CH 2

Chapter 2: Parents Meeting

The visitor is slender, with cold eyes, wearing a navy blue suit jacket and straight-leg trousers, making her legs straight, looking refreshing and capable. The astonishment in those eyes flashed away, and there was a polite smile on the corner of her lips.

It is her.

Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she pretended to be calm and said, "Whose parent are you?"

"Lu Wei's mother."

Matching the name with a little girl out of more than forty students' faces. Qi Yan smiled calmly, pointed to the table, and said, "Let's sign in first."

Under the calm facade, there were dark waves within, she never dreamt that the woman with whom she had a fling last night turned out to be her student's mother. It means that the other party is a married woman, and she is very likely to be the "mistress" in a daze.

Lu Zhiqiao nodded calmly, bent down to look at the sign-in sheet.

A strand of hair fell down, she brushed it up with her hand, and tucked it behind her ear, revealing a soft profile face with fair skin. Qi Yan stared at her intently, her throat moved, and the corners of the report card in her hand were crumpled.

The same formal attire, but with a different color, the woman looked even more aloof, dignified and meticulous, completely different from last night.

Qi Yan couldn't help the bitterness in her throat when she thought that she had bloomed charmingly in her hands, and when she thought that such a delicacy might be a married woman, she felt even more regretful in her heart. It's like digging a piece of treasure and holding it in the palm of your hand, but it was taken away before it was warmed, so a lot of resentment arose.

I hate men altogether.

Qi Yan gritted her teeth, watched her finish signing, straightened her back, and handed over a report card: "Sit wherever you want."

"Thank you." Lu Zhiqiao took it politely, without raising her eyelids.

She roughly glanced at the report card, walked straight to the innermost seat of the group by the window, took out a tissue to wipe the table and chairs, sat down, and then kept her eyes fixed on the report card without moving.

"Teacher, is that the report card? You haven't given ours yet." Guo's mother and Zhou's father were left alone for a long time. Seeing that Qi Yan gave the report card to a parent who came later, they were a little upset.

Qi Yan came back to her senses, looked away, smiled apologetically, and gave one to each of them.

At three o'clock sharp, most of the parents came.

The classroom was almost full, Qi Yan put away the sign-in sheet, glanced down, found Lu Wei's name and looked back.

Lu Zhiqiao.

It's a very poetic name, when she saw it on the student information, she had that impression. But this woman's handwriting is vigorous, not like the style of ordinary women.

And, with her mother's last name.

Although children can take their parents' surname, it is rare and unusual for them to take their mother's surname. Unless there are two step children in the family, one with the father and the other with the mother, or——

Qi Yan thought of two possibilities and her gloomy eyes suddenly brightened.

...

In the eyes of students, the parent meeting is a great way for teachers to complain to their parents. Especially after the exam, the top students are calm and fearless, while the low students are nervous. When Qi Yan taught her first batch of students, she wanted to be friends with the children and influence them with love, but after a long time she realized that she was too naive.

She is young, beautiful, and open-minded, and was easy to get along with the students, but at the same time, she has also lost her prestige. They refused to hand in their homework at will, did not observe discipline, and even rummaged through the things on her desk. They felt hurt and began to be dissatisfied when she criticized them

A child of thirteen or fourteen is immature, but the most rebellious and difficult to control. After suffering a loss, she abandoned her naive thoughts.

A teacher should always be a teacher, especially the head teacher, she is an authority with aloofness, she would rather give grace and power than be friends with students.

Complaints are complaints but they have to talk about them with polite words.

"This is the first exam since the beginning of the first year of junior high school. Children have just transitioned from elementary school to junior high school, so it is inevitable that children will not adapt, so the score does not explain anything. I hope parents can be more patient..."

Qi Yan is 1.7* meters tall, wearing a pair of low-heeled shoes, with a clear and majestic voice, standing on the podium with the aura of looking down on the world.

*5'6"

She didn't tie her hair up today, and let her long black hair hang down like a waterfall. She has a thin oval face, long eyes and high nose, and deep facial features.

In parent-teacher meetings in other classes, some people always fall asleep, but in Class 1 - 2, the parents all sat upright, concentrating, and were more serious than their children in class.

There is only one exception.

Lu Zhiqiao was looking down at the report card. The straight neckline of the shirt covered her neck tightly, and the button was still buttoned to the top. She has long hair tied back, light makeup on her face, and a very charming tear mole, but her brows and eyes are distant and indifferent, revealing a hint of prudence.

After maintaining the posture for a long time, her neck was a little sore. She turned around a little, but did not raise her head, her eyes were always locked on the report card.

The voice on the podium was like a spell, knocking on her heart word by word, her eyes were calm, but her heart was beating violently, her fingers kept rubbing the corners of the report card until it was wrinkled, and she suddenly remembered it was where Qi Yan touched, she let go quickly, as if she had been scalded.

A beam of sunlight peaked in and fell on her hair. Occasionally, a student walks by outside the window, stops, probes his head, and then runs away quickly.

Time moves extremely slowly.

In about half an hour, the parent-teacher meeting was over. Qi Yan put the QR code of the home-school wechat group on the projector, and asked the parents to scan the code to enter the group and exchange the notes.

She finally saw Lu Zhiqiao raise her head.

But soon she bowed down again—just a few seconds.

The parents left one after another and crowded the front door. Lu Zhiqiao folded the report card and put it in her bag. She turned her head and looked at the back door. She got up and walked over. She was about to open it when someone stopped her.

"Lu Wei's mom, please wait a moment." The voice came from the podium.

Immediately, dozens of pairs of eyes followed Qi Yan's line of sight to Lu Zhiqiao.

"..."

If students are afraid of being called by name in class, then parents are the same. They are most reluctant to be called by the teacher at the parent meeting--it often means that their child has caused trouble.

Lu Zhiqiao put her hand on the door lock and didn't move.

Once the classroom was empty, she turned around, met the woman's burning eyes, and walked slowly to the podium with a faint smile on her lips: "Is something the matter Teacher Qi?"

"Lu Wei has a game this afternoon, do you want to go and see?" Qi Yan curled her lips with a meaningful smile.

"No." Lu Zhiqiao said politely, "

"I have to go to work." After she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave. When the class monitor came in carrying desks, one of them didn't stop, and bumped into her accidentally. Her feet were unsteady, her figure swayed, and she fell to the side.

Qi Yan stepped forward with quick eyes and hands, and with a hook of her long arm, she firmly grasped the back of Lu Zhiqiao's thin waist, and took it into her arms.

The cold fragrance came to her nostrils, and she subconsciously tightened her arms.

"Careful."

Thin hot air sprayed behind the ears, as hot as last night, Lu Zhiqiao's heart trembled, blood rushed to her cheeks, her feet were a little soft, and she froze.

"Auntie, I'm sorry...I didn't mean to..." The class monitor was startled, and hurriedly put down the table to apologize.

Lu Zhiqiao came to her senses, struggled a little, but couldn't break free, so she shook her head at the child, "It's okay."

"It's okay, let me put the table away, and you go to the playground to watch the students compete." Qi Yan echoed.

The class monitor nodded, put down the table, turned around and ran out.

The classroom became empty and quiet, the two of them were close next to each other, their postures were extremely intimate.

Because of the movement just now, the collar of her shirt loosened a little and the traces of blue and purple inside were shown. Qi Yan saw it casually, and her eyes quickly darkened: "I didn't expect that we are so destined."

Last night was so crazy, she couldn't remember what marks she left on the other party. How many traces, she only knows that she couldn't control it, and the scorching hot feeling still lingers.

She is soft and fragrant in her arms, and it brings back those memories, and she wishes she could tear her apart and swallow her alive.

Lu Zhiqiao opened her mouth, but her voice was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't speak, and the tips of her ears were stained pink.

"Does it hurt?" Qi Yan held her wrist and rubbed it, the red marks on it were still there.

Being tied up for a whole night, how could it not hurt, but this person refused to be untied afterwards, she became addicted to playing, she didn't know if it was because of being drunk and bold, or because she really had some special hobby.

Lu Zhiqiao frowned lightly, turned her face away, and said nothing.

The more she was like this, the more Qi Yan found it interesting. She grabbed her chin with one hand and said softly: "When I was talking just now, you were avoiding me. That was very disrespectful, you know?"

"Parents should lead by example and set a good example for their children."

When they got closer, Qi Yan's lips almost touched her ears, as if they could see the capillaries slowly expanding, and the red became more gorgeous, and the temperature became warmer. While breathing, she couldn't help but want to kiss her.

Suddenly thinking of the CCTVs in the classroom, Qi Yan clenched her fists and had no choice but to give up.

There was the sound of bouncing footsteps in the corridor, going their way. Lu Zhiqiao was startled, and hurriedly pushed Qi Yan away to stabilize her figure. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a shadow blocking part of the light at the door.

"Mom?" The two turned their heads at the same time.

A little girl in school uniform and ponytail stood at the door, staring at Lu Zhiqiao blankly, her eyes were both surprised and fearful.

She had just finished running 100 meters, her face was flushed and was sweating profusely, and she was still panting a little. She thought that the parent meeting was over, and she would go to the classroom to rest for a while before going home, but who knew—— 

"Lu Wei." Qi Yan charged with a smile as she waved, "How is the competition?" The little girl walked over and called Teacher Qi, and said cutely: "I'm in the semi-finals." After speaking, she secretly glanced at her mother.

"That's great." Qi Yan praised warmly, "Rest early tonight, recharge your batteries, and work hard for the match tomorrow."     

"Yeah."

"Okay, let's go home, mom."

She let her daughter get her school bag, then took the kid's hand, couldn't wait to leave the classroom.

The mother and daughter walked out of the school gate and got into a black A8*.

T/N: *Audi A8 car

"Mom." Lu Wei said cautiously, "Your face is so red, are you uncomfortable?"

Lu Zhiqiao was startled, feeling guilty for no reason, and pressed the back of her hand to her face: "I'm okay, it's just a little hot." She took out a tissue and handed it over, "Wipe off your sweat and take off your coat."

"Oh."

She leaned back again then took a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the lid, "Drink some water, but don't drink too much, you just finished running." The girl took off her school uniform jacket, took two sips of water.

"How are you adapting to school? Are you getting used to it?"

"Well, it's okay."

Lu Zhiqiao nodded to herself, stroked her loose hair, felt that it was a little hot, and wanted to unbutton the top button to breathe, but she suddenly thought of the dense marks on her body, and her fingers suddenly froze.

Last night, that person demanded excessively, as if she wanted to tear her apart. She originally thought that after one night, they would never meet again, but she didn't expect that fate is such an unspeakable thing.

What an evil fate.

That woman is her child's teacher.

Lu Zhiqiao suddenly felt ashamed of being immoral, feeling like she was sitting on pins and needles, and she didn't know how to face her child more and more.

"Your class teacher..." She sighed softly, pulled up her collar, and turned to look at her daughter, "I remember you said that she teaches Chinese?"

"Yeah."

"Do you like her?"

"I like her, Teacher Qi is beautiful." Lu Wei replied without thinking, her black eyes sparkled, and after thinking about it, she thought her mom had something against Qi Yan, so she asked carefully.

"Mom, do you like her? Teacher Qi?"