Chapter 947 Talking Nonsense

That night, a thunderstorm began outside.

With lightning and thunder, under Mo Jingchun’s surprised gaze, Li Xuanyu got out of bed and opened the curtains, and even opened half of the window.

A very satisfied Li Xuanyu quickly slipped into Mo Jingchun’s embrace, like a little kitten.

With her eyes slightly closed, Li Xuanyu relished every moment.

"Honey."

"Hmm?"

"Tell me, since you don’t smoke or drink, how do you get through those tough times when you’re really down?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Jingchun was stunned. He... seemed like he had never thought about this question before.

In that year, after his mother passed away, how did he manage to get through the grief?

Mo Jingchun thought for a long while, then suddenly said with a smile, "Candy."

"Candy is super sweet."

"Is it? Then why do you often con Candy?"

"Hahaha, you’ve got to keep things separate, how can you count them together?"

With a boom of thunder, the storm outside seemed to grow heavier.

The next morning, as soon as Mo Jingchun arrived at the company, he received some bad news.

The overnight heavy rain caused a flash flood back home, devastating the Chinese medicine planting bases of some families.

Even the village road had a section washed away by the flood, making it impassable for vehicles.

After hanging up the call from the village chief, Mo Jingchun frowned.

"Zero, coordinate things to restore road access as soon as possible."

"Okay, boss."

After arranging tasks, Mo Jingchun took out his phone to check the weather forecast for the next few days. Upon seeing it predicted clear skies for the following week, Mo Jingchun breathed a sigh of relief.

His hometown lies in a nature reserve, a natural reservoir that can store water through trees and other means. But the downside is that every time there’s a torrential rain there are flash floods and road collapses. It’s all too common.

In the blink of an eye, it’s Friday again. After the last class, Candy grabs her already packed bag and runs downstairs with Xiang’Er.

Actually, they are supposed to gather at the playground for the routine full school assembly, where school leaders remind students of various safety issues. Meaning, after the last class, running isn’t even allowed.

Even at the playground, it requires waiting.

Yet somehow, every student loves the feeling of sprinting.

Running while eating, running when going home after school.

Ten minutes later, all students gradually gather downstairs. What surprised Candy was that today, the principal personally came to the meeting.

Seeing Candy’s confusion, Xiang’Er shook her head, indicating she didn’t know either, and hadn’t heard any news.

Moreover, the principal’s expression wasn’t good, giving off the feeling of being full of anger, ready to erupt.

"Students, please remain quiet!"

After the sixth-grade head directed them to quiet down, he handed the microphone to the principal.

"Good afternoon, fellow students, teachers."

"Some of you might be surprised why this old fellow has come to hold a meeting today.

I’ve got some heartbreaking news to share with you—all teachers are feeling it. Just yesterday evening, a student drowned."

The angry principal raised his voice and channeled his disappointment, saying, "Tell me, at which Friday dismissal meeting did we not stress water safety and electrical safety?

Must you wait until something happens to you to realize the seriousness of the situation? When that moment comes, heaven won’t give you a chance to regret."

"Starting today, no student is allowed to privately go to the river to play, especially in the major rivers within our county."

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Usually lasting only ten or so minutes, today’s assembly stretched over half an hour.

On the school bus, Candy realized everyone shared her sense of oppression.

"Xiang’Er, do you know which class the student the principal mentioned was in?"

"I don’t know."

Just as Candy was about to ask Zero, a classmate in the back row spoke up, "It was someone from our class."

.........

Noticing something was off with Candy when she returned home, Mo Jingchun raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why the sad face, did someone at school bully you? Or did your English teacher have an outburst?"

Regarding the sixth grade one class’s English teacher issue, many students and parents had spoken about it before. Naturally, disputes had occurred in the group chat.

If not for the homeroom teacher saying the semester will end soon and saying a few good words for the English teacher, the group would’ve been in chaos, probably reaching the principal.

No one would doubt the power of the parents—besides Mo Jingchun, there were others who held prominence in the county within the little sixth grade one parent group.

"No."

Hearing this, Mo Jingchun was surprised.

"Who would bully me at school? Even the English teacher has never made things difficult for me intentionally."

Saying that, Candy sighed.

"Just now there was a school assembly, a student from fifth grade fourth class drowned after going out to play in the river yesterday evening."

Mo Jingchun frowned and glanced at Zero, only to see Zero solemnly nodding.

Raising a child to this age isn’t easy, he’s invested so much emotion, Mo Jingchun truly has the authority to speak on this.

If... something happened to Candy, Mo Jingchun would truly collapse, losing all meaning of life.

"You all always think adults are scaring you, now you understand the danger, right?"

"Mm."

Shaking his head, Mo Jingchun no longer disturbed the still gloomy Candy. Only when you realize the fragility of life can you truly cherish it.

In the evening, after finishing work, Zhou Yaling came into the office with a big belly.

Seeing Zhou Yaling, Mo Jingchun unhappily said, "Why are you back at work again?"

"Oh, it’s nothing. I just find staying at home boring. Besides, the due date is still far off, what’s there to worry about?"

"I’ll settle things with Bin later. This guy, doesn’t he know to persuade you?"

Zhou Yaling beamed, saying, "Don’t trouble him, at home I call the shots."

Mo Jingchun glanced at the smug Zhou Yaling, then turned to Zero and said, "Temporarily revoke her access privileges."

"I’ll make sure she can’t get into the elevator lobby, let’s see how she gets up here."

From a distance, Candy, having snapped out of her gloominess, rolled her eyes at her brother, concerned for others, yet using the harshest words.

Can’t understand how his sister-in-law decided on him in the first place.

"Sis, just stay at home and nurture the baby, I even heard our big uncle mention you some time ago."

"Alright, alright, got it."

"Bin messaged me, I’ll head home first, bye-bye~"

After watching Zhou Yaling leave, Mo Jingchun looked at Candy and asked in confusion, "When did big uncle say something about your sister? Why don’t I know?"

With eyes locked, Candy blinked at him.

Without Candy saying a word, Mo Jingchun already understood. This kid’s bluffing Zhou Yaling.