Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"Sister Rain, if you like Brother Da Biao, you have to tell him."

"If you hadn't said anything, they would have already started dating and are now getting engaged. This is perfectly legitimate."

"What good will it do for you to just sit here and sulk?"

Raindrops, her eyes red-rimmed, peeked out and said, "Jingru, aren't you angry? They're already engaged!"

Qin Jingru said nonchalantly, "Yushui, I've said it before, I'm willing to be a concubine, so I don't care who Brother Dabiao marries."

"But... if you liked Brother Da Biao, you should have said so sooner! Why didn't you say so sooner?"

"You didn't say anything before, but now that Brother Da Biao is engaged, you're doing this again..."

Qin Jingru didn't even mention her good figure. If you want to compete, then go ahead and compete. You haven't done anything, and you're already getting anxious about someone's engagement?

If you're in a hurry, go and rob it yourself. What's the point of telling me this?

Qin Jingru rolled her eyes, not wanting to pay attention to this naive and innocent girl.

Tired.

The rain was so stifling, Da Biao, couldn't you be a little more proactive?

Zhang Dabiao — [?!]

[Neither initiate nor refuse, nor make any promises.]

[Asking me to take the initiative... everyone knows I actually prefer to be passive...]

Yu Shui believed that she was not as pretty as Mu Wanqing, but her family background was better.

Mu Wanqing's background is a ticking time bomb.

It's not impossible for me to be the boss and Mu Wanqing to be the mistress; in fact, it would be more suitable. But why didn't you two consult me ​​first?

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. She buried her face in the blankets and sobbed. The worst part was that she had to pretend nothing was wrong and go help in the kitchen the next day—to help cook at the engagement party for the man she liked with another woman…

Sin ah.

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The next day, Zhang Dabiao was summoned to the office as soon as he arrived at the school.

Teacher Zhou was sitting behind his desk, processing some documents.

"Da Biao's here, have a seat."

Zhang Dabiao sat down on his own.

Teacher Zhou put the documents aside, took a sip of tea, and then slowly said, "Our school knows about the fight you got into at the entrance of the Beijing Art Academy yesterday."

Zhang Dabiao remained silent.

"You beat up seventeen students..."

Zhang Dabiao frowned. What? Didn't you say yesterday it was a misunderstanding?

So they're just going to deny it?

Suddenly, Teacher Zhou burst out laughing: "A complete victory against seventeen opponents! You haven't disgraced our arts and crafts school!"

"Good lad, I had no idea you were such a fighter!"

Zhang Dabiao was dumbfounded. What? I got into a fight, one against seventeen, and you're still praising me?

Seeing Zhang Dabiao's expression, Teacher Zhou explained to him that the counselor over there, Liu, was Teacher Zhou's classmate.

His student, a vocational school student, was completely defeated by 17 college students, the students of Counselor Liu!

What does this mean?

Old Zhou is awesome!

His students are awesome, which makes him, Old Zhou, awesome too. He can brag about this for the rest of his life!

Thinking back to the tone of his counselor Liu's complaint on the phone yesterday, he still feels incredibly pleased!

Quiet!

Zhang Dabiao made Old Zhou look good, and he even knew how to use force. Counselor Liu only dared to complain but didn't dare to call the police to investigate, so he was naturally happy.

After laughing for a while, Teacher Zhou waved his hand: "Let's not talk about that for now. Try not to fight in the future, after all, it's not a good thing. I came to see you today for something else."

He pushed the document over to me.

Zhang Dabiao looked down and saw it was a school rule. He crossed it out with his pen: "Students are not allowed to date on campus. Violation will be publicly criticized, and serious violations will result in expulsion."

Zhang Dabiao's eyebrows furrowed in dismay—[I was just dating someone, it was a normal relationship, there was no hugging or kissing, nothing indecent, and no one got killed.]

What the hell is going on? Are they deliberately trying to mess with me?

"Rules are rules, and this matter has already been reported to the principal."

"Their school needs to provide an explanation, and so does ours."

Teacher Zhou couldn't do anything about this. If you talked to Mu Wanqing, who was still working at the factory, our school would just turn a blind eye. It was just a matter of course.

But since Mu Wanqing went to university, involving students from two different schools, it was impossible to pretend not to know about this; there had to be an explanation.

Otherwise, the school rules would be just empty words, and we wouldn't be able to control things in the future.

And if you pretend you don't know, what if the education bureau gets involved?

What do you do if someone is singled out as an example?

"Da Biao, that girl," Teacher Zhou hesitated, "do you know her family background?"

Even if you're going to talk, find someone from a respectable family background.

Isn't this jeopardizing your own future?

Anyone could tell that Zhang Dabiao has a bright future; he'll be directly promoted to a ministry after graduation, his future is limitless.

You're looking for this ingredient at this time...

Teacher Zhou didn't know what to say.

Zhang Dabiao nodded: "I know."

"Her adoptive mother was from the Eight Great Hutongs before liberation. She was sold there when she was seven or eight years old. She was raised there for more than half a year before liberation, and her adoptive mother rescued her."

Teacher Zhou's eyes widened: "Since you know that, then how come..."

"I not only know that I gave her adoptive mother the job."

"I gave her the job."

"Her passing the political vetting for university entrance was a request I made to the ministry."

Teacher Zhou was speechless. She had two jobs plus getting the department's endorsement to help her pass the political review...

This……

She's my girlfriend, we've been dating for a year.

"I'll give you everything I can, and I'm willing to give it all. Her background... her fate wasn't her own choice."

"She didn't do anything wrong. She's a pitiful person too. Why can't everyone accept her?"

"We're all liberated now, so why do we still have to divide people into different classes?"

Although this was caused by the times, Zhang Dabiao was naturally unhappy about it.

He came from a later era; the principle of equality before the law is no joke.

Old Zhou remained silent for a long time.

"Do you know what her classmates say about her?"

"I know," Zhang Dabiao nodded. "She told me yesterday too."

What do you think?

Zhang Dabiao smiled.

"My thought is—the more they say that, the more I want her to live a good life."

"Let her classmates be envious and jealous."

"I'm rich and capable. I don't worry about job assignments. Even if I don't have a job, I can still support her."

"What's wrong with spoiling my wife? Is it illegal?"

Old Zhou looked at him and suddenly smiled.

"Okay, I got it. He's a real man."

"Da Biao, I believe in you!"

However, he was still very worried about the impact of this matter.

"What are you planning to do about this? There has to be a solution."

Zhang Dabiao laughed: "Teacher Zhou, after school this afternoon, please come to our courtyard with the principal, and preferably the Party Secretary as well, to attend my engagement banquet with Mu Wanqing."

"what?"

"We're engaged, so we're officially fiancé and fiancée, not just casually dating."

"School rules prohibit students from dating while on campus—"

"But it doesn't say you can't get engaged or married, does it?"

"Is my engagement against school rules?"

Old Zhou sat there thinking for a good minute or two...

There is absolutely no school rule that "forbids" students from getting engaged.

After getting engaged, they become a married couple, rather than being in an unstable state like dating.

This matter...

like?

seemingly?

feasible?

Once you're engaged, all the problems will be solved?

How did Zhang Dabiao's brain work?

However, this approach...

So manly!

So he shook his head helplessly and waved his hand, "Go ahead, I'll take the principal and the secretary to see it after school."

Zhang Dabiao stood up, walked to the door, and glanced back at it again.

Old Zhou continued to look down at the documents.

But Zhang Dabiao noticed the smile on his lips.