“If you don’t say it, I will!” Lao Wei sat down on the desk and was about to speak.

“Old Wei, what’s the point of you saying that!”

“Teacher Chen, Lao Yu is really not a bad person, you have to believe me.” Teacher Wei pleaded.

“It’s hard for us to believe this.” Sister Chen shook her head. “How can you make me believe a middle-aged man who sneakily scares a weak girl?”

“Because Lao Yu was forced to do so. His purpose was simple, just to scare Teacher Li away. He would not hurt her.” Lao Wei told the truth.

“You scared me away?” I was stunned. “Why did you scare me away? I don’t think I have any grudge against Teacher Yu, right? I didn’t abuse the children, did I?”

“On the contrary,” he shook his head, “it is precisely because you are too good to the students that we need to drive you away.”

“What kind of logic is this?” Wu Xinghui on the side couldn’t help but speak.

“Because Teacher Li is here, it’s inconvenient for you to let students go to the city to ‘work’, right?” Sister Chen sneered at the side.

“What can I do?” Teacher Yu said painfully, “If no students go, the city leaders will not approve our budget at all. We can’t even get the normal school funding, let alone subsidies.”

“So you sell your students like animals?” Sister Chen said coldly.

“Not sold…” Teacher Yu’s eyes looked a little struggling.

“Then do you know why they always only want female students? You’ve already lost count of the number of times, right?” Sister Chen was unexpectedly even angrier. “Do you know what they did?”

“Etiquette lady, flower girl, and receptionist are roughly these, right?”

“Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know? Can’t you imagine what a young girl can do?” Sister Chen rushed over and grabbed his collar, “You should apologize for those female students who were pushed into the fire pit by you.”

“You mean, Teacher Yu took them?” I covered my mouth in disbelief, and Wu Xinghui widened his eyes and was speechless.

“Lao Yu, are they telling the truth? Didn’t you say you would send them to the factory to work?” Lao Wei also looked unconvinced.

“That’s right. Our government has been jointly investigating this black industry chain with multiple departments for more than a year! Go and turn yourself in tomorrow and give out the person who asked you to do this. Maybe you will have a chance to redeem yourself for meritorious service.” Sister Chen looked at Teacher Yu coldly.

“It’s useless. The former principal died in a car accident on the way to report and submit the people’s letter. If I go, I will just be a cannon fodder. You’d better not worry about it. What’s the use of a few people from the education bureau of other places?” Teacher Yu seemed to have lost hope.

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I hope the fight against crime and evil can be carried out to the end!

Chapter 143 Sugar-Coated Bullet

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“Sister Chen, did you know the news before you came?” I tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

“Yes, in order not to alert the enemy, I didn’t tell anyone.” Sister Chen said to me apologetically, “But that’s just the suspicion of the task force. Even now we haven’t found the key evidence, right? All we have is just a witness.”

“Ah, then did I disrupt your plan? If I hadn’t stepped in to stop them from coming here to ask for the person, maybe you would have succeeded in taking him down.” I suddenly remembered the time when I had stopped the other party from asking for my student.

“I didn’t expect you to be so brave, but as a teacher I wouldn’t agree with it. I think you did the right thing and there’s no need to feel sorry for it.” Sister Chen comforted me instead.

“Does anyone still do this kind of thing now?”

“You are too well protected. There are always dark places in the world, and there are people fighting in places you can’t see.”

“I understand the logic. I thought those were just stories in the movies.” I laughed at myself. I didn’t expect that I had lived for so long but it was all in vain.

“If you were an ordinary person working from nine to five in the city, you wouldn’t encounter these things.” Sister Chen continued to comfort me, “Go to bed early. You have a lot of things to do tomorrow. Don’t get up late.”

“OK, good night.”

……

The next morning, several police cars drove into the village. This was an unusual event, and almost half of the village came out to watch. What was even more unexpected was that the police cars took away Teacher Yu and Sister Chen.

“Teacher Li, why did the police arrest Teacher Yu and Teacher Chen?” Several students raised the question after gathering outside the classroom corridor and watching what happened at the school gate.

“It’s okay, Teacher Chen and Teacher Yu are just going to the city to make some routine reports.” I had to lie to the children.

“That’s right. Teacher Yu is always so nice to us, he must not be a bad person!”

“Teacher Chen is the leader of Teacher Li and the others, so he can’t be a bad person.”

“But why would a non-bad guy wear handcuffs?”

“Who has the handcuffs?”

“I think I saw Teacher Yu with it.”

Several classmates were chattering.

“Okay, stop talking nonsense. You can just ask Teacher Yu when he comes back.” I hurriedly stopped them from talking. I just wondered how these kids would face this cruel reality if they knew that Teacher Yu might not come back so soon.

As expected, my guess was correct. Sister Chen and Teacher Yu did not come back on the third day. On the phone, Sister Chen told me that we encountered some difficulties in recording the statements, but it was generally smooth, mainly because some female witnesses were unwilling to come out to testify. Sister Chen said that it would take at least a few more days, but she would definitely come back to pick us up, after all, the internship would end in another week.

Rumors had slowly spread among the children. Some said that Teacher Yu had been arrested and put in jail, and some said that Teacher Yu had gone out to work in the city. But the only thing that was consistent was that he would not come back and did not want the children anymore. The children were very depressed and became listless in class.

My workload also increased a lot. As soon as Teacher Yu left, I had to deal with all the children’s matters, big and small. The heavy responsibility of activity classes and physical education classes also fell on my shoulders. It was extremely painful.

During self-study class that afternoon, I was just about to lie down on the podium to rest for a while when a phone call woke me up.

I took out my phone and saw that it was Tang Xin calling. I answered the call to cheer myself up: “Hello? Why are you calling me all of a sudden?”

“Hey, look outside the door.”

When I heard it, I turned around and was stunned. Tang Xin actually appeared here with a smile on her face and a cell phone in her hand.

“You? Why are you here?” I was surprised and happy, and so excited that I didn’t know what to say for a moment.

“Hehe, can’t I just come to see you? Is it okay that I miss you?” Tang Xin walked up to me, put her hands behind her back, and looked at me with a smile.

“Go out and tell it.” I glanced at the children. At this moment, they were staring at us curiously with their big eyes like copper bells. I was so ashamed that I had to push Tang Xin outside.

“Why did you come here without saying anything? I didn’t even know.” I asked as I walked out the door.

“Did I tell you you would let me come? What? You don’t welcome me?”

“No, no, it’s just that the journey is so far, I was worried about how you got here.”

“Driving… I’m a very good driver now!” Tang Xin said with a hint of boasting.

“Are you kidding me? Driving here alone from such a long distance…” I felt so distressed that I quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hand.

“Xiao Meng, you worry too much. Driving is very safe. Besides, I just drive for a while and then take a rest for a while.”

“Where are my aunts?” I asked again.

“Oh, he went on a trip with your sister. I was going to go too, but I was worried about you. So I thought about it and came to see you.”

“Really? This is too sudden.” After hearing this, my heart felt warmed. My wife is indeed the best and she still loves me. Then I wiped the tears of excitement from the corners of my eyes.

“Oh, by the way, won’t you introduce your students to me? I brought a lot of gifts this time!” Tang Xin suddenly said excitedly, “And you must like them too!”

……

“Ahem…classmates, a special guest has come to our classroom today. I’m sure you saw her just now.” I looked at Tang Xin standing next to me and introduced her, “She is my best friend.”

The children looked at Tang Xin carefully, showing great curiosity towards the fashionable girl. Because of the children’s acceptance, I still did not announce the official relationship between Tang Xin and me for the time being.

“Hello, kids! Has Teacher Li been nice to you these days?” Tang Xin waved her hand and said to her classmates.

“Good!” “Teacher Li is the best!”

Tang Xin was also very pleased to hear the praise: “Wow, it seems that Teacher Li is really amazing. As Teacher Li’s best friend, should I give you some gifts?”

One day there was a gift and the children suddenly became excited, clapping their desks and cheering.

“Stop banging the table!” I glared at the child who was banging the table, and he shrank back in fear. “Now, students, line up in an orderly manner and follow the teacher to the school playground to receive your gifts.”

Before I finished speaking, the children all rushed out of the classroom door and lined up neatly. It seemed that Tang Xin’s sugar-coated bullets were too tempting.

Leading the children to the school playground, the little white car that Tang Xin and I bought together was parked there quietly, but the yellow mud stains beside the rims seemed to silently tell of the hardships of the journey. When I got closer, I saw that the back seat was filled to the brim with colorful things.

Chapter 144 Mountain Rain

Tang Xin bought new school bags, new stationery and a bunch of candies and snacks for the children. Each child blushed and jumped up and down cheering as they held their school bags filled with gifts.

“Is Teacher Tang Xin nice to you?” Tang Xin asked with a smile, her hands behind her back.

“Okay!” The children, who were still immersed in happiness, quieted down and answered in unison in loud voices.

“Compared to Teacher Li, who is better?” Tang Xin continued to ask with ill intention.

Now the children were in a dilemma. On one hand, there was sugar-coated advice, and on the other hand, I was teaching them diligently.

Seeing that the children were so anxious that they didn’t know how to answer, I quickly said, “Don’t listen to Teacher Tang Xin, she is just teasing you.”

“Hey, I have a mysterious gift for you~” Tang Xin walked to the trunk mysteriously, and everyone followed her and formed a circle.

“Dangdang~ Teacher Li’s limited edition T-shirt!” Tang Xin said as she took out a bag of clothes and showed them in front of everyone!

“Hey!” I was stunned when I saw the clothes in her hand, and her face turned red in an instant, “Is this the surprise you mentioned?”

“Doesn’t it look good?” Tang Xin took out a piece of clothing and showed it off. There was a cute cartoon character printed on the black T-shirt, but the whole character looked like me, from the clothes, hairstyle to face shape.

“No. Just a little…”

“I asked Xiaoling to design it, and then asked an online store to customize it. How is it? Doesn’t it look like you?”

“It’s so similar, just like Teacher Li!” “This is Teacher Li!” “As beautiful as Teacher Li!”

The children also joined in the fun.

“As for this dress, each of you will get one.” Tang Xin expressed her thoughts, “When you miss Teacher Li in the future, you can wear it. This way you can feel that Teacher Li is always by your side and is accompanying you to move forward~”

Tang Xin and the children happily distributed clothes, but I was a little touched: “Thank you, I didn’t expect it would be such a gift.”

“The main reason was that I couldn’t think of anything else. Then Xiaoling and I thought about it and decided that this would be the most commemorative way.” Tang Xin was so proud of my praise that she smiled widely.

“Xiaoling? Looks like I have to thank her when I get back.”

……

At night, since Sister Chen was not at home, Tang Xin could sleep in the same room with me.

But after entering the house, Tang Xin couldn’t hold it anymore.

“Is this the room you usually live in?” She said in surprise, looking at the simple room.

“Didn’t you notice when I video chatted with you?” I nodded.

“No, I was just looking at you.” She shook her head and said embarrassedly.