Chapter 88: Chunhuahua Kindergarten (VIII)
Teacher Li Zi, who had just finished his meal, dragged his tired body and hurriedly walked into the teaching building, followed by a few little followers.
The parents would be staying in the classroom later, but because of the cockroach incident, she decided to take this opportunity to check it again. Unexpectedly, she met a few children from the class on the way, and they excitedly stuck to her, so she had no choice but to go with them.
But as she passed the third floor, she heard a child screaming.
Before I could react, Teacher Li Zi's body had already reacted and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from. In one of the classrooms, a small figure was hiding in a corner, hugging his knees, curled up, and trembling all over.
"Xiaoyang, what's wrong with you? Is it because of what happened this morning?" Teacher Li Zi recognized Wang Xiaoyang from her class and instantly became nervous. Her first reaction was that Wang Xiaoyang felt uncomfortable or sad because of what happened this morning. She gently picked him up and coaxed him softly while walking towards the door, thinking that she should find a doctor to see Wang Xiaoyang.
"Teacher, teacher..." The few children who had been following finally caught up breathlessly. They didn't know why Teacher Li Zi suddenly ran, but they still chased after him playfully, calling the teacher's name again and again.
Teacher Li Zi's attention is now all on Wang Xiaoyang in his arms, so his answer was a bit perfunctory.
"Teacher, why is her skin this color..." The children's chattering brought Teacher Li Zi's attention back.
What's wrong with skin color?
Teacher Li Zi lowered her head in confusion, and was shocked to find that Wang Xiaoyang in her arms had changed. Her skin was purple, and her head looked like it was split in the middle, with the crack extending all the way to between her eyebrows. Her black and white eyes were looking at her, and her dark blue lips were still smiling. Her small purple hands were tightly grasping her collar. This was clearly an action full of dependence, but now it made her scalp tingle.
This little girl...
She has seen it.
It's just that the other person should be dead.
Only now did she notice that the child in her arms had an icy body temperature, and the chill seemed to seep into her body through her clothes, as if telling her very clearly—
The child in her arms is a ghost.
Teacher Li Zi's mind went blank for a moment. She subconsciously wanted to throw the ghost in her arms away and run away. But at the moment she was about to throw it away, the corner of her clothes was tugged, and she heard the children's dissatisfied and puzzled voices because they did not get a response from her: "Teacher..."
Oh, and the kids.
Teacher Li Zi paused. She was an adult and had a high probability of escaping, but what about the children?
As a teacher of these children, she knew all too well how they might react.
She stood there in panic, and then cried and called for the teacher to help her delay the ghost.
But when she looked down and saw the innocent faces of these children, her heart trembled.
Teacher Li Zi's real name is Xin Yannan. Because her name is too difficult for children to pronounce, and in order to get closer to the children, she asked the children to call her "Teacher Li Zi". After graduation, she started working and joined Chunhuahua Kindergarten. This is her second class.
She chose the profession of kindergarten teacher because she loves children. She was eager to be the first gardener on the road of children's growth, but six years of work have gradually replaced this passion with fatigue. She has endless handicrafts to do and endless children to coax every day. She also has to reply to some parents' messages in time "Teacher, it's cold, please zip up the child", "Teacher, can I let my child sit in the first row", and "Teacher, can you remind my child to drink water once an hour", etc. If she responds a little slower, parents will call her.
Xin Yannan knew that these were expressions of parents' concern for their children and could only try her best to comfort them.
Her parents also advised her that the investment and reward of this job were not proportional. After elementary school, junior high school and high school teachers raised children, the children could still remember the teachers' names. But not to mention how many people could still remember their kindergarten teachers. After teaching for six years, not many children and parents knew her real name. Even if the children remembered her in the future, what would come to their minds was only Teacher Li Zi, not Xin Yannan.
Xin Yannan had thought about resigning, but the presence of the children soon dispelled her thoughts. The children had a bad memory, and she had to repeat some things every day, reminding them to wash their hands before eating and take a nap. However, the children had good memories, and one day they saw her eating a piece of fruit in kindergarten, so they thought she liked it and brought it from home for her for several days in a row.
When she was sad, these children would enthusiastically ask her why, and give her their treasured toys to cheer her up. Although children can be annoying at times, they are never stingy with their love. In the real world, she was once ridiculed by her blind date because of her ordinary looks and slightly fat figure, but in the eyes of the children, she is more beautiful than those glamorous stars on the posters. Another child once said that the weekly holiday was the saddest time for him because he could not see Teacher Li Zi.
In the past, when the kindergarten held activities, many people drew her as the person they admired most. In the eyes of the children, she was always knowledgeable and omnipotent. She could help them open cans and sew their torn pants.
As graduation was approaching, every child in the class prepared what they thought was the most precious gift for her. She could take the smaller ones with her, and had put the larger ones away for the time being. The favorite button given by one of the children was still in her pocket.
After many thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, she finally made a decision.
She decided to go back to being Teacher Li Zi.
Although sweat broke out on her forehead, Teacher Li Zi still suppressed her fear and hugged the child tighter to avoid being seen by the naughty children around her. Then she tried to speak in a normal tone, "Okay, I heard you."
"Let's play a game, okay? The teacher left something in the dining hall. I'll count to three, two, one. Whoever can get it for the teacher the fastest will get a reward from the teacher..."
Her words instantly excited the children, because this was not their first time playing this game, and they had no doubts at all. After Teacher Li Zi's final countdown, they immediately ran forward excitedly, and one child even turned around and waved at her: "Teacher, don't worry, we'll get it back right away!"
Teacher Li Zi forced a gentle smile. The ghost in her arms seemed dissatisfied with being ignored. She made a dissatisfied sound from her throat and tightened her hand around her collar.
She was afraid that the ghost would suddenly get angry, so she could only muster up the courage to gently pat its back like she was coaxing a child, humming a nursery rhyme.
This method was indeed effective, and she could feel that the ghost was much gentler than before.
The children's cheerful figures soon left with the sound of jumping footsteps, and the corridor became very quiet for a while, so quiet that it seemed as if only her heartbeat and children's songs were echoing in the corridor.
However, in order to ensure that the children escaped, she had to make sure that the children had walked out of the building before she dared to abandon the ghost in her arms and run away.
She kept her eyes fixed on the window, hoping to see those familiar figures through the window soon.
Because he was distracted, the ghost in his arms groaned in dissatisfaction.
Teacher Li Zi had no choice but to continue singing.
She was singing a nursery rhyme about courage that she had once taught her children to sing. Now she sang it to the ghosts and to herself.
Because he pays almost no attention to the state of the entertainment industry in real life, and the assistants and senior executives around him only talk to him about work, Sheng Guiye has no impression of Qiao Yuan. It was only from He Ze's later remarks that he learned that the other person was a star.
But this has nothing to do with him.
Rather than the other party's identity, he was more interested in the system that sounded in his ears that was difficult to explain with existing science and technology, and how to escape from the copy in front of him.
Therefore, when Qiao Yuan asked if he could use his skills to search on the computer later, he agreed. The only reason they had dinner together was because they could take action immediately after replenishing their energy.
Out of basic courtesy, he responded politely to Qiao Yuan's mother's words.
Qiao Yuan's mother's words were very organized, so he could understand them.
When he noticed that Qiao Yuan's eyes were looking at him from time to time, he quickly deduced the reason from the current situation. The other party's grid for a dish was empty, and he happened to have that dish, so he handed it over, but he didn't expect to be stopped by Qiao Yuan's father.
Sheng Guiye:?
Qiao Buyan snatched the small bowl, and after noticing the gazes from Qiao Yuan and Sang Miao, his voice instantly became calm: "Sorry, it was just a joke, what I meant was... I also like eggplant, I'll have this bowl."
"My daughter can eat mine, and mine is untouched."
He actually didn't like eggplant, but he got this dish as an extra dish when he got his meal, and he didn't touch it while eating because he habitually wanted to leave it for Qiao Yuan.
Boy, you chose the wrong direction to show your courtesy .
Qiao Buyan sneered in his heart, and although he tried hard to hide it, he still showed a bit of complacency on his face: "Come to think of it, my daughter likes the dishes cooked by Oh the most..."
Even after thinking about the logical language twice, Sheng Guiye still couldn't figure out why Qiao Buyan liked to eat eggplant but didn't touch the food on his plate.
Looking at the smile on Qiao Buyan's lips, he could only attribute it to the fact that the other party really loved eating eggplant. After all, an article he had read before had proved the relationship between genetic inheritance and food preference.
Qiao Yuan had no idea what strange impression she had left in Sheng Guiye's heart. After knowing that Qiao Buyan had misunderstood something, she could only use her eyes to signal Qiao Buyan to stop.
Qiao Buyan became depressed.
After dinner, Qiao Yuan and Sheng Guiye found an excuse to shake off Qiao Buyan who wanted to follow them, and immediately walked towards the Children’s Library.
The children's library is located in a remote corner near the teaching building. It is a separate room decorated like a mushroom house with a separate door. Perhaps because there are computers inside, although the lights are on, the door is locked.
Sheng Guiye paused while stroking the Buddhist beads: "Lock it, unless we have the tools..."
"It's okay, I have it." Qiao Yuan turned the small backpack on his back, held it to his chest, rummaged around inside, and quickly found a piece of wire.
Sheng Guiye had an impression of Qiao Yuan's bag. Since the first time he met her, she seemed to have been carrying this bag and never took it off.
His eyes fell on Qiao Yuan. He wondered why the other party happened to bring the wire with him. Was it because of the experience in the previous copy?
As if seeing through Sheng Guiye's doubts, Qiao Yuan said, "I brought some tools from home before I left."
Sheng Guiye nodded, and his attention quickly fell on the lock in front of him.
Because the door lock is at chest level for an adult, it is too high for the two children to reach even on tiptoe.
There was no footstool nearby, and there was no Song Yanchi...
But there is Sheng Guiye.
Qiao Yuan: "Let me step on it."
Sheng Guiye paused while turning the Buddhist beads and frowned slightly. Although he didn't say anything yet, it was obvious that he was unwilling.
Qiao Yuan: "Computer, information, out of the copy..."
Just now, listening to the conversation between Sheng Guiye and Sang Miao, she had more or less guessed what the other party cared about.
Five seconds later, the lock opened and two footprints appeared on Sheng Guiye's shoulders.
Sheng Guiye brushed the dust off his shoulders expressionlessly. Qiao Yuan had already put away the wire, pushed open the heavy glass door and walked in.
There are indeed two desktop computers in the innermost part.
The two of them each brought a chair, and with the help of the chairs, Qiao Yuan and Sheng Guiye were able to see the computer screen.
Sensing a body suddenly approaching, Sheng Guiye subconsciously looked over, but after hearing Qiao Yuan remind them that time was limited and they needed to search for the information they wanted quickly before being discovered by others, Sheng Guiye turned his attention back to the screen.
That should be used by the staff to search for books. One needs to log in with the administrator's account, but judging from the dust accumulated on it, it looks like it has not been used for a long time.
Qiao Yuan: “Is it okay?”
Sheng Guiye: “Okay.”
He didn't seem to like explaining. If he could answer with simple words, he would never say an extra word.
Qiao Yuan felt that he was very suitable for inserting automatic replies that recognized keywords into chat software, and other people probably wouldn't be able to tell.
This time, Sheng Guiye did not turn the Buddhist beads during the countdown, and placed both hands on the keyboard.
Of course, Qiao Yuan thinks the main reason is that he has become a child now, his hands are not even half the size of the keyboard, and using two hands is more efficient.
Sheng Guiye quickly pressed a few keys, and the computer screen was replaced by a bunch of garbled characters. Then it showed that he had logged in, and then he searched the Internet for related information.
Just like what Qiao Yuan had searched before, there were few results regarding the deaths of the two children from Chunhuahua Kindergarten. However, Sheng Guiye changed the source of his search and directly expanded it to any channel, even if it was only mentioned in one sentence.
This time, the two finally gained something.
The fluorescent blue page illuminated the faces of Qiao Yuan and Sheng Guiye, both of whom had tense faces.
Wang Xiaoyang realized this problem because he heard the sound of his footsteps echoing in the classroom.
Her eyes involuntarily glanced towards the window, and the figure was still moving, even getting closer and closer to her.
Although he tried to comfort himself that He Ze always walked lightly, the ominous premonition and fear still flooded his heart like a tide, and his body shook involuntarily.
Wang Xiaoyang finally couldn't control her fear and turned her head to look. Sure enough, the person standing behind her was no longer He Ze, but the ghost that Sheng Guiye described, and it was even more terrifying than the one he described.
Although she had imagined what the ghost looked like in her mind, after seeing it with her own eyes, Wang Xiaoyang realized that her imagination was still too poor. She screamed subconsciously, and then she felt her legs go weak. She fell to the ground and used the strength of her arms to move backwards frantically, trying to get away from the ghost.
She hid behind the table and chairs, curling up her body. She knew she should run towards the door, but the ghost was near the door, and running towards it would be like facing the ghost directly.
Is there anyone who can save her...
Wang Xiaoyang couldn't help but pray in her heart, and even began to hope that her parents, who were usually unable to dodge, would appear in front of her and take her away from this dangerous environment .
She was really scared.
Not sure if her prayers were effective, she heard the voice of Teacher Li Zi.
Wang Xiaoyang was about to respond excitedly when he found that Teacher Li Zi was talking to the ghost.
It seems that the other party mistook the ghost for her.
The chill surged into his heart again. Wang Xiaoyang knew that he should remind Teacher Li Zi, but when he saw him walking out with the ghost in his arms, another thought emerged in his mind -
If Teacher Li Zi took the ghost out, wouldn't she be safe?
Wang Xiaoyang shrank back silently without reminding the other party.
Anyway...anyway, it was Teacher Li Zi who bumped into me first, and she's a teacher, so isn't it natural for her to protect her students...
Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoyang felt much better. She pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the footsteps outside the door until the sound became farther and farther away and could no longer be heard. She guessed that Teacher Li Zi had gone far away with the ghost, and then she breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with the help of a chair beside her.
Because her legs were weak, Wang Xiaoyang did not walk very fast. She tried to walk lightly, fearing that her footsteps would be heard by others.
At the same time, Wang Xiaoyang finally had time to think about He Ze's affairs.
So where did He Ze go? Was he killed by a ghost, or did he abandon her and run away?
For a moment, Wang Xiaoyang didn't know which answer he preferred.
There were two of them when they came, and she was the only one left when they left. Although she knew that one ghost was taken away by Teacher Li Zi, she did not forget what the others had said before. There were two ghosts in this copy, so she was still frightened and did not plan to continue looking for the badge. Instead, she decided to go back to find Qiao Yuan and Sheng Guiye first, and ask them if they could come with her to find the badge.
A gaze falling on her interrupted Wang Xiaoyang's thoughts, and she felt that the man looked familiar.
like……
It seemed like I felt that at the graduation ceremony.
When she realized this, bad memories came to her mind again, and she also saw the figure around the corner.
It's another ghost.
Although I couldn't see his appearance clearly, his pale skin still revealed everything.
The other person was waiting for her at the corner.
