Qi Youxi tilted her head to look at her uncle, "Uncle, you're completely captivated by Teacher Ning!"

She liked Teacher Ning because Teacher Ning was beautiful.

Their family has a bloodline of being obsessed with good looks.

Qi Shanling flicked her forehead with her finger, "Is this the first time you've known your uncle likes looking at beautiful women?"

Qi Youxi lifted her skirt and twirled in front of her uncle. "Isn't the pretty girl in front of you enough for you to see?"

Qi Shanling teased her on purpose, "I didn't see the little beauty, but I did see a little kitten."

Qi Youxi snorted arrogantly, "Uncle, you really are getting old; your eyesight is starting to fail!"

Qi Shanling pinched her mouth shut, "Say it, your uncle will always be eighteen."

Qi Youxi bumped her head against her uncle.

Qi Shanling broke out in a sweat from arguing with her.

He pressed her head down. "Okay! Class is over. I'll take you home."

Qi Youxi pleaded with him, "Uncle, I'll go wherever you go. Just treat me like an accessory, and I promise I'll be quiet."

Qi Shanling took the backpack off her back and said, "You can stay here with me this weekend, but you have to promise not to make your mother angry again before she gives birth."

Qi Youxi pouted, "I did nothing wrong. I wanted my younger brother to have the surname Qi as well. The name I gave him was so nice, but Mom didn't agree."

"I don't want my younger brother to take my father's surname."

Qi Shanling had been listening to her words for almost a week and was too lazy to argue with her.

Qi Youxi pouted and tears streamed down her face: "Right now, Mom and Dad only have eyes for their unborn little brother. I'm just an extra."

Qi Shanling clicked her tongue. "Little brat, if you hadn't been clamoring for a younger brother, Ms. Qi Baozhu wouldn't have been prepared for a second child."

Qi Youxi immediately changed the subject, and like a little adult, she made a deal with her uncle, "Uncle, if you bring me to class every Saturday, I can see the beautiful Teacher Ning every week."

"Teacher Ning is different from the other girlfriends you've dated. She might have a boyfriend. Uncle, please don't make a move on Teacher Ning."

The little girl's topics veered off course, and her tears fell and stopped just as easily.

Qi Youxi's serious tone made Qi Shanling raise an eyebrow.

He lazily crossed his arms and stared at the kid in front of him. "So, your uncle is going to steal your partner."

Qi Youxi's eyes widened.

Qi Shanling's gaze fell in the direction Ning Xi had just left, and a confident smile appeared on her lips.

……

Ning Xi lay slumped over her workstation until it was time to leave work, but she didn't even have the strength to lift her eyelids.

Great, I've successfully exhausted her today.

Dai Yilan whistled softly at Ning Xi, who was dressed in a class uniform.

Ning Xi blinked, thinking she was hallucinating.

She turned her head and looked at Dai Yilan behind her.

Dai Yilan, carrying a Chanel hobo bag, let her hair down from its updo, her face meticulously made up. Her features, a far cry from her gentle and refined dance teacher persona, were sharp and assertive. Her tone was casual: "Not ready to leave work?"

Ning Xi huffed and puffed as she stuffed her phone, sun hat, power bank, and half-finished bottle of mineral water into her bag. "I'm leaving now."

She looked at the cup of coffee on the table and asked Teacher Dai, "Teacher Dai, did you give me this coffee?"

Dai Yilan went back and picked up the coffee on her table. "Teacher Tan bought it. Drink it without worry, it wasn't poisoned."

She half-jokingly reminded Ning Xi, "If Teacher Zheng bought it, don't drink it. He might have added something to it."

When Zheng Shiyin came in and heard these words, her face turned pale and then red.

Dai Yilan showed no embarrassment or awkwardness at being caught talking behind someone's back. She asked Ning Xi, "How are you getting home?"

Ning Xi said "subway".

Zheng Shiyin angrily picked up her bag and left the preparation room ahead of the other two.

Dai Yilan snapped her fingers at Ning Xi, who was chugging coffee, and said, "I'm driving that way, I'll give you a ride to the subway station."

Ning Xi was overjoyed at not having to walk, and her usual listless demeanor vanished.

Coffee keeps her going, that's for sure.

Dai Yilan had long legs and wore a pair of sky-high heels; with one step, she took two steps more than Ning Xi.

She jogged to catch up with Teacher Dai, blowing rainbow bubbles: "Teacher Dai, you're so nice! You're beautiful and have such long legs. You're gorgeous!"

Dai Yilan was charmed by her duck-like running posture.

"This is the first time I've heard someone complimented like this. Tell me, these past few days, have you been secretly cursing me, thinking I'm arrogant and aloof just because I'm an older person?"

Ning Xi laughed out loud.

She discovered that this was the most authentic side of Teacher Dai.

They are not difficult to get along with at all.

As they walked toward the theater parking lot, Dai Yilan couldn't help but poke Ning Xi's cheek. "Teacher Ning, you look like an animal right now."

Ning Xi struggled to open her sleepy eyes.

Dai Yilan chuckled.

It looks more like a soft little bunny now.

The sound of arguing not far away made Ning Xi and Dai Yilan subconsciously look over.

It was Teacher Tan and Zheng Shiyin.

Dai Yilan pulled Ning Xi aside, found a car to block their view, and listened intently to the gossip.

Three minutes later, Ning Xi's legs went numb from squatting.

Dai Yilan huddled beside the car, her body curled up in a way that was undeniably comical.

Ning Xi was amused by her own and Teacher Dai's appearance.

The gossip was nothing new; it all revolved around how I treated you as a friend, and how you tried to steal my girlfriend.

I didn't steal your boyfriend; it was your boyfriend who fell for me, and I uncontrollably fell for him too. We were mutually attracted, aba aba.

Dai Yilan suddenly grabbed Ning Xi's arm excitedly, "Damn, Teacher Ning, look! There's an incredibly handsome man over there!"

"He's watching us!!!"

"He's walking towards us!"

Ning Xi followed Teacher Dai's gaze and saw that the man was tall and straight with broad shoulders and long legs, and his sharp aura was particularly eye-catching.

It looks strangely familiar.

He looks a lot like her boyfriend.

Dai Yilan stood up straight with composure, looking every bit the sophisticated urban woman, a stark contrast to Ning Xi, who was squatting on the ground covered in dust and dirt.

When He Kezhou stood in front of Ning Xi, Ning Xi was still squatting on the ground holding her canvas bag.

She looked up at He Kezhou, her eyes glazed over.

Looking at her charming appearance, He Kezhou crouched down in front of Ning Xi, his brows slightly furrowed. His usual cold aura remained, but his voice was low, carrying a hint of barely perceptible grievance: "You're not answering my calls?"

Ning Xi subconsciously reached for her phone in her bag.

She had class in the afternoon, and her phone was on silent the whole time.

He Kezhou called her six times on her phone.

Ning Xi showed him her phone. "It was muted. I didn't hear it."

Dai Yilan coughed lightly and winked at Ning Xi: Where did you find your boyfriend? He's so amazing?

Ning Xi was a beat slow on the uptake and didn't catch Teacher Dai's look.

Dai Yilan smiled at He Kezhou as a greeting.

She took the empty coffee cup that Ning Xi was about to throw away, waved to Ning Xi, and said, "Your boyfriend is here to pick you up. I'm going on a date too. See you tomorrow."

After Dai Yilan left, Ning Xi hugged her knees, her face scrunched up.

Her legs were numb and she couldn't get up.

He Kezhou was expressionless, his jaw clenched. Despite his still aloof and unapproachable appearance, she could tell he was awkward and unhappy.

Ning Xi was a little unhappy about his sudden attack.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at work at this hour?"

He Kezhou stood up, his dark eyes calm and deep: "I've taken a day off. I'll pick you up from get off work."

Ning Xi pouted. Seeing He Kezhou, all the fatigue and grievances from the day seemed to burst forth like a dam bursting. She unconsciously threw a tantrum: "You took the subway to pick me up. You might as well not have come at all."

Upon hearing that he had taken time off, she replied without hesitation, "He's just being self-righteous and it's unnecessary."

He Kezhou scooped her up from the ground and pulled her into his arms, his palms supporting her waist. "You came by car."

"It was wrong of me not to tell you beforehand."

Ning Xi continued her aggressive questioning: "Where did you get the car? Why are you doing something like this, trying to save face?"

You can't come by subway, and you can't come by car either.

Anyway, nothing works.

He Kezhou curled his fingertips and gently cupped Ning Xi's chin, his rough fingertips brushing against her cheek, his gaze dark and unfathomable. "Did someone bully you? Or did someone upset you?"

Ning Xi felt a lump in her throat.

He Kezhou's dark eyes were filled with a protective, possessive desire.

Whenever she says someone has bullied her or made her unhappy, he will go and get revenge for her.

Ning Xi pushed him away, "Nobody bullied me. If anyone did, it was you."

He Kezhou wouldn't let Ning Xi push him away, and explained to her, "Boss Zhang forced the car on us."

"What can I do to make you happy?"

Ning Xi's tone was sharp: "Boss Zhang forced it on you, didn't you know how to refuse?"

"How can you tell I'm unhappy?"

The arrogant and domineering voice was unfamiliar even to Ning Xi herself.

He Kezhou showed no anger in his eyes. Despite her bad attitude and tone, his voice remained low and calm: "I refused the new car that Boss Zhang offered, but I didn't refuse the old one."

Ning Xi's pent-up frustration from the day was soothed by He Kezhou's emotional stability and responsiveness.

She gradually felt at ease, then belatedly realized her shame and secretly scolded herself for being willful and unreasonable.

She is clearly a very reasonable person.

He Kezhou's dark eyes were fixed on Ning Xi, the cold glint fading from his deep and sharp gaze.

Ning Xi was slightly taken aback.

He Kezhou looked into her eyes, capturing all her bad emotions.

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