140 gradually eroded her life.
The next morning.
Xie Yaoyao is going to take over a new class today, so she naturally has to arrive at the classroom early.
The class assignment list was announced in the school's grade-level teachers' group half a month ago.
Xie Yaoyao contributed to securing investment for the school this time, and Principal Yang arranged a good class for her.
She woke up early in the morning to find the teachers' group chat already buzzing with activity.
Today is the first day of school, and all teachers are required to wear custom-made uniforms.
Xie Yaoyao pulled it out from under the wardrobe. The uniform was wrinkled and covered in mold from being soaked in rainwater.
She quickly took it to the washing machine to wash and dry.
But there wasn't enough time; she was the class advisor and had to get there beforehand.
Xie Yaoyao singled out Monica, her math teacher with whom she had a good relationship at school.
"Teacher Mo, I would like to borrow a uniform from you. My uniform has been ruined by the rain."
Monica's husband is the head of the school's logistics department, in charge of miscellaneous matters such as uniforms.
She replied, "You probably can't wear my uniform. I'll have my husband get you a new one. What size is it?"
Xie Yaoyao used to wear size XXL, which was still a bit tight, but she has recently lost a lot of weight and her waist has become much tighter.
She replied via voice message, "L size, please."
She's tall, so she needs size L clothes.
Monica was probably too excited, her voice even cracked a little, "Can you wear size L? Won't it be too big for you?"
Everyone knows that Xie Yaoyao is a notorious fat girl at St. Paul's Co-educational School.
Many teachers laughed at her behind her back, but they never did it in front of her.
"L size, I'm sure. Thank you in advance, Teacher Mo and Director Zhang. I'll come to your office to get it in a bit."
Monica put down her phone and mentioned it to her husband, but still prepared an XXL size uniform.
Xie Yaoyao went to the bedroom to wake Xie Ziyu up, but the doorbell rang, so she went to open the door.
Huo Yanxi was standing outside the door.
He seemed to have not slept all night; his eyes were bloodshot, and he was carrying breakfast in his hand.
“We arrived in Gangcheng too late last night, so you might not be able to get up to make breakfast today. I brought over breakfast that Aunt Wang made.”
Upon hearing that it was Aunt Wang's cooking, Xie Yaoyao stepped aside and invited Huo Yanxi in, saying, "Come in, Mr. Huo."
Huo Yanxi walked in and saw an entrance rug in the foyer, while Xie Yaoyao was wearing a pair of sandals.
Looking at the spotless living room, he asked Xie Yaoyao, "Do you have any slippers I can wear?"
Xie Yaoyao felt awkward. "No, why don't you just put your shoes on and go in?"
Huo Yanxi said, "Then I'll go to the supermarket after get off work and buy a new pair to put over here."
Xie Yaoyao didn't expect him to push his luck. "Mr. Huo, if I agree, will you buy a set of pajamas and leave them at my house?"
Once she gets used to it, he'll move his personal belongings over, gradually taking over her home.
"May I?"
Xie Yaoyao rolled her eyes. "No."
The hope in Huo Yanxi's eyes vanished immediately. He took off his leather shoes and went inside wearing only socks.
Xie Yaoyao felt sorry for him when she saw him like this.
She had to rush to school, so she didn't have much time to say to him. She quickly applied some foundation and put on some light makeup before heading out.
Seeing that she was in such a hurry that she didn't even have time to eat breakfast, Huo Yanxi handed her one of the paper bags.
"Eat at school."
Xie Yaoyao hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the slippers, saying, "Thank you. I'll go to the supermarket after get off work to buy you some slippers."
He'll probably come over often; it's summer now, so walking barefoot on the floor is fine.
But autumn came in the blink of an eye, and she couldn't keep him barefoot forever; that wouldn't be right.
The melancholy between Huo Yanxi's brows instantly melted away like spring water.
"No need, you can focus on your class. I'll pick Yu Bao up from school this afternoon and take him to the supermarket."
Huo Yanxi has been busy expanding the Huo Group's territory in recent years and has never been to a supermarket.
When it comes to supermarkets, he probably wouldn't even know which way the door opens.
Xie Yaoyao didn't have time to say much to him, and hurriedly left after picking up her laptop bag.
I rushed to school, but I was still late.
The summer heat in the port city had not yet subsided, and she arrived at the office of the class teacher for the Class of 2025, exhausted and drenched in sweat.
As soon as she entered, everyone stared at her, and almost no one recognized her at first glance.
The head of the Chinese language department looked at her and said, "Old Yang came to recruit new teachers. How come I didn't know?"
Others echoed, "The new teacher is so pretty, I wonder which class she'll be teaching."
Xie Yaoyao felt a mix of emotions when she heard them talking about it in front of her.
After gaining weight for five years, she has finally become associated with the word "beautiful" again.
Hi everyone, how was your summer vacation?
After working together for three years, people might not recognize Xie Yaoyao's face, but they would definitely recognize her voice.
The head of the grade exclaimed in horror, "Am I hallucinating? I can actually hear Teacher Xie's voice coming from this beautiful teacher."
"Me too, me too."
Everyone echoed, looking at Xie Yaoyao with surprise and doubt. How could this be?
Seeing everyone staring at her, Xie Yaoyao said helplessly, "I've just lost weight, I haven't had plastic surgery, why can't you recognize me?"
Then, everyone saw her sit in the seat with Xie Yaoyao's nameplate on it.
"Wow, you really are Teacher Xie! Your weight loss is like plastic surgery!"
They had known her for three years, yet none of them recognized her at first glance, which shows how much Xie Yaoyao had changed.
Xie Yaoyao smiled shyly, "Is it really that exaggerated? It's just that you guys only noticed my fleshy body before, and didn't realize that I'm actually quite good-looking, hahaha..."
All the teachers: "..."
Suddenly, everyone was asking her where she lost weight and how she could achieve such good results; the atmosphere was very cheerful.
Principal Yang passed by the office door and poked his head in. "Have you seen Teacher Xie? What's wrong with her? Did she slack off all summer?"
If you haven't arrived at school by this time, are you trying to quit?
Xie Yaoyao remained silent, while the others simply watched and laughed at Principal Yang, who was puzzled by their laughter.
"Why are you laughing like that? Did you take some kind of magic pill?"
Xie Yaoyao said, "Principal Yang, it seems you've watched quite a few martial arts movies this summer."
"Of course, I took my grandson to watch all the classic martial arts movies from TVB in the past."
After he finished speaking, he felt that the voice of the person in front of him was very familiar, but the appearance was somewhat unfamiliar.
"Which class are you a teacher in? I've never seen you before."
The faculty and staff are at full capacity this semester; no teachers have left, and no new teachers have joined.
Upon hearing this, everyone else couldn't help but laugh.
"Principal Yang, take a closer look. Who does she resemble?"
Principal Yang stared wide-eyed, looked closely again and again, and then exclaimed, "Holy crap!" "You're Teacher Xie, right? How did you become like this?"
Xie Yaoyao smiled and nodded, "Thanks to Principal Yang, you have no idea how difficult this job is. Look how thin I've become from working so hard."
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