He smiled and thanked Zhao Baibing, saying, "Thank you!"
Zhao Baibing covered her mouth and laughed: "What are you thanking me for? You dodged so fast, I didn't even have time to get it off for you."
The three students burst into laughter, their good-natured teasing leaving Cheng Qing with a helpless smile.
Zhao Baibing stepped forward and took her arm, saying, "Teacher, am I not as pretty as Luo Xi?"
Cheng Qing blushed at her teasing, pulled her hand back, and said, "Stop fooling around, let's practice our swordsmanship!"
The three students laughed even louder.
If Zhao Baibing had asked this question before, Cheng Qing might have really thought about it carefully.
But because everyone watched the variety show together last night, even Cheng Qing, who was slow to realize, understood that the production team was openly promoting her and Luo Xi as a couple.
It's like how, back in the day, whenever someone in the team got a lover, everyone would tease their teammates relentlessly until they were blushing with embarrassment.
Cheng Qing had certainly done this kind of thing before, but she never expected to be teased by someone.
Zhao Baibing's question wasn't really about getting an answer; it was just a way to tease Cheng Qing and Luo Xi.
***
Liu Suoyu had just changed his clothes and returned to his position when he heard laughter coming from the courtyard. He turned his head and saw Zhao Baibing step forward and take Cheng Qing's arm.
This is bad!!!
Snap!
Liu Suoyu's newly changed clothes were once again covered in condensed milk...
Looking down at his ruined new clothes, he gritted his teeth, glared outside, and said, word by word, "...I will fight back!!!"
When Luo Xi saw that the condensed milk in her hand was less, she knew that she had made a mistake again. She looked at Liu Suoyu and felt embarrassed to say "sorry".
Upon hearing Liu Suoyu's threat to retaliate, Lin Shandie, ever eager to stir up trouble, shouted, "Retaliate! Retaliate! How can we do justice to these two outfits of yours if we don't lure Teacher Cheng into this?"
Liu Suoyu went upstairs angrily, changed her clothes, and came down to look at Luo Xi, saying, "Why don't you hug Teacher Zhang?"
Zhang Lingling was stunned: "??? Hug me?"
Losi blushed. She had soiled two of the other person's clothes and felt ashamed. Although she was clearly unhappy, she didn't dare to question him loudly and could only whisper, "Why did I hug Teacher Zhang?"
Liu Suoyu pointed to the yard and said, "If you hadn't held her, how would Teacher Cheng have come in?"
Lin Shandie: "That's right, that's right. Teacher Cheng went too far. Not only was she not bullied, but she was also having affairs outside. She can't be forgiven."
Losi blushed even more after her thoughts were exposed: "Hmph, I don't care. She has new students, and I have new teachers. Who isn't someone who gets bored easily?"
Lin Shandie: "..." With your temper, you can still be completely under Teacher Cheng's thumb. I really admire the teacher!
Because Luo Xi was uncooperative, Lin Shandie and Liu Suoyu simply pounced on her and started a commotion with her, even dragging Zhang Lingling into the fray.
Zhang Lingling was initially startled, but immediately burst into laughter.
The laughter naturally carried into the courtyard. The four turned to look at the dining room and saw that the four people making desserts at the island counter were making a mess of cream and condensed milk everywhere.
Losi was so much so that she got condensed milk all over herself from the teasing of the group, but her face was beaming with a bright smile, and her hearty laughter was exactly what Cheng Qing liked best.
Seeing her happy, Cheng Qing smiled as well. There was no hint of desolation in the autumn air; even the withered leaves falling from the branches seemed beautiful.
Suddenly, inside, Losi hugged Zhang Lingling tightly, and everyone's laughter stopped abruptly.
Cheng Qing's smile faltered, and she tightened her grip on the sword. Suddenly, she felt something was off.
Zhao Baibing naturally saw what was happening inside. She clicked her tongue and said, "He was hugging me just a moment ago, but now he's hugging someone else." Then, Zhao Baibing suddenly started singing something like, "I love you, but you love him..."
Cheng Qing was speechless for a moment, then looked at Zhao Baibing and said, "Are you guys very free? Although it's only for two days, why don't you do some physical training today?"
Zhao Baibing's singing stopped abruptly, and she looked at Cheng Qing in shock: "Abuse of public power for private gain?"
Cheng Qing smiled slightly: "We have to thank the production team for giving the teachers such a high degree of freedom." As she spoke, she handed the sword in her hand to Zhao Baibing and said with a slight smile: "You two do some more basic training."
As she spoke, she took off her fencing uniform. Zhao Baibing, while lunging forward, asked her, "Where are you going, teacher?"
Cheng Qing replied calmly, "Just get some water, don't worry about me."
When Cheng Qing let down her long hair and pushed open the floor-to-ceiling glass door to the living room, the three students behind her exchanged glances and smiled. Ignoring Cheng Qing's instructions, they all put on masks and switched from basic training to practical combat exercises.
In the restaurant, Losi slipped on the cream on the floor, but luckily Zhang Lingling caught her in front of her, preventing her from falling.
The two helped each other to stand up, and the four of them stopped fooling around. Looking at the dirty and messy restaurant, they looked embarrassed.
At this awkward moment, we suddenly heard the sound of the living room's floor-to-ceiling glass door opening.
Everyone turned to look and saw Cheng Qing open the door and come in.
Luo Xi was delighted, but immediately realized that she and Cheng Qing were still arguing, so she snorted and turned her head away.
Liu Suoyu smiled and asked, "Teacher Cheng is here? What's up?"
Looking at the chaotic scene from the dining room to the living room, and then at Luo Xi and Zhang Lingling holding hands in front of her, Cheng Qing's eyes darkened slightly: "Get some water."
Lin Shandie looked at her and said, "Teacher, are you thirsty so soon today? You usually wait until we finish practicing."
Cheng Qing was taken aback by Lin Shandie's words. Her gaze fell on Luo Xi and Zhang Lingling's hands, and she asked coldly, "What are you doing?"
Liu Suoyu said happily, "Let's play!!!"
Cheng Qing: "...Study hard."
Losi slightly turned her head away and said, "What does it matter? Teacher Zhang doesn't say anything about us."
Cheng Qing couldn't quite articulate her feelings, and could only say listlessly, "But your final results are related to my bonus!"
Losi: "..."
Everyone turned to look at Cheng Qing in shock, each feeling as if they were the ones who had been hurt.
Lossie broke down, yelling at her, "All you care about is your bonus!!!"
Cheng Qing choked, then whispered, "The bonus... is a lot."
Lin Shandie: "..."
Liu Suoyu: "..." Do you believe I'll throw money at you? Can't you find a better reason?!
***
The three students and Zhang Lingling, a total of four people, made a mess of the dining room and living room. Kong Mingyan was not angry, and gave each of them a rag. So the four of them squatted on the ground and used the rags to wipe the floor.
Cheng Qing opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of mineral water, and without leaving, leaned against the refrigerator, opened the bottle cap, took a sip of water, and then looked down at the four people diligently cleaning.
The four people were complaining about the cleaning they were doing.
Speechless, she began to lecture, "So why bother? Just obediently learn to bake cakes, what are you playing around with? Isn't cleaning tiring?"
Lin Shandie was shocked that Teacher Cheng was not only so "cold and heartless," but also started lecturing her. She looked up and accused her, "Teacher, aren't you going to help? You are our teacher!"
Cheng Qing smiled, a smile unlike any she'd ever shown before, carrying a hint of wickedness. Not only Luo Xi, but even Lin Shandie and the others blushed upon seeing it.
However, Cheng Qing, with that smile, said coldly and ruthlessly, "Help? I still have to teach my students swordsmanship! I am a teacher."
As she spoke, she took the bottled water in her hand and swayed as she walked into the yard.
Lin Shandie pouted: "She's clearly angry!"
Liu Suoyu also said, "That's right, petty."
This time it was Rossi's turn to be confused: "Why is she angry?"
Lin Shandie and Liu Suoyu: "..." I'm so tired.
Author's Note:
Perhaps she was genuinely confused; Cheng Qing wrote the wrong team name yesterday—she was teaching the racing team, not the dessert team. Otherwise, the racing team would still be taught by the original teacher…
Chapter 59
After finishing her morning training sessions, Losi went to the kitchen.
Her cakes weren't presentable, but Liu Suoyu and Lin Shandie's were quite good. So Luo Xi hid and threw away her cakes, while Liu Suoyu and Lin Shandie borrowed the director's phone to take pictures of their cakes and save them to post on Weibo later.
The first cake you ever receive is quite a keepsake.
Today was Lossie's last day cooking, and as soon as she entered the kitchen, she noticed there weren't many vegetables available. She glanced at them and figured that stir-frying some vegetables or stewing some meat shouldn't be too difficult for her.
Cheng Qing didn't go in to help during this period; he stayed outside eating sunflower seeds the whole time.
Liu Suoyu and Lin Shandie suddenly regretted it; they wished they hadn't provoked Teacher Cheng.
As Losi brought out dish after dish, the people in the living room all started to feel toothache.
If you follow Losi's menu, you might not get diarrhea, but it probably won't make you much better.
Qi Shenghui asked Liu Suoyu with a serious expression, "What did you do this morning?"
Liu Suoyu would never admit that she had provoked Teacher Cheng; that would be tantamount to making an enemy of everyone!
So he said, "No! We made a cake and Teacher Zhang praised it for being very good."
Zhang Lingling nodded, moved. "Yes, yes! This is the level of a normal person!"
Zhao Baibing asked doubtfully, "Really? Then why isn't Teacher Cheng going in to cook today?"
Lin Shandie coughed and explained, "Because it was Luo Xi who was originally in charge of cooking!"
Cheng Qing heard it clearly, smiled helplessly, stood up, glanced at these people, and said, "Are you saying all this to me?"
All six students shook their heads.
"No, no."
Cheng Qing didn't want to pay attention to them, but she was a little upset today because she officially separated from Luo Xi.
She stayed outside not entirely because of the thrill, but also because she wanted to avoid getting close to anyone.
She couldn't remain indifferent to Losi; she felt an urge to get close whenever he came near. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better not to get close at all?
Cheng Qing spoke with great confidence, but no sooner had she finished speaking than she heard the sound of a plate breaking inside. Startled, Cheng Qing rushed to the kitchen.
The kitchen looked like it had been the site of a major battle. Losi was squatting in front of the stove picking up broken pieces of porcelain, the sunlight streaming in from the window enveloping her in a soft halo.
But her slightly red eyes clearly showed that she was wronged.