhou Leyi who was jogging over. The little girl stuck out her tongue and said breathlessly, "Xiao Nuo ran to the bathroom and said you were looking for me. I didn't even have enough fun squatting in the toilet, so I ran out quickly."
Teacher Song: “…”
Xia Ziheng: “?”
Teacher Song also called Youyou?
Faced with two puzzled faces, Teacher Song's forehead was sweating. Although today's children seem innocent and naive, they are actually the hardest to deceive.
Before she could say anything, Xia Ziheng said to Youyou, "Teacher Song said there was plasticine on my head. Was it you who did it?"
They sat together, and Youyou usually liked to play with these little gadgets.
Youyou felt wronged. She put her hands on her hips and shouted unconvincedly, "I didn't do that!" She stood on tiptoe to look up at Ziheng's head and tugged at his hair with her fingers. "Where is the plasticine? Why didn't I see it?"
Teacher Song said awkwardly: "Uh, I just helped him get rid of it."
Youyou said loudly, "Last week, a kid in the kindergarten class got some plasticine stuck in his nose while playing with it and couldn't get it out. He was sent to the hospital. The teacher doesn't allow us to bring plasticine to school anymore, so no one in the class plays with it anymore."
Teacher Song: “…”
The bell rang, and the two children, very disciplined, ran into the classroom, sat down in their respective seats, and crossed their arms on the desk.
Teacher Song wiped her forehead and felt tired. This class happened to be hers to teach. She sighed lightly, turned and walked into the classroom, stood at the podium, finished the lesson first, and left the last ten minutes to lead everyone in playing games.
In the game of "Eagle Catches Chickens", Teacher Song played the role of an eagle, chasing the children and taking the opportunity to pull out the children's hair and give it to the head teacher.
When she met the head teacher, Teacher Song couldn't help but complain: "Don't let me do this kind of thing again. Kids nowadays are hard to fool. To get the hair, I lied and played games, and I worked myself to death."
The head teacher said, "Although we didn't say it out loud, we all knew it was a paternity test. Pulling out hair isn't necessary. You can give the child a lollipop, and when he's halfway through, replace it with a new one. A saliva sample is also acceptable."
Teacher Song was stunned for a few seconds, then hesitantly said, "...Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The head teacher didn't have time to chat with her, so he took the hair sample and handed it to the corresponding person in charge.
*
Xu Yanfeng changed the appraisal agency this time and asked Guan He to keep a close eye on the whole process to avoid accidents like the last time.
Having made a mistake once, Guan He dared not slack off anymore and wished he could eat and live in the appraisal agency.
In fact, if Miss Ling had not intervened, no one would have made a fuss about the appraisal report. Miss Ling had been warned by Mr. Xu and would definitely not make the same mistake again, so there was no way she could have made a mistake this time.
The last time Xu Yanfeng did the appraisal, he had mixed feelings and chose to go through the normal process again. However, he lacked patience and paid extra for expedited processing.
The results came out in less than three days.
Guan He took the report and immediately handed it to Xu Yanfeng. His tone was as firm as if he was making an oath: "I will keep an eye on them at all times. There will be absolutely no problems with this report."
Xu Yanfeng didn't let him do it for him. He took the sealed file bag, tore open the white seal, pulled out a few pages of paper inside, and turned to the last page - the whole action was done in one go without any pause in between.
When he saw the appraisal conclusion, he was stunned. After a few seconds, he actually smiled, but the air seemed to freeze.
The last time I read the report, it was stormy and inexplicably depressing. Today was sunny and cloudless, but Guan He felt that the atmosphere in the office was even more terrifying than that day.
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