I don't want to be your wife.

"Phew, the best-case scenario is that the teacher isn't here, so I don't have to worry about him finding out I was sleeping in class."

Thinking this, Su Mumu strode into the classroom office and went to Lao Wang's desk.

Old Wang was holding a cup with the words "Serve the People" printed on it. It looked quite old; Old Wang said it was from the end of the last century.

"Teacher, I'm here." Su Mumu, who is usually eloquent, became as timid as a chick in front of her teacher who knows her well.

"Hmm, you're here." Old Wang took a sip of tea. "Tell me, why were you sleeping in class?"

"I had some things to do last night, so I went to bed late." Su Mumu tried to argue, but she was powerless to do so.

"Alright, I don't care why you stay up so late." Old Wang unusually didn't pursue the matter further. "I remember you moved out of the school, right? Since you've made this decision, we can only support you and hope you won't let your two years of hard work wandering alone go to waste."

Old Wang was one of the few people who knew that Su Mumu was alone in P City.

During Su Mumu's first year spending the Lunar New Year in P City, she was enjoying her solitude alone in the early hours of the morning when Lao Wang, who was setting off firecrackers downstairs, bumped into her.

Old Wang asked Su Mumu why she was wandering around alone in the early hours of New Year's Eve. Su Mumu wanted to explain, but as she spoke, she couldn't hold back her grievances any longer and choked up.

Finally, Su Mu squatted down, hugged his knees, and burst into tears.

Why did I leave alone?

Why can't they accept it?

why?

This isn't a hobby that society would look down on or that others would despise, is it?

I just wanted their support.

But why, why did you just throw it away?

Why don't you understand me at all?

I really don't stop loving you all.

I just can't stand how you treat the things I like.

Mom and Dad,

Will you remember me when you're at home?

Seeing this, Lao Wang lost his leisurely walk back. He picked up Su Mu, who was squatting on the ground, and tried to take her home, but Su Mu refused.

"Teacher, do you know that the lonelier I am, the less I can bear to see scenes of unity and happiness, because that is you, teacher?"

And I, in the end, am just a lonely outsider.

Su Mu didn't know when he fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, he was lying on a park bench, wrapped in a thick blanket.

Old Wang was squatting next to the chair, still holding the "Serve the People" cup in his hand, with a thin layer of frost on his eyebrows.

Since then, Lao Wang has always been very kind to Su Mu, and Su Mu has always been very diligent in studying mathematics. Lao Wang cares for Su Mu like an elder, and Su Mu has always repaid Lao Wang with his own efforts.

Until now.

"Teacher, do you not want to care about me anymore?" Su Mumu's eyes were already wet. To her, the indifference from Lao Wang was far more frightening than the scolding from Lao Wang.

"Silly child." Old Wang looked up and smiled. "Your current roommate is a good person. He's younger than me and more capable of protecting you."

"I'm just your high school teacher after all. We haven't been in touch since the college entrance exam. What I hope for now is that he can help you resolve your inner conflicts, regardless of whether your parents accept you."

Chapter 31

Su Mumu had already left the classroom office, but Lao Wang's words lingered in her mind.

"After all, I am just your teacher and can't be with you for too long. Of course, you can still confide in me, but the person who can help you get through this won't be me."

Su Mumu understood that what Lao Wang said made sense, but she still felt sad when she thought about it.

Ever since that Chinese New Year, every winter and summer vacation, Lao Wang would always invite Su Mu out for a walk or a stroll, and sometimes he would even treat Su Mu to a meal, just to let Su Mu know that someone remembered him.

The school bell rang quickly, and Su Mumu didn't have time to think too much before rushing to the classroom.

Seeing his once sunny best friend looking gloomy, Xiang Yangxuan naturally didn't ask about the situation at this moment and decided to go to class first.

All morning, Su Mumu was listless, seemingly unable to muster any energy for anything except listening to the lecture. Even her friends couldn't offer her any comfort.

At home, Qin Feng, who had only gone to sleep at six in the morning, slowly woke up.

This was the first time Qin Feng had indulged in staying up all night like this since his parents passed away.

A morning of naps, plus a comforting breakfast from Su Mumu, barely helped Qin Feng recover.

The first thing Qin Feng did after waking up was to call Mi Han.

"Hey, Mi Han, nothing happened while I was sleeping, right?"

"No, the company's general development direction has been determined recently. There's no need to rush the details. Although we currently only have a subsidiary, the transformation still takes time."

After most of the shares belonging to the Qin family were transferred, Qin Feng could only control a few subsidiaries under the Qin family name. The title of "Young Master of the Qin Family" was merely an external identity for Qin Feng.

Qin Feng's trump card right now is that he can seize most of the opportunities in the next year, as well as the shares that Uncle Yu hid with Mi Han after his death.

Qin Feng himself didn't have much business acumen, so Mi Han mostly managed the company, while Qin Feng was responsible for guiding the company's direction.

Knowing that he might not have much to do today, Qin Feng decided to do something.

"Mihan, can I go to that emotional intelligence training class you found for me last time this afternoon?"

Upon hearing this, Mi Han's face lit up considerably.

"Boss, you've finally seen the light?"

Qin Feng's face darkened. So, in your eyes, not going to work on my emotional intelligence is just courting death?

Mi Han realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly explained, "Boss, that's not what I meant. I was just too happy and said the wrong thing."

Qin Feng's face darkened even more.

"Don't bother explaining, just tell me what level my abilities are in your opinion."

Mi Han paused for a moment, then slowly began to speak:

"In my opinion, if Miss Su were in your position, she would at least have control of the company, and it would be on the rise, if not completely outmaneuvering the two leaders."

"what about me?"

"You're still alive thanks to me and Brother Yu's efforts."

Qin Feng was very angry, but he couldn't find an outlet for his anger. After all, even after being reborn, he still couldn't undo the blow caused by his parents, and it took him two or three months to recover.

If it weren't for Uncle Yu during that period, even if Qin Feng knew who the traitor in the company was, he probably wouldn't have been able to catch him.

It's all thanks to Mi Han's help that Qin Feng can run his subsidiary.

So Qin Feng could only moe.

"Okay, bring me lunch over, then I'll go to the emotional intelligence training this afternoon."

Although Mi Han really wanted to say, "Boss, your incompetence isn't just due to low emotional intelligence," she chose to remain silent in order to avoid further harming Qin Feng.

Su Mumu remained silent for a day because of Lao Wang's matter, and Qin Feng remained silent for a day because of his own distress.

After school in the afternoon—

"Brother Mu, what did Lao Wang say? You've been looking down all day." Xiang Yangxuan, who was sitting in the front seat, turned to look at Su Mumu.

"It's nothing, I've recovered." Su Mumu straightened her upper body and patted her face.

Having been lying down all day, Su Mumu pulled her clothes when she raised her hands, causing her school uniform to tighten around her inner clothes, highlighting her increasingly better figure over the past few days.

"By the way, Brother Mu, have you lost weight? Your waist looks thinner."

Su Mumu pinched the soft flesh around her waist and couldn't help but chuckle.

"It seems so, even though I've been eating and sleeping these past few days."

Su Mumu had no clue either, and could only assume that the medicine was still changing her body, although she didn't dislike it.

"Also, Brother Mu, are you getting weaker? Look at Zhang Chi, he's still wearing short sleeves and shorts in PE class, while you're wearing a shirt and a sweater."

"Not only that, I also lined my shirt with fleece, and I'm wearing thermal underwear on my legs!"

For some reason, Xiang Yangxuan felt that Su Mumu seemed very proud.

"But the recent high temperature is almost 20 degrees Celsius. Aren't you hot wearing such thick clothes and still having to run exercises?"

"No." On the contrary, I was in so much pain during my last period that I probably won't dare to keep myself cold for the rest of my life.

Although Su Mumu didn't say the second half of the sentence directly, she silently repeated it in her mind.

"Enough talk, let's go eat. It's the teacher's evening study session today, and I'll get scolded if I come back late."

As a top-tier high school, No. 1 High School also boasts one of the best cafeterias in the country.

A four-story canteen is located at the entrance of the dormitory, separated from the teaching area. It is open from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., ensuring that as long as you are on campus, you can basically go to the canteen at any time.

The key point is that the price is cheap and the taste is good. There is a noodle shop on the first floor, stir-fries on the second floor, a buffet on the third floor, and the fourth floor is a place that Su Mumu has not been to for two years, but it is said that there is even a coffee shop and a Western restaurant there.

Many college students who graduated from No. 1 High School complained when they returned to visit their alma mater that the food in the university cafeteria was not as good as what they ate at their alma mater, which is also a well-known aspect of No. 1 High School.

"Let's go! I'm going to eat on the fourth floor today!" Now that Su Mumu has hooked up with Qin Feng, how can she not go to the fourth floor, which she's never been to before, and enjoy herself!

"Oh, Brother Mu, you probably don't know this, but the third and fourth floors are closed. I heard that the school plans to build a second canteen behind the teaching area, near the old laboratory building, so the third and fourth floors are closed."

"Oh? Is that so? Then I might as well go home and make it myself."

"Going home, not going to evening self-study?" Xiang Yangxuan laughed. "Today is the teacher's evening self-study session. If you dare to skip it, you'll probably be in an emo mood all day tomorrow."

"What are you trying to escape from? I've applied for day student status, so I don't have to go to evening self-study. I've already got my pass." Hearing the fourth-floor door shut down, Su Mumu leaned back down.

"How did you manage to become a day student? Would your homeroom teacher have agreed? If you were so capable, why did you have to sneak around when you moved?" Xiang Yangxuan was shocked.

Boarding is mandatory at No. 1 Middle School. If you want to be a day student, you need an application form signed by your parents and homeroom teacher, your family must own a house in the school's district, and the principal must personally sign their consent before you can be a day student.

Putting aside how difficult it is, just going through this process alone takes two or three weeks for people to live in the dormitory. Some have gotten so used to it that they don't want to commute anymore.

Su Mu had only moved out a week ago, so how could it be done so quickly?

"I must have found a sugar daddy to support me, otherwise why would I go to the fourth floor of the cafeteria?"

Xiang Yangxuan looked at Su Mumu, whose demeanor was becoming increasingly languid, and asked in confusion, "Brother Mu, are you not selling your butt? Otherwise, why would I say you've changed so much?"

"Get out of here!"

Chapter 32

Since she was planning to go home, Su Mumu didn't hesitate and immediately started packing her schoolbag.

"No, Brother Mu, are you really leaving? I'll be so bored during evening self-study if you leave."

"Get lost," Su Mumu looked up at Xiang Yangxuan, "Even if I'm studying at school in the evening, I'm not going to play Uno with you."

"Xiaoyang, you're in your final year of high school now. Keep up the good work! Your grades aren't bad at all. Keep it up..."

Then Xiang Yangxuan was nagged by Su Mumu for quite a while.

"Alright, alright, I got it, Brother Mu. I'll try my best. Why are you nagging so much? You know my situation. Just be like that."

"Alright, fine, as long as you don't regret it."

Xiang Yangxuan is a typical gifted student. He doesn't study very hard, except for math, physics and chemistry, which are a little better. He doesn't like anything that involves memorizing or reciting.

During exams, luck plays a role; his ranking is higher when math, physics, and chemistry are difficult, and lower when they are easy.

"I'm leaving. Go eat in the cafeteria by yourself!"

As soon as Su Mumu stepped out of the classroom, she heard a voice behind her saying, "Damn it, I haven't eaten yet," and then Xiang Yangxuan's figure sped past her.

Su Mumu walked around to the old laboratory building by herself, and only after circling around it did she realize that construction had indeed begun on the other side of the iron gate on the back wall, which seemed to be the new cafeteria.

Su Mumu didn't care how well the new cafeteria was built, because generally speaking, high school seniors wouldn't be able to enjoy these things. By the time the new cafeteria was completed, Su Mumu's class would probably have already graduated.

Walking back to the other side of the laboratory building, Su Mumu checked to make sure no one was around before using her pass to open the door to the security room. She went inside, changed back into the clothes she had worn that morning, touched up her makeup, and came out again as Su Mumu.

"go home!"

Su Mumu's first day back at school has passed just like that.

Downstairs, Su Mumu ran into Mi Han driving Qin Feng back.

"Are you following me? How come I always run into you when I come home?" Su Mumu leaned against the passenger window, looking at Qin Feng inside the car.

"If you don't open the door, I'll just run you over!" Qin Feng put his hand on the car door and looked at Su Mumu with a grin.

"Ugh, all you ever do is bully me." Su Mumu got up from the passenger window and went straight to the back seat. "You go home first, Brother Mihan, can you drive me to the supermarket? I want to buy some groceries."