I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 165. Cool Down
The six-day trip includes two days in Kunming, two days in Dali, and two days in Shangri-La.

Jiuxiang Caves, Cangshan Erhai Lake, Meili Snow Mountain. They have seen every beautiful place in Yunnan. There is a kind of travel called "the scenery is on the road".

Because it was the off-season for tourism, there were no crowds in the scenic area and no need to queue, so their travel experience was quite good.

On the last day, they changed into traditional Tibetan clothing and strolled among the ancient buildings of Songzanlin Monastery. The setting sun cast the girl's shadow on the yellow and white city walls, where youth and antiquity intertwined.

Dinner was a local specialty, yak hotpot, which brought this spontaneous trip to a perfect close.

At 8 p.m., they boarded a first-class flight back to the port city at Diqing Airport.

The short six-day, five-night trip completely drained the boys' energy, and the five girls fell asleep as soon as they boarded the plane, wearing eye masks.

Xu Qingfan recalled his experiences over the past few days. Whenever he thought of a group of students his age studying at Licheng Middle School, thousands of miles away, he felt a sense of disorientation, like an NPC leaving a fixed location.

This feeling is like walking down a busy street in your school uniform during school hours, feeling out of place with your surroundings, as if you are the only outsider in this world.

Regardless of whether youth has a price, they have no regrets about their youth, at least not so far.

Xu Qingfan put the blindfold back on and slowly closed his eyes.
After getting off the plane, they immediately boarded the business car that Zhang Chunxue had arranged in advance, and it was nearly midnight when they returned to Licheng.
After sleeping for more than two hours on the plane, the five girls were now full of energy.

Because they were notified in advance of their return time, the adults are still waiting at home.

Moreover, the next day was Sunday, and the nightlife in Licheng usually lasts until one or two in the morning, so it wouldn't affect the adults' rest.

After waving goodbye to Xiao Ruanwen, the car sped off and quickly arrived at the Lotus Courtyard.

Several dogs in the yard barked when they heard the noise. Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao, and Wu Lingyu got out of the car after bringing their luggage.

"See you tomorrow when I wake up!" Xu Qingfan realized it was already past midnight and changed his mind.

"Goodbye, Brother Qingfan!"

"886!"

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi leaned out the window and waved goodbye to them.

"Be careful, go back and get some rest," Zhang Chunxue said with a wave and a smile.

After watching the three return to the third floor, the car started and drove away from the Lotus Courtyard.

"mom!"

"Auntie." Xu Qingfan and Wu Lingyu also greeted her from the side.

"You're back! Was Kunming fun?" Lin Jing grabbed Xia Xiaoxiao's shoulders and looked her over carefully. "It's a bit darker now."

"No way!"

“It’s at a high altitude over there. Auntie, have you had a late-night snack? I brought back some mushrooms. I’ll make you a mushroom soup!” Xu Qingfan said, patting his suitcase.

"Great! Auntie is actually a little hungry!" Lin Jing smiled. Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu were away for the past few days, and she felt quite lonely staying at home alone at night. Now that she's back, everything feels much better.

"You got home and didn't come back first? Do you want to be someone's live-in son-in-law?" Yao Jinping and Xu Aiguo came out from the living room next door after hearing the noise and patted Xu Qingfan.

"Uncle, auntie!"

"I'm finally back. I felt so empty inside after not seeing you all for a few days."

Xu Qingfan thought Yao Jinping was talking to him and was about to be moved when he saw that she ignored him and put one arm around Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu.

Xu Qingfan:
"Cough cough. Dad."

"Go take a shower as soon as you get back," Xu Aiguo said casually, taking out a cigarette from his pack, lighting it, and then offering it to him.

[So love can transfer, right?] Xu ​​Qingfan pouted and pushed his suitcase into the house.

After opening the bedroom door, which had been closed for a week, the room was still very tidy. The air conditioner blanket, which had been lying around carelessly, had been neatly folded and placed on the bed. It seemed that Yao Jinping had been taking care of the cleaning for him during the week he was away.

"Looks like Mom still loves me." Xu Qingfan murmured to himself, slightly touched, as he took out his usual pajamas from the closet.

After staying in so many five-star hotels, he realized that the water heater at home was still the most comfortable. The right water pressure and temperature seemed to have formed a unique muscle memory in his body.

After a long, refreshing hot shower that lasted over twenty minutes, drying myself off and putting on loose pajamas, there was probably nothing more comfortable than that.

When he returned to the living room, Yao Jinping had already sorted out his luggage. The dirty clothes were thrown into the washing machine on the balcony, the mushrooms were placed in the kitchen, and some handicrafts that he couldn't name were left untouched.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Xu Qingfan walked into the kitchen and found Yao Jinping cooking a late-night snack for them.

"These are the mushrooms you brought back from Kunming. They seem to smell better than the ones you buy at the market." Yao Jinping picked up a mushroom and brought it to her nose to smell it.

"These are all non-toxic. The toxic ones are more fragrant and delicious, but I'm afraid I don't know how to cook them, so I didn't dare to buy them."

"Keep these for tomorrow's three-delicacy soup." She took half of the mushrooms out of the bag and poured them into the sink. Turning around, she saw Xu Qingfan standing at the kitchen door with his hair all wet. She glared at him and yelled, "Get me a hairdryer to dry them! You'll know what's what when you get a stroke in your old age!"

Xu Qingfan left the kitchen awkwardly and went back to his room to blow-dry his hair while turning on his computer.

Because the trip had taken up too much of his energy, Xu Qingfan only paid attention to the essay for the first two days and then stopped caring about it.

When he last checked on September 2nd, the post had already received over 30,000 likes, and the number of shares was roughly the same.

As soon as the computer was turned on, QQ, which was set to log in automatically, also loaded. Soon after, a series of coughs and beeping sounds came from the speakers.

After Xu Qingfan muted his computer, he moved the mouse to the QQ icon in the lower right corner. A long string of message notifications popped up instantly, and he ignored them more than twenty times before finally getting some peace and quiet.

Xu Qingfan was most concerned about the reposting status of his post, ignoring the large number of unread comments, and directly opened QQ Space.

Before even swiping to the status page, Xu Qingfan was startled by the number of comments and visitors displayed at the top.

Comments: 13.2; Visitors: 382 million.

"Holy crap!" Xu Qingfan exclaimed, using the most quintessential Chinese expression. When he clicked into the status update page and saw the number of likes and shares, he was shocked once again.

Likes: 180 million, shares: 752 million, and the number of comments in the comment section has exceeded 10.

The six degrees of separation theory states that you can get to know anyone in the world through at most six people, and this theorem obviously applies to QQ Space as well.

Let's say we name Xu Qingfan's original post A, the post he forwarded is named B, and the post he forwarded B is named C. Then, no matter if you forward ABC or DEF, the forwarding count will be counted under his original post A. Therefore, it's not surprising that he has more than seven million forwards.

Of course, seven million seems like a lot, but compared to the tens of millions of reposts some popular celebrities get on their birthdays, it seems insignificant.

In any case, Xu Qingfan's essay has completely taken off, and no one knows how far it is from an avalanche.

After he sorted the comments by the number of likes, many highly-rated comments quickly appeared on the screen.

Netizen A: My junior high school English teacher was Shan Fengtao, and I guarantee with my integrity that all the contents of this article are true!

Netizen B: Shan Fengtao, give me back my MP4! You bastard, you confiscated my MP4 and you still won't return it even after I graduated!

Netizen C: I spent almost 50,000 yuan on her tutoring for three years of junior high school, and I only got 62 on the high school entrance exam in English. [Smile]
Netizen d: Shan Fengtao's phone number is 130xxxxxxx, and she lives in...
Just as Xu Qingfan had predicted, countless students who had been taught by Shan Fengtao left treacherous comments in the comment section. Some even went so far as to post Shan Fengtao's home address and personal information, including her son who was in the second grade of elementary school. The resourceful netizens thoroughly investigated her privacy.

He then searched for 'Shan Fengtao of Licheng Middle School' in his browser, and soon the keyword link appeared on the screen.

Major portal websites such as Sina, NetEase, Mop, and Tieba rushed to reprint the story, and Shan Fengtao has become another celebrity who has been despised by the entire internet since "Zhang Ya".

Xu Qingfan became more and more engrossed in watching, until Yao Jinping called him from the doorway to go out for a late-night snack, at which point Xu Qingfan reluctantly left the screen.

The late-night snack was very plentiful, including fried mushrooms, mushroom soup, blanched lettuce, seafood congee in a clay pot, stir-fried beef noodles, and stir-fried snails, which Yao Jinping is very good at.

The late-night snack was clearly prepared in advance by Yao Jinping because she was worried that they would be hungry if they came back too late.

"Mmm~ It's incredibly delicious!" Lin Jing exclaimed after taking a sip of the mushroom soup.

"I thought the brat was just bragging on the phone, but it actually tastes so good."

"good."

The three adults focused their attention on the mushroom soup, as they had eaten it every day during their trip and were no longer particularly fond of it. They only had a special fondness for Hong Kong-style late-night snacks such as stir-fried beef noodles and congee.

When I come back from a trip, what I miss most is the familiar taste of hometown dishes.

"Mom, when you have time, why don't you take a flight and go on a trip together? Don't just play mahjong with a bunch of housewives all day. It's only a four-hour round trip to Kunming, but the mushrooms won't be available until next year." Xu Qingfan felt that his mother just didn't like to move around. Saying she didn't have time was just an excuse. In reality, she just didn't want to step out of her comfort zone.

"You brat, I've missed a week of schoolwork. Go study properly tomorrow!" Yao Jinping originally wanted to say, "I'm going on vacation, who will cook for you?" But then she remembered that Xu Qingfan actually knew how to cook, so she changed the subject.

"You've been flying so many times, Xiao Fan, you've started to treat it like a motorcycle?" Lin Jing said with a smile. They call riding a motorcycle "da mo de" or "fei mo".

“Yes, Mom, first class is one person per seat, and the chairs can recline like in a car. It’s much more comfortable than economy class!” Xia Xiaoxiao said, pretending nothing had happened, after snatching a large piece of beef from Xu Qingfan’s bowl and putting it into her own.

“There are also movies to watch!” Wu Lingyu chimed in from the side.

"You guys went in first class? Auntie has never been on a plane before. Tell me about it so I can broaden my horizons," Yao Jinping said with a smile.

"Aunt Zhang bought the plane tickets for us," the two girls excitedly shared their first experience flying first class.

"First-class tickets must be very expensive, right? I saw on TV that they cost tens of thousands of yuan." Lin Jing thought to herself that she couldn't keep taking advantage of her daughter's classmate.

"It's alright. September is the off-season for travel, so first class is more than twice as expensive as economy class. It'll only cost a little over a thousand yuan. Auntie, the first class tickets you saw on TV that cost tens of thousands of yuan were for international routes, which are for really high-end routes!" Xu Qingfan said.

"That's quite cheap," Lin Jing said with a smile.

Xu Qingfan suddenly remembered that Lin Jing was from the education system, and might know about Shan Fengtao's situation.

"By the way, Auntie, has anything interesting happened in your education system while we were away? I just saw a lot of netizens criticizing a teacher from Licheng Middle School online," Xu Qingfan asked, feigning ignorance despite already knowing the answer.

Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu both gave him strange looks, but remained silent, waiting for Lin Jing's reply.

"You mean that Licheng Middle School? I know it, I think her name is Shan Tao."

“Shan Fengtao!” Xia Xiaoxiao added from the side.

“Yes, Shan Fengtao.” Lin Jing glanced at her daughter and continued, “I started paying attention to this on Thursday. Since you both study at Licheng Middle School, I was on my way home after school that day when I saw reporters interviewing people at the school gate, so I went over to take a look.”

Lin Jing recounted the story in detail. It turned out that as early as Thursday, three days ago, the incident involving the short essay had already attracted the attention of the local media. A number of news stations focusing on people's livelihoods, led by DV Live, came to Licheng Middle School for on-site interviews.

When Shan Fengtao first heard that a TV station wanted to interview her, she was so excited she was practically beside herself.

Why interview yourself? It must be because her conscientious and dedicated work attitude has won the recognition of the people, which is an affirmation of her ten-year teaching career!

Shan Fengtao even thought of the six empty seats in Group 8, [she must take this opportunity to satirize the current students and parents!]
She put on beautiful makeup and confidently arrived at the school gate for an interview, only to be stunned.

Is it true that you run a tutoring center outside of school?

[Someone has reported that you lack professional ethics and verbally abused students. What is your response?]

[Shan Fengtao, Licheng Middle School, don't you have a conscience? Did you read this article? What is your response?]

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The barrage of questions immediately disrupted her train of thought. Shan Fengtao was surrounded by enthusiastic reporters like a wooden doll, unable to leave or speak.

Shan Fengtao's disgraceful behavior was widely reported by major news media outlets, and her silence was taken as tacit approval by the media, who launched a barrage of criticism.

Not long after, a suspension notice from the school appeared on her desk.

Before she could even tidy up her personal belongings on her desk, the notice of punishment issued by the Licheng Education Bureau, which canceled her teacher's position and revoked her teacher's certificate, was published on the official website.

Meanwhile, Xu Qingfan, the mastermind behind the incident, was in Dali, thousands of miles away, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the motherland with a group of women.

(End of this chapter)