Chapter 174

Chapter 174

“Xu Lin, are you participating in the race today?”

“Yeah, should I run for the first place for you?”

“What do you mean run for the first place for me? I don’t care, but it’s normal for you to win first place.”

To be honest, Qin Yunhe had a lot of confidence in Xu Lin, though she didn’t know that last time Xu Lin was in a heightened state.

Little did she know, if Xu Lin were to face her head-on at full strength now, he’d still be easily defeated, although he’s a bit more challenging than before.

“Yeah, I’ll try.” After all, there seem to be a few strong athletes competing this time, so not winning wouldn’t be unusual.

“Hey, show some spirit, don’t always slack off, playing dumb while being smart. Be careful you don’t actually become dumb.”

“Qin Yunhe, are you underestimating me?”

Xu Lin glanced at her teasingly. Qin Yunhe’s neck reddened slightly, though it wasn’t very noticeable under her complexion.

This brat, he’s starting to flirt again. Ever since having a man around, she hasn’t been able to sleep well on her own, how annoying.

Qin Yunhe had never believed that girls would constantly think about guys just because they had a boyfriend. But now, it seemed she couldn’t avoid it either.

With these thoughts, the group finished their breakfast. Qin Yunhe sat for a while, then left early with the ten takeout orders she had placed.

Perhaps the only one completely carefree was the little girl, Shaoyao, who had no idea what was going on.

After paying the bill—three bowls, two buns, costing a total of 45 yuan, which was fairly expensive for a breakfast in Linshui—they stepped outside. Shaoyao also had five extra zongzi, part of a buy-one-get-one promotion the restaurant was running.

However, the waitress mentioned that Qin Yunhe had helped their shop a lot, so she gave them five zongzi.

“These five zongzi will be my lunch.”

“Just finished breakfast and already thinking about lunch? Be careful you don’t turn into a little chubby.”

Ye Fanleng watched her daughter holding the bag and wondered if she’d become a little chubby if she stayed with Xu Lin.

“Ms. Ye, what time is it?”

“About 7:40.”

“Then I need to hurry back, we have to be at school by 8:30.”

“My assistant and the car are at the hotel, they can give you a ride.”

“No, no, there are a lot of people at school, let’s avoid any gossip.”

“Afraid of gossip about us?”

“Not about you, it’s just...”

It was the first time that Xu Lin saw Qin Yunhe in uniform. She stood straight, graceful and heroic, and her face was full of heroism, giving people a different kind of beauty from usual.

But after looking at the time, Xu Lin did not go over to say hello. He walked directly towards the teaching building. After walking two steps, he met Su Qingwan.

“Good morning, Teacher Su.”

“Good morning. When are you coming to my house for dinner?”

Su Qingwan routinely asked, feeling Xu Lin was too perfunctory as her shield, and her parents were getting suspicious.

“How about today?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t go... Wait, today?” She thought Xu Lin would still say the same thing, ‘definitely next time,’ but she didn’t expect that he would change his tune today?

“You’ve asked so many times, I can’t keep refusing.”

It’s not that he didn’t want to go, but he felt that visiting Su Qingwan would lead to changes in various ways.

Especially with Qin Yunhe in the picture, delaying it would make things awkward later on.

Since Qin Yunhe didn’t want to tell Teacher Su about them or be his girlfriend, this was a good opportunity.

Otherwise, once she agreed, it would be tricky since they were best friends. A wrong move could ruin everything.

A drop in favorability would be the least of his problems; he might end up in serious trouble. So he needed to seize this opportunity.

“Then tonight, after school, go home and get ready. I’ll come pick you up!” Su Qingwan looked genuinely happy, like a little girl.

Xu Lin felt a bit guilty, realizing it was his own procrastination that had kept her waiting. She was so happy with just one sentence.

His grandmother always said to treat everyone with sincerity and honesty, and he felt he hadn’t done well enough.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, Teacher Su. I just feel bad for letting you wait for so long...”

“It’s okay, I wasn’t really prepared either.” An idea flashed through Su Qingwan’s mind, and Xu Lin was stunned. What does it mean?

“Never mind, let’s go to class. There’s one more lesson before the competition.”

“Teacher Su, to make it up to you, I’ll buy you ice cream tonight.”

“No, this time I’ll treat you.”

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