You're my wife, don't doubt it!

But Shen Jie did indeed have several phone calls with her future self, right?

Etc., etc.

So how did she know that the "Shen Jie" on the other end of the phone was the real Shen Jie?

Just like the story of "suspecting someone of stealing an axe," once the seed of doubt takes root and sprouts, many things will avalanche like dominoes, making people more and more frightened the more they think about it.

No, that's not right. If she was divorced and lived with her mother, why would she still be living alone in her father's house?

I can't possibly become a live-in son-in-law and have my old house taken away by someone else.

Also, if Shen Jie's family is so rich, why is her daughter living in her old house...?

Xiao Yao became increasingly alarmed and confused as he thought about it. He carried the groceries home and started a fire to cook.

Once I've reconciled with Shen Jie, I must have an open and honest talk with Shen Tianyun. I must make her tell the truth and stop letting her beat around the bush.

Where did Dad go?!

I hope I'm just overthinking it all.

While Xiao Yao continued to think about his ideas, he began to slice the meat into strips.

……

Oops! It's burnt!

How could this be?

Xiao Yao only cooked two dishes: stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers and stir-fried eggs with tomatoes.

He took a couple of bites with his chopsticks. The stir-fried green peppers and shredded pork tasted a bit burnt, but the rest were okay. The stir-fried tomatoes and eggs looked misshapen and tasted like a mushy mess, and they were incredibly salty.

Where did my superb culinary skills, Yu Luying, go?

I think it's because I was distracted and in a bad state.

It's almost one o'clock. I have to go to school soon, so I'll stop here for now.

Xiao Yao returned to the room carrying two plates of food. Just as he was about to use his foot to hook the wardrobe door, the door opened by itself.

"You've come at the right time. Take this dish to your mother and make sure she eats it. Please, please."

Shen Tianyun jumped down from the wardrobe and took the plate of stir-fried green peppers and shredded pork with both hands: "My mom told you to hurry up and go to school, so you don't miss your important business."

"what?"

"She told you to explain things properly to the school, not to be stubborn or deny it, and to speak plainly and say whatever comes to mind." Shen Tianyun tried hard to recall what she was supposed to say: "Don't end up not even getting a high school diploma and then relying on her for everything in the future."

"What do you mean, 'all of this' is on her body'?" Xiao Yao said. "Go back and tell her that even if I starve to death, I won't let my family go hungry!"

"Cut~"

After Shen Tianyun went back, Xiao Yao ate the whole plate of egg custard by himself.

He felt much better.

Shen Jie was still concerned about his school plans, saying things like, "He can't even get a high school diploma, he'll be relying on her for everything in the future," which further proved that the so-called breakup was just a momentary outburst.

After all, we just... how could we possibly... the very next day...

Now that the rear is safe for the time being, we can face the enemy in front of us with peace of mind and fight the battle at hand.

Xiao Yao dressed neatly and rode his bicycle to school.

What was a bright and sunny day in the morning has now turned overcast. It may be due to the difference in weather between Zhouzhuang and Shanghai. In any case, it is not a bad thing in summer.

Xiao Yao locked his car, put his hands on his hips, and stood at the main gate of St. Francis Middle School.

Chapter 131 In this campus, only one of you two can stay.

2024-03-17

What was a bright and sunny day in the morning has now turned overcast. It may be due to the difference in weather between Zhouzhuang and Shanghai. In any case, it is not a bad thing in summer.

Xiao Yao locked his car, put his hands on his hips, and stood at the main gate of St. Francis Middle School.

The gate of St. Francis Secondary School is not very high, and the surrounding walls are also quite low.

On the marble next to the main gate, the words "St. Francis High School of Shanghai" are engraved in large gold lettering, followed by the signature of the then Prime Minister.

On the other side of the school gate, the wall was covered with ivy. After some cleaning, a plaque was revealed from among the ivy.

It is marked with the words "Immovable Cultural Relic".

Behind him is the side entrance to the Sacred Heart Church, the walls of which are also covered with vines.

The plaque proclaiming "Immovable Cultural Relic" proclaims the long history of this so-called "century-old prestigious school." Xiao Yao can still remember what kind of expectations he had for a new life when he walked into this school a year ago.

Over the past year, I have passed through this door countless times, each time with different feelings.

Today, he actually felt that this gate had a slightly different feel from the gate of Tiklam Bridge Prison.

The school has never been as oppressive as it is now.

If in Teacher Yao's mind, the school is a big karaoke bar, a love hotel, and a place for free learning and development, then what would the school be in the mind of the respected Teacher Song?

Teacher Yao...

Xiao Yao turned to look at the church.

If only Teacher Yao were still here.

Shaking his head to dispel the random thoughts in his mind, Xiao Yao walked into the school gate.

Perhaps out of instinct to procrastinate, or perhaps there really was something wrong with the scrambled eggs at noon, the boy felt a slight pain in his stomach. He climbed a few floors and then went into a stall in the men's restroom.

He had just bolted the door on the inside of the cubicle when he heard two people's footsteps coming in.

"Teacher Song, our St. Francis has always emphasized people-oriented education and is a pioneer in the city's quality education reform. Would you like to reconsider?" The speaker sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place him.

Then, there was a "click" from the lighter.

"Thanks, I won't smoke. No matter how much holistic education we have, we still have to take the college entrance exam in the end, right? Schools still have to look at the college entrance rate, don't they?" This was, of course, Song Haijian's voice: "Your St. Francis is a key school in the district, and your college entrance rate has always been 100%. But with someone like this, in two years, the school's college entrance rate... tsk, I'm afraid it won't be so easy..."

“Teacher Song, you’re mistaken. Xiao Yao is only in his first year of high school, he’ll be a sophomore in the fall. If all else fails, let him repeat the year.” Another voice said, “To conclude now that he will affect the school’s college entrance rate, to give up on his education, is too early, isn’t it? And what do you mean by ‘our St. Francis’?”

“I misspoke, Director Lin,” Song Haijian said. “I’ve taught many children who aren’t good at studying and taking exams, and Xiao Yao isn’t the worst among them, but moral depravity is another matter entirely. You should know better than I do how badly Xiao Yao has behaved over the past year.”

"Let's not even talk about failing exams, not handing in homework, skipping classes to go to internet cafes, and getting perms. A couple of days ago, Wang Ming, one of the good students in our class, told me that Xiao Yao instructed Zhang Jialong and Dai Yu to beat him up outside of school. Of course, I'm still investigating this matter."

"Is that really true?" Director Lin said.

"However, these are not what I care about most. Starting from the first semester of the first year of high school, with the tacit approval and indulgence of the former homeroom teacher, he has been stalking and sexually harassing Yu Luying, one of the top students in my class, for a long time. Director Lin, is this true?"

“Teacher Song, this is all in the past. Why are you bringing it up? Ah, you’re being too serious. It’s different here than in Sujiang. We are very tolerant of students dating.”

"Yes, mutual consent is called love, what's the point of one-sided clinging and pestering?"

"Yes, Xiao Yao's pursuit was inappropriate, and I talked to him about it last semester. But Ms. Song, as far as I know, at least for now... their relationship, ah, it's mutual, isn't it?"

“This is what I find most intolerable,” Song Haijian said emotionally. “A girl, a girl who is so introverted, even a little timid, a good student, was forced to accept his advances and then forced to have sex with him under the long-term sexual harassment of a petty thug. Can this kind of thing be tolerated?”

"Ah this..."

"What a bad example this is! If other bad boys like someone, will they just follow suit? Director Lin, think about it, if this gets out, people who know will know that St. Francis is a key school in the district, but people who don't will think we're a vocational school."

"nonsense!"

WTF? What kind of terrifying internal monologues and divergent thinking is this? Xiao Yao roared inwardly.

Do you have some kind of paranoia?

Director Lin spoke up, saying fairly, "Teacher Song, you're new here, and there are many things you can't just rely on hearsay and imagination. Besides, as you know, Yu Luying's mother came to see me yesterday, and the parents here now approve of this matter..."

“Fine,” Song Haijian said decisively, “Let them get married on the spot, and I will no longer care about these two children.”

"Teacher Song," Director Lin said earnestly, "when we do our work, especially in education, we can't let our emotions get in the way, can we?"

"If you don't fire him, Director, I can't get my work done... Sigh."

Immediately afterwards, the two teachers inexplicably lowered their voices, as if they were whispering and plotting something.

Xiao Yao held his breath and waited a few minutes before Song Haijian's voice gradually grew louder: "...There were seven disciplinary forms filled out just with Teacher Yao. According to school rules, the third disciplinary form should be added to the file and a punishment should be given. But what did Old Yao do? Every time he filled out the third form, he would put the first two into the shredder and recalculate them—"

"Old Yao meant well...sigh, what a pity."

"Like teacher, like student. If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too!" Song Haijian said loudly, "Director Lin, please don't blame me for speaking harshly, but Lao Yao has already become a stain on your and our school's reputation, do you admit it? When the principal invited me here, he said that he would allow me to bring some changes, and Director Lin, you said the same thing."

"Sigh, if you really want to punish him, then go ahead and do it. I won't stop you," Director Lin sighed. "But if you're going to expel someone for plagiarism, you won't have any legal grounds to argue your case anywhere."

“There’s no one else here, so I’ll be frank with you,” Song Haijian said, lowering his voice slightly. “Stealing exam questions is just an excuse. I’m expelling Xiao Yao because of his bad behavior and the terrible impact he has had. But Yu Luying is a girl, a victim, and a top student in the grade with a bright future. We must protect her reputation, so we can only use the charge of plagiarism to prosecute Xiao Yao…”

Xiao Yao realized what was happening and quickly took out his phone to record the conversation.

"You're forcing Yu Luying to testify against Xiao Yao, but she won't listen to you. The two of them are getting along very well now," Director Lin told Teacher Song.

Damn, where is the recording function on Shen Jie's new phone?

"Ha, children's feelings are worthless," Song Haijian sneered. "I've seen plenty of that back in Suzhou. I've broken up at least 80 couples, if not 100. Do you know what they all call me?"

“Sigh, Teacher Song, why did you have to do this…” Director Lin sighed.

"I have a plan, as long as you cooperate with me, Director Lin..."

How can I cooperate with you?