Chapter 109 The Cafeteria: "A Question You Already Know the Answer To."

Chapter 109 The Cafeteria: "A Question You Already Know the Answer To."

Do you really like them?

The four students who had just finished writing their names widened their eyes slightly and quickly looked at their names again.

While waiting, Ye Hantao inadvertently heard the sound of paper being torn beside her; Cheng Zhao had torn a page from a blank notebook.

Through the paper, you can see the ink marks.

Ye Hantao's heart skipped a beat.

Cheng Zhao turned his head to meet her gaze, "Could we talk about this later?"

"...?"

In a flash, Ye Hantao realized that Cheng Zhao meant to tell him face-to-face that he really liked him.

She looked away from Cheng Zhao's pale blue eyes and said succinctly, "Whatever you say."

The seemingly perfunctory answer reassured Cheng Zhao, easing most of the anxiety that had been weighing on his mind.

He stared at it for a few seconds, then lowered his head and neatly folded the torn piece of paper.

After a moment, he chuckled lightly and said, "Don't let them hear."

Ye Hantao understood the seemingly random sentence.

Ye Hantao touched her ear, then stretched out her hand, "Give me back my pen."

Cheng Zhao returned the pen while glancing at people.

"..." Ye Hantao felt that the gaze was too intense. Did it make any difference whether the audience was listening or not?

He originally wanted to write two words on the paper, but Cheng Zhao stared at him, and he couldn't put pen to paper for a long time.

【Aa ...

What are you all 'ahhhhh'ing about?

[I swear I heard you right! Cheng Zhao said they shouldn't listen!]

[What's he hiding from us?! Is he trying to confess his feelings secretly?!]

【Are you guys all ears?】

[Peach blushed (hehe.jpg)]

[What he wrote on the paper was probably Ye Hantao!!!]

I bet 100%!

I guessed it from the moment he borrowed the pen from Ye Hantao!

Do you think Ye Hantao will write Cheng Zhao's name?

The family members watching from outside the screen found Cheng Zhao's smug and obnoxious demeanor particularly displeasing.

The key thing is that Tao Tao's maternal grandfather called yesterday, saying that Grandpa Cheng wanted to play chess and have tea with him.

Before even playing chess or drinking tea, they were already talking about a childhood betrothal.

"?!?!" Xie Bairong retorted on the spot, "Feudal dregs! Our kids never go back to their old friends."

Grandpa Cheng: "What's the point of going back if you didn't even get to eat the grass in the first place? If all else fails, let Cheng Zhao follow your example and marry into the family."

When Xie Bairong got home, he called Zhou Ti and gave his old friend of several decades, Grandpa Cheng, a good scolding.

Zhou Ti felt a headache coming on when she thought about her father's attitude. She glanced at Zhou Yi, who was typing emails on his tablet.

"What are you doing?"

"Let them develop a talent support plan. If it really helps them succeed, Tao Tao will be happy too."

As for the people to be supported, Zhou Ti knew without asking that it would be the students taught by Tao Tao, or perhaps the entire school.

The necessary funds and connections can be obtained by Zhou Yi on his own without their help.

Zhou Yi and his subordinates only explained the initial range of candidates.

When his whole family can openly introduce Tao Tao to the world, he plans to add all the fans who have already reached the maximum level in Tao Tao's super topic.

Fans can participate if they want, or it's okay if they don't.

Zhou Yi simply wanted Tao Tao to be happy.

Of course, he is also willing to do something for the fans who have supported Tao Tao from beginning to end.

Especially those fans who were already fans of Tao Tao before it was revealed that Tao Tao's older brother was Maze.

With such good taste, one must be very outstanding.

Ye Weizheng suggested, "In addition to Velvion, let's add Guang Sheng and Rong Feng to the support group as well."

The former refers to the Zhou family's assets that Zhou Ti inherited, while the latter refers to the Ye family's assets that he seized.

Zhou Yi paused for a moment, then asked, "If this plan is delayed any further, will Dingxin join in?"

Ye Weizheng & Zhou Ti: "..."

In the activity room, after a brief moment of stunned silence, the round-faced little girl seemed to have made up her mind and stood up from her seat.

She ran briskly to the other group, hugged her best friend with short, ear-length hair tightly, and said in a clear voice, "I like you very much!"

Feeling a little uncomfortable being hugged by her best friend in front of everyone, the short-haired girl still reached out to hug back, her cheeks flushed as she firmly declared, "I like you too!"

The two were neighbors in the village, went to elementary school and junior high school together, and were each other's most important friends.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaofeng grinned.

Su Yi'ang put his arm around Wu Xia's shoulder and said proudly, "He's also my best friend!"

Amidst laughter, Jin Shiyue gazed at the two girls embracing, then, almost unconsciously, looked towards He Qiang, who was teaching students to draw.

He Qiang was also looking at the two girls in the middle.

Before He Qiang could notice and look back, Jin Shiyue quickly turned her head away.

He has plenty of friends, so he doesn't need He Qiang at all!

Ye Hantao's gaze returned to the three students sitting in place.

She leaned closer and said, "Wang Sen wrote that he ...

As Ye Hantao read out each name, Cheng Zhao gently stroked the folded paper with his fingertips.

Ye Hantao.

He thought to himself, Cheng Zhao wrote that Ye Hantao was the name of his classmate.

"Wang Sen, Teacher Xin is over there." Ye Hantao pointed in the direction behind the group.

There was a middle-aged teacher there, wearing glasses and a faded blue short-sleeved shirt. "Are you going to see Teacher Xin?"

Wang Sen's face turned bright red, and he stammered, "I...I..."

His family was very poor. Teacher Xin brought them food and supplies, and bought them notebooks and shoes.

Wang Sen liked Teacher Xin very much and was very grateful to her, but the thought of telling Teacher Xin in person what he liked and was grateful for made him extremely shy.

[I understand, I've already graduated from university, and I've never told my parents I love them. It's not that I don't love them, it's just that I can't bring myself to say it (crying.jpg)]

[That's normal. You probably didn't hear your parents say "I love you" during your childhood. People in our country tend to express their emotions more reservedly.]

[I suddenly remembered Ye Hantao video chatting with her family on the show, and she would always say things like "Brother, I love you the most," and "Love you, Mom and Dad," in a very natural way.]

[You only heard what she said, but didn't hear what her family said? This is the first time I've seen Maze praise someone so directly.]

[Is what Ye Hantao taught related to chatting?]

Chatting, by its very nature, is a broad concept.

Ye Hantao pressed her hand against Wang Sen's forehead to make him look up. "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. It's the same if you like someone in your heart."

Wang Sen's feverish cheeks cooled down slightly.

Ye Hantao said sincerely, "The moment you wrote down their names, they must have already received this sentiment."

As they were talking, Ye Hantao handed out a few red dates she had put in her pocket to them, even Cheng Zhao, who was sitting silently to the side, took one.

She popped another red date into her mouth, the rich sweetness filling her taste buds.

"As your teacher, it's wonderful to see you write down the name of your favorite person on the whiteboard without hesitation."

Ye Hantao spat the date pit into a tissue, clapped her hands, and said, "Now, please listen to the second question—"

The four students chewed on the red dates in their mouths, their eyes bright.

As the questions came one after another, they became more and more relaxed. Jia Yuanyuan, for example, was almost ready to share the village gossip with Ye Hantao.

Cheng Zhao watched the whole thing without mentioning that he also taught students to play basketball, and occasionally took a few photos with his camera.

Take a picture of the view outside the window, then move the camera back and take a few pictures of the side, then take a picture of the doorway, then move the camera back and take a few more pictures of the side.

Ye Hantao, who isn't blind: "..."

Ren Lang returned at this moment and saw Ye Hantao in the direction of Cheng Zhao's camera.

He had considered the possibility of Cheng Zhao taking his anger out on him for scheming against Ye Hantao, so he found a scapegoat in advance.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and when the bell rang, the students and guests in the classroom were somewhat taken aback.

"An hour has already passed?" Chen Xiaofeng clicked his tongue. "Hurry up, hurry up, repeat those few phrases I just taught you."

Ye Hantao also went overtime, saying, "Please write down something that is currently troubling you. It can be something that has already happened or something that hasn't happened yet."

Upon hearing this, Yin Jianghe asked hopefully, "Teacher Ye, do you have a way to help us solve this?"

His skin was very dark, and his cheeks and the backs of his hands were incredibly dry and rough at such a young age. His eyes had a maturity beyond his years.

Ye Hantao accepted his answer sheet and saw that his problem was that his grandfather was sick.

This area is already impoverished, and many elderly people don't go to the hospital for checkups when they are sick.

Ye Hantao wasn't sure if asking her great-aunt to come would help cure her grandfather's illness.

“Even the teacher can’t help it,” Ye Hantao said, “but you will definitely have a way in the future.”

Yin Jianghe lowered his eyes.

In the foreseeable future, he will have to go home and help with chores after finishing junior high school.

But Teacher Jin said that once they mastered the foreign language, she could sponsor them and take them to see the outside world.

Can he cure Grandpa's illness? That seems like something only a doctor could do.

What a distant goal!

Ren Lang hadn't spoken since returning, and now, looking at the silent Yin Jianghe, he suddenly felt that he could choose someone else.

If a student you helped betrays you, and then you step in to save them, why worry about how much gratitude they'll receive?

The person in charge sent by the school waited for the students to return to their classrooms in an orderly manner, and said with a smile: "I will take you on a tour of the school's infrastructure. After another class period, we can have a meal in the cafeteria."

This school was built a few years ago with donations from people from all walks of life, and it has a cafeteria.

The cafeteria has only one floor and five windows.

The students ate all the food off their plates, then took the plates to the sink to wash them before neatly placing them on the cart.

Ye Hantao got a full plate of dishes and rice from the cafeteria lady.

The vegetarian dish is stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, and the meat dish is stewed chicken with potatoes.

There were only these two dishes at the window, and you could also get free soup next to it—tomato and egg drop soup.

One meat dish and one vegetable dish cost 2.5 yuan.

Su Yi'ang exclaimed, "So cheap!"

Gu Fanghao nodded, "In our high school, a meal with one meat dish and one vegetable dish cost a little over 7 yuan."

However, Ye Hantao still saw some students choosing to bring pickled vegetables from home to eat with the free rice and soup.

Chen Xiaofeng had felt that eating over-fermented steamed buns was torture this morning, but now, rubbing his sore nose, he exclaimed, "Is the production team going to donate any money to the cafeteria? Hurry up and lower the prices!"

It's already 2.5 yuan! How else can I play?!

[A single vegetarian dish at my school costs more than 2.5 yuan (smile.jpg)]

[We can't offer this for free; it's not like it's just for a meal or two, it's a huge investment over the years.]

[Could the production team please provide the specific address? We want to mail things to the students.]

On the way back, Chen Xiaofeng quickly found a good person to arrange the donation.

Ye Hantao looked at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window and thought of the sheepfold and feed mill she had talked about with Aunt Hua.

If large-scale farming can be successfully implemented, parents will all make some money, right?

As night fell, the bus stopped at the village entrance.

Jin Shiyue got up to get out of the car, but seeing Ye Hantao still sitting there, she asked, "Get out of the car. What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking..." Ye Hantao stretched and said proudly, "Luckily, my family is the richest in the world, so we can donate as much as we want."

[Disease progression: 3%]

The reaction to this lying character was exactly as Ye Hantao had anticipated, except that the comments section took a slightly different turn.

[The kid's dreaming about attracting investment is out of control.]

[Others: I wish my family were the richest in the world. Ye Hantao: Luckily, my family is the richest in the world.]

[As expected of my idol, even his dreams are filled with unparalleled confidence.]

[Hahahaha, just spoil her!]

Before getting out of the car, Ye Hantao glanced at the camera hanging in front of Cheng Zhao and asked, "Are you going to use this tonight?"

"You need it?"

"Um."

Cheng Zhao handed over the camera, but as Ye Hantao reached out to take it, he suddenly asked, "Are you going to use it to take pictures or watch the playback?"

Ye Hantao quickly snatched the camera, jumped out of the car without looking back, and brought with her a gust of wind carrying the scent of jasmine.

"A question you already know the answer to."

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Author's note: Happy Winter Solstice!

--Randomly dropping red envelopes--