Chapter 227: Chapter 225: Games and Movies

“Hello, hello.” The teacher relaxed, shook Ling Chengyan’s hand, and said, “Wang Hongling is a very diligent and hardworking student. When the course first started, her foundation was a bit weak, but her exam scores have improved significantly this year. She can score over seventy in all subjects now. With another half year of hard study, getting into the top ten in the class won’t be a problem.”

“Thanks to the teachers’ hard work and dedication. Thank you, teacher.” Ling Chengyan sincerely thanked on behalf of the parents.

The teacher felt a bit embarrassed by the praise, waved his hand, and seeing Wang Hongling come out of the classroom, quickly waved goodbye and went back.

“Fourth Aunt, you’ve been here for a while?” Hongling was happy to see Ling Chengyan as soon as she came out and hurried over.

Ling Chengyan smiled, took the backpack from her hand: “I just arrived, let’s go.”

Hongling nodded with a smile, waved goodbye to the two female classmates, and walked out with Ling Chengyan.

Hongling didn’t know that Ling Chengyan waited for her all night. On the way back, Ling Chengyan casually and relaxedly talked with Hongling about school matters, and Hongling was happy to talk to her Fourth Aunt about this relatively informal school. Ling Chengyan listened to her cheerful and relaxed tone, confirming that Hongling hadn’t been influenced by the troublemakers, she refrained from probing too deeply.

The next day, when Ling Chengyan arrived at the camp, Xu Dong showed her a draft of a fellowship activity plan he had prepared.

Ling Chengyan glanced over it, seeing Xu Dong’s listed ’projects’, she couldn’t help but laugh: “Are you really planning this kind of competitive training? Dragging the young girls out to the chilly spring to watch a bunch of big guys stupidly sweating, rolling around like dirt monkeys?”

Xu Dong looked at Ling Chengyan, puzzled: “Isn’t that what you meant?”

“No, Commander, you say beauties love heroes…”

Ling Chengyan shook her head with a smile, pulled a chair over, motioned Xu Dong to sit down, poured a cup of tea for both of them, then spoke leisurely: “Showcasing our strengths and specialties doesn’t mean really scheduling a five-kilometer cross-country, four-hundred-meter obstacle course. What we’re hosting is a ’fellowship’, and since it’s a fellowship, we can’t leave the young girls sitting on the sidelines with nothing to do.”

She raised her hand to stop Xu Dong from speaking and continued: “Our guys aren’t good at sweet-talking, so they need to showcase their reliability and strength, but we can’t just have them engage in competitive training? Think about designing some projects that let the young girls participate as well… For instance, including the four-hundred-meter obstacle wouldn’t be impossible, but you could arrange for our guys to team up with the girls and participate together…”

Xu Dong finally couldn’t help but roll his eyes: “Commander, not every woman is like you.”

“Hmm?” Ling Chengyan looked up at him, startling Xu Dong, who hurriedly regained his composure.

He quickly added, “No, I didn’t mean it that way. I mean, the young girls come dressed up nicely to attend the fellowship, and we drag them into obstacle races? You just said they’d look like dirt monkeys rolling around…”

Ling Chengyan looked at Xu Dong again and said calmly, “I was just giving an example, not actually confirming this project. You should think it over some more and come up with activities that both enhance understanding and showcase our strengths and skills.”

Saying this, Ling Chengyan directly handed Xu Dong the tea mug.

Xu Dong held the tea mug in a daze. Ling Chengyan didn’t pay attention to him, starting to write the unfinished training plan for next month.

After about twenty minutes, Xu Dong suddenly put the tea mug on the table and jumped up: “Commander, just kill me already!”

His sudden outburst almost ruined the draft Ling Chengyan was writing. She looked up, half angry and half amused, and said: “Will killing you solve the problem?”

“No!” Xu Dong sat down dejectedly, drank the now-cold water in several gulps, then said, “Commander, do you have any ideas? Can you give me a hint?”

Ling Chengyan pointed outside: “Three heads are better than one. There are so many people out there, why don’t you gather their opinions?”

Xu Dong looked outside and hesitated: “Those people, are they up to it?”

“Yes, go ahead.” Ling Chengyan affirmed confidently.

Sure enough, when Xu Dong went outside, he gleaned quite a lot. Before leaving work in the afternoon, Xu Dong enthusiastically returned with the plan.

Ling Chengyan glanced at it, genuinely surprised, “Looks good. Try it out with a few people tonight.”

In these kinds of things, the difficulty lies in designing the activities. Once the framework for the game is in place, modifying any unsuitable details becomes much easier, something Xu Dong can handle.

“Yes, rest assured, Commander, I will complete the task.” Xu Dong agreed readily, his smile never fading.

Ling Chengyan got home to find Wang Liansheng had already prepared the meal.

While eating, Ling Chengyan suggested Wang Liansheng go to the Ling Family first, while she escorted Hongling to her class and then join him.

Wang Liansheng wanted her to go first, offering to take Hongling, but Ling Chengyan refused with a wave.

This time when Ling Chengyan went to take Hongling, Hongling didn’t refuse but actively took the bicycle to give her Fourth Aunt a ride. Ling Chengyan didn’t refuse and cooperatively sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

She changed into a casual outfit, a relatively plain indigo corduroy cotton coat, sitting on the back of the bicycle. From the front, her appearance wasn’t visible, but her figure looked no different from a young girl.

Wang Liansheng watched the two ride off, smiling and shaking his head before mounting his bicycle to head to the small courtyard where the Ling Family lived.

With time to spare today, Hongling didn’t ride too fast. They chatted along the way to school, just in time to see Uncle Yang tidying up coal blocks at the entrance of the office. Ling Chengyan jumped off the bike and greeted him. Uncle Yang paused before smiling: “You changed your outfit, I almost didn’t recognize you.”

While exchanging pleasantries, Hongling met two female classmates going to class, prompting her to suggest to her Fourth Aunt to leave, so she could walk with her classmates.

Ling Chengyan didn’t say much, watching the three girls walk a distance away. Suddenly, she said to Uncle Yang: “That child’s pen is in my pocket, I forgot to give it to her.”

As she spoke, she greeted Uncle Yang, mounted the bike, and chased after Hongling’s figure in the distance.

From ten or so steps away, she could already hear the voices of the three girls ahead.

The girl with long braids to the right looked at Hongling, her voice full of envy: “Hongling, your aunt is so good to you, buying you such a pretty scarf and sending you to class every day.”

Hongling’s voice was joyful: “Yes, my Fourth Aunt is very good to me. And my Second Aunt is as well, she knitted my sweaters and pants, and also my brother’s.”

“You’re so lucky to have two aunts so good to you… By the way, you mentioned your Second Aunt and Fourth Aunt, what about your Third Aunt? Do you have a Fifth and Sixth Aunt?”

Hongling pursed her lips and said: “My Third Aunt is my cousin’s wife…”

Her answer hinted without saying much, yet provided an explanation: she’s not directly related, so it’s normal she isn’t treated well; yet she didn’t mention that her Fourth Aunt isn’t directly related either but treats her siblings as if they were her own.

The three girls talked as they reached the corner of the classroom when suddenly, someone emerged from the shadows behind the building, quickly coming up to them: “Wang Hongling, I bought movie tickets. Let’s go see a film.”

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