Chapter 118 (1/2)
Jiao Yuan's class was i first in points The kids wanted to celebrate at Jiao Wei's fa , shi+ Rui, Fu Lei and soo to the restaurant together Their parents had agreed and Papa Jiao volunteered to chaperone the children so their parents didn't all have to coone to the washrooate
Zheng Tan was sitting on the fence Jiao Yuan's little group was chatting about how to use the prize money their teacher had awarded them The money came from the class fee so they obviously couldn't use it to pay for dinner So far, they were planning to use it to buy a basketball and a soccer ball
”Let's buy badminton sets too They don't have to be nice,” shi+ Rui added The girls didn't play basketball or soccer They preferred badminton and volleyball
Soht sight of Zheng Tan before they left and asked Maht him here for the tournament,” Mama Jiao said
”No wonder” The teachers left
Papa Jiao asked what shethe opening cereuts to ju watched by so roup Papa Jiao handed him his backpack and the bottle of juice his roup
The kids all rode their bikes Those who didn't have bikes, like Fu Lei, got rides from their classmates Mama Jiao rode her bike too Papa Jiao didn't drive today, the street was narrow and there were bound to be a lot of people, so parking would be difficult He rode his scooter instead
Papa Jiao led the way on his scooter, Youzi riding with hi Tan sat in the basket of the scooter He rested his chin on the edge of the basket
”Hey Jiao Yuan, your cat is so nice I have a cat too Whenever I put hiets like I put hiet him to sit still, he ju We have to take hie every time By the hat brand of cat food do you feed your cat? He looks strong,” a friend of Jiao Yuan's asked He was in the relay as well
”Our cat is special He doesn't eat cat food so we just feed hi, ”I don't think he takes food froh”
Jiao Yuan wasn't quite sure of it, though he never saw his cat take food froreed with hiave him last time”
”Can your cat catch mice?” the classmate asked
”Of course!”
The kids chatted all the way They went fro water when you pooped”
The restaurant wasn't far thankfully Papa Jiao's phone had run out of power so Ma Jiao Wei's father agreed and told theot there, they saw Jiao Wei's father had closed the restaurant just for them
Jiao Wei had told his parents why they didn't need to pay the ”sanitation fee” any Tan played in it and thanked rateful and wanted to show their gratitude They closed the restaurant so the kids could have a great celebratory party
”Where's Jiao Wei?” Papa Jiao asked
”He joined soo to bed last night until thisand is probably still in his dorh” Jiao Wei's mother wiped off the water on her hands with her apron
Zheng Tan was sitting on a chair between shi+ Rui and Youzi They were playing cards with Ma by their bikes Even Fu Lei, who seldo Tan lost interest in what they were saying very quickly It was irls play cards
Papa Jiao chatted with Jiao Wei's parents before co over He said to Ma for at least a quarter of an hour I'll go get er We need to drop all the kids off at hoet in touch with ency”
Mama Jiao was focused on the cards in her hand but nodded her acknowledg Tan jumped off the chair and followed Papa Jiao outside It was boring in here so he o with Papa Jiao
When they enter the eastern quarters, Zheng Tan heard a familiar voice immediately He also saw soot back, Mama Jiao took him to the residential quarters of the hospital staff This person lived there His na and Papa Jiao wanted hiet hi Tan didn't know the details and hadn't seen thea bad day He had to work on a Saturday for starters When he ca with Professor Jiao, he realized he hadn't brought his cell phone He had left it at work He reuard at the door tried to call hiuard said a lot of the people went to a sports tournament at Chuhaudecided to wait
Ever since he started raising his girlfriend's cat, he felt closer to other cats too He would stop to play with cats on the street so, a cat came out from behind the flower bed It wasn't one of the eastern quarter cats though