"Don't worry, Director Xu."
"I promise not to cause any trouble for the school."
Shen Qiushan assured with a cheerful smile.
"By the way, are you also taking the college entrance exam?" Xu Decai asked again.
"Yes."
"I want to give it a shot," Shen Qiushan nodded.
"Then in a couple of days when the students are signing up as a group, I'll have someone take your information along. Although it's all part of the regular exam, you'll be in the adult exam hall, not taking it with the students."
Xu Decai, having taken the money, thought it would be a quick favor to make Shen Qiushan feel accommodated.
"Thank you, Director Xu, for the trouble."
Shen Qiushan had planned to run around himself, but this saved him the hassle.
As they spoke, they arrived at the office door of the senior year group.
Xu Decai didn't knock, but directly pushed the door open.
At this moment, five or six teachers were sitting in the office, some chatting idly, some grading papers. Seeing Xu Decai coming in, everyone quickly stood up to greet him.
Chen Xiangyu was correcting English test papers with her head down. When she saw Xu Decai, she also stood up.
"Teacher Chen, come over here for a moment."
"There's a new transfer student arranged for your class."
Xu Decai beckoned to Chen Xiangyu.
"Oh."
Chen Xiangyu was a bit unwilling, thinking why arrange a transfer student right before the college entrance exam.
Adding a student means more work for her!
Chen Xiangyu walked out of the office, but instead of seeing a new transfer student, she saw her old flame Shen Qiushan and was somewhat taken aback, thinking that Shen Yixiao must have caused trouble again!
"Yixiao's dad, why are you back at the school again?"
In front of Xu Decai, Chen Xiangyu addressed Shen Qiushan with a formal tone.
"Teacher Chen, here's the thing."
"Xiaoshen is the new transfer student!"
Xu Decai took over the conversation and even patted Shen Qiushan on the shoulder, saying solemnly, "Xiaoshen can keep an eye on Shen Yixiao's studies while he's here for the transfer, a win-win!"
"Teacher Chen, please take care of him."
Shen Qiushan greeted warmly, but winked as he spoke.
"Uh..."
"Okay!"
Chen Xiangyu's mind was still in a daze.
Her old flame suddenly became her student, the hierarchy was all messed up!
"Teacher Chen, I'm leaving him to you. I've got a meeting."
Having completed his task, Xu Decai turned and walked to his office upstairs.
"Take care, Director Xu~"
Shen Qiushan waved to the shrewd Old Xu.
After he went upstairs, Chen Xiangyu led Shen Qiushan to a corner at the end of the hallway without surveillance cameras: "Qiushan, what's the deal with you?"
"How did you become a transfer student!"
Seeing no one around, Shen Qiushan brazenly put an arm around Chen Xiangyu's slim waist and said with a grin, "I'm doing this to see you every day!"
"Stop it, we're at school!"
Chen Xiangyu playfully rebuked, twisting her slim waist, but only pretending to struggle.
"You're aware of Xiaoxiao's situation, there are just three months left. I want to keep an eye on him!"
"I don't want him to repeat my mistakes!"
Shen Qiushan explained earnestly.
"You don't have to come as a transfer student for that."
"You're probably the oldest transfer student I've ever seen!"
"It's sure to create a stir among the students and parents. Who knows what will happen then!" Chen Xiangyu said worriedly.
"I won't disrupt the teaching, nor interfere with the students' learning. Let them just treat me as if I'm invisible!"
Shen Qiushan shrugged, "Besides, they'll probably get used to it in a few days."
"I really don't know what to say to you!"
Chen Xiangyu felt the whole thing was a bit outrageous. She sniffed the strong male hormones of her old lover and teased, "You didn't study at all in high school, but now that you're older, you're getting into it!"
"Live and learn."
"Learning has no fixed time; one can still achieve success by studying late!"
Shen Qiushan said, gently caressing his old lover's slim waist.
"You really haven't wasted reading those books lately!"
Hearing "Learning has no fixed time; one can still achieve success by studying late" coming from Shen Qiushan's mouth surprised Chen Xiangyu, though she knew her old flame would always carry a book while delivering food.
Chen Xiangyu didn't think much of it before, assuming Shen Qiushan read out of boredom while waiting for orders.
Little did she expect her old flame was planning to come as a transfer student.
"As the saying goes, there is gold in books and beauty in books."
"So yes, reading is beneficial, and one should read more books!"
Shen Qiushan exclaimed again.
"I never imagined you'd realize the importance of reading at the age of 38!"
Chen Xiangyu chuckled and then suddenly stood on her toes to give Shen Qiushan a kiss on the cheek, whispering, "Since you love learning so much, come to my house tonight, and I'll help you brush up on your English."
"OK!"
"Teacher Chen!"
Shen Qiushan immediately showcased his clumsy English.
"Alright, let's go to the class!"
"Since it's an official transfer, I must at least inform the students!"
Chen Xiangyu broke free from Shen Qiushan's grasp, tidied her slightly messy hair, and led Shen Qiushan towards the classroom of senior year class five.
This period, class five was having a math lesson, and the math teacher was explaining yesterday's math test. With just three months left until the college entrance exam, all courses had been taught long ago. Students were busy with practice tests every day, a so-called "sea of exercises" approach used by most high schools.
Due to his height and poor grades, Shen Yixiao was placed at the back of the class. At this point in senior year, every class had an unwritten rule: poor students sat at the back, while good students sat in the front rows.
Shen Yixiao's deskmate was also an athlete, named Wang Yunpeng.
Both their math scores were the lowest in the class, so they didn't listen to the teacher because they couldn't understand anything anyway.
Right now, Shen Yixiao was using Wang Yunpeng's phone to log into his WeChat to flirt with Luo Yao through texts, a silly smile occasionally appearing on his face.
Suddenly!
Wang Yunpeng nudged him with his elbow, exclaiming in horror, "Oh my god, your dad!"
"Damn you, Wang Yunpeng!"
"You won't even spare my dad, huh!"
Even though Shen Yixiao was beholden for "using someone else's phone," he couldn't tolerate blatant insults to his dad and had to retaliate.
"Your dad, your dad, really...it's really your dad!"
Wang Yunpeng stuttered, pointing to the classroom door.
Without lifting his head from chatting with Luo Yao, Shen Yixiao said, "Your dad! Your dad! If you keep cursing, I'll hand your phone in!"
At this moment, the class teacher Chen Xiangyu's voice suddenly rang out: "Teacher Sun, pardon me for two minutes, we have a transfer student in our class."
Hearing Chen Xiangyu's voice, all the students who were either doing their own work or like Shen Yixiao, engaging in mischief raised their heads.
And when Shen Yixiao saw his dad standing beside the class teacher, he was stunned. The phone in his hand dropped to the floor with a "clack": Oh my god, it is really my dad!