Chapter 157: The Reunion
[Class 7 High School Student Passionate Chat Room]
Ji Chen: National Day, are we gathering?
[Jiang Yiming]: 1
[Yin Jiali]: Aren’t you in Beijing?
Ji Chen: We have a twelve-day holiday. Are you envious?
Ji Chen: Coming? @Ruan Xi
The old class president knew very well that if the popular people came, the others would be more interested in participating.
[Ruan Xi]: Don’t be noisy. I’m sleeping with Teacher Tong.
Ji Chen: You can never wake up a…
Faced with the teasing, Ruan Xi got up, held Tong Yao’s hand, and then took a picture and sent it to the group.
“Here.”
In the photo were two hands, intertwined with ten fingers, full of a post-coital feeling.
Ji Chen: I don’t believe this is Teacher Tong’s hand!
[Ruan Xi]: Whatever you want.
“What are you doing?” the person beside her said as if in a dream.
It was eight in the morning. For Tong Yao, it was already considered sleeping in.
“Nothing,” Ruan Xi lay down, her legs wrapped around Tong Yao’s. “Ji Chen is organizing a class reunion.”
“In Changsha?”
“Mhm.”
“Then are you going?” Tong Yao rubbed her eyes, tried, and failed to get up. “High school classmates are still very good.”
“I think so too,” Ruan Xi arched her back on the bed, snuggled up to Tong Yao, and wrapped her arms around her. “Yao Yao should go too.”
“Me? I’m a teacher, so I won’t join in the fun… so you guys won’t be restrained.”
“How could we be restrained?” the young girl giggled. “We’ve all graduated. Now you’re a family member, not a teacher.”
Family member…
Tong Yao felt that if she attended the reunion with this identity and faced her former students, she would have no face to see anyone.
“Don’t you dare say I’m a family member…” she said in a small voice.
“Then is Yao Yao going to participate?” The young girl was just joking and gently bit Tong Yao’s shoulder. “Accompany me.”
She trembled. “They didn’t invite me…”
“They’re probably dying for you to go,” Ruan Xi took out her phone and asked directly in the group.
[Ruan Xi]: Shall I ask Teacher Tong if she’s free to come?
A flood of “yes” spammed the screen.
Ruan Xi shook her phone and smiled. “See, you’re very popular.”
“Mhm,” Tong Yao was a little embarrassed. “Then let’s go.”
The date of the reunion was set for National Day, and the meeting place was at the school gate of No. 1 High. On that day, Tong Yao sent Dongyang to Jiang Wu’s place, and then drove to No. 1 High with the young girl. A beautiful car and a beautiful woman, dazzling. As soon as the car door opened, it attracted all eyes.
“Hello everyone,” she said with a smile, her skirt swaying with the wind.
“Hello, teacher!” everyone responded.
Tong Yao found that several people were staring at her hand.
What’s going on?
Ji Chen stared at Ruan Xi, who had gotten out of the car with Tong Yao, his eyes full of resentment—no one had thought that Ruan Xi could win over Teacher Tong, so their hearts were mostly filled with pity and encouragement. Now, the two of them seemed to have really succeeded, and their hearts were instantly filled with jealousy, envy, and hatred.
We’re all classmates from the same class. How did you become the teacher’s wife?
If I had worked a little harder back then, could I have also won over Teacher Tong?
“Teacher Tong, let me tell you,” Ruan Xi patted Ji Chen’s shoulder, her smile sly. “Ji Xianchong has a girlfriend now, and she’s a senior.”
“Really?” Tong Yao was surprised. “That was fast.”
It was not strange for a high-quality boy like Ji Chen to find a girlfriend.
However, the “admiration” and “I’ll never meet such an outstanding woman as you again” he had said during the graduation toast were indeed a child’s joke.
“No, damn it,” Ji Chen was very embarrassed. “I haven’t agreed yet!”
He glared at Ruan Xi—you’ve already succeeded, do you have to wipe them all out!
He was very concerned about his image in Teacher Tong’s eyes.
But Ruan Xi gave him a “yay” gesture—she wished she could tell Teacher Tong that the others were not reliable, and that she was the only one who truly loved her.
Less than fifteen people came to the reunion. The others were either busy with their own affairs, or were far away in other places. There were also some who were not attached to their high school friendships and were looking forward to a brand new life.
“What’s for lunch?”
“Let’s go for hot pot skewers.”
“OKOK.”
A group of people walked towards the restaurant, chatting as they walked, asking about each other’s recent situation and reminiscing about the past. Jiang Yiming walked at the end of the line, talking dirty with Xu Hao, but his eyes couldn’t help but glance at Ruan Xi’s side. After graduation, he had nothing to do, and he would stay in his dorm playing games all day. His ambition was gone, and his passion had cooled. And his former desk mate was still so outstanding that he had lost all his courage to even strike up a conversation.
“Jiang Yiming, what have you been up to recently?”
His eyes widened. Ruan Xi in front was looking back at him, having the same conversation they had had countless times at school.
“…Nothing, just playing games.”
Uncomfortable, unable to let go. In front of the girl he liked, his tongue was several levels clumsier.
“Oh, that’s like you,” Ruan Xi smiled, turned her head back, and went to walk next to Tong Yao.
When they arrived at the restaurant, a group of people sat at several tables, and the boys even ordered beer. In the center of the table was a split hot pot, one side spicy and the other mild. Tong Yao actually didn’t like to come to this kind of skewer restaurant, because it was too much trouble to cook a few skewers at a time. It was not as convenient as directly ordering dishes.
Everyone went to choose the skewers they wanted to eat, and everyone had a small iron bucket for the skewers. And the young girl picked up her and her bucket and said, “What do you want to eat? I’ll go get it for you.”
“I have to see what skewers there are to choose from,” Tong Yao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Let’s go choose together.”
Ruan Xi was naturally more than happy.
Pork, beef, meatballs, fish tofu… Tong Yao was choosing when suddenly, a weight was added to her shoulder. She turned her head and found that the young girl was standing next to her, her head resting on her shoulder, the meaning of her spoiled act all too clear.
But, there were all acquaintances here. Tong Yao’s face turned red, and she shook her shoulder, but not with much force.
“Don’t be like this.”
“I insist.”
She even rubbed against her.
“You… sigh.” Unable to do anything about Ruan Xi, Tong Yao quickened her pace of picking skewers, then walked away and returned to her seat, only to find that everyone else was looking at them with a sly smile.
“Teacher Tong, are you two really together?” a girl asked with a gossipy face.
This question put Tong Yao in a difficult position. To tell the truth, if it got out, the impact might not be good. If she didn’t admit it, she might hurt the young girl’s heart.
Just as she was struggling, Ruan Xi sat down, brushed aside her hair, scratched her ear, and showed a shy smile.
“I’m still pursuing her. You guys, don’t cause trouble.”
“Oh—” everyone suddenly understood.
“Then Teacher Tong, what do you think of our Ruan Xi?” another girl shouted, not afraid of causing a scene.
“Huh? I… I think…” Tong Yao, who was completely unprepared, was almost dizzy from the questions. She scanned the table and said in a small voice, “She’s pretty good.”
“Ooh,” everyone started to discuss. “Ruan Xi, you have a chance.”
“If you guys keep teasing Teacher Tong, I won’t have a chance,” Ruan Xi said with a feigned scolding tone.
In the midst of the laughter, Tong Yao silently picked up the peanuts on the plate, her eyes reflecting the versatile young girl. Why do they have to hide their relationship? Mainly… it was because of her. She was a mature teacher, and dating an immature student of the same sex might affect the student’s values. If the parents found out and asked her to be replaced, she could also accept it calmly.
She didn’t blame anyone. To be fair, if in the future she knew that Dongyang’s teacher had dated a student, then she would not be willing to let Dongyang into that class and would also be worried that Dongyang would be tricked by someone with much more experience and knowledge than a student. Whose child is not their parents’ treasure?
Those who knew her and Ruan Ruan might say that this was some kind of epic, divine love. But the parents who didn’t know them would only spit on them. No one would bet their child’s life on a teacher’s character.
“Teacher Tong, I’ll cook for you,” the young girl’s hand reached over from in front of her and put the skewers into the pot.
Ruan Xi said, “You just have to eat.”
She was taken aback for a moment and gave an embarrassed “mhm.”
“Ji Chen, are you still playing soccer?” The boys were drinking beer and started to chat.
“Not anymore,” Ji Chen waved his hand. “I played a few games and found it boring. I found that I don’t like playing soccer, but I like playing with you guys.”
“Damn, so cheesy,” Jiang Yiming drank a mouthful of beer and put the cup down hard. “Although I feel the same way.”
The skewers were cooked. The young girl took out her and Tong Yao’s portion and put them on a plate.
“Have a taste.”
Tong Yao took a skewer of fish tofu, dipped it in some seasoning, blew on it a few times, and took a bite.
“It’s quite delicious.”
“Then eat more,” Ruan Xi went to cook more fish tofu.
“Hey, no need for now. We’ll talk after we finish eating. You eat too,” she pulled the young girl and didn’t let her continue to be busy.
Ruan Xi blinked, stared at the skewer in her hand, and opened her mouth.
“Ah—”
The conversation of the others suddenly became quieter.
It really did become quieter. Everyone was secretly looking over, and they all continued their original topics with a wandering mind, for fear of startling the snake. Just like a photographer who wants to capture a wonderful picture, they just wanted to watch, not to disturb.
Tong Yao noticed the surroundings. It seemed that no one was paying attention to them. She sighed in her heart.
So fake.
She hesitated for a moment, put the skewer horizontally to the young girl’s mouth, let Ruan Xi bite a piece of fish tofu, and then she slowly pulled the skewer out. Seeing Ruan Ruan eating happily, she thought again, I’ve already fed her. It doesn’t matter if I feed her a few more times. And so, she held the skewer horizontally, let the young girl eat the remaining fish tofu, her eyes gentle, the water in them softening the hearts of the onlookers.
Ruan Xi curled her lips, her hands directly on Tong Yao’s thighs, her chin slightly raised.
This is a public display of affection!
The onlookers were a little hurt. If this were a man and a woman, they would have found it an eyesore long ago. But this was two girls, and even their public display of affection only made people envious, feeling that it was both healing and pleasing to the eye.
After dinner, they played a few rounds of Werewolf. A careful person found that Tong Yao and Ruan Xi only had one hand on the table. So they went to the back to take a peek under the pretext of buying drinks, only to find that Teacher Tong’s hand was on the chair, with Ruan Xi’s hand pressing on it.
“Shall we go sing K?” someone suggested after dinner.
A class reunion has only these three tricks. No one refused.
Inside the private room, Ruan Xi was even more unrestrained. The young girl didn’t like to sing and spent the whole time lying on Tong Yao’s lap, enjoying it. And Tong Yao sang well, so someone would always put the microphone in her hand. And so, she would sing while stroking the young girl on her lap.
The people around were used to their intimacy—they’re like this, and they still say they’re not together? Who are they kidding!
Everyone had a tacit understanding of the reason why they didn’t admit it and didn’t dwell on it. They just pretended that nothing had happened and silently wished them well.
In the middle, the young girl even got up and gave out the internal test codes to the people in the private room who were interested in games.
“Ruan Xi, you’ve even invested in a game? You’re not drawing manga anymore?”
“I’m still drawing,” Ruan Xi said with a smile. “If you have time, you can also go and see my manga. It would be best if you could recommend it to people who like to read manga. Please!”
Everyone said okay.
But, they also lamented in their hearts, we’re all classmates. How did the gap become so big?
And in Tong Yao’s eyes, the Ruan Xi at this moment was shining.
