Chapter 6: A Night Visit Under the Moonlight (01)

  A week has passed quietly, and the teaching work of the second year of high school has gradually entered the right track. However, Chen Haonan still hasn't gotten on track, and he can't calm down for many things. In class, he often gets distracted, and sometimes when the teacher asks him a question, he doesn't even know what the teacher asked, making some teachers feel embarrassed.

  In addition, Chen Haonan, who serves as the study committee member in the class, has to collect and distribute homework every day, which is his responsibility and obligation. However, for these days, he has never collected all the homework that should be submitted by his classmates, and the teachers of each subject have some subtle words about this.

  For Chen Haonan's situation, the head teacher "Old Li" is watching with his eyes and worrying in his heart. As soon as this "Old Li" comrade is mentioned, it's necessary to talk about him: Old Li is not really "old" Li, his real name is Li Weihong, and he's just over thirty years old. As for why he's called "Old Li", there's no way to investigate, probably the students are all following the "old path" of their seniors.

  Of course, the nickname "Old Li" was only used by his classmates behind his back. No one ever called him that to his face - not because they were afraid of him, but because everyone thought it would be self-deprecating if they did.

  Of course, there are reasons for these things. Firstly, in terms of teaching and education, the physics subject taught by Old Li is absolutely one of the best in Yannan Middle School, even if compared to the whole county it's still top-notch; secondly, in terms of handling matters and treating people, Old Li is simply impeccable, all teachers and students in the school unanimously evaluate him as a "Tang Monk-style" teacher, never seen him physically or verbally abuse any student, not even a single harsh word...

  None of his classmates dared to disobey him, so no one called him "Old Li" to his face. As for the private and behind-the-scenes discussions, it can be considered a kind of intimacy towards him.

  The day school started, Old Li found that Chen Haonan was a bit off, and with some teachers' hints, he became even more worried. However, at the beginning of the semester, there were too many things to attend to, and for the time being, he couldn't take care of it. Of course, not taking the initiative to find out about Chen Haonan's situation in a timely manner, Old Li also had other intentions, that is, he hoped that he would have the courage to admit his mistakes and correct them.

  For Chen Haonan, due to the various problems caused by his father's illness in his heart, he himself was also very anxious and often deeply self-reproached and remorseful. He felt that he couldn't let himself fall again. However, the more he wanted to try his best, the more he felt powerless...

  At the moment of utter helplessness, Chen Haonan thought of his class teacher Li, and he felt that he should talk to him about his thoughts. However, the shadow of his father's serious illness had always loomed over him, causing his original pride and confidence to almost disappear, and the sparks of courage that had been ignited again and again were extinguished in his own helplessness. This made him feel extremely conflicted, as if he was being pushed to the edge of despair, feeling lonely, wandering, helpless, and directionless.

  However, his father's words of advice, such as "remain calm in the face of adversity" and "be decisive and efficient, don't be wishy-washy", kept echoing in his ears, Chen Haonan's flustered heart gradually calmed down, and he became more determined. He secretly encouraged himself while also trying to suppress his negative thoughts...

  It was the eighth evening of self-study after school started, Chen Haonan anxiously waited, but it took a long time without seeing the head teacher coming to the classroom. So, Chen Haonan kept encouraging himself, and finally, he took a deep breath and stood up, quickly walking out of the classroom.

  In recent years, due to the significant increase in enrollment, Yannan Middle School has added a number of new buildings. In addition to a large teaching building, two student dormitory buildings and two teacher dormitory buildings, a new teacher office building was also built.

  From Chen Haonan's classroom in Class 211 to the teacher's office building, you need to go down from the fourth floor of the new teaching building, pass through the small stone road in the middle of the lawn in front of the building and the central campus highway, then cross a small oval leisure square, and finally go down more than ten stone steps.

  Although his heart was very heavy, as soon as he thought that he would soon tell the class teacher about the idea that had been hanging in his mind for a long time, Chen Haonan's footsteps became lighter.

  Since entering Yannan Middle School, Chen Haonan's relationship with his head teacher Li has always been good, and Old Li has also given him a lot of help. During this period, Chen Haonan was numb, confused, and at a loss for what to do, the only person he thought of was his head teacher: He hoped that Old Li could help him get out of trouble and confusion...

  Before long, Chen Haonan came down from the teaching building. He ran across the stone path and central avenue on the lawn, and soon arrived at the leisure square.

  The night was very quiet. However, occasionally the calls of nocturnal insects could be heard, hiding in the low tree clusters at the edge of the square, calling out softly, although their voices were very small, but they dragged on for a long time. Chen Haonan's sudden intrusion brought some vitality to the originally somewhat desolate square, and he seemed to have noticed this himself. Unconsciously, his footsteps slowed down a lot.

  Somehow, tonight's moonlight is particularly bright, shining with a soft glow, giving people a feeling of serenity and peace. Unable to resist, he started counting on his fingers, and Chen Haonan only then realized that today was already the 12th day of the lunar calendar... Looking up at the vast night sky, the moon was about to be full, and suddenly a sentence popped into his mind: The moon waits bitterly, and eventually there will come a day when it is full, but what about humans?

  Thinking of this, Chen Haonan's heart couldn't help but ache again...