Qiao Zhen paused slightly as she played with her pen. She looked up at Li Mei and said, "Yes, I have no interest in human nature. Justice delayed can only serve as a warning to future generations, while the past victims can never erase the harm they suffered. All we can do is be wary of others, but never harbor malicious intent."

Her words were half an answer and half a warning to Li Mei.

Li Meilian's peach blossom eyes held the scrutiny of a naked woman, and a hint of jealousy.

That's just how the world is. When you're good enough, there will always be people who want to ride your coattails.

Ding—Your friend, the chuunibyou girl Qiao Zhenzhen, is online.

Qiao Zhen seemed to be thinking of a "famous saying" from some other dimension: Just as much as women hate green tea bitches, men hate little puppy dogs.

Many women like younger, more adorable men, while many men like manipulative, manipulative women; it seems to be a good complement to each other.

Just like Li Mei, a male teacher spoke up for her, saying, "Teacher Qiao seems to be a single mother. There's no harm in learning some everyday safety knowledge."

Li Mei raised her hand and tucked a stray hair behind her ear, saying as if embarrassed, "Teacher Qiao seems so young! I didn't expect you to have a child. And I see you're wearing limited edition designer clothes, so your family must be quite well-off, right?"

Qiao Zhen: "..." She hadn't expected that such a casual joke could lead to so many problems.

She put on a shameful expression and smiled shyly, "This... I'm really sorry, I don't actually have children. It was just a joke at the time, I didn't expect everyone to take it seriously, I'm really sorry."

The teachers in the office who were gossiping that day were all a little surprised, but what followed was the fervor of a certain female professor as a matchmaker and the ulterior motives of a certain male teacher.

That afternoon, the news that Qiao Zhen didn't actually have any children spread like wildfire in the school.

He was probably in his fifties, a professor, and he was also secretly trying to find out about Qiao Zhen.

Qiao Zhen felt it was better not to announce that she had a boyfriend. If people dug deeper, she couldn't just tell the world about her teacher-student relationship with Qi Yijuan, or people would think she was lying again.

Why did she become a teacher in the first place? What a mistake!

After Qi Yijuan finished his two afternoon classes, he went to his dormitory to sit for a while.

University A actually requires students to live on campus, but Qi Yijuan's biological father is so rich that he's willing to sponsor a small amount of money. Is this sponsorship just for nothing?

The other three boys ignored Qi Yijuan and chatted enthusiastically.

"Hey, I heard that the new student teachers who come in the first year don't actually have children."

"Which one is new?"

"Of course it's someone surnamed Qiao. Who else do you think it is? Who could be more attractive than her?"

"Haha, you can only dream about it. That's a teacher, someone you can only admire from afar, not mess with."

"Who knows what will happen to her after her internship? Maybe it won't work out?"

Qi Yijuan couldn't bear to listen to their insulting words, so he silently closed his notebook and left.

He stood outside the closed door, listening to the three boys talking glibly.

"Those legs, oh my, just thinking about them makes me so hard."

"Go to hell, you little brat!"

"Really? Hey hey hey, it's really bulging up, hahaha, you're so shameless, hahaha."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yijuan could no longer bear it and left. These cockroaches should not have existed in the first place.

Qi Yijuan texted Qiao Zhen, arranging to meet at 4:30 at the library rooftop.

There are very few people on the library rooftop because the library elevator only goes up to the third floor, while the rooftop is one floor above the sixth floor.

After receiving the text message, Qiao Zhen checked the time on her phone: 4:15. She was still wearing six-centimeter high heels. Wasn't this making things difficult for her?

Finally, she had no choice but to run to the library and climb barefoot to the rooftop. When she reached the last floor, she bent down and put on her high heels.

After seeing Qiao Zhen, Qi Yijuan leaned on the edge of the rooftop and said without turning his head, "Come here."

Qiao Zhen had a gut feeling that the boy seemed to be in a bad mood, even giving off a sinister vibe. She looked confused, wondering if something had just happened that she didn't know about.

She walked to Qi Yijuan's side and was immediately embraced by him.

The boy then rested his fluffy head against Qiao Zhen's neck, seemingly enjoying the position.

Qiao Zhen reached out and hugged Qi Yijuan's neck. She looked up at him with a smile, "What happened? Do you want to tell me?"

"No." Qi Yijuan refused decisively. "I want to handle this myself. You're not allowed to interfere, or I'll get very angry, and the consequences will be severe."

Qiao Zhen let him be, after all, he was just an immature boy, what kind of trouble could he cause?

Qiao Zhen: [Xiao Ling, keep a close watch on Qi Yijuan. Report any unusual activity to me.]

Xiao Ling: [Hello, I'm not from Planet NIBABA, I don't understand what you're saying??_??]

Qiao Zhen: [Ten emoticons.]

Xiao Ling: [Okay, deal.]

Qiao Zhen: [Shameless.]

Xiao Ling: [You're such a two-faced little devil! You don't care in your heart, but your actions tell a different story.]

Qiao Zhen: [...Read fewer novels about idiotic CEOs, read something with more depth, like movies. Avengers: Infinity War just came out, you can go check it out.]

Xiao Ling: [Okay, see you in that spiral of your mother's bastard!]

Qiao Zhen: ...Xiao Ling is no longer the simple, cute, and straightforward system it used to be; it has changed.

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