[Urban] Campus Maple Leaves Red (Complete) - 12

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[Volume 1: First Encounter with Maple Leaves] Chapter 6: Sunshine, Beauty, and a New Beginning (5)

After leaving the vocational school, Wang Caini went to work for a large national chain supermarket. In less than a year, she was promoted from an ordinary employee to the director of the clothing department. Principal Li admired her management skills. Today, Principal Li asked her to come to the vocational school with him because he had something to ask her.

This is the original auditorium of the vocational school, with an area of more than 600 square meters. Moreover, this auditorium is not located inside the campus like the auditorium of a typical school. Like the offices of the vocational school, it is also located on the street.

Across the street from the vocational school is one of the most concentrated residential areas on Gongye Road. Although the residents of these residential areas are mainly of low to middle income and come from all over the country, there is no supermarket with complete functions here. Principal Li wants to ask whether it is feasible to convert the former auditorium into a supermarket. If so, how should it be done?

"Principal Li, do you know how much investment is needed to convert this auditorium into a place with basic supermarket functions?"

After looking around the auditorium, Wang Caini asked Principal Li her first question after hearing his inquiry.

"Including renovation and reconstruction, the investment will be nearly 1.4 million yuan."

Principal Li had never dealt with infrastructure projects before, but he had one strength: when he wanted to know the answer to a question like Wang Caini had just raised, he would humbly ask his former students to get a clear answer.

"So, after the renovation and reconstruction, will the school operate it itself or will it be contracted out?"

Knowing that Principal Li wasn't someone who acted on impulse, Wang Caini asked her second question.

"For now, the school will operate it itself,"

Principal Li said, explaining his plan.

"Why should the school operate it itself?"

After the renovation, the auditorium would be suitable for a supermarket. If it were rented out, the monthly rent would be between 200,000 and 300,000 yuan, meaning the school could recoup its entire investment in about six months. If you were to run it yourself, the initial investment, plus the costs of applying for licenses, hiring staff, and dealing with safety, fire prevention, and hygiene issues, would be overwhelming for most people. Moreover, the teachers at the school are already doing the work of three people; where would they find someone to manage a supermarket? Therefore, Wang Caini couldn't help but ask further.

It must have been eight years ago that Principal Li left the military district primary school. In those eight years, the students who left the school had grown up. When Principal Li went to inquire about the auditorium renovation with his former students, several of his graduating university students learned of it. One of these students contacted Principal Li and expressed her intentions.

This student, graduating from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, was the type who started her own business during her university years. She had already opened two small supermarkets in Shanghai through leasing. She originally planned to stay in Shanghai after graduation, but after hearing about Principal Li's newly established supermarket, she decided to return.

Since it would take some time to close the Shanghai operations, she told Principal Li that her partner had already left for Jiangzhong City. First, a contract was signed with Teacher Li. Then, the renovation and decoration of the auditorium would proceed according to her ideas. Moreover, she could advance 50% of the renovation and decoration costs, with her partner handling the rest.

The condition was that the school would temporarily manage the auditorium from the renovation until the supermarket opened, until she returned.

This was an incredible windfall! However, the bigger the windfall, the more uneasy people became.

While Secretary Tian and Wang Caini were filled with doubts about this seemingly unbelievable opportunity, Teacher Li's student's partner entered the auditorium.

Upon seeing the newcomer, the partner gave Teacher Li a warm hug. Seeing the familiar face, Secretary Tian quickly recalled the person and completely dispelled her doubts.

Quietly pulling aside the still-hesitant Wang Caini, Secretary Tian explained the newcomer's background.

He was a student who had been admitted to university from the city's No. 3 High School; both his family background and his own abilities were top-notch. Although Secretary Tian didn't know who Principal Li's student who hadn't yet graduated from Shanghai was, she believed that anyone who could collaborate with this person was certainly no ordinary individual.

However, what made Secretary Tian even more suspicious now was why such a person would rush back from a thousand miles away for a small supermarket of only a few hundred square meters! Could it really be based solely on their past teacher-student relationship?

Secretary Tian had read the contract, and even though she wasn't a professional in this field, she could see that the contract was very advantageous to No. 33 Middle School. But the more advantageous it was for No. 33 Middle School, the more doubts Secretary Tian had. However, in front of the person who came to discuss the contract, she could only suppress these doubts for now.

The person gave Principal Li a warm hug, said they would come to No. 33 Middle School tomorrow to confirm and sign the contract, and then politely took their leave.

"Let's go take a look around first, we can talk about it later,"

Principal Li had noticed the growing doubts of Secretary Tian and Wang Caini, but instead of explaining to them first, he suggested they look around elsewhere.

After touring the vocational school's training factory, which was separated from the original vocational school campus by only a wall, Principal Li looked at Secretary Tian and Wang Caini and said, "What do you think about building a few apartment buildings for our school's teachers here?"

"Build apartment buildings here?"

Completely bewildered by Principal Li's seemingly whimsical idea, the two women widened their eyes in surprise.

"Yes, our school's apartment buildings will be built here in the future,"

Principal Li replied confidently, seeing their surprised and puzzled colleagues.

While Wang Caini was still pondering where the school would find the funds for the apartment buildings and who would live there, Secretary Tian, with her keener sense of things, realized something and agreed to Principal Li's suggestion.

It wasn't that Secretary Tian was blindly obedient, nor that she wouldn't object to Principal Li's incorrect opinions; rather, after seeing the person who hugged Principal Li upon arrival, she knew that things weren't as simple as they seemed on the surface. However, Secretary Tian couldn't yet guess what was so complicated, but she knew that since Principal Li had invited her here today, he would explain the reasons to her at an appropriate time.

In Principal Li's third year working at the Adult Education Admissions Office, a director from the Municipal Planning Bureau, who wanted to take the postgraduate entrance exam, sought Principal Li's help (because Principal Li was well-acquainted with several professors at Jiangzhong University who supervised postgraduate students, and had successfully introduced several high-ranking municipal leaders who sought academic advancement). The day the planning bureau director passed the postgraduate entrance exam, he had just attended a symposium held by both the provincial and municipal party committees. The topic of the symposium was something the planning bureau director had shown Principal Li during a banquet, filled with complaints.

It was a very detailed planning document, the core of which concerned the comprehensive management and planning of the old industrial area in the northern part of Jiangzhong City. This involved the management and planning of the dried-up riverbed left behind after the Qingjiang River was diverted. The plan included

deepening and reinforcing the existing dried-up riverbed, diverting water from the Qingjiang River upstream to restore water flow, building an overpass, four highway bridges, and two sightseeing bridges around the river, completely connecting the old industrial area with the city center.

The purpose of this plan was not only to add a new highlight to the city, but also to allow the widened and deepened river channel to play a role in flood diversion during the Qingjiang River's flood season, thereby alleviating the city's flood control pressure. To be honest, this plan was quite good; however, it was drafted by the then-mayor's team, and it occurred during a period of open power struggle between the high-level officials of Jiangzhong City and Qingjiang Province. Thus, this ill-timed plan was ruthlessly rejected in the power struggle. This was the main reason why Principal Li was able to see it at the time.

Five years later, when one of Principal Li's students enthusiastically discussed leasing a supermarket with him from afar, Principal Li immediately thought of the rejected plan from five years ago, based on the student's family's influence in Jiangzhong City.

In recent years, the families of high-ranking leaders have become less blatant in their activities, opting instead for more subtle and covert approaches. According to the original plan, the industrial road in front of the vocational school would have connected to the proposed overpass, leading out of the city and into the provincial expressway. If the plan were implemented as intended, the once-famous but stagnant Industrial Road in front of the vocational school would become incredibly valuable!

Using the lease of a supermarket near the vocational school as a starting point to divert attention, while simultaneously acquiring large tracts of surrounding land as reserves for future development, would be a clever way to conceal their true intentions.

However, what worried Principal Li most was whether any of those wanting to plant their flags on Industrial Road had considered the large area of land belonging to the vocational school. If someone had their eye on it, this "non-performing asset," originally allocated to No. 33 Middle School, might be transferred to someone else within days.

Perhaps the supermarket lease was just the prelude to a larger drama.

Principal Li was eager to use this rare opportunity to extricate No. 33 Middle School from its predicament. However, the land of the vocational school, which was being targeted, could not be retained by No. 33 Middle School, the Beicheng Education Bureau, or the Jiangzhong City Education Commission alone. Therefore, Principal Li wanted to secure as much benefit as possible for No. 33 Middle School through cooperative development before everything became public.

Now, Principal Li thought of his former student, who was still studying at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. What had become of the little girl who had eaten at his home for four years? If he were to discuss the land for the vocational school with her, would she still have the same enormous appetite as when they ate at his home?

Regardless of whether the little girl had a large appetite back then, securing a cooperation opportunity with her was currently the only way to obtain the necessary benefits for No. 33 Middle School. However, Principal Li couldn't discuss this with Secretary Tian right now; he'd better contact his former student again first.

He instructed Wang Caini to assist his student's partner in completing the renovation and decoration of the auditorium, and told her not to reveal what had happened today. Principal Li and his team then returned to No. 33 Middle School in Secretary Tian's car.

Aside from occasionally going to the sports team to exercise with the players, Principal Li rarely led the team in training anymore. He devoted more of his time to the final review sessions for the senior and junior high school classes.

During the last two periods of the morning, Principal Li went to the senior class classroom to do two things. First, he had the three students whose homes he had visited take the draft employment contracts home so that their parents could sign them and they could start working at the school. Second, he, along with Zou Yang and Wang Na, worked on mock exams with the senior class students.

When Principal Li first arrived at No. 33 Middle School, the students in this class were in their second year of high school. After a period of assessment, Principal Li made several plans for the students. Those with

outstanding academic performance would continue their academic development; those with potential for improvement but currently not performing well; and those with very poor grades were divided into several groups. For example, students with special talents in music, art, and sports would focus on improving their academic subjects while also helping them develop their special talents. For those whose special talents were not outstanding and whose academic foundation was weak, Principal Li first communicated with the homeroom teacher and, after persuading some of them, allowed them to return to class in their first year of high school. Principal Li and the first-year teachers would take turns tutoring these students every week.

When making this decision, Principal Li told teachers with differing opinions: "Some of these students' poor academic performance may be due to their own shortcomings, but the main reason is the chaotic state of our school. Therefore, we must put in more effort to make up for the shortcomings we haven't addressed."

Teachers at the school are often doing the work of three, but the relatively small class sizes at No. 33 Middle School alleviate this problem in another way. Take Class 2 of the senior year, for example; with fewer than thirty students, even when teachers are busy, they

can almost provide individual, one-on-one instruction. Nowadays, students aren't judged by their intelligence; what they need is a good learning attitude and effective study methods. With fewer students, it's easier to instill the necessary learning attitude and methods in each student. Moreover, most of these students come from ordinary families and possess a latent drive to improve; if this drive is properly cultivated, it can be a significant boost.

Today, the students took the English mock exam. Zou Yang and Wang Na, who already knew the scores of the first two mock exams, suppressed their excitement and looked forward to another surprise from their classmates.

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The scratching sound of pens on paper gradually faded, and some students began to hand in their papers amidst the increasing sound of turning pages.

After collecting all the papers, Zou Yang and Wang Na organized the students into groups to grade the papers. They went back and forth between the grading groups, answering the questions the students had encountered during the grading process.

Yesterday afternoon, the two senior high school classes completed the English mock exam's listening test, which had a total score of twelve points, in the multimedia classroom. The student with the lowest score was seven points, and four students got a perfect score of twelve points. Today is the written part of the mock exam, and it is also the time to release the overall scores.

After the grading was completed, Wang Na and Zou Yang exclaimed in surprise as the students in the grading groups were tallying the overall scores of each student.

Because of the relatively thin students among them, and the two scores of the students they were focusing on, they already had a good idea of who was who during the grading process. They had suppressed their excitement until now, when a student they weren't paying much attention to scored 141 out of 150. And this student was the one Principal Li had given them to take home their employment contract today.

More surprises followed. Zou Yang and Wang Na not only stood on the podium, enthusiastically encouraging the students who had finished the exam, but also,

to their surprise, the students accepted this morale-boosting encouragement with a very calm attitude.

Were the students already satisfied with their achievements? Did they no longer need the teacher's encouragement? Were their words of encouragement insufficient...? Holding the collected exam papers, Zou Yang and Wang Na left the classroom with many questions in their minds. After

exchanging greetings with the female team members who were heading back to their dorms to shower, and casually asking Ya Rou and the other three if they preferred living in the dorms, Principal Li headed towards her office in the gymnasium.

"Old Li—"

Principal Li was stopped by someone as soon as he opened his office door.

"It's Secretary Tian. What can I do for you?"

Turning around, Principal Li smiled and said to the person who had called him.

"Hehe... Old Li, I don't even call you Principal Li anymore. Why are you still calling me Secretary like that?"

If anyone at No. 33 Middle School still calls him "Comrade Li, Principal," it's only Secretary Tian. And if anyone called him "Principal Li" yesterday, it must have been Secretary Tian. But now, Secretary Tian has changed his address to Old Li first, and Old Li was a beat slow to react, so naturally, he's going to be teased.

"Hehe... alright, what brings you here, Little Tian?"

Old Li's reactions are often slow, so after being teased so many times, he's learned to use tactics like taking advantage of the situation. He immediately changed his address, but Old Li still asked,

"So, if I invite you to the school cafeteria for lunch, does that count as having something to say? And, even if I don't have anything to say, can't I just say hello?"

Old Li, like a donkey going downhill, wanted to hurry up, but it seemed like Little Tian was whipping him even harder.

"Xiao Tian, let's go to the cafeteria for lunch, otherwise my old face will swell up!"

Whether it was whipping the donkey or slapping its face, Old Li, whose face had been thickened by the teasing, turned his back.

"Hehe...you old rascal! I just told you the truth and you can't take it! Are you afraid of hearing the truth too? Come on, I want to see how your dark, old face swells up when you hear the truth."

Xiao Tian said this with a smile, but if Old Li's thick face didn't swell up, he'd definitely want to know.

"Xiao Tian, look what kind of bird is perched on the tree behind you?"

As if he'd seen some rare species, Old Li pointed behind Secretary Tian.

"What..."

This was the office corridor, and at the very end of the corridor was a wall! Secretary Tian, caught off guard, immediately turned around, and Comrade Li had already used this opportunity to slip into his office.

"This idiot..."

Almost fifty years old, acting like a kindergarten kid! Xiao Tian, unsure whether to laugh or be angry, muttered to herself as she pushed open the door to Lao Li's office.

"What are you rummaging through?"

Seeing Lao Li rummaging around looking for something, Xiao Tian asked. "I wanted to wash my hands, but I can't find a towel or anything,"

Lao Li replied, looking around again.

"Don't bother looking, come wash your hands in my office, I have hot water there."

With that, Xiao Tian walked away.

The water temperature was just right, and Lao Li, choosing between hand soap and hand sanitizer, picked up the hand soap.

"Why don't you wash your face with soap too?"

Xiao Tian said, taking the hand soap from Lao Li's hand.

"Here, wipe your face."

Having washed his hands and face, Lao Li was about to shake off the water droplets when a light pink towel was handed to him.

The delicate fragrance on the towel was very refreshing. Old Li put the towel on his face and took a deep breath, letting the delicate fragrance on the towel soothe his heart and lungs.

Old Li's unconscious action made the people who saw this scene blush and even secretly spit.

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The phone rang and Principal Li pressed the speakerphone button and put the receiver back. He wanted to let Secretary Tian hear the content of the call so that he would not have to explain it again. Moreover, it would allow Secretary Tian to better analyze the other party's true intentions after hearing the content of the call, so as to prepare for dealing with it in advance.

"Hello, may I ask who you are..."

A voice came from the landline receiver. Principal Li, who was waiting nearby, was about to speak into the receiver when the voice hesitated, then chuckled softly before continuing, "Is this Teacher Li? Your student is here to greet you!"

"Hehe... Is this Qingyu? This is Teacher Li, how are you?"

The voice on the other end of the line seemed to instantly transport Teacher Li back to his time at the military district primary school over a decade ago. Smiling, he greeted his student, who was thousands of miles away.

"Teacher Li! It really is you! Hello, hello!..."

A joyful exclamation came from the phone, followed by a barrage of questions that sounded like a machine gun. They

hadn't seen each other for over a decade. After briefly recounting their experiences over the years, and following a short silence, Teacher Li brought up the events of that morning.

The person who came to Teacher Li this morning to finalize the supermarket issue was named Da Mei. Although she wasn't Teacher Li's student, every year during winter and summer vacations, she would come to Teacher Li's house with Qing Yu, who was two years younger than her

, for a while to eat. Even after Qing Yu was sent to Shanghai for junior high school, Da Mei, who stayed in the city to continue her studies, would still visit Teacher Li's house from time to time. Five years ago, when Da Mei was in university, she would still visit Teacher Li's house once a year during the Spring Festival. One of Da Mei's very close friends was in construction, and Teacher Li had contacted this friend when renovating the vocational school offices. Therefore, when Teacher Li conceived the idea of renovating the vocational school auditorium, she thought of Da Mei's friend again.

Teacher Li asked Da Mei to contact her friend again. After Da Mei understood Teacher Li's purpose for renovating the auditorium, Qing Yu, whom she had kept in touch with for many years, called her at that moment.

Qingyu's university life was about to end, and she was undecided whether to return to Jiangzhong City to start anew or stay in Shanghai to continue her fledgling career.

When she shared her dilemma with Damei, Damei mentioned Teacher Li's idea of opening a supermarket. So, the two longtime friends decided to use Teacher Li's soon-to-be-renovated auditorium as the beginning of their collaboration. That

morning, Damei met with Teacher Li, gave him Qingyu's phone number, and also got Teacher Li's office number. After parting ways with Teacher Li, Damei called Qingyu to tell her about the progress and gave her the newly acquired Teacher Li's office number. Teacher

Li, with his keen intuition, realized that a dramatic change was about to occur on Gongye Road, while Damei and Qingyu knew that this project, which had been shelved, was now attracting the attention of various powerful figures. In other words, these powerful figures were simply waiting for the gates of the "sinking palace" to open so they could rush in and take what they wanted.

The key to opening those gates was a feasibility study seminar two months later, followed by an expanded meeting of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. Although nothing has really happened yet, Da Mei and Qing Yu already know that the gates of this long-closed palace will definitely open this year.

Teacher Li had just subtly hinted at this when Qing Yu interrupted her anxiously, directly asking how she knew.

From Qing Yu's urgent and almost accusatory tone, Teacher Li, after confirming her own judgment, understood why Qing Yu was so nervous. Because such a large-scale, far-reaching project, once its confidentiality is lost, the negative impact on society, the economy, and the entire project would be immeasurable. Therefore, if someone could learn the details of the project through special channels, they could reap substantial profits if they had the power, but if they spread the news, it would trigger a series of social upheavals. To be

honest, Teacher Li told Qing Yu how she learned about it, explaining that it was Da Mei's visit to discuss the supermarket that sparked her suspicions.

Listening to Teacher Li recount how she learned about the matter, Qingyu breathed a long sigh of relief. However, when she heard Teacher Li's speculation stemming from the supermarket, Qingyu fell silent.

Qingyu was somewhat extroverted, but this didn't prevent her from possessing a delicate and sensitive nature. Teacher Li, from the fact that she and Damei had rented space at the vocational school to open a supermarket, could so keenly connect it to the changes that were about to occur along the entire Industrial Road. While admiring Teacher Li's keen insight, the perceptive Qingyu also began to make connections.

This sensitivity led Qingyu to think of the vocational school campus, and then, through the difficult situation of Teacher Li's school, No. 33 Middle School, she thought of Teacher Li's subtle concern and worry. Teacher Li was afraid of losing the vocational school campus. However, Qingyu knew that Teacher Li's fear of losing this campus wasn't because of any personal gain, but because he feared losing the opportunity it offered No. 33 Middle School to overcome its difficulties.

But then, the perceptive Qingyu wondered, for whom was Teacher Li's concern and worry directed? It was because she and Damei had gone to see him that Teacher Li's associations and worries began. Then… the perceptive Qingyu suddenly understood: Teacher Li was actually most worried about her and Da Mei.

Teacher Li's call today was probably meant to sound out her feelings, or more clearly, to find out how much she and Da Mei cared about the vocational school.

Over a decade had passed; the teacher who used to catch bugs in the vegetable garden with her, whose intimacy was hidden behind her back, had become distant. Had time changed everything? Or had Teacher Li changed? Or did he think she was no longer the Qingyu she once was?

Thinking of these things, the silent Qingyu felt a sudden tightness in her heart. She gathered her thoughts and said to Teacher Li, "Teacher Li, I'm still the same Qingyu. Although I still love to eat, my appetite isn't as big now. Da Mei and I have agreed that I'm going back this time to earn a dowry of ten or twenty million yuan, and then I'll get married with it. By the way, Teacher Li, I haven't found anyone I want to marry in Shanghai yet. Could you find someone for me in our area? If you can't find anyone for me either, I'll move into your house with my dowry and wait. If you really can't find anyone for me, I'll marry you as compensation! Also, you must remember what I said, don't disappoint me!"

Qingyu's continuous speech finally stopped, but the phone went dead with the dial tone.

As the phone went dead, Teacher Li felt a mix of emotions. Was it relief that Qingyu hadn't changed? Was it joy at seeing hope of keeping the vocational school on campus? Or was it guilt for her suspicions? The phone had been ringing for a while when

Secretary Tian stopped it by pressing the speakerphone button. Seeing that Teacher Li had also come out of his reverie, Secretary Tian took out the lily-shaped colored stone that he had been holding in his hand and said to him, "Old Li, can you put this on for me?"

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Her elegant temperament, fashionable and appropriate attire, and faint yet memorable perfume scent made her a beautiful sight among urban women. All of these highlights of urban women were displayed on Secretary Tian, who was facing away from Old Li and asked him to put the colored stone on her.

Obviously, Old Li may have some strengths in other areas, but he lacked the necessary experience when it came to putting necklaces on women. So, he put the red string with the colored stone on it on and then let go of her hand, and the smooth colored stone, with a cool touch, slid into Secretary Tian's collar, almost reaching her collarbone.

So, as Secretary Tian turned around to show Old Li the effect of her wearing the pebbles, she casually pulled her collar down a little, just below her collarbone. The pebbles slid less than two fingers' width below her collarbone, but to better showcase them, Secretary Tian used her four fingers, taking advantage of the elasticity, to pull them down slightly along both sides of the collar.

The water towns of Jiangnan have nurtured countless graceful and intelligent women. Tian Rong, who came from the awning boats of Shaoxing, inherited the slender waist of the women of the water towns, like willow branches drooping on the water. In the area gradually revealed as her collar was pulled down, a deep cleavage became the perfect resting place for the glittering pebbles.

The woman's delicate fragrance of lilies, her soft, luminous body cradling a milky-white, sparkling lily in full bloom, instantly made Old Li forget where he was.

"Is it beautiful?"

Looking into Old Li's deeply infatuated eyes, Secretary Tian, her cheeks slightly flushed, asked softly.

"Beautiful, it's so beautiful!"

Whether praising the lily's crystalline beauty, or captivated by its soft glow, perhaps it was the deep, unyielding cleavage that had softened countless strong men over the centuries, a cleavage capable of encompassing the deepest affections.

"Old Li, is it really that beautiful?"

Tian Rong asked, her four fingers gently releasing their grip, the elasticity partially obscuring the sparkling pebble. Her hands rested on Old Li's shoulders.

"Beautiful, truly beautiful!"

Old Li, his arms wrapped around Tian Rong's slender waist, looked into her eyes and said unequivocally.

"Do you want to see it?"

Tian Rong asked again, her hand resting on his shoulder, her index finger stroking Old Li's slightly stubbled chin.

"Yes, I want to see it every day."

Old Li's gaze lingered on Tian Rong's pale pink lips as he expressed his anticipation.

"Then how do you want to see it?"

Her pale pink lips were only a thin line away from Old Li's, her breath softly caressing his face as she spoke. Before she could finish her question,

"I..."

Old Li's answer was cut short as Tian Rong's pale pink lips gently kissed him.

At thirty-one, still single, Tian Rong's kisses were as bold as a young cow learning to pull a heifer's harness—full of strength and energy, yet often excessive. Her

lips were like a gun barrel plugged into a chest, ensuring no bullet was fired and no air was inhaled. And now, as Old Li experienced it firsthand, the arms around his neck possessed a strength only a female special police officer would use to subdue a criminal.

Fortunately, Old Li's years of breathing exercises allowed him to maintain his strength even in extreme oxygen deprivation. His relatively robust neck also had decent resilience against force. So, when the vigorous Tian Rong nearly suffocated him, and his arms stiffened from overexertion, Old Li, now with some room to maneuver, began teaching the heifer how to pull the cart.

"Is this a real kiss?"

The heifer, finally able to control her pulling power under Old Li's guidance, asked herself this question as she experienced the novel sensations of their lips rubbing together.

Her lips relaxed, her teeth loosened, and a thin gap appeared as they rubbed together, allowing Old Li's tongue to slip inside. (

I've been busy with work these past few days, so the update count isn't high. I sincerely apologize for this. I hope everyone understands. I'm posting the first part before midnight, and the rest later.

) Secretary Tian's subconsciously clenched teeth caused a faint trickle of blood to seep from Old Li's restless tongue. The sharp pain brought Old Li, who had been somewhat disoriented, back to his senses.

Holding Secretary Tian's shoulders, he gently pulled her a little distance away and said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Tian, I can't treat you like this."

"Is it because of Xie Xin?"

Looking at the apologetic Old Li, Tian Rong asked softly,

"Yes, and..."

The sadness in Tian Rong's eyes made Old Li's heart tremble. But now that he was more aware, he couldn't let this mistake continue, so he gave Tian Rong a firm answer. Before he could explain further, Tian Rong gently covered his lips with her hand.

"Do you know why I haven't gotten married yet?"

Her hand slid down Old Li's lips, adjusting his collar as she asked.

"I..."

Old Li began to speak, but Tian Rong answered herself.

Tian Rong's father was considered a high-ranking official, and her mother was a researcher at a research institute. However, there was a nearly twenty-year age difference between her parents. Tian Rong had three sisters, but no sons.

Her father regretted this, but it didn't affect his love for her mother or his affection for Tian Rong and her sisters. However, Tian Rong's father passed away when she was twenty-five. As the eldest daughter, after graduating from university, Tian Rong worked while helping her mother take care of her two younger sisters who were still in school.

Tian Rong was beautiful and attracted a lot of attention. At the age of twenty-nine, she became the vice principal of a prestigious high school, which speaks volumes about her competence. Her two younger sisters, one returned to the city after graduating from university and entered the municipal propaganda department through the civil service examination, while the other is now a graduate student at Jiangzhong University in the city.

Even with their father's early departure, Tian Rong's family lived a happy and successful life. Unfortunately, the Tian sisters were both quite ambitious, and they unconsciously brought this ambition into their search for partners. As a result, after many choices, thirty-one-year-old Tian Rong was still single, her eldest sister had not found her other half, and her youngest sister simply buried herself in books, beginning a life of studying without paying attention to anything else.

Before coming to No. 33 Middle School, Tian Rong judged men solely by their social standing, using it as a basic benchmark before considering their knowledge, demeanor, cultivation, and potential.

However, everyone compares ideals with reality, because such comparisons only widen the gap between them. But this wasn't what troubled or angered Tian Rong most. Her distress stemmed from her own beauty, and her anger also arose from it.

Tian Rong entered No. 33 Middle School through a recommendation from one of her father's former subordinates, and within four years, she became the vice-principal. While Tian Rong's own abilities were one factor, her father's former subordinate played a decisive role.

All of this came about after a conversation with this former subordinate, now the mayor of Jiangzhong City. She realized that simply being capable and hardworking doesn't guarantee recognition. At crucial moments, you need someone to support you from behind.

Her father's former subordinate had wholeheartedly helped her, and their conversation revolved around this point. The conversation, lasting over twenty minutes, ultimately focused on a simple topic: a luxurious villa, a promotion to a high-ranking position in the city's Organization Department, and numerous benefits for Tian Rong's family. All this was contingent on one condition: Tian Rong had to move into that villa and spend a few days each month with this former subordinate of her father, who could be her father. Tian Rong possessed a strong sense of pride, but her trembling hand prevented her from pouring the teacup over the face of this former subordinate, who had placed his hand on her shoulder during their conversation. Instead, Tian Rong politely rose, avoiding his hand, and said very politely, "Xiao Ye (the daughter of Tian Rong's former subordinate) is my dear sister. I'm happy she calls me 'sister,' but if she were to call me 'Mom,' I'm afraid I truly cannot accept that! So, Uncle Zhu, please save what you've told me for someone more suitable to be Xiao Ye's mother."

Uncle Zhu's face flushed slightly, and his hand, which had been half-raised on Tian Rong's shoulder, remained raised until she had been gone for quite some time before finally lowering it. Less than two months after their conversation, Tian Rong was promoted from vice principal of No. 3 Middle School to secretary of No. 33 Middle School.

This experience taught Tian Rong to see everyone around her from a different perspective. It was this understanding that gradually drew her to Lao Li, whom she encountered more and more frequently at work.

In Lao Li, she saw a man who believed that success in life wasn't solely about reaching some high point. Men who could live each day with a peaceful heart were perhaps even rarer in this world.

Unconsciously, Tian Rong actively approached Lao Li, and unknowingly, she harbored feelings for a man almost twenty years her senior, just like her mother. However, when she finally made her decision amidst all her thoughts, she found it was too late.

"Lao Li, can I lean on you for a while?"

Tian Rong asked, seemingly exhausted after recounting her experiences.

Without a word, Lao Li gently opened his arms and pulled Tian Rong into his embrace.

"Old Li, if it weren't for Xie Xin, would you let me lean on you for the rest of my life?"

Finding a comfortable spot in Old Li's arms, she asked him.

"This...it's not entirely because of Xie Xin."

After a moment's hesitation, Old Li gave a half-clear, half-vague answer.

"Besides Xie Xin, are there other reasons involved?"

Concerned about the relationship she had longed for for so many years, and also about a relationship she might not have again for a long time, Tian Rong persisted.

After thinking for a long time, Old Li mentioned Xie Xin, then his relationship with Fei'er, and then Fei'er's current relationship with Xie Xin. Both Old Li and Tian Rong fell silent.

"Do Fei'er and Xie Xin get along well?"

Grabbing Old Li's hand that was resting on her waist, Tian Rong broke the silence and asked.

"They get along very well. Fei'er calls Xie Xin 'sister.'"

Although Old Li always felt indebted to Fei'er and Xie Xin, their good relationship brought him great comfort.

"Is that so? Then how did you end up with Xie Xin when you were already with Fei'er?"

Tian Rong, somewhat surprised that Xie Xin and Fei'er got along so well in that situation, turned the question to Lao Li.

"Well..."

After thinking for a moment, Lao Li organized his thoughts and first explained in detail how his relationship with Fei'er developed, then how his relationship with Xie Xin developed. Finally, Lao Li also explained in detail how Fei'er came to see Xie Xin.

"So you're saying that your relationships with Fei'er and Xie Xin all developed because you were drunk?"

One time someone gets drunk and has an accident might be an accident, but to have the same accident happen a second time while drunk... that strongly suggests it was intentional! So, as soon as Lao Li finished explaining, Tian Rong raised her voice and pressed for an answer.

"I...I just got drunk and...I don't know...what happened, I just...I just couldn't control myself at all...no...no...I probably don't even know what I did, I..."

Tian Rong's questioning tone was filled with distrust, but even with his face flushed, Lao Li couldn't seem to come up with a convincing explanation for his actions.

"What's wrong? You've already done it, why are you blushing when I mention it? Did I touch a nerve and you're getting anxious?"

Turning her head slightly to look at the nearly fifty-year-old man blushing so deeply, even though she knew Old Li wasn't the type to fake drunkenness to take advantage of others, Tian Rong inexplicably wanted to see if his face would turn even redder.

"Little Tian, really...really not...really! I..."

Sure enough, as Old Li hurriedly tried to explain, his face seemed to turn a little purple.

"Hehe...look how anxious you are! I was just saying it, why are you so flustered!"

Reaching out to pat Old Li's purple cheek, Tian Rong laughed and scolded him.

"I..."

Yes, you've already done it, and she was just saying it, why are you so flustered? But then again, this seemed to be a profound matter concerning a person's character; if it wasn't clarified, the impression would be deep! The problem was, some things are easier done than said, and the more you say, the worse it gets. So Old Li opened his mouth dryly, swallowing back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Seeing Old Li's purple face seemed to put Tian Rong at ease. She leaned closer to him, holding both his hands to her chest, and began fiddling with his fingers one by one.

Tian Rong's head was almost below Old Li's nostrils, so the faint fragrance of her hair wafted into his nostrils. As her hands draped down her shoulders to her chest, Old Li's arm inevitably brushed against the soft mound of her breasts.

He was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, so through the thin fabric, he could clearly feel the fullness of her breasts. When his arm first touched her breasts, Old Li's arm trembled slightly, and he instinctively moved away. It's unclear whether Tian Rong was unaware of the contact, but as she manipulated Lao Li's fingers, she would subtly shift her body. This rendered Lao Li's slight avoidance of her protruding chest meaningless, causing the initial, slight contact between his arm and her breast to become more frequent. Amidst

the delicate fragrance of her hair, his arm made a clear contact with her breast, and as they pressed together, it became unclear whether it was his arm or the breast that began to rub against each other.

During this friction, Lao Li's hands, which had been manipulating Tian Rong's, gradually moved through her clothes to her abdomen. With each breath, Tian Rong's abdomen rose and fell, and Lao Li's hands continued to touch her. While Tian Rong manipulated him, Lao Li's fingers also seemed to unconsciously and gently knead her abdomen through her clothes.

After releasing Lao Li's hands, Tian Rong slowly raised them and hooked them around his neck. She tilted her head slightly, turning her face towards him, and leaned forward, slowly bringing her lips to his.

Hesitating between welcoming and gently rejecting, Tian Rong's lips were already on Lao Li's. His body trembled slightly, and Lao Li pulled her arms tighter, kissing her passionately yet tenderly. She

opened her teeth, letting Lao Li's tongue swirl in her mouth before she entwined her own with his. She let Lao Li linger on her lower abdomen, kneading it, and let his other hand, after kneading her breasts through her clothes, slip inside her bra collar.

They rolled over, and Tian Rong pressed Lao Li against the sofa armrest. In their increasingly passionate kiss, their hands also slipped inside each other's clothes, caressing and rubbing.

Tian Rong lay half-reclined on the sofa, her top undone, her bra and plaster pushed up. Her abdomen was partially exposed, and her entire chest was bare,

revealing prominent cleavage. Old Li's large hands and lips took turns kissing these areas. Age had faded the youthful, bright red of the cleavage, turning it a deeper maroon. Old Li's lips sucked around the cleavage, his tongue licking the areas he had touched. As Tian Rong gently ruffled his hair with her hands, Old Li took one of her deep red cleavages into his mouth.

The cleavage rolled on his tongue, stretched between his lips, and was nibbled and rubbed against his teeth, sending tingling, electric sensations through Tian Rong's body, spreading throughout her entire being.

An uncontrollable moan escaped Tian Rong's lips as she pressed and squeezed Old Li's head against her chest, twisting her body. Old Li lifted her skirt.

The thin stockings, just reaching the top, revealed a narrow, pale purple lace lining, with clear wetness visible between her legs.

Following the soles of Tian Rong's feet, where she had kicked off her shoes, Old Li kissed and licked upwards to the edge of the lace. His tongue first licked every inch of the inner side, then moistened the edges of the lace with saliva. He inhaled the scent emanating from the wetness between her legs, rubbing his nose back and forth in that hollow.

Tian Rong, her body slightly limp, leaned against the corner of the sofa. One leg was propped up on the sofa, the other held by Old Li's large hand. Slowly, Old Li's fingers pushed the lace aside, fully revealing the perfect hollow between her legs.

Watching Old Li take a white silk cover from the sofa back and place it under her thighs, watching his enormous member slowly emerge from his body, Tian Rong trembled uncontrollably.

Old Li's lips gently kissed her, his body slowly pressing closer. Tian Rong took a deep breath, then straightened Old Li's shoulders with both hands, her face flushed and slightly breathless, she said, "I...I want to see it go in!"

The enormous member was finally close, so close that she could almost feel its pulsating heat. Fear, anticipation, unbearable urges—a multitude of indescribable feelings surged within her. Tian Rong's small hand half-welcomed, half-resisted, guarding her garden.

The enormous member, with its steel-like hardness and fiery heat, penetrated Tian Rong's small hand guarding her garden, grinding and pushing open the two damp doors of her garden.

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