pjbooks Chapter 51 A Momentary Awakening
Chapter 51 A Momentary Awakening
"Okay! Seowoo! Nine o'clock tonight! At the door! Don't forget!" Deok-sun hugged Yoo Seowoo tightly, then happily let go and ran back inside, finally able to play happily.
Liu Shuyu turned his head and saw the fine whiskey she had forgotten sitting on the table. He couldn't help but shake his head. He couldn't let Deok-sun take anything too valuable in the future; she was too forgetful...
"Next up on stage is..."
"Kim Hwan-seon from Shuangmen Girls' High School~~~~Chae Jin-ah!!!"
As the host left the stage, the girl Deok-sun had been imitating in the car began her spectacular performance, to the cheers and shouts of a group of girls in the audience...
"They're not coming, are they?" Zhang Meiyu, leaning on her cane, followed Deok-sun's gaze.
The trio of Deok-sun, standing on the outside of the crowd, eagerly looked at the dim lights at the street corner.
"Deok-sun, you should give up. If it were me, I would feel too embarrassed and definitely wouldn't dare to come." Wang Zixian couldn't help but advise him.
Both of them thought that it would be incredibly brave of them to come...
"They're here! Look over there!" Deok-sun suddenly shouted, looking confidently at the intersection.
She knew they would definitely come...
"Are we really going?" Jung-hwan asked, standing at the crossroads.
"Aren't you going to discuss it at all? You just agreed?" the dollfish whispered to Sunwoo.
"Hey, hey~~ Jung-hwan~~" Yoo Seo-woo and Seon-woo, one on each side, pulled Jung-hwan back from turning around...
"Jung-hwan! I'll treat you to Moutai later..." Liu Shuyu had no choice but to resort to his trump card...
......
At this moment, in the homeroom teacher's office at Yu Hui School.
"Although the news says it's not good, one-day tea houses are actually very popular, and everyone can do it."
"We're worried about our child going astray, so we contact the parents. But there's really no need to worry too much."
The handsome homeroom teacher, Yu Hui, looked at Paula's father, who was listening attentively with his head down, and gently comforted him with a smile.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I'll give Yu Hui a good scolding!" Paula's father nervously rubbed his hands back and forth on his knees, and said apologetically to the homeroom teacher.
"No need, Yu Hui is very kind and gets along well with his classmates."
"I just hope you can have a good talk with him and prevent this from happening again."
"Also! Because it's a school rule, starting today, Yu Hui will be cleaning the restrooms for the next ten days~."
Please don't be too sad.
The homeroom teacher spoke very politely and kindly, repeating each sentence from Paula's father's.
"Oh dear! Cleaning the restroom is nothing!"
"He'd have no problem shoveling poop! Hehehe~~~"
When Paula's father heard what the homeroom teacher said, he finally felt relieved and his initial restraint disappeared, and he even spoke with a slight smile.
"The afterglow is almost over, why don't you take him home with you?" the homeroom teacher said to Paula's father with a smile.
"Teacher, I'm so sorry~~" Paula's father bowed to him to express his apology.
"No need~ no need~" The teacher was also deeply moved by Paula's father's politeness and apology, and quickly bowed in return.
.....
"Tell you not to be disobedient!"
If you're lying, I'll kill you!
Paula's father was quietly waiting by the school gate, practicing how to discipline Yu Hui later.
"dad!"
Yu Hui suddenly ran over and hugged him tightly.
"Dad, I'll never do it again! We agreed, please forgive me this once!" Yu Hui said sincerely, hugging her father.
"You little rascal! What's this all about, a grown man like you!"
"What's there to be afraid of!"
"It's okay! Straighten your shoulders!"
Paula's father was startled. Looking at his hunched-over child, he pretended to be serious and gave him a stern reprimand, but in the end, he smiled and patted Yu Hui's shoulder and face with a grin.
Yu Hui's tense body finally relaxed under the optimistic and generous guidance of her father, who smiled and revealed his teeth.
"Hey! This is for my good son. Dad caught a few crucian carp. No need to pick out the bones, eat up!" Paula's father joked as he handed the grilled crucian carp to Yu Hui.
"Dad, have one too!" Yu Hui took the fish and handed it to him.
"Pfft~! No need! Hahahaha~~~" Paula's father playfully spit out a breath on the grilled crucian carp that Yu Hui handed over, laughing and joking with Yu Hui as father and son.
"Heh~~!" Amused by his mischievous father, Yu Hui finally let loose and happily picked up the crucian carp to eat.
"The afterglow of sunset~~"
A soft shout came from afar, but the father and son, who were talking, didn't notice it.
"By the way, are those kids you were with at the tea house your close friends?" Paula's father asked, looking at Yu Hui.
"Yes!" Yu Hui nodded.
"They've been friends since junior high."
"You should know them too!"
"Thai baht and Xiao Hong~"
Yu Hui answered his father's questions while eating.
"Oh! I remember, I remember!"
"Oh my god! You guys are still playing together?"
Paula's father remembered and was surprised that his child's friendship was so strong.
"Cheng Yuhui~~" The distant shouts were once again ignored by the two people talking...
"Hehe~~ Although we're not in the same class, we see each other every day~ We eat together! We play ball together! And we study together from time to time!" Yu Hui happily introduced his friend to his father.
"Hehehe~~ Your mom must be getting impatient! Let's go home!" Paula's dad chuckled, patting Yu Hui on the shoulder as they prepared to go home.
"The afterglow of sunset~~!"
"Hey! It's underground!!"
"Semi-underground! Wait a minute!"
When Paula's father heard Yu Hui calling him by that nickname, his smile slowly disappeared as he looked over.
"Hello~"
"Hello~"
"Yu Hui, what are you doing? Come here for a second!"
Yu Hui's two classmates politely greeted Paula's father and then greeted Yu Hui.
Paula's father, however, was still caught up in the nickname Yu Hui had just given him. He stared blankly at Yu Hui, who seemed completely unconcerned about the nickname.
"Dad, wait for me!" Yu Hui ran happily towards his friend.
What did you eat?
"That's amazing! Eating all by yourself!"
"Do you want some? My dad bought this!"
Watching Yu Hui and his friends playfully fighting, Paula's father closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, he smiled self-deprecatingly.
What the children considered a trivial nickname turned out to be the key that touched Paula's father's heart.
The moment he closed his eyes, he finally understood the purpose behind his wife's daily arguments with him over the money he had squandered.
She did it all so that her child could complete his studies peacefully, so that her family could get through this difficult time, so that her child could be like other children and no longer have to live in a semi-basement!
"Heh~~" Paula's father smiled, watching the afterglow of Yu Hui sharing the grilled crucian carp with his classmates. His eyes welled with tears as he smiled; the children were just as kind as he was...
At this moment, Paula's father, holding a briefcase and wearing a suit, stood awkwardly by the roadside. He looked more like a child, so helpless, so vulnerable...