Hearing Xiang Wan's slightly childish words, Li Mu wanted to laugh, but he held it back. His eyes shone as he stared at Xiang Wan and said, "You're such a good girl. I'll consider what you have to say."
These illiterate people, as long as they have money, I don't believe they won't send their daughters over. When they make money, they'll give them a little more... But what this girl said makes some sense. If she's too thin, it will be difficult to handle.
Li Mu's smile grew wider and wider, and Xiang Wan had a bad feeling.
"Since you've brought it up, if the teacher helps these children solve their life problems, shouldn't you... thank me?"
Li Mu spoke the last few words very softly and very slowly, with a solemn yet slightly joking tone.
"Damn, how could he do that to such a small child?" Xiang Wan thought to herself, but she wasn't a real child, so how could she fall for his trap?
"Yes, teacher, you're the one who pays for our schooling, and we'll all be grateful to you. We'll study hard, try to get into a good school, and repay you double when we earn money in the future. Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down," Xiang Wan said confidently, raising her fist.
In modern society, what teachers generally like most is good student performance and the class's college entrance rate, both of which are directly linked to teachers' bonuses and professional titles. Xiang Wan is absolutely right about what she said.
Li Mu was so angry he felt like he was about to vomit blood: Is this a matter of good or bad grades? This little girl, who usually seems so clever, how come she just can't grasp the point?
"Of course, it would be best if you did well in your studies. However, I have a small request, and I hope you won't refuse it."
Xiang Wan blinked and looked at Li Mu, saying with difficulty, "Teacher, please tell me. If I can do it, I definitely will. But I'm too short, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help."
She glanced at the books on the table, then at the cabinet next to her, and buried her head, looking as if she were very ashamed.
This acting is simply superb. Anyone who sees such a child showing such remorse would be inhuman to bully him again.
Li Mu's lips twitched slightly. He walked around the table, squatted down in front of Xiang Wan, put his hand on her shoulder, and began to persuade her: "Xiang Wan, can I call you that? Don't worry, the teacher didn't ask you to help move books, but has a very simple task for you to do."
The teacher has a niece who is about the same age as you. The teacher bought her a few outfits, but is not sure if they will fit, so she wants to have someone try them on first.
There are plenty of girls here, but I think only you can be of help.
Your figure is similar to hers. The teacher is thinking, why don't we let you try it first? What do you think?
Well, even a euphemistic way of putting it doesn't change the fact that he's lewd. Don't think Xiang Wan can't tell; all that talk about niece and clothes just means he wants to see her change clothes. He was looking for the original owner in his past life, and he's looking for her in this life—that's how much he wants to see her.
If Xiang Wan hadn't known the plot, she wouldn't have realized that Li Mu had already made his move on the little girl so early on. The original owner of this body didn't know, but Xiang Wan guessed it was around this time.
Her small, bean sprout-like figure somehow suited Li Mu's tastes, or perhaps she was just unlucky and happened to run into a bad spot.
Xiang Wan replied somewhat shyly, "Teacher, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Generally, girls don't let others try on the clothes they like first."
"It's just a test, she won't know."
"But, but," Xiang Wan said, her voice barely audible as she fiddled with her clothes, "I haven't taken a bath in a long time, and it will get my clothes dirty."
Li Mu's lips twitched as he realized the problem. The school didn't have a dedicated bathhouse for the children, and it was common for them to go ten days or half a month without bathing.
"Hey, you must be hungry too, right? Go eat something, or you'll be starving this afternoon."
Li Mu casually removed his hand from Xiang Wan's shoulder and turned back to the table. Xiang Wan saw him secretly rub his hand on his trouser leg.
Xiang Wan rolled her eyes, said goodbye, and headed towards her dormitory.
Li Mu, driven by his own selfish motives, certainly wouldn't leave these children filthy. Regardless of what happens later, solving their basic needs for food, clothing, and bathing is a good thing. As for what he's planning, Xiang Wan already has a plan and will definitely not let him succeed again.
The next day, Aunt Yu came to the school, and the children cheered, finally having some free time.
Several girls decided in twos and threes where to go to play, or to tidy up their things, or to wash their clothes and sheets, and some even said they wanted to go swimming in the pond.
Good heavens! Bathing in the open air, using pond water—even if her body wasn't dirty before, it would get dirty again after washing. And she's a girl; it would be so embarrassing if someone saw her.
Yujia Village has this particularly obvious shortcoming, and basically, places where education is inadequate all have this shortcoming: inadequate gender education.
In modern society, Xiang Wan would absolutely scoff at articles that claim someone only finds out they're pregnant after giving birth, or that they have no idea sleeping with someone of the opposite sex can lead to pregnancy. But seeing the situation in Yujia Village now, Xiang Wan really can't judge it with the same old perspective.
Parents are very secretive about such things, so how could they possibly talk about it in front of their children? There were only two teachers at the school, one of whom didn't take it seriously at all, and the other was hoping that these girls wouldn't know anything, which led to what happened later.
To prevent these girls from being taken advantage of again, Xiang Wan decided to intervene.
"It's better not to go. The pond water is so dirty, and there are leeches in it. I heard that someone accidentally got sucked by a leech and didn't notice, so the leech burrowed into their flesh. The leech crawled all over their body and even spawned baby leeches, sucking all the blood out of their body. Oh my, it was so terrible, tsk tsk tsk!"
"Really? Is it that scary?" a girl asked, looking a little frightened.
"You can try it if you don't believe me. I've heard that you can crawl into any hole, such as a nostril, eye, or ear. It's really scary."
"Ugh, I'm not going, it's too scary."
"I'm not going. I'll just go back and get a towel to wipe myself down."
The girls were terrified and ran back to their dormitory arm in arm.
"You have the nerve to scare a few kids like that?"
007, who had been watching the whole thing, suddenly jumped out, his tone somewhat disdainful.
"If you're so good, then you do it."
Xiang Wan rolled her eyes.
"Alright, never mind. This system is going back to sleep."
The system gave up. Xiang Wan curled her lip: "They're all talk. When it comes to real trouble, they'll just run away if they can."
Xiang Wan's understanding of the system's erratic behavior was once again refreshed.
Little girls, especially those who don't understand anything, will be questioned or argued if you seriously tell them they can't go or that others won't see them: Why should a child of the same age lecture them on things that their parents haven't said? What can they believe?
Well, it's more effective to just scare them directly. After all, they're just kids, it's normal for them to be scared. Which child wasn't scared as they grew up? Xiang Wan said she refused to believe this fact.
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