Come Eat Mr. Bunny Rabbit

Today, during the school break at noon. When Big Bear just returned to the classroom, he saw Jiang Rui in his seat holding this big bear’s backpack, like he was looking for something.

Big Bear flung a pair of wet hands and walked to his own seat to sit down, and stuck his head out to ask him, “Whacha looking for? Need me to help?”

He did not mind Jiang Rui looking through [his things], after all, their stuff was typically not divided that clearly. His own bag had just those few things, he would go through it each day so much it almost made it explode.

At this time, this happy bear completely did not realize the severity of the situation.

He heard Jiang Rui say with his head down, “I remember I have a card with you.”

Big Bear’s action of flinging his bear paws instantaneously stopped.

“Wh-wh-wh-what are you doing!” He turned pale with fright.

He widened his round eyes and watched as Jiang Rui’s hands took out his little bear wallet from his bag.

Normally the two of them went out and would eat and play together. After a few many times, for convenience, one of Jiang Rui’s cards was left at Big Bear’s for him to keep.

Because the two did not haggle that clearly normally- I would treat you today, next time you treat me, while Jiang Rui himself completely did not mind at all. He never cared about these things.

Instead for Big Bear, at the end of each month when he was embarrassingly short of money, this bear-bear would loyally stand out, and bravely give financial aid to his stomach in Jiang Rui’s stead. And then wait until the next month or whatnot when he was well-off to fill back the gap.

He secretly took this card as bear-bear’s little credit store.

There is a common saying that goes, one extra friend means one extra credit card.

Now great, his reserves have been cut off! Cut off!

Jiang Rui who achieved his goal casually tossed his bag back to him. Big Bear hugged his instantly shrivelled backpack, and bitterly stared at Jiang Rui from the side.

Bear-bears, truly die young(typo for hurt?).

“What do you need money for?” He questioned Jiang Rui.

Thinking about it now, this was not normal. Typically speaking, Jiang Rui could not possibly be short of money, and much more further cannot possibly have a time when he needed money. At present, [Jiang Rui] was at a step where he was already numb to the numbers of money, and so it made him suddenly settling scores today seem very abnormal.

Faced with Big Bear’s question, Jiang Rui only explained, “I broke his house.”

“Do you want to die!” Big Bear instantly howled.

You buy the bunny rabbit a house, but not let bear-bear eat! This is the rabbit’s doors coming out with the scent of wine and meat, when there is a bear frozen out on the streets[1]! This is only seeing the new rabbit smile, but not the old bear weep!

Jiang Rui did not pay attention to him.

Big Bear misunderstood, though it was not that off. All this time, he stared in grief as Jiang Rui more or less sorted through all his own cards, then stuff them back into his own bag.

“What do you want to do?” Big Bear asked him in confusion.

If he had to be frank, it seemed like Jiang Rui was actually managing his finances.

In truth, Jiang Rui simply did not know how much money was needed to repair houses, and only cared to give all that he had.

At this time, Big Bear also gradually made a guess.

This wolf’s gone crazy, he was actually going to place all his eggs into little Mr. Strawberry’s basket.

Because it was far too hard to believe, the gaze Big Bear was looking at Jiang Rui with right now bore a bit of doubt.

Oh great, oh great, what a great Wolf of Wall Street.

Big Bear was so angry he clutched his philitrum right there(?).

But the things Jiang Rui decided on, no one could change. Big Bear today got so riled up by him that he turned confused and stupefied, and asked, “……You’re already like this to him now. Don’t tell me when you guys are together, you going to be a chair for him?”

Jiang Rui paused for a moment.

Big Bear: He thought of it? He actually thought of it?!

Jiang Rui looked at him, then said, “We’re already together.”

Big Bear: [I’ll] return to you your pearl as these tears hang, a pity that we could not meet before [I] was unwed[2].

For noon this week, Mr. xiao’Wen was not on duty, and so after the morning classes, once Jiang Rui finished eating with [Big Bear], he would leave. Big Bear watched Jiang Rui put on his backpack and leave from behind.

No wait, such a big thing happened, why hasn’t this person let him know?

Does he really know what it means when two people were together?

……

At this time at Starlight Nursery.

“Coda, why are you always like this—— using two hands to hold your head?”

Coda reacted slowly and looked at the person speaking with him, then replied still late on the beat, “I am, doing my best to think.”

The other person did not understand, “But two hands doing their best can think too?”

Coda, “My brain.”

Coda, “Won’t work.”

And so he needed two hands to help do its best too. And after replying with these words, Coda slowly and fearfully came to.

Who is this person speaking with him?

Is he in our class?

I won’t be sold off somewhere, will I?

Coda is scared.

Then he saw that person who asked him the question go into deep thought after listening to him, then afterwards, he also stood next to Coda, and lifted both his hands up high like him, and held his own head.

Once Wen Ming went into the class, he saw Coda and xiao’Ha together standing there with their hands up in a surrender. Doing who knows what they are doing.

Wen Ming: ?

This bunch of strange kids.

He brought back a group of little children from a trip to the vegetable garden today who finished washing their hands. The free time in the nursery was typically very noisy, and Wen Ming first went to find their class’ two kids whose turn was to be the “little president for the day”, while the other teacher on duty was still there all busy, unable to get away.

She was by a small table leading a portion of children to fold paper flowers they just learned in the morning- once they were finished, they can gift it to the person they want to thank.

“All the red paper’s gone!” Someone yelled out.

“It was just there!”

“Little kids! Little kids!” Ms. Hua Hua who was on duty held one hand in the left hand and another with the right, “Flowers aren’t just red! Multi-coloured flowers are also very beautiful!”

After settling them down with difficulty, Ms. Hua Hua asked xiao’Yao who was at the table behind them, “Xiao’Yao, are you not folding?”

Xiao’Yao with a doughy face was all expressionless, and very stubbornly sat there without moving.

After she turned around, xiao’Yao then continued what he was doing just now, and secretly stuffed a big stack of red paper into his pants with all his strength.

Once other people sleep, he won’t sleep, he’s going to secretly fold the world’s most flowers for Mr. Strawberry. This way, he would be the kid in the entire nursery who loves Mr. Strawberry the most, steamroll all of them.

On this side, Wen Ming finally saw their class’ two little presidents in the LEGO area, Bao’bao and xiao’Mi.

Normally, these two spoke quieter than the next, and before Wen Ming brought the group to the vegetable garden, the two little girls went to find him, and eagerly said, “Mr. Strawberry, we’ve invented the latest ultimate attack!”

And so right now, little Mr. Strawberry crouched down and observed seriously.

Wen Ming didn’t know what kind of ultimate attack it was. He saw President Bao’bao lift up her arm, and the little chubby fist fell onto President xiao’Mi’s arm—— ultimate attack complete.

That’s it.

Wen Ming: Just what was it I was looking forward to just now.

The name of the technique was dame.

Specifically used to say “no” to all the unlawful acts in the class, zero tolerance against all illegal action!

Two pairs of sparkling eyes waited together for his response. Wen Ming paused there for a good while, and could not come up with an appropriate assessment.

How to put it, was the two little presidents’ method of enforcement to rely on defeating enemies while hurting eight thousand of your own?

Also xiao’Mi, you already admitted that you mehsheep’s cry so easily now? Are you really daijyobu?

Then, he heard the afternoon break bell ring outside. A bunch of well-trained little kids reacted one after the other, and orderly started preparing for afternoon break with discipline.

At this time, Jiang Rui was already in the break room waiting for Wen Ming.

This quiet room only had a single Jiang Rui. He frankly opened up Wen Ming’s bag, found his wallet inside, opened it, and stuffed all his own cards inside.

After finishing all of this, Jiang Rui looked at that pile of paper flowers Wen Ming casually placed on the table in disgust.

Today, the nursery’s handicrafts class folded paper flowers, and in the morning, the teachers of several classes all received a bunch of flowers.

It was the simplest kind of folded flowers, but it was still folded all crooked and twisted, without any sense of aesthetic. Just what did little Mr. Strawberry like about them.

Jiang Rui placed Wen Ming’s bag a bit farther away from these things in disgust.

On the other side, Wen Ming knew that Jiang Rui right now was very likely already waiting for him, but just as he got to one end of the hallway, the cellphone in his pocket rang.

It was a notification from the teacher’s group chat.

“[Notification] Teachers who do not need to watch classes for the afternoon break, please gather to the small meeting room on the third floor in ten minutes.”

Wen Ming placed his cellphone back in the pocket.

It might be a bit strange, but after being informed that he had a meeting at noon, he instead had a feeling of being relieved right now.

He didn’t know if other people would be like this when they were just dating, but he felt that if he were to face Jiang Rui right now, there would a bit of a strange…… nervousness.

Once he thought he was going to see Jiang Rui, even if he was the one who first said to date, he would feel like his skin would turn thin. Yesterday it was still Jiang Rui, today, it was boyfriend.

Though this thin skin came a bit late.

No matter what was said, this meeting, for the current him, really came at the right time. Wen Ming sorted out his feelings, and continued to go towards the break room.

Also, he wasn’t sure if it’s his own misconception, but Wen Ming felt that since the two people confirmed their relationship, Jiang Rui seemed to be just like before.

Of course, it isn’t to say that it wasn’t good that they were the same as before, it was just that it seemed like he was the only one who felt nervous…… He probably overthought it.

Whatever, what is he doing fussing over Jiang Rui who doesn’t understand anything.

After all, it was this person who was able to say that Wen Ming gave him a green hat to wear before, it was not all that surprising.

Without realizing that the current Wen Ming was now in a relationship that could give him a green hat to wear.

Wen Ming thought to how he should tell Jiang Rui about having a meeting in a bit, then opened the door to the break room.

[1] The original phrase is 朱门酒肉臭,路有冻死骨, where the doors of the rich spread with the fragrance of wine and meat, while the poor and starving die out on the road. The sentence following is derived from 只见新人笑,不见旧人哭, meaning they only have their new favourite in their eyes, ignoring the pleas and tears of their old love.

[2] 还君明珠双泪垂,恨不相逢未嫁时- the man in the poem gifts a pearl to a wed woman, who goes on to remain faithful to her husband, but laments they could not have met sooner. The only way this makes sense is if you re-interpret it so that the man(Jiang Rui) was wed, but the woman(Big Bear) was not, and returns his gift.