The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

"It's a bit hot, I don't really have an appetite for hot food..."

Didn't you say anything was fine...?

"What would you like to eat, Xiaojun?"

"I'll eat whatever the teacher wants, I'm fine with anything."

Those two were exactly what I wanted to eat!

So I looked at her and let her make a choice.

Lu Xiaojun fluttered her eyelashes and finally said, "How about we go eat hot pot? Haidilao sounds pretty good."

Me: &%￥……#%@#%#￥……

I checked the map and found Haidilao on the fifth floor, so Lu Xiaojun and I walked up there.

On the way, I saw a father and daughter walking towards me. Looking at their height difference, I felt a little strange. It was as if I was also taking my daughter out for a walk...

Lu Xiaojun walked briskly beside me, her two lively ponytails swaying slightly, looking incredibly cute.

I couldn't help but pause for a moment, then reached out and put into practice the idea that had been on my mind since we first met, grabbing her two braids...

Noticing something amiss with her hair, Lu Xiaojun stopped and turned to look at me.

"teacher?"

"It feels like riding a horse..." I swung it a couple of times, and it felt even better.

Lu Xiaojun bit her lip, glanced at me, then turned her head away without saying a word, giving off a sense of resignation...

I awkwardly withdrew my hand, feeling incredibly regretful for my childish behavior. I hoped Xiaojun wouldn't hold it against me...

Lu Xiaojun's steps weren't as cheerful as before; she seemed to be thinking about something. I wanted to find something to talk about to ease the awkwardness, so I asked, "Xiaojun, have you ever ridden a horse before?"

"Yes, Dad has a horse farm."

Do you like horseback riding?

"I really like it... Does the teacher like it?"

I didn't think much of it, only remembering that I quite enjoyed riding horses with Mo Jia before, so I replied, "I like it too, but it's been a long time since I've ridden one. I wonder when I'll have the chance again..."

"Teacher, you can go horseback riding with me when you have time, it's at my house..."

I nodded, feeling a little excited to play horseback riding with the gentle and obedient Xiaojun. I thought it would be a different experience from riding with Mo Jia.

(One more chapter to come)

Chapter 34, Chapter 89: Catching a Cheater Online?

Haidilao was as crowded as ever. While waiting in line, a waiter came over and asked Lu Xiaojun, "Miss, we have free manicures available. Would you like some?"

I knew this was a unique feature of Haidilao, so I said to Lu Xiaojun, "You go ahead, it's crowded here, so it's good to get some fresh air. I'll just wait in line here."

But Lu Xiaojun politely declined the waiter's offer and said to me, "I'll wait with my teacher, and I don't like getting manicures or anything like that."

Lu Xiaojun held up her little hand for me to see. Sure enough, it was fair and clean without any makeup. Looking at her small, slender fingers, I thought it must feel very comfortable to hold them.

I stretched out my hand next to her palm, creating a stark contrast: hers was fair and smooth, while mine was much rougher.

"The teacher's hands are so big..."

Lu Xiaojun placed her small hand against mine, palm to palm, and the coolness of her hand came through. I've always wondered why girls' hands are so cold in the summer.

I slightly rotated my palm, intertwined my fingers with hers, and then bent my fingers to interlock with hers. Lu Xiaojun glanced at me shyly.

"I feel like I could crush your hand with just a little force..." I said smugly.

Then Lu Xiaojun was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her hand.

I laughed and said, "Just kidding, I just meant you should eat more, you're too thin."

Lu Xiaojun pouted and said resentfully, "The teacher's focus is so strange..."

"Hey? We can fold a thousand paper cranes!"

Lu Xiaojun suddenly exclaimed, and I followed her gaze to the big screen, which said that folding origami cranes could be used as vouchers, that is, each origami crane was worth one cent.

Even if you fold a hundred of these, it only costs ten yuan. Of course, the purpose is still to pass the time while waiting in line.

So Lu Xiaojun and I took the colored paper and sat down to the side.

"Does the teacher know how to fold paper birds?"

I wouldn't dare break the little bird, what if it breaks...

"I forgot how to fold it..."

Lu Xiaojun smiled and said, "Then for now, I will be the teacher, Hua Tusheng."

"I'll do whatever you say, Teacher Lu!" I said with a smile.

Lu Xiaojun moved closer to me, her thighs and arms pressed against mine. I glanced over and saw that Lu Xiaojun didn't avoid my gaze, but instead, despite her shyness, she came closer, her eyes revealing a certain determination.

“Look, fold it in half like this first…” Lu Xiaojun shifted her gaze back to the paper.

As she moved her hands, her arm rubbed against mine, and because we were so close, her pleasant fragrance kept wafting into my nostrils, giving me a wonderful sensory experience.

"Hua, are you even listening to the teacher?" Lu Xiaojun looked at her reproachfully.

"I'm listening..." I quickly replied, pulling my attention back to the present.

"Then it's your turn to fold one."

My attention wasn't on her at all, so I had no idea how to fold it and was completely at a loss with the colored paper in my hand...

"I knew you weren't paying attention to the right thing..." Lu Xiaojun complained, but a happy smile appeared on her lips.

I don't know if I was too stupid or if Lu Xiaojun was too charming, but I never learned how to fold origami cranes. When the service desk called our number, all we had were the five origami cranes that Lu Xiaojun had folded during her lesson...

"Ugh... Teacher is so stupid, so stupid..." Lu Xiaojun complained about my learning ability.

I could only manage a wry smile. With a teacher like you, who practically clings to students with your body, how could I possibly teach a proper class!

During dinner, I asked Lu Xiaojun, "Have you explained that matter to your father?"

I was referring to Lu Chaoxiong's misunderstanding that I had cheated on him.

Lu Xiaojun was taken aback at first, but after realizing what was happening, she nodded with a slightly flushed face. It was this incident that made her confess her feelings to me.

No wonder Lu Chaoxiong, that doting father, hasn't come knocking on my door again; I'm relieved.

Just then, Lu Xiaojun stood up and came to sit next to me, then took out her phone and started taking a selfie.

"I'll take a picture and post it on my WeChat Moments, so that when my dad sees it, he'll be even less likely to suspect anything."

This method is good, but after what happened last time when Luo Yao used my phone to post on WeChat Moments, I've been much more careful this time.

"But it wouldn't be good if the students at school saw it, of course I'm not..."

Lu Xiaojun interrupted me with a smile, saying, "I can set it to be invisible to classmates, so it's okay. I understand the teacher's difficulties."

Lu Xiaojun is indeed an understanding girl. If it were Bi Antong, she would definitely say: What are you afraid of? Let them see, I don't care...

Of course, Bi Antong wouldn't take such an intimate selfie with me...

"Teacher, could you lean your head a little closer?"

Lu Xiaojun leaned her head closer, so our heads were almost touching, and she took a picture of us and the food behind us. Then she went back to the opposite seat, fiddling with her phone with a smile on her face. I wondered how she was going to edit the picture.

After a while, she put down her phone and picked up her chopsticks again.

"I sent it out, hehe~" Lu Xiaojun looked very happy.

Curious about what she wrote, I took out my phone and opened my WeChat Moments. The first post was hers. She had added two cat ears to her head and three whiskers to her cheeks. I did the same. To outsiders, the photo looked like a couple's picture, so it was more than enough to deal with Lu Chaoxiong.

I saved this rare picture on my phone because the little deer in the photo is so cute.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated and I received a message. I returned to the chat interface and found it was from Bi Antong, the person I was giving each other the cold shoulder. The message was strange, with only two exclamation marks.

I was confused, and remembering how unfriendly she was to me before I left, I couldn't be bothered to reply.

But then she sent another message saying she sent it to the wrong person and that I shouldn't pay attention to it.

I knew it! Why would she message me first these days?

"Teacher, who are you chatting with..." Lu Xiaojun suddenly asked, her tone somewhat unhappy.

I immediately turned off my phone and said, "No, I was just looking at your WeChat Moments..."

Lu Xiaojun blushed, her gaze wandering as she asked, "Then, will the teacher be offended?"

I didn't read what she wrote, assuming she was talking about posting on WeChat Moments, so I said, "Of course not..."

"Hmm..." Lu Xiaojun lowered her head and ate the tripe in her bowl.

"Zzz!"

The phone on the table lit up because of a message; it was another message from Bi Antong: "Don't you dare touch Xiaojun like that!!!"

Lu Xiaojun had been inexplicably blushing since earlier and hadn't looked over. I quickly put my phone in my pocket, but I was puzzled as to how Bi Antong knew that I was with Lu Xiaojun and was defending her former roommate even through the screen.

I hesitated for a moment, then asked Lu Xiaojun, "Xiaojun, have you set your classmates' posts to be invisible on WeChat Moments?"

"Yes, it's all set up."

"Um...did your good friend Bi Antong set her to invisible?"

Lu Xiaojun's expression suddenly froze, and I realized that she hadn't categorized Bi Antong into the classmates group at all; she was probably in the best friends group.

But then Lu Xiaojun looked at me with a complicated expression and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about Tongtong, teacher?"

(I promise to make up for yesterday's bad promise this afternoon.)

Chapter 35, Question 90: Tongtong's True Meaning

I regretted asking the question; it was like shooting myself in the foot.

If I were to tell Lu Xiaojun Bi Antong's exact words, it would seem reasonable on the surface—it's about being concerned for my best friend's safety, after all…