The old donkey was hungry.

Zhao Dazhu lowered his voice and said, "Actually, Wang Jiajia is not my granddaughter, but the daughter of Widow Wang next door. This girl was not feeling well during last week's monthly exam, so she didn't perform well and her grades plummeted. She was afraid that her mother would be angry and sad, so she didn't tell her about the parent-teacher conference and secretly asked me to come here to pretend to be her grandfather and attend this parent-teacher conference for her."

Qi Gaolan's face showed a look of sudden realization, and she even couldn't help but laugh.

"So that's how it is," Qi Gaolan said.

Zhao Dazhu asked curiously, "County Chief Qi, you said you're here to attend your niece's parent-teacher conference?"

"Yes, she is my younger brother's daughter." Qi Gaolan nodded.

"What about your brother? He's not here for his daughter's parent-teacher conference, so why did you, his aunt, come?" Zhao Dazhu asked, even more curious.

Qi Gaolan sighed softly and said with a melancholy expression, "A few years ago, my younger brother and sister-in-law took my niece on a road trip, but they got into a car accident on the way."

"The couple immediately... On the contrary, my niece is young and small, so she was not seriously injured and survived. She was rescued in the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dazhu quickly said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked so many questions."

"It's alright, it happened years ago, it's all in the past." Qi Gaolan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.

After a pause, Qi Gaolan asked again, "How are you getting along with my daughter? Has she caused you any more trouble?"

"Thank goodness, I haven't seen Village Chief Qi since that day, so there haven't been any further conflicts," Zhao Dazhu said.

"Then about the road construction in your village..." Qi Gaolan asked again.

"It's already under construction. I don't know which construction company in the county is doing it, but there are construction teams working in the village every day, and the road-paving equipment is making a rumbling noise," Zhao Dazhu said with a smile.

"That's good. It seems everything is moving in a positive direction." Qi Gaolan nodded with great satisfaction.

"This is all thanks to you, County Chief Qi," Zhao Dazhu flattered.

Suddenly remembering something, Qi Gaolan said, "Uncle Zhao, your medical skills are so good. When would be a convenient time for you to come to my mother's house to treat my niece?"

"What's wrong with her?" Zhao Dazhu asked, puzzled.

"It's still a lingering effect of that car accident from back then. She keeps coughing, as if there's something wrong with her lungs, but she's been to many hospitals for checkups, but they haven't been able to find anything wrong," Qi Gaolan said with a wry smile.

Zhao Dazhu nodded and said, "No problem, I'm free tomorrow and the day after. Chief Qi, just give me a call whenever you're available, and I promise I'll be there whenever you call."

"Uncle Zhao, you're too kind," Qi Gaolan said with a smile.

"Of course, of course," Zhao Dazhu said, laughing incessantly.

The parents of the students around were amazed to see that Zhao Dazhu, this old country man, could chat and laugh with Qi Gaolan, the female county magistrate.

So they were all incredibly jealous, yet also incredibly impressed.

The parent-teacher meeting is finally over.

Qi Gaolan had other things to attend to, so she didn't exchange any more pleasantries with Zhao Dazhu and left quickly.

After Zhao Dazhu came out of the classroom, he searched everywhere for Wang Jiajia.

"grandfather!"

Wang Jiajia's voice suddenly came from behind him. Zhao Dazhu turned around abruptly and saw the girl looking at him with a smile.

"Why are you acting like a ghost? You scared me half to death," Zhao Dazhu said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Grandpa, how did your parent-teacher meeting go?" Wang Jiajia asked with a smile.

Zhao Dazhu felt happy and even had a strong sense of familiarity when he saw her quirky and clever appearance.

It was as if the girl in front of him wasn't a stranger, but his granddaughter.

"It's alright," Zhao Dazhu said.

"What does 'not bad' mean?" Wang Jiajia asked.

"It's alright, of course it means alright," Zhao Dazhu said with a smile.

Wang Jiajia grew anxious and grabbed Zhao Dazhu's hand, asking, "Don't try to dodge the question! Tell me quickly, did Teacher Cai criticize me at the parent-teacher meeting?"

Just as Zhao Dazhu was about to speak, a woman walked over quickly.

That woman, who else could it be but Cai Yaxu, Wang Jiajia's homeroom teacher?

Upon seeing Cai Yaxu, Wang Jiajia immediately scurried behind Zhao Dazhu like a mouse seeing a cat.

Zhao Dazhu then put on a stern face and asked, "Teacher Cai, you're here to see me? What do you need me for?"

Cai Yaxu had already arrived in front of Zhao Dazhu. Her expression was extremely awkward, and she kept rubbing her hands together, as if she didn't know what to do with them otherwise.

"Uncle Zhao... no, Mr. Zhao, I apologize again for what I said at the parent-teacher meeting. I'm really sorry, and I promise you I will never make that mistake again," Cai Yaxu said sincerely, her face showing great anxiety.

Wang Jiajia, who was hiding behind Zhao Dazhu, was completely stunned!

Is this still the same Cai Yaxu, the female teacher I know?

How could such a proud and strong-willed woman bow her head and apologize to Old Man Zhao, a country bumpkin?

What's wrong with this world?

Wang Jiajia's mind was filled with wild thoughts, and she even felt like the sun had risen in the west.

Zhao Dazhu said calmly, "You already apologized to me at the parent-teacher meeting, so you don't need to apologize to me again now. I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges. As long as you're careful in the future and don't say things you shouldn't, I won't do anything to you."

Hearing Zhao Dazhu say this, Wang Jiajia was even more incredulous!

I won't do anything to you?

What Grandpa Zhao said was simply... as if he really had the power to do something to Cai Yaxu, the female teacher!

"What happened at the parent-teacher meeting was just a minor unpleasantness, and I didn't take it to heart. As long as similar situations don't happen again, I can pretend that today's events never occurred," Zhao Dazhu added.

Tsai Ya-hsu let out a long breath, giving the impression that she had finally relaxed after being tense for a long time.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, you are truly magnanimous," Cai Yaxu said gratefully.

"It's alright." Zhao Dazhu waved his hand, indicating that Cai Yaxu could leave.

Cai Yaxu took one last deep look at Wang Jiajia, who was hiding behind Zhao Dazhu, before finally turning and leaving.

As soon as Cai Yaxu left, Wang Jiajia jumped out from behind Zhao Dazhu and asked excitedly, "Uncle Zhao, what's going on? Why did my homeroom teacher apologize to you? What happened at the parent-teacher meeting, and why would she...?"