TECSBRO-(47)
After everyone had rested enough, they cleaned up their trash and lined up to throw it into the garbage bin. An elderly lady passing by couldn't help but sigh with a kind smile, commenting on how well-behaved the children were nowadays.
Children, when praised, stood tall and straight, and even Teacher Li couldn't resist taking photos to share in the parents' group.
Upon seeing the complex expression on Rong Que and Tao Yue's faces in the children's group, Qi Sui, with his psychological age as an adult, couldn't help but find it normal for them to feel embarrassed being praised as children.
Qi Sui secretly took a screenshot of Rong Que's expression, resized it into an emoticon, and added the caption, "Looks so happy."
He and Xue Ying had developed a habit of using this emoticon in their conversations, often sending it whenever they found an opportunity. It was only a matter of time before Qi Sui accidentally sent it to Rong Que.
As for Qiu Shan's group, with the food consumed and backpacks lightened, the journey downhill became much more enjoyable, and everyone's steps became brisk.
Beside the foot of the mountain, there was a small oceanarium. Teacher Li led everyone through the oceanarium. The corridor inside was a straight line enclosed by transparent viewing glass, allowing everyone to observe the fish as if they were underwater.
From the underwater perspective, the entire corridor appeared somewhat deep blue. Dim lights accentuated the underwater atmosphere, and with the gentle sway of the waves, the reflections danced freely on everyone's faces.
Lu Xu loved this sensation and started taking pictures vigorously again. Whether it was due to the lower intelligence of the fish or the complete enclosure that prevented them from sensing Lu Xu's presence, the fish didn't seem afraid of him.
Lu Xu successfully interacted with the school of fish through the glass. Nearby, a staff member wearing a mermaid tail noticed Lu Xu and swam over.
With beautiful, flowing, long hair that resembled large waves, she made a lovely shape in the water. She used her hand to make a heart shape towards Lu Xu.
Lu Xu's eyes widened in surprise, and then he awkwardly used his hand to reciprocate the heart gesture.
The mermaid flashed a confident and beautiful smile, then suddenly placed her hand in front of her mouth and blew out a string of bubbles. Using some method, these bubbles formed heart shapes and floated up before dissipating.
Lu Xu was left in awe, even forgetting to take pictures. Fortunately, Rong Que, who was following along, happened to capture Lu Xu's hand pressing against the glass, with beautiful heart-shaped bubbles floating away.
Lu Xu felt that the experience of watching fish was much better than with furry animals. However, although the fish were beautiful, they lacked the lively feeling of those other animals, except for the mermaid.
Lu Xu sighed to Rong Que, "So there really are mermaids in the world."
Rong Que didn't want to burst Lu Xu's fantasy, so he didn't explain that it was just a staff member.
Lu Xu continued, "Mermaids are such beautiful creatures. Why would they like princes and want to become humans? Fish tails are much prettier than legs."
Rong Que wasn't good at explaining the myriad "whys" of children, so he simply said, "If I only had a tail, then I couldn't accompany Xiao Lu."
Lu Xu fell silent for a moment, seemingly finding this reasoning quite sensible.
Between the fish tail and a bird, he would choose the fish tail.
Thinking about this, Lu Xu affectionately held Rong Que's hand and shook it, saying, "Then Xiao Lu will also help the big brother get ashore."
Although Lu Xu's sweet words were becoming more casual, Rong Que still loved to hear them. After all, who doesn't like sweet-talking kids?
However, Rong Que could not anticipate that many years later, during Lu Xu's rebellious phase, he would only hear such endearing words when the little one wanted to do something mischievous.
The tiring yet joyful journey came to an end, nearing sunset. The entire red maple forest looked even more beautiful under the glow of the setting sun.
The teacher gave everyone some time to take pictures by the lake before getting back on the bus.
Although the children were full of energy, after a whole day of playing, they fell asleep as soon as they got on the bus.
The journey back was unusually quiet.
The sunset cast its warm light through the car window, leaving imprints on Lu Xu's face.
The boundary between light and shadow beautifully outlines the facial contours of Lu Xu, and the long eyelashes cast a lovely shadow beneath the eyes.
Rong Que looked at the sleeping child on his lap and pressed the shutter button again, capturing the warm orange tree shadows swiftly passing over Lu Xu's face in this moment.
By the time they reached the school gate, the parents were already there to pick up their children. Each little one was eager to share the stories of the day with their parents.
Teacher Li announced something quite disappointing before opening the car door, "The homework for this weekend is to write a field trip diary, with no less than five pictures and two hundred words."
The children sighed as they got off the car.
After saying goodbye to friends, Lu Xu and Rong Que got into the car together.
One week later, the teacher collected and corrected the diaries.
Discovering that Lu Xu's photography skills were comparable to those of a professional photographer, with perfect composition and lighting.
However, when it came to showcasing the diary, it was found that Lu Xu had a bad habit of writing in pinyin, even with just five characters, all three characters needed to be written correctly.
In order to exhibit this diary, Teacher Li sent Lu Xu's assignment to the parents and requested them to supervise Lu Xu in rewriting it correctly.
Oh, by the way, please don't include the fantasy content about touching a tiger.
Upon learning this nightmare-inducing news, Lu Xu could only be supervised by Rong Que to rewrite her diary, painstakingly, one word at a time.
Lu Xu, with a pitiful expression, thought that the excuse of not liking to have privacy invaded in the past was now useless.
Rong Que's diary was also perfect, and each classmate photographed looked very nice.
However, why was Lu Xu the sole protagonist in every picture, while other classmates appeared in a chaotic manner?
Nevertheless, Rong Que's writing was excellent, utilizing various rhetorical devices such as parallelism, metaphor, and personification to write hundreds of words, with not a single mistake and all very beautiful.
There were even many uncommon words for kindergarten students.
Every sentence revolved around what Lu Xu did in this area, what he saw here.
Teacher Li was quite troubled. Having good relationships among the children was a good thing, but only writing about good friends in the composition wasn't ideal.
However, Rong Que did know how to capture Lu Xu, especially the last picture of Lu Xu sleeping soundly, so beautiful and cute, it could almost be used as wallpaper.
Teacher Li asked Rong Que for the high-resolution original image with the intention of using it as her computer wallpaper to relax her eyes when correcting Lu Xu's assignments.
More accurately, it was to take a look when grading Lu Xu's homework, trying not to get too angry.
One day, some time later, Lu Xu happened to see a video account of a fat, old tiger from the Autumn Mountain Zoo on his phone.
The old tiger was named Qiu Qiu.
One day, he suddenly stopped being bullied for food and wasn't the weakest tiger anymore.
They thought they didn't have to cater to him anymore, but unexpectedly, everyone let him eat first, and Qiu Qiu had no restraint, becoming even fatter.
So now the zoo had to separate Qiu Qiu from the other tigers during feeding.
Lu Xu looked at Qiu Qiu's account and clicked the follow button.
Even though he couldn't touch him anymore, watching cloud-sucking cats was also nice.
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The joyful time in kindergarten always passed quickly, and it was soon time for the New Year's Eve party.
Each class needed to perform a program for the New Year's Eve party.
This was the nightmare time for Rong Que because he had no interest in participating in such childish performances. Moreover, their class had voted for a dance performance.
If it were a play, he could play a roadside pebble, an inconspicuous tree, or a background board. But for a dance, everyone had to dance together.
Fortunately, Qiu Sui had helped communicate with Teacher Li in advance, sparing him from this ordeal.
While everyone rehearsed the dance, Rong Que could just watch from the sidelines.
Lu Xu was one of the more serious children in dancing, but lacking a foundation in dance, his movements were still quite stiff.
However, Lu Xu enjoyed it a lot, he liked playing with everyone.
Yet, the coordination among the children was indeed very low. No matter how many times they rehearsed, it still looked like a chaotic dance.
It was hard to imagine what the performance would be like on the actual day.
While Rong Que had Qiu Sui covering for him, Tao Yue didn't.
Tao Yue wore a distressed expression, limbs stiff, and was deliberately called out every rehearsal.
In Teacher Li's eyes, it was okay if the dance wasn't perfect, but Tao Yue's lack of seriousness was not acceptable.
When Rong Que recorded videos for Lu Xu, he would maliciously capture Tao Yue's awkward postures.
So, on the day of the group dance performance.
On the stage, Teacher Li was exerting great effort, sweating profusely, while in front of her were the children dancing chaotically.
Cai You, in the midst of dancing, began throwing punches and kicking, jumping farther and farther.
The child who tripped and fell on the ground wailed loudly, continuing to trip other children.
Tao Yue, with a stiff expression and stiff limbs, followed along with the movements.
Lu Xu, as a somewhat famous child model, thought he would have the best stage presence, but his body became stiff due to the crowd.
Even with a sweet smile on his face, it didn't prevent him from dancing like a little zombie.
The parents in the audience burst into laughter, recording this disastrous performance.
Compared to before, the play was much better. Although the child actors were forgetting lines and daydreaming, at least it wasn't as chaotic.
After all, they were only preschool children; one couldn't expect too much.
After Lu Xu finished his performance, he returned to the audience to rest. Rong Que wiped away his sweat and gave him some water.
His performance makeup on his face sparkled, making Lu Xu's red eyes and snow-white skin even more prominent.
When it was time for the kindergarten class to start their performance, Li Si hurriedly approached, wearing an exaggerated peacock skirt and a comical feathered headpiece.
Li Si quickly said to Lu Xu, "Xiao Lu, our class is performing a peacock dance next. You must watch, okay?"
Seeing him so tired, Lu Xu could only nod. Perhaps the rehearsals for the kindergarten class were more demanding.
After Li Si finished speaking, he took a closer look at Lu Xu's makeup, which wasn't very clear on stage.
So, he dramatically held Lu Xu's hand and exclaimed, seemingly without any pretense, "Classmate Lu Xu, are you a fairy descended to earth?"
Qiu Sui, sitting next to them, burst into laughter.
Li Si was really funny.
After Li Si finished speaking, he wanted to gaze at Lu Xu a bit more but felt a shadow cast over him from behind.
He was once again dragged back by the teacher.
Whenever Li Si's teacher couldn't find him, she would directly come to Teacher Li's class.
Anyway, he must be here.
Seeing Li Si working so hard, Lu Xu still felt it was necessary to take more pictures for him, so he wouldn't cry later saying he didn't see the performance.
But he didn't expect Li Si to be dissatisfied in the end.
Lu Xu had taken photos for him, trying to make them look as much like a peacock as possible, but Li Si sent several crying emoji pictures and asked him to delete them.
Curious, Lu Xu showed the photos to Rong Que, wanting to know the reason.
Rong Que couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lu Xu's photos. He said, "It's okay, save this photo. He'll like it when he grows up."
Shortly after New Year's Day, the winter vacation arrived.
Teacher Li assigned some interesting winter vacation homework, such as making dumplings with family, learning New Year greetings, getting to know a few new words every day, and drawing to reflect their winter break life.
It didn't sound too complicated.
On the last day of school before the break, everyone was happy, except Li Si, who was holding onto Lu Xu's arm and wouldn't let go.
Lu Xu tried to pull his arm away, but Li Si's grip was strong. Lu Xu had no choice but to say, "It's okay; you can come play with me during the winter vacation."
Li Si's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Lu Xu nodded, also giving a wave to Cai You, who was led away.
Li Si looked like a pitiful little wife, reluctantly releasing Lu Xu and watching him leave.
Lu Xu breathed a sigh of relief only after getting on the car.
Having friends who were too clingy wasn't always a good thing.
Back at home, Lu Xu indulged in playful activities for a few days, completely forgetting about the winter vacation homework.
Then, due to overexertion in play, he caught a cold.
After recovering from the cold, as planned, Qi Sui took Lu Xu to the southern seaside for a vacation during the Chinese New Year. They were not interested in the hassle of hosting guests at home.
Li Si, who originally wanted to come and play with Lu Xu, ended up disappointed. He even scolded Lu Xu on WeChat, calling him an unfaithful man, and finally added, "Beautiful roses indeed have thorns" (crying.jpg).
Sometimes Rong Que was really curious about what Li Si had watched when he was a child.
The Qi family had many houses by the seaside, and Qi Sui chose one with the best scenery. He took Xue Ying, the two kids, and a couple of aunties who didn't take a holiday, and they all went there together.
The aunties from the Qi family were still quite happy. Although they were there to take care of everyone, they also enjoyed the activities and were invited to join for meals.
The mansion-like house was spacious enough for everyone to stay.
The house was usually cleaned by the housekeeper, and before they arrived, Qi Sui had already arranged rooms for everyone, making it easy for them to rest upon arrival.
In the first few days, they spent their time playing outside and enjoying lavish meals.
Everyone gained a bit of weight.
After exhausting all the fun activities and getting tired of the food, they all returned to the big house to relax.
Rong Que remembered that Lu Xu hadn't started his winter vacation homework yet.
So, he decided to start with the simplest task - making dumplings.
So, on New Year's Eve, everyone gathered around the luxurious table downstairs to make dumplings together.
Lu Xu's face was covered in flour used for rolling out dumpling wrappers. Rong Que smiled, intending to wipe Lu Xu's face, but ended up making it messier.
The aunties found this amusing and brought towels to help clean Lu Xu's face.
Lu Xu's cute and fair face reappeared after the cleaning.
However, the apron on his body, especially around the chest area, was now covered in white flour.
Xue Ying, on the other hand, was skilled at making dumplings. In no time, a row of exquisite and beautiful dumplings was arranged in front of him. Even the aunties praised him, feeling inferior.
Rong Que could also make dumplings, but his hands were too small and not very cooperative, making his creations look less than perfect.
Qi Sui, still young at heart, joined Lu Xu in making dumplings of various shapes.
For example, they made cat-shaped and tiger-shaped dumplings.
Even the two little rough guys from the Qi family did well, creating small and delicate dumplings.
Just when the family was happily enjoying themselves, the sound of the iron gate being opened echoed from outside.
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