The library has always been a good place to hang out with children during summer vacation. Shenhai Library follows the trend and holds a week-long Children's Book Festival during this time every year.
The venue, known for its good looks, has a high space, ample lighting, and a cultural atmosphere. In the brightly colored children's library on the third floor, dozens of innocent and cute children are completing coloring at tables one after another in the company of adults.
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As one of the partners of the Children's Book Festival, Leading Media planned and hosted today's "Bookish Childlike Heart" themed event. Earlier, specially invited fairy tale writers had lively interactions with parents and children. Now it is the turn of one of Shenhai's best-known art teachers to teach on-site.
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A young mother in a white dress with fishbone braids is guiding her lovely daughter step by step to complete the painting. Zhang Moyan's eyes are condensed, her heartbeat is beating violently and her breathing is trembling. The warm light and shadow overlap in a trance, and a tender figure emerges from the depths of his memory.
In front of you.
"The leaves here haven't been painted yet. What color should the leaves be?"
"Use green!"
"Yes, flowers and leaves are both green! But there are many kinds of green here. Which one will you use?"
……
The bright sunshine around her suddenly turned into tender waves to embrace her, and the gentle whispers were like whispers across the sea water, intertwined with the hazy light and the unique fragrance of maternal love, silently forming a huge gravitational force pulling her forward.
Before.
Mom... Zhang Moyan's steps were about to lift several times.
"Damn it, Zhu Lili's boyfriend has a child! What do you think she wants to be a stepmother for?" Jin Xueyang, who was busy out of nowhere, appeared next to Zhang Moyan, chatting with her in a gossipy manner.
Complain.
Zhang Moyan's thoughts flashed back, and she suddenly felt a little light-headed and dizzy. She pinched the palm of her hand with her fingertips, then turned to signal to Jin Xueyang and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense. This kid is Lili's boyfriend's niece. I went to the ocean last week."
Park mentioned today's event to Lili, and she was very interested in helping the children sign up."
"You go to Ocean Park again? What's so good about jellyfish that makes you want to linger so much?"
"...It's boring..."
Jin Xueyang turned around and looked at the three people at Zhu Lili's table during Zhang Moyan's prevarication: "That's good! I'm afraid she'll be stupid. This little girl wasn't very smart before. But it seems that Zhu Lili and her boyfriend look alike.
Young couples with children are really envied by people who don’t know the situation.”
Hearing this, Zhang Moyan glanced at Jin Xueyang with some surprise and asked, "Are you envious too?"
She always thought that the children had no emotional needs.
Jin Xueyang looked back at her inexplicably: "What's that look in your eyes? Is it weird that I'm envious? On a day like this, when a child can run away at a young age, you touch your heart and say you're not envious?"
"Envy, envy." Zhang Moyan struck Jin Xueyang three times with his palm facing outward, begging for mercy.
Zhu Lili noticed four looks and raised her head to meet their gazes. Then she smiled and gave a few instructions to her boyfriend, got up and ran towards Jin Xueyang and Zhang Moyan energetically.
"Senior, senior! Are you looking for me?"
"I didn't look for you," Jin Xueyang smiled slightly, like a gentleman, "I said that you and your boyfriend and their children look like a family of three. Your senior sister said that I am so envious!"
Jin Xueyang's careless words made the two girls' faces turn slightly red. Zhang Moyan bit her lip and mouthed two words silently: Shut up!
"Ha, she's embarrassed," Jin Xueyang looked polite but was actually teasing. He spread his hands and said, "Pretend I didn't say anything!"
For a moment, Zhang Moyan really wanted to cover the documents in his hand with his mask of innocence.
Zhu Lili enthusiastically suggested: "Since senior sister likes children, the top priority is to find the father of the child first! Well, you can consider us seniors. Why don't you get together? Since you are both single? If you don't want to lose your wealth, you can just get together.
We are a couple. To be honest, many people thought you were a couple when you were in college..."
Zhang Moyan looked at Zhu Lili's lips that kept opening and closing strangely. Is this how you keep your fat and water from leaking to outsiders? Do you know that your senior, him... forget it, good friends have to keep secrets! (
Make a fist)
In short, she had the urge to cross her arms and cover Zhu Lili’s mouth.
"Hahaha, what a good idea, what a good idea!" Jin Xueyang and Zhang Moyan, who were almost laughing to death, looked at each other. The latter nodded, silently acknowledging his previous comment about Zhu Lili's lack of brains.
The sound of a microphone sounded from the speakers, and the art teacher on the podium announced that the children could take the completed works to get commemorative stamps. Zhu Lili said hello to Zhang Moyan and Jin Xueyang, and jumped back to help her boyfriend's niece continue to complete the work.
Jin Xueyang looked down at the time and said to Zhang Moyan: "We are not needed here for the time being. It's still early. There is a water bar on this floor. Let's go sit there for a while."
Organizing children's activities is more laborious than organizing adults' activities. Zhang Moyan was exhausted after working for a long time, so she agreed to Jin Xueyang's proposal.
"You've been worried a lot lately, haven't you?"
After the two of them took the good things and sat down, Jin Xueyang suddenly asked a question.
"Huh?" Zhang Moyan was confused.
Jin Xueyang swept a finger across the things in front of Zhang Moyan: "If you order so much, do you still plan to have dinner after get off work?"
Only then did Zhang Moyan realize that he had ordered frozen lemon tea, pork chop buns, and an egg waffle, which was indeed a lot.
"Oh, I ordered it and I'll eat it with you..." Zhang Moyan said covertly.
"Oh, it's rare. You've never ordered the same food as me. If something unusual happens, there must be a monster." Jin Xueyang was not sent away, and took the half-opened straw and circled her face twice through the air.
Looking at similar inquiries, he said, "I see that you have been distracted recently. Why, are you really worried that the editor-in-chief Lu Da's affairs will affect you?"
Jin Xueyang was talking about Lu Jie being criticized. In the last film and television app satisfaction evaluation, according to regulations, every department must participate and contribute, but as a result, the cultural group sent Zhang Moyan to help the entertainment group do the work. Originally, sesame seeds and mung beans were big.
But somehow the higher-ups found out about this trivial matter. The top management was furious and asked the HR director to have a heart-to-heart talk with Lu Jie to resolve the ideological issues. After that, Editor-in-Chief Lu Da’s life became very difficult.
"Our new editor-in-chief is not a vegetarian. How long has he been here? With one move, Editor-in-Chief Lu's status has been greatly reduced! With time, it will be just around the corner for the cultural group to take over the entertainment group!" Jin Xueyang sighed and then changed the topic, "You
She was really careless, she did whatever she was asked to do, and she fell into a trap! Now the work unit is rectifying work and discipline, and this incident has become a typical example. After all, Lu Jie is still useful in the work unit, and they won't really do anything to her.
Like this, but there must be an explanation for this matter... So I estimate that 80% of the time you will take the blame. The wisest thing you can do now is to resign and find another job before the criticism is over. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to find a job after the punishment is over.
Find it!"
Zhang Moyan hadn't thought about what Jin Xueyang said. She took a bite of the pork chop bun and nodded: "Okay."
Jin Xueyang was stunned by Zhang Moyan's attitude of accepting the remonstrance. He cleared his throat and softened his tone: "My point is not to say that you are wrong. Don't..."
"I know," Zhang Moyan slightly curved her lips, holding the pork chop bag and looking at Jin Xueyang with relief, "It's normal for an ordinary person like me to have a rough life."
Jin Xueyang was speechless. Looking at Zhang Moyan who looked like a cold camellia, he slowly pulled out the last bit of the straw and inserted it into his glass of fresh orange juice.
"I don't care too much about work," Zhang Moyan pushed the egg waffle towards Jin Xueyang, "Don't worry about me, just eat it!"
"...Oh?" Jin Xueyang stared at Zhang Moyan carefully and took the egg waffle, "Then you have something else on your mind?" Read a book
Zhang Moyan was silent, neither admitting nor denying.
Jin Xueyang didn't push him, and kept chewing on the egg waffles. Years of experience told him that the more he pushed someone, the less likely he would say anything.
"Xiao Xingyu bought the house across from me and lived in it." Zhang Moyan covered up the turmoil in his heart and said as calmly as possible.
"What?!" Jin Xueyang almost choked, "Ahem, I'll go, is it true or not? Ahem..."
Zhang Moyan quickly handed the orange juice to Jin Xueyang, who was coughing and almost breathless: "Are you okay? Take a drink of water!"
Jin Xueyang sucked a tube of orange juice and swallowed it down his throat. Without taking a breath, he asked: "When did this happen?"
Zhang Moyan: "I'm not sure when he moved here. It should have been a while, but I only found out last week."
"Then Teacher Xiao really cares about you," Jin Xueyang continued, "How do you feel now?"
Zhang Moyan was stunned. After a few seconds, she lowered her long and thick eyelashes and told the truth: "I told him that we are not suitable. It is impossible."
"Did you tell him this directly?"
"Yeah."
"Holy shit..." Xueyang expressed his shock with two words, and then asked, "Then what was his reaction? Did he tear up the real estate deed and move out overnight?"
Zhang Moyan shook his head: "He said the future is long."
"The days are long?" Jin Xueyang chewed on these four words, "Then has he taken any action against you these days? For example, wait for the door, ask for help, harass you, etc.?"
Zhang Moyan resisted the desire to roll his eyes but still shook his head: "No, he is just like an ordinary neighbor. In so many days, I only met him once when I went out to work the day before yesterday."
"What about him?"
How's it going? Zhang Moyan thought of Xiao Xingyu's big-name look the day before yesterday, wearing sunglasses and turning the car keys. Every cell exuded a temperament that was incompatible with the room in the old school district. He didn't speak for a long time, and then said in a simple sentence: "
Just said hello."
"What hello?"
"Just 'morning'."
Jin Xueyang maintained a posture of listening carefully for a minute, and suddenly realized: "Just 'morning'? One word? And then it disappeared?"
Zhang Moyan felt condemned in Jin Xueyang's demeanor and tone. She didn't want to admit it, but she couldn't avoid Jin Xueyang's glare, so she had to admit it obediently: "Yeah."
Jin Xueyang was speechless and didn't speak for a long time. He stared at Zhang Moyan for a long time and then asked: "Did he continue to live across from you the day before yesterday and yesterday?"
"Yes... I heard the sound of him closing the door. He comes back very late every day, but I recognize the sound of his footsteps."
Jin Xueyang narrowed his eyes suspiciously as he listened, and Zhang Moyan gradually felt that something was wrong with him, and his cheeks felt a little warm.
"That means he hasn't given up yet," Jin Xueyang tore off a small piece of egg waffle, "Didn't you say that your two families had a grudge that didn't come to fruition? Teacher Xiao, why don't you just turn your back on things and try to make ends meet... What should you do?" p>
Zhang Moyan lowered his head and sighed silently.
"How about I sacrifice myself for once," Jin Xueyang's face looked as solemn as if he were about to die, "and date you for a while? From today on, I will send you home after get off work every day and cook at your house. If the plot requires, I can also spend the night at your house. ”
Jin Xueyang thought he would get a big look from Zhang Moyan right away, but the other party was silent. After a while, she declined, and said in a low tone: "No... I want to wait a little longer."
"Wait?...What are you waiting for?" Jin Xueyang asked with a frown.
Zhang Moyan said nothing, silently lowering his head and looking out of focus.
She couldn't express her thoughts. She said that sentence subconsciously, and she didn't know what she was waiting for.
Wait for the days to return to their former calm, or wait for them to never be calm again.