Target detected: Gu Yiming Hostility toward host: Jealousy, malice
"Uh... what?"
Zhang Yang blinked, then looked again at the harmless-looking boy in school uniform before him.
This hatred had come out of nowhere.
Damn, the kid looked refined enough, yet this was what he had on his mind? Did he think he was the male lead of some coming-of-age romance novel?
Setting his sights on a teacher-student relationship? A youth's first stirrings of love, huh?
"Ms. Meng, I won't disturb your meal any longer. I'll head back first." The boy named Gu Yiming politely said his goodbyes, quietly glanced at Zhang Yang once more, then turned and left.
Zhang Yang watched the boy's departing figure, deep in thought.
The lunch naturally ended with both host and guests satisfied. Meng Baoliang, in particular, drank himself completely drunk. When Mother Meng helped him back to his room to rest, he kept calling Zhang Yang "Mr. Zhang" and apologizing for his inadequate hospitality.
Inside Little Meng's room:
"My dad's like that. Whenever he gets happy, he drinks too much." Little Meng leaned against Zhang Yang's shoulder and whispered.
"Looks like Uncle really enjoyed himself today." Zhang Yang smiled. "By the way, that student of yours seems pretty familiar with you. Do your families know each other?"
"Not at all." Meng Baihan said, "Their family only moved here this year."
"They just moved here?" Zhang Yang gave an acknowledging hum. "Why do I feel like the way that kid looked at you was a little off? Don't tell me he has a crush on you?"
"How could that be?" Meng Baihan's little mouth fell open.
"Why couldn't it be?" Zhang Yang smiled. "With such a beautiful teacher right in front of him, and him being a teenage boy at that age, he