This was a fact, and Chen Daqiao could no longer comfort Principal Zhang, only patting his shoulder, "It's time for you to retire, you should enjoy your blessings earlier!"
Principal Zhang managed to squeeze out a smile, propped himself up on his knees to stand, "I'm going back inside to sleep for a bit, you all stay and chat!"
Watching Principal Zhang walk toward the two tiled houses at the corner of the school, hunched over and with a forlorn silhouette, Chen Daqiao explained to Bai Cheng'an and Qian Sisi, the two visitors from out of town, "Principal Zhang has bad luck. He has been motherless since childhood, encountered his father's death when he was studying for exams, and while his wife was pregnant, she was washed away in a flood on her way back to her parents' house, and her corpse was not found until many days later. For all these years, he's been all alone in the school, with not a soul to talk to when the children leave for holidays."
