"So that's the reason..."

Su Ruoxue nodded in sudden realization, and looking at Jiang Sheng and Zhao Defu, who looked helpless, she couldn't help but stick out her tongue shyly.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect you to be acting."

Xu Jianian, standing next to him, also blushed slightly at this moment. He hadn't expected that he was jealous of the wrong person, and that things were not at all as he had thought.

While feeling awkward, Xu Jianian also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"As long as it's all just an act, then it's fine."

After saying this, Xu Jianian looked at Jiang Sheng with some embarrassment and sincerely apologized to him.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Sheng. We misunderstood you just now. Please don't be angry."

Jiang Sheng wasn't really angry at all about Xu Jianian's apology.

He simply smiled and waved his hand, instead apologizing to the two of them.

"I should be the one apologizing to you. I didn't explain this to you beforehand, and instead caused you to misunderstand. I'm sorry."

The two sides kept apologizing to each other, but Zhao Defu, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore and quickly called for a stop.

"Alright, that's enough. Since this matter is over, let's not bring it up again."

After saying this, seeing the two of them smile at each other and let bygones be bygones, Zhao Defu secretly glanced at Su Ruoxue and saw that the other person was also smiling. He then secretly breathed a sigh of relief and cleared his throat.

"The most urgent task now is to cooperate and find out what Sun Chunjuan's purpose is, what she really wants to do!"

It would have been better if this hadn't been brought up, because Su Ruoxue was furious whenever it was.

"I never expected that Teacher Zhou would be so unrepentant. Not only did he trick Jiang Sheng with his poetry, but he also wanted to take this opportunity to get back at Jiang Sheng. If we hadn't found out about all of this beforehand, it would have been impossible to guard against him!"

Xu Jianian, who was standing next to him, nodded in agreement and looked at Jiang Sheng with a worried expression.

"So what do we do next? Are we just going to stay put and play along?"

Seeing that Xu Jianian was even more worried about the progress of this matter than he was, Jiang Sheng smiled slightly and comforted her.

"Don't worry, the fox will eventually show its tail. For now, let's not make any moves. I can tell that Sun Chunjuan seems to be getting impatient these days. We should be able to find out her purpose soon."

"What other purpose could there be? Aside from the purpose we don't know, the rest must be one to control Second Sister and the other to control you, Brother Sheng. It's all about money!"

Without hesitation, Zhao Defu said, "Besides that, they must have other purposes, but we don't know them yet."

In fact, Jiang Sheng had already guessed what Zhao Defu was talking about.

As for any other motives, Jiang Sheng really couldn't guess them at the moment.

So all we can do is cooperate with Sun Chunjuan, and we should be able to find out by then.

Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, Xu Jianian's feelings were no longer as awkward as before. Instead, she interacted with Jiang Sheng openly and naturally, just like before.

As for Zhao Defu, seeing Jiang Sheng and Xu Jianian chatting and laughing, he immediately turned his attention to Su Ruoxue.

"Um, Xue'er..."

Zhao Defu coughed softly, considering how to say it.

Su Ruoxue smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Defu with a generous expression.

"Do you have classes this afternoon? If not, how about we go out for a walk?"

"I have a class."

Zhao Defu looked somewhat dejected, but he quickly cheered up.

"However, our class is at three o'clock in the afternoon. If you have time, Xue'er, why don't we go eat first and then take a walk around?"

Su Ruoxue's purpose in coming was to see Zhao Defu, and seeing that he took the initiative to ask, she naturally nodded readily.

As for Jiang Sheng, before he could say anything to Zhao Defu, Zhao Defu left with a message saying he had something important to discuss with Su Ruoxue, and then slipped away with Su Ruoxue.

After the two left, only Jiang Sheng and Xu Jianian remained in the coffee shop.

The two remained silent. They had been chatting and laughing, but the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat awkward after Zhao Defu and Su Ruoxue left.

"that……"

"that……"

The two spoke at the same time, and then Su Ruoxue gave Jiang Sheng a shy smile.

"You go first."

Jiang Sheng smiled faintly and said, "Actually, it's nothing much. I just wanted to ask if you've eaten. If not, let's go eat together."

"OK!"

Xu Jianian nodded without hesitation. The two sat in the coffee shop for a while before going to a nearby restaurant.

After they had ordered their food, Xu Jianian ate while telling his troubles.

“Recently, due to the start of the school year, Teacher Zhou has spent most of his time teaching at school and has rarely come to our home to tutor English.”

Hearing Xu Jianian say this, and seeing the troubled expression on her face, Jiang Sheng was somewhat surprised.

"Isn't it just what you wanted that Teacher Zhou isn't tutoring you in English? This is a good thing, so why are you upset?"

When Jiang Sheng asked this question, Xu Jianian pursed his lips and shook his head helplessly.

"You don't know this, but although Teacher Zhou's character is questionable, he's actually quite good at teaching English."

"Now that Teacher Zhou has left, my mom is thinking of finding me another tutor, but she has been looking for a long time and hasn't found a suitable one yet."

Xu Jianian became more and more helpless as she spoke, her small face full of sorrow.

"There's no suitable English teacher to tutor me right now, and the college entrance exam is next year. I really need to improve my English. What am I going to do..."

Looking at Xu Jianian in front of him, whose little face was almost scrunched up, Jiang Sheng thought about it seriously for a moment.

Then, he took the initiative to say, "If your family doesn't mind that I'm a college student, I can recommend myself to be your English tutor."

"You?"

Xu Jianian looked at Jiang Sheng with disbelief. When he saw Jiang Sheng nodding seriously at him, realizing that he was not joking at all, he realized that what the other party said was true.

Xu Jianian's heart was filled with joy, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

Just as he was about to nod in agreement, he suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke seriously instead.

"You're a top student at Yenching University, so your English must be pretty good. There's a good chance my mom will agree. But won't doing this interfere with your studies?"

Xu Jianian looked at Jiang Sheng with anticipation, hoping that Jiang Sheng would agree, but she was also worried that if she let Jiang Sheng be her English teacher, it would affect Jiang Sheng's studies.