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

"No, no, no, that's enough, let's go home, we've wasted too much time..."

I urged Luo Yao to go home, but my mind was no longer at peace. I had experienced something I had never done in 18 years, something I had only ever seen on a computer. Although she wasn't a truly mature woman, Luo Yao was a beautiful and charming young woman. How could my heart not flutter? The sensation of her lips and hands still lingered in my mind...

Chapter 4 Yao Yao's Story: Luo Yao's Confession

I'm leaving for Shanghai tomorrow, leaving the place I've lived in for 18 years for a strange city. I'm a little excited but also a little reluctant. This means I'll have much less time with my family, only coming back during winter and summer vacations. And then there's my neighbor Luo Yao, whom I'll miss quite a bit too. Even though she always gets me into trouble and I have to clean up her messes, she's so pretty, has a sweet voice, and is always clingy to me...

After dinner, Xin Ning and I were playing cards when someone knocked on the door. Xin Ning went to open it.

"Oh, Sister Yao Yao?"

"It's Yao Yao! Come and try the fruit platter Auntie made." My mom greeted her warmly; she had always liked Luo Yao.

Luo Yao shook her head and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Xia. Actually, I came to see Brother Tusheng."

Then Luo Yao looked at me and smiled, "Brother Tusheng, I have something I want to talk to you about. Can you come out for a moment?"

Is she saying goodbye to me? But isn't she going to accompany me to university with my family tomorrow?

I walked out, puzzled.

“Brother, I’m going too…” Xin Ning said to me as I was putting on my shoes.

I looked at Luo Yao, wondering if she had come specifically to see me.

"I need to speak with Brother Tusheng privately, so you'd better not come along."

"What do you want to say? Can't I listen?" Xin Ning blinked.

"Yes, you just can't listen!" Luo Yao was still the same as always, showing no mercy to Xin Ning and rejecting her directly without any tact.

Xin Ning looked at me with a somewhat aggrieved expression, while I was, as usual, troubled by the fact that these two little girls would get itchy if they didn't quarrel at least once a day, and I always had to act as a peacemaker.

"Xin Ning, be good and stay home. I'll continue playing cards with you when I get back."

Seeing that I had spoken, Xin Ning, who always listened to me the most, stopped saying anything, obediently responded, and did not follow.

Once outside, I looked at Luo Yao with a puzzled expression and asked her, "Why did you suddenly come to see me tonight?"

Luo Yao stopped and said unhappily, "Can't Brother Tusheng pay attention to other things?"

I pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure out what she was trying to say, so I shook my head.

Luo Yao twirled around in front of me again and asked, "Do I look good in this new dress I bought?"

So that's what it was...

"She looks great in anything," I said sincerely.

"Hmm...that sounds so perfunctory."

I patted her little head and said with a smile, "I mean it, you look like a little princess in this."

Luo Yao smiled happily and said to me, "Then why don't you hug me?"

Is there any necessary logical relationship between them?

So I reluctantly picked her up in a princess carry and spun her around twice. Seeing her happy face, I asked, "Are you satisfied now?"

"Mmm, I'm satisfied~"

I put her down, and as she straightened her skirt and hair, which I had messed up, I asked her, "You didn't call me out just so I would compliment you on your new dress, did you?"

"No, I'm taking my apprentice brother to see something," Luo Yao said mysteriously.

What do you want to see?

Luo Yao smiled mysteriously, took my arm and led me forward. As we passed a general store, Grandpa Zhang inside teased us as usual, "Tusheng, you've brought your daughter out for a stroll again?"

I didn't care, but Luo Yao got anxious and said with a stern face, "Grandpa, can you look more closely? I don't look like Brother Tusheng's daughter at all!"

Grandpa Zhang laughed.

Actually, what Grandpa Zhang said made a lot of sense. Luo Yao, who is only 1.45 meters tall, was holding my arm, and it looked like a daughter accompanying her father. It looked inexplicably loving.

As we approached an abandoned park, Luo Yao suddenly took out an eye mask and said to me, "I'll put this on for you. You're not allowed to peek later unless I give you permission."

"What exactly are you trying to show me? Why are you being so mysterious..."

"Oh dear, Brother Tusheng, just listen to me, squat down a little, I can't put it on for you, why are you so tall..."

Okay, being tall is a cardinal sin.

After she put it on me, I instantly lost my sight. I heard her say, "Brother Tusheng, wait here for a moment. I'll take you there soon. Remember not to take it off and peek!"

What kind of trouble is she trying to cause me? Is she going to play a prank on me? If she called me out here, it's because she went to all this trouble to mess with me. I'll tear off her new dress and spank her little bottom until it's ripped.

"You absolutely mustn't peek, or I'll never be friends with you again!"

"Okay, okay..."

Why are you being so secretive and insisting on emphasizing this?

About ten minutes later, Luo Yao's voice reappeared in my ears.

"Come on, Brother Tusheng, you can't take off your blindfold without permission."

She pulled me along, but I could sense that the abandoned park was just ahead. What were we going to do in that deserted place? Was she going to steal my first kiss again like last time...?

I'm so excited!

"Brother Tusheng, if only you were blind..."

"Are you asking for a beating?" I was so angry I almost vomited blood.

"That way I can hold your hand like this every day, be your eyes, and you won't leave me..."

I didn't say anything, because I knew she was indirectly telling me that she couldn't bear to see me go to university so far away and leave her...

Luo Yao stopped, and so did I.

"I'm taking off my blindfold now~"

After the light was restored, I was stunned by the scene before me: more than a hundred lit candles formed a huge heart shape, illuminating the entire abandoned park.

Suddenly, Luo Yao hugged me from behind and said, "Brother Tusheng, I like you. I've liked you since the first time I saw you in first grade. Although I didn't understand what it meant back then, I do now. Liking someone means liking to talk to them and liking every little thing about them... Can I be your girlfriend?"

Shock upon shock! I'm so stunned by her actions that I can't even express my feelings. Imagine a high school student being confessed to in such a romantic way by an elementary school student, especially since it's a girl confessing to a boy. Should I be more happy or more incredulous?

I slowly turned around to face her and said, "Don't laugh at me, this is the first time in my life that a girl has confessed to me, and you did it in such a romantic way. I'm very touched... You must have put in a lot of effort, right?"

Luo Yao shook her head and said, "This little bit of skill is nothing, as long as Brother Tusheng likes it..."

Next came the part where I had to answer her questions. To be honest, I was extremely conflicted. It wasn't that I didn't like Luo Yao, but I really couldn't imagine dating her. I was about to go to university, while she had just graduated from elementary school. I didn't care, but it would ruin her future. People would definitely gossip about her. If she was dating too young, she would at most get a few words of advice, but dating a university student was not just a simple matter of dating too young; it would be outrageous!

She went to so much trouble just to convey her feelings for me, which makes it hard for me to say no.

"You know I'm going to university in another city soon, and I'll only be back once or twice a year..." I said tactfully.

But Luo Yao didn't seem to care and said, "I know, but we can video chat every day. It's a long-distance relationship, it's nothing!"

"But you're still so young, and I'm so much older than you..."

"What's the big deal? You can wait for me. I'll grow up soon. Don't you think it's a wonderful thing to watch your girlfriend grow up from a baby?"

I admit I almost said yes to her; I never imagined a sixth-grade girl could say such touching things.

I avoided her gaze and said tactfully, "But people will gossip if we're dating with such an age gap between us, and neither your parents nor I will be happy..."

"If I'm not afraid, why should Brother Tusheng be afraid?" Luo Yao's tone was very firm.

This made me feel even more guilty. After thinking for a while, I said, "You're still young. You can't be sure if you really like me. You might just like playing with me, and that's all. It doesn't necessarily mean you like me in the way you would in a romantic relationship..."

Luo Yao fell silent. I thought she had come to her senses, but unexpectedly she suddenly said, "So you're rejecting me, right?"

I nodded reluctantly.

"Is it because I'm still young and don't have enough femininity to attract Brother Tusheng?"

I quickly replied, "No, you're prettier than many girls."

"Then why did you reject me! I like you so much!" Luo Yao's eyes gradually filled with tears.

"I've already explained the reasons..."

Luo Yao could no longer hold back her tears. She picked up a bucket of water and poured it on the candles, instantly extinguishing them all, just like her feelings for me.

"You always treat me like a child, always take my feelings for granted. Am I that stupid?! I never want to like Tusheng-nii again!"

Luo Yao wiped away her tears and ran outside, leaving me with a heavy heart...

The next morning when I went to the high-speed rail station, Luo Yao didn't come. Her parents told us that Yao Yao wasn't feeling well and couldn't accompany me to university. But I knew she probably hated me because I ruined her first confession, which she had put so much effort and time into...

And so, after I went to university, I never contacted her again. When I tried to contact her, she wouldn't respond. When I went home for winter or summer vacation, she was always busy with these training classes. I didn't know what she was learning, I only knew that she wouldn't stay at home, so I never saw her. It was as if she deliberately avoided me every time I came back for winter or summer vacation.

I sometimes think of that lovely little girl at night, and I feel guilty and sad, as if I've lost someone very important in my life. But eventually, I can't withstand the erosion of time. I started dating and gradually forgot about her, and I never thought of her again...

Eight years later, during the planning of the school anniversary celebration, she contacted me. She told me that she was now the leader of a popular girl group and that she wanted to hunt me down again...

Will I be able to escape her grasp this time?

Chapter 1, Section 122: Reprimanding a Delinquent Student

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"teacher?"

The office door opened, and Lu Xiaojun poked her head in. I gave her an apologetic look and gestured for her to find a seat, because I was currently dealing with Xu Lehan, a problem student sitting in front of me.

I checked Xu Lehan's academic records again, and I was shocked to find out what I was looking at. She failed six courses in her freshman year and four courses in her sophomore year. The school had already given her a warning to withdraw from the program! As a newly appointed counselor in the School of Management, I had no idea that there were students with such poor grades at Jiaotong University.

What surprised me the most was that the girl in front of me, Xu Lehan, really looked just like my sister Hua Xinning, as Bi Antong had said. They were even about the same height. Although they weren't exactly like twins, they did give off a sisterly vibe, except for their personalities.

"Oh, Xiaojun, why did Teacher Hua call you over for a lecture too?" Xu Lehan didn't look like she was being lectured at all. In fact, she even had a big smile on her face when she saw her classmate Lu Xiaojun, as if she had met an acquaintance in the bathhouse.

Lu Xiaojun glanced at me first, then awkwardly replied, "I'm not here to be lectured, I just need to talk to the teacher about something..."

"Oh, right, I knew it! How could Xiao Jun be picked on by Teacher Hua... Ouch!"

Xu Lehan implied that I was deliberately picking a fight with her, so I rolled up a piece of white paper into a stick and tapped it on her head, saying irritably, "Xu Lehan, you better be serious. Do you know how serious your problem is right now!"