After texting with Qin Mengyue for a while, by the time Xu Fan arrived at the door of the teacher's office, most of the teachers had already gone to class.

"Come in."

Luckily, Zhou Keren was still in the office. At her knock, upon hearing the other person's voice, Xu Fan opened the door of the office and walked in.

"Xu Fan, you're not attending class properly, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Keren was sitting at her desk, apparently grading papers. Seeing that it was Xu Fan who had come in, she frowned in disapproval.

"Hehe, it's just that I missed you."

Xu Fan's skin had never been thin. With a playful smile, he now walked over to Zhou Keren.

You should know, this is a school, and as a respected teacher, how can she be casually flirted with by her own student?

"How dare you! Xu Fan, how can you speak to your teacher like that?"

Zhou Keren kept a straight face, very serious, and glared at Xu Fan.

"Teacher, how did I speak?"

Embodying shamelessness to the fullest, Xu Fan now walked over to Zhou Keren, blinking innocently with one hand inching closer to Zhou Keren's hand.

"Stop it!"

"Annoying..."

As the two stared at each other, ultimately, Zhou Keren couldn't overcome the thick skin of Xu Fan, and now, with a blushing face, she withdrew her hand, admonishing, "Don't mess around, or, or I'll ignore you."

Although at this point she was no longer resistant to the relationship with Xu Fan, it was still a sensitive matter between the two of them.

Zhou Keren didn't want to be spotted and start a scandal.

"Spit it out, what do you want with me?"

He had only come in to briefly notify Zhou Keren, not for anything else. Seeing her shy appearance now, Xu Fan couldn't resist the urge to tease her.

"Give me a kiss, and I'll tell you."

"You!"

This guy! How could his skin be so thick!

"Xu Fan, you bad student! Today I must teach you a lesson!"

Zhou Keren pouted, seemingly angry, while Xu Fan watched confused as she stood up and headed toward the office door, momentarily at a loss.

With a click, Zhou Keren locked the office door and then, with a stern face, walked towards him.

What's happening...

This woman isn't considering punishing me, is she?

Staring dumbly as Zhou Keren came to his side, he saw her adorably blush and then pecked his cheek with a kiss.

"Out with it!"

"..."

So she was just afraid of being discovered by others? Xu Fan blinked, looking at Zhou Keren, who now wore a complaining look of a little woman, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Teacher, you're flirting with me. If you don't kiss me again, I'll report you."

"You!"

Unable to stand this guy's antics, and just going along with him, and now he's playing hard to get?

Zhou Keren would not stand for it.

This time she simply couldn't bother with Xu Fan anymore.

"Alright, actually there's nothing else. It's just that Qin Mengyue said she wants to go shopping with you later and asked me to let you know."

Xu Fan now touched his nose, explaining his intent.

"Hm?"

"Why would Yueyue ask you to tell me?"

Upon understanding Xu Fan's words, Zhou Keren couldn't help but frown.

She hadn't seen Qin Mengyue for quite a few days now and missed her, but why didn't Qin Mengyue come to find her directly?

"Because she roped me in as a beast of burden..."

"I see."

With this explanation, Zhou Keren seemed to understand, but immediately, she stood up decisively.

"No, you can't go."

For now, Qin Mengyue still isn't aware of the ambiguous relationship between her and Xu Fan.

Zhou Keren wasn't mentally prepared yet to tell her best friend about it.

Taking Xu Fan with her, what if their secret was exposed? What would she do then?

"No, I won't let you go; Yueyue might get even more suspicious."

"Xu Fan, when the time comes, you better not mess around!"

"If Yueyue discovers anything, I won't forgive you."

Talking to herself for a while, Zhou Keren then began to seriously warn Xu Fan.

Xu Fan grinned and hummed in acknowledgment.

Qin Mengyue was afraid that her relationship with Zhou Keren would be discovered by Zhou Keren.

And Zhou Keren was afraid that her relationship with Qin Mengyue would be discovered by Qin Mengyue.

I'm afraid of both...

All three of them were acting with a guilty conscience.

Xu Fan figured that with things the way they were, nothing should happen tonight, right?

...

Before school ended, Xu Fan received a WeChat message from Qin Mengyue.

She said she was ready and asked Xu Fan and Zhou Keren to hurry over to her place.

The last few afternoon classes were self-study periods; sitting through them was just a formality. Having received Qin Mengyue's location, Xu Fan informed Zhou Keren and then left school first.

After meeting up outside the school, the two took a ride to Qin Mengyue's location.

It seemed Zhou Keren was gearing up for something, adopting a we're-not-that-close attitude on the car ride.

Seeing the weird glances the driver occasionally threw their way, Xu Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Is it necessary to be so serious...

Luckily, Qin Mengyue's place wasn't too far from the school.

Seeing Qin Mengyue waiting on the street corner, they got out of the car.

"Yo? You put on makeup? Not bad."

After getting out of the car with Zhou Keren and walking towards Qin Mengyue, Xu Fan noticed something shocking.

Qin Mengyue usually relied on her natural beauty and, because she found it troublesome, always went barefaced.

But today, the woman had put on light makeup before heading out and even dressed up with care.

Just as he thought about teasing her, Qin Mengyue completely ignored him and walked straight to Zhou Keren.

"Keren baby, I've missed you so much."

"Hehe, I missed you too. Why did you move out?"

"Uh, you two..."

"So, where shall we go later?"

"You just follow me later."

The two women excitedly held each other's hands and chatted nonstop, completely ignoring Xu Fan, who was trying to get a word in.

Xu Fan just stood there dumbfounded, feeling extremely awkward.

I mean, aren't you two overacting a bit? Anyone could tell there's something fishy going on with you two.

After trying to butt in several times and being ignored by the two girls, Xu Fan began to doubt his own presence.

"Hey, if there's nothing else, I'm going to head off then," he said.

Unable to stand the two women any longer, Xu Fan grinned and decided to leave.

Leaving me out like this, what's the meaning of this?

"Xu Fan, try leaving and see what happens?"

That statement finally made the two of them aware of his presence.

Qin Mengyue turned to Xu Fan with a stern face.

She took so long to get ready before heading out, but who was it for?

If he just up and leaves, did she need to go through all that trouble?

"That's right, you can't leave," confirmed Zhou Keren, nodding and quickly agreeing as though staying silent might look even more suspicious.

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