Chapter 24 Graduation Reception (2)
Each floor of the Oriental Hotel is divided into four areas, east, west, north and south, and the central position of each district is a large round table that is far larger than the other seats, which is a feature of the Oriental Hotel, at least Wen Qiang has not heard of any other hotel in the city with such a layout.
Wen Qiang followed Xu Mengying to the table, casually greeted the class committee members who were seated, this large round table, obviously reserved for the class committee and teachers to sit, although Wen Qiang was not a member of the class committee, but no one would think that there was anything wrong with him sitting here.
At this point in time, all the students who came were in the class, and the teachers had not yet arrived, which was what Xu Mengying thought. She told her classmates that she would be there before half past six, but she told her teachers that it would be seven o'clock.
Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of respecting teachers in Chinese culture, and it is clear that only students come first to wait for teachers, and it is not possible for teachers to wait for students.
Wen Qiang sat down according to Xu Mengying's arrangement, Xu Mengying was on his left, and there was an empty seat on his right, obviously, those were reserved for the teachers to sit.
Wen Qiang is not dissatisfied with this arrangement, and it is also something he expected to sit with the teacher, as for sitting with Xu Mengying, it would be better, in fact, except for Xu Mengying, Wen Qiang does not have much friendship with other class committees.
Of course, the lack of deep friendship here is also relative to Xu Mengying, and the others are just ordinary friends to Wen Qiang, which is naturally much inferior in comparison. It's just that there is a special case at this table, that is, the person sitting in front of Wen Qiang, which is the only place where Wen Qiang feels uncomfortable.
She is the literary and artistic committee member of the class, her name is Liu Liping, she sits face to face with Wen Qiang, as long as Wen Qiang raises his head, he can see her delicate face.
At first glance, Wen Qiang could see that she was much haggard. Maybe it's because the pressure of the college entrance examination is too much, Wen Qiang can't help but think so. Perhaps feeling Wen Qiang's gaze, the pair of watery eyes also raised slightly and looked over.
The four eyes were facing each other, as if they were talking wordlessly, the corners of Wen Qiang's mouth were slightly upturned, revealing a smile, and on the other side, Liu Liping also smiled, the two just looked at each other and smiled, and then looked away very tacitly.
Perhaps it is not only the eyes that are staggered, but also the intersection of the future. Wen Qiang didn't know what the other party's mood was, but his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, but he didn't show it, no matter how complicated the entanglement in his heart was, his surface was still unwavering.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to arrange for you to sit across from her, this was purely an accident." At this time, Xu Mengying leaned into Wen Qiang's ear and whispered.
I don't know if Xu Mengying is careful or what, although Wen Qiang and the two looked at each other and smiled for a short time, they were still seen by Xu Mengying.
"It's okay." Wen Qiang cleaned up his mood and said: "The past is over, and there will be no intersection in the future." ā
This sentence is not only said to Xu Mengying, but at the same time, it is also what he said to himself.
Xu Mengying glanced at Wen Qiang suspiciously, with her understanding of him, it shouldn't be like this, but she tried hard to see something from his expression, but she was disappointed.
"Mm-hmm, it's fine." On the way over, Xu Mengying discovered the problem of seats. Wen Qiang must sit next to the teacher, this is a decision made by all the class committees, and it is obviously not going to change.
The problem is that the two people sitting on the edge are Liu Liping and her, that is to say, Wen Qiang is either sitting next to her or sitting next to Liu Liping, Xu Mengying naturally pulled Wen Qiang next to her, and Wen Qiang and Liu Liping sat face to face. Although the opposite side is not as intimate as the position next to it, it is the position with the most frequent eye contact, if she can, Xu Mengying does not want Wen Qiang and Liu Liping to sit directly opposite each other.
Liu Liping and Wen Qiang looked at each other and smiled, and then did not look up again, but lowered their heads and fiddled with the mobile phone in her hand.
Wen Qiang looked around and found that most of the people were thinner than before, which Wen Qiang didn't notice on the night of singing.
When his eyes touched Liu Liping opposite, he finally paused, her head was lowered, and her bangs were slightly downward, covering her delicate face.
In fact, it was not only her, but most of the others were holding their mobile phones, not knowing what they were doing. Sighing, Wen Qiang withdrew his gaze and didn't look at the others anymore, but chatted with Xu Mengying beside him.
It didn't take long for the first batch of teachers to come, although Xu Mengying said that they arrived before seven o'clock, but the teachers would not really arrive until seven o'clock.
This group of teachers are teachers of various disciplines, a total of ten teachers came today, plus eight class committees, and counting Wen Qiang, there are a total of 19 people sitting at this big round table, and there are still three empty seats on Liu Liping's side, which means that this big table can seat a total of 22 people.
After the teacher came, all the students, whether they were usually good students or bad students, greeted the teachers enthusiastically, after all, the mentality after graduation is completely different from before graduation, although it is a bad student who has been caught by the teacher, and now there is not much resentment towards the teachers.
Sitting next to Wen Qiang was a beautiful teacher, a mature beauty who was twenty-seven years old, and in the third year of high school, the youngest of the other teachers was at least ten years older than her. She is the English teacher of Wen Qiang's class, and for some reason, this newly graduated teacher actually serves as the English teacher of the graduating class.
I don't know if it's because she's good-looking, or because her age is closer to Wen Qiang, although this English teacher is very strict and strict with students, she is the best one for students.
Since he only came into contact with this teacher in his third year of high school, Wen Qiang's relationship with her can only be regarded as average, or rather, Wen Qiang's relationship with these teachers is very average.
Teachers have a circle of teachers, and students have a circle of students, so after the teachers sit down, they also communicate with each other, rarely talk to the students, the only thing that has changed is that the people at this table have put away the mobile phones they are holding, including Liu Liping.
"Who are the other three positions?" Wen Qiang asked Xu Mengying in a low voice.
"There are still two leaders who haven't arrived, and the others who can come should have come, and when I called Teacher Hu, she said that she might not be able to come, and it seems that she will not come."
"Leader?" Wen Qiang was puzzled, this kind of class thank-you banquet, there should be no leaders.
"One is Director Zhang, the director of the year section, and the other is the school leader who is in charge of the graduating class, as for the surname, I don't know, it was the head teacher who asked me to put two more chairs."
Wen Qiang sighed, but didn't say anything more.
"Ahh
Xu Mengying beside her suddenly whispered, and Wen Qiang glanced at her suspiciously.
"It's over, it's over." Xu Mengying was suddenly at a loss.
"What's wrong?"
"Liu Liping's direction is the seat where the leader sits! What if it weren't for the fact that no one was sitting there, and I hadn't even realized it? Xu Mengying nervously pulled the corner of Wen Qiang's clothes, like a child who had done something wrong, very cute.
"If it's wrong, it's wrong, the teachers shouldn't mind, you're busy, and it's normal to have omissions. Besides, where do we pay attention to this! Wen Qiang patted Xu Mengying's back as a sign of comfort.
But this scene happened to be seen by Liu Liping, who put down her mobile phone opposite, and no one noticed that the look in her eyes was dark.
"The teachers were supposed to sit on that side, and then the leaders sat in the middle of the teachers! Alas! After all, I still messed up! It may be that Wen Qiang's comfort has taken effect, Xu Mengying is not in a hurry anymore, Xu Mengying's helpless appearance, Wen Qiang is still the first time to see it.
"Actually, I think it's best for the leader to sit like this!" Wen Qiang said suddenly.
Xu Mengying didn't speak, just looked at Wen Qiang curiously.
"The leader is not only the leader of the teacher, but also our leader! Isn't it said that teachers and students are equal? If there are teachers on the left and right sides of the leader, then the teachers and students are not equal, and only when they sit in this way can they appear to be equal! ā
Hearing Wen Qiang's strange argument, Xu Mengying sneered, this was still the result of her forbearance, if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, she probably laughed.
A leader is a leader, and seven o'clock is seven o'clock, not sooner or later, and impartial.
When the school leader appeared, Wen Qiang glanced at him and was stunned for a moment.
"Brother Wen!"
"Uncle Chen!"
Wen Qiang was very surprised, this school leader was actually the son of Director Chen, and the two had met a few times, so they recognized each other as soon as they met.
At this moment, not only the table in the middle, but all the teachers and students, even Director Zhang, the director of the same year, have grown their mouths.
"Principal Chen, do you know each other?" Director Zhang asked what everyone thought. Although he is only the vice principal, everyone calls him Principal Chen, unless he is not familiar with the world, he will be called the vice principal.
"My brother, hehe." Principal Chen casually responded and turned to talk to Wen Qiang, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" ā
"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay, Uncle Chen hasn't been to the Tai Chi Pavilion for a long time." Wen Qiang really didn't know that Director Chen's son was actually the principal of No. 1 Middle School, but what Wen Qiang didn't know was that Principal Chen helped him settle some of the fights that Wen Qiang had before.
"So you're in Class 7! I thought you were from the real yĆ n class! President Chen knew that Wen Qiang was a graduating class, and he also knew that Wen Qiang was the only one who was admitted to Zhenhua University in recent years, but he didn't know which class Wen Qiang was in.
"I'm more low-key, hehe." Wen Qiang snorted.
Principal Chen and the others took their seats, but Wen Qiang was helplessly pulled to the position of the leader to sit. Principal Chen just wanted Wen Qiang to sit with his classmates, so he pressed Wen Qiang next to Liu Liping and sat down on the other side of Wen Qiang.
Seeing Wen Qiang sitting opposite him and sitting next to Liu Liping, Xu Mengying had mixed feelings in her heart.
For Liu Liping, Xu Mengying doesn't know what kind of mentality she has, if it weren't for Liu Liping to Wen Qiang like this, then she probably wouldn't be able to become a close friend with Wen Qiang, in this respect alone, she has to be grateful to Liu Liping.
But if it weren't for Liu Liping, Wen Qiang wouldn't be as talkative as he is now, Wen Qiang in the past and Wen Qiang now are two different people, Wen Qiang in the past had a kind of enthusiasm for strangers, but now even if he is familiar with people, he will sometimes feel his indifference. From this aspect alone, she should hold a grudge against Liu Liping.
Liu Liping is a person who has walked into the depths of Wen Qiang's heart, and she knows very well that Liu Liping has gone deeper than her, although Xu Mengying knows that Wen Qiang's feelings for her are not out of love, but because of this, Xu Mengying is still very disappointed when she sees Wen Qiang sitting next to Liu Liping, because the two are only friends now.
Wen Qiang glanced at Liu Liping, and sighed slightly in his heart, he hadn't been so close to her for about a year! Although he was reluctant to sit here, on this occasion, he could not refuse Principal Chen.