"Teacher Xiao Chu, Teacher Xiao Chu, please open the door!" Liu Chen hammered on the door forcefully.
Only then did he realize that dealing with women was far more exhausting than dealing with men. When men wouldn't listen, a beating would ensure compliance. But with women, Liu Chen hadn't yet cultivated the habit of hitting them.
Hearing Liu Chen shouting this way, the elderly man from across the hall couldn't help but say, "Young man, you shouldn't shout like that; my wife has a heart condition, she can't take it!"
Only then did Liu Chen turn around and ask the old man, "Grandpa, is there no one at home?"
"There is, someone's inside!"
"Inside? There's no one inside," Liu Chen thought for a moment. "Could she have gone to school to teach?"
"It's the weekend today, what class would she be teaching?" The old man's words awakened Liu Chen from his stupor, making him realize that it was indeed the weekend and that Teacher Xiao Chu must definitely be at home.