A car accident, our family of three crossed

After a long wait, the final evaluation results came out.

The winner, without a doubt, was the highly anticipated Xie Yuxi.

When he got the painting he had always wanted, he turned his head to look in the direction of Hang Shuheng and nodded slightly to thank him for his help.

He had heard some of that man's deeds from Zhou Ting, and he had also read the couplets for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He thought that even if he were to match them, he would not be able to come up with such a wonderful second line.

He knew that if that man also got involved tonight, he might not be the one who won.

I think there must be nothing among these prizes that would interest the other party. For example, if he himself was not interested in this painting, he would not have participated in such a boring game.

Hang Shuheng had no idea what the other person was thinking, but out of politeness he nodded in response.

Another thing worth celebrating is that Mr. Liu's poem was actually ranked second.

When he got the prize and returned to Hang Shuheng, he was still dizzy and felt like he was dreaming.

After a long while, he held up the unique copy and said to Hang Shuheng, "Shuheng, I, I, I actually won the second prize. Am I dreaming?"

He still couldn't quite believe the result. How could it be so unreal?

To prove that he was not dreaming, Master Liu pinched his arm hard.

Hiss—it hurts so much.

Hang Shuheng was speechless about this, shook his head and chuckled, "Isn't this a dream?"

"Haha! I'm not dreaming." Master Liu laughed awkwardly twice, then thanked him: "Shuheng, thank you. If it weren't for your valuable suggestions, the poem I wrote at the beginning would not have received such a high ranking."

"You are too modest. Although I gave you some advice, you are the one who wrote the poem."

Hang Shuheng did not take the credit, but Master Liu accepted this fact in his heart and thought that he would have to discuss this with Hang Shuheng more in the future.

At this time, several students from Hongyuan Academy walked towards them.

"Master Liu, congratulations!"

These people were the ones who used to hang out with Mei Yaosheng. Although they rarely hung out together later, the inherent impression they had left was still very deep in people's minds.

Hang Shuheng looked around and found that Mei Yaosheng was not among them. No wonder no one came to him to make trouble today. He felt that the world was a lot quieter.

During the casual chat with these former classmates, Hang Shuheng learned that Li Chengan was no longer studying at Hongyuan Academy, and he had not yet heard which academy he had attended.

In addition, Mei Yaosheng had an argument with someone in the theater a few years ago, fell from the upstairs and hit his head. Although he survived, his mind was not clear.

This is really unexpected news! Hang Shuheng wanted to laugh out loud, but he held back.

After all, the other person is in a very miserable situation. If he laughs again, it would be very rude.

As their former teacher, Master Liu habitually asked about their academic progress.

Several people looked embarrassed and laughed guiltily.

"Master Liu, you know we are not that kind of people. We are just messing around in the academy."

"You, ah..." Master Liu sighed, a little disappointed, "Since you all have no interest in studying, you might as well drop out of school early. Why waste all that money?"

The annual tuition fee for the academy in the county town is several taels of silver. Ordinary families may not be able to afford this money to send their children to the academy. These people are just ungrateful for what they have and squander it at will just because they have a little money at home.

Several people felt guilty while listening to the scolding. Although Master Liu was no longer their teacher, they still instinctively felt a little uneasy when he scolded them like this.

It’s not that I’m afraid of him or anything, but as a student, I seem to have this instinctive reaction in front of the teacher.

After a few random words, a few people found excuses and left in a hurry. One look at their behavior and it was clear that they were unwilling to stay and continue to be lectured.

"Hmph, what a useless pile of mud." Master Liu glared at the backs of the few people and cursed them.

On second thought, she felt that she was meddling in other people's business. Now that she was no longer the wife of those men, she had no right to lecture him.

Even though those guys were a bit of a gangster, at least they had good hearts, which is why they tolerated what he said.

Because of the interruption of those people, Master Liu's previous dizzy feeling no longer existed, and the fact that his poem won the second place also became real.

The two returned to the private room, and the children cheered when they heard that the Master had won second place in the poetry competition.

Little Nian Nian was the first to speak, clapping her hands wildly and saying happily, "Wow! So awesome, Daddy is so awesome."

"Master got the second place, Master is so awesome." The other little ones were not willing to be left behind and started shouting.

The kids couldn’t understand or were not interested in those rare books. They only knew that coming in second was already very impressive.

Suddenly, Yang Yang asked, "Who is the first one? Is it Daddy?"

As he said this, he ran to his father and asked excitedly, "Dad, did you get first place? Did you? You got first place last time."

Master Liu first learned about the fact that Hang Shuheng's couplet won the first prize during the Mid-Autumn Festival from the students of Hongyuan Academy. That couplet was privately circulated in the academy for quite a while at that time!

The reason why it was recited in private was because Dean Cao lost face on the Mid-Autumn Night, and people in the academy consciously avoided bringing bad luck to him, so everyone could only recite it in private.

Master Liu thought that if Hang Shuheng had also participated in the poetry competition tonight, he might have won the first place, but if that was the case, he might not have been able to get the second place or even the top three.

"Yangyang, Daddy didn't participate in the competition, so he didn't get any ranking." Hang Shuheng said truthfully to the child's bright eyes full of curiosity: "The first place was won by a very good-looking uncle."

Yang Yang felt it was a pity to hear that his father did not participate. He had always believed in his father's ability unconditionally, "If Dad had participated, he would definitely get first place."

At this point, he had to ask again, "Then, Dad, why didn't you participate in the competition?"

Hang Shuheng was thinking about how to explain to the child. After a moment of silence, he said, "Because those prizes are not what Daddy wants, so Daddy will not participate."