The clerk inside the window glanced at Wu Guozhi and said, "Hurry up, there are other people in line. If you're not willing to spend money, don't boast. What's the point of coming here if you're not willing to pay?"
Su Yu urged, "Guozhi, hurry up!"
"..."
The people behind him urged, "Are you done yet? You're a grown man, why are you dawdling like that? Can you even afford to eat?"
“Of course he can afford it. Comrade Wu Guozhi works at the provincial machinery factory; he gets a salary. His salary is quite high!” Su Yu looked at Wu Guozhi. “Guozhi, right?”
Wu Guozhi subconsciously wanted to shake his head. He was paid a salary, but every month he had to give a large portion of it to his mother to support the family.
However, seeing everyone staring at him, he felt embarrassed and forced himself to take out the money and tickets from his pocket and put them on the counter.
"So slow and indecisive," the waiter muttered in dissatisfaction, then gave the two of them a number to use when they got their food.
It wasn't until he sat down at the table that Wu Guozhi realized what had happened. He had just taken out money?
"Su Yu, what happened to you just now? Why did you ask me to pay?"
Wu Guozhi said with a dark face. He only got three yuan of pocket money a month, which he usually couldn't bear to spend. Now he had a yuan saved up all at once. And he also had grain coupons and meat coupons, which he had saved up by the skin of his teeth.
Su Yu said innocently, "What's wrong? I thought it was no different for you to pay than for me to pay. After all, it wasn't a big deal when I paid before. Guozhi, you're not going to be so particular with me, are you? I've never been so particular."
"...No. I was just asking. You never let me pay before," Wu Guozhi said, holding back his anger. If he could tell the difference, wouldn't this silly woman be equally clear about it with him later?
"I'm doing this to save face for you. Men feel most proud when they pay. I feel like I haven't given you enough face before. That's not good. Look how much face you had just now."
"..."
She's completely lost face! This woman is a fool!
"Three bowls of white rice and shredded pork soup," someone called out from the window.
Su Zhi quickly went to get the food, his mouth watering.
Once the rice and soup were on the table, Su Yu and Su Zhi began to eat heartily.
Seeing the two of them eating so heartily, Wu Guozhi suddenly felt as if his heart was bleeding.
This is all his hard-earned money!
"Why aren't you eating? Don't you like it?" Su Yu asked while eating.
Wu Guozhi lowered his head and ate, but the food tasted like wax in his mouth, and he couldn't taste anything at all.
After the meal, Su Yu and Su Zhi were quite full. Su Yu exclaimed, "It's been so long since I've eaten so well. No wonder Wu Guozhi always likes to eat other people's food. This tastes really good."
After putting down her chopsticks, Su Yu picked up her bag and prepared to leave. "I still have things to do. Guozhi, you should go home early. When we have time, we can go see a movie together."
Wu Guozhi, with a tense and unhappy expression, said, "I've been very busy lately."
"Oh, never mind then, work comes first. Zhi and I will be going then," Su Yu said with a smile. Then she pulled Su Zhi away.
"..." Seeing Su Yu leave without even trying to comfort him, Wu Guozhi slammed his fist on the table in anger. This woman has gone too far!
"What are you doing? This is a public place. Don't you have any sense of public decency?"
The waiter at the window shouted loudly.
Wu Guozhi: "..."
Outside, Su Zhi patted his belly contentedly, "Sis, aren't you afraid Guo Zhi will be unhappy? I think he's angry."
"No, Wu Guozhi isn't that angry, don't worry," Su Yu said confidently.
Seeing his sister like this, Su Zhi thought to himself that anyone with eyes could see that Wu Guozhi was angry about paying for the meal. Only someone as honest as his sister would trust Wu Guozhi so much.
But he wouldn't be stupid enough to talk to his sister about it; he'd love for her to break up with Wu Guozhi.
When they arrived at school, it was almost time for class to start. Su Yu told Su Zhi to wait at the door while she ran into the classroom.
The classroom was already quite full. It was mostly teenagers, with a few older students, all around twenty years old. When Su Yu entered, most of them glanced at her.
Su Yu pretended not to see anything, smiled, and entered the classroom, then sat down in the first row and began to read.
Soon, the school bell rang, and the classroom fell silent. Then, footsteps approached. Su Yu looked up and saw an elderly woman in her sixties.
Seeing the teacher's serious and rigid expression, Su Yu knew the tone of the class. She secretly took out a black hair clip that she had always disliked from her pocket and clipped it back up her bangs.
Sure enough, after scanning the room, the teacher paused for two seconds at Su Yu's seat before getting to the point.
The teacher's surname is Xu. She used to be a senior accountant at a company. She's a very experienced teacher at the school. She's basically the one who teaches new classes.
Because… “I don’t care whose family you are or which unit you work for. Once you come to the school, you have only one identity: students! The country has given you the opportunity to receive education, and you should cherish it. If you come to study, you should get good grades and not think about just wasting your time. If I find out, it won’t be as simple as just reporting it to your unit.”
Before classes even started, the entire class received a warning. They all looked wilted and listless.
Su Yu, on the other hand, was full of energy; she loved being around such a lovely old lady.
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