Chapter 190 Super son update, actually! (Thanks to the charming little ancestor leader)

Chapter 190 Super son update, actually! (Thanks to the charming little ancestor leader)

The trip to Ningcheng ended successfully.

Save money: I took some group photos, stayed in Jianjia’s villa for one night, and got a 188 yuan string of beads from Xia Xinyu.

Congratulations, congratulations.

Finally, I got on the bus and went back to No. 11 Middle School.

After getting off the bus, during roll call on the playground, Lao Mo called, so Chen Yuan answered: "Hey Teacher Mo, what's wrong?"

"You've arrived at school, right?" Lao Mo asked.

"Yes, I just arrived." Chen Yuan said.

"I have a set of questions here for the first test of the mathematics competition, but there are no answers. I have made some here. Ask Tang Siwen if you want to come over and check the answers." Lao Mo rarely gave students the right to choose and explained , "Otherwise, it will take half a month to wait for the results to come out."

"Okay, let me ask her."

"Hey." Chen Yuan covered the microphone with his hand and said to Tang Siwen who was standing obediently, "Old Mo...the teacher asked you if you want to check the answer?"

Tang Siwen didn't know that he was calling him. After all, what he called was "Hey", but he caught the name of Lao Mo, so he turned around and said, "Okay."

"Then let's go."

Chen Yuan finished talking to Lao Mo and hung up the phone.

"Okay." Tang Siwen walked to Chen Yuan.

But at this time, Xia Xinyu did not follow, so Chen Yuan also shouted to her: "Let's go together, Lao Mo knows you anyway."

"I can't go." Xia Xinyu shook her head seriously in denial, and pointed to her No. 11 Middle School uniform, reminding Chen Yuan that her trip was not legal.

"Then where are you going?" Chen Yuan asked.

"I'll just sit on the bench next to the playground." Xia Xinyu said.

"How do you deal with being accosted?"

"Hey, stop making trouble." Xia Xinyu lowered her voice, reminding Tang Siwen that he was still nearby and not to be so obnoxious.

As for Tang Siwen, at this time, she was like a little sister who went out to play with her older brother and sister who were in love. The older children tried their best to avoid being immodest in front of her.

"Okay, let's do it as soon as possible."

In this way, after Chen Yuan and Tang Siwen said hello to Lao Xu, who was being asked questions by the students, they went directly to the second-grade mathematics group in the East District.

At this time, there were three math teachers inside.

It seems that he is on duty at school.

Recently, there have been frequent meaningless activities like this. Even if there are no teaching tasks, several teachers have to be assigned to the school for duty. It is as if there are many treasures in the school and they are afraid that they will be vacated.

Generally old teachers will not come, they are all young people.

He was puzzled as to why a senior teacher like Lao Mo would come to the school?

Could it be that it's just for me and Tang Siwen...

I didn’t come to school because of you!

You can't ask. If you ask, you will probably see this version of Lao Mo.

"Have you finished writing the test papers?" Lao Mo lowered his head and asked casually while doing the questions.

"No." Tang Siwen said.

"What about you?" Lao Mo asked again.

"No." Chen Yuan said.

At this time, Lao Mo smiled in his heart, raised his head and said, "It's reasonable that I can't finish this kind of test questions."

I have been working on it for almost three hours, and only half of the last question is left.

How could they possibly finish it?

"There is only one final step left for my 20-point question," Chen Yuan added.

"??"

Lao Mo was stunned for a moment and didn't react much.

Two young teachers in the office showed their surprise directly. One of them asked curiously: "Is there only the last step left to do?"

"um, yes."

"Young people are still ruthless." The teacher sighed. "I guess I am getting older. I just started writing the last question and only finished half of it."

"I'm okay, I've written most of it."

Both teachers graduated from prestigious schools and majored in mathematics. They can only achieve this level, although since it is not an exam, they are not in a serious competition state.

But they are teachers.

As for Lao Mo, he felt that he was in competitive shape, but he was only as fast as Chen Yuan?

However, the accuracy should be different.

I am basically correct.

"Then let's take a look." Lao Mo handed the paper to the two of them.

Then, Tang Siwen and Chen Yuan stood together, lowered their heads, and sketched with pencils.

"You come first." Chen Yuan said humbly in the spirit of giving priority to ladies.

Then, Tang Siwen began to score points based on the correct answers given by Lao Mo.

After about five minutes, they were all ticked out. After adding all the points together, Tang Siwen wrote - 73 at the beginning of the paper.

Seeing this score, Lao Mo was very satisfied.

This year's question is very difficult. 61 is expected to save three points, and Tang Siwen exceeded the guess line by so much, the extra points are already secured.

Tang Siwen's monthly test score this time is 626. With these ten points, he can be admitted to Lumen University in the next province, a pretty good 985.

It is indeed my trump card, so stable.

And what about Chen Yuan?

If he does it so fast, will his accuracy be...

When thinking this way, Lao Mo watched Chen Yuan helplessly as he quickly ticked the answers he wrote for himself, as if he was marking his test paper.

Although he knew that this was Chen Yuan calculating his own score, was the accuracy rate really that high?

If this continues, it will be over ninety!

Finally, Chen Yuan skipped a certain question instead of ticking it.

But every question after skipping it is correct.

Did he really write it all down?

Lao Mo was surprised.

His level is beyond ordinary.

If you have this kind of accuracy, you can even advance to the national competition and be even better than the boys in class one.

But the fact is that Chen Yuan ticked all the boxes all the way to the end.

And I filled in ≥1 for the answers that I didn’t calculate.

"This is mine." Chen Yuan said.

"..."

Incredible, this score is really incredible.

Lao Mo is a little nervous, but as a class teacher, he has a good attitude. When he received the test paper, he took the pen and worked backwards on the answer ≥1 written by Chen Yuan, and found that it indeed met the conditions.

In other words, Chen Yuan had calculated all the way to this point in the final big question, and he had two points more than himself!

According to the usual marking standards.

He can get 15 points for this question!

In addition to the 8 points deducted from the previous question, Chen Yuan should be 107.

It was actually higher than the preliminary round!

From this point of view, he could actually be higher in the preliminary round, after all, he handed in the paper an hour early.

"Then you are 107."

Lao Mo nodded, not knowing what to say.

No, what can I say?

Who delayed Chen Yuan's study before?

Zhou Yu?

No, after changing his deskmate, Chen Yuan's grades improved rapidly.

Therefore, it is very likely that He Sijiao was delayed!

In short, this score is really outrageous!

"What’s wrong with you?"

Looking at Chen Yuan, he found that the other party was hesitant to speak, so Lao Mo asked further.

Seeing that Chen Yuan was a little hesitant, he said seriously: "Speak directly, who doesn't want you to speak?"

He was like this. Chen Yuan had no choice but to go back to the question he didn't check and said, "Here, what I calculated is different."

At that time, Chen Yuan used a progress bar, and after writing the answer, it was indeed 100%.

So, he is right.

And Lao Mo, this question may be... no, it is absolutely wrong.

"Isn't it different?"

Lao Mo was stunned for a moment, then looked at the question again and felt that he had no problem. If you can figure out the answer, it must be right. But just when he was about to say that Chen Yuan was wrong, he asked with a rigorous attitude: "How much did you calculate?"

Then, Chen Yuan wrote the answer next to it.

At this time, Lao Mo thought for a while and then asked the two teachers: "How much did you calculate for question 13? Is there a process?"

"I must have miscalculated this..." Chen Yuan said quickly when he saw that a discussion was about to begin.

But Lao Mo didn't just make a conclusion like this. After checking the answers with the two teachers, he found that one was the same as him and the other was the same as Chen Yuan.

In other words, there are reasons for both answers.

However, one of them used the wrong method.

So, he asked Chen Yuan how he solved it.

After Chen Yuan finished listing the formulas in pencil, Lao Mo realized what he had done wrong.

Then, he nodded, checked Chen Yuan's answer, and said: "You are right, I did wrong."

Hey Mo Bao, don’t say it!

How can we establish authority in front of young teachers like this?

If you speak, please speak in a lower voice...

Lao Mo raised his head and looked at Chen Yuan, who was a little nervous. Then he thought about how he had deliberately admitted his mistake just now, and then he realized what he was doing.

This kid knew he was wrong from the beginning!

He was saving face for me.

Okay, your level is so high that you can correct the teacher's mistakes.

Then you are so good, you still need me to teach you?

While complaining like this in his heart, Lao Mo couldn't help but smile, feeling suddenly proud. But he quickly stopped smiling and said seriously: "Then the questions you wrote are basically correct. The score should be 115."

"?!" Upon hearing this, the two teachers were completely shocked.

No, the total of the questions we didn't write was more than five points.

Is this student from Class 18 so ruthless? !

"Ang...that's it." Chen Yuan was still modest and showed no joy.

This reaction made Lao Mo want to slap him on the head.

Does this kid think I'm the kind of teacher who doesn't want his students to be better than him?

Where do you think of my pattern?

Students don’t have to be inferior to their teachers.

Some of the geniuses in class one were better than him, Lao Mo admitted this frankly.

But so what?

If I were a genius, would I still be a teacher if I already engaged in scientific research?

I am just a teacher responsible for teaching.

I wouldn't be angry if Chen Yuan, a genius, is much better than me.

In more than two months, I have made such great progress and reached the national competition standard all of a sudden, so before I co-write with you...

Didn't you learn anything?

"This score is stable, and it is possible to be among the top scores in the city!" said a teacher.

"It's a pity that if you don't take the second test, you can only get two points at best." Another teacher also agreed.

Hearing this, Lao Mo suddenly felt guilty.

This national contestant had a solid score, but he didn’t give Chen Yuan a choice at the time.

After all, the Chen Yuan he imagined was at best at Tang Siwen's level, or even worse, barely getting the extra points.

If this is really the case, with his level and even winning the national award, then participating in the Qiangkun Project will be much more useful than just a mere...

"The second test is a competition question, and I haven't trained at all." Chen Yuan explained with a smile, and suppressed himself, "If you really take part in the second test, maybe the average score will be even lower, and you won't even be able to get the second provincial."

When the two young teachers heard what Chen Yuan said, they also realized that they couldn't speak just now, and they laughed and laughed.

Yes, you are too young, how can you say this? Isn't this trying to drive a wedge between Chen Yuan and Teacher Mo...

"Teacher, let's go." Chen Yuan glanced at Tang Siwen, and then said hello to Lao Mo on her behalf.

"Wait a minute, I'm leaving too." Lao Mo cleared the things, put them in his bag, then stood up and said, "I drove here and took you and Tang Siwen back on the way."

No, aren't our directions different?

"Ah, this is too troublesome for the teacher..." Chen Yuan quickly refused.

"I'm going to 'Jingjiang Family' for dinner, and I'm on the same line as you." Lao Mo didn't even raise his head, then turned around, "Follow me."

"Thank you, teacher."

Chen Yuan had no choice but to say this.

"Thank you, teacher." Tang Siwen was very calm.

She even felt that Chen Yuan was overreacting.

Although she has never been driven by her class teacher, when she comes to Teacher Mo's office, Teacher Mo will give her some gifts from faculty and staff, such as milk and fruits.

Um?

Tang Siwen suddenly reacted - doesn't every student have this kind of benefit?

only myself?

nonsense!

Chen Yuan was furious after listening to Tang Siwen's voice.

Do you think your hair is in line with school regulations?

Tang Siwen is an idiot for being a privileged dog without knowing it!

But in the future, will I gradually become a permission dog...

"happy"

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Of course, he was a little too happy.

After leaving the office, going to the playground, and walking towards the school gate, Xia Xinyu saw Chen Yuan with Lao Mo, and was so scared that she wanted to find a place to hide. However, what shocked her was that Chen Yuan walked quickly towards her, frightening her to death.

"What, what's wrong?" Xia Xinyu asked timidly.

"Old Mo said he would send me back." After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he added, "He insists on it, but I don't dare not give it."

"Give me what..."

"Ah, I mean, Lao Mo happened to pass by Sunshine Community, and there was Tang Siwen in the car, so let's go together."

"But look at my school uniform!" Xia Xinyu was on the verge of tears and protested with a slight puff of her cheeks.

Why don't you discuss everything with yourself first?

Chen Yuan is a big idiot.

"I'm sorry." Chen Yuan had no choice but to explain, "I dare not disobey Lao Mo's request..."

"Chen Yuan, come quickly!"

At this moment, Tang Siwen, who was standing with Lao Mo, waved his hands mechanically and shouted in a rare loud voice.

But what's great about her is that her speaking voice has become louder, but there's still no ups and downs.

"Let's go, Bao'er." Chen Yuan continued to invite.

Xia Xinyu couldn't resist the kindness, so she had no choice but to nod and say in advance: "If you care about me, don't joke with Teacher Mo. At least, make me look more serious and reserved."

Not the frivolous high school girl who secretly wore the uniform of No. 11 Middle School and rode in the car just to go to a competition with her boyfriend.

"OK."

Just like that, Chen Yuan walked over with Xia Xinyu, who was so coquettish that she wanted to put on a mask, sunglasses and a hood.

When he saw Xia Xinyu's school uniform, Lao Mo felt a sense of astonishment.

This is……

You were expelled from No. 4 Middle School and transferred to our school because of your puppy love?

It would be okay to have another student, and he is such a good kid.

But openly falling in love is totally unacceptable!

If this is really going to be the case, then this girl still has to be transferred to her own class...

This way, at least I can watch.

"I'll sit in front."

When getting into the car, Chen Yuan took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat. Then, the two girls sat in the back row together.

Then, drive in the direction of Sunshine Apartment, which is the 737 route.

Halfway through, Tang Siwen was put down.

Then, keep driving forward.

"Teacher Mo, go that way to Jingjiang Apartment." Chen Yuan reminded Lao Mo that he was driving the wrong way.

"I know." Lao Mo said calmly, "I'll drive you there after I drop you off. It's not far."

Otherwise, why would you give them a ride?

"That's really embarrassing." Xia Xinyu whispered.

Hearing her voice, and then glancing at the good student who didn't look like a puppy love through the rearview mirror, Lao Mo asked: "Aren't you a student of No. 4 Middle School? Why, you are wearing our school clothes? "

"..." Xia Xinyu was dumbfounded on the spot, and her face turned red.

Then, Chen Yuan quickly explained: "She happened to be going to Ningcheng, so I was wondering if I could get a ride."

"Teacher Xu, did you ask me to ride in the car?"

Lao Mo was surprised. Aren't there rules for this?

Is it possible that the school opened a hotel specifically for her?

"Well, I asked Principal He..." Chen Yuan said weakly.

"..."

No, why should the person in charge of everything in school care about your business?

However, this also shows that He Xiao is indeed a very emotional person.

When Secretary Han was interviewed and photographed before, he didn't remember to give Chen Yuan or himself any sweetness.

And School He was actually able to agree to Chen Yuan's request.

So, is it correct to side with School He?

In the future, Chen Yuan will really become famous in the college entrance examination... Will School He also give himself credit for this achievement?

"Ahem." Lao Mo quickly pulled himself back from his unrealistic thoughts and asked Xia Xinyu, "How did the math questions in No. 4 Middle School go this time?"

Xia Xinyu thought for a while and said, "It's a bit difficult... I didn't do well in the exam."

Why are you asking yourself this?

This teacher Mo really loves his job.

"What's the average score in the class?" Lao Mo asked.

"About 125."

"125? The difficulty of this test paper is still 125 on average. Which class are you in?" Lao Mo asked in surprise.

At this time, Chen Yuan started to enjoy it.

I am quite looking forward to the upcoming ‘manifestation of the Holy Spirit’.

It was obviously Xin Yu pretending to be X, but Chen Yuan felt even better.

That's for sure.

After all, the words in your heart are yours, so isn’t praising your heart the same as praising yourself?

"Class three." Xia Xinyu whispered.

"..." Lao Mo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't Class 3 an experimental class?"

"Yes."

Not only from No. 4 Middle School, but also from the experimental class.

So, how did she fall in love with Chen Yuan, who was only 504 at the time? !

Those who get good grades in the experimental class of No. 4 Middle School can go to Shanghai East University. If they are in the top of the class, they can even go to the top two universities.

Lao Mo liked this high school very much, and he had already decided that Xiao Doudou would go to No. 4 Middle School in the future.

So after adding the filter, he is now particularly optimistic about this girl.

Even if she did something very inappropriate - falling in love early.

"If you're a day student, why don't you rent a house with your parents next to No. 4 Middle School?"

Lao Mo subconsciously felt that this girl was a native of Xiahai, and the conditions of the locals in Xiahai were not too bad, so this question was naturally 'no problem'.

But after speaking, he felt that the other party suddenly fell silent.

The atmosphere seemed not quite right.

Looking at the rearview mirror, I realized that the girl was biting her lip and said with some difficulty: "My parents... just passed away."

This sentence immediately made Lao Mo stupid.

Dad, Mom, just passed away?

Together?

No, why am I talking so much and asking so many questions!

At this moment, Lao Mo looked like a child who had done something wrong, his face was a little red. Holding the steering wheel tightly, he said awkwardly: "Yes..."

"Teacher Mo, this is it, we've arrived." Seeing this, Chen Yuan said quickly.

"Oh, okay." Lao Mo pulled over and parked the car.

"Thank you." Then, Xia Xinyu opened the door from the right and got out of the car.

"Teacher Mo, goodbye."

Chen Yuan was about to leave, but Lao Mo grabbed his arm. He looked at Chen Yuan nervously and asked, "What's going on?"

After a pause, Chen Yuan said: "Xia Xinyu is from Jingnan. Her aunt works in No. 4 Middle School, so she came with her. Last month, her parents died in an accident..."

Hearing this, Lao Mo was heartbroken.

Sympathy is on the one hand, but more importantly, I feel that I should not ask unnecessary questions.

You shouldn't just ask this and that because the other person is too good, just like in an interview...

"Teacher, don't worry, she has already walked out." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

Lao Mo suddenly remembered and asked: "The first time she came to school to deliver food to you, that time..."

"My parents just died."

"..."

Lao Mo now figured out why she didn't have to go to school that day.

After my parents passed away, how could I still be in the mood to go to school?

So, it was Chen Yuan who kept coaxing this girl to come out.

With Chen Yuan's overly kind character, it is possible.

"In the beginning, I really wanted to be my younger sister and take care of her... I swear, teacher!" Chen Yuan defended that he was not in love for a puppy.

There is really no other way, so I can only forcefully fall in love with Xinyu.

You have to believe me.

"Okay, I know."

Lao Mo had known for a long time that they were in puppy love, and he didn't care about it. At this moment, he just wanted to make amends and suppress his guilt. Then, he asked: "What are her family conditions like?"

"After all, my parents are not here, so I am very frugal." Chen Yuan said.

So, Lao Mo took out his wallet and was rummaging through something.

"No, no, there's no need for this..."

"This supermarket is too far away from my home. I have no chance to go there. It would be a waste to keep it on hand."

Lao Mo took out the 500-yuan shopping card given by the school employee welfare and handed it to Chen Yuan, saying, "You are close, so I'll give it to you."

"...There are seven stops along the way."

You call me close?

Don’t you have a car?

Take Teacher Che Shujun shopping and buy some cherries!

"Why are you so lazy at such a young age? Why don't you just take the bus?" Lao Mo forcibly handed the card to Chen Yuan, and then said, "I can't stop here anymore, get off the bus quickly."

"...Ang, then I'd like to thank you on Xinyu's behalf."

Chen Yuan expressed his gratitude and accepted it.

Lao Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief and drove away.

Thanks to Lao Mo for the 500 yuan love fund.

Chen Yuan stuffed the card into his pocket, then walked to Xia Xinyu and asked her, "Isn't the question Lao Mo just asked a little too much?"

"No, people don't know." Xia Xinyu smiled and said, "Besides, I feel that the way Teacher Mo looks at me is a bit like the way our head teacher looks at the previous few..."

"You guessed it right."

Chen Yuan was amused and said: "Old Mo treats good students, that's called partiality. I just found out today that Tang Siwen often receives food and drink from Lao Mo!"

"So partial?" Xia Xinyu said in surprise.

"Today, I have enjoyed the benefits of being a good student." Chen Yuan joked, "This is Lao Mo's special car transportation, which is much more enjoyable than He Hongtao."

"Wouldn't the principal be more in the spotlight?" Xia Xinyu was puzzled.

"He Hongtao is just a high-ranking official. In terms of cuteness, he has to be our Lao Mo."

"Hey... boys' thoughts are really weird." But Xia Xinyu could also feel that this old teacher Mo was really good.

I felt it during the basketball game before. His concern for the students is genuine.

It may appear that he is a bit snobbish and prefers good students, but the teacher may not dislike students with poor grades.

Even more, I won’t give up.

"Look what this is?" Chen Yuan took out a supermarket card.

Looking at this, Xia Xinyu asked in confusion: "Hey, where did this come from?"

"Lao Mo gave me a five-hundred-yuan shopping card."

"Why do I give you this?"

"I'm worried that I don't have enough money for my puppy love. Please help me a little."

"How is that possible!" Xia Xinyu didn't believe it. After thinking about what happened just now, she said with some uncertainty, "Mr. Mo, does he feel a little guilty for asking a bad question?"

"It's not guilt."

Chen Yuan's expression gradually became serious. He looked at Xia Xinyu and said, "Old Mo has zero tolerance for puppy love, but even when my grades were very poor, he didn't insist on breaking up. So from the beginning, he believed You. Even if I improve later, he still feels that you have led me well."

"Does he think so?"

"Yes." Chen Yuan nodded and said seriously, "His favorite student now... is of course me, and Tang Siwen may be tied for it. So, he gave this card to encourage me. Let us make progress together."

Chen Yuan's words have been retained a lot.

Among them, for the sake of one's own self-esteem. He hid one thing, that is - this was a little kindness from Lao Mo to his unfortunate self.

And Lao Mo also deliberately chose the shopping card out of respect.

"Well, I know." Xia Xinyu accepted the kindness, and then asked Chen Yuan, "How are you going to use this shopping card?"

"Buy snacks for Xinyu..."

"Okay, I'll take care of the money."

Xia Xinyu took the shopping card directly and announced: "Then, use it all to buy groceries in the supermarket."

"Okay, okay, okay."

etc.

Am I walking in the same footsteps as someone from the past?

Damn it, I, a man from the southeast, can’t even decide on a five hundred yuan shopping card?

But why, I actually feel...

A little happy.

"Go home, take a nap, and study together."

After finally finding no acquaintance, Xia Xinyu smiled and took Chen Yuan's hand, holding it quite naturally and walking towards home.

After returning home, it was a short relaxing half day.

After a brief study, the two of them stayed together and watched TV for a while. Cook, eat, and walk together in the afternoon to spend this relaxing weekend.

The next day is Monday.

Therefore, Chen Yuan went to bed very early today, going to bed at about 10:30 pm.

Likewise, there is no option to expend energy dreaming.

The next day, as the alarm clock rang at six o'clock, Chen Yuan got up.

After getting everything ready, he put on his schoolbag and went out.

Usually Xia Xinyu is waiting for her, because Chen Yuan's movements are a bit slow. But he had slept well today, so he took the initiative to wait for Xia Xinyu at the door.

And send a message to the other party: I'm fine.

Weather Father's Super Son should be nerfed into Weather Son this week.

Needless to say, the cost is also physical strength.

Moreover, the scope will be greatly reduced, turning into a regional small-scale control hyperon.

You can't become a great master, but you can use it to fight.

Raikiri...ah no, Kirin!

So what will be the super child to be brushed this week?

Just as he was thinking this, Xia Xinyu opened the door.

When Chen Yuan looked at her, he found that her school uniform jacket suddenly disappeared, and then he saw the white school uniform shirt inside.

He rubbed his eyes, but the next moment, it turned into a touch of sky blue again, and the small jellyfish on it were clearly visible...

What's going on? Is this week's super child? !

When I was stunned, even this last touch disappeared.

Snow-white and traceless skin, as graceful as a picture scroll, calmly comes into view.

In just half a second, he turned his gaze sideways.

Xia Xinyu didn't quite understand and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It seems...a little stiff." Chen Yuan said awkwardly.

"Really? I'll rub it for you."

Xia Xinyu stood on tiptoes and massaged Chen Yuan's neck.

When the other party approached, he unintentionally looked down at Xinyu, from his chest to his toes, just like before, starting from the school uniform jacket, the layers disappeared...

In the spirit of seeing no evil, he lowered his head completely.

They are graceful snow-white jade feet.

——

This is the update today, and it has a lot of words.

There were 312,000 updates this month, an average of 10,000 words per day, exceeding the starting point by 95% of writers, which is gratifying and gratifying.

Next month, I will continue to average 10,000 words per day and maintain my good style.

Then I recommend a novel by a good brother, which is quite touching.