Chapter 655: Chapter 653: Kindhearted Father 32
Jiang Fang still listened to Wen Zhixi’s advice. He knew Li Feiwei, but to be honest, he didn’t put much thought into him. Li Feiwei was someone who couldn’t even walk through the alley without getting his pocket money stolen. Ran Chen explaining problems to him was merely out of pity.
He doesn’t like Ran Chen, and someone like Li Feiwei wouldn’t either.
Thinking about this, he felt relieved and focused more on his studies, although during his free time, his gaze would still land on Ah Chen.
As long as Jiang Fang doesn’t provoke, Ah Chen wouldn’t bother to confront him.
All the disturbances seemed to have really subsided. For ordinary people, it was just a show, not affecting anyone; only the people involved knew the real taste of it.
Ah Chen and Zhuo Qiaoqing were living a lively life. After Zhuo Qiaoqing got paid in the second month, she bought Ah Chen a high-end phone.
Since Ran Zhengfeng was gone, Zhuo Qiaoqing wasn’t as cautious with spending, afraid there might be some emergency without money.
It was only now she realized that without Ran Zhengfeng, she actually had a pretty good risk resistance capacity.
Her daughter’s birthday gift had always been her concern; now finally making up for it made her feel fulfilled.
Ah Chen understood Zhuo Qiaoqing’s mindset, therefore did not refuse.
"Switched to a new phone?" Chen Yijia asked surprised, her voice couldn’t help but be raised.
Ah Chen didn’t hold back: "Teacher Zhuo made up for my birthday gift. Otherwise, she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep at night."
At school, the commissioner also calls Zhuo Qiaoqing ’Teacher Zhuo’, and Ah Chen naturally followed.
Ah Chen’s voice was not quiet, and many classmates heard it.
Sitting at his desk, Duan Mu also heard, his face grew uncomfortable, but was thankful Wei Yue wasn’t here; otherwise, wouldn’t she be heartbroken hearing this?
No matter how angry, he dared not provoke Ran Chen. Everyone around now supported Ran Chen.
Also, his mother actually told him to reduce contact with Wei Yue for some reason. Because of this, his relationship with his mom was getting worse.
Chen Yijia envied thinking of her mother who had already passed away, since then her biological father turned stepfather. Though lacking nothing in life, things were different, her eyes dimmed at such thoughts.
Ah Chen noticed but personal matters like these, it’s inappropriate for an outsider to probe, as it would be exposing wounds.
With the end of the semester approaching, she remembered it was this summer Chen Yijia would suddenly go abroad without saying a word. The commissioner was too occupied to inquire, but now she could keep an eye on it.
With their relationship, keeping in touch over the holidays, and arranging outings shouldn’t be a problem, she could closely monitor circumstances.
"My birthday is during the summer holiday, can you come over to celebrate? Eighteenth birthday." asked Chen Yijia.
Ah Chen paused slightly, then nodded quickly: "Of course, such things are a must."
She speculated that Chen Yijia suddenly going abroad might be related to the birthday party. Well, she’d find out then; it’ll save the trouble.
Chen Yijia, delighted, cuddled Ah Chen’s arm, moving around, which Ah Chen didn’t mind.
In the test before finals, Ah Chen’s scores ranked fifth in the class, planning to rank third for finals, then second next semester, maintaining this level, should be within the commissioner’s capacity. Multiple top classes in the school, even ranking second, a slight slip could cause a drop from the top ten in grade rankings.
Being class top is indeed tough for the commissioner; Wen Zhixi’s talent is incomparable to most, especially not achievable with the commissioner’s ability. Although the second class had a girl competing with Wen Zhixi, Wen Zhixi didn’t always rank first in the grade.
Before the commissioner’s incident, those messy affairs did affect her somewhat.
Post-incident, grades plummeted, was a deep regret for the commissioner. So this time, Ah Chen planned to score according to her maximum capacity to satisfy her wishes, also hoping Zhuo Qiaoqing would be fulfilled.
The test result made Zhuo Qiaoqing thrilled by seeing Ah Chen’s high scores.
But seeing the physics scores, she shook her head. Knowing well her daughter wasn’t talented in physics, she should be accustomed to it.
During this period, an incident occurred where Ran Zhengfeng was inattentive in class making several mistakes seen by school leaders, and criticized. Somehow, news spread to the elite class parent group, recalling past events, parents dissatisfied with Ran Zhengfeng united to file a complaint against him.
If Ran Zhengfeng made no mistakes in teaching, parents truly wouldn’t pay much attention to these matters.
Though Ran Zhengfeng had decent teaching skills, changing teachers halfway wasn’t a good sign. After school and parental discussions, they gave Ran Zhengfeng a chance, warning if he’s inattentive again, he’d be reassigned to ordinary classes.
This time, he felt his eyebrows burning, not daring to be careless anymore.
Seeing him earnestly teaching, those dissatisfied parents felt settled somewhat.
Yet everyone knew, after this batch graduated, it’d be difficult for Ran Zhengfeng to teach elite classes again.
Ran Zhengfeng understood too but had no solution, unless his ability far surpassed the school, achieving something in mathematics, but that’s impossible.
If he had such capability, he wouldn’t be teaching high school.
Close to finals, news about Wei Yue came that a suitable match was found, and surgery was scheduled.
No more accidents this time, Wei Yue’s surgery was successful.
Ran Zhengfeng, becoming reticent, lately showed more smiles.
Of course, his life remained tough.
Now he couldn’t manage helping the orphanage, caring for Wei Yue, his life was somewhat chaotic.
Once finding the orphanage relaxing and harmonious because Zhuo Qiaoqing sometimes pressured him greatly.
Now when visiting the orphanage, he instantly felt his shoulders weighed down, like suffocating. Facing those eyes, his slightest hesitation would fade instantly. Returning to the cold, empty rental room, he finally breathed, yet felt the surroundings too lonely.
Why has it become like this?
Ran Zhengfeng felt regretful, recalling his life before divorce was truly relaxed.
At home, he merely cooked occasionally, not every time.
Deep into the night, he lay in the rental room sighing, tossing unable to sleep.
Orphanage children were sensitive to emotions, noticing Ran Zhengfeng’s less warmth towards them, even if he still visited with smiles, but only Ran Zhengfeng’s donations sustained them. Life would be tough relying on those subsidies; if Uncle Ran ignored them, what would they do?
So they could only try to please Ran Zhengfeng.
Such is the case, Ran Zhengfeng couldn’t disregard them.
Places once serene now became shackles.
