A Promise to Stay Together

Finally, noon arrived, and Su Xiao headed straight for the school cafeteria. But she hadn't gone far from her office when she saw Hua Xiaohan and Qi Yuan. What bad luck! Why is he everywhere? Su Xiao deliberately turned around, trying to avoid them. "Hi! Teacher Su!" Hua Xiaohan called out to Su Xiao, making sure the students around her could hear her. Damn it. After Hua Xiaohan called out to her like that, many students stared at Su Xiao, making her feel embarrassed to ignore him. So Su Xiao turned around and walked towards Hua Xiaohan and the others. "You're really persistent! What did I do to offend you?" Su Xiao said angrily. "You stole my things!" Hua Xiaohan said with a laugh. "You're talking nonsense! Who stole your things? You're framing someone! You scoundrel!" Su Xiao didn't care that students were passing by. "You little brat, you still won't admit it!" Hua Xiaohan's smile could melt the entire school, but there were two people who couldn't be melted: Su Xiao in front of him and Qi Yuan behind him. "You... Why do you say I stole your things? Explain yourself!" Su Xiao said, pointing her finger at Hua Xiaohan's nose. "Let's go eat, or I'll go by myself!" Qi Yuan was already getting impatient. "Then… Teacher Su, why don't you come to the cafeteria with us?" Hua Xiaohan said. "No way! Explain yourself! What did I steal from you?" Su Xiao was really angry, her face turning red. "I'll tell you if you come eat with us in the cafeteria," Hua Xiaohan said softly. "That bastard, that bastard, that bastard..." Su Xiao cursed Hua Xiaohan countless times in her heart. "Fine! I'll go with you, but if you can't tell me what I did to you, I'll..." Su Xiao couldn't remember what she meant for a moment, and after a long pause, she finally said, "I'll kick you to death!" "Hehe, let's go then," Hua Xiaohan said with a slight smile. Qi Yuan walked ahead, while Hua Xiaohan walked alongside Su Xiao. Although Su Xiao would either stop for a moment or quicken her pace, she couldn't shake off Hua Xiaohan, who was like a fly, utterly annoying Su Xiao. The cafeteria was located to the left of the front playground, and the three of them arrived quickly. After finding a place to sit, Qi Yuan went to get his food first, while Su Xiao rolled her eyes at Hua Xiaohan: "What did I steal from you?" "Ever since I met you, I feel like I'm missing 21 grams. I reckon you stole them!" Hua Xiaohan's smile was ten times cleaner than the cafeteria food. What?! This is completely baffling! "Don't talk nonsense! What exactly did you lose?" Su Xiao pointed at Hua Xiaohan's nose again. "I've lost my soul..." Hua Xiaohan composed himself, putting on a serious face for the first time in front of Su Xiao. "You mean... I stole... Your soul?" Su Xiao stammered. At this moment, Qi Yuan brought the food: "Dinner's ready! The food is pretty good today. I took three portions. Remember to pay me back later." Su Xiaofei quickly finished her lunch. Seeing that Hua Xiaohan and the others were still eating, she got up to leave without waiting for them, but Qi Yuan stopped her: "Hey, Teacher Su! You haven't paid me back yet. I paid for this meal! You have to pay me back!" Su Xiao was stunned by what he said. So he wasn't inviting me to dinner after all. Damn it! This guy just told me to pay Hua Xiaohan back the money. How could I forget? "You really have the nerve to ask for it? I'll give it to you in a bit!" Hua Xiaohan said while eating. "No way! I have my own money." After Su Xiao finished speaking, she took out ten yuan from her pocket, threw it on the table, and then turned and left. "Wait a minute!" My God, what's wrong now? Qi Yuan caught up and said, "Teacher Su, I haven't given you your change yet. It's five yuan in total. Rice was one yuan, and the two dishes were two yuan each. Here's your five yuan change! Is it correct?" Su Xiao glanced at Qi Yuan, grabbed the five yuan from Qi Yuan's hand, and left. Back in her office, Su Xiao sat at her desk, feeling utterly uncomfortable. She seemed to be struggling to resist Hua Xiaohan's advances. Was this how rich young masters always pursued girls? They'd only known each other for two days, and he was already talking about his soul being stolen—was he some kind of demon in disguise? Did he have so many souls inside him? No, she had to hate him; he was a villain. After making up her mind, Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. However, she ate lunch too quickly and too much, which made her stomach feel bloated and uncomfortable. She had no choice but to lie on the table and try to stay still to avoid accidentally bursting her stomach. "Teacher Su, you don't look well. Are you alright?" Teacher Ma asked. "It's nothing! It's nothing! Thank you for your concern." Actually, I was just stuffed. I could have left once I was full, so why did I have to finish it all? Suddenly, someone walked in. Su Xiao looked and, sure enough, it was Hua Xiaohan again. "What are you doing here?" Su Xiao asked weakly. "What? You really don't want to see me? You always have that expression when you see me," Hua Xiaohan said with a smile. "I don't really want to see you." "Those words are too hurtful." Hua Xiaohan's smile remained as natural as ever. "I also think it's quite hurtful, but why can't it hurt you?" Su Xiao straightened up and said. "It's not that I can't get hurt, it's that I'm not afraid of getting hurt!" Hua Xiaohan said, her smile still lingering. "How annoying!" "Here you go!" Hua Xiaohan said, placing a box of digestive medicine in Su Xiao's hand. "This medicine... You didn't tamper with it, did you?" Su Xiao glanced at Hua Xiaohan. "There's no other way!" Hua Xiaohan snatched the medicine back from Su Xiao's hand, opened the box, took out three pills, put them in his mouth, and chewed them, saying, "Look! I ate them myself!" "Fine, I'll trust you this once! How much?" Su Xiao asked, taking the medicine box from Hua Xiaohan's hand. "Do you think I'm Qi Yuan? Someone who charges money for everything?" With that, Hua Xiaohan smiled and left. I won't be moved by that, hmph! Su Xiao took out a few pills and chewed them. She immediately felt much better in her stomach. Strange! She hadn't swallowed them yet! The first class in the afternoon was math. As the bell rang, Su Xiao prepared herself and went to teach the students. Since she had already taught them Chinese once, Su Xiao wasn't too nervous, and the students had accepted her. Elementary school students can easily develop a liking for a teacher, and they can also easily forget a teacher they liked. In their lives, almost nothing is irreplaceable except their parents, because everything they have comes from their parents, and they know that. The second period in the afternoon was still Chinese, and Su Xiao continued teaching her students "The Cat Fishing," which went smoothly. Reality is often like this: you think you're not good enough, but actually you are. However, this is just a small amount of knowledge; a high school student could easily teach it. Even if you brought in a teacher's college graduate to teach the students, they might not necessarily teach much better than Su Xiao. After the bell rang, Su Xiao said "Class dismissed" and was about to leave, but was stopped by the class monitor. "Is there anything else?" Su Xiao asked. "Teacher Su, you haven't assigned homework yet?" Honestly, they forgot about the students' homework after they went home. No wonder they didn't leave. Su Xiao immediately returned to the podium: "Um... The math homework is the exercises on page 95 of the book, and the Chinese homework is the exercises after the lesson 'The Kitten Fishing,' and you also need to preview the next lesson, 'The Story of Lei Feng'! I'll repeat it again..."