"Let's eat," my wife Song Yuegui said, her long face hanging as she slammed the bowls and chopsticks onto the dining table.
There was a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of stir-fried bok choy, and two bowls of rice. I was too lazy to argue with her endlessly over a meal. I took off my coat and tossed it onto the sofa, went to the bathroom to wash my face, and dried it with a towel. Leaning against the sink, I examined my reflection in the mirror—aging, with deep wrinkles, more gray hair, and a protruding belly—nothing to be proud of!
I turned my gaze away in disgust and sat down at the dining table, looking at this expressionless woman stuffing food into her mouth, who was even heavier than I was. I reminded myself that this was my wife, Song Yuegui.
"This afternoon, I took Mao Mao out for a walk and ran into Old Li's daughter playing with a ball in the corridor. You know how Mao Mao is; he sees a ball and wants to bite it. I couldn't hold him back in time, and he knocked that girl over, scaring her to tears. But he didn't bite or touch her at all! She just kept crying until Old Li's wife came out. She started arguing with me and called Mao Mao a beast," Song Yuegui said, her chest puffing up like two balls as she spoke angrily. "Can you believe how unreasonable she is? I raise Mao Mao like he's my son, and she calls him a beast—it's like she's insulting both of us! I think Old Li usually seems pretty cultured; how did his wife end up like this? Tomorrow you should talk to Old Li at school and tell him to manage his wife better. She shouldn't be spewing nonsense all day!"
"We're eating!" I slammed down my chopsticks. "Besides, Mao Mao is a dog! What else would you call him? I've told you so many times not to walk him in the alley; everyone living in this compound are teachers from the school. With all your noise, how am I supposed to work at school?"
"Where else am I supposed to walk him if not in the alley? There's no park nearby! I suggested taking him to the school playground, but you disagreed..." Song Yuegui was being unreasonable.
"The playground is full of elementary school kids! What if Mao Mao bites someone? Song Yuegui, can you be reasonable for once?"
"Who isn't being reasonable?" Song Yuegui pushed away the bowls and chopsticks, raising her voice to start yet another daily battle. "Should Mao Mao just stay cooped up in this tiny yard every day? Just like me—no one to talk to all day! If you didn't come home so late every day, I'd feel like a widow! It's such a small school; how busy can it be? You're not the only one there; cleaning toilets and grading papers don't just fall on you!"
I couldn't stand the noise any longer; I kicked my chair away and stormed out.
The school was just a wall away from our compound. With a heavy heart, I wandered back and forth among the flower beds. The teaching building a few meters away was brightly lit; students from grades three to five had evening study sessions that lasted until nine-thirty. I stopped and looked up at the fourth floor where Class 5-3 was located.
I stepped back ten meters or so; from there, I could vaguely see on the podium that Li Hua was bent over writing notes while occasionally glancing at the drowsy students below.
For some reason, I climbed the stairs and stood outside Class 5-3, hiding in the shadows as I quietly peeked into the classroom.
Xu Xiaoran should be sitting in one of the front rows; her height had nothing to do with it.
I looked carefully but couldn't find Xu Xiaoran's petite figure among the round heads buried in their desks. My view was blocked by the wall as I tried to see further.
"Ahem," I stepped out of the shadows and walked calmly into the classroom under Li Hua's surprised gaze. After scanning briefly around the room, I spotted Xu Xiaoran with her high ponytail shining black—yet immediately realized that picking her out from among those heads was quite difficult. I had no choice but to clasp my hands behind my back and adopt a serious expression as I walked down the aisle pretending to check on their study progress. After going around once looking at their scribbled notebooks, I returned to the door and quietly asked Li Hua at the podium, "Has Xu Xiaoran not come for self-study?"
"Oh, she’s feeling unwell and took leave," Li Hua explained.
Unwell? What does that mean? Is she sick? Did she catch a cold? Or is it stomach trouble? Or maybe she has a headache?
As I walked along the pebble path, I couldn't help but speculate. This afternoon she seemed fine; she didn’t look sick at all. Did she go to the infirmary? Is she resting in her dormitory now? Is anyone taking care of her?
I felt like an infatuated teenager worrying about her.
I should have asked Li Hua more questions earlier; back then, I was so nervous about raising his suspicion. Now that I think about it, it's perfectly normal for a principal to care about his students.
I secretly scolded myself while looking up only to realize that somehow I'd ended up standing under the girls' dormitory!
Panicking, I turned around to leave. Thankfully evening study hadn't ended yet; otherwise, if any students saw me loitering around here, they would surely start speculating wildly.
That anxious feeling lingered until I pushed open the courtyard gate and heard Mao Mao panting heavily.
I locked the door and walked into the house. The lights in the living room were on brightly. The cold food was silently placed on the table. A chopstick fell on the corner of the table. Mao Mao ran over with his tail wagging, licking it over and over again. I suddenly felt nauseous. I took a tired shower and returned to the living room naked. I looked down at the penis between my legs. It was shrunken and black, like an old and weak flesh worm. "Wuwuwu——" The bedroom door was half open, and Song Yuegui's low sobbing sounded winding out. She must have covered her face, but she deliberately let out the sound. I was so tired of this little trick that I couldn't be tired of it anymore. But I still put on a concerned look, walked quickly into the bedroom, sat on the edge of the bed, found Song Yuegui's waist in the dark, and gently wrapped my arms around her, lowered my upper body, put my lips close to her ears, and asked in a breathy voice, "What's wrong? Are you still angry?" Song Yuegui ignored me and continued to cry, just like the daughter of Lao Li who was frightened by Mao Mao. "Don't cry, I was too angry today, I apologize to you," my hand slid up, touched her huge breasts through the thin clothes, and kneaded them skillfully, "Okay, you are not in good health, you can't get angry, don't you know?" Her crying gradually stopped, her nipples gradually hardened, and she gradually panted. Stripping, licking, and impregnating, I knelt on the bed, Song Yuegui tightly grasped my knees, howling miserably. A rage suddenly ignited in my chest. I covered her mouth angrily to block the sound of an adult woman. I ignored Song Yuegui's resistance and ran fast. In my mind, Xu Xiaoran's red lips moved closer and farther, opened and closed, "Ah——" When I reached the peak, her moan must be the most beautiful music in the world. At this moment, I was really crazy.
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