books44 Chapter 258: Too much trouble
Chapter 258: Too much trouble
"Become a monk? That's a good idea. That way I'll be immune to the opposite sex."
Seeing Song Yanchu's serious expression, Ting Nan became anxious, "Uncle, please don't take this seriously!"
"Hmph, I'll do it anyway! I'll go shave my head first!"
"Uncle, you've been learning bad things from my master. That's wrong. Our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents."
"Ting Nan, I'm serious. I'm fine on my own. Marriage is too much trouble, and I don't want to bother. Anyway, you're my child, and you'll take care of me in my old age and see me off when I die."
"Uncle... don't be so stubborn, why don't you find someone to act it out?"
"Mind your own business! Which young men are getting all lovestruck?"
"Oh! Uncle, we don't have any peach trees in our yard. What happened? I really don't know what I did to offend them. My drawers are full of love letters."
"Hahaha... So, big fat man, don't laugh at little fat man. You need to handle this quickly so it doesn't affect your studies."
"uncle!"
Song Tingnan rolled her eyes in a very inelegant way. She just wanted to put a sack over her head—you should do what you're supposed to do at your age, and if you don't listen, you'll get a beating.
Come on, come on, a new day has begun!
The next day, 'Bald Song' made his appearance, but Song Tingnan, after being shocked, couldn't be bothered to care anymore.
She believes that this would only backfire. Such unconventionality and standing out from the crowd would only further diminish one's brand recognition. Don't believe it? Just look at the young monk Xuzhu in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and you'll understand.
Indeed, Song Yanchu was thoroughly fed up. No matter where he went on campus, including near the men's restroom, he could always "coincidentally" run into his admirers. His face grew colder and colder, and he spoke less and less, disappearing as soon as class was over.
Song Tingnan was also thoroughly annoyed, constantly surrounded by people asking her to pass on love letters and gifts. Even when she stayed in the classroom after class, she couldn't escape the giggling and chattering of her classmates—
"Tingnan, why did your uncle shave his head?"
"Yeah, he's just as handsome, but it's a little strange looking at him." The outgoing classmates gathered around again, asking for information.
Song Tingnan rolled her eyes inwardly. "You guys aren't used to this already?" "Oh, my uncle's in trouble. Ma Yi's only going to have a May Day holiday; he'll be kneeling on a washboard when he gets home!"
Can you really just ignore it? Having such a handsome uncle is such a worry. Song Tingnan began to lay the groundwork for her plan.
"Song Tingnan, what do you mean?"
"Tell me quickly, why is Teacher Song being punished by kneeling? Who is punishing him?"
"That's right, why should our teacher Song be punished?"
There was a lot of chatter, mostly from girls.
Song Tingnan said angrily, "Why should he? He deserves it! It's all his fault. Look at the mess he caused. He's a teacher, can't he just teach properly? Just like us students, we should focus on learning, not doing all that stuff! Look at him, he doesn't even know how to restrain himself, making so many people fawn over him. He had no choice but to shave his head and make himself look ugly, but what good did that do? He might as well have just slashed his face, he's already so old." Song Tingnan wanted to take the opportunity to tease the infatuated female classmates.
"Hey, Song Tingnan, that's your own uncle, how could you say that about him?" a boy said in defense.
"Do you think I want this? I'm surrounded by those people every day, asking me all sorts of questions and stuffing things into my bag. My backpack strap is about to break. I'm so annoyed. Don't they know? My uncle has a wife!" Song Tingnan pretended to be angry and then dropped the bombshell.
One of the girls exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher Song, he... he has a wife?"
Song Tingnan pursed her lips, "Of course, isn't it normal for a man in his forties to have a wife and children?"
"But...but...hasn't he been hiding outside all this time?" the girl persisted.
“You can’t hide from your family all year round! You can’t always sneak home to visit, can you? He’s changed his name several times already, and none of the villagers know anything about him.” Song Tingnan said, half-jokingly, “He shaved his head, and you all can’t stand it? What about my aunt? My aunt is the worst off. She has to bear so much pressure. My uncle is rarely home, and she has to take care of her in-laws and raise three children…”
"Ah! Three children?" the girl screamed.