Let's Go to Parent-Teacher Night Together

The print edition is coming soon, with revised text and several thousand extra words of bonus content!

Liang Yunyi and Dong Sheng's connection began at an elementary school parent-teacher meeting.

Rumor had it that Class One, Grade One had two notorious troublemakers. They each caused trouble until their homeroom teacher finally couldn't take it anymore and made them sit together.

So, the night before the parent-teacher meeting, the mischievous girl's older sister, Liang Yunyi, asked in exasperation, “Mom, Dad, you mean you want me to go to my little sister's parent-teacher meeting for you?”

“That's right!” said the Liang couple, who'd had their daughter late in life. “You don't want to see us getting scolded by the homeroom teacher at our age, do you? She's your own sister!”

Meanwhile, the mischievous boy's uncle, Dong Sheng, asked in exasperation, “Big Brother, you mean you want me to go to my nephew's parent-teacher meeting for you?”

“That's right!” said Dong Sheng's older brother. “I've been swamped with work these past few days. Besides, he's your own nephew!”

So, that evening at the parent-teacher meeting, Liang Yunyi and Dong Sheng sat beside each other, exchanged a nervous glance, then smiled politely.

“Hello.”

“Hello.”

At the time, neither knew this was the beginning of their connection.

Later, Liang Yunyi asked her sister in exasperation, “Who taught you to skip your homework and then lie to your parents about it?”

Her sister: “...My deskmate.”

Dong Sheng asked his nephew in exasperation, “Who taught you to steal an adult's seal and use it to sign your failing test paper?”

His nephew: “...My deskmate.”

The homeroom teacher said, “To stop the two kids from covering for each other again, I think you two should add each other on WeChat.”

A thousand-mile match made by fate: when the time is right, go to the parent-teacher meeting together!

The bonus chapters in the title are intended to distinguish the timeline. Their events are interwoven with the main story, so I recommend reading them together rather than skipping them.

Coming next: A Tea Shop Among the Clouds

After his daily hike up the mountain and a view of the sunrise, Lu Jiaxiu sent the tea shop girl his usual WeChat message: “Miss Lin, I'm here.”

After racing all the way there, taking the cable car and then hiking up the mountain to work, Lin Ran replied, “I'll be there soon!!!”

Taking the steps two at a time, Lin Ran had gotten into the habit of brewing Lu Jiaxiu's usual oolong tea first. This regular customer, who came by every day, had become as reliable as an alarm clock, permanently lodged in her mind.

Lin Ran said, “You could just buy a bottle of oolong tea at the supermarket and bring it up the mountain, couldn't you? Is the tea in our shop really that good? Our stingy boss can't be using good tea leaves...”

But Lu Jiaxiu was happy to keep coming. “Everyone has different tastes. And I like this flavor.”

One day, Lin Ran asked, “Were you just on the phone with Chen Wenbo? What a coincidence, our boss is also called Chen Wenbo.”

Lu Jiaxiu said, “Yes. It's the same Chen Wenbo. We grew up together.”

Lin Ran: “Huh??? Then please pretend you never heard me complain about the tea. And about how he's a stingy boss...”

“Oh, that part was true,” Lu Jiaxiu said with a smile. “Of course, I won't tell him.”

After all, if he wanted to make sure the girl could keep her job, he'd need to keep seeing her on the mountaintop every day.

Oh, and by the way, the sunrise from the mountain peak is famous far and wide. The legend says that couples who watch the sunrise there together will find a love as eternal as the sun.

Theme: Love life, live healthily, and care for the people around you