If Qin Mengyue had come in just now, Xu Fan wouldn't have needed to pay any attention to her.

He could have discussed a few embarrassing issues with Xia Xiaodie right under Qin Mengyue's nose.

But the one coming home now was obviously his homeroom teacher.

"As an outstanding people's teacher, to just leave your responsibilities so early and go home to rest, Comrade Zhou Keren, as your student, I'm deeply pained," said Xu Fan.

Zhou Keren, at the doorway taking off her high heels, walked toward him with her silky stocking-clad legs bare.

Xu Fan certainly didn't want his secret affair with Xia Xiaodie to be exposed to her; that woman was likely to blab, and by the next day the icy mountain Xia Yanyu would know.

He calmly put his cell phone back into his pocket, making up stories on the spot to divert her attention.

"Xu Fan..."

However, Zhou Keren appeared very serious and seemed unaffected by Xu Fan's nonsense. Upon sitting down beside him, she began to pat his shoulder earnestly.

"What, what's up?"

It was rare to see her so serious, leaving Xu Fan awkwardly grinning and feeling that something wasn't quite right.

"Xiaodie not fancying you might hit you hard, but don't take it too personally. Being ugly means you need to study more. Who knows, if you study enough, someday, someone blind might fancy you, you know?" she said.

"..."

Three question marks popped into Xu Fan's head and he was almost dazed. After all this time, she'd put on a serious face just to come over and make fun of him?

"No, Comrade Zhou Keren, don't you think your actions are quite hurtful to me?" he asked.

Not really in the mood to hurt this maternal single dog, Xu Fan pursed his lips and began to go along with Zhou Keren's act.

"Oh my, I'm just teasing you, look at that sour face, I'm playing with you!" Zhou Keren said, barely holding back her laughter, and delivered a punch to Xu Fan's chest.

"Alright, alright, don't cry, baby, your sister cares about you, doesn't it make you a lot happier now?"

"Get lost..."

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Keren started patting him on the head like coaxing a child. Xu Fan almost couldn't hold back the urge to pin her down on his lap and give her three hundred spankings for the act.

"Oh, are you really heartbroken?" she asked.

Zhou Keren gave Xu Fan a curious look and said, "Alright then, to pull you out of the bitter sea of unrequited love, I shall make a small sacrifice."

"Hm?"

Xu Fan raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhou Keren curiously.

She couldn't be considering comforting him with her body, could she?

"What kind of sacrifice?"

Zhou Keren saw Xu Fan couldn't resist asking and immediately squinted her eyes, smiling. "Well, I'm not dumb. Living together with a beautiful teacher like me, you're bound to have a crush on me."

"I promise you, once you graduate, I'll allow you to pursue me. Imagine that, giving me flowers in front of the whole school, how fabulous!" Zhou Keren seemed to envision the scene with envious looks from everyone and couldn't help but feel smug.

"..."

Xu Fan watched her act smug, his forehead creased with black lines. Clearly being a maternal single dog, how she managed to play this mutual hurt game with him was shameless...

"Miss Zhou."

"You, you, what are you doing?"

Normally having no chance to vex this rascal, and now seizing the opportunity, Zhou Keren was contemplating making Xu Fan exasperated enough to bleed from his seven orifices. When Xu Fan suddenly climbed on top of her, Zhou Keren's heart started thumping wildly.

"I, I, I was talking about graduation..."

Before she could push Xu Fan away, Xu Fan squinted his eyes and directly sealed her mouth. Zhou Keren's eyes instantly bulged!

And once again, she was forcibly kissed by this guy!

"You!"

Pressed on the couch by Xu Fan and forcibly kissed for over ten seconds, the guy finally let go of her mouth. Now gasping for breath, Zhou Keren glared at Xu Fan in shame and anger.

Yet what met her eyes was Xu Fan's extremely serious face.

Seeing that, Zhou Keren didn't know why, but the resentment in her heart suddenly dissipated.

"Thank you for comforting me..."

After saying that with a "deep" expression on his face, Xu Fan got up from the stiff Zhou Keren without any reluctance and went back to his room without turning his head.

"This is bad, what if I really hit a nerve..."

It took Zhou Keren a good few minutes to come back to her senses, recalling Xu Fan's profound gaze from earlier. She covered her burning cheeks with her hands and her eyes couldn't help but show some remorse.

Having been with Xu Fan for so long, her impression of him had always been that he was carefree. She had only thought that, at most, he would feel a bit down today.

Her goal in making fun was just to try to cheer him up.

After all, Xia Xiaodie would be leaving school soon, and there wasn't going to be any outcome for the two of them.

But judging by his expression just now, did she perhaps go too far?

"Ah, I didn't mean it..."

Who knew how a bash from her could make Xu Fan hide in his room now, possibly crying under the covers? Zhou Keren sat on the couch, rubbing her hair in frustration.

Mulling over it, Zhou Keren turned her head and looked toward Xu Fan's tightly closed bedroom door. For some reason, the image of Xu Fan's deep eyes while straddling her suddenly popped into her mind.

Gently curving like a crescent moon, in the living room, Zhou Keren's mouth gradually began to lift.

She murmured in a voice only she could hear.

"Silly, you still have me..."

...

The next day.

Zijing Middle School.

Xu Fan and Xia Xiaodie maintained an attitude as if they were complete strangers. Zhou Keren stood on the podium, looking at Xia Xiaodie, who was concentrating on her textbook, and couldn't help but be lost in thought.

To be honest, she was somewhat baffled. Even though Xu Fan had once saved both her and Xia Xiaodie, even if she didn't like him, did she have to be so heartless?

Could it be that Xu Fan was so despicable in the eyes of someone from a prominent family?

As she thought these things, Zhou Keren inadvertently recalled Xia Yanyu's words from the day before. Perhaps Xia Xiaodie was right; even with only a few days left, it might be better to separate her and Xu Fan.

While wrapped up in her thoughts, Zhou Keren couldn't help but look anxiously at Xu Fan.

She wondered when this fool would see things clearly...

Distractedly finishing two classes, the bell signaling the end of the morning lessons rang. Zhou Keren packed up her teaching materials, gave Xu Fan a worried glance, and left the classroom.

Soon, one by one, the students in class began to stand up and walk out of the classroom.

In the classroom, once again, it was left with only Xu Fan and Xia Xiaodie.

"Phew! I was so stifled!"

At that moment, Xia Xiaodie in the front row took a deep breath, turned around with a mischievous smile, and looked back at Xu Fan seated behind her.

"You big dummy!"

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