Wen Xingtian said, "You mean..."
Zuo Xiaoduo sighed, feeling rather speechless. I wanted you to say it yourselves, but you just wouldn't. You kept beating around the bush, wanting me to say it...
I've never seen such irresponsible teachers!
"What I mean is... could we lift this whole little courtyard up... and move it over there? That sounds pretty hard, doesn't it?" Zuo Xiaoduo said with adorable innocence.
"Not hard, not hard. Not hard at all."
Ye Changqing had arrived too. He had already tried persuading Mrs. Shi to move more times than he could count.
But every attempt had ended in failure.
He just didn't know whether this time... it might work.
To everyone's surprise, this time, it barely took any persuading at all before Grandma Shi agreed.
Even Ye Changqing was overjoyed at this outcome!
Though it was utterly unexpected, the relief in his heart was solid and real!
"I live here only because the Shi family's ancestral home is here. I simply didn't want to move."
"With things as they are now, if Old Shi were still alive, he would probably have long since lost faith in his neighbors and the place where his ancestral home stood. He wouldn't let me suffer such indignities either."
"He's dead, and I've kept watch over this place for him long enough."
"Zuo Xiaoduo came every day. At first, I drove him away, but he still paid no heed to saving face. He shamelessly came back again and again, refusing to leave no matter how I hit or scolded him... right up until now."
"As things stand, my place is some distance from the school, after all. If the children want to visit me, that stretch of road alone is enough to create an opening that could cost them their lives.