Chen Meizhen's expression immediately turned timid as she looked at Ji Guizhang: "Bai Jiaojiao, a classmate of ours."

"What's wrong with her?"

Chen Meizhen was startled by the look Ji Guizhang gave her. She didn't know why Ji Guizhang would ask about this, but based on her understanding of him, he would be very angry if he knew that a student was skipping classes and messing around all day.

She mustered her courage and said to Ji Guizhang, "Teacher Ji, Bai Jiaojiao, a student in our class, has been missing lately. She's often late for class, leaves early, and sometimes even skips class!"

Ji Guizhang had a good impression of Bai Jiaojiao these past few days; at least he hadn't heard any complaints about her from the Pakistani study group.

Bai Jiaojiao put in a lot of effort for this learning exchange, but her classmate is still here tattling on her.

Ji Guizhang frowned even deeper. Chen Meizhen thought he was dissatisfied with Bai Jiaojiao, so she immediately said, "As the class monitor, I questioned her last night and she still wouldn't say anything! There must be something fishy going on."

“Questioning? What gives you the right to question others?” Ji Guizhang stared at Chen Meizhen, and Chen Meizhen’s smugness immediately vanished, replaced by a chilling aura.

"I......"

Ji Guizhang didn't bother to argue with Chen Meizhen, and looked at Chen Bingrui and said, "What happens in their first year class has nothing to do with you. Mind your own business. Read more literature and do more experiments. You might even be able to get promoted."

Chen Bingrui blushed deeply after being scolded by Ji Guizhang.

After Ji Guizhang left, Chen Bingrui didn't care about Chen Meizhen's feelings at all. In front of the other teachers in the office, he scolded her harshly: "How did I tell you at home? Don't act like you're special, and don't come to my office to see me!"

"Dad, I...it was Bai Jiaojiao who wasn't paying attention in class, I was just trying to be helpful..."

If she really wanted to solve the problem, instead of telling the homeroom teacher, she went to her dad. Who would believe she had any good intentions?

One of the teachers, who seemed to know something, said, "Isn't Bai Jiaojiao from your class quite good at English? The student in charge of arranging the daily life of the study group seems to be a first-year student like Meizhen."

The arrival of the Pakistani study team was a major event for the institute, and even the teachers who weren't involved knew about it, though they weren't aware of the details.

"What? She went to be a translator for foreigners?" Chen Meizhen's face turned pale instantly.

Chen Bingrui also asked, "Didn't you always look for people in other departments before? Why are you looking within the department this year? How come I didn't know?"

The teacher thought to herself, "If you found out, you'd definitely push your daughter up there. With your daughter's temper, it's not certain she'd be able to handle it well."

He said, "She was recommended by the other departments. Compared to the students from the other departments who know nothing, the students from our own department are better, so we chose her."

"Dad, why did you choose her?" Chen Meizhen said with a bitter face. She had really messed up in front of Ji Guizhang this time.

That's not all. Bai Jiaojiao actually got such a good opportunity. From now on, Bai Jiaojiao will be so arrogant in front of her.

"Alright," Chen Bingrui frowned and scolded, stopping Chen Meizhen from continuing.

Chen Meizhen pouted, feeling wronged and angry as she left.

She was late because she spent a long time in the office.

"Report!"

Xiang Anqi glared at her sternly: "Come in."

Chen Meizhen found a seat near the door under everyone's watchful eyes, feeling extremely depressed.

Looking up and seeing Xiang Anqi, a sudden inspiration struck me.

It must have been him who recommended Bai Jiaojiao to the academy!

This teacher is biased. He not only exempted Bai Jiaojiao from attendance but also gave her extra tutoring after class. Since he is from the foreign language department, he must have access to such information.

Chen Meizhen grew increasingly resentful, unable to understand why Xiang Anqi would favor Bai Jiaojiao.

Xu Yue and Shu Manling knew what she had gone to see, but judging from Chen Meizhen's expression, they knew she must have been disappointed, so they couldn't help but smile at each other.

After working for half a month, Bai Jiaojiao finally saw the study team off. One of the students in the study team gave her a small, palm-sized bag made of wool before leaving, which made Shen Heng so angry that his face turned green.

"Brother Heng, you'll never see them again after they leave, why are you still angry?"

"What, you want to see him again? With that dark-faced guy?"

Shen Heng turned his head to the side.

Shen Heng hadn't been out in the field for a while, and his skin had become slightly lighter than before, so he started to complain about how dark other people were.

"They are brown people, you can't discriminate against them."

“Forget it,” Shen Heng sighed, “I think you’ve had enough of me. You don’t even go home, and you’re still accepting other people’s things.”

"..." Bai Jiaojiao cupped Shen Heng's face in her hands, "Where did you learn this?"

Shen Heng grinned and chuckled, "I learned it from our teacher, Ms. Jian."

"......"

Bai Jiaojiao knew that this teacher Jian Shao was no ordinary person, as he could take a liking to Shen Heng at a glance.

It seems that his recent insistence on calling her "husband" is something he learned from Teacher Jian.

"Next time, learn something good. Don't learn this kind of thing! I'm back here now, aren't I?" The small bed in the dormitory can't compare to the big kang (heated brick bed) at home.

"Hmph." Shen Heng was clearly frantic inside, wanting to get on the bed with Bai Jiaojiao, but now he knew a term called "playing hard to get."

One must endure.

If you want to restore the husband's authority, you can't be too hasty.

Seeing Shen Heng sitting on the sofa in front of the kang (a heated brick bed), pretending to be nonchalant, Bai Jiaojiao suppressed a laugh: "Aren't you going to wash your face and go to bed?"

"I'm not sleepy, you should go to sleep first."

"Okay, I'll go wash it myself."

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