It took a whole five seconds for Su Wanli to process what Meng Huange had just said.
Originally, Su Wanli had been leisurely sipping at her bowl of sour plum soup, but now her eyes widened as she turned her head toward Meng Huange.
…
Luckily, she had reacted quickly enough and managed to lower her head in time. Otherwise, she might have accidentally sprayed that mouthful of sour plum soup all over the heroine’s delicate face.
But what was she just saying? “From now on, I’ll be making breakfast myself every day for…”
Although she knew Meng Huange probably only meant it in a superficial sense, the implication of that sentence still carried a certain ambiguous weight like some kind of proposal, implying that the two of them would always be together or something like that…
Could she really be blamed for overreacting!? Anyone who suddenly heard something like that would probably be shocked!
However, the culprit, Meng Huange, didn’t seem the least bit aware of her impact. She simply smiled and drew a tissue from the table, passing it to Su Wanli.
“Sorry, Miss Wanli, I was a bit too absolute just now with that sentence. What I meant was, if there’s ever a chance, I’ll do my best to make more dishes that suit your tastes.”
Tch, haha, I knew it would be something like that…
Su Wanli patted her own chest, trying to ease her nerves, and then, with an unfocused look, got up from the dining table.
“Sigh, next time, don’t say such confusing things to me. It’s so strange.”
“Alright, Miss Wanli.”
Watching Su Wanli’s flustered yet hurried steps from behind, Meng Huange leaned forward slightly.
…As expected, it’s not going to be that simple.
Besides, even if she had Su Wanli’s verbal promise now, after what she had done, that promise probably wouldn’t mean much anyway.
Better to stick to her original plan and focus on increasing her own presence beside Su Wanli.
First, make herself the first person Su Wanli saw every morning, the first voice she heard saying “Good morning.” Then, come up with all sorts of excuses to personally help Su Wanli with things, turning these actions into her daily habit.
And, if possible, she hoped that after Su Xiaoli got used to her cooking, she wouldn’t want to eat anyone else’s food anymore…
Haha, ever since her earliest memories, from when her sense of taste first developed, she had been such a petty person.
If Miss Xiaoli ever knew she was always thinking about these sorts of things, she’d probably be terrified.
Meng Huange sighed softly, took a few casual bites of the leftover food on the table, and then stood up alongside Su Wanli.
Aside from all these points, was there any other way to increase her presence in Su Wanli’s daily life?
Maybe tomorrow she could try waking up even earlier and help Su Wanli wash up in the bathroom together?
But if she did that, a lot of the breakfast preparations would have to be handled by Zhang Ma, which didn’t quite fit her expectations. If someone else was sharing those morning moments with her, the effect would be much diminished—especially if that person was Zhang Ma…
She’d have to discuss with Zhang Ma later, so she wouldn’t have to wait in the Yan Hui Ting during breakfast anymore.
Meng Huange thought about all the ways she needed to adjust her approach while grabbing a lunchbox from her seat, then caught up with Su Wanli.
“Wait, Miss Huange, hold on a moment.”
Zhang Ma, who had been waiting by the entrance of the Yan Hui Ting, suddenly called out to Meng Huange. She glanced at Su Wanli’s departing figure, then, a bit sneakily, produced two exquisite black gift boxes from behind her.
“These are gifts from Su Zong for the two of you. Miss Xiaoli was in such a hurry just now that I completely forgot to hand them over. So, could you please help me give this one to Miss Xiaoli?”
So, these were gifts from Uncle Su…
Hehe, Miss Xiaoli was still just at the door of the Su house. If Zhang Ma really wanted to give them to her, couldn’t she have just caught up with her outside?
Meng Huange narrowed her eyes slightly but didn’t expose Zhang Ma’s little scheme. She simply smiled and nodded.
“Alright, I’ll definitely deliver it to Uncle Su.”
I can’t do it anymore. I really can’t keep this up.
Liu Xiaohua pressed a finger to her aching forehead, the other hand propping herself up on her office desk.
Ever since yesterday morning, she’d been receiving strange phone calls every ten or twenty minutes. The callers would claim to be parents of outstanding students, demanding an explanation for the disciplinary notice, swearing that their child would never cheat, and insisting she retract the notice.
Why are you asking me about this? Shouldn’t you be contacting Director Li Zhengqi of the Guidance Office?
Yet, every time Liu Xiaohua told the parents this, they would simply repeat the same line—
“Li Zhengqi told us to find you.”
So, when Liu Xiaohua went to work, she naturally sought out the Guidance Office, hoping to get a definitive answer.
“Teacher Liu, this is the list of reported students submitted to me by Su Wanli. I simply informed the parents of the situation as it was. If anyone has done wrong, they should be punished accordingly. Everything we’re doing is for the integrity of the Examination. If there are any parents who won’t listen, and you truly can’t handle it, I’ll request that the principal deal with it.”
The Director spoke righteously, his face solemn as he addressed Liu Xiaohua.
Good grief, the words sounded nice enough, but wasn’t this just telling her to deal with the problem herself and, if she couldn’t, to go bother the principal?
She’d only been out of university for two years and hadn’t received any recognition yet. Now she was expected to handle a crowd of powerful, reputation-obsessed business moguls? She’d rather be stabbed right here and now…
And yet… Su Wanli, and Su Wanli (the other one) again.
She’d thought that having another good student to watch her would mean Miss Wanli wouldn’t cause her any more trouble, but instead, trouble had arrived almost immediately after.
Disciplinary Committee Member—did that title really suit her? It would be a blessing if Miss Wanli wasn’t the one breaking the rules herself!
Liu Xiaohua gritted her teeth as she glanced at the hard cabinet, then resentfully looked at the stack of grade sheets on her desk.
Still, while she might have landed herself in a heap of trouble, this Examination’s results were unexpectedly not bad.
Normally, Su Wanli would either hand in a blank test paper or just doodle on it, but this time, she’d filled in all three of her test papers completely, and her accuracy was surprisingly high.
At first, Liu Xiaohua suspected the rumors—that Su Wanli had gotten the answers from Meng Huange—but the answers Su Wanli wrote were nothing like Meng Huange’s…
If Su Wanli really had copied Meng Huange’s test paper, she wouldn’t be ranked twentieth in her class—she’d be second in the entire school.
Looking at the top name on the results list, Liu Xiaohua’s eyes narrowed involuntarily, and the weight of being hounded by twenty or thirty parents lessened a bit.
First in the whole school a student from her class was the top student in the entire school. Amazing, simply amazing.
No, she couldn’t just bask in her joy, there were still important matters waiting to be resolved.
Liu Xiaohua wiped the corners of her mouth and looked at the special Mathematics Test Paper she’d marked for Su Wanli.
To be honest, Su Wanli’s answers looked very realistic. She got tripped up on the simple questions occasionally, missed a few on the more complex ones, and only wrote down a tiny bit of scratch work for the big questions.
Only the last question, which was theoretically the toughest one of this Examination and required skills from later chapters, should have been impossible for her to solve.
But Su Wanli actually managed to answer it simply unbelievable…
So, just as Su Wanli herself had said, it was lucky she’d been supervised during the Mathematics Examination.
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaohua quietly cracked her knuckles.
Honestly, whether or not Su Wanli cheated didn’t really matter much to her as a teacher. Since she was reported, she’d just follow procedure.
But…
With this kind of Mathematics Examination score, should she really be considered a cheater?