Remembering what her father had promised her, Shen Jiayu shook his head and blocked her way: "No, have a meal before you go."
Xie Kerong was amused by his words. She was already tall, and even in high heels, she was only a little over half a head shorter than him.
"Shen Jiayu, are you out of your mind?"
When Su Ping heard this, he wanted to give her a thumbs up. What she said was so true, so insightful. He really did have a problem.
Xie Kerong crossed her arms and spoke without any mercy: "First of all, you already have a girlfriend, yet you still agreed to meet me with your dad. Secondly, are you trying to have your cake and eat it too?"
"This woman is really outspoken!" Su Ping's eyes lit up with excitement, as if she had found a substitute for her words.
Surprisingly, Shen Jiayu wasn't angry after hearing her words. Instead, he looked at her like she was an idiot: "Who said that having dinner with you meant I wanted to develop a relationship with you?"
"Having a meal is just basic etiquette, and it's also good for explaining things to each other's parents."
Xie Kerong shook her head at him, looking sullen: "No need, I'm on a diet recently, don't worry, I'll talk to my dad about it."
"By the way, it's my fault for not being interested in you."
After saying that, he walked towards the elevator, and as he passed Su Ping, he patted her on the shoulder.
"Little sister, listen to my advice. There are countless men in the world, there's really no need to hang yourself on one tree."
"Besides, with a face like hers, what kind of man wouldn't she want? He's so old, I wonder if he's still up to par in that area..."
As Xie Kerong spoke, she glanced meaningfully at Shen Jiayu's waist.
Su Ping nodded in agreement.
As Shen Jiayu listened to the two of them speaking ill of him to his face and questioning his abilities, he tightened his grip on Su Ping's waist after she nodded.
Su Ping's heart skipped a beat; she seemed to have underestimated the innate competitive spirit of men.
"Whether I can do it or not, we'll find out tonight."
Shen Jiayu leaned close to Su Ping's ear, his voice like a whisper, his breath brushing against her earlobe. Su Ping felt a tickle and quickly moved away.
Seeing the two of them showing affection as if no one else was around, Xie Kerong rolled her eyes and walked away in her high heels.
Only after he realized he had achieved his goal did Shen Jiayu take Su Ping's hand again.
Feeling that she had been used, Su Ping was a little angry and tried to pull her hand away.
But he gripped her hand even tighter: "I was wrong."
Even the president of the prestigious Shen Group has a day when he obediently bows his head and admits his mistakes?
Su Ping felt a surge of satisfaction, but her face remained serious as she asked, "What's wrong with that?"
Hearing her tone, Shen Jiayu knew she wasn't really angry with him, so he looked into her eyes and apologized sincerely: "You were wrong about everything. I'll definitely tell you in advance next time."
"The main reason I came out to see her today is to make my stance clear: I have a girlfriend."
Seeing that Su Ping's attitude was no longer so cold, Shen Jiayu was secretly pleased.
The method my assistant told me last night really worked. Appropriately showing weakness and acting coquettish in front of a woman can make the relationship between two people better and better.
I'll give him a promotion and a raise right away!
Su Ping nodded: "Alright, I'll reluctantly forgive you this time."
Shen Jiayu quickly assured him, "Don't worry, there won't be a next time. If there is a next time, I'll buy a washboard and kneel down myself."
Remembering his true purpose for today, Shen Jiayu took Su Ping's hand and walked towards the elevator: "Let's go, I'll take you to the place I mentioned this morning."
Su Ping raised an eyebrow slightly and followed him into the elevator.
The car eventually stopped in front of an elementary school.
Is this where you went to school when you were a child?
Su Ping looked at the somewhat aged school monument at the school gate and asked.
Shen Jiayu nodded, and after the two registered their information at the school gate, the security guard let them through.
It was lunchtime, and many elementary school students were chasing and playing on the playground. When they saw the two coming in from outside, they all looked over.
The two of them were so strikingly good-looking that it was impossible not to notice them.
Anyone who didn't know better would think a celebrity had come to the school.
Shen Jiayu told Su Ping to sit in the shade of a tree and cool off for a while, then took out his phone and made a call.
After the call connected, Su Ping saw a rare smile on Shen Jiayu's face.
"Teacher, yes, we've arrived at school."
"Are you at school right now? I'll bring her over to meet you."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Jiayu reached out to Su Ping, took her hand, and pulled her up.
After walking for a while, the two stopped in front of a dormitory building.
"It's good that you've come, why do we need to buy anything?"
Zhang Cuilan recognized Shen Jiayu at a glance and quickly came to greet him.
The two hadn't seen each other for over a decade.
Zhang Cuilan was Shen Jiayu's elementary school homeroom teacher. At the time, she couldn't stand Li Xiuyun's devilish education of him, so she couldn't help but say a few words on his behalf during a home visit.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyun held a grudge against her. She wrote a letter of complaint to the school, accusing Zhang Cuilan of instigating students to go astray. In the end, she used her connections to force the school to fire Zhang Cuilan.
After such an incident, almost no good schools dared to hire her again. Zhang Cuilan had no choice but to sell breakfast at the school gate and take on some tutoring jobs to supplement her family's income. She did this for 10 years.
Until a year ago, Shen Jiayu contacted her through a friend. Feeling guilty about being dismissed because of him, he offered to give her the school and let her be the principal.
Zhang Cuilan was genuinely happy for her student's success, but she declined his offer and returned to the school to teach again under her normal identity.
Shen Jiayu picked up the things he had just taken out of the trunk and said, "They're all fruit, and they're a bit heavy. Let me help you carry them up."
"Okay!"
Zhang Cuilan's eyes were a little moist. The little boy back then was thin and weak, three or four years younger than his classmates. She never expected him to grow so tall now.
Zhang Cuilan turned and entered the dormitory building, with Su Ping and Shen Jiayu following behind her.
The three went up to the second floor, and Zhang Cuilan pushed open the door to the room at the end of the corridor.
It's a one-bedroom apartment, not very spacious, but decorated very warmly.
There are also many paintings and letters from her former students displayed on the wall.
Su Ping looked at the paintings and felt a mix of emotions.
A teacher who is so well-liked by students must be a good teacher.
"After talking about it for so long, he finally agreed to bring his girlfriend to see me."
Zhang Cuilan brewed tea for the two of them and jokingly teased Shen Jiayu.
Su Ping accepted the tea, smiled somewhat shyly, and then said thank you, teacher.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuilan's eyes immediately lit up with a smile, and she said "good" three times in a row.
This girl has a good personality; no wonder Xiao Shen likes her.
Looking at Zhang Cuilan's aching back from years of making pancakes, Shen Jiayu felt even more guilty towards her.
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