A man in Handong: living off Zhong Xiaoai

When Chen Hai looked, he saw that it was his father, Chen Yanshi, calling.

"dad!"

"What? My sister..."

"I understand, Dad. Don't be angry. I'll try my best to persuade her."

"You know Dad, with my sister's temper, who would she listen to!"

"I see..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Hai took a deep breath and looked out the window at the pitch black outside; it was probably past 10 p.m.

It was around the same time as the last time I called senior Qi Tongwei.

Or, why don't you call your sister?

Chapter Six: Find some time for your teacher to give you some extra lessons.

After Chen Hai hung up the phone, Hou Liangping looked suspicious.

"What happened? What happened to your sister?"

Chen Hai sighed.

"Monkey, you don't know, my grandfather and my sister have never gotten along. Don't let his upright appearance fool you, he's a bit sexist..."

Hou Liangping nodded.

"It's normal. The older generation, more or less, all have some feudal ideas."

"Wait a minute, monkey, I need to call my sister."

Shortly after, the call was connected, and Qi Tongwei's panting voice came through.

"Hello...who is it?"

Upon hearing Qi Tongwei's voice, Chen Hai frowned, then picked up his phone and repeatedly confirmed the number.

"Senior?! How come you have my sister's phone?"

"Oh! Chen Hai, right? Your sister and I are busy right now... How about you call again later..."

Then, Qi Tongwei hung up the phone in an instant.

Soon after, Chen Yang, his face flushed and covered in sweat, looked at Qi Tongwei, who was preparing to pack his things and go home.

"What? You don't even have time to take a shower? Are you in such a hurry?"

Qi Tongwei said, putting on his watch.

"What do you know? Xiao Ai is at home, waiting for me to eat noodles and abalone!"

Upon hearing Qi Tongwei's words, Chen Yang curled his lip.

"Eating two meals in one night, aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death? By the way, who just called me?"

Qi Tongwei had almost finished tidying up and arrived at the door of the room.

“I don’t know what happened to your brother Chen Hai either. Please call him back when you have time.”

As he spoke, Qi Tongwei took out a wad of cash and placed it on the shoe cabinet next to the door.

"Take this money and use it first. Let me know if you need more!"

After saying that, Qi Tongwei didn't wait for Chen Yang to reply.

After quickly straightening his clothes, he hurriedly left.

After seeing Qi Tongwei leave, Chen Yang took a shower, then changed into a loose nightgown and called Chen Yang.

Hou Liangping frowned.

"I remember the last time we talked on the phone, I clearly heard Xiao Ai call Qi Tongwei 'darling'!"

Chen Hai shook his head.

"What's wrong? You misheard, monkey!"

Just then, Chen Hai's phone rang.

Chen Yang's voice came from the other end.

"Chen Hai, what's up with your call?"

"Sis, I just heard Dad..."

"Don't mention that old bastard to me! From now on, Chen Hai, let me tell you, if you have any conscience, come and see your sister. If you don't, then just like that old bastard, we're cut ties!"

"No, sis, you're about to be assigned a job, and you've fallen out with Dad right now. What will you do if he doesn't help you?"

"What do you mean, 'what to do'?! I'm a perfectly healthy person, with hands and feet, do you think I'd starve to death? What a joke!"

"Sis, that was just said in anger. This society..."

"Chen Hai, let me tell you, you don't need to worry about your sister's affairs. Tongwei said he'll take care of me!"

After saying that, Chen Yang hung up the phone immediately.

Chen Yang glanced at Hou Liangping, who was listening intently with his ear turned to the side.

"Monkey, you still suspect that our senior has a relationship with Zhong Xiaoai? Did you hear that? He's already started supporting my sister and is going against our old man!"

Hou Liangping also began to question himself at this point.

"That's true. Our senior is usually quite considerate of us, and he doesn't seem like that kind of person."

Chen Hai smiled and patted Hou Liangping on the shoulder.

"Monkey, what do you mean by 'concern leads to confusion'? This is exactly what 'concern leads to confusion' means! Stop overthinking! Get out of Zhong Xiaoai's shadow right now, that's your top priority!"

After hearing Chen Hai's words, Hou Liangping covered his face with both hands and nodded helplessly.

That day, after class, Hou Liangping was preparing to take his basketball to the court to have a good match with Chen Hai and the others.

I haven't played ball with everyone for a long time since I broke up with Zhong Xiaoai.

Today, Hou Liangping also wanted to relax and completely extricate himself from the Zhong Xiaoai incident.

But just as they reached the classroom door, they encountered Liang Lu, who was holding books in her arms.

"Hou Liangping, are you busy right now?"

After hearing Liang Lu's words, Hou Liangping subconsciously looked at the basketball in his hand.

I thought to myself, "Do you think I'm busy or not?"

Liang Lu didn't wait for Hou Liangping to respond and continued speaking.

"Please take these assignments for me and come to my office!"

As she spoke, Liang Lu handed all the books in her hands to Hou Liangping.

At this moment, Hou Liangping's mind must have been racing with excitement.

There was nothing he could do, so he could only follow Liang Lu into her office.

After arriving at the office, Liang Lu sat down at her seat.

He picked up Hou Liangping's homework with feigned concern, then looked up at Hou Liangping standing there beside him.

"Hou Liangping, I've looked at your recent assignments, and they've declined quite a bit. Do you know why?"

Hou Liangping frowned immediately after hearing Liang Lu's words.

"My homework? Ms. Liang, while my grades aren't exactly top-notch in the class, they're consistently among the top few. What could be wrong with my homework?"

"I'm your teacher! If I say there's a problem with your homework, then there definitely is a problem. Hou Liangping, how come you've learned to talk back to your teacher?"

"No, I..."

"Actually, the teacher called you here not to make things difficult for you, but because the teacher definitely wants to help you, do you understand?"

Hou Liangping felt like he had swallowed a bitter pill; his grades were clearly good, yet Liang Lu had to say such things to him.

But Liang Lu was his teacher, so what could he do?

Hou Liangping nodded helplessly.

"Hou Liangping, how about this? To be honest, your teacher quite likes you. How about we find some time for me to give you some private tutoring?"

"Tutor me?"

"I'm just helping you with your homework, don't get the wrong idea."

Looking at Liang Lu sitting there, talking while her face was slightly flushed and she was unconsciously touching her hair with her hand.

Hou Liangping felt that something was off.

But there's nothing we can do; as the saying goes, Liang Lu is a teacher.

Hou Liangping quickly took out the pen and notebook he always carried with him.

Liang Lu's eyes widened in an instant.

"Hou Liangping, what are you doing?"

"Teacher, didn't you say you'd tutor me?"

"That's not what the teacher meant! I meant, let's find a quiet place outside, just the two of us, when you have some free time, and I'll give you a good boost..."

Chapter Seven: I went out to do a good deed today

As Hou Liangping listened to Liang Lu's words, he vaguely realized that Liang Lu's tutoring was not the kind of tutoring he had thought it was.

"Teacher, I think tutoring at school is fine; there's absolutely no need to go outside of school!"

Upon hearing Hou Liangping's words, Liang Lu, whose face had been slightly flushed and who had just become a little excited, was instantly dampened.

"It's quiet outside the school, what do you know?"

"Teacher, I don't think I need tutoring at all. I can just study at the library on my own."

Just then, Gao Yuliang, who had just finished class, returned to his office.

Seeing this, Liang Lu didn't know what else to say.

"Anyway, Hou Liangping, you should pay more attention to your grades. The teacher means well."