After all this time away, weren't you little rascals the ones I worried about most of all!
Especially this mischievous monkey before him, whom he had kicked around like a shuttlecock back at Phoenix City Second High School.
Qin Fangyang's eyes instantly reddened.
Gently stroking the top of Zuo Xiaoduo's head, he said softly, "All right... all right, let's go inside first."
Countless memories came crowding into his heart just like that. So many things from the past suddenly welled up, rising and falling one after another.
A spring breeze nurtures peach and plum blossoms across the world; a jade brush carves ten thousand years of history!
That was the appraisal Zuo Xiaoduo had given He Yuanyue.
And now...
Qianqian...
The children were still safe.
You... could you see them?
Li Chenglong, who had already taken leave and returned for this very occasion, also charged forward with a tiger's leap.
"Teacher Qin, boohoo..."
Zhongzhong shed tears of joy. "It's so good to see you again..."
"What are you crying for! Have some backbone!"
Qin Fangyang put on a reproachful face. "Inside, inside."
"Yes, yes."
Zuo Xiaoduo and Li Chenglong took a side each and pulled Qin Fangyang toward the villa.
"I've already brewed your favorite tea..."
The three disappeared through the villa's entrance.
At the gate to the little courtyard, Grandma Shi wore a rare smile.
She knew Qin Fangyang.
"To think that Qin Fangyang, one of the ten great desperadoes back then, would be so beloved by his students. Very good indeed."
Ye Changqing and the others could not come over yet. They had to give him time to meet his students and catch up.
Coming too early would only make their side seem too deliberate...
Principal Ye and the others had a very good grasp of such proprieties.