Xu Yi sighed and looked up at the sky, "Who did I offend this time?"
Yu Na slowly got up and walked out of the classroom under the watchful eyes of the whole class.
Qiao Rui reluctantly followed her, having no other choice.
The classroom burst into whistles and cheers.
Hao Lei hit the desk loudly with a book and sternly shouted, "Whoever hoots again will stand outside!"
"..."
It was the first time she had erupted like this since becoming a teacher. A person who was usually easy-going with students and didn't get angry even when seeing terrible grades, but tried to find the reasons and solutions instead, had suddenly erupted like this, instantly silencing the students.
The classroom instantly quieted down.
Qiao Rui who had gone outside was also frightened, shooting Yu Na an incredulous thumbs up.
Yu Na ignored him and remained standing at the classroom door with a cold face, sweeping her eyes around the classroom before finally saying, "Hao Lei, you keep order. Take down the name of anyone who speaks."
Hao Lei: "Okay."
She closed the classroom door with a "bang", carrying her anger with it.
Xu Yi and Qiao Rui maintained their standing postures in the office, one nervous and the other defiant.
Yu Na stood opposite them, keeping her voice as gentle as possible, "You two, tell me honestly what on earth is going on?"
Qiao Rui: "Tell you what honestly?"
Yu Na: "You're saying tell what honestly?"
Xu Yi nervously picked at her fingers, "Teacher Yu, it was Qiao Rui who lied. In the afternoon, it was actually—"
Qiao Rui interrupted her: "Hey!"
Yu Na glared at him, then said to Xu Yi, "Keep talking."
Xu Yi truthfully told Yu Na everything that happened that afternoon.
After making clear what had happened, she apologized again: "That's what happened, Teacher Yu. I was wrong, this whole thing arose because of me. I won't do this again in the future. Don't blame Qiao Rui, he and I—" Xu Yi paused for a moment, "have no other relationship, just friends."
Yu Na gently admonished them: "You two are always asking me to understand you, but who can understand me? I'm a teacher who gets criticized by the principal every day and you've made me lose face."
Xu Yi obediently apologized: "Sorry, Teacher Yu."
Yu Na said to Qiao Rui: "And you! How do you always manage to get caught by Principal Qin? From the beginning bringing your phone to secretly take photos, to sleeping in class and talking in your dreams, and now on the playground again, how much trouble have you caused me?"
Qiao Rui was also puzzled, "I'm confused too, how I get caught wherever I am."
"That's enough from you. If you won't consider me, at least consider your brother? This is the first time Xu Yi's mother has been called in, but yours? How many times has he been called in? Your parents are out of town, your brother takes care of you, so you make him come to school and get reprimanded every day?"
At this critical juncture, Qiao Rui didn't dare joke with her, and could only agree, "I was wrong, I really was wrong!"
She said, "I'll believe you for now, but I have to change your seats later."
Xu Yi's eyelashes fluttered.
Qiao Rui also recalled that Xu Yi had just said her mother wouldn't let her live on campus anymore.
He complained unhappily, "You're making a big deal out of nothing. We didn't have any problems until you made it seem like we did."
Yu Na directly ignored his words and asked, "Where do you want to sit?"
Qiao Rui was a little irritated: "Might as well put me next to the podium."
Xu Yi hung her head dejectedly and whispered, "Anywhere is fine for me."
...
Back in the classroom, Yu Na changed Qiao Rui's seat to next to the podium.
Their school had this special seat in every class, reserved for the most special person.
And now their class finally had this special character.
Xu Yi's seat didn't change. She still sat in the last row. Yu Na had her push her desk inwards, so now she didn't have a deskmate.
The distance between Qiao Rui and Xu Yi was suddenly pulled apart.
After changing seats, evening self-study continued, but Qiao Rui instantly lost his motivation to study.
Yu Na sat at the podium while Qiao Rui sat at the podium table next to her, supervising him to not slack off too much. She tapped his desk, "Do your homework."
"..." Qiao Rui sulked at her and turned his head the other way to write.
Yu Na paid him no mind and continued working at the podium. At this time, her phone screen lit up with a WeChat message from Xiao Chen.
C: 【So bored】
C: 【[Photo]】
She opened the photo to see a selfie of him in the car. Not far ahead in front were a group of middle-aged women square dancing.
Yu Na was stunned and replied: 【Didn't you go home?】
C: 【No】
C:【Waiting outside for you to get off work】
N: 【Do you want to go home first? I still have quite a while before getting off work】
C:【No】
C:【Have Qiao Rui make some more trouble, I want to come to the school again. Too boring】
N: 【You're crazy!】
N: 【We have the high school rally in September, you can openly see me at school then~】
C:【Why would I wait until September? Who's in my arms every night if not you?】
Yu Na: "..."
During evening self-study, Xu Yi's mother also let Yu Na know that Xu Yi would no longer be living on campus.
This made Yu Na have to suspect Qiao Rui's purpose for living on campus.
But in the end she didn't ask anything.
She had personally pulled apart the distance between Qiao Rui and Xu Yi, so from today onwards, she would also pay close attention to Qiao Rui's studies.
To see if he really wanted to study diligently, or was only doing so to get along with Xu Yi.
After evening self-study ended, Yu Na tidied up her things and rushed to the north gate.
At a glance she saw two female students standing in front of Xiao Chen speaking to him.
She didn't know what they said, but the two female students nodded at him, then smiled awkwardly at each other before leaving.
Xiao Chen was still wearing the white short-sleeved shirt and jeans he had worn when coming to the school.
No one could guess his age just by looking. Just judging by his appearance, anyone would think he was only in his early twenties, still a college student.
Yu Na guessed what had just transpired and walked over to him unhappily.
"What?" Xiao Chen put his arms akimbo, "Are you going to eat me up?"
Yu Na let out a displeased humph.
Xiao Chen cheekily added, "That'll have to wait until we get home, get in bed before eating me up."
Yu Na: ???
"I don't want to talk to you!"
Xiao Chen put on an act of sighing pitifully, "Aiyo, don't want to talk to me again."
Yu Na walked around him and directly opened the passenger door. As soon as she opened it, her line of sight was occupied by a bouquet of roses on the passenger seat.
"You—"
Xiao Chen walked over next to her, "Hmm?"
"Why...did you suddenly buy me flowers?"
"Silly girl, it's Qixi festival today."
"..." Recently Yu Na had been so busy she rarely looked at her phone and had turned off all news alerts. She normally only sent the occasional WeChat to Xiao Chen at most.
She really hadn't noticed this festival.
Xiao Chen's eyes smiled, "Forgot?"
A sense of guilt suddenly surged up and she lightly nodded her head, "I'm sorry."
"What's there to be sorry about," Xiao Chen pinched her cheek, "It's fine as long as I remember."
Yu Na didn't say a word, holding the big beautiful bouquet of roses in her hands, fingertips gliding over the soft petals, the fragrance drifting around the car.
"Xiao Chen."
"Hmm?"
"Were those two girls just now asking for your contact information?"
"Yes, but I didn't give it to them. Is that why you don't want to talk to me?" He handed her his phone, "The password is your birthday, feel free to look through my phone as you like."
Yu Na didn't look through his phone, "I believe you."
He indulgently smiled, "Good girl."
Back at Top Mansion One, after showering, the two laid in bed. Yu Na turned around and snuggled into his embrace, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Xiao Chen..."
"What's up?"
"I was just throwing a little tantrum at you earlier, I wasn't really angry with you."
"I know." Xiao Chen gently caressed the back of her head, "Why bring this up all of a sudden?"
"..." I didn't prepare a gift."
"No need to prepare one," Xiao Chen flicked her nose, "You are my best gift."
As his voice fell, Yu Na looked up and actively kissed his lips, mixed in with her mumbled words: "I'll make it up to you tonight, okay?"
He tightened his embrace around her, "I can have whatever I want from you?"
"Mm."
The man's gaze turned dark and he felt a slight heat in his chest. From passive to active, he flipped her beneath him.
Kisses fell upon her eyes, nose, lips, a refreshing minty scent took the opportunity to flood in.
All of him seemed to slowly melt into her.
Yu Na's breathing suddenly constricted, an ambiguous mark imprinted upon her neck.
But Xiao Chen didn't stop there.
