Carol Gradually Understood Everything.

Let's calm down and go find the time machine first.

Waaaaah, let me go back to a month ago!

Under Su Qing'an's piercing gaze, the little girl buried her head completely in the fabric. Carole, noticing Fu Hua's odd behavior, tilted her head closer to the girl's body, then quietly tugged at her sleeve and said:

"Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua, what's wrong with you? It's not that Teacher Su is so beautiful that you're too shy to look at her a second time, is it?"

The little girl's words were barely audible as she uttered them:

"... No, that's not true."

Carole's expression shifted from worry to curiosity, then to a look of understanding. She looked at Fu Hua with gentle eyes and said comfortingly:

"I understand. Even if Hua is old-fashioned, she's still a girl her age."

"Besides, if it's Teacher Su on the other end, it's perfectly normal for you to fall head over heels in love. After all, if it weren't for the school's rules, the area behind the teacher's podium would be overflowing with love letters."

The girl lay face down on the table, refusing to lift her head. Her voice, muffled and low, carried a touch of endearing naiveté.

"... Carole is an idiot, but that's not the real reason."

Although she wasn't completely indifferent to it, what embarrassed her the most was that she hadn't realized for a whole month that the central figure in all the gossip was Master Su.

Recalling the countless times they had almost crossed paths, even Fu Hua herself belatedly realized how slow-witted she had been.

If Carole hadn't dragged her to Su Qing'an's class today, when would she have found out?

How awful! How awful! How awful!

Su Qing'an is so wicked! She's obviously doing it on purpose; she just wanted to see me like this!

Seele must have known all along but deliberately kept quiet.

... It's decided. This time, the condition for forgiving Master Su is that he puts more green peppers in the little guy's dinner.

Picky eating is forbidden for children; it's all for the sake of her balanced nutrition.

Carole couldn't understand what the key element Fu Hua was referring to was, but her keen intuition told her that her casual remark might actually be true.

This is terrible, Hua! Teacher Su seems like the kind of person who's completely difficult to deal with.

Moreover, the possibility of a man with this kind of looks being single is extremely small; even if it were true, it would only prove that he is harder to pursue.

Hua is indeed very pretty and cute, but her personality makes it impossible to expect her to take any action. Carole glanced at the excessively young teacher and sighed.

But she quickly realized that this was also a good thing.

Although it seems destined to end without a trace, one should raise the bar a bit when it comes to first love, otherwise it's just not very interesting.

Carole, after thinking for a while, encouraged the girl who had her head down:

"Hua, keep it up!"

"... I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about Carole."

The boy below the podium barely suppressed the urge to smile; if Hua saw him laughing, she'd probably get upset.

The students who didn't have time to take out their phones to snap a picture felt genuinely regretful.

It's worth mentioning that Satou Yunona, sitting in the first row, calmly put her phone away, giving the impression that she had victory in her grasp.

And at that moment, she thought to herself.

It's decided. I'll use this photo to trade for a meal with Hua sometime in the future.

I made a profit.

After a long ten minutes, the girl's head, which had been buried in the fabric, gradually lifted because Jianxin could not sense Su Qing'an's straightforward and smiling gaze. Her cute little face was flushed, and her blue eyes widened slightly involuntarily when they met the boy's face, looking somewhat indignant.

But seeing Su Qing'an's focused demeanor during class, her emotions gradually calmed down along with his cool, detached tone as he spoke in the room.

She secretly observed the person on the podium, wondering to herself, "So this is what Master Su is like when he's teaching others?"

It seemed that his tone was completely different from when he taught me the Void Sword Qi. Both his gaze and the expression on his face were much gentler than they were now.

Cough cough, that's true.

After all, martial arts like the Void Sword Qi are different from general courses like art classes, so it's normal for Master Su's teaching attitude to be different.

The little girl's lips were slightly pursed, yet there was an irresistible upward curve to them, which made Carole, who had been watching her closely, reveal a meaningful expression.

While Fu Hua wasn't paying attention, she quietly took out her phone and snapped a picture of Fu Hua.

Carole glanced at the smiling profile of the girl Ranxia on the screen, then smiled even more brightly before making a victory fist gesture.

Dark history revealed!

Hmph, I'll send it to Yuno later.

This person Satou Yunona are birds of a feather; they have unknowingly embarked on a path of mutual respect and sympathy because of their shared love of teasing Fu Hua.

Fu Hua seemed to feel that Su Qing'an hadn't deliberately treated her differently, but her mood honestly became cheerful.

Half an hour later, the bell rang as scheduled to signal the end of get out of class.

Su Qing'an glanced at the clock on the wall, but instead of calculating when she could leave work as usual.

Unfortunately Seele couldn't stand the strange looks and the friendly chatter from students after class, so today she chose to stay home and watch TV in seclusion.

Otherwise, she would definitely have found this scene very interesting.

"----!" In the midst of the rustling sounds during the break, the special attention notification sound from the boy's phone instantly silenced the entire room.

All eyes that lit up were fixed on Su Qing'an as he took his phone out of his pocket, and the way his expression softened as he looked at the screen made all the students' thoughts resonate with him in that instant.

Teacher Su is acting strangely; she's completely different from usual.

That notification sound and emoticon are definitely suspicious!

So, amidst dozens of complex gazes—a mixture of anticipation, eagerness, shattered dreams, and curiosity—one more word entered the boy's eyes.

"----."

Because of the inexplicably deathly silence, the sound of the message reached the students' ears all the more clearly this time.

It's confirmed, not an illusion.

This is the default "Special Attention" notification sound.

Sitting in the front row, Satou Yunona turned around and glanced at Fu Hua in the back row with a world-weary look. She gradually understood everything and realized the truth.

Carole was constantly reporting her location in the group chat between the three of them, so she knew early on that Fu Hua had come to Su Qing'an's classroom, but this scene was something Satou Yunona had never imagined.

Hua is surprisingly bold; this is a blatant flirting tactic done without anyone knowing that the person in question is present.

Is this... fun?

Satou Yunona thought of this, the scene of Fu Hua going out at night suddenly flashed through her mind. She imagined what would happen next again, and her cheeks suddenly became a little hot.

The girl maintained a calm expression, secretly reaching out to touch her unusually warm face, and pursing her lips.

How lecherous...

Ahem, and something's really off about Teacher Su! Didn't she intend to silence her phone at all during work hours?

Ugh, I'm forced to eat dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

I, Satou Yunona, am determined to avenge this!

Satou Yunona's gaze was deep and unfathomable. She opened the forum interface on her phone and logged into that mysterious alternate account.

[The mischievous Teacher Su and the vengeful student Fu are now being serialized in this thread!]

[The handsome teacher wants me to confess my feelings!]

[His collarbone was bare, his white shirt still smelled of the morning aftermath...]

Satou Yunona ignored the post records where she had only touched one chapter before abandoning the thread, as well as the last strange thing.

Without hesitation, she began a series of skillful edits.

[Shocking! The rumored handsome young teacher has been confirmed to have been in an eight-year relationship and is getting married soon?!]

First, create a big news story, then you can freely develop the rest of the content over the next half hour.

This dog food absolutely cannot be smeared on only my face.

A strange, primal energy surged within her, and Satou Yunona's thoughts flowed freely; even her typing speed began to break previous records.

May this decadent aristocratic academy unleash a torrent of PDA upon me!

Putting aside the undercurrents here, Su Qing'an really wanted to laugh when she saw the message Fu Hua sent.

The first message is as follows:

[Su Qing'an, don't laugh! No wonder you never told me what your job was, you're so mean.]

There was no way Su Qing'an could choose to tell Hua in advance, just thinking about Hua's adorable reaction when she discovered the answer.

And now it seems that his goal has been perfectly achieved.

That's really interesting.

Although it's a bit of a shame that I didn't take a picture earlier, the image is clearly etched in my mind, so it's not a big deal.

The second piece of information is as follows:

[Seele's nutrition is a bit unbalanced; eating only meat isn't enough. I suggest Master Su make more vegetables for dinner tonight, and also mix some green peppers into the meat dishes.]

This is an implication.

It's definitely a hint that I should tease the little guy a bit.

Su Qing'an immediately understood Fu Hua's reasoning. She probably thought that Seele already knew all this and had been cooperating with her to keep her in the dark.

So Hua now wants to use this childish yet deadly method to see Seele in a difficult situation as a small form of revenge.

However, Su Qing'an herself knew the truth; Seele did know that she was a teacher and that Fu Hua was a student here.

But she didn't know that Fu Hua was unaware of this...

While it's assumed that if Seele knew the truth, she would definitely make the choice Fu Hua expected, the fact that she would face an unexpected disaster without knowing the situation at present is something Su Qing'an finds quite amusing.

[Good.]

So Su Qing'an agreed to all of Fu Hua's conditions without hesitation, and then apologized in advance for the sad event that Seele, who was watching TV with a doll on the sofa, would encounter.

The demon called Green Pepper will fill her throat, the scorching spiciness causing her sensitive mouth to secrete clear saliva, her tender lips helplessly becoming even redder, and finally, the Green Pepper mixed with all the hateful smells will make Seele look at the boy with resentment, even causing her to kick his shin under the table as revenge.

The logic and imagery were so clear that guilt began to fester in my heart before I even realized it.

Let's just forget about it?

Su Qing'an thought to herself, "Why don't we agree with the little guy to just pretend nothing happened?"

... It depends on the specific situation. Anyway, if it's not brought up in a few days, Fu Hua won't care about these things anymore, given her personality.

The boy put his phone back in his coat pocket, glanced in a certain direction, and then closed his eyes to rest. Since Hua already knew, he might as well invite her over for dinner tonight.

Su Qing'an wasn't worried that this would inevitably lead to Seele's tragic fate.

After all, if she were to see Seele in her pajamas hugging a doll, Fu Hua would probably change her mind about the wicked Mind's Eye she had made.

The second to last row in the classroom.

Carole tugged at the little girl's sleeve, looking at Fu Hua still sitting there fiddling with her phone, and felt a little worried.

Teacher Su is obviously up to something. Putting aside the difficulty of poaching someone under these circumstances, Hua's naivety is practically equivalent to suffering a lightning-fast heartbreak.

However, after carefully observing Fu Hua's expression, Carole began to question whether she had been overthinking things. Perhaps Hua's reaction had nothing to do with Teacher Su, but was due to something else. Otherwise, how could she explain her complete indifference, and even her somewhat happy appearance?

Let's test the waters a little.

Carole took her coat back, tucked it back into her waistband, and said to Fu Hua:

"We've pretty much covered all the gossip about Teacher Su. I'll let you know if there's anything else that comes up, so hurry up and go. Aren't you going to your Ancient Language Class?"

"There are only ten minutes left of break time. If you don't hurry, it will be awkward to get in when class resumes."

She carefully observed Fu Hua's expression, completely abandoning her usual carefree demeanor and entering a mode of focused observation.

Here we go.

The key to determining the truth lies in Hua's answer!

Upon hearing this, Fu Hua silently put away her phone. She glanced at the boy on the podium, her expression returning to calm.

She said righteously:

No, thank you.

"Let me accompany you through this elective class today."

The answer is given directly.

This answer proves that her previous deduction was correct, so there's only one reason why Hua wouldn't feel sad.

After eliminating all the impossibilities, whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable or incredible, is the truth.

Following various clues, she suddenly realized the truth, Carole gradually understood everything.

Good grief, you two are in a teacher-student relationship!