Wang Yue and Na Jun hadn't had a chance to leave yet when Teacher Liang, who was playing a game with the children alongside Shen Lei, noticed them. Thinking they were people who wanted to make a donation, she quickly stopped and called out from inside, "Hello! Who are you looking for?"
Shen Lei had been intently playing the chicken-catching game. He'd planned to feint before lunging forward, but the hen in front of him suddenly stopped moving. When he pounced, he ended up wrapping his arms around the hen instead.
Teacher Liang had always felt that she and Shen Lei got along well, and she'd grown fond of him. But Shen Lei was like a block of wood and had never made a move.
Now Shen Lei had suddenly hugged her. Flustered, Teacher Liang didn't know what to do for a moment. She could only stand there, stunned, and let him hold her.
This might have been a mountain village, but it was in Shaanxi, and the children here weren't as sheltered as one might imagine. At home, they could watch suggestive videos on the TV or their parents' phones.
So when the children saw Teacher Liang and Shen Lei hugging, they quickly covered their eyes with their little hands and hopped excitedly as they chanted together, "Get together! Get together! Get together!"
Hearing Teacher Liang call out, Na Jun turned around. He happened to see the two of them embracing, so he quickly took a few more pictures with his phone.
As Na Jun lowered his head to forward the photos to Shen Lin, he chuckled. "Now my sister-in-law can finally relax. I'm afraid her younger brother's about to get married for the second time."
Shen Lei had a good impression of Teacher Liang, too. He wasn't some