Fang You, six years old this year, has an innocent and lovely appearance but a mature and steady heart. He was attending the first graduation ceremony of his new life, standing in the most visible position in the choir, his back to the adults who came for the ceremony, conducting the children's choral performance.
[Countless days and nights]
[Spent here with good friends]
[Laughter and tears, time and again]
[How many times have we caught cold here]
[Goodbye to our kindergarten]
[The yard where we played together]
[When the sunflowers bloom again]
[We'll be backpack-toting elementary school kids]
The melodious and slightly melancholic graduation song emerged from the young, tender voices. Apart from the light and pleasing enjoyment, there was also a sense of regret as to where the time had gone and how they had grown up so fast without sufficient time spent with them.
"Wuwu..."
Some parents couldn't help but tear up, and a large man next to Fang Guanghui immediately burst into tears, reddening his eyes as he rubbed them.
Fang Guanghui struck up a conversation with another child's parent next to him, "The kids grow up in the blink of an eye, it's tough, isn't it?"
The parent nodded, "Going to primary school means tutoring them with homework. You have no idea how painful it is! Big Treasure has already been quite a handful..."
Fang Guanghui paused, "What's so difficult about primary school homework? Isn't it just simple arithmetic and memorizing poetry? Do parents really need to teach that?"
The parent glanced at Fang Guanghui and said irritably, "Wait until your baby is in primary school, then you will know how hard and exhausting it is. Sometimes I really feel they are as dumb as a pig, hard to imagine they are my own children, but I just have to hold my nose and teach them."
Fang Guanghui remembered when he was researching personal income tax rates and couldn't understand how to calculate the formulas at all. His son, Fang You, teased him that his math must have been taught by the PE teacher back in school, and he suddenly felt a sense of empathy!
"After enjoying the graduation class children's choral song, next, please welcome the representative of the graduating class: Xia Nuo from the Giraffe Class, to come up on stage and speak. Let's welcome her!"
Amidst the applause of the parents, Xia Nuo hopped towards the stage.
Probably due to regular exercise, eating and sleeping well, and balanced nutrition, the six-year-old had grown significantly taller than the year before. The greenish-blue kindergarten uniform on her now seemed a little small.
The six-year-old Xia Nuo still had a chubby face, but her limbs, especially her legs, had straightened out, no longer the stubby 'radish legs' of before, making her look very much like a little adult. Her figure was very proportionate, and as she took the stage, she attracted many admiring looks from parents.
"What a pretty little girl, she looks like a big kid. Why does our treasure still look like a baby?"
"Ah, that must be the Moe King, after all, a Talent. It's normal for her to develop a bit faster."
"Beautiful lands,"
"Happily soar ahead."
Her nimble limbs moved in a strange rhythm, like a happy clown, full of energy and a tad bewitching. If others danced it, it might look ugly, but when Nuo Nuo did, it was healing.
Xia Nuo's dance quickly dissipated the sad atmosphere at the graduation ceremony, turning it lively and vibrant. Everyone forgot their woes of parting and the stress of dealing with children in primary school and started clapping along with the dance.
Nuo Nuo possessed a strong stage presence, always able to infect those around her with her smile. It was a talent she was born with.
During the graduation ceremony, close friends had prepared farewell gifts for each other, and Fang You received quite a few from the girls.
"I didn't prepare a gift for you. If that bothers you, don't give me one."
Fang You intended to stand at the pinnacle of humanity, and he had no interest in being a warm-hearted central air-conditioning system.
Nevertheless, the girls wouldn't get upset.
"Eeeya, You You is so sincere, but it's okay, I wanted to give it to you..."
The girl blushed as she handed Fang You the gift, then ran off shyly.
Seeing one girl take the initiative to give a gift to Fang You, the other girls who were waiting to see what would happen then swarmed up, taking turns to hand their presents over to him.
"[Wang Chao is jealous that you received a gift from Xu Huan, Emotional Energy +5]"
"[Wang Chao is jealous that you received a gift from Zhang Yihan, Emotional Energy +8]"
"[Wang Chao is jealous that you received a gift from Wang Senni, Emotional Energy +10]"
Wang Chao, what's wrong with you? Do you have to be jealous every time a girl in our class gives me a gift?
In the class, Wang Chao was the domineering big guy, usually playing with the boys in unrestrained free fighting, cockfighting, slapping each other's faces, and the Rubber Band Face Endurance Challenge, which You You never involved himself with. He would tell the girls to scram to maintain his tough guy image, which earned him a following of little admirers.
But as he now looks back on his kindergarten days, does he feel regret for the youth that has slipped away?
The situation with Xia Nuo was similar to You You's, with mainly girls giving her graduation gifts, and the boys wouldn't give her presents.
It wasn't that they hadn't thought about it, but that they dared not.
In the eyes of the boys, Fang You was always seen as a notorious monster.
He was incredibly strong, told ghost stories, and, what's more, he had a huge 'one', and he was a big star. Everyone was scared of him and felt distant from him.
Who would dare to mess with his wife?