"How is Janessa?" Emily asked.
Christy touched her temple as she looked at Emily, "Didn't she tell you?"
"No, I've been busy studying recently. I haven't contacted her much." Emily took a bite of the mango and said, "I was worried that I would hear the bad news if I asked."
"Her baby is safe." Christy said, "She can't go out recently. She has to stay at home to keep the baby in."
Emily sighed in relief.
"She looks fierce, but she is soft." Christy whispered to Emily after Vincent left for the kitchen, "Just like your husband."
Emily nodded thoughtfully.
Christy took a bag of snacks from the coffee table and tore it open. She handed it to Emily, "Mr. Ferne is too busy in this half a month to order a hotel. Where are you going to celebrate Mr. Vincent's birthday tomorrow?"
Emily said as she chewed two chips, "I want to celebrate his birthday at home tomorrow, but I have to teach a new course tomorrow."
"Then we'll celebrate when you come back tonight." Christy winked at her, "The activities at night are much more abundant than during the day."
Emily, "..."
Perhaps it was because tomorrow was Mr. Vincent's birthday, he didn't bother Emily in the night. Emily had a good sleep. Emily went to school in high spirits the next day. She said to Vincent before she left, "Ti amo, I'm going to school."
Vincent touched her face, "Yes, come back early." (His tone was like a virtuous wife waiting at home for his return from work.)
Emily touched his chin and kissed him, "Okay."
Vincent, the substitute teacher, was very relaxed. She had only two classes a week and sometimes she only attended once a week. She vividly described the word "substitute".
Emily also did not want to see him in class. Even though Vincent was wearing a mask, his charm radiated from the inside out. His natural pride and aura made the other students in the class have heated discussions. Emily often heard the group of female students talk something hot about Vincent when the class was over.
"What happened to you?" Tatiana poked Emily's back, "Why do I feel like your attitude towards Nina is a little cold today?"
"Really?" Emily looked up. Nina, who was in front of her, was taking notes with her head lowered.
"Yes, you do." Tatiana said, "She just asked me during the break. She said that you may be angry because she didn't invite Mr. Vincent over yesterday. I said that you wouldn't be so stingy."
"Oh." Emily lowered her head and drew a circle on an unfamiliar word on the English test paper.
Tatiana stretched her head out to take a look, "Are you doing the test papers? You don't know this word?" She opened her eyes wide to identify the word, "Don't you know this? Liar means deceiver, cheater."
Emily looked ahead and said indifferently, "I didn't know before, but now I know."
Tatiana felt that she was a little strange, and when she was about to ask again, the teacher of the next class had already arrived. She didn't ask any more questions. Tatiana remembered that Emily hadn't answered Tatiana's question when Tatiana lowered her head and picked up the textbook.
"The other classes prepare shows for the New Year's Eve Gala. The school decided that our class will do the logistics work because our class does not have any shows... At that time, we will give Class F a logistics reward." After the class teacher finished speaking on the stage, a group of people below let out sneers. Someone asked bluntly from below, "Other classes have shown. Our classes are so poor to be logistics for others?"
The class teacher didn't say anything else. She left after telling students the time address about the cleaning. She reminded everyone to clean up after the second class in the afternoon and didn't delay the practice of other classes.
Emily had originally planned to skip the third class and rush back to celebrate Mr. Vincent's birthday. She could only bring a broom to the school's music auditorium to clean up. Many students skipped classes and went out to play. The others who stayed behind were lazy. They cleaned slowly. They sat at the table to take pictures and play games soon.
"Don't tell me you want us to clean it up?" Tatiana said as she sat on a chair with a rag, "I won't do it. I'll just sweep an area."
Nina said as she brought a basin of water, "I'll clean it up."
"They are bullying a few good students like us." Tatiana took a rag and washed it in the basin. She wrung it dry and used to wipe the table, "It's so dirty. I have to clean it for two days and two nights."
Emily glanced back. There were some people standing in the auditorium. Some of them were sitting, but none of them were cleaning up. They lowered their heads to play games or took out cosmetics to make up.
The class teacher went out to catch a few students. The teacher arrived at the auditorium to supervise them and said to Emily and the others, "Hurry up and clean up. Try to finish cleaning before class is over."
Emily did not say anything, but Tatiana sighed sadly, "My teacher! There are only a few people. This place is so big. How can we clean it up? Call the other students over and clean it up together!"
"Alright, I'll find them." The teacher left after saying this.
Tatiana shrugged at Emily, "Don't clean it up. Let us clean here when the teacher comes back. Besides, I think he won't come back again."
Emily looked at her watch. Nina asked, "Emily, are you busy? I can help you clean up."
"If you have something to do, go back first. Anyway, so many people are not here." Tatiana threw the rag back into the basin and found a chair to sit down.
Emily nodded. She returned to the classroom to grab her school bag and walked out after the third lesson.
Marisa had just returned from outside. Seeing Emily come out, Marisa asked, "Are you leaving?"
"Yes." Emily nodded at her.
Marisa said as if she had thought of something, "All right, I'll bring you to watch a good show."
"What?" Emily turned back.
Marisa took her bag and walked out, "Let's go.. You'll know when we get there."