Appeared in Shuangshui Village with Runye

Zhao Dongchuan rode his bicycle to County Elementary School, greeted the gatekeeper, and entered the school.

The gatekeeper had heard about yesterday's events and knew that this person was Teacher Tian Runye's writer boyfriend, so he naturally greeted him with a smile and let him in.

"Oh, Teacher Zhao is here! Runye just finished class and is in the office!"

A female teacher with two pigtails, who had been making a fuss in the classroom yesterday morning, met Zhao Dongchuan in the corridor and greeted him.

"Hello... Thank you!" Zhao Dongchuan replied as he walked into the teachers' office.

As soon as he entered, the office fell silent for a moment, then immediately became noisy.

"Teacher Tian, your boyfriend is here to see you!"

"Runye, your Teacher Zhao is here..."

"..."

Tian Runye was tidying her desk at the moment, and seeing Zhao Dongchuan, she joyfully stood up.

"You're here!"

"Mm... I'm here to pick you up... Let's go!"

"Okay, wait for me..."

Saying that, Tian Runye closed her drawer, put on her scarf, and prepared to leave with Zhao Dongchuan.

However, she suddenly remembered something and whispered to him, "Dongchuan, the Principal just told me that if you came, he'd like you to go to his office for a moment!"

"Oh... Okay, let's go see!"

Zhao Dongchuan nodded with a smile, then went with Tian Runye to the Principal's office and knocked on the door.

"Haha, Teacher Zhao, you're here, please come in quickly!"

Principal Zhang opened the door, and seeing Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye, he immediately greeted them with a smile and invited them in.

The few of them chatted for a few moments, then Principal Zhang took out a stack of periodicals from his drawer and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhao, I have an impolite request. I am a literature enthusiast and I really like the poems you've written. These are all the poems and articles you've published, and I hope you can help me sign them..."

"Of course, I can't let you put in the effort for nothing... This is a brush washer I collected; its style looks quite pleasing to the eye... It's for you... Please don't refuse, otherwise, I'll feel bad taking your signed copies... We are simply exchanging gifts between literary figures..."

Principal Zhang said with a smile, taking out another antique-style blue and white brush washer from the drawer.

"Principal Zhang, this isn't necessary, I'll sign them for you, but the brush washer isn't needed. I'm not very good at calligraphy either... I have no use for it!"

"Ah, Teacher Zhao, if you don't accept it, I'll feel bad asking for your signed copies... Please help me out and just take it..."

Saying that, he continued to Tian Runye, "Runye... Look..."

Tian Runye was also a bit unsure; she had never encountered such a situation and didn't want to interfere with Zhao Dongchuan's decision.

After some back and forth, Zhao Dongchuan finally accepted it.

He didn't want to dwell on it any longer; he and Tian Runye still needed to hurry back to Shuangshui Village... After handing the last signed copy to Principal Zhang, and with Principal Zhang's thanks, Tian Runye and Zhao Dongchuan left the school.

"Dongchuan, is there a risk in you accepting that brush washer?"

On the way, Tian Runye asked with a hint of doubt.

"It's fine, it's a gift between literati, nothing to worry about... It's not like previous years... The atmosphere is different now..." Zhao Dongchuan explained.

Tian Runye nodded.

"Let's go back to Second Uncle's house first. I bought some gifts. This afternoon, we'll go back to Shuangshui Village to see your parents... Since we've visited your Second Uncle and Second Aunt, we certainly can't leave them out..."

Tian Runye smiled shyly and said, "This, I'll listen to you..."

Zhao Dongchuan looked at the gentle Tian Runye, and a sense of happiness welled up within him.

He couldn't help but speed up.

"Oh, Xiao Zhao, why did you bring Tian Runye back? Didn't you say you were going to Shuangshui Village?" Xu Guoqiang asked, puzzled.

"I left the things I bought behind..." Zhao Dongchuan scratched his head a bit awkwardly.

Then, the two of them carried all the items, hanging them on the handlebars of the bicycle, and rode together to the Yuanxi County bus station.

"Dongchuan, why did you buy so much again..."

"Of course I have to buy them. I bought for your Second Uncle and Second Aunt, so how can I buy less for your parents..."

Tian Runye had previously thought he was perfect, but now she finally discovered one of Zhao Dongchuan's minor flaws: he spent money too lavishly.

"After we get married, I'll have to manage him more tightly..."

Tian Runye thought to herself silently, then felt a bit shy, as if this thought meant she was already certain she would marry him.

Zhao Dongchuan put all the items into a large bag, then led Tian Runye onto the bus, grabbing two adjacent seats.

Placing the bag under the seat at his feet, Zhao Dongchuan took out several steaming hot meat buns from the bag and said with a smile, "Runye, it was a bit rushed at noon, and you didn't have time to eat. Have some meat buns, then rest a bit, take a nap, and we'll be there!"

"Mm-hmm, thank you... Dongchuan, you eat too..."

"Hahahaha, okay... Let's eat together!"

"..."

Everyone on the bus, smelling the fragrant meat buns, unconsciously swallowed their saliva.

This was a bus going to the village, and many people were rushing home for lunch, so they were all hungry. Smelling the meat buns, several people's stomachs immediately started rumbling.

And so, this fragrant bus slowly started, heading towards Shuangshui Village... After a bumpy ride, it finally arrived at the bus stop near Shuangshui Village.

Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye got off the bus and then unloaded the bicycle that was tied to the back of the bus.

After hanging all the items on the handlebars, he rode with Tian Runye towards Shuangshui Village... "Ding-a-ling!"

"Ding-a-ling!"

As the bicycle bell rang.

Zhao Dongchuan brought Tian Runye to Shuangshui Village.

"Oh, Xiao Zhao? Why is he coming back with Tian Runye?"

"That's right, Runye is even sitting on the back of his bicycle!"

"Hehe, you don't know, but I heard Jin Guangming from Jinjiawan say that Teacher Zhao and Tian Runye are in a relationship!"

"Oh? Really or fake..."

"Isn't that right? I heard it too... I thought he was just talking nonsense, but I didn't expect it to be true..."

The villagers from Tianjia Gela saw the two returning together from a distance, and immediately began to discuss it animatedly.

Zhao Dongchuan paid no attention to the villagers' discussions; he simply rode his bicycle, taking Tian Runye towards Tian Fujun's courtyard.

"Teacher Zhao, you're back!"

Sun Yuting, the village's big idler, committee member of the brigade branch, and head of the infrastructure team, smoking his dry tobacco, greeted the two with a smile.

"Uncle Yuting, hello!"

"Uncle Yuting!"

Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye also greeted him.

"You've come at just the right time, Runye. Your father is inside; I just came out..."

Sun Yuting took a puff of his dry tobacco, saying with a knowing smile, as if he understood everything.

Zhao Dongchuan smiled and nodded, then pushed his bicycle and walked with Tian Runye towards Tian Futang's house.

"Oh dear, Runye, what a good girl, it's a pity our Shaoan didn't have that good fortune... This kid got a good deal... But our Xiulian is also very good..."

Sun Yuting watched their retreating figures, took a deep drag of his dry tobacco, and murmured to himself.