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It was said that Class 20, Grade 2 got a new beautiful class teacher who had just returned from the United States with a master's degree.

As soon as this piece of news came out, students from Class 20 and other classes were all talking about it, and it soon spread across the school.

After refreshing the home page of the forum, all the posts were about this new class teacher – all kinds of requests for her photos and questioning the authenticity of the news.

But the new class teacher was very mysterious and no photos of her had been dug out so far.

......The morning wind blew hot waves across every corner of the campus, and the extreme heat had not yet dissipated.

Class 20, Grade 2 was like a boiling pot during morning reading session, all discussing the upcoming new class teacher.

Until the first English class, an unfamiliar face that no one had ever seen walked in from outside and went to the podium.

She wore simple shirt and jeans, but looked clean and refreshing. Every move of hers carried an unapproachable and noble temperament.

All the beautiful features were perfectly presented on her and well-matched.

The rumors in the school were true. This teacher was really beautiful.

There were frequent whispers of discussions from the students below, but she didn't care.

She picked up a piece of chalk, turned around, wrote “Yu Na” on the blackboard, and then wrote down a series of numbers below.

"Hello everyone, I am Yu Na, your new class teacher and English teacher. This is my phone number. Contact me if you have anything serious."

Her self-introduction was concise and straightforward without any hesitation. It even felt like she was implying "Do not disturb if it's not serious".

Sitting in the last row, Song Yan nudged Qiao Rui next to him and whispered in surprise: “F*ck she’s a real beauty! The rumors didn't lie!”

Qiao Rui stared straight ahead with wide eyes and let out a slight cough, pretending to stay composed: “Tsk, can someone so young even control the class?”

Yu Na put the textbook on the desk and held a USB drive in her hand.

She ignored the whispers below and turned on the computer. When the class monitor shouted "Class begins", she immediately gestured to stop him: "From now on you don't need to stand up and shout that for my classes, including answering questions. You also don't need to raise your hands."

She didn't give the students time to introduce themselves to each other or get to know one another. She went straight into the lesson.

Although she lacked experience, thanks to her humorous teaching method, and probably also because a super beautiful class teacher had arrived, the atmosphere throughout the class was very good.

Of course there were still a few side-talkers.

Yu Na just pretended not to see them. As long as they didn't affect other students, she was too lazy to enforce discipline.

That day, Class 20's door was the liveliest.

Many students from other classes came to see what kind of divine being this new class teacher was.

For a while, Yu Na became the hottest person at Xinghai Middle School. After just one class, she had already become the teacher with the highest popularity at Xinghai Middle School.

After class, Jiang Hao swaggered into Class 20 and sat down next to Qiao Rui.

“Damn, is your class trying to turn things around?”

Qiao Rui slumped over the desk, his eyelids drooping: “As long as I'm here, we will never collapse.”

Just then, his phone in his schoolbag vibrated. It was a WeChat message from Xiao Chen: 【Your mom is leaving tonight. Let’s have dinner together later. I’ll come pick you up after school.】Qiao Rui replied: 【Sure!】Xiao Chen was Qiao Rui’s cousin.

Since Qiao Rui's parents were busy with work, they had Qiao Rui transfer to this school earlier this year and temporarily let Xiao Chen, who also lived in Chang Wan, take care of him. Qiao Rui’s parents gave him a monthly allowance.

They even offered to pay Xiao Chen a salary, but he declined, saying it was easy for him and they didn't need to be so polite.

......Xiao Chen parked his car steadily outside the school gate right on time when Qiao Rui's class ended.

Through the car window, he saw an old white-haired man holding a sack in front of him picking up bottles.

He noticed there was an empty mineral water bottle in his car. Without thinking much, he took the bottle and got out of the car.

It was the peak period for school dismissal and there were loud voices coming from people gathered outside the school.

As soon as he got out of the luxury car, he immediately caught the attention of many students.

Quite a few girls secretly glanced in his direction, exclaiming and commenting non-stop about the handsome guy in an expensive car.

Perhaps it was the perfect combination of a hunk and a luxury car that fulfilled the adolescent students’ fantasy about the opposite gender.

"......"

But Xiao Chen felt uncomfortable with all this ruckus around him.

At this moment, Qiao Rui swaggered out of the school building with a group of his buddies.

They happened to see a good-looking man hurriedly getting into a luxury car.

Upon seeing the sports car, Song Yan behind Qiao Rui widened his eyes: "Damn, that's such a cool car!"

Everyone followed his gaze.

Then exclamations kept arising among the boys.

Qiao Rui scoffed. “Idiot, that’s my family’s car.”

Song Yan glared at him. “Keep showing off.”

Shamelessly, he bragged: “Believe it or not, the driver is my family’s chauffeur.”

A buddy next to him said: “Even made up stories should make sense. Can't you see it's a tall, rich and handsome guy driving?”

Qiao Rui scoffed again. “Still don't believe me? I’ll broaden your horizons today.”

After saying that, he imagined himself as the male lead of the story. He strode arrogantly to the luxury car, opened the rear door, and sat inside.

Leaving his buddies behind gawking at him.

But as soon as he sat down, Xiao Chen coldly threw him a line: “Sitting in front and treating me as your driver?”

The unfriendly questioning made Qiao Rui inexplicably feel guilty.

He immediately put on a grin, trying to get on Xiao Chen's good side: “How can just anyone sit in the passenger seat? That seat should be reserved for your future girlfriend?”

"......"

Qiao Rui leaned forward excitedly to share what happened today: “Bro, my class got celebrity treatment today.”

Xiao Chen frowned at him in the rearview mirror: “What the heck?”

"We got a new class teacher today who is a super beautiful woman. On her first day, no exaggeration, the whole school was shocked."

Xiao Chen said: "......Have you been watching too many idol dramas?"

"Don’t not believe it! It’s true. You don’t know, there was a huge crowd outside our classroom that barely dispersed.”

The more Xiao Chen listened the more outlandish he felt it was, so he simply didn’t reply anymore.

Qiao Rui originally thought Xiao Chen was just pretending to be indifferent about it. But later he realized Xiao Chen really had no interest in the opposite gender at all.

In the past, he had a few female friends, but it never developed into anything more.

Ever since he moved to Chang Wan, it became even more extreme. Not to mention female friends, he barely had any interaction with females at all, including his subordinates. For work, he would just give them some tasks.

When it came to Xiao Chen’s marriage prospects, people around him were anxious for him, while he himself didn’t feel rushed at all.

He was handsome and rich, clearly having a bunch of pursuers, yet he took no interest in any of them. He kept turning down the arranged blind dates set up by his parents repeatedly.

His parents were extremely anxious because of this.

"Cousin,” Qiao Rui earnestly persuaded him, “I think you are at the age to get married. How come you have absolutely no interest in beautiful women? Don't you feel envious seeing how loving Cheng Xun and his wife are every day?"

"What's there to be envious about."

Qiao Rui uncertainly asked: "......Could it be that you like men?"

Xiao Chen: ?

Hearing this, his expression instantly turned cold. "Piss off."

Qiao Rui obediently shut up.

He browsed through Yu Na’s Moment on WeChat and found a photo of her.

When the car stopped at a red light, Qiao Rui held up his phone to Xiao Chen’s eyes and said, "Look, our new class teacher. Beautiful, right?"

Xiao Chen, who had just shown no opinion at all regarding the opposite gender issue, visibly stunned for a moment after seeing the photo of Qiao Rui’s new class teacher.

He stared at this photo for a full five seconds, and after making sure he wasn't seeing things, he stiffly asked: "This is your homeroom teacher?"

Qiao Rui thought his cousin had been instantly captivated and fallen head over heels when he saw the photo. With a smug look on his face, he said, "Yeah, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"What's your homeroom teacher's name?"

"Yu Na."

Xiao Chen's mouth twitched: "......Are you sure you're not joking?"

"Why would I joke about this? Go on, tell me, brother, you're captivated, aren't you!"

"......"

Damn.

What are the chances?

While feeling astonished, countless questions also arose.

No one would have imagined that an heiress born with a silver spoon, from a prominent family, would go and become a high school teacher.

Although being a teacher is glorious work, it just feels out of place for her.

Shouldn't she be abroad?

Why did she return to China?

Becoming a teacher definitely wasn't her devil of a father's idea.

So what has she gone through?

At our college graduation ceremony, Xiao Chen had made things clear, bluntly stating that they weren't from the same world, that he was just an ordinary man who couldn't be together with her or give her the happiness she wanted.

They had parted unhappily that day, and Yu Na had even deleted his WeChat to thoroughly forget about him.

No matter how Xiao Chen tried to think things through, he would have never imagined that she had returned to China. More dramatically, she had actually become Qiao Rui's homeroom teacher.

The coincidence was that he was now Qiao Rui's temporary guardian.

In other words, for parent-teacher meetings at Qiao Rui's school or any other school event, his attendance would be required.

The traffic light hadn't turned green yet, when a message popped up on his phone.

It was the group chat.

"[Dear parents, I'm Yu Na, the new homeroom teacher for Class 23, Grade 11. Please feel free to come to me if you have any questions or issues.]" "[Please reply to confirm receipt]"

It was the parents' group chat for Grade 11, Class 23.

This intersection, which had occurred again without any psychological preparation, left him completely dumbfounded.

God must be playing a joke on him.

No one else would say upon encountering this, "What a coincidence!"

Along with that comment, a bunch of parents' replies followed.

"[1]" "[Thanks for your hard work, Teacher Yu]" "[Hello Teacher Yu]" "[Received]" "[1]"

Messages kept popping up.

Xiao Chen threw his phone aside without responding. When the traffic light turned green, he started driving.

Qiao Rui asked, "Bro, you should reply too. The other parents did."

Xiao Chen: "I'm driving. Thanks."

Qiao Rui leaned forward directly to grab the phone from the passenger seat. "Let me reply for you then."

Xiao Chen: ?

He was driving so he couldn't stop Qiao Rui. By the time he pulled over, it was too late to intercept him, yet Qiao Rui happily said, "Done!"

Xiao Chen snatched back his phone to see that Qiao Rui had used it to reply in the group: "[Received, thanks for your hard work Teacher Yu. Please take good care of the child.]"

Xiao Chen threw a punch at Qiao Rui. "Go take care of your grandpa!"

Qiao Rui dodged away cheekily. "Hehe, isn't this bringing you and my teacher closer? After all—" He raised his brows meaningfully. "You'll still need to show up for future parent-teacher meetings."

Xiao Chen put away his phone wordlessly, his face dark, and restarted the car.

...Yu Na returned to her rented apartment and took a bottle of mineral water from the fridge. Then she opened her phone.

Nearly all the parents had replied to her message in the parents' group chat that afternoon.

She scrolled through them one by one until she came across: "Received, thanks for your hard work Teacher Yu. Please take good care of the child."

She saw that this parent's username in the chat group was "Qiao Rui's Brother."

Hold on, how could it be his brother when the age difference couldn't be that big? Moreover, the profile picture was that little Kevin from Home Alone—the style didn't seem old at all based on the photo.

How could the words sound like they were from a middle-aged person?

She figured it must be because the brother had raised him.

Every family has its problems.

That was what Yu Na thought, but her hand seemed to have a mind of its own. It tapped to open "Qiao Rui's Brother's" WeChat profile picture before she could regain control.

The next second after seeing his WeChat profile pic, she was so startled she nearly dropped her phone on the floor.

How could it be him?

Yu Na rubbed her eyes vigorously and checked over and over again.

Although she had deleted his WeChat a long time ago, his WeChat account was etched clearly in her memory.

This WeChat belonged to Xiao Chen.

He was Qiao Rui's brother?

How could there be such a coincidence?

"......"

Yu Na sank onto her couch, her elbow leaning against the armrest. She clutched the mineral water bottle tightly in her hand, making it crinkle noisily.

She stared blankly at the little Kevin profile picture, about to get lost in her memories. But then she suddenly realized—if Xiao Chen was in the parents' group chat, it meant they would inevitably cross paths and meet each other at school events.

When this thought struck her, Yu Na's mind went completely blank.

She found Lin Shuang's WeChat chat and sent her a emoji.

After deleting Xiao Chen's WeChat back then, she also hadn't kept in touch with their mutual friends.

Occasionally she would chat a little with Lin Shuang, exchange holiday blessings, and gift each other presents.

Lin Shuang had tactfully never brought up Xiao Chen, and Yu Na had never asked either.

It was as if he didn't exist.

So over these years, she also hadn't known Xiao Chen was living in Changwan.

She also hadn't informed Lin Shuang about settling down in Changwan.

She had wanted to wait until after getting settled before saying anything. But she had been busy house hunting, taking exams, interviewing, and then getting immersed in her new job, that she could never find the time.

When she first moved here, her days had felt chaotic and disorderly.

In the past, wherever she went, house help and bodyguards would follow her—she didn't need to worry about anything herself.

This time was different. She had been busy with all the preparations and follow-ups herself.

It was inevitably somewhat unfamiliar to her at first.

But she didn't regret it either. This kind of free life was something she hadn't even dared dream about before.

Lin Shuang quickly replied with another emoji.

She also asked: [What's up?]

Yu Na replied: [I've settled down in Changwan! We can meet up often from now on! [Happy Face]]

Lin Shuang: [?]

Lin Shuang followed up with a barrage of questions: [You've settled down in Changwan? Found a job? Did your dad agree?]

Yu Na replied with an amused smile: [Yup, he agreed. I'll tell you the full details when we meet up. It's a long story.]

Lin Shuang sent back an "OK" emoji.

The corners of Yu Na's lips curved up. Fortunately, she had an old friend in this city. Even if they didn't meet up often, she wouldn't feel lonely.

She tapped the input box again. She really wanted to ask about Xiao Chen's current circumstances, where he was, whether he was in Changwan.

Whether the WeChat account was currently used by him.

Because when she calmed down and thought it over, the tone of those words really didn't seem like something he would say.

But then she reconsidered—what if it was him, and upon seeing the new homeroom teacher was Yu Na, he thought she was an old acquaintance so he wanted to tease her a bit?

After all, objectively speaking, he himself was a very warm person.

These two completely contrasting guesses kept pulling back and forth in her mind, leaving Yu Na dizzy and muddled.

Oh well.

She would just have to accept things as they were.

That was the only way she could comfort herself now.

Realizing they would intersect again, a trace of complicated emotions surged up in her heart.

Delight, anticipation, nervousness, fear.

These four very different emotions blended together, once again adding a trace of thrill and novelty to her dull, mundane life.

However, the opportunity for their paths to cross again came much sooner than she had imagined.

She thought it would at least have to wait until the next parent-teacher meeting.

But it seemed like God couldn't wait to arrange this long-awaited reunion scene for her.

On just the very next day.

The next afternoon, Yu Na was in class.

The classroom was drowsy.

She pretended not to see.

Although it was only one day, Yu Na had already become the school's biggest celebrity.

But she was still young after all, and hadn't established much authority.

The classroom atmosphere was distracted.

And she was very lenient in disciplining students.

Her thinking was, as long as you don't affect other students, whether you study or not is your business.

So she pretended not to see those playing on their phones, sleeping, or passing notes.

As long as they didn't make any noise.

But it was precisely because of this tolerance that she found herself with a big problem.

Near the end of class, the originally quiet classroom suddenly erupted in commotion.

Yu Na was assigning homework, and when she heard the noise she turned around, immediately spotting Principal Qin who had come in from the back door at some point without her noticing.

He was the homeroom teacher.

Extremely strict, and known by students as the demon principal.

Anyone caught by him could expect their parents to be called as a minimum, with suspension or expulsion also possible.

Principal Qin walked to the last row on the far left side - Song Yan and Qiao Rui's seats.

The whole class turned their heads back to look at those two.

He pushed aside Song Yan's English textbook, revealing the phone that had been completely uncovered.

Star Sea High School strictly forbade students from bringing phones.

Principal Qin coldly snorted, then snatched the phone away. His sudden attack meant they didn't even have time to turn it off.

Next, something on Song Yan's desk caught his attention - the hole carved out of his English textbook.

"..."

The hole's location was right at the black section on the book cover.

With the phone camera placed there, nothing would look amiss unless examined closely.

Principal Qin was no fool.

Taking one look at the hole's size, he guessed what they must have been up to.

Opening the photo album, just as expected he saw two pictures of Yu Na that Song Yan had just secretly taken.

One was of her standing at the podium.

One was of her walking along the corridor.

Principal Qin picked up the textbook with the hole, placed the phone inside it with the camera lens aligned to the hole.

At that moment the rest of the class were watching the show, and upon seeing his action they suddenly roared with laughter.

Principal Qin coldly snorted again, seemingly praising but actually mocking, "Quite clever, huh."

"..."

Song Yan and Qiao Rui lowered their heads, not daring to retort a word in their pathetic state.

Principal Qin confiscated both the textbook and phone. Since it was self-study period next, he said "Come come, you two follow me to the office."

Yu Na watched bewildered from the platform, until Principal Qin also said to her "Teacher Yu, come with me for a bit."

Only after getting to the office did Yu Na understand they had secretly photographed her during class.

In the office.

Principal Qin pointed at Song Yan and Qiao Rui, yelling and lecturing them ceaselessly, getting angrier the more he spoke until his face turned red.

"It is clearly forbidden by the school for you to bring phones, Qiao Rui you've got some nerve! To so brazenly break the rules! I'm calling your parents here!"

"Song Yan, seems like you don't need this English textbook anymore, I'll throw it away for you!"

"Your parents send you here to study! Not to secretly photograph your teacher!"

"..."

The principal went on sentence after sentence, enraged.

He made them stand in the office as punishment for two self-study periods.

Principal Qin immediately called their parents on the spot, first calling Song Yan’s father to notify him to come to the school.

Then he prepared to call Qiao Rui’s guardian.

But Qiao Rui spoke up, “Principal, I’m currently under the care of my cousin brother.”

Yu Na’s breath caught.

Her nails unconsciously dug into her flesh.

If Principal Qin was adamant about calling the guardian, wouldn’t that mean... they would directly run into each other?

Principal Qin still held no warmth towards Qiao Rui, “Give me your brother’s number.”

“189xxxxxxxx”

After Principal Qin input the phone number, he directly dialed without another word.

Yu Na sat motionless in her seat.

But her heart had leapt to her throat, pounding intensely.

Principal Qin had the call on speaker.

After five rings, the other end finally picked up.

Principal Qin asked with unconcealed anger: “Is this Qiao Rui’s guardian?”

“Who's this?” asked the lazy voice from the other end.

Yu Na's fingers clenched as her breath hitched upon hearing his voice.

The account in the parents' group chat was indeed Xiao Chen.

All the vague doubts floating in her heart settled upon hearing his voice.

It had been a very, very long time since she last heard it.

Still as nice to hear as before, only more steady now.

Principal Qin's words pulled Yu Na's thoughts back: "I'm Qiao Rui's homeroom teacher. Please come to the school, there's something I want to personally hand to you."

"...Hearing the homeroom teacher's unfriendly tone, Xiao Chen felt uneasy, "What has he done?"

"I'll discuss the details when you arrive."

After speaking, he hung up without waiting for a response.

Still holding the phone and textbook, Principal Qin made the two of them continue standing at the back of the office as punishment.

Then looking at Yu Na, his voice softened a tad, "Teacher Yu, step outside with me for a bit."

Yu Na sensed it wouldn't be good, but as a new teacher she held little sway. She could only follow him out of the office.

"Teacher Yu, you've just joined and don't understand some things. Our school strictly forbids students bringing phones - this is something you must pay close attention to in future. If you see someone playing on their phone again just directly confiscate it and call their parents to retrieve it."

Yu Na nodded: "I'm sorry Principal, you're right I didn't notice properly, that was my mistake."

"I know, you're still getting used to things as a newcomer. But every place has its rules that need to be followed; sometimes you can't spoil them too much, otherwise those Class 3 kids will climb onto the roof. Strict discipline is required where needed."

"Got it."

...About half an hour later, the principal's phone rang again.

He took a look after picking up and immediately answered upon seeing it was Qiao Rui’s brother, “Hello there, Qiao Rui’s brother.”

The voice on the other end was even as it asked, "Principal, I'm at the school gate, where exactly are you?"

But before he finished asking, Qiao Rui quickly cut in, "Principal, let me go receive him."

Principal Qin glared at him. "Did I allow you to speak? Stand there properly."

He turned back to Yu Na, “Teacher Yu, go down and receive Qiao Rui’s brother.”

Yu Na: “...”

Bracing herself, she replied, “Alright.”

As Yu Na left the office towards the school gate, she passed by a transparent window and cursed at her pathetic state - getting so nervous like this was a disgrace to a teacher of the people. Yet shamelessly, she tidied her appearance and attire.

Upon reaching the school gate, she spotted in the distance a man chatting merrily with the security guard.

It was none other than Xiao Chen.

Just like before, able to converse casually with anyone.

The wide shoulders and simple black short sleeves gave him a sharp look. One hand tucked casually in his pocket as he laughed with fist over mouth at something said by the guard, shoulders shaking along.

The bright sunlight overhead shone down, dyeing a small patch of his hair golden.

It was as if fused together, still that little ray of sunlight as before - never failing to warm those around him.

That's why he was so well-liked by others.

Yu Na suddenly felt her legs turn heavy,

So heavy she couldn't even take a step.

Even after five years, the sight of him still... made her heart race like before.

It felt as if time had rewound back to freshman year.

Xiao Chen fearlessly yet politely standing his ground with her father: “Uncle, your daughter is an independent individual with her own mind; you should give her more space."

This happened when her father had forced Yu Na to participate in an event, but she slipped away midway to meet Xiao Chen instead.

Her father later found them, and wanted to directly take her away right there, with no regard for her dignity at all. Yu Na stubbornly refused to leave with him, resulting in a heated quarrel between father and daughter.

Unable to stand watching any further, Xiao Chen publicly debated reasoning with the business tycoon.

Yu Na still vividly remembered that scene til this day.

At the time, he was like a splash of dazzling color appearing in her dreary world.

Who knew five years on at their reunion, he would again play such a role.