Chapter 34: Exclusive to Jinjiang 1/2

Carrying several large bags of snacks, Song Fuzhi returned to the classroom and was immediately surrounded by students.

“Teacher, the awards ceremony is about to begin!”

“Don’t bother searching; Teacher Song is already back.”

“Teacher, where did you go? We’ve been looking for you for so long!”

Song Fuzhi placed the snacks on a chair and smiled. “I went to buy rewards for you.”

The students exclaimed, swarming up.

Although these snacks were nothing special, the fact that their homeroom teacher personally bought them made it feel different!

“Thank you, Teacher Song!”

“Thank you, Kawaii!”

Song Fuzhi’s veins bulged. “…”

The mischievous students laughed and ran away.

Oh well, Teacher Song was loved and hated like that.

Although he was strict most of the time, during sports events, he worked hard to get first place. He even bought them snacks. Despite hearing his nickname, he didn’t get angry.

Children grabbed their favorite snacks, and Song Fuzhi looked at them, involuntarily smiling. He didn’t even know how gentle he looked when he smiled.

After watching for a while, Song Fuzhi seemed to sense something, looked up in a certain direction, and saw Shi Zhang standing under a tree on the edge of the playground, watching him. He immediately raised his hand and waved.

After all, this was a high school sports event, and victory belonged to the students and Song Fuzhi. Shi Zhang had no intention of stealing the spotlight; he just wanted to silently watch from the sidelines.

Professor Shi, standing nearby, looked like a parent eagerly waiting for their child after school.

Song Fuzhi smiled again.

Not having snacks for too long, the host stood on the stage and began to eloquently announce the awards for the sports event.

The students’ attention was immediately drawn, eagerly anticipating their most-awaited segment.

The awards ceremony started with individual awards and collective awards. The host droned on, and the lower-grade kids moved back and forth, making it seem like a long ordeal.

Finally finishing the first year, it was time for the second year, starting from third place.

When the neighboring class went up to receive the runner-up banner, the students erupted into cheers: “Warm congratulations to Class Four for winning second place!”

not too harmful, but highly insulting.

The students from the neighboring class walked off the stage, rolled their eyes at them, and said menacingly, “Next year we’ll compete again!… No, there’s no sports event in the third year, then let’s compare monthly test scores!”

When it came to the most anticipated moment, the host smiled and announced, “Now let’s welcome the champions of this year’s sports event, the second-year class group—Class Three of the second year! Please have the class representative come on stage to receive the award.”

Usually, it’s the physical education representative who goes on stage, and their class’s representative was a girl with healthy skin, her hair tied in a high ponytail.

She ran to the stage in a hurry, loudly asking the host, “Can our whole class come up?”

The girl’s voice was full of energy, audible to almost half the school, and everyone laughed.

The responsible teacher also laughed happily; this indicated that this class had a strong sense of collective honor and unity.

The teacher waved his hand and said, “Sure, everyone can come up.”

The physical education representative waved her hand, and the students immediately rushed onto the stage like a swarm of locusts.

Song Fuzhi found a good angle under the stage and lifted his camera, capturing everyone in the frame.

“What are you doing, Teacher Song?”

A male student stared, shouting in astonishment, “Come up quickly!”

Song Fuzhi was not used to being the center of attention. Holding the camera, he smiled faintly and said, “I’m here to take pictures for you.”

The students on stage immediately protested.

“Ah, no, this won’t do!”

“Half of our class’s effort for the championship came from you.”

“Someone, lift Little Fuzhi up here for me!”

The students were bold; they dared to call him anything!

Song Fuzhi hadn’t had a chance to reprimand anyone when a student jumped down from the stage and blinked at him, looking surprised.

Damn, it was challenging for Teacher Song to refuse.

Song Fuzhi looked at the students, resisted stubbornly, and said, “This belongs to all of you, in the first place.”

The students shouted with widened eyes, “It’s your first place too!”

In the midst of enthusiastic cheers, Song Fuzhi involuntarily turned to look at Shi Zhang in the distance, with a hint of seeking help. Shi Zhang smiled and gestured, encouraging him to quickly go on stage.

It seemed like he drew a lot of strength from this gesture, and he was also infected by the pure enthusiasm of the children. Finally, amidst the joyous crowd of students, Song Fuzhi stepped onto the award platform.

Winning over a homeroom teacher alone wasn’t enough; this group of wild monkeys was quite bold today, calling all the subject teachers present to join them on stage.

If they hadn’t reclaimed that one point in the team competition, they would have ended up with a tie with the neighboring class.

In Song Fuzhi’s hands were flowers given by Shi Zhang. A student asked, “Teacher Song, share your flowers with us!”

Unexpectedly, Song Fuzhi replied quickly and mercilessly, “No.”

The students laughed, calling Song teacher stingy and gossiping about who gave him the beautiful flowers.

“Not giving means not giving.” The song teacher was unusually stubborn.

The photography teacher below the stage said, “Come on, stand closer!”

The students surrounded Song Fuzhi in the center, like a circle of petals around a cluster of stamens.

“Three, two, one—yeah!”

Song Fuzhi was not used to facing the camera, and his facial expressions were not very gentle. However, when he was overwhelmed by the joyful and orderly voices of the children, the teacher couldn’t help but smile.

The sports day ended in the afternoon, and the students could go home directly to enjoy the Golden Week, equivalent to gaining half a day off.

The bright red banner was hung high at the front of the classroom as soon as they returned.

In the midst of chaos, Song Fuzhi tried to maintain a serious expression. “Don’t get too carried away during the break; when you come back, there will be monthly exams!”

However, not many people paid attention to him. They greeted him, saying, “Goodbye, Teacher Song. Have a happy holiday!”

And they fluttered away like wings.

Song Fuzhi finished various tasks, walked out, and Shi Zhang was leaning against the wall, waiting for him.

“Waited a long time,” Song Fuzhi said.

Shi Zhang chuckled twice. “Let’s go on vacation.”

The high-intensity work of this period finally came to an end.

Song Fuzhi was now slightly relaxed. Although his spirit was still in the excitement of the children’s victory, his body was eager for rest.

“All the camping stuff is packed,” Shi Zhang said as he sat in the driver’s seat. “I’ll drive; you take a break.”

Song Fuzhi fastened his seatbelt. “It’s okay; I’ll enjoy the scenery.”

“Oh, I remembered something,” Shi Zhang started the car, “Zhong Ziyan said in the group this afternoon that she would bring an extra person and a dog.”

“A dog?” Song Fuzhi was slightly surprised.

“We were surprised too,” Shi Zhang said, raising his eyebrows. “Zhong Ziyan has always been a lone ranger, and this time she actually said she would bring someone.”

As soon as Song Fuzhi heard this tone, he understood. He smiled and asked, “Zhong Ziyan has a boyfriend.”

“I don’t know. It’s not surprising whatever Zhong Ziyan does.”

With soothing music playing in the car, Song Fuzhi chatted with Shi Zhang casually.

After getting on the highway, the car speed stabilized, and Song Fuzhi didn’t know how he fell asleep, and he slept as if in a trance.

When Song Fuzhi woke up, he saw a brilliant golden sunset outside the window and vast green grass.

“We’ve just arrived,” Shi Zhang said. “We’re the earliest.”

Song Fuzhi raised the back of the chair, feeling a bit embarrassed. “I slept like a log.”

“Tired,” Shi Zhang rubbed his hair. “Go to bed early tonight.”

The second to arrive was Ouyang Xi’s family.

The little girl, with two thin ponytails, cheerfully jumped out of the car first. Seeing a handsome uncle she didn’t know in front of her, she suddenly became shy and hid behind her mom.

Chang An is a very knowledgeable woman. She greeted Song Fuzhi first in a dignified manner, then half-squatted and said to her daughter, “Xiaoyu, this is Uncle Shi’s husband, Song Fuzhi, Uncle Song.”

The little girl must have received a good family education. Although she was a bit shy, she was very polite and crisply said, “Hello, Uncle Song.”

Song Fuzhi greeted her with a smile and said, “Hello, Xiaoyu.”

They had met Ouyang Xi and Shi in a video call before. The two men casually said hi, and Ouyang Xi added, “Teacher Song looks even more handsome in person than in the video.”

Shi Zhang calmly interjected, “Indeed.”

Soon, Song Fuzhi became acquainted with them.

People with children easily find common ground with teachers. They talked endlessly about education, the current pressure on students, and various interest classes.

Shi Zhang, a researcher, couldn’t find a way to join the conversation. He squatted on the side, watching the ants move.

Xiaoyu asked in a low voice, “What are they talking about?”

Shi Zhang whispered, “I don’t know.”

An incredibly ostentatious G-Wagon stopped not far away. Ouyang Xi noticed: “Zhong Ziyan, you’re late!”

“Two minutes late also counts as late.”

Zhong Ziyan jumped out of the car, and her large waves swayed gracefully behind her.

She passed by everyone and first hugged Chang An, “An, long time no see.”

Chang An smiled and hugged her, then looked behind her and said, “You’re not introducing?”

Behind Zhong Ziyan was a tall boy in a white shirt and jeans. He had good body proportions, with faint traces of muscles on his arms. He had a pair of beautiful and shy peach blossom eyes, fair skin, and looked young and tender.