Chapter 112: Qi Shaobai has been hired again.

Chapter 112

"Qiao Li, where are you? Want to grab dinner? My treat," Sheng Mumu said cheerfully over the phone to Qiao Li.

On the other end of the line, there was silence for a few seconds before a hesitant response came. "Uh...I'm sorry sister-in-law, but Cheng Zhuo and I happened to be out eating together today..."

"Ok ok, we'll make plans another time," Sheng Mumu initially didn't notice anything strange about the response.

After getting home and flopping down on the couch, she suddenly sat up straight as if a thought had occurred to her.

Something wasn't right.

Mother-in-law had already left the city to travel.

Qiao Li didn't need to keep pretending to date Cheng Zhuo anymore.

Why were they still planning to eat together?

A gossipful smile spread across her fair and radiant face.

Could it be...

"Madam, the young master's school called for a parent to go over immediately," the voice of Zhang Housekeeper suddenly rang out, interrupting her train of thought.

Looking towards the source of the voice, Zhang Housekeeper's face was filled with anxiety.

"What happened?" Seeing his expression, Sheng Mumu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"The school didn't say much over the phone..." Zhang Housekeeper hesitated before continuing, "They just mentioned...they just mentioned..."

"Mentioned what?" Sheng Mumu's brows furrowed slightly.

"They vaguely brought up, puppy love," Zhang Housekeeper finally got the words out, clasping his hands in front of him with a pained expression as he looked to the lady of the house.

In the past, the young master had caused quite a bit of trouble, but it was nothing more than conflicts with classmates or teachers.

None of it was ever too serious.

Recently the young master had been studying hard and turned over a new leaf.

It had been so long since Zhang Housekeeper had received a call from the school asking for a parent that he had almost forgotten that the young master used to be an unruly brat.

"What?" Sheng Mumu couldn't believe her ears. "Puppy love? How is that possible?"

In the original book, Qi Shaobai didn't start his naive schoolyard romance until university.

And now, he hadn't even finished 12th grade yet.

Who was he in love with? And with whom?

Sheng Mumu hurried upstairs to change into a sensible and appropriate outfit, then drove to Beijing No. 1 High School.

On the way over.

She considered calling Qi Mo to give him a heads up.

But on second thought.

Blindly making a call without knowing the full story would not only worry the busy man away on business, but the little one at home probably wouldn't be thrilled either.

So she decided against it.

Better to get clear on what exactly happened first.

Sheng Mumu parked her car familiarly and entered the classroom building.

She didn't read the contents in detail, just skimmed through them briefly.

The signature at the end of each letter was: Pan Jia.

That sobbing girl.

The homeroom teacher came to stand in the middle of the office, as if to mediate the disagreement. He said:

"Ms. Qi Shaobai's mother, as you can see, this is evidence of Qi Shaobai and Pan Jia's puppy love. Our school strictly prohibits students from puppy love, especially since they are 12th graders in the most important year of school..."

"Wait, teacher." Sheng Mumu looked through the names on the envelopes one more time to confirm, then asked, "Isn't this a bit rash as evidence of puppy love?"

These were just love letters written by a girl to Qi Shaobai.

If it was really a romantic relationship, there would be more than just one love letter.

The teacher explained:

"These letters were found in Pan Jia's possession by me."

"At first, I thought the same as you, that it was just kids, confused feelings."

"But after calling Pan Jia in to ask, I found out they've been in a relationship for a long time."

"...???" Sheng Mumu was more and more confused as she listened.

She slowly turned her head to look at Qi Shaobai.

Qi Shaobai shook his head calmly.

Sheng Mumu's gaze moved to the other side.

Seeing her glance over, the girl called Pan Jia averted her eyes nervously, twisting her fingers together anxiously.

Seeing this, Pan Jia's mother shifted sideways to shield her daughter behind her, stepping forward.

"Ms. Qi's mother, our Jiajia has always been so good and sensible. If not for someone else's bad influence, she would never engage in puppy love."

"Earlier we discovered Jiajia was frequently sneaking off to lock herself in her room to talk on the phone for one or two hours at a time."

"Her dad noticed something fishy and forced her to admit that she was actually dating your son."

After hearing the other side's story, Sheng Mumu felt like something wasn't right.

Just then, the homeroom teacher spoke up:

"According to school rules, puppy love results in a warning demerit for both parties."

Upon hearing this, Pan Jia's father's expression suddenly darkened as he got agitated.

"Teacher, Jiajia was led astray by this brat. She shouldn't be punished along with him. If someone should be punished, it should only be this brat."

As he finished speaking, Pan Jia who had stayed silent until now wiped her tears and timidly tugged at her father's sleeve.

"Dad, I--"

"Keep your mouth shut, stand aside. Disgraceful child."

Pan Jia didn't even get a full sentence out before being cut off by her father. She shuddered in fright.

Her mother quickly pulled her into an embrace, tugging her back.

"Don't talk anymore, you'll upset your father."