You are my wife, don't doubt it!

"Are you still not up? I bought you some fried dumplings, soy milk, and tofu pudding by the bed, remember to eat them."

"I took some of the money from home and put it in the bank for you after school. I was afraid you would be worried if you couldn't find it, so I told you."

"I've asked, and we can check out at 2pm. Don't worry, just get some more sleep."

Xiao Yao put his phone away and laughed at himself. Since he said he would sleep more, why did he keep texting?

Xiao Yao, when will you grow up?

After lunch, Xiao Yao lay on the table to catch up on his sleep, and slept until after three in the afternoon.

The downside of sleeping on your stomach is that you will swallow air unconsciously, so when you wake up, you often feel bloated in your stomach, and then make a surprising sound as you expel it.

Fortunately, Yu Luying was probably helping him to relieve the gas, so this problem did not occur today.

He was awakened by a big hand.

"Come to my office!" Song Haijian said with a frown.

On the way with Song Haijian, Xiao Yao used the excuse of going to the toilet. He saw that Shen Jie had replied to four text messages, but without taking a closer look, he zipped up his pants and left contentedly.

Song Haijian's desk is the same one that Teacher Yao used to have, but it has been arranged in a completely different way, with no trace of its past left - in Xiao Yao's opinion, it feels like a cuckoo occupying a magpie's nest.

"Sit down." Song Haijian gestured to Xiao Yao to move an empty chair himself.

At least this is better than Teacher Yao, giving me a seat.

Then, Song Haijian started playing with his phone with his eyes narrowed, not talking. This was similar to Lao Yao - but Lao Yao was correcting homework, while Song Haijian seemed ready to say "I want to call your dad" at any time.

At this time, the advantage of not having a father is reflected.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao asked, "You pulled me out in the middle of class."

"You don't listen to the class anyway." Song Haijian rolled his eyes and said, "How many levels did you level up by staying up all night online yesterday? Did you conquer the Sand City?"

"Teacher Song, I played The Legend of Cold Blood when I was in junior high school. It's already out of date." Xiao Yao answered seriously.

"Oh, so what did you do last night?"

"No, I haven't been to the Internet cafe for a long time." Xiao Yao said.

"You know whether you went or not. Do you know why I never talked to you before?"

Song Haijian finally put down his broken Nokia and forced out a smile like a weasel wishing the New Year to a chicken.

"I don't know." Please, don't look for me.

"Because you will be a freshman in the next semester and will not be in our class anymore, I was too lazy to care about you." Song Haijian held his chin with the back of his hands: "But after all, you are still a student in my class now. As the class teacher, I still have to say what I should say. It's up to you whether you listen or not."

"You say." Xiao Yao felt angry after hearing this and answered in a muffled voice.

"You didn't go to the Internet cafe. Why did you sleep all day? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"My wife had menstrual cramps in the middle of the night, so I went to buy her sanitary pads." Xiao Yao blurted out: "I made her red sugar water, a hot water bottle, and massaged her for half the night."

"Ha!" The tanned female teacher who taught English in the next seat laughed out loud, "Teacher Song, the students in your class have a bright future."

"You!" Song Haijian's face turned the color of liver, and his finger pointing at Xiao Yao trembled slightly: "Don't think that you don't have parents - don't think that the school can't expel you because it can't contact your parents!"

Xiao Yao curled his lips.

Song Haijian took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Xiao Yao, do you feel that your parents treat you badly? Is this the reason why you are like a puddle of mud every day?"

"What else?" Hearing this topic, Xiao Yao frowned in disgust.

"Have you ever thought that although they couldn't be with you for various reasons, they gave you the best gift?"

"what?"

"Move your household registration back and send you to Shanghai to study in high school." Song Haijian said firmly.

"Ha." Xiao Yao said.

"You should know that I was transferred from Sujiang Province," Song Haijian continued to talk to himself, "Do you know what the high school there is like? Every night, we have self-study until 10 o'clock, and it is a completely closed military management. We only have half a day off every two weeks--"

"Violation of human rights, anti-humanity." Xiao Yao reminded him: "Teacher Song, I am also from Sujiang Province."

"So I think we have a basis for reaching a consensus. Why do you think the high school in Magic City can provide you with such a relaxed environment?"

"why?"

"Because colleges and universities have more admission resources and lower admission scores, you don't need to work that hard to get into college."

"Oh, so that's great." Although Xiao Yao still had a cynical tone, he was already shaken in his heart.

"... Go back to class and sleep when you should, surf the Internet after school, work around for three years and find a job as a screwdriver in a factory, and your whole life will be gone. What a wonderful future." These are what the shadow of Teacher Yao said to him in the hall, and thinking back on it now, it deeply pierced his heart.

"So, you are wasting your parents' efforts." Song Haijian said earnestly: "The school has given you a relaxed stage, and you should make good use of it. Spend half of your energy in Internet cafes and flirting with girls on studying, and get into a good university - at least a first-class university, no, at least an undergraduate degree, and win a bright future for yourself. Why not?"

“……” Xiao Yao felt that it made sense.

"I've heard about your deeds," Song Haijian said with a gentler expression, "I think you're a genius."

"Weirdo?" Xiao Yao was stunned.

"I heard that you often publish novels in newspapers?"

"Occasionally, occasionally."

"I heard that you never paid attention in Chinese class. You always rank in the top three in the class, but the points you lost were from writing Chinese characters based on pinyin and reciting texts."

"That's what happened."

"I can't bear to see your talent being buried," Song Haijian sighed, "Put some effort into learning math, physics and chemistry. This is the Chinese education system, and we can't change it. You can't be a one-sided talent, but you have to learn to adapt to it."

"I understand." Xiao Yao said.

"Although St. Francis's Middle School is not a key school in the Magic City, it is still a key school in the district, and its admission rate has been 100% over the years. Since you were able to get in, it means that your junior high school grades are not bad - not that bad," Song Haijian said, "But if you continue like this, the school's 100% admission rate will be broken by you. The principal has already noticed you."

"..."

"What do you want?" Song Haijian continued, "You graduated from high school, but you can't get into college. You work as a network administrator in an Internet cafe? Eight hundred yuan a month, three meals of instant noodles a day—"

"I said, I understand." Xiao Yao interrupted him.

"And Yu Luying will be admitted to a prestigious university, and then work in a good company, earning more than ten or twenty times more than you." Song Haijian leaned forward: "Even if she is willing to play house with you now, and makes you buy sanitary napkins soaked in brown sugar water and cover yourself with a hot water bottle in the middle of the night——"

The English teacher started laughing wildly again, and Xiao Yao felt a little embarrassed.

"By that time, will she still need you like this? What kind of future can you give her? What kind of future do you want to give yourself?"

"Teacher Song," Xiao Yao said seriously, "My old...my girlfriend, she is from another school. Yu Luying and I are really just good friends."

"Really?" Song Haijian looked suspicious.

"So, please don't make things difficult for her." Xiao Yao said, "When I was Teacher Yao, I often asked her to help me with my lessons, and that's how we became familiar with each other."

This is not entirely true, but I really can't let Yu Luying bear any extra pressure because of myself.

"I listened to everything you said just now," Xiao Yao continued, "Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Song Haijian nodded.

"I promise you, I will still be in your class next semester," Xiao Yao announced, "Just wait and see."

"Good, very energetic!" Song Haijian was happy: "That's the energy!"

What the hell, Xiao Yao thought. How come this annoying guy suddenly doesn't seem so annoying anymore?

--split line--

After school, Xiao Yao was blocked by Yu Luying at the entrance of Zhongshu Building.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao saw her from afar and felt a little nervous.

"Come." Yu Luying shook her head and walked towards a remote corridor.

Xiao Yao followed closely with two small steps. Was she going to launch a new round of attack? He was not sure he could withstand it.

"Why did you cut your hair?" Xiao Yao said as they walked, "It doesn't look special now."

"Two things," Yu Luying walked to a deserted place, turned around, and said expressionlessly, "Can someone please not put his hand on you when he sleeps? I feel so uncomfortable that I can't even breathe!"

Xiao Yao was embarrassed: "...I told you about her."

"Also, can you ask her to stop hitting people all the time? It hurts."

"I told you about her," said the tape recorder.

"Third, you didn't take a shower on Saturday night!" Yu Luying raised a finger.

"Saturday night?" Xiao Yao scratched his head and recalled: "Weren't they busy looking for someone?"

Yu Luying was about to speak when Xiao Yao's phone rang. He took out his phone and looked at the incoming call number. He was hesitating whether to answer it, but Yu Luying had already noticed it.

"You answer it, I'm fine." The girl spread her long legs and turned to leave.

"Hello..." Xiao Yao subconsciously took two steps forward, stopped and answered the phone.

"Hey?"

"Are you done with school yet?" Shen Jie said happily on the phone.

"It's time to finish school." Xiao Yao said, "I'll go to the counter to deposit money and come back."

"Then come back quickly and cook," Shen Jie said while eating something on the other end of the phone, "The baby and I are hungry."

"Hey, that's interesting," Xiao Yao slapped himself on the forehead, while Yu Luying turned back and glared at him from a distance: "You don't cook at home, but wait for me to come back from school to cook. What's going on? Is this the Son-in-law Experience Card?"

"Hehe." Shen Jie laughed happily on the other end of the phone. It seemed that she was in a really good mood: "Then I'll take care of it today. You come back and wait for the food."

"Come and pick me up at school." Xiao Yao suddenly had an idea.

"Ah? Why? I'm not your mother."

"I have a lot of money on me. What if it's divided by gangsters? Do you have martial arts skills to protect me?"

"Get lost." Shen Jie cursed with a smile in Shanghai dialect and hung up the phone.

Xiao Yao wiped the sweat off his phone, but before he could put it back, another unfamiliar number called.

Who are these people? They seem to be rushing to a place.

"Hello? Who are you?" Xiao Yao asked patiently.

"I'm Zhang Zhengkai." A childish voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Ah," Xiao Yao became alert, triggering his primitive hostility: "It's you, what's the matter?"

"Shen Jie is missing, did you know?" Zhang Zhengkai went straight to the point.

"What? Missing?! Are you kidding?" Xiao Yao expressed his surprise in an exaggerated tone: "What do you mean by missing?"

"She must have run away from home," Zhang Zhengkai said indignantly, "She left last Saturday, and her family actually kept it a secret until today to tell me."

"No wonder you didn't reply to my messages these past two days and you were always busy on the phone when I called you!" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes and spoke.

"Are you on the phone too?" Zhang Zhengkai said depressedly, "Then it seems that your phone is turned off or something? I thought she blocked me."

Be confident, bro, you are just blocked.

"What should we do?" Xiao Yao said anxiously, "Where could she go? I'll help you look for her."

"Ah..." Zhang Zhengkai asked suspiciously, "She really didn't look for you?"

"Why did she come to see me? Are we that familiar with each other?"

"In her circle, everyone assumes you are her boyfriend."

Xiao Yao was delighted when he heard this: "Come on, I'm just an actor she hired to fool you. Can't you see that?"

“I did have that suspicion…”

"How come her circle thinks I'm her boyfriend?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Aren't you the one who's going to be engaged to her?"

"They are... who told you about the engagement? It's only been two days." Zhang Zhengkai immediately caught the flaw.

"Ah, I—" Xiao Yao secretly groaned in his heart: "Zhou Xiaoying said so."

Zhang Zhengkai was silent on the other end of the phone. Xiao Yao was worried, not knowing if he could get away with it.

Finally, Zhang Zhengkai spoke up: "Tell me if you have any news."

"no problem."

"You are from St. Francis High School, right?" Zhang Zhengkai said, "Let's meet after school when you have time. I'll come to see you."

You came to see me? Xiao Yao instinctively wanted to refuse, but then he thought that this might be a test.