There Are Always Teachers Who Want To Ask Out Parents - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Heartbroken

TW: violence (verbal and physical) ahead

The surroundings were quiet, the deep and soft voice charms people’s hearts. Qi Yan’s mouth was slightly curved on one side of her face, the ends of her eyes were slightly raised, and her smile was seductive.

Lu Zhiqiao took a breath, and tightened her fingers holding the bag. A strange feeling came out from the bottom of her heart. It was hazy and passed by in a flash. She wanted to grab it but couldn’t. Then her steady heartbeat gradually accelerated. A dense tingle spreads from her lips to her chest.

In the summer when she was a teenager, she met the girl she liked on the playground, and there seemed to be an energy in her body that was eager to break through the shackles, wanting to scream and run. But in the end she didn’t do anything, the crazy joy was suppressed in her heart, she passed the other party expressionlessly, and she didn’t even dare to look back.

It’s been many years, even though she doesn’t like her now, the feeling is still vivid to her. Whenever she is tortured by the burden of life to the point of depression and despair, she will look back and think that she was not born numb.

She’s just locked herself in for too long.

Regardless, if she knows, as long as her daughter is not an adult and independent, she will not let herself go.

The fragrance rushed from all directions, tightly enveloping her, it was no longer breezy and cold, but mixed with the coquettishness that belonged to that person, full of repressed enthusiasm. One fragrance, thousands of scents, Qi Yan’s scenery is unique.

Feeling more and more flustered, Lu Zhiqiao’s throat moved, she lowered her eyes to look at the bright tiled floor, said good night in a low voice, and walked towards 901 without looking back.

She pulled the key too hastily, her hand was shaking a little. It didn’t go into the keyhole a few times, but she heard the sound of unlocking and closing the door from behind. The cold fragrance drifted away, and the corridor became completely quiet.  She closed her eyes, raised her head and exhaled, and the key finally went in.

…

There were only six subjects in the final exam of the first grade of junior high school, and the exam was completed in three days. Waiting for the parents’ meeting in the past few days, the mother and daughter made a detailed travel plan.

The destination is the Roland Islands near the equator in the Pacific Ocean. It belongs to country K and has a visa on arrival. There are tropical forests, countless small islands, blue sea, blue sky and shadows of coconut trees. It is very suitable for winter vacation.  Lu Zhiqiao booked air tickets and hotels, prepared all kinds of documents, and took her daughter to buy some new clothes.

“Mom, are you really not going to take Teacher Qi?”

“No.”

The little girl tried to persuade her mother for the nth time, but it was ineffective, she didn’t dare to play tricks, so she could only pout her mouth in a sullen mood.

At first, Lu Zhiqiao wondered why her daughter had changed so quickly, but after carefully recalling and sorting out the big and small things that happened in the past two months, she seemed to understand a little bit. Children are kind and simple, whoever treats them well will treat others well, not to mention that Qi Yan is a teacher, beautiful and gentle, naturally attracting students to like her, no one can resist.

Thinking of this, she felt more and more frustrated, inexplicably jealous of Qi Yan, but also had to admire Qi Yan’s charisma.

“Why do you want Teacher Qi to go?”

“Because—” Lu Wei hesitated for a while, “Ms. Qi said that she can take many beautiful photos for me and make a big photo album.”

Lu Zhiqiao suddenly thought of the picture of the nude woman, and her face froze: “Mom can help you take pictures too.”

“No, you don’t take good pictures.”

“…”

On the morning of the parents-teacher meeting, all the final test papers were corrected, and the teachers of each subject sorted out the disrupted test papers by class and handed them over to the class teacher for grading.

Qi Yan was very busy that morning, her desk was full of test papers and evaluation reports, she was making forms in front of the computer, and the other five subjects were all registered, except for the math test papers that had been missing for a long time, and the students’ math scores were all blank..

Just as she was going the next door, the door to the office was pushed open vigorously.

“Qi Yan!”

A gust of cold wind blew through the hall, and Xu Shoukui’s tall and burly figure appeared at the door. He raised his chin, glanced around with his eyes like the bottom of a thick wine bottle, walked slowly to Qi Yan, and slapped the test paper in his hand on her desk:  “Look at this Lu Wei in your class! Her grades are a mess! Now she even learned how to cheat! She scored 102!”

He was tall and big, with a rough voice, standing there like a wall, Qi Yan was startled by his roar, and other class teachers also looked over.

On the table was Lu Wei’s math test paper. The bright red score of 102 was extremely dazzling. Qi Yan picked it up and looked at it carefully, and said with an embarrassed smile: “Sir, looking at the score doesn’t mean anything.”

“Hehe, I knew you would speak for your students.” Xu Shoukui sneered arrogantly, threw a stack of test papers on the table in his other hand, picked up the top one, turned it over, and came to Qi Yan.

“Look! This is Wang Zheyi’s paper, and the next second question made a wrong step, and Lu Wei made exactly the same mistake as him!”

“There is also the second question of filling in the blanks. Wang Zheyi didn’t write it, and Lu Wei didn’t write it either. Then look at the other big questions that are right. The steps are the same! she even copied an extra point!”

I’ve never seen such a stupid student! Poor grades and cheating! If you want to copy, do it smartly! Copying all the wrong ones, afraid that people won’t see that you copied them?”

The more Xu Shoukui talked, the more excited he became, saliva flew all over the place, and the veins on his forehead popped up. The other teachers who were watching were stunned, and no one spoke for a long time.

The test papers were assigned to the teachers of each subject in the order they were received in the examination room, and the names and classes were covered. When the teachers corrected the papers, they did not know who was who. After reading it again, first pay attention to the top students with good grades, and then look at the idiots at the bottom.

Wang Zheyi is the top student in the class, with good grades in all subjects, especially mathematics, while Lu Wei is the “idiot” in Xu Shoukui’s eyes.

Unfortunately, the test papers of the two were largely similar.

Maybe being stupid is not the original sin, but being stupid with evil intentions and cheating is hopeless and despised.  The more Xu Shoukui thought about it, the more angry he became. Students who cheated according to the rules were given 0 points, and his proud academic master was implicated by an idiot.

The air was suddenly quiet.

Qi Yan looked down at the two test papers and compared them carefully. Indeed, as Xu Shoukui said, the traces of copying were very obvious. Not to mention him with decades of teaching experience, even the trainee teacher could see it.

“It happens to be the parents-teachers meeting in the afternoon, and I will report this to the parents.” She said in a deep voice.

Disappointed, she felt distressed. She knew that Niu Niu might cheat because she was afraid of failing the math test, but what was the point of copying such a high score?

Such a well-behaved and sensible child would do such a thing.

Xu Shoukui said relentlessly: “Let her parents come to the office! I want to see what kind of parents can raise such a child!”

Qi Yan: “…”

Just after noon, thick and heavy clouds blocked the sun, and the sky was gray, as if it was about to rain.

The students on duty cleaned up the classroom, and Qi Yan came to decorate the room early, just like the midterm exam, but the mood was completely different. At that time, she was the homeroom teacher and teacher Qi, who was relatively fair. But now, she is Qi Yan, who seems to have been stripped of her teacher’s identity, and her mind is full of the mother and daughter.

Knowing that she shouldn’t favor the students, she couldn’t help making excuses for Niu Niu, and she didn’t even want Lu Zhiqiao to know about it.

At the last parent meeting, Niu Niu saw her mother’s eyes when she appeared in the classroom, she was half happy and half scared. At that time, Qi Yan was sure that Lu Zhiqiao was usually very strict with her children’s grades, maybe it was invisible, and she didn’t show it in her daily life.

That is a woman who is strong in her bones, high-spirited and self-reliant. It is hard to imagine how she will react when she hears the news.

Amid anxiety, the parents came one after another.

The smell of Artemis is extremely unique, before the person arrives, the fragrance comes first, and the cold citrus and the thick sandalwood are intertwined.  Qi Yan didn’t wear perfume today, so she naturally knew who it was. Standing on the podium, she couldn’t help sniffing lightly, then turned her head to look, and the figure of that person appeared in her sight.

Lu Zhiqiao was wearing a short apricot-colored lamb’s wool jacket with a high-quality texture and looked warm and cozy. She wore light makeup, her face was beautiful and gentle, and there was a polite smile on the corner of her lips: “Teacher Qi.”

“Come in.” Qi Yan nodded with a faint smile, her expression controlled and polite, she raised her hand and gave the report card.

There was no need to sign in this time. She came earlier, and there were only seven or eight parents sitting sporadically in the classroom. They were either playing with their mobile phones or looking at their report cards. No one paid attention to the situation on the podium.

Lu Zhiqiao took the report card, glanced roughly, and kept looking down, only to see her daughter’s name in the last row, and was stunned.

“0 points in math?”

Her brows furrowed instantly, and she raised her eyes to look at Qi Yan: “What’s going on?”

Qi Yan showed a serious look, turned her head and glanced at the parents who were doing various things under her eyes, and lowered her voice: “Let’s talk outside.” After speaking, she let the class monitor take her place and walk in front.

Lu Zhiqiao followed with a blank face.

As soon as she left the classroom, Qi Yan saw Lu Wei standing in the corridor talking to her classmates, and her heart arose immediately. She didn’t expect that the child would follow her mother in the parent-teacher meeting. Wouldn’t this be a shot in the arm?

“Teacher Qi~” the two children shouted when they saw her.

Qi Yan nodded, quickly gave Lu Wei a sympathetic look, and hurried to the stairwell. The little girl behind her watched her mother leave with the teacher. She was confused, but she didn’t care, she turned her head and continued chatting with her classmates.

Half of the stairwell leads to the rooftop. Usually no one comes there, and there is no surveillance system installed, so it is very hidden and convenient for private conversations.

“What’s the matter?”

When there was no one there, Lu Zhiqiao also let go of the burden of identity, and talked to Qi Yan in a normal tone that she was gradually getting used to.

Qi Yan frowned, took a deep breath, suddenly grabbed her hand, and said in a deep voice, “Niu Niu cheated in this final math exam. According to the usual practice, she will be given 0 points and ranked last.”

Lu Zhiqiao’s face immediately sank.

“Cheated?”

“Well, she copied her classmate’s, and she copied exactly the same mistakes. The math teacher found out. The test paper is with the math teacher, and he asked you to go to his office after the meeting is over.” Qi Yan finished speaking vigorously, holding her hand tightly. After shaking her hand, she couldn’t restrain her selfishness after talking about the official business, and couldn’t help reminding her.

“The math teacher’s surname is Xu, and he has a bad temper. This incident made him very angry. I’m afraid he will say something nasty to you. After a while, let it go to your left ear and come out to your right.”

Lu Zhiqiao pursed her thin lips tightly, her face became more and more sour, and the hand held by her trembled a little.

Seeing this, Qi Yan secretly thought it was bad, afraid that she would do something irrational, so she quickly comforted her softly: “Cheating is wrong, if there is anything that’s needed to be said, we can talk about that at home, not in school where there are a lot of people, save some face for the child. She must’ve been too afraid of failing the exam…”

“Qi Yan.”

She interrupted in a low voice.

“?”

“You are a teacher, how can you defend her?” Her expression were complex; sullen, sad, and disappointed.

Qi Yan’s body froze, her throat gulped unconsciously, her eyes were filled with bitterness. She blinked lightly, and then hugged her: “You called my name, I’m not Teacher Qi, just like what you said just now. Right now, I am not Teacher Qi.”

“Others can hold me accountable as a teacher, but Lu Zhiqiao, you can’t.”

Her voice was choked with uncontrollable sobs.

Lu Zhiqiao’s heart tightened, and she suddenly panicked. She subconsciously hugged Qi Yan in response, not knowing what to say, and said at a loss: “That’s not what I meant…let’s start the meeting, let’s go down.”

“Okay.”

Qi Yan immediately let go of her, turned around and went downstairs without even looking at her.

….

The parent-teacher meeting ended soon, and Lu Zhiqiao was led by Qi Yan to the teacher’s office. Unfortunately, almost all the teachers were there, which meant that the “communication” process between Xu Shoukui and her would be watched by crowds.

The parents of each class went back one after another, and the campus gradually became empty and quiet. Qi Yan closed the office door and saw Lu Wei standing in the corridor looking around, looking restless, sighed helplessly, and stepped forward.

“Teacher. Qi, why did Teacher Xu want to find my mother?” The little girl pinched her fingers with both hands, and kept looking at the office door, feeling extremely guilty.

Qi Yan frowned slightly, and her face was a little cold, but her voice was soft: “Niu Niu, cheating is not the solution to the problem.”

Just one sentence, everything is clear.

Lu Wei became frightened, her small face wrinkled into a ball, she looked at the office door, then at Qi Yan, her mouth opened and closed, unable to speak, her dark pupils showed a trace of fear, then she lowered her head.

Since moving to 902, Qi Yan can no longer show the dignity of a teacher when facing this child. She always feels like this little girl is her own daughter.

What she can control is not to hug her and comfort her at this moment.

The teacher and the student waited anxiously in the corridor. Not long after, Lu Zhiqiao came out, with a slight smile on her lips when she closed the door, and turned around, her face darkened a few degrees. Seeing her daughter standing there with her head bowed, she felt angry, but she didn’t attack. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, pulling her towards the stairs.

“Lu–”

Qi Yan knew it was over, the child would definitely be beaten, she was just about to call her but the office door opened again; Xu Shoukui walked to the trash can with a relaxed expression, and emptied the tea in the thermos.

She swallowed back the words behind her.

….

The car was speeding all the way, Lu Zhiqiao’s face was as cold as iron, and she never spoke. Lu Wei, who was sitting in the passenger’s, shrank her head and bit her mouth tightly, not daring to breathe.

Instead of going back to the company to continue working, she returned directly to the complex.

After entering the house, Lu Zhiqiao threw the bag on the sofa, dragged her daughter’s arm to stand by the wall, and said sharply, “Why did you cheat?!”

The little girl immediately burst into tears.

“Tell me!”

“Woooo…”

The more her daughter cried, the more Lu Zhiqiao’s anger was aroused. Since she was a child, she lost her temper a handful of times, and she would only speak harshly when she encountered a problem of principle.  Bad grades are temporary and can be improved slowly, but cheating is a matter of principle. If you let it go when kids are young, it will definitely lead to disaster when they grow up.

Her daughter, who has always been well-behaved and obedient, did this kind of thing, which was as bad as stealing and robbery. She was caught off guard, and all her beliefs and self-esteem collapsed.

It was her failure in educating the child.

“Don’t cry!” Lu Zhiqiao shouted.

The more fierce she became, the more frightened Lu Wei became, the more unable to hold back her tears, her body twitched, but she cried even harder.

Lu Zhiqiao frowned, anger rushed into her heart. Trembling with anger, she turned her head to get a hanger from the balcony, raised her hand and slapped her hard.

The hard plastic core was smacked like a whip, and it hurt so badly. The little girl hugged her head and huddled up, crying and shouting, her face flushed red, and she lost the strength to struggle after a while, and lay on the ground crying loudly.

Also at this time, the doorbell rang

Author’s Note:

Don’t be afraid, girl, Teacher Qi is here to save you!  (funny

I would like to apologize to all the cuties. During this period of time, the pressure has been very high, the state is not good, and the update time is always erratic. I am sorry tut. If there is no update at 11 o’clock in the evening, everyone should not stay up late and wait.  It’s the same when you wake up the next day and read it, woo woo woo, I love you =3=