Zhao Xiaxia had been worried for a moment when she saw their dark faces, but once Ye Wangxing returned to the field from the broadcasting room, she relaxed.

The two who had been as fierce as tigers and as cold as ice a moment ago turned into a kitten and an ice cube in lemonade when they saw Ye Wangxing.

“Tsk, a little bit powerful, but not too much.”

She could only say they were absolutely in love.

However, seeing these two, Zhao Xiaxia thought of Zhou Mu. It all started because of him, but he hadn’t come out of the broadcasting room yet, and no one knew where he had gone.

Where was Zhou Mu now?

Zhou Mu was in a bathroom next to the broadcasting room. He had a lot of experience with causing trouble and had predicted that the teachers would be looking for him everywhere because of this incident. So, he chose to hide in here, waiting for the afternoon when the teachers’ anger would subside, and then he could escape.

“Boss, is it really impossible for anyone to find us here?”

One of his little brothers said worriedly. After all, the bathroom looked dirty, and it seemed that someone might find them soon.

Zhou Mu smirked and said: “Even if they know we’re here, so what? They can’t possibly climb up to the ceiling and look inside, right?”

“By the way, instead of worrying about this, you should think about where to take my sister-in-law once I get her out. She’s definitely crazy about me right now,” Zhou Mu said, rubbing his chin proudly.

When his brothers confessed to their girlfriends, those girls loved it. Su Qing was probably no exception.

Zhou Mu: I’m so confident.

However, his little brothers weren’t as confident as him. Instead, they exchanged looks and gave him an indescribable expression.

“…Boss, I think your sister-in-law might not like it.”

One of the little brothers spoke up, and another nodded in agreement, bluntly saying the truth.

“Boss, I feel like your confession is like that ‘your strength has come’ meme online, not only unromantic but also a bit awkward.”

Zhou Mu’s face immediately turned dark. He was about to retort when he noticed that his little brothers had suddenly stopped talking and were staring at something behind him with fear in their eyes.

A cold, eerie voice rang out above his head.

“I don’t know if your strength has come, but I, Li Qiang, the Head Teacher of education, have definitely arrived.”

Zhou Mu nervously looked up.

A large head appeared through a gap above the bathroom, with a sinister smile on its face.

It was like the balloon-head from Ito Junji’s horror mangas.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

Zhou Mu was caught and escorted to the bus. Head Teacher Li immediately called his uncle, but the problem wasn’t resolved.

This was because the education bureau director had happened to witness the whole incident.

The autumn sports meet had already attracted the attention of the education bureau and was considered an achievement for Principal Zheng. Therefore, to give Principal Zheng face, the bureau director personally came to greet the students, take some photos, and get some publicity.

However, when she arrived, she happened to encounter this situation.

At first, the director didn’t realize what was happening in the broadcast. She thought they were just cheering for the athletes.

But soon, her years of experience in education made her realize something was off.

She quickly pulled out her phone and searched for the meaning of the numbers online. Her gaze became filled with profound meaning.

Principal Zheng, who had started sweating, thought: “…”

When Head Teacher Li took Zhou Mu away, Principal Zheng dared to talk to the Director.

“Actually, if it weren’t for Ye Wangxing dedicating songs for the students, proving that the school atmosphere was still friendly and harmonious, I wouldn’t have dared to speak up now,” he said.

“Well, well, don’t be nervous, Xiao Zheng. I see your results. This incident isn’t only your problem, but you really need to handle it well. Learn from the lessons of No. 2 High School,” the director smiled, her short hair making her look like an ordinary middle-aged woman.

However, her aura suggested that she was definitely not an ordinary person.

Principal Zheng felt a little relieved. Since the director said so, it meant this issue hadn’t reached the point where he had to make an official apology.

The director made her point clear. Like at No. 2 High School, they couldn’t force students into a corner over things like early relationships, causing harm to students. The media was paying attention to these kinds of issues.

But they couldn’t just let it slide either.

This was also an opportunity.

“Director Wang, you’re right. The children are the future of our country. We must guide them to develop the right mindset without letting these things affect their studies,” Principal Zheng said.

The director smiled and nodded.

“Talking nicely doesn’t work. Only practice is the truth,” she said.

Now, Principal Zheng understood. The director wanted him to implement this mindset, and now was the time to prove his ability.

Simply relying on previous lectures wasn’t going to work. They had used similar methods before, but it hadn’t been effective. Looking at Zhou Mu and Su Qing, these lessons hadn’t helped at all. In fact, the students hated them and felt that these lectures and courses were pure torture.

The director didn’t say anything else and just watched the students running on the playground, smiling warmly.

At this moment, a teacher bravely walked over, quietly greeted the director, and then spoke to Principal Zheng.

“Principal, the Teacher’s Sports Day is coming up in the afternoon, and the retired teachers have already arrived. What do you think…?”

This was a project Principal Zheng had planned before — inviting retired teachers to join the Teacher’s Sports Day.

Although many of the students weren’t taught by them, the retired teachers had developed affection for the school. Most of them had agreed to participate, and some even brought their families along. The students were excited too, as they had never seen so many teachers at a sports event before.

Now, this project, which was originally just meant to give the retired teachers and students a chance to have fun together, seemed to have another purpose.

As Principal Zheng saw the retired teachers walking in pairs, his eyes brightened.

Director Wang had never expected Principal Zheng to come up with such an idea to teach the students the right values about relationships.

Looking at the video on the big screen, Director Wang nodded in satisfaction, casting a look of blessing toward the proud retired teacher on the field.

However, the students sitting next to Director Wang, upon watching the video on the big screen, were all in disbelief, their eyes filled with shock.

The big screen showed, accompanied by music, a peony slowly blossoming, and then a retired teacher, holding a silk scarf and striking a pose, jumped out from the peony.

With colorful cheering words flashing, the middle-aged people clapped and complimented each other on how beautiful they looked, while the students— the students just wanted to gouge their eyes out.

“Help, I feel like I’ve suffered a mental contamination! Why did Ms. Wu jump out of the peony? How did her taste change so much after retirement! When she was an English teacher, her style was fine!” Zhao Xiaxia screamed quietly, holding her face, while Su Qing, sitting next to her, nodded in despair, unable to watch. She thought of her own mother.

Her mom was in her 40s now—could she like these kinds of videos too?

The thought made Su Qing shiver, and she completely forgot the pain Zhou Mu had caused her.

Other classmates had varying expressions, but the common sentiment was that they couldn’t bear to watch most of the videos.

Of course, there was one exception.

Zhao Xiaxia turned her head to look at Ye Wangxing, who was still clapping beside her, and couldn’t help but feel a bit of respect.

Ye Wangxing was really giving face.

He probably wasn’t even surprised—he was used to it. Those aunts and uncles all had similar tastes, and he had helped them set up these kinds of things before.

Soon, Zhao Xiaxia and the others realized that, compared to their initial screams over the first video, they were a bit immature.

Because next, they saw a giant face jump out from a lotus flower, with Guanyin holding someone’s hand as they moved closer to the big screen.

And then, the most terrifying part.

The most terrifying part was a bunch of flowers blooming, revealing the faces of a group of people.

Those who knew about the close relationships between the retired teachers understood, but to others, it felt like they had collectively traveled into a weird alternate world!

The “melon-eating” group, along with Su Qing, stared at the screen, their faces numb by the end.

Zhang Le, however, had the courage to run over and ask Yan Yi and Nan Jiu, who were sitting nearby—one solving problems and the other pretending to nap with his eyes closed, unwilling to look at the screen.

“Dude, do you regret waiving their advertising fees now?”

Yan Yi and Nan Jiu both nodded at the same time but still didn’t dare to lift their eyes to look at the big screen.

This was the first time system 19 had tasted regret.

Who would’ve thought that this peaceful world would still have videos that could trigger his PTSD!

But, in a way, it did serve Principal Zheng’s purpose of preventing early relationships.

If they got married, would they still have to compliment each other’s looks on videos like these?

The sports day went well, and under Director Wang’s permission, it even made it into the daily newspaper.

It also received widespread praise on social media. The videos the retired teachers had uploaded online attracted a lot of laughter from netizens, as well as sympathy for the students.

This helped overshadow Zhou Mu’s incident.

In fact, not many students even mentioned Zhou Mu’s actions that day.

After all, National Day was coming up.

A seven-day holiday!

After returning home with their backpacks full of homework, many students decided to go out and have fun. Meanwhile, Ye Wangxing took the opportunity to open a branch of his store at another prime location in the city.

The round, chubby mascot, which ran as fast as a white mouse, became the topic of conversation during this National Day holiday and became a point of pride for the students.

“This shop was opened by one of our classmates, and a lot of the raw materials and recipes were chosen by us,” became a popular phrase among the students, and the branches that opened downstairs from their homes welcomed wave after wave of customers, making the students proud as they received praise from their families.

However, good times never last long. When they returned from their joyful National Day holiday, they realized that what awaited them wasn’t the school’s usual routine.

Zhao Xiaxia swallowed hard as she looked at the monthly exam result notice in her hands. She felt like her whole world was falling apart.

“I just got on holiday! How can the monthly exams be over already?”

The other three also groaned in agony, and it was clear that they hadn’t done well.

“This time we even have to attend a parent-teacher meeting! If my dad sees this score, he’s going to kill me!”

Zhang Le screamed miserably.

“And this time the parent meeting is held by Director Li! Why is he suddenly so concerned? Has the uncle come or what!”

Even the usually soft-spoken Jiang Yue rarely lost control and shouted.

The always silent Li Jun thought of something. He shifted his gaze to Ye Wangxing, watching the three of them fooling around, and hesitantly said: “Could it be because of Ye Wangxing and the others’ issue with Su Qing? Although we said earlier that it’s better not to make it explicit, now…”

The “melon-eating” four swallowed nervously as they saw Ye Wangxing jumping onto Yan Yi while holding the report card, and then being lifted by Nan Jiu at the same time.

If they didn’t warn, things were about to turn into a winter meltdown!

 

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