“Daddy, Teacher Chen is very unhappy today, and he even cried. I saw him arguing with a very fierce uncle in the office, just like when Mommy used to argue with you. I'm worried about Teacher Chen.”

Tuantuan continued to look into the kindergarten, her big eyes glistening with tears.

These words immediately reminded Hu Yuan of what had happened to the original Hu Yuan before his rebirth.

Hu Yuan was such a jerk back then.

Hu Yuan knew without needing to say more that Tuantuan's childhood was traumatic, and that most of it was caused by his former body.

If no one brings it up again, perhaps Tuantuan will forget all of this when she grows up.

But now that something similar has happened to one of Tuantuan's teachers, it has reminded her of that again.

"Don't worry, Tuantuan, Teacher Chen will be fine. She's an adult and knows how to handle her own affairs."

Hu Yuan was at a loss for what to do; this was the most powerless he had ever felt since his rebirth.

"No, adults get sad too. My mom used to cry secretly a lot, and she even said she didn't want to live anymore. If it weren't for me, she would have committed suicide. But Teacher Chen doesn't have Tuantuan, I'm afraid she might..."

At this point, Tuantuan lowered her head, tears already streaming down her face.

Tuantuan is too young to express herself clearly, but Hu Yuan can guess what she means.

She meant that since Teacher Chen doesn't have children yet, if she gets upset about marital arguments, she might do something dangerous.

"Don't be afraid, Tuantuan, Dad will call Teacher Chen right away."

To put Tuantuan at ease and to make up for what he owed her, Hu Yuan decided to intervene in Teacher Chen's family affairs and try to persuade the two of them.

"Hello, Teacher Chen, I am Tuantuan's father, my name is Hu Yuan."

"Hello, Mr. Hu, is there anything I can help you with? Has Tuantuan been unhappy about something these past few days?"

This teacher, Ms. Chen, is quite good; it's rare to find someone like her in early childhood education these days.

However, Hu Yuan could still tell from her voice that she had indeed been crying not long ago.

"No, I wanted to thank Teacher Chen for taking care of Tuantuan. I would like to invite you and your family to dinner tonight. Please do me the honor of joining us."

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Hu, I have no family in the area, and taking care of students is our responsibility as teachers. There's no need to invite us to dinner for this reason."

Teacher Chen politely declined.

"Teacher Chen, it's me, Tuantuan. I miss you. Can you come have dinner with me?"

Tuantuan immediately snatched the phone and spoke into it in her childish voice.

Teacher Chen hesitated for a moment on the other end of the phone, seemingly soothed by Tuantuan's voice, and then reluctantly agreed.

Unfortunately, she did not agree to bring her lover along.

That evening, Hu Yuan ordered a hot pot at a small restaurant next to the kindergarten.

At nine o'clock, Teacher Chen arrived as promised.

"Teacher Chen, I want to ask you a question."

After exchanging pleasantries, Hu Yuan suddenly spoke up.

"What's the problem, Mr. Hu?"

Teacher Chen naturally assumed that Hu Yuan wanted to ask about Tuantuan's time at kindergarten, so she didn't mind or take any precautions.

"I want to know, in Teacher Chen's opinion, what does one plus one equal?"

Hu Yuan put down his chopsticks and asked a question that anyone would find very simple.

"Hehe, Mr. Hu is really humorous. Even Tuantuan knows that one plus one equals two, right, Tuantuan?"

Teacher Chen hesitated slightly, then stroked Tuan Tuan's hair and answered with a smile.

"Yes, even Tuantuan knows that one plus one should equal two, but we adults don't know and can't do it. Teacher Chen, don't you think that's interesting?"

Hu Yuan had already figured out how to persuade Teacher Chen; this was his plan.

"I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand what Mr. Hu means. If Mr. Hu wants to talk to me about something, please just say it directly, there's no need to beat around the bush."

Teacher Chen guessed that Hu Yuan's words had a hidden meaning, but no one could immediately decipher the meaning of such a subtle metaphor.

"One plus one should equal two, but when one person and another person are together, the result is not two. Many reasons can make one plus one less than two, or even less than one. Teacher Chen, do you think there is anything wrong with saying this?"

Hu Yuan used these philosophical questions to delve deeper step by step.

In this day and age, people like Teacher Chen can be called artistic youths, and they are most susceptible to this kind of thing.

"I still don't quite understand what Mr. Hu means."

Teacher Chen was still completely baffled.

"For example, I have two workers. Each of them can carry a bag of cement. But if I make them work together, they will no longer each carry a bag of cement. Instead, they will lift the same bag of cement together. This results in one plus one equaling one. It is even possible that neither of them will want to lift it and the other will carry it alone. In this case, one plus one equals zero."

Hu Yuan believed that Teacher Chen would definitely understand what he was saying.

"Is Mr. Hu trying to tell me the saying, 'One monk carries water, two monks share the burden, but three monks have no water to drink'?"

However, Ms. Chen did not realize that Hu Yuan was talking about her family problems, but thought that Hu Yuan was dissatisfied with her work at the kindergarten, which was why he was being sarcastic.

"You misunderstood. What I mean is that in any relationship in life, including couples or spouses, if you want to live well together, then everyone has to do what they should do. Although you can help each other and reduce each other's pressure in many cases, it may also cause friction between the two of you."

Although he has lived two lives, Hu Yuan is not very good at dealing with issues of romantic relationships, so his expression is not comprehensive.

"So Mr. Hu was referring to this matter. Do you know Hua Rong, or was your appearance today arranged by him to teach me a lesson and show me how to be a good woman?"

Sure enough, women are incapable of remaining rational when it comes to matters of the heart. All Teacher Chen heard was Hu Yuan advising her to back down, be tolerant, and even scolding her for not fulfilling her duty and doing her job properly.

“I don’t know him and I won’t do anything for him. Maybe I misspoke. What I meant was that two people are together because they are happy and need each other. If it’s not like that, then it’s meaningless.”

Hu Yuan immediately corrected his statement.

"I understand, you really mean for me to break up with him? Is that what he wanted too?"