Better to Go Home Sooner
In an instant, Ji Jue broke out in a cold sweat.
He trembled like a sieve.
"The ex-wife and stepmother thing—" "—Forget it. The names aren't bad, so I won't lecture you over it." Ye Xian waved her hand and let him off lightly. "If you really can't come up with names in the future, then don't name them."
"Okay!"
Ji Jue nodded frantically, so moved that Little Pearl was practically about to fall. "Teacher, you're the best!"
"I also read the exam records. You did well," she said. "Quite commendable."
"Mm! Mm! It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher!"
Ji Jue grinned obsequiously and laid on the flattery, only to hear Ye Xian sigh softly. "Especially that part where you broke through the door and ran out—your decisiveness truly carried a little of your teacher's style from back then."
"Gulp..."
Ji Jue's smile froze on his face.
"He laughed at me for ages, saying the student and teacher were exactly alike."
Ye Xian's eyes lowered. "After all these years apart, I didn't expect I would nearly be unable to hold my head up again. The feeling is truly... difficult to put into words."
She paused, looked at Ji Jue expressionlessly, then suddenly revealed a kindly smile. "So, even if you get hung up and beaten after we go back, you probably won't have any complaints, right?"
"I—I..."
Ji Jue's face went pale. "I had my reasons, Teacher!"
"I know, so don't worry." Ye Xian nodded in promise. "After all, you're my only student. No matter how angry I am, I definitely won't beat you to death."
Ji Jue's vision blackened.
Wiping away his last few tears before death, he could no longer say a word.
"Judging by the time, it should be about