Chapter 14

She suddenly felt this streamer wasn't so bad after all.

Chen Jiashu remembered something and hurriedly pulled out his phone. "Oh, right! I passed the office just now and saw that our homeroom teacher isn't wearing makeup today. I'd better message Qi Yang and tell him to come to school on time!"

Their first class was English. Qi Yang stepped into the classroom a second before the bell rang.

Their homeroom teacher and English teacher, Lin Xue, came in just as the bell rang too.

The moment Lin Xue walked through the door, she sensed something was off. Was she imagining it, or was everyone looking at her differently today?

Usually, they were either fearless or too scared to meet her eyes. Today, their looks almost seemed... sympathetic.

"Turn to page fifty-nine."

Pages rustled in unison. They were so quiet and obedient it was uncanny.

Lin Xue only puzzled over it for a moment before putting it aside and getting down to the lesson.

For once, Qi Yang wasn't asleep. He propped his chin up with one hand and twirled a pen with the other, jotting down the occasional note. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Shen Luoluo sitting straight, focused on the blackboard as she kept writing in her notebook.

As if sensing something, Qi Yang looked up and met Sheng Mingzhou's gaze. His expression darkened.

He looked like a beast whose territory had been invaded, his eyes so vicious and terrifying that he seemed ready to pounce and tear Sheng Mingzhou apart.

Sheng Mingzhou shuddered involuntarily. He turned away at once, not daring to meet Qi Yang's eyes again.

Damn it! Once he recovered, he cursed under his breath.

With Shen Luoluo sitting beside Qi Yang now, how was he supposed to get close to her? Just yesterday, he had confidently promised Shen Anya that he would get Shen Luoluo kicked out of Rocket Class.

Instead, he hadn't gotten rid of her, he'd landed himself in trouble, and now even Shen Anya was ignoring him!

His phone suddenly vibrated. It was a message from Shen Anya!

Delighted, Sheng Mingzhou opened it at once. He looked at the picture on his phone and let out a cold laugh. Perfect. He didn't need to get close to Shen Luoluo to have her kicked out of Rocket Class!

The bell rang. Chemistry was next, and Qin Shiyue was about to put her head down for a nap when she saw the chemistry teacher walk in with his textbook. Spotting Lin Xue still surrounded by students asking questions, he turned around without a word and went back out to wait in the corridor.

Qin Shiyue's eyes darted around as an idea struck her. She turned to Shen Luoluo behind her. "Luoluo, look at our homeroom teacher at the front and the chemistry teacher by the door. What do you think their relationship is?"

Shen Luoluo looked up and thought back without meaning to. Our homeroom teacher and the chemistry teacher? Aren't they dating?

She had seen in the Intelligence System earlier that the two teachers had been together for a long time.

They've been together since college. Seven or eight years now, right? They're practically an old married couple!

"Cough, cough—"

"Cough, cough—" The two teachers coughed at the same time, one at the front of the room and the other in the corridor. One had choked on water; the other, on his own saliva.

One hurriedly capped her thermos and glanced around to hide her embarrassment. The other pretended he hadn't heard a thing and carried on explaining the problem.

The whole class fought back laughter. Go on, keep pretending!

Just then, the bell rang. The homeroom teacher hastily gathered her things to leave, while the chemistry teacher came in with his book.

They met in the classroom doorway. She stepped right, and so did he. He stepped left, and so did she.

"Pfft—hahahaha!"

The whole class burst out laughing.

Someone even called out, "Hug! Hug!"

The standoff finally ended when the homeroom teacher said bashfully, "Oh, move aside!"

Qin Shiyue laughed until her stomach hurt. "Actually, our whole class figured out ages ago that there's something going on between our homeroom teacher and the chemistry teacher. They still treat us like kids and think we don't know. Whenever they're together, they deliberately don't talk, and they even pretend to argue and act like they don't get along. They're so convincing!"

"You have no idea how exhausting it is to watch them put on a show every day, keep quiet about it, and play along!"

Shen Luoluo couldn't help smiling and joined in the laughter.

"Hey, Luoluo, do you think—"

"That's enough." Before Qin Shiyue could finish, Qi Yang cut her off and shot her a warning look. "Class has started. You talk too much."

Qin Shiyue clicked her tongue. They'd only just started sitting together, and he was already looking out for Shen Luoluo!

"All right, stop laughing," the chemistry teacher said, putting on a stern face. "Quiet. Class has started!"

The class kept giggling for a while before gradually settling down. Qin Shiyue turned back to listen to the lesson.

Qi Yang glanced at Shen Luoluo, who was still none the wiser, and warned her, "Don't pay Qin Shiyue so much attention. She talks too much."

Shen Luoluo thought he meant Qin Shiyue's chatter would distract her from studying, but she liked the atmosphere. She liked it a lot.

As class drew to a close, Shen Luoluo messaged Zhao Huizhen to say she would be home late. She wanted to go to a bookstore downtown to buy some study materials.

Zhao Huizhen thoughtfully asked whether she wanted the driver to take her, or Shen Anya to go with her since Shen Anya knew the way.

Shen Luoluo refused without a second thought. If Shen Anya came along, she wouldn't enjoy a moment of shopping. As for finding her way, she could use navigation.

Fortunately, Zhao Huizhen didn't insist. She simply reminded Shen Luoluo to be careful and agreed.

But when Qin Shiyue heard Shen Luoluo was going to buy books, she wanted to come too. She invited Qi Yang and Chen Jiashu along as well.

"Let's go." Qin Shiyue slung on her backpack. "I haven't had the tiramisu at the café next to the bookstore in ages. I wonder what new things they'll have today."

The four of them took a taxi straight to the bookstore.

After Shen Luoluo had picked out her books, they accompanied Qin Shiyue to the café she'd been longing to visit.

"Oh, the café has changed themes," Qin Shiyue said, leading them to a table by the window with practiced ease.

"Last time I came, it was Frozen-themed. Now it's a maid theme."

A waitress handed them a menu.

Rankings

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Transmigration into a Book

Wish-Fulfillment Fiction

Wealthy CEO

Sweet Romance

Transmigration and Rebirth Romance

Ci Bu Ci Xuegao

Mind Reading

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