How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 345 Misunderstanding
As night falls, streetlights come on one by one, casting warm yellow light on people and leaving long shadows on the ground.

"Crack!"

Qiao Shuxin pushed open the door and entered the villa.

In the living room, my uncle was watching a crime drama on a certain channel with my grandfather, while my aunt was also sitting next to him, but her eyes were glued to her phone.

"Grandpa, Uncle, I'm here!" Qiao Shuxin said loudly.

"Xin Xin is here! Come and sit down, keep Grandpa company while he watches TV." Gao Shengqiang turned around, a kind smile on his face.

Just as Qiao Shuxin was about to speak, she saw her aunt suddenly stand up and shift her gaze from her phone to her face.

"Xin Xin, come to my room."

After saying that, he turned and walked upstairs.

Qiao Shuxin was slightly taken aback when she heard this, her eyes filled with confusion.

Judging from my aunt's expression, she seemed a bit serious, as if she was angry.

She tilted her head, trying hard to recall what she had done recently, but no matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn't figure out where she had offended her aunt.

"Xin Xin, did you make your aunt angry?" her uncle asked, turning around.

"I don't know." Qiao Shuxin looked blank. She hadn't seen her aunt for seven or eight days. How could she have made her aunt angry? If she really had, wouldn't she have talked to her then and there?
Remembering her aunt's message on WeChat that she had something important to discuss, she could only follow along with trepidation.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

Qiao Shuxin knocked on the open door and entered her aunt's room, asking curiously, "Auntie, what important matter requires a face-to-face discussion?"

Gao Yue closed the door, pulled her niece to sit on the bed, and said seriously, "Xin Xin, tell your aunt the truth, do you like Teacher Zhang?"

Qiao Shuxin was taken aback, wondering why her aunt would ask such a question, but she still told the truth.

"Yes, we all like Teacher Zhang."

In her view, Teacher Zhang was not only her art exam teacher, but also her life mentor, who helped her understand many things beyond the art exam.

"I'm not talking about students liking their teachers, but rather liking between people of the opposite sex," Gao Yue explained.

"what?"

Qiao Shuxin's brain short-circuited.

Is there attraction between opposite sexes?

Is it attraction between a man and a woman?
"Auntie, why would you ask that?" Qiao Shuxin asked, snapping out of her daze.

When Gao Yue saw that her niece didn't give a direct answer, she felt that the other party was trying to hide something.

As the aunt, she felt it was her duty to stop her niece from going down the wrong path.

This road is impassable; passage is prohibited.

“Xin Xin, you are still a student. You should focus your energy on your studies. In college, you will meet many outstanding boys your age. Your feelings for Teacher Zhang are just the admiration and adoration that are unique to adolescence. This is different from true love. It is more like a guiding light, leading you towards a better version of yourself…”

Gao Yue spoke earnestly, intending to give a few examples as negative examples, but the first ones that popped up were all couples who ended up together, like Lu Xun and Xu Guangping, Little Dragon Girl and Yang Guo...

If word gets out, wouldn't she become a matchmaker?

So in the end, she gave up the idea of ​​giving examples and just focused on reasoning.

Qiao Shuxin was speechless, listening in a daze.

What the hell is going on!

She only met Teacher Zhang two days ago, how come there are already rumors about them? She's not even a celebrity yet.

Besides, she wasn't the only one who went to see Teacher Zhang this time; Han Zhixue and Zhou Lingyi were also there. If this is considered love, then wouldn't Teacher Zhang have three wives and four concubines?
What are Zhou An, Chen Mingyue, and those other boys?
Was he considered a male concubine?
Seeing her aunt talking incessantly and becoming more and more outrageous, Qiao Shuxin finally couldn't hold back and poked the palm of her right hand with her left index finger, making a pause gesture.

"Stop, Auntie, stop right away."

"Xinxin, don't think I'm annoying. You're still young, and your aunt has been through this before," Gao Yue said earnestly.

"Auntie, have you misunderstood something?" Qiao Shuxin asked.

"A misunderstanding?" Gao Yue frowned slightly.

"Yes, who said I have romantic feelings for Teacher Zhang? That's outrageous! I've always respected and admired Teacher Zhang, and I've always regarded him as my mentor. Please don't insult my teacher-student relationship with Teacher Zhang, okay?" Qiao Shuxin said righteously.

Ok?
Gao Yue paused, the words stuck in her throat.

The bond between teacher and student?

Could it be that Bai Lu has misunderstood?

Or is this a cover-up after the secret has been exposed?

She scrutinized her niece's face carefully. The girl was confident and didn't look away, showing no sign of guilt.

She knew her niece well; she wasn't usually like this when she did something wrong.

"You really don't have any romantic feelings for Teacher Zhang?" Gao Yue asked again.

"Of course not." Qiao Shuxin said, holding her aunt's hand. "Auntie, have you forgotten? When we were in the special training class, I encouraged you to boldly pursue Teacher Zhang. I've always thought of Teacher Zhang as my uncle, so how could I have romantic feelings for him?"

Gao Yue was taken aback upon hearing this. Recalling the time she went to pick up her niece from the special training class, the little girl had indeed encouraged her to pursue Zhang Wen more than once.

It even caused many misunderstandings.

'It seems Bai Lu has misunderstood,' Gao Yue thought to herself.

There are many kinds of liking.

It's possible that the niece's "like" referred to a student's liking for a teacher, while Bai Lu mistakenly interpreted it as liking between people of the opposite sex.

"Well, it's good that there's no romantic relationship between them." Gao Yue breathed a heavy sigh of relief, the seriousness on her face disappearing, replaced by a gentle and warm gaze.

I almost became rivals with my niece in love.

"Auntie, you still haven't told me why you think I have romantic feelings for Teacher Zhang," Qiao Shuxin said. She didn't believe that her aunt would suspect her and Teacher Zhang of having romantic feelings for each other for no reason; there must be some hidden reason.

Either the aunt saw something, or the aunt heard something.

"No reason, I just wanted to give you a heads-up," Gao Yue said calmly, without betraying Bai Lu, since Xiao Lu meant well and had just misunderstood.

"Really?" Qiao Shuxin asked doubtfully, her eyes fixed on her aunt, trying to figure out something.

"Of course it's true. When has your aunt ever lied to you?" Gao Yue looked back at her niece without flinching. How could she possibly lose to a mere little girl?

Qiao Shuxin looked at it for a long time. Although her aunt spoke with confidence, she did not believe it. However, since the other party would not say, there was nothing she could do. She couldn't very well torture her, could she?

"Auntie, is this the important thing you wanted to tell me?" Qiao Shuxin asked.

"Okay." Gao Yue responded, then stood up and said with a smile, "Alright, it's nothing. Go downstairs and keep your grandpa company."

"Wait!" Qiao Shuxin quickly grabbed her aunt's arm and said, "Auntie, I also have something important to tell you."

"Oh? What's the important thing?" Gao Yue asked, sitting down. Qiao Shuxin thought for a moment before saying, "Auntie, what's your impression of Teacher Zhang?"

Gao Yue was taken aback.

We just finished talking about Zhang Wen, how come we're talking about him again?

She glanced at her niece, wondering if the important thing the other girl was about to say was also related to Zhang Wen.
"That's right, why are you asking this?" Gao Yue asked casually.

She didn't directly reveal her relationship with Zhang Wen, otherwise, if her niece knew that her beloved aunt was competing with other women for men every day, wouldn't her role model become a joke?

"Sigh!" Qiao Shuxin sighed softly, then asked with a puzzled look, "Auntie, how did Teacher Zhang become Bai Lu's boyfriend? You're Bai Lu's manager, do you know how they met?"

“Bai Lu was under a lot of pressure for a while and often suffered from insomnia. As you know, Teacher Zhang can hypnotize, so I introduced Teacher Zhang to Bai Lu to treat her insomnia.” After Gao Yue finished explaining, she suddenly frowned and stared at her niece, saying, “Don’t you only have teacher-student feelings for Teacher Zhang? Why do you care if he has a girlfriend or not?”

"Auntie, I'm just feeling sorry for you!"

Qiao Shuxin said indignantly, "Teacher Zhang is such a good person. I told you in class that if you liked her, you should go for it. But now someone else beat you to it, and you were the one who introduced her. Isn't this like letting a wolf into the house? You and Teacher Zhang knew each other first."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gao Yue was momentarily at a loss for words.

After her niece said that, she regretted it a little. She was indeed too late and shouldn't have introduced Zhang Wen to Bai Lu.

But how could she have known that she would fall in love with this man? She never imagined that Bai Lu would also fall in love with this man.

Too many unexpected events caused things to develop in unpredictable directions, leading to the current situation.

If time could turn back and we could do it all over again, she would definitely say the first thing she saw upon meeting him: "I'm your future girlfriend, let's be together."

I just don't know if they'll treat me as mentally ill.

“Auntie.” Qiao Shuxin’s expression suddenly turned serious. “In my heart, you are better than Sister Lu, so I think if you take the initiative, you still have a chance.”

Gao Yue's lips twitched slightly as she stared at her niece and asked, "Are you trying to get me to steal someone else's husband?"

Bai Lu mistakenly believes that she and her niece like the same man, and her niece asks her to steal Bai Lu's man. What kind of people are these two?

If we weren't so close, I'd really like to teach those two a lesson.

"What do you mean by 'stealing someone'? That sounds awful. Teacher Zhang and Bai Lu aren't married yet. You're both single. This is fair competition. Everyone has the right to pursue happiness. No one is breaking up anyone else's family," Qiao Shuxin said.

After hearing this, Gao Yue felt that her niece's thoughts were dangerous, so she said with a serious expression, "Xin Xin, you remember this: don't mess with guys who have girlfriends. It's wrong to ruin other people's relationships, understand?"

"But……"

Qiao Shuxin wanted to argue, but she was interrupted as soon as she opened her mouth.

"No buts. If I find out you've ruined someone else's relationship, neither your mother nor I will forgive you," Gao Yue warned sternly.

"Auntie, I know I won't do that. I'm doing this for your happiness, isn't it?" Qiao Shuxin said emphatically.

"Heh, it's none of your business. You should mind your own business." Gao Yue rolled her eyes at her niece, then got up and left the room.

"Ugh!"

Qiao Shuxin shook her head and sighed, thinking to herself: It seems that Teacher Zhang can't be my uncle-in-law, what a pity.

Gao Yue went downstairs and picked up her bag from the sofa. She had originally planned to stay home tonight, but after her niece said that, she suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

After much thought, she decided to launch a surprise attack to see just how far Zhang Wen and Bai Lu's relationship had progressed without her presence.

"Auntie, it's so late, where are you going?" Qiao Shuxin asked.

"I'm going to see some friends," Gao Yue then said.

"Are we going to a bar? Can I come along?" Qiao Shuxin's eyes lit up, her face full of anticipation.

"Little brat, stay home quietly." Gao Yue glared at her niece, then said goodbye to her father and brother, picked up her bag and walked out.

Qiao Shuxin pouted, "I'm already 18 years old, I'm not a little kid anymore."

"..."

Gao Yue drove away from the villa and headed towards Bai Lu's house.

Throughout the journey, her mind was filled with all sorts of disgusting images.

She had initially trusted Bai Lu and thought he would hold the last line of defense, but her niece's words about "getting there first" made her begin to waver.

Can Bailu really hold on?
Could it be that they've already beaten them to it?
Gao Yue thought about it more and more and felt that it was possible. There would be some reservations when the three of them were together, but when the two of them were together, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Perhaps those two had already slept together while she was away on a business trip.

The car sped up, and what used to be a half-hour journey was completed in twenty minutes.

The lights were on in the villa, but the curtains were all drawn.

After parking her car, Gao Yue quickly went to the door, entered her fingerprint, and opened the door.

The villa was quiet, as if no one was there.

She went inside and saw Bai Lu in the living room. Bai Lu was standing in front of a mirror, gesturing with his hands in front of the mirror, and sweat was dripping from his forehead.

This is a sign language practice.

Because the film "Perfect Days" required extensive use of sign language, Bai Lu would practice the sign language he needed for filming the next day repeatedly every night after returning home.

Through the reflection in the mirror, Bai Lu also saw Gao Yue and turned around to ask in confusion, "Sister Yue, aren't you staying at home tonight?"

"After talking with Xin Xin, I saw that it was still early, so I drove over," Gao Yue said.

"Sister Yue, have you convinced Xin Xin?" Bai Lu asked with concern.

"You misunderstood Xin Xin. The 'like' she mentioned is a student's admiration for a teacher, not romantic love."

Isn't admiration the beginning of love?

"She has always hoped that Zhang Wen would become her aunt's husband. Do you think she has romantic feelings for Teacher Zhang?"

"Really? It seems I really misunderstood." Bai Lu said, letting out a soft sigh of relief.

Gao Yue looked around the house for a while and couldn't help but ask, "Where's Zhang Wen? Didn't he come back tonight?"

Bai Lu pointed to the guest room next to him and whispered, "He's writing a novel in there."

Gao Yue was slightly taken aback. She knew that the man had been busy writing "Perfect Days" into a novel, but she didn't expect that he would give up the opportunity to be intimate to write when they were alone in a room.

It seems that I am worrying too much.

Gao Yue thought to herself.

Bai Lu glanced at the mirror and saw the red mark on her chest. Her pretty face flushed, and she quickly straightened her pajamas to cover the mark.

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(End of this chapter)