"So who was beating whom just now?"
Lian shot back, eyes locked on his aunt. If she hadn't come here on purpose to see me, why the hell is she not wearing a bra under that coat?
His aunt's lips curved into a slow, knowing smile. She leaned in, voice dropping to a soft, velvet murmur.
"You're good when you're obedient. Looks like this past month of training has been very effective."
"Then, Aunt, tell me honestly, did you enjoy it just now?" Lian didn't know why, but he was unusually concerned about this.
Even though his aunt had previously said, "Never ask a woman if she enjoyed it," he still asked.
His aunt's eyes were alluring as she said leisurely, "What do you think..."
' ' '
The next day, Lian skipped his morning run because he was worried about running into the round-faced girl.
Plus, it was his first day back at school, so he arrived early with his backpack.
Because he needed to complete some procedures, Lian didn't go directly to the classroom but went to the teachers' office to see his homeroom teacher, Ms. Lara.
Then, Ms. Lara led him to the office to complete the reinstatement procedures.
After everything was finished, it was time for morning classes. The moment Lian stepped into the classroom, he had an urge to immediately turn around and run away! A round-faced girl sat in the classroom, her bright eyes fixed on him, stammering, "It's...it's you..."
"Maisie, it's morning reading time! What are you doing?" Teacher Lara was surprised to see the girl's flustered state and couldn't help but speak up.
"He...he..." The girl pointed at Lian, her speech still not fully recovered.
"Hmm." Teacher Lara turned to look at the girl's finger, confirming it was Lian, and said, "This is Lian. He took a long-term sick leave of over a month. He's back to class today."
"Oh, by the way, you just transferred here not long ago, so you don't know him yet." She then pulled Lian, who was looking down and dejected, and pointed to the round-faced girl, introducing her: "That's Meisie who just transferred here. Hmm, I think she transferred here the day after you were taken away by the ambulance."
After the introduction, she pointed to the empty seat next to Meisie.
"After you left, your seat was changed. There's an empty seat next to Meisie. You can sit there for now." Meisie almost shouted, "I don't want to sit with him!"
Lian also lowered his head and squeezed Teacher Lara's arm, "Teacher Lara, she doesn't want to, so could you please let me change seats?" The previously noisy classroom quieted down. Although Lian had few friends in class, he was the harmless type.
Moreover, his academic performance was excellent, so he was quite popular.
The other students couldn't understand Meisie's inexplicable hostility toward Lian.
Furthermore, Meisie was a transfer student who had only been in the class for a little over a month, barely settled in yet already showed such open dislike and resentment toward Lian, who had been there all along.
Suddenly, all the students' cold gazes focused on Meisie. Realizing this, Meisie could only slowly lower her head, wishing she could disappear into the ground.
Seeing Meisie's silent demeanor, Teacher Lara naturally wouldn't change her decision.
"It's fine, just sit wherever I assign you. Meisie's probably just shy since it's her first time meeting you. Look, she's not saying anything now."
At school, the teacher's authority was almost unshakeable.
Lian, helpless and unwilling, could only reluctantly sit down next to Meisie.
Once seated, Lian didn't dare look at her at all and could only pretend nothing was wrong as he quickly put away his stationery and tidied his textbooks.
After half a day of classes, Lian barely remembered anything the teacher was saying. As soon as class ended, Lian immediately got up and left his seat, distancing himself from Meisie.
Meisie was the complete opposite; from the moment Lian sat down next to her, she kept her head down and didn't speak, remaining in her seat even after class ended, this continued for the entire morning.
At lunchtime, Lian stuffed his books into his bag as fast as he could, desperate to escape from the school.
But just as he passed Meisie's desk, he leaned in and whispered with a smirk, "Don't you ever go to the bathroom?"
The second his foot crossed the doorway, a deafening crash exploded behind him, desks and chairs smashing together, followed by sharp screams from the few students still lingering in the back.
An instinct told Lian, "That girl's gone berserk." Driven by this instinct, Lian ran home at an unprecedented speed.
In the afternoon, Lian sneaked into the classroom like a thief, heart pounding. Only to find his new seat next to Meisie was empty.
Asking other classmates, Lian learned that Meisie had overturned her desk at lunchtime and was immediately taken away by the disciplinary committee.
She didn't come to class that afternoon.
Lian finally sat down in his seat, relieved, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
But then he suddenly tensed up: "What if that woman tells the disciplinary committee what she saw last night?" But he quickly calmed down: "How could that be! Even if she did, probably no one would believe her!"
"A seventh-grade boy and a beautiful adult woman having sex in the park! Who would believe that! Besides, only she saw it. As long as I don't admit it and my aunt doesn't admit it either, that woman is just spreading rumors and slander… What's there to be afraid of!" Thinking this, Lian calmed down.
The stool beneath his bottom tilted up slightly.