Soon the bell for class rang, an exciting "ding-a-ling" sound.

The students craned their necks to wait for the arrival of the new teacher. Everyone wanted to know what kind of person would replace the suspended teacher Ma.

"No matter what, it's better than that teacher Ma who always has a dark face!" Many people think so.

The new teacher didn't appear for a long time, and the classroom was rarely quiet. Everyone looked at the door of the classroom as if they were holding their breath.

After a while, a figure finally walked in from outside with a textbook.

It was a man in his fifties, slightly bald, and somewhat stout in middle age. He stood on the podium and introduced himself, "Hello, classmates, my surname is Zhang. You can call me Teacher Zhang from now on."

Su Li and Chen Xi both looked at Zhou Qi subconsciously. They saw Zhou Qi lying on the desk, rolling his eyes with a look of despair, closing his eyes and not opening them again.

Other students also looked disappointed and whispered, "It's not as good as Teacher Ma. The pronunciation of Mandarin is not standard."

"Alas, it seems that my Chinese scores are going to decline again."

Teacher Zhang didn't know if he heard these comments. He looked as usual and opened the textbook and started to teach.

His class method was a bit rigid, almost like reading from a book. In less than half of the class, more than half of the students fell asleep.

The teacher noticed this phenomenon and knocked on the table hard, "Pay attention, the teacher is going to ask questions."

Several people who were sleeping were woken up by the fright and sat upright.

Teacher Zhang opened the roll call book, looked at it, and shouted, "Zhou Qi!"

Zhou Qi was still sleeping soundly. His deskmate Zhou Xiaotong quickly pushed him awake. Zhou Qi woke up in a daze, thinking that school was over. He picked up his schoolbag and was about to leave. Only when he saw that his classmates were sitting well did he realize that something was wrong.

Stopped and sat back down.

The teacher's face was already clouded, "Zhou Qi, please answer the question that the teacher just asked."

He stood there and looked at the teacher, and suddenly said in a hurry, "Teacher, Zhou Qi did not come to class today."

Zhou Xiaotong gave a thumbs up under the table, "My brother Qi is smart."

Teacher Zhang believed what he said and said, "Oh, did he miss class?" He looked at the roll call book and said, "Then you can answer it."

Some boys in the class began to snicker.

"Teacher...this...I don't know how." Zhou Qi probably didn't expect that the teacher would do this, so he could only give in.

Teacher Zhang glared at him, a little angry, "You don't dare to sleep in class. After school, call Zhou Qi, who is absent from class, and come to my office with us."

Some boys were laughing so hard that they fell to the ground. Teacher Zhang didn't know what was going on. Monitor Liu Min stood up and said, "Teacher, he is Zhou Qi."

Teacher Zhang became even more angry when he heard this, "Okay, on the first day of taking office, you will play tricks on the teacher and go out and stand outside."

The incident about Zhou Qi spread widely in the school, and even the senior students in high school knew about it. For a long time, everyone regarded this as a pastime after dinner, talking about it and laughing, and laughing and talking about it again.

Fortunately, Zhou Qi is relatively thick-skinned, so he was not affected in the slightest and continued to live his own happy life.

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When Su Li returned home after school, she habitually waited for the little steamed bun to nuzzle her when she came in. After waiting for a long time, she remembered that the little steamed bun had already left.

She went up to the second floor dejectedly, and the sound of her footsteps was extremely harsh in the empty home.

After entering the room, she carefully finished all her homework and memorized a few new words taught today. She had never worked so hard before, but now she had two good role models around her - Chen Xi and Gu Ling'an.

Both of them are people she likes, and she wants to become as good as them. Only in this way can she be worthy of standing with them.

The cell phone suddenly rang at this time. It was her father's call. Su Li answered it confusedly, "Dad?"

Dad's hoarse voice came over the phone, "Dad has to work overtime today. You go out to buy dinner by yourself. Pay attention to safety when you go out. Go home after shopping. Don't linger outside. Dad will go back when he is done."

She said "hmm" and the other party hung up the phone.

Su Li looked out of the window. It was getting dark outside and there were not many pedestrians on the road. Everyone might have gone home to eat.

Only then did she feel a little hungry, so she took the money from the drawer and went downstairs. After going out, she went to the nearest noodle shop, sat down and ordered a bowl of Yangchun noodles.

The noodles were served quickly, steaming with white smoke, a beautiful feeling of fireworks on earth.

Her stomach growled, and she started eating the noodles seriously.

After finishing my meal quickly, I looked up and found a yellow cat sitting on the chair opposite. It was a big one, as fat as Garfield in the cartoon.

She looked at it and remembered what Gu Ling'an said in the morning that she would bring a cat for herself. She thought that the homework was done and she had nothing else to do. Although her father told her on the phone that she had bought dinner and would go back soon, she could lie.

The restaurant I went to was relatively far away.

Although lying is not a good habit, sometimes you really have to do it.

After making the decision, I stood up to pay the bill, walked out of the noodle shop, and caught the No. 7 bus that happened to arrive.

As she sat in the car, she thought, "What kind of cat will it be?" She was full of anticipation.

When she arrived at the door of the steamed stuffed bun shop, Su Li only saw little Qining squatting on the threshold playing with a pile of colored cardboard.

She walked over and asked, "Where are your mother and brother?"

Little Qining raised her head to look at her and shouted happily, "Sister."

Su Li's heart was warmed by the milky "sister" call. She knelt down and touched his little head, "Have you eaten?"

"Eat it." Xiao Qining answered and raised his card, "I am playing with this, my brother bought it for me."

Su Li picked up one of the pieces and looked at it. There was a nose on the top and the English word "nose" on the bottom.

"Are you here?" A gentle voice suddenly sounded. Su Li looked up and saw Gu Ling'an standing in the back room. He was wearing an off-white apron and had some white flour on his shiny black hair. He looked very cute.

Little Qining ran in and hugged his feet, and suddenly there was a burst of white powder. The powder was flying, like a mist under the light, spinning gracefully around them, which was inexplicably beautiful.

Su Li stood up and walked over, and the mist enveloped her. She raised her head and looked at him, giving him what she thought was the most beautiful smile, "Have you gone to ask for the cat from your friend?" Her tone was still somewhat astringent.

I'm nervous, I really don't like being so timid.

Gu Ling'an picked up little Qining and replied, "I have already told him that he will send it to me later. It may be coming soon. If you are not busy, just wait here."

Su Li quickly said, "I'm not busy."

"Then you and little Qining play here while I go and get busy first." He said and hurriedly picked up the iron pot and entered the kitchen at the back.

Su Li looked at his tall and straight back. She was lost for a long time before looking back at Xiao Qining and asked him, "What do you want to play?"

Little Qining pointed to the messy cards at the door, "I want to build a tank, can sister do it?"

Su Li shook her head in shame, "I don't know how."

Little Qining was a little disappointed. He frowned, pouted his mouth, and suddenly had an idea. "There is one upstairs. It was made by my brother. Just follow it." He said and went forward to hold Su Li's hand.

He held her hand and walked towards the stairs.

The stairs are a bit narrow, paved with tiles, and very clean. It can be seen that they are wiped every day.

Quickly walking to the middle, she suddenly felt like a thief. After all, she and Gu Ling'an were not very familiar with each other yet, so it seemed inappropriate to rush to the second floor of a house like this.

What if there is something upstairs that she, an outsider, should not see? What if someone loses something valuable after going there? What if Gu Lingan thinks that she is not reserved or polite?

She was thinking erratically, but her steps kept going up uncontrollably.

She was very interested in the world above that belonged to Gu Ling'an.

In fact, she wanted to know everything about him! No matter the consequences.

Soon they came to the second floor. Upstairs was a small living room with a small room on each side, one closed and the other with the door ajar.
Chapter completed!