Teacher Li

At the Moment

Teacher Li stepped into the middle of the crowd with a serious expression, but his voice remained gentle as he spoke.

"Alright, children. What's going on here?"

The children who heard Teacher Li's voice knew he was angry.

The once-cheering children fell silent like frightened mice. All eyes turned to the two girls still sitting on the ground, their hair disheveled, faces flushed with anger, and slightly bruised from the fierce fight earlier.

They silently prayed that Xiaoyu and the other girl wouldn't get into trouble.

Luo Fan stood to the side, keeping his face innocent and pure, though inwardly, he was sweating bullets.

Teacher Li turned toward him. "Luo Fan, why are you here?"

Luo Fan's heart almost jumped out of his chest.

Oh no! I have to stay calm!

With the purest expression of a newborn baby, he blinked a few times and said, "I don't know, Teacher. I was just passing by, and suddenly, I saw them fighting..."

His eyes sparkled like a child too pure for this world.

Seeing Luo Fan's gaze, Teacher Li felt that he was probably telling the truth.

How could such an innocent child possibly lie? Teacher Li thought.

Teacher Li nodded. "I see… Alright, then—"

"NO, TEACHER!"

Su Xiaoyu, who had been holding herself back, finally exploded. She pointed at Luo Fan with fervor, as if he were the most heinous villain in the world.

"This is all Luo Fan's fault! He started everything!"

All the children immediately shifted their gazes to Luo Fan.

Luo Fan simply blinked slowly, his expression calm. "Me? I have no idea what you're talking about, Su Xiaoyu."

He even put on a sad face, as if he had just been wrongfully accused.

Teacher Li looked at him with eyes full of trust. "Luo Fan, is this true?"

Luo Fan shook his head gently, his voice sounding like a wounded child. "Teacher, I could never do something like that… I'm just a good kid who happened to be passing by…"

Hearing Luo Fan's words, Teacher Li immediately believed him.

Seeing Luo Fan's sad expression, as if he were being falsely accused, made Teacher Li feel sorry for him.

Teacher Li patted his shoulder gently. "I believe you."

Watching Luo Fan lie so effortlessly, Su Xiaoyu's face changed drastically. She looked like a dragon ready to spew fire, but no one believed her angry voice.

"W-What?! Teacher, he's LYING! I swear, he started this!"

But Teacher Li only sighed and looked at her with disappointment. "Su Xiaoyu, blaming others is not a good attitude."

The chubby girl next to Su Xiaoyu tried to defend her. "But… but Luo Fan really—"

"No buts," Teacher Li interrupted sternly. "You two, come with me to the teachers' office. We need to settle this properly."

Su Xiaoyu almost screamed in frustration, but the sharp look from Teacher Li shut her up.

She felt sad—Luo Fan was clearly at fault.

Yet Teacher Li didn't believe her.

As she and the chubby girl walked away with sour faces, Luo Fan stood in place and… casually waved his hand.

"See you later, Su Xiaoyu," he said with a smile that almost made him laugh.

Su Xiaoyu froze.

Her face turned red with intense fury. If she could, she would have definitely breathed fire like a dragon!

The other children watching could barely hold back their laughter.

In the Teachers' Office…

Su Xiaoyu and the chubby girl sat in front of Teacher Li's desk while the teacher looked at them gently but firmly.

"Alright, tell me from the beginning. Why were you two fighting?"

Su Xiaoyu was still upset, but she took a deep breath and tried to explain. "Teacher, this all started because of Luo Fan—"

"No blaming others," Teacher Li quickly interrupted.

Su Xiaoyu nearly flipped the desk.

Her anger flared, but she held it back, clearly afraid of Teacher Li.

On the other hand, the chubby girl looked nervous but finally spoke. "Teacher, I was just mad because Su Xiaoyu likes my god, Luo Tian…"

Silence.

Teacher Li blinked a few times. "…What?"

The chubby girl nodded enthusiastically. "That's right! She dared to desire Luo Tian! That's unacceptable!"

The chubby girl had an expression as if someone had stolen her food.

Teacher Li was speechless.

Teacher Li closed his eyes for a moment, trying to process what he had just heard.

"Then… how did this fight happen?" he asked, looking exhausted.

Su Xiaoyu, still with a sour face, answered, "She slapped me first!"

"I just wanted to teach her a lesson!" protested the chubby girl.

"What?! You're fat," Su Xiaoyu snapped angrily, looking fierce.

Clearly, she was not happy with the chubby girl's words.

"How dare you call me fat! This is muscle, not fat! Su Xiaoyu, do you want to feel my muscle power?!"

"Who's afraid?! Do you think I'd be scared of you?"

Seeing Su Xiaoyu and the chubby girl about to fight again, Teacher Li spoke up.

"Enough! Do you two want me to call your parents?" he said with a dark expression.

"Teacher, p-please don't call my parents," the chubby girl pleaded fearfully.

Su Xiaoyu, on the other hand, remained silent. No matter what, even if her parents were called…

Her mother would probably just scold her a little and let her go.

So she wasn't worried.

Teacher Li rubbed his face in frustration. These kids…

He took a deep breath and said patiently, "Alright, so in conclusion… you two fought over a 'god'?"

Both of them nodded, completely unaware of how ridiculous it sounded.

Teacher Li felt a headache coming on.

"Do you realize how silly this is?"

Su Xiaoyu and the chubby girl looked at each other.

The chubby girl answered innocently, "But Teacher, love is important."

Su Xiaoyu quickly nodded. "Right! And Luo Fan started all of this!"

Teacher Li massaged his temples. "You two will clean the classroom after school."

"WE REFUSE!!" they both shouted.

"Too much protesting!" Teacher Li scolded. "Now go back to class, and NO MORE fighting!"

Su Xiaoyu and the chubby girl finally left with gloomy faces, but before they walked too far, they saw someone standing outside the office door.

Luo Fan.

With a wicked smile, he gave them a thumbs-up… then slowly turned it downward.

As if to say: Your lives are over!

Su Xiaoyu nearly lost her mind.

Luo Fan, you will pay for this!!

Meanwhile…

Seeing Su Xiaoyu's angry face, Luo Fan strangely felt happy.

Watching her unhappy expression, he wanted to laugh.

As for why he was standing outside Teacher Li's office, he simply wanted to mock Su Xiaoyu to satisfy his inner desire.

Seeing Su Xiaoyu's dark expression, Luo Fan knew that if he kept teasing her, she might lose control. So he decided to leave quickly.

However—

Just as he was about to walk away calmly, someone suddenly grabbed his collar.

"Luo Fan, where do you think you're going?"

Luo Fan stiffly turned his head, only to find Su Xiaoyu's still furious face. She glared at him as if she wanted to burn him alive.

"Don't think you can run away after dragging me into this mess!" she growled.

"Me? I didn't do anything," Luo Fan replied with his legendary innocent face.

"You lied without even blinking! I got into trouble while you pretended to be a little angel in front of the teacher!"

"And how is that my problem?" Luo Fan blinked innocently.

Su Xiaoyu nearly exploded.

But before she could unleash her fury, Luo Tian's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Su Xiaoyu, what are you doing?"

A familiar voice rang out from behind her.

In an instant, her fierce expression disappeared.

The hand gripping Luo Fan's collar immediately let go.

And in mere seconds, she had turned around with the sweetest smile possible.

"Ah, Luo Tian!" Su Xiaoyu called out in a cheerful tone, as if she hadn't just tried to strangle someone. "I was just chatting with Luo Fan~!"

Luo Fan, who had nearly choked from the whiplash of her attitude change, narrowed his eyes. This girl is seriously…

Luo Tian glanced at both of them suspiciously, especially at Luo Fan, who was still fixing his collar.

"Chatting? Why do I feel like you were just attacking him?"

Su Xiaoyu let out a small, nervous laugh, trying to stay calm. "No way! I was just giving him a little advice."

Luo Fan raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What kind of advice, Xiaoyu?"

Su Xiaoyu turned to him, her eyes flashing dangerously for a second—before she smiled sweetly again.

"Of course… advice about not running in the halls during school hours! You know, safety is important~!"

Luo Fan almost groaned. This girl changes her attitude too fast.

Meanwhile, Luo Tian just sighed. "Enough, let's go home together."

Su Xiaoyu immediately nodded obediently and walked closer to Luo Tian.

Luo Fan rolled his eyes and followed behind them.