It seems that Shen Que is still a good medicine for Qiao Manman to recover.

Jiang Tingyan walked to the podium with a cold expression.

He opened the book in his hand and then glanced at all the students present.

Before we begin today's class, I'd like to ask a student to read aloud some content from the book for me.

Upon hearing Jiang Tingyan's words, Qiao Manman had a bad feeling.

Immediately afterward, the school bell rang, and Qiao Manman's body jolted.

After the bell rang, as everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, Jiang Tingyan's gaze fell on Qiao Manman.

"Qiao Manman, come up here and read the content of this lesson for me."

Qiao Manman subconsciously glanced at the contents of the book she had opened.

The text alone filled two pages.

What is Jiang Tingyan trying to do?

Seeing that Qiao Manman didn't move, Jiang Tingyan leaned over, hands on the table, and asked, "Qiao Manman, is there a problem?"

Qiao Manman hesitated before looking up, then pretended to have a hoarse voice and said, "Teacher Jiang, I can't speak today, my throat is hoarse."

Jiang Tingyan stared at her intently, as if he had seen through Qiao Manman's lies.

"You look so energetic; I thought you were in good health too."

How could Qiao Manman not hear Jiang Tingyan's sarcastic tone?

She said speechlessly, "Teacher Jiang, people eat grains, so getting sick is natural. Why don't you ask another student to read it for you?"

"Since Qiao can't read, let's start the lesson directly."

Hearing that Jiang Tingyan wasn't going to have someone read the text again, all the students looked on in confusion.

Looking at Jiang Tingyan's handsome, cold face and Qiao Manman's speechless expression, the classmates felt that they had become a part of the play between the two siblings.

But no one dared to say anything more.

The lesson was of high quality and engaging content, but the students were unusually exhausted.

The female classmate sitting in front of Qiao Manman rubbed her shoulders and complained.

"Teacher Jiang's eyes were even sharper than before today; it was obvious she was in a bad mood."

"Yes, I don't know who provoked him, can't he even consider us innocent civilians?"

"Ugh, one class is like three classes combined, I'm exhausted..."

Hearing her classmates' chatter, Qiao Manman hurriedly packed her things and rushed to Jiang Tingyan's office.

She wanted to find out why Jiang Tingyan was targeting her again for no reason.

Haven't the two of them already made peace?

When Qiao Manman arrived at the office door, Jiang Tingyan was picking up his things and preparing to leave.

Hearing the noise at the door, he looked up and saw Qiao Manman standing at the door, slightly out of breath. He slowly propped the book in his hand up on the table.

The other three teachers in the office also focused their attention on Qiao Manman.

Their eyes held curiosity and gossip, as if they wanted to know what would happen between the two.

Qiao Manman greeted the three teachers, then smiled and faced Jiang Tingyan.

"Teacher Jiang, could you please come out for a moment? I need to talk to you about something."

Jiang Tingyan lowered his eyes, tapped his phone screen to check the time, and was about to respond when another familiar voice suddenly came to his ear.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Ayan."

Qiao Manman also suddenly turned around.

Seeing Tong Yan standing at the office door carrying two large bags of fruit, she inexplicably took two steps back to the side.

Tong Yan seemed not to recognize Qiao Manman and knocked twice on the office door.

She smiled gently and asked Jiang Tingyan, "Ayan, may I come in?"

"Yes, yes!"

Suddenly, Teacher Yu stood up abruptly, bowed and nodded as she stepped forward, saying, "You must be Teacher Jiang's friend? Please come in!"

The two female teachers looked at each other, their eyes both revealing a look of disdain for teachers.

Tong Yan was invited into Teacher Yu's office and walked up to Jiang Tingyan: "Tingyan, I brought you some fruit, and also some for your colleagues."

"I didn't know how many people there were, so I bought a lot of portions. Now it seems like it might just be enough."

Jiang Tingyan's gaze fell on Qiao Manman at the door, and he only responded after hearing Tong Yan's words.

"How are you coping...?"

"Teacher Jiang! This...this fruit is from Shengda! The most expensive fruit brand, a serving costs three times as much as other fruit shops, and every single fruit is organic..."

"Teacher Yu, can you please be quiet?"

Jiang Tingyan interrupted Teacher Yu's words with displeasure.

Teacher Yu chuckled awkwardly twice and stepped aside.

The two female teachers peeked out again and looked at Teacher Yu, their eyes filled with schadenfreude but not sympathy.

This annoying person finally got roasted by Teacher Jiang!

Seeing this, Tong Yan handed the fruit in her hand to Teacher Yu: "Teacher Yu, right? You can take these fruits and eat them first."

Teacher Yu happily accepted it: "Thank you so much, you're too kind!"

Teacher Yu carried the fruit to the two female teachers and invited them to eat some fruit together.

The female teachers remained unmoved, showing no intention of taking the food.

Their minds were solely focused on who this woman was.

Tong Yan answered the question Jiang Tingyan hadn't finished asking: "You're asking me why I suddenly came over, right?"

Jiang Tingyan gave a slightly deep "hmm".

"I heard from Aunt Jiang that you've become a teacher at Peking University. I just happened to be passing by today, so I thought I'd drop by to see you."

Jiang Tingyan placed the book on the table: "I'm just getting off work, let's have dinner together."

Tong Yan nodded: "Okay, but..."

She glanced towards the door: "What happened to your sister?"

She's not a stepsister, but a younger sister.

Jiang Tingyan's eyes turned noticeably colder, but he didn't say anything because the teachers were all there.

Jiang Tingyan walked past Tong Yan to the office door and saw Qiao Manman still standing there. He asked, "Are you going to eat?"

"No."

Qiao Manman didn't have the habit of disturbing a pair of childhood sweethearts while they were eating: "You two go ahead and eat. I'll contact you later."

Without waiting for Jiang Tingyan's response, Qiao Manman turned and left.

Tong Yan walked behind Jiang Tingyan and glanced in the direction Qiao Manman had left.

Without saying much, she waited until Jiang Tingyan blurted out "Let's go" before the two left together.

Qiao Manman had just stepped out of the teaching building when her phone rang.

Seeing that it was Shen Que calling, Qiao Manman pressed the answer button.

"Manman, turn around and look back."

Qiao Manman turned around with a suspicious look and looked upstairs.

Just as she turned around, a petal drifted past her eyes.

Immediately afterwards, countless colorful petals fell from in front of me.

The faint fragrance of flower petals wafted past my nose, and I could hear the shouts of students nearby.

"Wow, so many flowers? Are they roses?!"

"They look like roses. Who scattered so many?"

"How romantic! Is this a confession?"

Qiao Manman stood right in the middle of the falling petals, and the students passing by had already drawn their attention to her.

Qiao Manman caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and pretended not to know, moving to the side.

He also pretended to be oblivious and looked around.

Unable to detect anything unusual on Qiao Manman's face, everyone searched for a new target.

Shen Que leaned out of another window.

Seeing Qiao Manman looking up at him intently, he smiled and asked, "Is it pretty?"

Qiao Manman searched for Shen Que's figure on the floor where petals were falling.

Through the window next door, Qiao Manman saw Shen Que.

"When you scatter flower petals, have you ever thought about what to do with them? Cleaning them up is not an easy task."

Shen Que was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Manman, you don't seem to have much of a romantic soul."

"Don't worry, I've hired someone to clean up the petals. They'll be used as fertilizer."

Shen was able to say those words, so he must have made a plan before buying the flowers.

It wasn't a complete waste of money, and Qiao Manman actually liked him quite a bit for that.

Shen Que: "Wait for me a moment, how about we go have lunch together?"

Just as Qiao Manman was about to agree, Jiang Tingyan and Tong Yan suddenly appeared in her line of sight.

Qiao Manman didn't know if they had seen her, and she didn't want to run into them again and be a third wheel.

She turned around and said, "Okay, then I'll head towards the door first."

"Okay, I'll catch up with you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Manman slipped away as fast as she could.

Jiang Tingyan stared at Qiao Manman's fleeing figure, his eyes narrowing slightly.

When they reached the door, they saw a large number of rose petals on the ground.

Looking upstairs, the person who scattered the flower petals was no longer there, but some classmates were still talking about it.

Tong Yan stared at the ground for a moment, then suddenly remembered the boy who was with Qiao Manman last night.

Thinking of this, she curiously asked the two female classmates closest to them, "Classmates, who scattered these flower petals?"

The female student shook her head: "I don't know."

Tong Yan nodded thoughtfully: "Then, do you see who these petals were scattered for?"

"Isn't that Qiao Manman, who caused a stir at school before?"

"Yes, she was the only one standing under these petals just now, but she's gone now."

Tong Yan glanced at Jiang Tingyan's increasingly tense handsome face out of the corner of her eye. Seeing him about to leave, she hurriedly thanked the two girls.

Tong Yan caught up with Jiang Tingyan's pace: "Ayan, why are you walking so fast?"

"Stay there and look at the rose petals?" Jiang Tingyan asked indifferently.

Tong Yan continued, taking advantage of his words, "Aren't you happy for your sister? It's a good thing that a boy is willing to put in this much effort for her."

Jiang Tingyan suddenly stopped and turned to ask Tong Yan: "Before you've won over the person you want to pursue, all the effort you put into it is for the purpose of getting them."

True affection means using your own abilities to help the other person become a better person.

Tong Yan stared at him blankly: "But Ayan, is this just your personal opinion? Not everyone thinks the same way as you and can accept these rigid good ideas."

Jiang Tingyan suddenly frowned: "If it were you, you wouldn't like it either?"

Tong Yan looked at her helplessly: "Girls like romantic things, including details that can touch their hearts."

"If they are rigid in everything and have no fun in life, then the two of them together are no different from colleagues in a company."

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