Chapter 30
Director Ruan Yiming came on stage next. Although he also spoke with a Hong Kong accent, everyone understood him this time.
"Thank you for your thoughtful speech, Director Zheng. Director Zheng just mentioned that only when the whole country unites together can we defeat the evil and darkness..."
Ruan Yiming also spoke a lot, for almost fifteen minutes, and finally focused on introducing each kindergarten.
He expressed his sincere gratitude, "Our kindergarten is what it is today thanks to the efforts of all the principals and teachers. It is you who have supported the world and enabled so many young children in the Dharma Realm to grow up. I will offer you a glass of tea instead of wine!"
The teachers and leaders of the eighteen kindergartens all responded solemnly and drank the tea in their hands.
Ruan Yiming said no more, only said: "The banquet begins, teachers and students, please have your meal."
The hotel waiter brought the dishes.
Ruan Yiming sat back in his seat and was poked on the elbow by a female colleague, who asked him a curious question: "Do you understand what Zheng Yuan is saying?"
Ruan Yiming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "I have read that speech draft."
The female teacher laughed to death.
The children forgot what Principal Zheng said and started eating enthusiastically.
Hong Kong is also a city of food. When guests come, of course we have to do our best to entertain them and serve all kinds of food, such as baked lobster with sauce, roasted pigeon, crystal chicken, shrimp and meat siu mai, and bowl-shaped shark's fin...
The children were dazzled and ate happily.
At the end of the meal, we served a bowl of authentic ginger milk. All the children took their first sip and said with sparkling eyes, "It's delicious!"
While everyone was enjoying dessert, Ruan Yiming took the stage again and asked: "I wonder if our Hong Kong City's food lives up to the children's expectations?"
Peng Nannan was the first to speak, her voice so loud that the whole banquet hall could hear it clearly: "No! It's delicious!"
Ruan Yiming smiled, "Then let's have a performance after dinner. Please invite all the children from Gangcheng Sunshine Flower Kindergarten to sing a chorus for everyone - "Home"!"
The children clapped loudly.
The students of Gangcheng Kindergarten came on stage after careful rehearsal. After they stood in line, background music started and beautiful canto and harmonies echoed in the huge banquet hall, carrying a sense of sacredness.
The children were all stunned. When the song ended, the Hong Kong kids left the stage, but one remained. Ruan Yiming had already taken on the role of host, saying that they wanted to exchange ideas.
The child held a peach wood sword and performed a set of sword skills. Ruan Yiming asked: "Are there any children from other kindergartens who would like to come on stage and fight with our children? There are gifts!" Ruan Yiming patted the big red gift box on the table.
Many people raised their hands, including three from Yangjian Zhengdao Kindergarten.
Peng Nannan raised her hand most excitedly: "Me! Me! Me!"
"Then please ask each garden to send one person..."
Seventeen children came on stage and were first divided into nine groups to compete against each other. The winner advanced, then four groups, two groups, and finally two people competed against each other.
Since Li Yang never paid attention to morning exercises and classes, this was the first time he saw them practicing swordplay. They were fighting with each other, advancing and retreating, making it difficult to tell who was better. The small bodies were able to wield the sword skillfully, and even the slightly fat Peng Nannan seemed to float up as if he was using light skills, and his body made two beautiful turns in the air before suddenly thrusting the sword.
All the kids and teachers applauded when they saw this wonderful moment: "Good!!"
The sword fighting competition among 18 kindergartens was over, and the children from Shenzhen won first place and received a big gift box. When they opened it, they found it was a snack bag. The children knew how to be satisfied, and they all exclaimed in envy.
Everyone is still a little unsatisfied, but it’s time to announce the five-day schedule of this exchange meeting.
Dean Zheng was desperately trying to get Ruan Yiming to come over: "It's my turn to announce the process!"
Ruan Yiming protected the microphone and said, "Director, let me speak. We don't understand a word you said..."
Director Zheng was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
Ruan Yiming took the process chart, returned to the center of the stage, and announced the process.
Basically, the first day was a meeting with food and drink; the second day was a hunting contest, which took place on the 27th floor of the hotel; the third day was to go to Tingfeng Mountain to survey Feng Shui; the fourth day was to go to Tianning Building...
"The fifth day is the summary after the meeting. The kindergarten with the highest score in the three-day competition will receive a bonus of 150,000 yuan..."
The children didn’t know much, but when they heard the prize was $150,000, they all exclaimed.
“So many…”
“I want to win!”
The teachers were whispering to each other.
"This is the first time there's been a bonus after so many years of hosting the exchange. How did they apply for it from the bureau?"
"I asked, and the bureau didn't approve the application. The kindergarten paid for it out of their own pocket."
"Wow, you are rich and powerful."
At the table in the Yangjian Zhengdao Kindergarten, Lu Xiaoguo said to Wu Qian, "Tingfeng Mountain is said to be a mass grave during the war. Few people go there, and few people build houses there. Tianning Building is an office building. There have been many supernatural events, and the companies that moved in all went bankrupt and couldn't keep the employees, so they kept changing owners and names. It changed its name three times before it became the current Tianning Building. But it hasn't changed now, not because nothing happened, but because it has been abandoned. Not even a security guard is hired anymore."
After listening to this, Wu Qian frowned and said, "It sounds a bit dangerous. Is it really suitable for children to compete?"
"Gangcheng Kindergarten should be able to make arrangements, but we can't let our guard down." Lu Xiaoguo said in a serious tone.
It was already 8:30 in the evening when they finished their meal. After taking the children back to the twelfth floor, Lu Xiaoguo asked them to go back to their rooms to wash up. She left the teacher to tell them what she knew and asked everyone to pay more attention to the children's safety.
Although the teachers were confident that their colleagues in Hong Kong would make proper arrangements, it was always better to be more careful. He said he had listened and went back to his room.
*
Li Yang went back to his room and took a half-hour break before he went to the bathroom in his pajamas. The bathroom had a shower and a bathtub, so he chose the shower. After taking a shower, he filled the bathtub with water and came out to ask Li Dongqiang to take a shower.
Li Dongqiang quickly grabbed some of his small toys from Li Yang's travel bag, hugged them, and rushed into the bathroom with his short legs. He put the toys in the water, took off his clothes, stepped into the bathtub, and took a bath and played in the water.
Li Yang came out wiping his hair and saw Zhou Du opening the refrigerator to look at the beer inside, but he closed the refrigerator door and took out a bottle of red wine from the wine rack. With a "pop" sound of the cork being pulled out, he poured it into the decanter and shook it slightly.
"Together?" Zhou Du raised the glass in his hand filled with bright red wine.
"No." He refused directly.
Zhou Du raised his eyebrows, sat down at the bar, and without saying anything, picked up a goblet. The glassware reflected the light of the ceiling lamp. His hands, with their smooth joints like jade, were very suitable for this kind of work, and they were both classy and attractive.
The wine flowed into the red wine glass, stopped at one-third of the glass, and then he started drinking.
When pouring the second cup, he asked, "Really not drinking?"
After so many times, Li Yang always felt that this man gave him alcohol every now and then and his motives were not pure.
Although he couldn't remember what happened when he was drunk before and had lost all memory, he trusted his instincts and couldn't take it lightly.
But after drinking it twice, he became very curious about wine, especially those he had never tried before.
Li Yang pondered for a moment, then sat down opposite him and said, "Give me a little bit."
Zhou Du took a new cup and poured a little bit for him. Li Yang tilted his head back and took a sip. He thought the taste was just average, astringent, and he couldn't taste anything else.
It was meaningless, so I stopped drinking.
Zhou Du felt a little sorry, but he didn't show it on his face.
Li Dongqiang washed himself, wiped himself with a towel beside him, and ran out with his bottom naked. Li Yang went to dress him, and he climbed onto the bed and jumped around, and when he got tired of jumping, he lay down and fell asleep soon after.
Li Yang covered it with a quilt and waited until its hair was dry before going to bed. Unfortunately, he did not fall asleep after lying there for almost two hours because he felt uncomfortable with the presence of a man in the room.
I kind of regret not drinking. At least I could sleep if I drank.
Li Yang tossed and turned. When she turned over to face the man's bed, she saw Zhou Du lying on the bed with one arm as a pillow, staring at the ceiling lamp, wondering what he was thinking. His other hand was half raised, holding a sandalwood bracelet that he had found from somewhere, stroking a bead with his fingertips. His slight movements were full of tenderness and ambiguity, as if he was in control.
Li Yang looked at the man's sandalwood bracelet and seemed to smell the faint sandalwood scent emanating from the beads. He stared at it for a while, and his eyelids gradually closed.
"Li Yang." Someone called his name softly in a cloud of white mist.
Li Yang walked out of the fog and saw a familiar tall green figure standing in the bamboo forest. In front of him was a low table and a jade bottle of fine wine. Li Yang knew that he would play chess with him here occasionally.
The figure walked up to him, raised his chin with a slender and sharp finger, and asked, "What are you afraid of?"
Li Yang frowned, but didn't brush him off, "I'm not afraid."
The man chuckled and slowly took him into his arms. His figure was too tall, and Li Yang only reached his neck. Being held, he felt as if he was in the clouds, light and comfortable, but a sentence inexplicably popped up in his mind: He wants to kiss me.
This sentence was too explosive. Li Yang's head buzzed. He saw a figure lowering its head and gradually approaching him.
…
Li Yang suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
He looked around and saw that it was already getting light. Li Dongqiang was still sleeping in the room and Zhou Du was nowhere to be found. At this time, he smelled a strong sandalwood scent. He followed the source and found that the sandalwood bracelet was lying quietly beside his pillow.
Li Yang got up and washed.
There was a sound of running water in the washbasin. Li Yang washed his face, looked up, stared at the mirror and thought about the dream.
He always had this dream frequently, and it was hard for him to convince himself that it was just a simple dream. But he didn't know what to do.
When he came out of the bathroom, Zhou Du had already returned and was sitting on the sofa drinking coffee and browsing his phone. There was a cup of coffee on the table. When he saw Li Yang coming out, he pushed the cup towards him to indicate that it was for Li Yang.
Li Yang walked over and said, "Stand up."
Zhou Du looked up at him and stood up.
Li Yang approached him, then started gesturing from the top of his head, then gestured to the man's body, then stepped back and looked.
To his chin.
Zhou Du didn't expect to have such a benefit so early in the morning. The young man was very close to him, his soft hair brushed his chin, and the cool smell of mint shampoo brushed his nose, making him feel a little itchy.
Li Yang looked at this height in silence for a while. He still felt that Zhou Du was the most suspicious.
He put his hand down. He didn't explain this behavior, and Zhou Du didn't ask.
He just took out the sandalwood bracelet and asked, "Why put it on my bedside?"
"I asked the people of Harbor City to find it. I'll keep you safe and send it to you."
The word 'find' is used instead of 'buy', which means it is rare.
Li Yang replied, "I don't need it."
"Everyone in the garden has one, so there's no need to worry." Zhou Du took his left hand with the red string on it and put the bracelet on it.
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