Chapter 32 Home Visit

  "Teacher Zhang, why hasn't Zhou Fan been coming to class lately?"

  In the third-year high school group, Fang Ruo Han asked Zhang Mei, the class teacher of Class 7.

  "You're talking about Zhou Fan? Oh, he seems to be on leave."

  Zhang Mei took a sip of water, as if she had thought of something, "This is really annoying, Zhou Fan will ask for leave again."

  You should know that before this, Zhou Fan often didn't come to class, it was a common occurrence, there wasn't any leave of absence.

  "Oh, so you know where Zhou Fan lives?"

  "It seems to be around Huayuan Street, but I'm not quite sure."

  Zhang Mei didn't pay attention at first, but after a while, she came back to her senses. "I'm telling you, Teacher Fang, why are you so concerned about Zhou Fan? I'll tell you, this Zhou Fan, don't bother with him. It's better if he doesn't come to class, and if he does, you'll just have more trouble."

  "Uh-huh, got it, Teacher Zhang, just casually asking."

  Fang Ruo Han didn't mind, but she remembered the location of Huayuan Street in her heart.

  In the afternoon, Fang Ruo Han tidied up and took a taxi to Huayuan Street.

  "Excuse me, Zhou Fan..."

  After asking many people, they finally confirmed Zhou Fan's residence.

  The Zhou family's courtyard wasn't closed, and Fang Ruo Han had wanted to ask them something, but just as she was about to speak, she saw Zhou Fan. This time, however, Zhou Fan was standing off to the side again, seemingly humming a tune. Fang Ruo Han didn't disturb him, instead standing quietly by his side and listening.

  By the pond, under the banyan tree, cicadas are loudly calling out the arrival of summer.

  On the swing beside the playground, there is only a butterfly perched on it.

  The teacher's chalk on the blackboard was still scribbling away non-stop.

  Waiting for class to end, waiting for school to let out, a childhood spent waiting for games.

  Zhou Fan's mouth was humming, the lyrics of Fang Ruohan had some unclear parts, but the melody was beautiful and pleasant to listen to, it was a very good folk tune.

  Until Zhou Fan stopped, Fang Ruo Han shouted a sentence, "Zhou Fan, your teacher Fang has arrived, and you don't even invite him to sit down."

  Leng Boding suddenly heard a voice, Zhou Fan hadn't yet come back to his senses, and directly retorted with a sentence, "What's with the 'Fang teacher'?"

  "Hmm, huh..."

  Until she looked up and saw Fang Ruohan staring at her.

  "Ah, ah...... haha, it's a beauty, it's Fang, Teacher Fang!"

  Zhou Fan laughed and said, "Ah, Teacher Fang, how did you have time to come to my place? By the way, how did you know I lived here?"

  "You don't need to worry about this." Fang Ruo Han looked at Zhou Fan in front of her, who had a bit of a rascal air about him, and was just about to ask, "How come you haven't been attending classes lately?" But the song she had just heard flashed into her mind again, and she asked directly, "By the way, what was that song you were singing just now? It sounded pretty good."

  "Which one?"

  Just sang which song, Zhou Fan seems to have forgotten.

  "That's the one, what was it about an interesting childhood?"

  There were too many lyrics and Fang Ruo Han didn't memorize them all.

  "Oh, you're talking about childhood. Yeah, this song is called Childhood."

  Mentioning childhood, Zhou Fan suddenly remembered. Just now, seeing the next-door neighbor's children laughing there, shining with sunshine, made Zhou Fan recall his own childhood. Unconsciously, he also started singing Luo Da You's classic folk song "Childhood".

  "Childhood?" Fang Ruo Han nodded, "Who sang this song, I've never heard of it."

  "This song is... " Zhou Fan was about to say it was written by Luo Dayou, but he thought better of it. In this world, who would know Luo Dayou? But Zhou Fan wasn't the type to show off either, and he couldn't possibly claim to have written it himself. Even if he did, no one could expose him. He casually said, "I don't know who wrote it either, I just happened to hear it and thought it sounded pretty good, so I hummed a few lines."

  "Is that so, I think it's you..." Fang Ruo Han wanted to probe Zhou Fan, but felt that this guy was very slippery, just like when he obviously wrote the composition himself, he would say it was copied. This song, even if he wrote it, probably wouldn't admit it even if he died. So she didn't ask anymore, and waited until later to search online herself, after all, she remembered some of the lyrics, to see if she could find anything. Putting this matter aside, Fang Ruo Han only then remembered today's main event, "This, Zhou Fan, why haven't you come to class these days? The college entrance exams are coming up soon."

  "My goodness..."

  Another good person.

  Zhou Fan wanted to cry but had no tears. In front of him was Chen Su, that little girl. However, after Chen Su gave Zhou Fan a slap in the face, although he knew it wasn't intentional, Zhou Fan didn't have a good impression of her anymore. Unexpectedly, now another beautiful teacher has appeared. Am I so handsome that I'm dizzy, like I stare at myself in the mirror every day? Apart from not being ugly, I don't have anything to do with being handsome.

  But why do these guys always get themselves into trouble?

  Always thinking, always thinking, Zhou Fan just can't find a good reason, if there is one, Zhou Fan will definitely change. However, Fang Ruohan is after all his teacher, and he is a good person, good people at least on the surface have to listen, so he said, "This, actually, Teacher Fang, this is a long story, why don't I take you out, we'll talk slowly."

  Zhou Fan thought to himself, at this time, his parents would be back soon after selling vegetables. He was alone at home and it was good to deal with the beautiful teacher. However, if his parents saw the teacher coming home, it wouldn't be easy to explain. So he came up with an idea, wanting to invite Fang Ruo Han out for a walk. But Fang Ruo Han was a clever person, seeing Zhou Fan's evasive behavior, she knew there must be something going on and refused to leave, "What's the long story? You've come all the way here, Teacher Fang, you must be tired. Let me just brew some tea, we can talk slowly."

  "I..."

  Ginger is still old and spicy, this trick may work for a little girl like Chen SuSu, but it's useless against Fang RuoHan who is a teacher. However, Zhou Fan wasn't out of options, so he said again, "Actually, Teacher Fang, I was thinking, I didn't finish singing that song earlier, why don't we go outside and I'll sing the whole thing for you."

  While speaking, Zhou Fan walked out. Fang Ruo Han didn't know what was going on either, but when she heard Zhou Fan mention that song, she unconsciously followed him out. However, heaven might not be helping Zhou Fan, just as the two of them walked out of the yard, Zhou Fan's parents returned from selling vegetables, "Xiao Fan, your friend is here."

  "Ah..."

  Seeing his parents return, Zhou Fan secretly resented the bad luck. But he didn't panic, pulling Fang Ruo Han's right hand and saying, "Yes, Dad and Mom, my friend came to play with me, I'll go out first." However, Fang Ruo Han suddenly shook off Zhou Fan, her face slightly red as she scolded him, "Who is your friend? I am your teacher!" Then she turned to Zhou Fan's parents and said, "Uncle and Auntie, hello! I'm Zhou Fan's language teacher. Today I came here to understand his situation."

  "Oh, it's Teacher Zhou Fan."

  Zhou Dayou and Li Yufen immediately put down the small cart they were pushing, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were Xiaofan's teacher earlier. Xiaofan, hurry up and invite your teacher into the house, you naughty child, what a mess you've made. You didn't even tell us that the teacher was coming, are you afraid the teacher will scold you?"

  "No, nothing..."

  Zhou Fan had a helpless look on his face and could only invite Fang Ruo Han to his home once again.

  Fang Ruo Han covered her mouth, secretly laughing in her heart. However, she also regretted that she had almost fallen for the little boy's trick earlier. What was wrong with her earlier? She was really stupid. With just a few words, Zhou Fan had pulled her out. If it weren't for his parents arriving on time, she might have been fooled by this little boy again.

  After that, things became simpler. After Fang Ruo Han mentioned the recent situation of Zhou Fan not attending classes, Zhou Da You and Li Yu Fen guaranteed to Fang Ruo Han that they would let Zhou Fan attend school tomorrow and would never allow him to skip class again. They also gave Fang Ruo Han their phone number, telling her to call them if she ever found out that Zhou Fan was skipping class again. If they found out, even if it meant whipping him with a whip, they would whip him back to school.

  However, Zhou Fan didn't take this sentence to heart.

  Still, even if he really used a whip, Zhou Fan wouldn't have been like this before either.

  Upon hearing Zhou Fan's parents' guarantee, Fang Ruo Han smiled and said, "That's great! I've always thought that your son Zhou Fan is very intelligent and talented. It's just that he's too playful and neglects his studies. Moreover, there's a national new concept essay competition coming up soon. I was considering submitting Zhou Fan's name for it, but the school saw that he hadn't attended many classes in the past year and some people disagreed. That's why I came to your esteemed home, hoping you can put in more effort with Zhou Fan. I dare guarantee that as long as Zhou Fan studies hard, he will definitely have a bright future."

  This made Zhou Fan's parents even more moved.

  They had always thought that Zhou Fan was not the material for studying. Even when they saw Teacher Zhou come earlier, they thought Zhou Fan must have gotten into some kind of trouble. But now it seems that Zhou Fan didn't get into any trouble, and instead, the teacher thinks this kid has the potential to study well, and it would be a waste if he doesn't. Moreover, there's also a new nationwide essay exam, and they're overjoyed.

  In an instant, Zhou Fang's parents regretted their previous way of educating their child.

  This is a genius, if still ignored and let him indulge in play, the genius may be buried.

  "Okay, okay, I'll have to ask the teacher for more guidance next time."

  A heartfelt thank you, Zhou Fan's parents are very grateful to Fang Ruo Han, feeling that such a teacher is the real teacher. Some teachers in the past either put on airs or came to scold them, making them feel embarrassed but unable to speak out.

  Unconsciously, they probably felt that Fang Ruo Han was easy-going and down-to-earth, so in their conversation, the two of them even dug up their own family's secrets. They said something like the Zhou family had been farmers for generations, and it wasn't until he came along that anyone learned to read and write. And Zhou Fan was the one with the highest education. In reality, they wanted their son to study hard, get into a good university, and have a good job in the future, unlike them who were useless and could only sell vegetables.

  After chatting for about two hours, Fang Ruo Han stood up and said, "Okay, uncle and auntie, I'm running out of time, I need to go back to school."

  "Thank you, teacher, thank you."

  "Xiao Fan, aren't you coming to see off the teacher? What are you doing standing there stupidly?"

  "Oh..."

  Speechless, Zhou Fan could only stand up, looking embarrassed, "Please, Teacher Fang."

  Seeing Zhou Fan's depressed expression, Fang Ruo Han was very happy. Probably for a period of time, he couldn't get the better of Zhou Fan, now he finally got one up on him, and felt relieved in his heart, thinking it was refreshing, "Haha, Zhou Fan, you must come to class tomorrow."

  "Got it, Teacher Fang."

  "Oh, right, didn't you say you were going to sing that song for me? Now's your chance, go ahead and sing."

  Suddenly she remembered Zhou Fan humming a song in the yard, and Fang Ruo Han became interested.

  "I just learned that song and I've already forgotten it, maybe some other time."

  With his nose pointing towards the sky, Zhou Fan wouldn't even bother with him.

  "Alright, alright, little brat, still angry? Teacher Fang has left already."

  "Walk slowly, don't see me off."

  Seeing the taxi had arrived, Zhou Fan turned his head and went straight home without even giving Fang Ruo Han a glance.

  "My goodness, this kid, I just don't believe it, from now on I won't be able to control you."

  Fang Ruo Han thought of running away again, stomping her foot and staring at Zhou Fan in front of her who didn't even turn his head. Until the taxi driver said, "Miss, are you going to get in or not?"

  "Hit him, why don't you hit him? Can't you see Sister standing here?"

  She let out a loud shout, which startled the driver so much that he didn't dare ask any more questions, thinking he had encountered a young gangster.

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