SYLM Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Is it even this cute when throwing a tantrum?

Chapter 50 Is it even this cute when throwing a tantrum?

Gu Wan Jun is increasingly liked by her students.

This is a good thing in every way.

Although Chen Lu is secretly jealous, she can understand and adjust her mood in time.

However, it’s probably true that “popularity breeds envy.”

Besides witnessing her students constantly surrounding Gu Wan Jun, the mysterious breakfasts and fruits that have been appearing on Gu Wan Jun’s desk recently have set off alarm bells in Chen Lu’s mind. She suddenly realized that an uninvited guest, who appeared out of nowhere, had also begun to show up in the Literature office to make his presence known.

The “uninvited guest” is named Gao Chuan, a new math teacher who was recently transferred to the second-year grade.

With a square face and black-framed glasses, the man looks to be in his early thirties, with a refined appearance. However, his tone of voice is always uncomfortable to listen to, and his unwavering straight-man attire of a checkered shirt paired with tight black slim-fit pants makes Chen Lu’s eyes roll.

But what bothers Chen Lu the most is that she has been seeing this “uninvited guest” in the Literature office almost every day recently.

A new math teacher running to the Literature office, which is full of female teachers, every day, and judging from Gao Chuan’s behavior, it is obvious that this person is here for Gu Wan Jun.

—

The fourth class in the morning ends, another break time.

Chen Lu came to the Literature office to get her vocabulary quizzes.

Sure enough, that annoying “checkered shirt” is also there.

…

“Teacher Gu, do you have plans for lunch today? Would you like to have a meal together?”

Gao Chuan’s words instantly attracted the gossipy gazes of the other teachers in the office.

Realizing this, Gu Wan Jun’s helpless expression reveals a hint of speechlessness, she refuses as clearly as before:

“No, I’m having lunch with my students.”

“Having lunch with students?”

Gao Chuan was taken aback for a moment. He raised his hand to adjust his glasses and continued the topic with a smile:

“Hey, that’s okay, I don’t mind. Bring your students along, we’ll go together, it’s my treat, you guys order, when the time comes…”

Before Gao Chuan could finish speaking, Gu Wan Jun’s feigned smile was about to break. She was about to interrupt Gao Chuan when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Chen Lu entering the office in the corner of her eye.

Her peach blossom eyes, which had just cooled down, lit up instantly. Gu Wan Jun’s attention shifted entirely to Chen Lu, and even her tone became gentle:

“You’re here. That’s perfect. The vocabulary quizzes are graded. Take them back and pass them out.”

“Okay.”

Chen Lu nodded in response as she approached the desk. She glanced at Gao Chuan standing in front of Gu Wan Jun and said in an official tone:

“Excuse me.”

“…”

Gao Chuan, who was cut off mid-sentence, was pushed to the side. He watched as the two people in front of him seemed to form their own world. Gu Wan Jun smiled and spoke gently in front of her students, which was exactly how Gao Chuan liked her.

Gao Chuan’s heart fluttered. He rubbed his hands and leaned forward to strike up a conversation:

“Teacher Gu, about the lunch invitation…”

“I’m having lunch with Chen Lu.” Gu Wan Jun held Chen Lu’s arm. She spoke to Gao Chuan, but her gentle gaze remained on the young girl, “Maybe next time.”

The last half of the sentence was entirely out of adult decency. After all, there were other teachers in the office, and Gu Wan Jun didn’t want to embarrass Gao Chuan too much.

Moreover, Gu Wan Jun felt that she had rejected Gao Chuan seven or eight times in a row in the past few days. Any discerning person should understand what she meant.

But Gao Chuan insisted on acting like he didn’t understand.

Whether he really didn’t understand or pretended not to understand Gu Wan Jun’s words, Gao Chuan grabbed the last half of the sentence and continued to ask with a hopeful expression:

“Then how about tomorrow? Teacher Gu will have time tomorrow, right?”

“I’m having lunch with Chen Lu tomorrow too.”

“What about the day after tomorrow?”

“I’m having lunch with Chen Lu every day recently. It’s probably not convenient.”

“…”

Every sentence Gu Wan Jun said clearly expressed her rejection, which made Chen Lu, who was being held by the arm, secretly ecstatic, with obvious joy in her eyes.

Although he was repeatedly rejected, Gao Chuan still didn’t give up. He tried to continue asking:

“Then we…”

“Gu Wan Jun, is there anyone teaching your class’s self-study session this afternoon? If not, I’ll teach Politics.”

“…”

Before seeing the person, the voice was heard first.

Before Gao Chuan could finish speaking, a cold female voice from behind directly interrupted him. The man turned around at the sound, and a sharp face plus an eye-catching brand name came into view.

It’s Tang Ying.

Although Gao Chuan had only been in the second-year grade for a short time, he had heard that Gu Wan Jun and Tang Ying had a good relationship. He quickly and diligently took the initiative to greet her:

“It’s Teacher Tang.”

“Is the math office so free every day, or is it that Teacher Gao is soaking in the Literature office every day, planning to switch to teaching Literature?”

“…”

Tang Ying started with a barrage of sarcasm, directly confusing Gao Chuan.

In the man’s opinion, he had just arrived in the second-year grade and didn’t teach the same class as Tang Ying. This was the first time they had met, so why was she speaking so sarcastically?

What Gao Chuan didn’t know was that as long as Tang Ying wanted to, not to mention the Literature office, the news in all the offices in the school couldn’t escape her eyes. Of course, she knew that Gao Chuan had been sticking to Gu Wan Jun like chewing gum since he transferred to the second-year grade.

…

He didn’t manage to get a lunch invitation and even ran into a tough one.

Gao Chuan gave an awkward laugh and then found an excuse for himself, saying that he was going back to the office to prepare for class, and left dejectedly.

After Gao Chuan left, regardless of Chen Lu still being next to her, Tang Ying lectured Gu Wan Jun unhappily:

“You really have a good temper. You’re being harassed like this and you still don’t scold him?”

“I’ve already clearly rejected him. We’re colleagues. Unless absolutely necessary, I don’t want to cause trouble.”

“Being harassed by such a person is the trouble. What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you’re interested in him?”

“?!”

Tang Ying’s words made Gu Wan Jun anxious. Her peach blossom eyes quickly glanced at Chen Lu next to her. Gu Wan Jun tapped the table twice, her expression quite serious:

“Tang Ying, you’re starting to talk nonsense too, aren’t you?”

“…”

This is one of the few times Gu Wan Jun’s face darkens.

Realizing that she seemed to have hit Gu Wan Jun’s soft spot, Tang Ying suppressed the urge to laugh, her tone was a rare gentle one:

“It’s best if you’re not. I don’t even need to think to know that you don’t like his type. Okay, I’m here to ask for the lesson plan. Can I teach the self-study session this afternoon or not?”

“…”

—

When they left in the morning, Gu Wan Jun and Chen Lu had agreed to go to a small shop near the school to eat spicy hot pot for lunch.

When the bell rang for the end of school at noon, the two met at the staircase on the first floor.

The spicy hot pot shop is very popular. When Gu Wan Jun and Chen Lu arrived, all the two-person tables in the shop were taken, leaving only four-person tables.

The two chose a seat by the window. Gu Wan Jun took off her coat to save the seat. Then, the two went to choose their dishes.

After getting their number and returning to sit down, before the two could say a few words, an excited male voice suddenly cut in:

“Teacher Gu, what a coincidence. You’re eating here?”

“…”

Hearing this, Chen Lu’s heart skipped a beat. She didn’t even need to turn her head to know that the speaker was that annoying “checkered shirt.”

Two minutes later, Gao Chuan insisted on sitting opposite Gu Wan Jun and Chen Lu on the grounds that there were no seats in the shop.

When Gao Chuan got up to choose his dishes, Chen Lu repeatedly told herself not to show it on her face, not to make things difficult for Gu Wan Jun. But the next second, her wrist, which was resting on her knee under the table, was suddenly held and gently shaken. Gu Wan Jun’s gentle and caring voice was close at hand:

“Are you unhappy?”

“…”

The soft, warm palm rubbed against the pulse on her wrist. Chen Lu’s heart rate sped up again. She didn’t dare to look at Gu Wan Jun, just shook her head and said no.

Afraid that Chen Lu would misunderstand something, Gu Wan Jun continued to explain softly: “I didn’t know he would be eating here too.”

“Okay.”

“If you’re not comfortable eating with other people, we can get it to go and eat at home.”

Hearing this, Chen Lu’s eyes flickered. “Can we really?” was already on the tip of her tongue, but thinking that there wasn’t much time for lunch and that Gu Wan Jun would have to go back to the office to prepare for class later, the words on the tip of her tongue changed direction in the end:

“It’s okay, let’s just eat here.”

“Really?”

“Okay.”

“But I don’t want you to be unhappy.”

“I’m not unhappy.”

“Really?”

“Okay.”

“Then look at me.”

“…”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Lu obediently turned her head to meet Gu Wan Jun’s deep and affectionate peach blossom eyes. In just two seconds, before the spicy hot pot was ready, Chen Lu was steamed by Gu Wan Jun’s staring gaze.

Such beautiful eyes could probably look at telephone poles with affection…

—

Chen Lu and Gu Wan Jun’s spicy hot pot was made first.

When the two finished adding the seasoning, carried it back, sat down, and were preparing to eat, Gao Chuan, who was sitting across from them, rubbed his hands and began to strike up a conversation.

The man didn’t talk to Gu Wan Jun directly, but turned his gaze to Chen Lu, who was sitting next to Gu Wan Jun:

“Student, your name is Chen Lu, right?”

“Okay.” Chen Lu looked indifferent.

“I’m the new math teacher in your grade. I saw your grades this morning. Math is your weakness. Teacher Wang is usually busy. If you have any questions you don’t understand, you can come to my office and ask me after class. I’ll teach you one-on-one.”

“There’s no need to trouble Teacher Gao.”

Before Chen Lu could answer, Gu Wan Jun interrupted the topic:

“If Chen Lu has any questions she doesn’t understand, I’ll teach her.”

“Ah…”

Gao Chuan looked a little embarrassed, in stark contrast to Chen Lu, whose lips were tightly pursed but whose eyes betrayed her with their crescent shape.

Gao Chuan didn’t give up and continued to find topics following Gu Wan Jun’s words:

“That’s right, Teacher Gu graduated from Peking University. She can handle any question. By the way, Chen Lu, you don’t know yet, do you? Teacher Gu and I are alumni. I’m three years older than her, so I’m her senior.”

“Okay.”

Chen Lu nodded, then picked up a piece of fish cake, blew on it to cool it down, and put it in her mouth.

Gao Chuan kept trying to create a conversational atmosphere, but Chen Lu’s reaction was always bland, which shattered the man’s plan to get closer to Gu Wan Jun through the people around her.

This wouldn’t do.

Gao Chuan refocused the conversation on Gu Wan Jun, looking for something to talk about:

“By the way, Teacher Gu, the other day when I went to the office, I saw you always eating chocolate cake. Where did you buy that cake? It looked delicious.”

“…”

Chocolate cake? No wonder Gu Wan Jun hasn’t been buying breakfast when she passes by the school gate these days. There’s something she doesn’t know about?

The action of picking up noodles slowed down a lot. Chen Lu pricked up her ears to listen to Gu Wan Jun’s answer.

“I made it myself.”

“You made it yourself?” Gao Chuan looked surprised and asked the question Chen Lu wanted to ask at the same time.

“Yes, I originally planned to make it as a gift, but in the end, the ones I made didn’t look good, so I put them all in the refrigerator to keep them fresh as breakfast.”

“I see.”

Gao Chuan adjusted his glasses, his face full of envy, and there was a bit of probing in his tone:

“I wonder who’s so lucky to have Teacher Gu put in so much effort for them.”

“That’s my private business.”

“Ah… I’m sorry, I was being presumptuous.”

Seeing Gu Wan Jun’s expression change, Gao Chuan apologized symbolically.

But Chen Lu was still immersed in what Gu Wan Jun had just said.

She made the chocolate cake herself…

Memories stirred. Gu Wan Jun’s words from a few days ago floated into her mind—

I wish I could make such a pretty little cake.

So, Gu Wan Jun thought about making a small cake for her with her own hands, but thought the small cakes she made were ugly???

Chen Lu was surprised at first, and then suspected that she might be overthinking it.

But other than herself, Chen Lu absolutely didn’t want to assume that Gu Wan Jun would give small cakes to someone else. While her thoughts were racing, Gao Chuan’s number was called for the spicy hot pot.

After Gao Chuan got up and left, Chen Lu turned her head, wanting to ask Gu Wan Jun about the cake, but she was grabbed by the wrist by that person, who spoke first:

“Do you have anything you want to ask me?”

“…”

With Gu Wan Jun asking this, the question that was on the tip of Chen Lu’s tongue couldn’t be asked.

“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you talking?”

Looking at Gu Wan Jun’s amorous peach blossom eyes, Chen Lu changed her mind and shook her head nonchalantly: “I don’t have anything to ask.”

“…”

Not expecting Chen Lu to answer like this, Gu Wan Jun was stunned for a moment. Afraid that Gao Chuan would come back in the next second and interrupt their conversation, she shook Chen Lu’s wrist, her tone adding a bit of obvious anxiety:

“Don’t you want to ask me who I made the cake for?”

“Will Teacher tell me if I ask?”

“What do you think?”

“I don’t know. After all, I just heard about Teacher making cakes with her own hands.”

“…”

Chen Lu’s expression was serious, and her tone was calm, but Gu Wan Jun heard a hint of grievance and coquetry in it.

So this child is throwing a tantrum at her.

Is it even this cute when throwing a tantrum?

The straight corners of her lips unconsciously curved into an arc. Gu Wan Jun didn’t get angry but laughed instead.

Seeing this scene, Chen Lu, not knowing what the person in front of her was thinking, felt even more wronged. A pair of bright crescent-shaped eyes stared straight at Gu Wan Jun, and finally asked the question she cared about the most:

“Since Teacher made the small cakes with her own hands, why didn’t you give me the ones you made yourself?”

“Because the ones I made were too ugly. I was too embarrassed to give them to you.”

“But I like them.”

“You haven’t even seen what kind of mess I made them into yet.”

“I like anything you make.”

“…”