Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Invitation from the Alma Mater

“(⊙o⊙) Wow, Candy is amazing!”

Mo Jingchun used both his hands and feet to protect his sister Candy, fearing the little one, who wasn’t standing steadily, might fall headfirst into the scorching stove.

Zhou Yaling got up from her chair, squatted down, extended both hands, and tried to let Candy run into her arms along her hands.

Holding onto Mo Jingchun’s thigh, Candy hesitated after seeing Zhou Yaling’s call. The little one wanted to go over but was scared.

Eventually, fear won out. The little one chose not to run into Zhou Yaling’s embrace and instead walked back and forth along Mo Jingchun’s leg.

Candy is like a little ball of joy, bringing happiness wherever she goes.

Did you notice that everyone huddled around the stove to keep warm had their eyes focused on Candy’s tiny figure, all with smiles on their faces?

After lunch, my uncle wasn’t in a hurry to go home for once, probably because he knew my aunt wanted to stay at her parents’ house a bit longer, even if just for a few hours.

The leisurely uncle and the rest simply started playing poker.

In the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, and there was no wind outside. Mo Jingchun lazily basked in the sun with Candy in his arms, feeling quite content.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yaling was forcibly dragged into the courtyard by my aunt to do her homework while sunbathing.

To be honest, Mo Jingchun didn’t approve of doing homework under such circumstances. Not only is it bad for one’s eyesight, but the efficiency is also low.

With people playing poker inside and a group sunbathing outside, it would indeed be strange if Zhou Yaling could concentrate on her homework.

However, Mo Jingchun merely gave his sister Zhou Yaling a look to wish her good luck, with no intention of advising her.

Zhou Yaling was really frustrated, just as Mo Jingchun expected. She couldn’t concentrate at all. Even the simple math problems took her forever to solve, and the sun reflecting off the paper made her even more agitated.

Just then, Mo Jingchun’s phone rang.

He took out his phone and, to his surprise, saw it was from their homeroom teacher in high school, Old Yu, who had been with them for three years.

The call came through the home-issued SIM card, thankfully, Mo Jingchun hadn’t canceled it; otherwise, many people wouldn’t have been able to reach him.

Old Yu, full name Yu Yao, a senior physics teacher, was a skinny man in his forties with half a head of white hair and glasses.

For the past ten years, Old Yu had always been the homeroom teacher of the experimental class.

Without hesitation, Mo Jingchun immediately answered Old Yu’s call.

Before Mo Jingchun could speak, Old Yu laughed and said, “Mo Jingchun, Happy New Year! How’s college life at Jing University?”

“Old Yu, Happy New Year.” Mo Jingchun replied with a smile, “Old Yu, I knew from the start you were just painting a rosy picture for us. College life isn’t as carefree as you said; only the sleep schedule is more flexible.”

“Hahaha, it was all for your own good, you know.”

In school, everyone called him Old Yu. No one thought it was impolite. In Old Yu’s view, this actually brought him closer to the students.

Believe it or not, during the three years of high school, Old Yu didn’t live in the teacher’s dormitory but camped out and lived with the students.

They slept and woke up at the same time.

It could be said that Old Yu devoted most of his life to his students.

While Old Yu may have been a good teacher and a good homeroom teacher, he was not exactly an excellent father.

He owed his daughter a lot.

The only compensation was his request to the school to let his daughter audit the experimental class.

Yu Xiaowan, Old Yu’s daughter and Mo Jingchun’s classmate.

In every exam, she would lower the class’s average score in each subject by 0.5 points.

As her classmates, Mo Jingchun and the others could clearly feel there was an irreconcilable conflict between Yu Xiaowan and Old Yu.

At the worst point, Yu Xiaowan would talk back to Old Yu in class, leaving him speechless with anger.

On the phone, after chatting a bit about college life, Old Yu suddenly changed the topic, asking, “Mo Jingchun, are you free the day after tomorrow?”

“According to tradition, after the students return to school tomorrow, the day after tomorrow there’s a motivational assembly. You know, last year we invited your senior sister to give a speech to encourage you.”

Mo Jingchun understood what Old Yu meant. It was an invitation for him to cheer on the current batch of students in their final sprint.

“This year, the school wants you and Zhu Fengzhi from the liberal arts experimental class to cheer for the juniors.”

Such a great opportunity to show off can’t be missed, not to mention, Mo Jingchun was quite looking forward to seeing his little sister Zhou Yaling’s expression when he stood on stage the day after tomorrow.

Mo Jingchun glanced mischievously at his little sister Zhou Yaling and readily agreed to Old Yu’s request.

“No problem, Old Yu, I’ll be there on time the day after tomorrow.”

“Great, see you then. I’ll treat you to lunch.”

……

“Why are you looking at me? Not doing your homework, planning to copy someone else’s tomorrow at school?”

Zhou Yaling felt like her lungs were about to explode with anger. Other people’s brothers always took care of their sisters. Why did she end up with such an annoying one?

She just wanted to know who he was talking to on the phone. Was there a need to snap at her for no reason?

Perhaps it was an illusion, but when Zhou Yaling looked at Mo Jingchun earlier, it always seemed like he was sneering, making her shiver.

“Who cares about you? I was clearly looking at Candy.”

Mo Jingchun couldn’t be bothered to argue with his little sister Zhou Yaling. Hmm, let’s see if you’re still as defiant after the day after tomorrow.

With such poor grades, as a good brother, he ought to talk to his little sister’s homeroom teacher.

Such a great opportunity can’t be missed.

By mid-afternoon, Zhou Yaling didn’t even bother pretending to study anymore. She packed up her little desk, rolled her eyes, and took sleepy Candy from Mo Jingchun’s arms.

Initially, the little one was very unwilling after just waking up, but Zhou Yaling brought out some fruit. The little glutton couldn’t resist, abandoning any pretense of holding back.

“Get me an apple.”

“The fruit plate is so close, get it yourself.”

Zhou Yaling wasn’t going to help Mo Jingchun get it, since he kept annoying her all afternoon.

Mo Jingchun pouted, glanced at Zhou Yaling, and got up to get an apple from the fruit plate himself.

Just when he was about to take a bite, Mo Jingchun noticed the apple hadn’t been washed, and the label was still on it.

After washing it with the icy cold water, Mo Jingchun took a big bite, walked over to Zhou Yaling, and asked, “When are you going to school tomorrow?”

“Of course, I’m taking the bus in the morning. Why do you ask?”

“I remember there’s a bus in the afternoon too, why not go after lunch?”

“Obviously, it’s to…” copy homework at school tomorrow morning!

Zhou Yaling eyed Mo Jingchun warily, suspecting he was up to no good, trying to set her up again.

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