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Chapter 11 - Strawberry Is the Most Delicious Fruit

Yu Yao came back from the community supermarket and unexpectedly found the door of her house wide open. She walked into the house carrying the newly bought fruits and saw a young girl sitting on the sofa in the house. She looked about her age.

Seeing her walk into the house, the girl raised her head and looked at her in surprise. After seeing the fruit in her hand, the girl probably misunderstood something. She stood up and smiled at her and said, “Are you here to see Teacher Jiang? Teacher Jiang has something to do now. Come over here and sit for a while.”

Yu Yao raised her eyebrows. The girl asked her enthusiastically, “Are you Teacher Jiang’s neighbor or student? It should be a student, right? Also from Ocean University? I don’t think I’ve seen you before. Come on, I’ll help you put the fruit in the fresh food cabinet in the kitchen. You sit and wait. I’ll pour you a glass of water.”

Yu Yao:... Why does this girl act like the hostess of this house?

Yu Yao handed the fruit to her casually, without saying much, and ran straight to the sofa to sit down, opened the Desolate Planet game saved yesterday, and began to complete today’s task.

The girl poured a glass of water and saw Yu Yao open the TV screen of Teacher Jiang’s house to play games without any hesitation. She was a little unhappy and thought that she was very rude.

“It’s not good for you to open Teacher Jiang’s TV screen to play games casually.” Although Teacher Jiang has always been good-tempered, it is not acceptable to play games at the teacher’s house. After the girl finished speaking, she glanced at the screen showing the game and wondered in surprise, why is there a game installed on the TV screen of Teacher Jiang’s house?

Yu Yao looked at her frowning eyebrows and asked her, “What are you doing in Teacher Jiang’s?” The girl looked at her in confusion, a little unsure of her identity, and simply answered, “I came to get some information for my teacher, and Teacher Jiang went to find it for me. Are you...really Teacher Jiang’s student?”

Yu Yao shook his head honestly, “No.”

The girl was shocked: “Then who are you?” She saw that this person came in familiarly, carrying fruits, and looked natural, and thought she was a student who came to visit Teacher Jiang.

Yu Yao was about to answer something when she saw Jiang Zhonglin coming out of the study, so she turned to Jiang Zhonglin and said, “I bought fresh strawberries and put them in the fresh food cabinet.”

Their tastes were not very similar, but they both loved strawberries the most among all fruits. When they were together before, they often bought strawberries to eat together. Yu Yao went to buy fruit today and found strawberries. Then she realized that many off-season fruits were available now—she found another good thing after traveling through time. At least in the future, she would not suddenly want to eat something, but she could not eat it because it was out of season.

Yu Yao suddenly remembered something a bit embarrassing.

Not long after she married Jiang Zhonglin, the two newlyweds were inevitably inseparable. One night after doing that kind of thing, she spread her arms and legs and lay on the bed, looking at the vague red mark on her thigh, and suddenly wanted to eat strawberries. She wanted to eat it so much. Sometimes people are so strange, suddenly wanting to eat something; the more they think about it, the more they can’t help it. She put one leg on Jiang Zhonglin and suddenly raised her foot to kick him.

Jiang Zhonglin got up immediately, looking at her with a young and handsome face; his hair was wet. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?” he asked nervously.

Yu Yao was not the kind of person who would force others to do things, but when she saw Jiang Zhonglin like this, she subconsciously said what she was thinking.

“I want to eat strawberries.” She said.

“Strawberries?” Jiang Zhonglin immediately got up and got out of bed. “Then I’ll buy them for you.”

The young man had just finished doing something happy with his wife, and his heart was restless at the moment. He had endless energy and wanted to satisfy all the wishes of his sweetheart. He even forgot that there were no strawberries in this season and was babbling so stupidly.

Yu Yao raised her foot and clamped the corner of his clothes with her toes, asking him to come back, “Are you stupid? Where can there be strawberries in this season?”

Jiang Zhonglin hesitated and said, “Then do you want to eat peaches? Can I buy you peaches?” Yu Yao liked peaches the second most besides strawberries.

“Okay.” Yu Yao answered casually.

Jiang Zhonglin went out excitedly. Yu Yao waited and waited until she fell asleep again. When she woke up and found that Jiang Zhonglin had not come back yet, she guessed that this little fool must have gone to look for strawberries.

Sure enough, after a while, Jiang Zhonglin came back, a little listless, with two bags in his hands, one filled with peaches and the other filled with... dehydrated strawberries and strawberry tea.

Seeing that his clothes were wet on his back, Yu Yao knew that he must have gone to many places to look for them, and of course he didn’t find them.

Jiang Zhonglin put the things he bought in front of her embarrassedly. “I bought dried strawberries and this strawberry tea. Everyone says it tastes good; it’s a more authentic strawberry flavor. Why don’t you try it?”

Yu Yao looked at him at the time and thought, What a stupid man he is. She took a sip of the strawberry tea, and it tasted really good, but it was a little too sweet.

...

Yu Yao held the game experience device and saw the no longer young Jiang Zhonglin smiling at her. The wrinkles around his eyes did not look ugly but made him look very stable and gentle. He said, “The strawberries in the community fresh supermarket taste very good. Most of the ones sold now are special varieties cultivated in previous years.”

Jiang Zhonglin said something to his wife, and seeing another person sitting next to him, he stepped forward and put the old-looking book in front of her, saying to her, “Contact your teacher first to see if he wants this one.”

Then he went to the kitchen, opened the fresh food cabinet, and took out the strawberries to wash.

The girl, who Yu Yao did not know, was stunned by the communication between Teacher Jiang and Yu Yao. She had previously suspected that the woman who walked in inexplicably was a strange person, but seeing that Teacher Jiang was not surprised at all and spoke to this person in a gentle tone, she suddenly felt that her brain was not processing enough.

Who is this person? Could she be a relative of Teacher Jiang’s family?

She was so absorbed in thinking that she forgot to scan the book and send it to her teacher.

Jiang Zhonglin washed the strawberries and brought them over, placing them in front of Yu Yao, and asked her, “Why don’t you buy more?”

Yu Yao took one and stuffed it into her mouth, joking with him, “I’m afraid you’ll go broke.”

Jiang Zhonglin smiled, “It’s okay, buy more if you like.”

Yu Yao didn’t reply but moved the plate of strawberries to the front of the strange girl and took the initiative to greet her. “Come on, have some strawberries; you’re welcome.”

Jiang Zhonglin seemed to have just remembered that there was a little girl here and felt a little embarrassed. Then he remembered that Yu Yao didn’t know her, so he introduced her: “This girl is Yang Mei, a student of an old friend of mine, and she came here today to get something for her teacher.”

After that, he said to Yang Mei, “Have you sent it to your teacher?”

“Ah? Ah!” Yang Mei, the girl, finally reacted, and she stared at Yu Yao for a long time, forgetting the business, and blushed with embarrassment and took out her personal terminal to scan the book.

She buried her head and dared not look up. She looked like she was working seriously, but she was wailing in her heart. What the hell? Who is this mysterious girl playing games? Why didn’t Teacher Jiang introduce her? They obviously knew each other. Could she really be a relative of Teacher Jiang? This was too embarrassing. She had just invited her to sit down and poured her some water. Damn, she was the owner of the house. Why was she being so hospitable? It was too embarrassing!

After the embarrassment, Yang Mei became more and more curious about Yu Yao’s identity. She listened to their conversation while scanning the book. She couldn’t suppress her curiosity.

You can’t blame her for being so curious. All of the students who often interact with Teacher Jiang know that Teacher Jiang is the only one left in his house. He has lived here for many years, and there is no one else. One time, when he was sick before, several students came to take care of him in turns. At other times, who has ever heard of another person living in his house? Being able to move in and let Teacher Jiang wash strawberries for her must be very close to Teacher Jiang!

Yang Mei had all kinds of guesses in her mind. She heard Teacher Jiang ask the girl, “Why don’t you eat more?” The girl seemed to be addicted to the game and said, “You eat it.”

She secretly looked up and saw that Teacher Jiang took the biggest and reddest fruit from the fruit plate and put it in the girl’s hand. The girl took it and ate it.

Why do I feel so wrong? Yang Mei thought, but what is wrong?

“You should also rest your eyes and eat more fruits in between playing games.”

“Come on, your life is not as healthy as mine. I haven’t seen you drink a sip of water in the study for so long.”

Yang Mei: ...

If we say that they are elders and juniors, isn’t this girl’s attitude towards Teacher Jiang too casual? Why is she still interrupting Teacher Jiang?

There were only a few sentences in their conversation, and Yang Mei could not hear the specific information about their relationship. Seeing the confirmation message sent by the teacher, she picked up the book and said goodbye: “The teacher said it was this one. We will send it back to you after we have entered the content. Thank you, Teacher Jiang.”

Jiang Zhonglin stood up and sent her out, “It’s okay, be careful on your way back.”

Yang Mei walked to the door and secretly glanced at the girl who was concentrating on playing games in the living room. She couldn’t help her curiosity and asked Jiang Zhonglin quietly, “Teacher Jiang, this person looks about the same age as me; who is she?”

Jiang Zhonglin paused for a while before saying, “It’s my wife.”

Yang Mei was stunned.

After leaving the community, she opened her personal terminal and called her teacher with a strange look on her face, “Teacher! Do you know? Teacher Jiang just joked with me! Teacher Jiang can actually joke with people.”

Maybe because there was a young junior accompanying him, even Teacher Jiang’s mentality became younger. Not only did he allow his children to play games, but he also joked. Yang Mei and her teacher lamented the importance of having relatives accompany empty-nest elderly people.

As for Jiang Zhonglin’s wife, Yang Mei would never believe it. What kind of person is Teacher Jiang? He is a well-known and elegant professor in their circle. He is upright and not the kind of person who would cheat young girls at an old age. Even if he wants to get married, he will never marry a young girl who is so much older than him. Besides, they have heard that Teacher Jiang loved his deceased wife deeply and had no intention of marrying another one for decades. Now he suddenly has a young wife. Who is he trying to fool?

“I just don’t know who this girl is.” Yang Mei sighed and decided to ask a few seniors who graduated from Ocean University when she had time. They are Teacher Jiang’s students, and maybe they know more.


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Chapter 10 - Teacher Jiang Is an Excellent Chess Player, But He Still Lost to Yu Yao

Yu Yao has a six-month observation period. According to the confidentiality agreement, she cannot go abroad or engage in social work during this six-month period. As a legal citizen and a special time traveler, she has a one-year social subsidy to ensure her living. This six-month period is a time for her to adapt to the new society.

So, in this six-month period, she can stay at home to learn all kinds of social common sense and have enough time to think about her future. It is said that among the four time travelers before her, the second little girl could not adapt to the fact that she had traveled through time for decades, and she suffered from autism and committed suicide when she was sixteen years old. It is not known whether it was because her family did not take good care of her later or for other reasons.

Yu Yao is probably the one who adapts the fastest and has the best mentality among the time travelers. After the initial confusion, she adjusted her mood. Every day at home, in addition to playing games, she reads various "historical" documents that Jiang Zhonglin found for her, understands what has happened in these years, and also finds a lot of qualification certificates that kindergarten teachers need to obtain. In addition, she will cook and buy groceries with Jiang Zhonglin.

The old man who had promised to accompany her only to familiarize her with the place would not go with her next time, so he followed her every day when she was about to go out. Yu Yao was too lazy to say anything to him. The two of them walked on the road, and from the initial silence, they gradually started chatting.

“Aren’t you a teacher? Why haven’t I seen you go to class for so many days?” Yu Yao couldn’t help asking.

Jiang Zhonglin replied, “I resigned from the position of director of the Literature Department at Ocean University a year ago. However, because I know the dean, he wants me to return to school to teach twice a month, so now I don’t need to go to class every day.”

Yu Yao keenly noticed the problem: “You resigned a year ago when you were only 65. We used to retire at 70. Why are you retiring so early?”

Jiang Zhonglin smiled bitterly, “Last year... I was not feeling well for a while and stayed in the hospital for a while. I felt I didn’t have the energy, so I decided to resign and sorted out some information from these years at home... It’s not a big deal.”

Yu Yao frowned. “What illness? Is it serious?”

Jiang Zhonglin: “It’s not serious, just a minor illness.” He looked calm. “I’m just old, and my health is not as good as when I was young. I got sick accidentally, but I have recovered now.”

Yu Yao was silent for a while, took out her personal terminal, turned it on, and ignored him. Jiang Zhonglin thought she was playing games, but after a while, Yu Yao put down the terminal and said, “You will go running with me every morning to exercise. Don’t worry, I checked, and it will definitely not exceed your body load. We will just jog around here.”

Jiang Zhonglin looked at the distance she circled and hesitated, “This...”

Yu Yao: “What? You should pay more attention to your health and exercise well when you are older!”

After all, Jiang Zhonglin has lived in this community for so many years, so he naturally knows some neighbors. He accompanies Yu Yao to run and buy groceries early in the morning every day. The elderly neighbors he knows come to say hello, and they will inevitably ask, “Mr. Jiang/Teacher Jiang, who is this girl? She is so pretty. Is she your granddaughter?”

Every time Jiang Zhonglin didn’t speak, Yu Yao would smile at the neighbors and say, “I’m Teacher Jiang’s wife.”

Then he would inevitably explain her forty-year travel in front of everyone’s astonished and surprised eyes.

“Ah! I saw the news a while ago, saying that there is a new time traveler who traveled forty years and only has an alias. It turns out to be you!” The elderly neighbors were amazed and then gathered around curiously. This young woman, who looked young, was actually from the same generation as them. How could they not be curious and surprised?

Fortunately, this community used to be allocated housing for retired professors of Ocean University. Later, these small buildings were expanded. Most of the people living in it were intellectuals, and few of them liked to spread gossip. Moreover, those who knew Jiang Zhonglin and could get along with him were also people who had some fame in their respective neighborhoods and focused on their work. They did not like to meddle in other people’s family affairs, so they were very friendly to this "old and young couple".

Among them, Mr. Nie and his wife, whom Yu Yao had met before, were particularly enthusiastic. Yu Yao had to go to their house with Jiang Zhonglin for two meals.

After the neighbors knew about the situation, their days were much calmer than Yu Yao had imagined. No one came to watch her. She only went out to buy groceries in the morning or occasionally went out to buy some necessities, and when she picked up express deliveries, the familiar elderly neighbors she met loved to talk to her.

Some people also talked with her about the past, which sounded strange, because for Yu Yao, the world of forty years ago was only a little more than a month away from her, but for these old people, it was already "reminiscing about the past." So when chatting, Yu Yao always felt a sense of confusion.

There were also young people living in this community, as well as Jiang Zhonglin’s students, but when the students greeted him, they saw Yu Yao next to him; they were too embarrassed to ask who she was. Later, they ran away after saying hello. Therefore, at present, Yu Yao is not famous in Jiang Zhonglin’s student circle.

It’s a bit regrettable.

Yu Yao is a person who can’t stay at home. It’s impossible for her to stay at home for several days to do academic research like Jiang Zhonglin. She has to go out for a walk every day to get some fresh air, even if she has nothing to do.

In addition to running and shopping every morning, she would go out for a walk in the evening when the weather was good, and Jiang Zhonglin would follow her.

When the two were walking under the streetlights, they met a few old men playing chess under a sycamore tree. When they saw Jiang Zhonglin and his companions, they enthusiastically invited Jiang Zhonglin to play a game.

“Old Jiang, come and help me; this guy is too powerful. He killed me without leaving a single piece of armor. You come and crush his enthusiasm!”

“Hey, why do you always ask for help when you lose a game!”

“It’s not shameful to seek help, Old Jiang; come and sit here with me!”

Jiang Zhonglin knew all of them and sat down to play chess. Yu Yao went over and watched from the side. The old lady who was also watching the game next to them whispered to her, “Your Old Jiang is a very good chess player, unlike this old guy in our family, who is a lousy chess player. He refuses to admit defeat even though he plays badly, and everyone else is afraid of him.”

The old man who gave up his seat to Jiang Zhonglin laughed, “You can’t say that. We play chess to cultivate our character. Winning or losing is not important.”

The old lady spat at him, “If it’s not important, why do you have to ask others to help you win a game?”

Yu Yao had only come across chess in extracurricular activities in elementary school and learned a little bit. So far, he only knows one move, 'Double Cannon General'. Even at her level, she could tell that Jiang Zhonglin was exceptional at playing chess. Not long after the game started, he captured several of the opponent’s generals, which made the crowd of people watching applaud from time to time, or admire, or feel sorry for the other old man.

Jiang Zhonglin played chess very quietly and hardly spoke. The old man opposite him seemed to be a chatterbox. He slapped his thigh when a chess piece was captured and said things like if he had made a different move in the previous move.

Yu Yao turned her gaze from the one-sided chess game to Jiang Zhonglin. He looked at the chessboard thoughtfully, and each time he reached out to move a chess piece, he was very calm. They had been married for a year, and Yu Yao didn’t know he could play chess before. She didn’t know if he knew it before or if he learned it later. After all, one or two years is too short, and it’s not enough for her to fully understand everything about a person.

When Yu Yao was distracted, the winner had been decided, and the game of chess didn’t take too long.

Some onlookers were surprised and asked, “Why is Teacher Jiang playing so fast today?”

The old man who lost had a happy look in his eyes, but he deliberately put on a crying face and said, “Yes, Mr. Jiang usually lets me have a few moves. We can play a game of chess for an hour, but today he didn’t give me any face at all.”

The old lady next to Yu Yao laughed, “Teacher Jiang is afraid that his love will be bored and anxious waiting on the side.”

Yu Yao was not embarrassed at all when being teased. “To be honest, I don’t understand it either. Next time you want to play chess with Old Jiang, just go to his house and call him. I won’t disturb you. You can play as long as you want.”

“Okay, okay, Old Jiang, did you hear that? Comrade Yu has spoken. We will go to your house to play chess next time.”

Jiang Zhonglin looked helplessly at Yu Yao, who was staying out of the matter, and said to the old man who was talking, “When did I kick you out when you came to my house to play chess?”

Everyone made a few jokes and started the game again. Yu Yao and Jiang Zhonglin walked back home.

“Come on, let’s play chess too.” Yu Yao said this as soon as she got home. Since she said so, Jiang Zhonglin would not refuse her interest. He dug out the chessboard at home and set it up. With Yu Yao’s mediocre skills, she could not last more than three minutes in front of Mr. Jiang. But how could Mr. Jiang let his wife lose miserably in three minutes? He painstakingly gave up the chess and dragged a chess game without suspense to ten minutes with his superb chess skills.

However, even if he let her win again, Yu Yao was still killed in pieces. She didn’t care. Seeing that she was the only red general left, she suddenly reached out and pushed Jiang Zhonglin’s black general forward, killing his general.

Jiang Zhonglin: “...”

Yu Yao explained to him seriously, “Don’t look at your general because he is Black;he is actually an undercover agent on our red side, so he killed your general!”

Teacher Jiang had never seen such a coquettish operation and was stunned by his wife’s shamelessness.

“Your behavior is considered cheating.” Teacher Jiang told the truth.

Yu Yao: “Can it be called cheating between husband and wife? No.” She threw the chess piece. “I see that you made me give in so hard, so just win openly and everyone will be happy.”

Teacher Jiang: This is not open at all.

Teacher Jiang: “Do you want to play more?”

Yu Yao said shamelessly, “No, it’s boring; anyway, you can’t beat me.”

In terms of shamelessness, Teacher Jiang did lose.

A few days later, Teacher Jiang’s chess friends came to play chess. After winning three games in a row, they sighed that no one here could beat Teacher Jiang.

Teacher Jiang rarely made a joke and said, “Last time I played chess with Yu Yao, she won.”

The chess friends were amazed. “Really? I didn’t expect Yu Yao to be a chess master!” They all asked her to play a game.

Yu Yao was playing Desolate Planet with a small experience device on the side. Hearing this, she chuckled and said, “Actually, I know nothing about chess, but who told me that I am Teacher Jiang’s wife? No matter how good he is at chess, he dares not beat me.”


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Chapter 09 - Why Are You Following Me When I Go Out to Buy Some Groceries?

Yu Yao played games for half the night and got up quite early in the morning.

Jiang Zhonglin was heating up soy milk. Seeing her coming downstairs, he was surprised and asked, “Why did you get up so early? Didn’t you get enough rest?”

Yu Yao said it was okay and went to the kitchen to help heat up the buns. After the two of them finished breakfast, someone called Jiang Zhonglin, and he went into the study. Yu Yao was checking things in the living room with her personal terminal. She also had a video connection with Yang Yun. Then, Yang Yun was showing her the chubby and cute face of her three-year-old grandson, who was next to her.

Yu Yao took a few glances and said, “He’s very cute.”

The two of them talked casually for a few words. When Yang Yun was about to go out, Yu Yao hung up the video and got up to get some water. Passing by the study door, Yu Yao saw that it was not closed, so she leaned inside to take a look.

Jiang Zhonglin turned on the light screen and wrote something on it. Nowadays, there are many ways to input electronic devices. Typing and voice input are very convenient and fast, but Jiang Zhonglin likes handwriting input. This kind of handwriting input is different from the previous handwriting input because this input will keep the font when input, which is completely equivalent to written writing.

Jiang Zhonglin has good penmanship. Yu Yao still remembers that he wrote a love letter to her seriously that year, and the words on it were very beautiful. She put the love letter under the marriage certificate and some documents, and she doesn’t know if it is still there now.

Sensing Yu Yao’s gaze, Jiang Zhonglin stopped writing. “What’s wrong? Do you need something?” After saying this, he seemed to want to stand up. Yu Yao raised his hand and waved, “It’s okay, you continue to work.” After saying that, she returned to the living room.

There is a clock hanging in the living room. Unlike the fully intelligent electronic clocks that people like nowadays, which instantly display a lot of information such as time, weather, temperature, humidity, etc., it is an ordinary round wall clock, and the second hand is moving step by step. After all, he was born more than half a century ago, and he still has old habits, such as being used to using this kind of clock. He can be considered a nostalgic old man in a sense.

When the short hand of the round clock pointed to 9, Yu Yao packed up and got up to go out. Jiang Zhonglin was still writing in the study, and Yu Yao greeted him, “I’m going out for a while.”

Jiang Zhonglin immediately looked up. “What’s the matter? Do you need me to go with you?”

Yu Yao casually said, “No, you continue to work; I’ll go to the community fruit and vegetable supermarket to buy some vegetables. I’ll cook today.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhonglin immediately stood up, still holding the pen in his hand. He said, “No, I’ll go buy it right away; you stay at home and rest.”

He thought for a moment and said, “Didn’t you buy some game last time, and you haven’t finished it yet?”

Yu Yao originally thought it was no big deal, but seeing the nervousness hidden deep in his eyes, she was stunned. “...No way, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years? I don’t think I’m that unlucky, such as I will travel through time again when I go out to buy groceries.”

Jiang Zhonglin didn’t say much, just silently put on the pen cap and walked out, looking like he was going out with her.

Yu Yao watched him change his shoes, then she hugged his arms and said beside him, “I haven’t gone out to buy groceries for so many days since I came back. And you also can’t always go out with me every day in the future.”

Jiang Zhonglin was silent for a moment and sighed in his heart. He knew it was unnecessary, but when he heard her say that she was going out to buy groceries alone, he was still subconsciously startled.

“This is your first time; I will accompany you to get familiar with it first, and next time I will... not go with you.”

So, the two went out. It was a sunny day today. Most of the people living in this community were old people and children, and there were relatively few young people. The sun shone through the gaps in the tall sycamore trees, leaving clusters of light spots on the ground. This road in the community was very quiet, and Yu Yao walked forward on those light spots.

She walked slowly, occasionally looking left and right at the yards on both sides. After walking for about ten minutes, Jiang Zhonglin said tactfully, “I’m used to walking such a short distance. It usually took me ten minutes to reach the entrance of the fruit and vegetable supermarket.”

Yu Yao: “...” Oh, I deliberately walked slowly to take care of the old man, but you still think I walked too slowly?

She quickened her pace and walked with the wind. Sure enough, she soon saw the community supermarket at the end of the road. Now almost every community has a special supermarket for daily life, and daily shopping is much faster and more convenient than before. Yu Yao had checked various stores and buildings nearby and seen the real scene pictures before. Now she saw it with her own eyes and found that the vegetables and fruits inside looked complete and fresh—very stimulating to buy.

She pushed a small cart like a few middle-aged women chatting and walked to the meat area first. Jiang Zhonglin said that he was here to take her to familiarize herself with the place, but Yu Yao didn’t need him to teach her anything at all. She did it very naturally to buy and choose anything. Even if there were many new types of vegetables and fruits that she had never seen before, she was not very surprised.

Jiang Zhonglin saw her chatting with the fishmonger in a familiar way and suddenly remembered that when they were young, Yu Yao was the one with better adaptability. When they arrived at a new place, he was still remembering the way, but she could already walk around several streets and know where to buy food, drinks, and daily necessities. She could even recognize the neighbors within three days.

Compared to her, Jiang Zhonglin was not so good. He had been like this since he was a child. He could bury his head in academics, but he had almost no life skills like this to quickly adapt to the environment and people. It’s just that now that he is older and has more experience, he looks more presentable than when he was young.

He still remembers that before they got married, they went on a trip together. It wasn’t a place too far away, because neither of them had much time, so it was just a very famous ancient town in China.

His seniors at that time heard about this and told him that this must be his girlfriend’s inspection of him; the purpose was to see if he was suitable for marriage, so this trip was the kind of inspection trip that would determine whether he could get his girlfriend in the future. The young man, Jiang Zhonglin, was extremely nervous, fearing that if he didn’t perform well, he would be broken up when he returned, so he conscientiously looked up guides and routes.

But when he arrived at the place, he was confused to find that most of the information he looked up was useless. Compared with his caution, Yu Yao was much more relaxed. It was also her first time there, but she already could quickly find a bus that could go directly to the hotel. After dropping off the luggage at the hotel, she took him out to find food. Jiang Zhonglin took out the itinerary guide he made and took her to a restaurant with good reviews of it. As a result, the food was expensive and not delicious. Obviously, they were cheated. Yu Yao didn’t care at all. She touched her half-full stomach, pulled him to find a small shop, and went in. She told him that she smelled a very fragrant smell and the food inside must be delicious. It was indeed delicious.

Yu Yao almost decided all the itinerary afterwards. Jiang Zhonglin didn’t bother at all except to carry the luggage. Later, being led by Yu Yao, he also forgot the anxiety before departure and had a lot of fun. After visiting all the famous and unknown historical sites, he also found a place with nice scenery but not many people and stayed there for an afternoon to enjoy the scenery.

After a few days of travel, Jiang Zhonglin looked back on what he had done and felt that he had failed. After hearing what he said, Yu Yao said to him with a smile, “What test? I just happened to have time and came out to play with you. You think too much. Also, who said that you must take care of me just because you are my boyfriend? I am three years older than you, little brother. Shouldn’t I take care of you? Why are you so discouraged? When you are three years older than me, you can take care of me.”

She smiled and joked.

Now, he is thirty-seven years older than her.

Jiang Zhonglin has lived here for so many years and has been watching the clerk at the fresh fish counter for several years. Today is the first time he knows that she has a son who is studying at Ocean University. He looked at his wife with admiration and felt that she was still as charming as she was in the past.

After buying groceries, the two of them went out. Yu Yao pointed to another road and asked, “Can we go back this way?”

Jiang Zhonglin nodded, “Yes, but I seldom take this road.”

Yu Yao made the decision: “Then let’s take this road.”

It was Yu Yao’s habit to know all the roads in the five streets around a place when she came here. Jiang Zhonglin pushed his glasses and followed Yu Yao with a bag of grapes.

“Let me help you carry some vegetables.” Jiang Zhonglin said.

Yu Yao gave him a fish as a token of his feelings.

“I can carry it, and you can also carry the ribs for me.” Jiang Zhonglin said.

Yu Yao: “Why are you so talkative?”

Jiang Zhonglin: “...”

“Forget it.” Yu Yao took out two more corns from the bag and stuffed them into the old man’s hand. “Then you can take two more corns.”

Jiang Zhonglin looked at the big bag in her hand and didn’t say anything after all.

This road is half the length of the road they came from. There is a nursery in the middle of the road, which is now a kindergarten. The nursery set up in the community has children who live nearby, from those who can just walk to five or six years old. These children were doing break exercises on the artificial turf, and they looked like big white radishes stuck in the ground. Occasionally, they would stumble and fall on the soft turf and roll around like a ball.

Although they looked cute, when these little things started crying, the whole nursery would turn from heaven to hell, and the little angels with wings would turn into little monsters with terrifying screams.

Yu Yao watched the children raising their arms and kicking their legs outside the railing, then she said to the old man next to her, “I see that many jobs have disappeared in the past. Fortunately, the nursery is still here, and I won’t be unemployed in the future.”

Yu Yao was a kindergarten teacher before she traveled through time.

Although she was a rebellious girl when she was in school, she beat up male classmates and little hooligans and looked like she didn’t obey anyone every day, but after her grandmother passed away, she basically "turned over a new leaf" and followed her grandmother’s wishes to study hard for the college entrance examination, and then studied a major in early childhood education, and successfully became a kindergarten teacher who took care of children every day.

Three years after graduating from college, at a high school class reunion, they heard that she had become a kindergarten teacher. A group of classmates were stunned, as if struck by lightning, and refused to believe that the girl who often challenged other people to a fight had changed her mind to such an extent.

However, Yu Yao was not only just a kindergarten teacher but also the most popular teacher in their kindergarten. The children affectionately called her "Teacher Yu". The children in the two classes often cried bitterly in order to compete for Teacher Yu's affection.

Yu Yao calculated that almost every one of the children she had taught in the past was now old enough to be her elder.


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Chapter 08 - Tomb and Monument

Yang Yun stayed with Yu Yao for a few days and then prepared to go back. The couple’s young son took the child with them. During the couple’s son and his wife’s absence these days, the nanny had looked after their child. But now, the child had fallen ill, so Yan Yun and her old man were worried. In addition, Yang Yun herself was too excited these days and was not feeling well. The doctor she usually sees was not here, so Yu Yao asked them to go back directly.

Yang Yun held Yu Yao’s hand guiltily. “When the child recovers from illness, we will come to see you again and stay with you for a while longer.”

Yu Yao smiled and said, “It’s unnecessary. You old man should take care of yourself quickly. Don’t be tired of running around. If you miss me, I can just video chat with you. Now this video chat technology is simply immersive. I think this is pretty good.”

Grandma Yang Yun said flatly, “Do you dislike me for being old?”

It’s incredible… She’s a grandma now, but she’s still pouting like the little friend she met back then in kindergarten. Some people say that no matter how old a woman is, she is still a child in front of her lover, but Yu Yao feels that this is the same when applied to good friends. Looking at Yang Yun now, she is still a coquettish girl.

Yu Yao showed an unabashed look of disgust, but still she said, “How can I? I don’t even dislike Lao Jiang. How can I dislike my family, Ah Yun?”

Yang Yun looked at Yu Yao reluctantly before boarding the plane, “If only you could visit my house.”

This is not possible, because Yu Yao has a half-year observation period, and she cannot go abroad in the past six months.

“Ok, when I can go abroad, I will go to your house to see you.” Yu Yao said this, and Yang Yun became a little happier. When she was called away by her old man, she looked back at her reluctantly, as if she would never see her again. Yu Yao watched her good friend go away, thinking that Yang Yun might have thought of the day she disappeared many years ago.

Back then, not long before she went out to buy groceries, she received a call from Yang Yun. The two made an appointment to watch a newly released movie and go shopping. It was the same as many times before, but she disappeared that time. In the past forty years since she disappeared, except for Jiang Zhonglin, Yang Yun has also endured a lot of pain. Even if she doesn’t think about her all the time, as long as she thinks of her, her heart will definitely not be at ease.

Like a thorn stuck in the heart.

“Wait for me to see you!” Yu Yao suddenly shouted. Seeing Grandma Yang Yun jumping up over there and waving hard at her, she seemed very happy.

Yu Yao felt lucky for the first time since she time-traveled. Fortunately, it was only forty years. Fortunately, Jiang Zhonglin and Yang Yun were still there. She still had the opportunity to see them in her life. If she had traveled longer, she would not have dared to think about it. By then, everyone she knew would have become a pile of yellow earth with eternal regret, and she would not even be able to see them for the last time.

“Let’s go somewhere first.” Jiang Zhonglin drove away from the airport.

“Where to go?” Yu Yao looked at him suspiciously. He wouldn’t take her around looking back on her youth like Yang Yun did, would he?

It turned out that Jiang Zhonglin didn’t have that feeling. He first went to the flower shop to buy white chrysanthemums. Yu Yao understood, so she fell silent.

What he went to was not a cemetery but a monument to heroes and martyrs in Hai City. Because it was not a special day, there were not many people near the monument. Yu Yao stood in front of the monument. Jiang Zhonglin handed her the white chrysanthemum and said, “Father-in-law did not have a tombstone, and his ashes were buried behind this.”

Yu Yao looked at the huge monument expressionlessly and did not put down the white chrysanthemum in her hand.

“In the seventh year of your disappearance, he died while hunting down the criminals, and his colleagues brought me the last words he left behind.”

"I have never done a single evil thing in my life, and I have fought for ideals and justice all my life. Everyone says that I am a good police officer, but I am not proud of it. I’m very guilty, because in order to become such a good police officer, I failed to be a good husband and father. So I was separated from my wife and my daughter in this life; it’s a retribution. After I die, I will not be buried with my wife and daughter, and they may not want to see me."

“These are the words he left behind.” Jiang Zhonglin said.

Yu Yao moved her lips. She wanted to say sarcastically, "This man was quite self-aware," but when she looked at the cold stone tablet, she could not speak out.

She still remembers that when she was a child, she had a good relationship with her father. When she was in kindergarten, she often proudly told all her friends that her father was a big hero. Although he was not at home often, he occasionally couldn’t catch up with her parents’ meetings and birthdays, but her mother said that her father was saving people in trouble like Superman, so she forgave her father, who was always very busy.

Later, she grew up slowly and knew that her father was not a powerful superman. Most of what he did outside were trivial things that were not worth boasting about. He would take care of everything when the east family quarreled or when the west family lost something. When he took off the police uniform and returned home, he still could not be eased to be the pillar for their family. If there was anything happening in the neighborhood, he would help enthusiastically and throw his home aside.

Yu Yao’s dissatisfaction with her father began in elementary school. She watched her father help an unrelated neighbor move the gas tank, and at that time, their family also happened to need to change the gas tank. But it was her thin mother who carried the gas tank upstairs little by little, covered with sweat, alone. She thought, at that time, couldn’t her father see that they also needed him?

This was just a small thing, but the small things accumulated more and more and eventually broke out. And the breaking point was the death of her mother.

When Yu Yao first entered junior high school, her mother was pregnant with her second child, and her father was very happy and spent more time at home. Yu Yao lives at school and can only come back once a week. Every time she comes back, she sits next to her mother and looks at her belly. She is looking forward to the birth of her brother in her mother’s belly.

In the days when the due date was approaching, Yu Yao was worried, but his father said that he would take a few days off to stay at home and concentrate on taking care of her mother. But what about the result? As a result, when Yu Yao came home from vacation on the weekend, she opened the door happily, but the first thing she saw was her mother’s dead body.

She’s been dead for a day. Blood soaked half of her body, and long red drag marks ran from the toilet to the living room. Yu Yao could almost imagine how she accidentally fell into the toilet, struggled to crawl out despite the pain, and thought of calling for help in the living room. However, her health was not good. Perhaps she fell too hard and was exhausted, so she failed to make the call for help after trying her best. Later, she died quietly here.

The schoolbag in Yu Yao’s arm fell to the ground with the key. She jumped over and touched her mother’s cold body and her big, motionless belly. She shouted to her like crazy, but she wouldn’t give her any reaction, wouldn’t smile gently, and wouldn’t call her baby daughter. Red-eyed, she finds her mother’s cell phone in the gap in the sofa and calls her father.

No one answered over there. She cried and called three times before the other side was connected and her father’s voice came out.

“Where are you?” Yu Yao gritted her teeth and asked him.

Her father, on the other side of the phone, had a tired voice, and the background sound was noisy. He said, “What happened? You’re home? There is an emergency here, and I need to go to the office. I will go back at night…”

Yu Yao interrupted him and almost tore her throat and shouted, “Didn’t you say you wanted to take care of Mother at home? Didn’t you say you would be home to accompany her?!”

The person on the other side of the phone finally realized something was wrong and asked her, “What’s wrong? What’s wrong with your mother? Did she experience the symptoms of contractions?? You contact your grandma first; I’ll be there right away... right away.....”

Yu Yao hung up the phone. She never wants to hear a word from this man again, this liar! This liar who killed her mother and brother!

Later, she called her grandma, so her grandma and her uncle came to take care of the body. Her mother died of excessive blood loss after a coma, and the baby boy in her belly died of suffocation. When the man came back, he knelt down and cried loudly. She watched him cry so coldly without calling him "Dad".

After so many years, she never called him "Dad" again. She began to deliberately piss him off and refused to listen to him. She would do whatever he didn’t like and wanted him to die.

Well now, he’s really dead.

Yu Yao didn’t want to cry. Her emotions were very complicated, and she couldn’t speak.

Suddenly there was wind, rustling the trees on both sides. Yu Yao finally stepped forward, gently placed the bouquet of white chrysanthemums in front of the monument, and said, “You have been busy being a hero everywhere in your life, and in the end you died for the sake of being a hero. It can be regarded as completing your ideal life. Seek benevolence and gain benevolence. You got what you wanted. I won’t judge you. I hope you don’t regret it in the end.

He is a good man, she knows, but even if he died, she will not reconcile with him, and she will never come here again.

They each stick to their own and have no regrets.

The next destination is the cemetery, a long distance from the monument. There were still many white chrysanthemums in the car. Although Jiang Zhonglin didn’t say anything, Yu Yao almost guessed who he took her to see, so she took the initiative to hold those white chrysanthemums in her arms.

The first thing she saw was the tomb of Jiang Zhonglin’s parents. Yu Yao laid flowers for them, called them "Mom" and "Dad", and worshiped them three times. Jiang Zhonglin’s parents are a pair of open-minded parents with the unique temperament of high-level intellectuals, especially Jiang’s mother, who treats her very well.

There is also the tomb of her grandma. Grandma is Yu Yao’s favorite elder besides her mother. During the period after her mother’s death, she did not want to stay at home, so she went to live with her grandmother for half a year. If it were not for her uncle and aunt’s opinion, she might stay with Grandma for a long time. When she was in high school, her grandmother died of illness.

Next to it are her mother’s tomb and her own tomb.

Jiang Zhonglin watched quietly as she walked past the tombstones of her relatives and finally stopped at her own tombstone.

He said, “Father-in-law moved Mother-in-law and Grandma’s tombs to here when the old cemetery was relocated. Father-in-law also built your tomb in the fifth year after your disappearance...”

That man built a tombstone for her, while her husband still hung the news of her missing person for forty years later.

“I looked at this tombstone and thought it was weird.” Yu Yao wiped her tears and tried to make her voice as relaxed as possible.

“Um, come here today, in addition to letting you see your relatives, we also need to remove this tombstone first.” Jiang Zhonglin said.

Yu Yao said casually, “Just keep it; it will be useful in the future anyway.”

Jiang Zhonglin looked at her as if she were looking at a child who spoke unabashedly. She looked very serious and had a slightly reproachful tone. “Don’t say nonsense.”

Yu Yao: “. . .” She thought about how young Jiang Zhonglin would react; he would definitely frown and whisper, "You can’t say that". Even when he was angry, he was still soft and could laugh at the slightest teasing, without any deterrent power.

Very good, Jiang Zhonglin has indeed become much tougher as he gets older.


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Chapter 07 - Do You Still Cry When You Chop Onions?

Jiang Zhonglin put down the half-washed rice in his hand, turned around and looked at Yu Yao, and said, “It’s true, I’m very happy.”

Yu Yao: “Then why can’t I see it?”

Jiang Zhonglin understood what she meant and answered helplessly, “Maybe it’s because I’m already old, an old man. I’ve seen a lot of things, so I’m more stable than young people.”

Yu Yao was determined to find out what the old man in front of him was thinking. Standing at the door and confronting him, she asked aggressively, “Then do you still like me?”

Jiang Zhonglin is a very introverted person. Perhaps because of his family education and environment, he has been shy to say words like "like" or "love" since he was a child.

Yu Yao still remembers that before they got married, they went out on a date, and she jokingly asked him if he liked her. Jiang Zhonglin didn’t say anything for a long time, even though his eyes and actions were chasing her all the time, and the love in him couldn’t be hidden; he still couldn’t answer a word of love. She asked this question in the morning, but Jiang Zhonglin didn’t answer. He hesitated and fidgeted all day. When they parted in the evening, Jiang Zhonglin suddenly said that he liked her, which made her inexplicably unable to react. When she got home and thought about it, she realized that he answered the question a few hours ago in a subtle way... like a mimosa.

He was such an introverted man when he was young, and he became an even more introverted and steady old man when he was old. Faced with Yu Yao’s questioning, Teacher Jiang was really unable to resist. He stood in front of the pool for a long time without saying a word.

Yu Yao walked towards him. “Didn’t you wait for me for so long? Now that I’m back, don’t you have anything to say to me?”

In fact, Jiang Zhonglin didn’t wait deliberately, but he just couldn’t forget Yu Yao. When he came to his senses, he found that so many years had passed.

Jiang Zhonglin looked down and saw his hands. The loose skin of his hands put this sentence back in his heart.

Seeing that he didn’t speak, Yu Yao was furious and stepped forward to grab Jiang Zhonglin’s hand. Teacher Jiang was startled and subconsciously retracted his hand. Yu Yao yelled at him, “What are you doing! Can’t I touch my own husband?!”

Teacher Jiang thought for a moment that if he were ten years younger, Yu Yao would definitely not talk to him nicely now but would just kick him. Thinking of this, he didn’t know whether he should laugh.

“You can touch it.” He handed his hand back generously and said calmly, “But it’s not as pretty as when I was young, and my skin is wrinkled.”

Yu Yao held his hand and touched his face with the other hand. Jiang Zhonglin was not used to this kind of contact and subconsciously turned his head back again.

Yu Yao’s anger, which had finally been extinguished, came out again, and she continued to yell, “Why are you hiding!”

Teacher Jiang turned his head back silently. He lowered his eyes and looked at his wife, whose face had not changed in forty years, and felt the cool touch on his face. He was in a trance for a moment.

He remembered a fragment. After they got married, they took turns cooking. Generally, whoever had time would cook, and the cooking skills of both of them were almost acceptable. And when both of them were free, he was mostly the one cooking, because at this time Yu Yao would stay in the living room to play games. He doesn’t like onions, but Yu Yao does. The first time he bought onions, he didn’t know the huge power of onions when he cut them. He chopped so many onions that his tears fell. He couldn’t see clearly with his glasses, so he couldn’t wipe them with his hands. He had to raise his arm to wipe them. His glasses were almost wiped off.

As a newlywed couple, he was embarrassed to call Yu Yao in the living room to help. But at this time, Yu Yao, who was supposed to be playing games in the living room, appeared at the kitchen door. She took a look at his embarrassed look and said, “You must have not paid attention to how strong the onion's smell is. Nerds are nerds. They don’t have any life experience.”

As she said, she came over to wipe the tears from his face. The feeling of her fingers touching his face was like this.

It was as if time had gone back, as if the old scene was reappearing. He was still the young man who wanted to please his wife with his cooking skills. He was embarrassed by an onion, but when he lowered his head slightly and let his wife’s fingers touch his cheek, his heart was pounding.

Yu Yao’s fingers touched the white hair on Jiang Zhonglin’s temples. His hair seemed to have turned white earlier than others. Xu Xian, the old man in Yang Yun’s family, was a few years older than him, but he didn’t have as many white hairs as him.

Yu Yao felt a little sore in her heart. She put down her hand, but her other hand was still holding Jiang Zhonglin’s hand.

She suddenly looked at Jiang Zhonglin’s eyes seriously and asked him, “When I decided to marry you, Yang Yun was not very optimistic because you were three years younger than me and my father didn’t agree, but I still insisted on marrying you. Do you know why?”

Teacher Jiang, who had experienced ups and downs, was pulled by his young wife for a long time. He had quickly adapted to it and was able to take it easy.

He replied tactfully, “I thought it was because my father-in-law didn’t agree that you...” Yu Yao was blocked by him and choked a little. She got along badly with her father and was indeed happy to oppose him everywhere, but she was unhappy when Jiang Zhonglin said this about this issue. So she pinched Teacher Jiang’s hand very disrespectfully.

Although there was this reason, but—“It’s not the main reason.” Yu Yao pulled the corner of her mouth and brought the topic back.

Teacher Jiang sighed inwardly and was very tolerant of the young people’s anger. “I was wrong back then.”

Yu Yao said, “I’m marrying you because you like me.” In her more than 20 years of life, she has liked many things but never liked herself. She often feels that she has problems all over her body and there is nothing to like about her. So when she met Jiang Zhonglin and found out about his feelings for her, she was surprised and curious. She was curious about how long he could like her, so she agreed to marry him.

“Do you know what I mean by this?”

“...”

“What I mean is, if you don’t like me now, I will move out as soon as possible so that you don’t feel uncomfortable facing me.” If he doesn’t want to keep her now, she will really leave immediately.

Jiang Zhonglin moved the fingers held by Yu Yao. After a long while, he said, “Stay.”

“Okay.” Yu Yao smiled, “You should have said it earlier. You can’t get anything out of it.”

After she finished speaking, she crossed her arms and walked out. When she reached the kitchen door, she turned her head and said, “Now, I think old men are cute. They don’t feel weird to touch.”

After she left, Teacher Jiang turned around and continued to wash the rice. After washing it twice, he suddenly realized that he was verbally teased by Yu Yao just now.

Alas, young people. Teacher Jiang has taught so many students in his life and has encountered all kinds of difficult young people, but this is the only one he can’t handle. He was bullied by the young woman at this age; he couldn’t help but laugh.

Yu Yao is a very gentle person. Her gentleness is different from his, hidden under her casual behavior. What she said and did just now was just to express one meaning—"Let me be by your side".

Not everyone can accept a lover who suddenly grows old without any scruples. She just told him clearly that she accepted it.

It was so simple that it was a bit impulsive. But young people are like this. When they have love in their hearts, they can do anything for it.

Two days ago, he received that call. The young staff member told him that his wife had been found. For a moment, Jiang Zhonglin felt that he had misheard. He couldn’t understand what the person on the other end of the phone was saying. The teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and the water splashed on his shoes. He couldn’t help asking, “Did you just say...”

The staff on the other end of the phone repeated it. When he heard the words "Your wife, Yu Yao, is back", he couldn’t hear the rest of the words clearly and had to ask again. He had never found a sentence so difficult to understand. He could understand every word, but he didn’t understand the meaning.

He had thought about it thousands of times, but it never came true. When he gave up, it suddenly came. He sat down slowly in his wet slippers, listening to the voice on the other end of the phone.

“... Okay, then please come and pick up Ms. Yu as soon as possible. We will send you electronic information about the specific procedures...”

After he put down the phone, he sat there for a while before he felt the cold and wet touch on his feet. He got up to change his clothes. When he passed by the mirror, he couldn’t help but stop and look at himself. Looking at the old man in the mirror, Jiang Zhonglin thought to himself, how could she accept this old man with white hair?

He felt the sadness in the phrase "homesickness", but he still hurried to pick him up.

Before pushing open the door of the service center, he was still thinking, what if Yu Yao couldn’t accept it? Then he thought, there was nothing he could do if he couldn’t accept it. He was old, so what else could he do? At that moment, he had made all the preparations, ready to accept all of Yu Yao’s choices and reactions.

But when he opened the door and saw Yu Yao sitting there, he forgot all these things, took her home, and saw her lying on the sofa at home. His disordered heart had begun to calm down since he received the call.

In any case, Yu Yao was alive and well and did not suffer any hardship he had imagined. This was good.

He let go of a heavy burden that had been weighing on his mind for forty years.

His "heavy burden" was playing games outside at this moment, and the sound effects of swishing came into the kitchen, which was very rhythmic and lively.

The four words "heavy burden", without the heaviness, only the burden was left, still lingering in his heart, and he couldn’t let it go.

Jiang Zhonglin washed his hands and took out the onions to cut.

Yu Yao smelled the onion keenly in the living room. She jumped up, walked quietly to the kitchen door, and looked inside. She tiptoed twice and saw that old man Jiang turned his head and showed the goggles he was wearing.

Awesome, he was wearing goggles when cutting onions. Yu Yao quietly crumpled the tissue into a ball in her hand and returned to the living room as if nothing had happened. She threw the ball into the trash can, right in the middle.

“Am I still sleeping upstairs?” Yu Yao asked during dinner.

“Yes.” Teacher Jiang said, as if she didn’t understand what she meant.

“...Do people become stubborn old men when they get old?” Yu Yao threw her slippers under the table to Jiang Zhonglin.

Teacher Jiang glanced at the slippers that fell to his feet. The newly bought plush, grass-green slippers turned over. He swallowed the food in his mouth and answered good-temperedly, “Yes.”

Yu Yao scooped a large spoonful of onions for the stubborn old man opposite.


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