I won 90 million, all I want to do is lie down and relax!

Xia Ran was stunned, still unable to believe that Lu Zhaoyang was going to skip out on the bill.

But then she saw the boss come out.

No, they chased after them.

Xia Ran's heart tightened suddenly, and her mind went completely blank.

Now she believed it.

But this is too exciting.

"Teacher Xia, let's go!"

Xia Ran had never experienced anything like this before.

She was a good student and a good teacher all her life, always well-behaved. It was rare for her to run away with debts, or even to be late or leave early.

Completely out of instinct, Xia Ran had completely lost the ability to think.

She pushed her bike and followed closely behind Lu Zhaoyang, hurrying forward without even daring to look back.

"You brat, don't go anywhere!"

The boss's voice came from behind me.

Xia Ran unconsciously quickened her pace, as if afraid of being caught on the spot.

"Stop chasing!"

Lu Zhaoyang turned around and called out, quickening his pace, muttering in dissatisfaction, "It's just a few dollars, is it really that big of a deal?"

Yeah, is it really that serious?

Xia Ran's face tightened, and her ears turned red.

After walking out of that path and turning the corner, the two relaxed a little and tacitly slowed their pace.

Xia Ran's chest heaved slightly, still shaken.

This tense and exciting scene really surprised her.

Seeing her nervous expression, Lu Zhaoyang couldn't help but burst into laughter the next second.

He was holding onto the car and almost doubled over laughing.

Xia Ran stared with wide eyes, feeling flustered, embarrassed, and even a little aggrieved: "You're still laughing? They've already chased after us. If we get caught, we'll be so embarrassed. Let's go back and pay them back."

"We escaped on our own merits, why should we make amends?" Lu Zhaoyang said proudly.

"But that shouldn't be the case!" Xia Ran insisted.

"Does Teacher Xia think it's not fun?" Lu Zhaoyang asked.

Xia Ran pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and remained silent for a while.

"...It's fun, but it's immoral."

Xia Ran remained honest, but still stuck to her position.

Lu Zhaoyang thought for a moment and concluded, "It's immoral, but it's fun."

Xia Ran fell silent.

Indeed, it's only a few dollars.

While running away was indeed wrong, it's not really a serious moral issue.

Aside from a little guilt and nervousness, she actually found it quite fun.

But she's a teacher.

How could she admit it in front of Lu Zhaoyang?

Lu Zhaoyang understood Xia Ran's thoughts and wisely refrained from making things difficult for this lovely girl.

The two continued pushing the electric scooter forward.

Xia Ran suddenly chuckled and said, "I was so nervous just now that I forgot that riding a bike would be faster."

"Yes. Teacher Xia runs quite fast."

Lu Zhaoyang couldn't help but tease.

In the darkness of night, those words earned him a glare.

Then, the two walked to a pocket park on the street corner, where two swings sat quietly in the night.

They sat down one after the other, as the evening breeze gently blew.

"I've never done anything like this before in my life."

Xia Ran seemed to relax at this point.

"I know!"

Lu Zhaoyang looked at her and smiled.

He was so certain that she had never done such a thing that he acted on a whim.

"But I don't understand why you don't pay them back. You're not a stingy person at all."

Xia Ran recalled the last time the old lady damaged Lu Zhaoyang's car, and he refused to compensate her without the slightest hesitation.

At that moment, Lu Zhaoyang's composure and calmness left a very deep impression on her.

Even without that incident, she trusted her intuition.

"Because we made a promise..."

Lu Zhaoyang looked at her, his eyes now more serious. "I'll treat you to dinner today with the money I've earned. Paying more would be a breach of contract."

He couldn't explain why either.

He really hoped that today's meal would be made entirely with the money he had earned.

But then there was this little surprise of three students.

He originally planned to greet his classmate's father after paying the bill.

Helpless, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and pay a few dollars less by scanning his face a little earlier.

Xia Ran pursed her lips, feeling as if something softly struck her heart.

This was the first time she had met a guy like this.

He treated a meal that cost only a few dozen yuan with such special importance and solemnity.

A little silly, and a little special.

She didn't know if it was related to Lu Zhaoyang's feelings, but she ate the meal with extra joy, even though it was just an ordinary meal.

Having achieved his goal, Lu Zhaoyang saw that Xia Ran still looked somewhat guilty, so he stopped teasing her and said with a smile, "Alright, Teacher Xia, did you really think the boss came out just now because he was chasing us for money?"

"Isn't that right?"

Xia Ran still felt lingering fear when she recalled the scene of her boss rushing out.

"Of course not!"

Lu Zhaoyang swung on the swing and couldn't help but laugh loudly, leaving Xia Ran, who was standing next to him, completely confused.

"Okay, actually, that restaurant owner is my classmate's dad. I ate there a lot during my high school years. Do you think his dad would chase after us for a few dollars, given how close I am to my old classmate?"

"That……"

"Oh, you chased after me because my classmate's dad didn't want my seventy-odd dollars and was trying to give it to me, which is why I told you to run fast."

After saying that, Lu Zhaoyang burst into laughter again.

Xia Ran pursed her lips, unable to say whether it was funny or just a little sullen.

This guy's acting is superb.

She had just gotten off the bike and was pushing it, her heart pounding with nervousness.

"We're really good friends. To exaggerate a bit, I practically saved my classmate's life. Let alone eating at his house once, even if we ate there for three months in a row, he would still serve us politely and with a smile on his face. Otherwise, we wouldn't eat there."

Lu Zhaoyang was speaking arrogantly when his phone suddenly vibrated.

It's true what they say, speak of the devil, and he appears.

It was a voice message from my old classmate Zhao Xing.

Lu Zhaoyang gestured to Xia Ran and then played the audio from outside the speaker.

Zhao Xing's cheerful voice immediately popped up on the phone: "Yangzi, my dad texted me saying you went to a restaurant to eat, and you even paid for it! He said you ran faster than a rabbit, he couldn't catch you!"

Lu Zhaoyang glanced at the girl beside him, a smirk playing on his lips, and said, "What are you saying, Xingzai? Paying for meals is only natural."

"That's outside. We're brothers, why are we being so formal? What's the relationship between us?"

"Sing-jai, I appreciate your kind intentions."

Lu Zhaoyang coughed lightly and said, "I know we're good brothers, but classmates are classmates. You can't expect a classmate to come to your house for dinner and not pay the bill. How is your dad supposed to do business then? Besides, what have I done to deserve such preferential treatment from you?"

"Other classmates are other classmates, how can we be the same?"

"Why is it different?"

"Wow!"

Zhao Xing, completely oblivious to the problem, rattled off, "How could you forget? Back in high school, I was pursuing that senior, and I really angered her. Her dad was furious and waited for me at the school gate, threatening to beat me up. If you hadn't stopped him, I might have really been in serious trouble. I'll never forget that. You saved my life! No, how could you…?"

Suddenly, the voice on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly.