A week later, on Monday, it was a sunny day, but the weather was unusually cold.

It's not quite like the weather of early autumn, but it smells of early winter.

Autumn in the UK tends to be short-lived, always quietly leaving before people are ready to welcome it.

Then comes a long winter.

The flowers and plants around the old apartment were wet with the morning dew.

The birds on the branches outside the window are no longer as lively as they are in the middle of summer, but just fly from branch to branch, calling for a while from time to time, as a sonata that has just been composed in this short autumn.

Jingzhi and Qi'er got up early.

Qi'er makes her own breakfast at home.

Jingzhi left the house alone and walked to the school cafeteria not far from the old apartment.

Qi'er originally planned to make Jingzhi's breakfast together, but Jingzhi insisted on eating breakfast alone.

Today is Jingzhi's first time teaching students. She was a little nervous and wanted to leave home early to get used to the school's teaching environment.

It's eight o'clock in the morning.

The school cafeteria had just opened its doors at this time.

Except for the staff in the cafeteria, Jingzhi is the only one.

Jingzhi first found a random seat and put the textbook and umbrella in her hand away. In addition to the umbrella and backpack, there is also a thick textbook that is inseparable from her today.

The aunt who sells breakfast in the cafeteria is a cute middle-aged woman, with short hair, permed small wavy curls, holding a long big clip tightly in her hand, grinning, and asking Jingzhi what she wants to eat.

Jingzhi asked for an omelette, a grilled sausage, a slice of bacon, two slices of toast, and a glass of hot milk.

She took her plate and walked over to the shelf where the cutlery was kept, took down a set of knives and forks and a spoon, took two tissues, and returned to the seat she had found.

Jingzhi was not particularly hungry, and the thought of doing a mental and physical job for a while forced her to eat all the food on her plate.

The hot milk was still hot, and Jingzhi was not in a hurry to drink it all.

She opened the textbook in her hand and reviewed the contents of the textbook while eating.

Jingzhi sat there alone for about a quarter of an hour, and the milk had gradually cooled down.

Jingzhi wanted to stay a little longer, but more and more people walked into the cafeteria for breakfast, and there was already a long queue in front of the cash register.

Jingzhi didn't want to occupy a seat to read there, she was afraid that the students who were holding a plate and "waiting to be fed" would not find a seat to sit down.

Jingzhi immediately stood up and found that a red-haired British guy was standing behind her at some point, staring intently at Zhi's seat.

"That...... Are you leaving? The British guy took the liberty of asking. It could be seen that he had been paying attention to Jingzhi's movements for a while.

"That's right! I'm about to leave! Jingzhi said dryly.

She immediately put the thick book on the table under her armpit, picked up the umbrella, picked up the satchel, picked up the plate, smiled at the British guy, and turned to leave.

It seemed that it was a wise move to leave earlier, and Jingzhi couldn't help but secretly congratulate herself in her heart that she didn't cause any trouble to the others.

After placing the tray in the designated position, Jingzhi quickly left the cafeteria. She took small steps and walked to the reception room of the academy.

Today, Jingzhi wore a pair of high heels and couldn't walk in stride.

The reception desk of the college is on the third floor, and today's Jingzhi is even careful to climb the stairs.

Pushing open the door of the reception room, Jingzhi saw the young female secretary Emily standing behind the reception room's front desk.

When she saw Jingzhi, she greeted her warmly and said, "Good morning!" Jinzhi," Emily's pronunciation wasn't very accurate, but Jingzhi didn't care, she knew Emily was calling her.

For Jingzhi, this has already satisfied her.

Jingzhi has an English name: Catherine, which she gave herself when she was in junior high school.

Since coming to the UK, she has not shared her English name with anyone else.

Chinese naturally don't need to say that they can call Jingzhi's Chinese name.

As for the foreigners, Jingzhi didn't tell them this English name for convenience, and kept asking them to call her Jingzhi.

The word "shiba" is okay, foreigners can barely pronounce it lamely; However, for many foreigners, it is difficult to pronounce the word "jing" accurately.

Even so, Jingzhi kept emphasizing that foreigners who knew her would call her "Jingzhi".

For this reason, she often has to play the role of "Chinese teacher", teaching foreigners how to pronounce the word "zhi".

Whenever a foreigner complained to Jingzhi that her Chinese name was difficult to pronounce and asked her to give her an English name, Jingzhi always replied with a smile: "If you want to be my friend, please practice reading my Chinese name first: Jingzhi (Jinzhi)."

Emily practiced her pronunciation with Jingzhi a few times before she could barely pronounce Jingzhi's name the way it is.

She herself often cried and laughed.

But Jingzhi felt very relieved in her heart, because what Emily remembered was the Chinese name her father gave her written in Chinese characters, and the Chinese name that appeared on her passport and she had always been proud: Jingzhi.

"Hi and good morning! Emily！ Jingzhi winked her left eye mischievously, suggesting that Emily's pronunciation had improved today.

Emily blushed a little with shyness. She is not very old, just in her early twenties, just graduated from Mutas University last year, and has only been the current secretary of the college for more than half a year.

She was always very shy when she saw Jingzhi, who was a few years older than her, afraid that her work would not be perfect.

Emily handed Jingzhi a sky-blue translucent plastic file bag, smiled and said, "This is something for you to use in today's class." ”

"Well, I know," Jingzhi said, taking the file bag and shaking it twice in her hand, "I stepped on my high heels and climbed for three ...... Stairs ...... Just to get this thing! ”

Emily almost burst out laughing at Jingzhi's humorous words, and the next second, she realized that she still had business to do, so she forced herself to calm down.

She calmed down for two seconds, and said to Jingzhi very cautiously, "Jinzhi, please open the folder and check all the contents inside." ”

Jingzhi immediately became serious, opened the folder, and spread all the contents on the front desk.

"This is today's class schedule." Emily picked up a few sheets of A4 paper densely printed with the course name, classroom, and teacher, "I've marked two lessons related to you with a marker. ”

Jingzhi nodded and said in a grateful tone, "Thank you so much!" It looks so convenient! ”

Emily didn't speak right away, but the joy in her heart was easily evident from the change in the expression on her face.

Her hard work has been recognized by others, and she is rightfully happy.

Emily picked up a small matchbox-like object on the table and explained, "This one is for checking if students are attending.

According to the school's regulations, students must bring their student ID cards to participate in TA classes.

Their student ID card has a barcode printed on it. You press this button," Emily pressed a slightly downward dented button in the middle of the "matchbox", and a faint blood-red beam immediately radiated from the top of the "matchbox," "to record a student's attendance today." ”

After saying that, Emily handed the "matchbox" to Jingzhi and asked Jingzhi to check it.

Jingzhi took the "matchbox" in her hand and looked at it carefully for a few seconds.

She tried to press the button twice, and she was relieved to see the same beam as before.

"I think I'll already use it." Jingzhi whispered to Emily as she thought about it.

"That's great! In case a student forgets to bring their student ID, I have prepared an attendance sheet provided by the college for you. As she spoke, Emily picked up a few forms, "You can have students sign on them." ”

"Okay. I know. As she spoke, Jingzhi nodded.

Emily stretched out her right index finger, pointed to the four whiteboard markers on the table, added her lower lips, and said, "These four whiteboard markers are all prepared for your class." As she spoke, she touched each of the pens with her fingertips and muttered, "Black, red, blue, and green, a total of four colors."

If you run out of water for any pen, or if you need a different color, please come to the front desk to pick it up. ”

Emily pointed to the whiteboard eraser on the table and continued to explain, "Words written on a whiteboard marker can be erased with this. ”

Jingzhi counted the four unused whiteboard markers, as well as the brand-new whiteboard eraser, and put them in a folder and sealed them, along with the class schedule and the "matchbox".

"Good luck!" Emily had a "Hello with you" expression.

"Thank you!" Jingzhi began to get a little nervous. She knew that Emily's account had been successfully completed; The rest is the "unknown journey" that she will face alone.

There was not much time left before the starting line of the "Unknown Journey", and Jingzhi did not linger any longer.

After saying goodbye to Emily, Jingzhi left the college's office building with steady and steady steps.

Jingzhi is rushing to an old building that is only a few stories high.

The building is a "gathering place" for science students, with many classrooms of various sizes.

Yesterday evening, when she came home from the office before dinner, Jingzhi had already checked the terrain beforehand.

Now, she only needs to follow the route she planned for herself yesterday, and it can be easily reached in about five minutes.

Jingzhi's classroom is on the third floor of this building.

Although it was a little difficult, Jingzhi still walked through the crowded crowd in the hall on the first floor alone and climbed to the third floor in one go.

At this time, there was still a quarter of an hour before Jingzhi's class time.

In the classroom where she will be teaching, there are still other teaching assistants lecturing students.

Outside the classroom door, there were a few students standing against the wall, all blond Europeans.

The hallway was dimly lit, and it was impossible to tell which country they were from for the time being.

Jingzhi waited anxiously for nearly ten minutes before a young brown-haired man pushed open the classroom door.

He left the classroom with a few students who followed him closely.

There were still a few students left in the classroom, sitting in their seats, slowly tidying up the things on the tables.