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

Seeing that I had forgiven her, Jiang Yan smiled again and gradually stopped crying. However, because she had been hurt quite badly by my indifference, tears still welled up uncontrollably, and her chest heaved. She only calmed down when the car stopped downstairs.

To ensure she got home safely, I still escorted her upstairs. After dropping her off at her door, I told her I'd see her tomorrow and turned to leave, but she grabbed my clothes from behind.

Chapter 14, Page 134: My Parents Aren't Home

Jiang Yan tugged at my clothes from behind, and I turned around to look at her in confusion.

"You really didn't lie to me? Have you forgiven me?"

Jiang Yan's face was full of unease, still worried that I was not being honest. This was the first time I had seen such an expression on her face. I had always thought that she only saw me as a very annoying tutor, someone who was forcing her to study and do things she didn't like on behalf of her father. I never expected that she would consider me an important friend. This surprised me and made me feel flattered.

I patted her head and smiled, "Really, I'm not lying to you, I'd be a dog if I did."

Jiang Yan was staring blankly at the ground with her head down, seemingly lost in thought. I urged her, "Hurry up and go in, don't keep your father waiting."

"Brother Hua... could you come inside for a moment..." Jiang Yan said, as if she had suddenly realized something.

"Just say what you want to say. I won't go in since your father is still inside."

"No one's home. My dad has something to do tonight and is staying at the school's staff quarters. My mom is away on a business trip and hasn't come back yet..."

I remember when I took her home that stormy night, she said the same thing. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Her parents couldn't be there for her, and she was all alone in that big house every night...

"Then I definitely can't go in. It's not appropriate for a grown man like me to go to your house so late at night..."

"You've tried before... Aren't you still not forgiven me, that's why you're refusing me?" As she spoke, Jiang Yanyi's face gradually turned tearful again.

I didn't want her to misunderstand, so I went inside with her. I don't know what it was that she insisted on talking inside, but it was a little past nine o'clock, not too late, so I figured my little tiger at home wouldn't get angry.

When I entered Jiang Yan's house, she led me to her room. I looked at her blankly, wondering what she wanted to do. Was she going to talk about life ideals?

Jiang Yan sat down on the bed. She blushed slightly and glanced at me, then pointed to the empty space next to her and told me to sit down as well. So I sat on her bed.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" I asked, feeling both helpless and curious.

Jiang Yan sat on the bed, fidgeting for a long time without being able to say anything coherent. I became even more curious and anxious. What was it that was so shameful that she couldn't bring herself to say it...?

After a long silence, Jiang Yan finally said tremblingly, "You, you really like this place, don't you...?"

I looked in the direction she was pointing, and lo and behold, it was her legs clad in white stockings. As my gaze fell upon her legs, they seemed to shrink back slightly.

I quickly denied it, wondering why she asked this out of the blue. Didn't she know that it was ambiguous for a man and a woman to ask this when they were alone in a room?

Suddenly, Jiang Yan took off her little leather shoes and lay down on the bed. Under my surprised gaze, she stretched her legs, which were clad in white stockings, onto my thighs!

Jiang Yan turned her head to one side, suppressing her extreme embarrassment, and said, "Yes, I allow you to touch me, just for a while, as my apology..."

This apology is just too much!

This scene feels strangely familiar; it seems like Bi Antong just let me touch her yesterday morning…

"What are you still thinking about? Hurry up!" Jiang Yan's face flushed red all the way to her ears.

"Really, it's not necessary. I've already forgiven you. The biggest apology you can give me is to listen to me and study hard from now on..."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan became self-conscious: "I know my legs aren't as attractive as Yao Yao's, but they'll grow bigger in a few years. Please, just bear with it and don't mind..."

I glanced at Jiang Yanyi's legs and saw her nervously curling her toes inward, little did she know that it looked incredibly cute to me.

“If you find your over-the-knee socks in the way, you can take them off…” Jiang Yan’s voice was barely audible.

Is it in the way?

It's clearly the finishing touch!

The saying that mature women wear black stockings and young girls wear white stockings is not just a random saying, but a conclusion drawn by predecessors after countless investigations and studies!

If I were to remove the white stockings from these legs, they would lose their soul; but it would be even better if the white stockings on one leg could be partially removed.

To put Jiang Yanyi at ease, I reluctantly reached out and placed my hand on her calf. The moment I touched her, her calf trembled involuntarily. I glanced at Jiang Yanyi and saw that she was hugging her pillow tightly, trying her best to suppress her shyness. Her face was so red that it looked like it was about to bleed.

Seeing how shy she was, I certainly couldn't take advantage of her, so I touched her symbolically and then withdrew my hand.

"Is it...is it okay?" Jiang Yan was so embarrassed that she buried her head in the pillow, her voice sounding like she was forcing it out.

"It's ready..."

Then Jiang Yan quickly pulled her legs back and curled up into a ball, like a cricket.

"Should I go back now?"

"Okay, you can go now."

Seeing that Jiang Yan was still burying her face in the pillow and not daring to show it to anyone, I reminded her, "Then I'm leaving. Remember to check that the doors and windows are closed before you go to sleep."

"Okay, okay, you're so annoying!"

I knew she hadn't recovered yet, so I shook my head, chuckled, and left, closing the door behind me.

Once outside, the feeling of my hand still lingered. I couldn't help but want to bring that hand to my nose, but I stopped myself mid-air. Even so, I couldn't help but compare the legs of Jiang Yanyi and Bi Antong. To be honest, it was hard to compare them because Bi Antong wasn't wearing anything at the time; she was naked, while Jiang Yanyi was wearing white stockings, which added to her appeal. So it wasn't fair to compare them. However, if Bi Antong had also been wearing white stockings, the difference would be obvious. After all, Bi Antong's legs were more developed and longer. Imagine being squeezed by her... cough cough!

As soon as I got into the taxi, I received a call from Lu Xiaojun. I thought to myself, wasn't she having a gathering with the student council members? Judging by the time, she should be singing karaoke.

I answered the phone and called out, but Lu Xiaojun didn't respond. All I could hear was a lot of noise, so I knew without a doubt that she was in a KTV room. But why didn't she answer my call?

I called out a few times but no one answered, so I hung up and sent her a message on WeChat asking what she wanted. But after a while, I still didn't get a reply. Soon after, Lu Xiaojun called me again. I answered the phone immediately, but no matter how much I called, she seemed not to hear me and didn't respond. There was only a muffled noise. I started to feel uneasy. Suddenly, I heard the sound of glass breaking on the ground through the phone. I shouted and asked what happened, but still got no response. I started to get anxious.

I remember when Lu Xiaojun invited me to a party in the office, she mentioned that they were going to Tianhai KTV, which was the same KTV I went to with Jiang Yan last time. I immediately told my driver to turn around and head there. I don't know if Lu Xiaojun accidentally touched the phone and called me by mistake, but I was still worried. Just in case, I called Liao Zhengyang and we also rushed to that place.

I asked the driver to drive faster, but he said that if he went any faster, he would be speeding.

During the journey, I kept calling Lu Xiaojun, but she didn't answer.

I'm extremely anxious!

Chapter 15, Section 135: Non-Urban Face-Slapping Plot

I really can't imagine what could possibly happen while singing karaoke at a KTV, especially since we're all students who know each other from the student association. I hope Lu Xiaojun just accidentally touched the phone and called me.

When I arrived at the KTV, Liao Zhengyang and his girlfriend Li Xiner rushed into the lobby together. Seeing me rush in, they asked with concern, "What happened?"

I wasn't sure what had happened either, so I replied, "My friend seems to have run into some trouble in the private room, but I'm not sure, so I called you along just in case."

Upon hearing this, Liao Zhengyang understood. It meant one more person meant one more pair of hands. He teased, "Is it your new girlfriend? Let me guess, is she one of those two I met at dinner last time?"

"Let's put that aside for now and find the person quickly."

I wasn't in the mood to talk to him about these things. I went to the front desk first to ask if they had seen a group of college students coming to book a private room. But the male receptionist said that many college students come every day, so he had no idea who I was referring to. I then told him that there was a short girl in the crowd, about 1.5 meters tall with shoes on, who was very cute and pretty with long hair and expressive eyes. I rattled off a whole bunch of things without much hope, but to my surprise, the male receptionist had a good eye and actually remembered someone like that. But she didn't look like a college student; she looked more like a middle school student. He said she was probably on the second floor, but he couldn't remember which room she was in.

Based on his description, it was undoubtedly Lu Xiaojun. This narrowed down the search to the second floor. Liao Zhengyang and I went upstairs and, shamelessly, started searching each private room one by one. I apologized countless times as we searched, my anxiety growing. Only a few rooms remained. In the second-to-last room, I saw familiar faces—student council members. They were surprised to see their advisor suddenly burst in. I ignored their reaction and scanned the room, but Lu Xiaojun wasn't there.

"Where is Lu Xiaojun?" I asked directly.

“Lu Xiaojun is in the private room next door…” a classmate replied.

"Okay, you can continue."

As I left the private room and looked at the last one, I couldn't help but berate myself for all the years I had wasted my education. Wouldn't it have been faster to use a binary search method and start the search from the middle?

I was too anxious to think things through.

When the last private room in the corridor opened, I finally found the person I had been worrying about for almost twenty minutes, a moment that felt like an eternity. There were more than twenty people in the large private room. I saw some familiar faces from the student council, but also more than ten unfamiliar faces. But the most important one was Lu Xiaojun, who was sitting on the sofa. A boy was kneeling in front of her, holding a large bunch of red roses and offering them to Lu Xiaojun. Everyone around was shouting "Accept him!" without noticing the awkward look on Lu Xiaojun's face. But this romantic moment was shattered the moment I opened the door to the private room. Everyone looked in my direction. A few people from the student council exclaimed in surprise, "Counselor!" while the rest looked at me, the uninvited guest, with puzzled expressions.

At this moment, the boy who was kneeling on one knee to give flowers to Lu Xiaojun turned around. He was stunned when he saw me. I also remembered this person. He was the student council president, Song Lai. Yes, Song Lai.

"teacher!"

When Lu Xiaojun saw me come in, she immediately showed a relieved expression. She excitedly called out to me and quickly left them to come to my side.

After glancing at Lu Xiaojun to make sure there was nothing wrong with her, I looked coldly at Song Lai, who had just given Lu Xiaojun flowers to express her love.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

Song Lai quickly composed herself, who was caught off guard by my sudden arrival, and looked me straight in the eye as she replied, "Is there a problem with me pursuing Lu Xiaojun, Teacher Hua?"

I never expected that even after Lu Xiaojun kissed me in front of him at the school anniversary cosplay event, he still wouldn't give up. If I were just an observer, I would of course think that Song Lai didn't do anything wrong, he was just trying to pursue the person he liked, and I would applaud his perseverance.

But sorry, I'm not a bystander. Lu Xiaojun likes me. Although I haven't explicitly reciprocated her feelings, it doesn't mean I don't have feelings for her. Although I'm not her boyfriend and don't have the right to stop others from pursuing her, I'm just shameless enough not to want to see her being pursued by other guys. Otherwise, I'll feel uncomfortable, regardless of whether they're jerks or not.

"But didn't you see how troubled Lu Xiaojun looked?"

I understand why Lu Xiaojun didn't refuse directly. There were still student council members around, and it was clear they were all helping Song Lai. Lu Xiaojun herself wasn't assertive enough and didn't want to embarrass Song Lai by refusing directly, or make the student council members think she was ungrateful. In the future, when they would see each other all the time in the student council, Lu Xiaojun wouldn't be able to get along with them. But they didn't know about Lu Xiaojun's family background. So who was really being ungrateful?

Song Lai was a little speechless after what I said. I believe that as the person involved, he could definitely see the troubled expression on Lu Xiaojun's face.

"Whether Xiaojun is in a difficult situation or not is none of your business. Even if you are our counselor, it's not appropriate for you to interfere in our affairs like this."

Upon hearing this, five or six of the dozen or so unfamiliar faces stood up. One of them, as if he had been holding back at me for a long time, said to me, "So you're here to cause trouble for Brother Song, right?"

Looking at his eager-to-fight demeanor, I couldn't help but find it laughable and childish. What kind of new era is this, where we're already cracking down on organized crime and evil, and he's still playing the gangster act?

"If you want to fight, just say so. Don't beat around the bush."

At this moment, Liao Zhengyang, who had been waiting outside the private room, also came in. Although I was already over 1.8 meters tall with a well-proportioned and muscular build, which was quite eye-catching, I was still not very noticeable compared to Liao Zhengyang's over 1.9 meters tall body with explosive muscles. As soon as he came in, the boy who was just being arrogant took a half step back and almost tripped over the sofa and fell on it, not to mention the other boys.

That's why I said this group of people were funny and young. Actually, Liao Zhengyang only looks intimidating; he hasn't learned any real fighting techniques. If he fought me, someone who trained in Sanda for five or six years, I could take him down in less than ten seconds. The real fighter is me. The reason I didn't dare to go into the ring to box with Lu Xiaojun's father, Lu Chaoxiong, before was because I didn't have much experience in boxing…

Song Lai seemed a little unsure of himself. He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and began to speak politely again: "I didn't mean to cause any conflict... It's just that, both morally and logically, Teacher Hua shouldn't interfere in our students' affairs. You just think Xiao Jun is in a difficult position, but how do you know what kind of response she will give?"

At this moment, Lu Xiaojun, who had been standing silently next to me, spoke up.

"I'm sorry, I only consider you a friend. I can't and won't accept your confession because I already have a boyfriend, Mr. Hua, and I love him very much."

(I know some people will say this is a classic urban novel plot where the villain gets a taste of their own medicine, but my purpose isn't to do that. It's to prepare the male lead for starting his own business. It's okay to give away a spoiler here, because everyone should already know what Song Lai will do next.)

Chapter 16, Section 136: The Copper Path Crowd

When Lu Xiaojun linked arms with me and announced that I was his boyfriend, everyone present was stunned. The student council members were all incredulous that their counselor was actually dating their classmate, especially Song Lai, who had no idea that Lu Xiaojun and I had developed into a couple.

In that case, Song Lai's actions were immoral, because he was trying to steal my girlfriend right in front of me, his boyfriend, and was he trying to cheat on me in front of me?

Of course, I cooperated with Lu Xiaojun and kept silent to indicate my agreement, but my mind was in turmoil. There were other students present, and I wasn't sure if they would spread the word around the school after they found out that Lu Xiaojun and I were a couple, but I was a little worried.

It's not uncommon for college counselors to date students, but I'm Lu Xiaojun's direct counselor. As a counselor at a top university nationwide, I have access to a large number of high-quality students. Even if I can't make decisions unilaterally, I can still greatly facilitate relationships. The possibility of favoritism in this situation is quite controversial, which is why the previous counselor, Wang, from the School of Management, was petitioned to resign by parents...

But since things happened so suddenly, I can't deny what Lu Xiaojun said, that would embarrass her, so I have no choice but to bite the bullet and admit it.