Tong Qiu indeed made plans behind Huo Zhixing’s back.
At that time Xiao Keran’s incident had happened, and Tong Qiu had been in a bad place – it didn’t help that he still had to work hard at school. His only comfort back then was Huo Zhixing.
Because of that incident, Tong Qiu greatly doubted his ability to be teacher – if indeed he had made the right decision. He felt that he had not properly fulfilled his responsibilities.
Due to Huo Zhixing’s persuasion, he hadn’t hastily resigned, and instead asked the principal if it would be possible that in the next school term, he would be made as a simple subject teacher and no longer a class advisor.
Tong Qiu believed he needed to learn again from the beginning how to handle an advisory class.
It was also during that time that he always felt restless and anxious – it even came to a point where as long as Huo Zhixing wasn’t beside him, he wouldn’t be able to sleep properly.
Every night his sleep had been irregular – Tong Qiu found out that he wasn’t capable of sleeping for more than two hours, always waking up not long after he had fallen asleep. He also constantly dreamed about Xiao Keran.
He told Chu Yao about it, and she suggested: “You shouldn’t wait for your break to go on a holiday. You should go now to a quiet place and relax.”
It was easy for one to fall and get trapped within the dark recesses of their minds, and once you’re in there, it would be hard to get back out. At that point what could help you from further getting yourself lost was to force yourself to go out, change your environment and breathe in some fresh air.
It was because of that that Tong Qiu began to pay his attention to all kinds of tour programs, despite him having no plans of joining any tour groups. He simply chose several places and planned to go by himself.
When he made his plans, he and Huo Zhixing had yet to reconcile – though they were already getting ambiguous. In fact he wanted to ask the other if he wanted to join him as, after all, Huo Zhixing still owed him a honeymoon trip. Unfortunately, they both got busy afterwards so he never got the chance to talk about it, and by the time they had gotten together again, he had already forgotten about it.
“Actually, a change of scenery would be good for you.” During breakfast the next morning, Officer Huo playfully interrogated Tong-laoshi. Tong-laoshi chose to confess, and Officer Huo decided to be lenient. “Anyway, you’re on holiday so it’ll be alright. This time would last for almost three months, wouldn’t it? It’ll be better than being left at home all alone.”
Tong Qiu took a sip of the porridge and glanced at him: “Don’t you plan on going with me?”
After he asked, he regretted it and waved his hand: “Forget it, you don’t have time.”
They got married at the beginning of last year. At that time, they didn’t have time for a honeymoon, let alone now.
He shouldn’t have asked.
“I’m sorry.” Huo Zhixing was apologetic. Truthfully, he wanted to go on a proper honeymoon with Tong Qiu.
“You don’t have to apologize.” Tong Qiu laughed, and didn’t know whether to comfort Huo Zhixing or himself. “As the person who was voted as the best family member a police officer could have, I already know and understand what to expect.”
He took a bite of his egg when he suddenly remembered something and looked up. “Hey, when would the voting be held this year? I need to hold onto my position.”
Huo Zhixing laughed awkwardly: “We won’t be able to win again.”
“What’s the matter? Are they disqualifying us because we divorced? Isn’t this a discrimination? I won’t accept it!” Tong Qiu felt wronged and sulked.
There are times when Tong Qiu would become difficult to deal with, just like a child. Huo Zhixing loved it when he acted this way.
“In the first half of the year,” Huo Zhixing started, “I became extremely busy time and became a bit absentminded. As a result, I was questioned by the chief and that’s how he found out.”
“What happened next?” Tong Qiu became nervous when he heard Huo Zhixing was questioned by his superior.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Who wouldn’t be afraid of their supervisor?
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“… How could I be so unlucky?” Tong Qiu lamented unhappily. “So now everyone knows we got divorced?”
“Hmm.”
Tong Qiu swallowed the egg without chewing, feeling upset. “No, we need to have our divorce certificate changed immediately. Next year, the honor should be mine, Tong-laoshi’s!
After sending off the hard-working Officer Huo, Tong Qiu went back to sleep.
Anyways, it was his vacation, so why not go back to sleep?
What’s the meaning of life if you don’t waste it on your bed?
Tong Qiu slept well until noon, where had a wonderful dream. He dreamed that all the students in his class were admitted to key universities, and all of them with their families came to visit him bringing rainbow-coloured banners.
The dream had been so beautiful that Tong Qiu was reluctant to wake up.
He was finally woken up by Feng Kaiwen’s call. The little imp spoke out in high spirits: “Tong-ge! Come on!”
“… What do you want?” Tong Qiu turned over sleepily, “Keep your voice down or I’ll go deaf.”
“I organized a class dinner. Everyone said they wanted you to come.”
Tong Qiu opened his eyes and rubbed it: “You guys play by yourselves. If I come, you won’t be able to let loose.”
“No, no,” Feng Kaiwen persuaded earnestly, “It wouldn’t be complete without you, we won’t feel at ease!”
Tong Qiu laughed: “I’m afraid you just want me to foot the bill.”
“Hahaha, how come?” Feng Kaiwen said, “It had been decided that it was every man for themselves. You have to pay for your own share. So don’t worry we won’t ask you to pay for everything.”
Tong Qiu laughed: “You little imp.”
“Come on, you can even bring shimu with you.”
“With how you said it, is Officer Huo a bag that you can simply bring anywhere?” Tong Qui buried his face on the quilt and laughed. “Where are you?”
“Heyue Tower.” Feng Kaiwen replied. “Will shimu come or not? Everyone wants to see him.”
“… Is that the real reason why you want me to go? Because you guys wanted to see Huo Zhixing?” Tong Qiu pretended to be jealous, “Then I won’t go, let him go by himself.”
Feng Kaiwen hurriedly coaxed him: “Tong-ge! What are you talking about? I’m really heartbroken after hearing that! We are sincere to you, can’t you feel it?”
Tong Qiu smiled and sat up: “I can’t feel it.”
“…Let’s do it like this,” Feng Kaiwen gritted his teeth, “If you come, I’ll cover your taxi money! It’ll be fun!”
Tong Qiu was completely amused: “It’s fine. You have yet to get a job and would still have to go to college.”
When Feng Kaiwen heard the smile in the other’s voice, he knew he had won: “So we’ll wait for you?”
“Wait,” Tong Qiu said, “Your Uncle Huo is currently on duty right now so I’m the only one who’ll come.”
“Uncle Huo is working hard to protect the people!”
Feng Kaiwen hung up and heaved a sigh in relief.
Kan Yue came out of the room and asked him: “What happened, why do you look like you just survived a disaster?”
Feng Kaiwen huffed and let himself fall into his little girlfriend’s arms, lamenting: “Why are old men in their thirties still so jealous? It’s terrible!”
Tong Qiu took his time getting ready. When he stood at the entrance of the legendary Heyue Tower, he lamented about how these rascals didn’t care much about how they spent their money.
The Heyue Tower was only opened two years ago, and the decoration was so luxurious that working-class people like Tong Qiu and Huo Zhixing never had thoughts of being customers.
He didn’t expect that the first time he’ll come here was because of these children.
As soon as he approached the reception, a beautiful waiter came to greet him. Tong Qiu said the box number and was led upstairs.
As it was a weekday, the restaurant only had a few guests. As soon as he went up he heard a burst of laughter. He couldn’t help but shake his head – it was already obvious where his group of students were.
As Tong Qiu expected, as soon as he entered the door, the children forced him to drink.
One by one, these liberated eighteen year olds really thought of themselves as adults after taking off their uniforms.
Tong Qiu joined in on the revelry, but still kept a careful eye. He didn’t allow them to drink too much or go overboard with their actions.
Fortunately, Tong Qiu’s students all listened to him. As soon as the teacher said they shouldn’t drink anymore, they stopped drinking. However, since the students weren’t drinking anymore, they demanded that the teacher had to drink for them.
It was a good thing that Tong Qiu’s alcohol tolerance was high, or else these gangsters would’ve already gotten him drunk beyond imagination.
The sky had already gone dark when they finished eating and drinking.
Tong Qiu’s phone rang, and the caller was Huo Zhixing.
“Shh…” Monitor Feng Kaiwen took the initiative to silence everyone.
As a result, everyone pricked up their ears to listen to Tong-laoshi’s phone call with his wife.
Tong Qiu became embarrassed and went out of the room to take the call.
“What are you doing?” Huo Zhixing asked, “It took you too long to pick up the phone.”
“I went out,” Tong Qiu replied, “The children in my class held a party and asked me to come.”
Huo Zhixing laughed: “Very good, Tong-laoshi is very popular!”
“They also invited you,” Tong Qiu added. “I think they are more interested in you.”
During the call, Feng Kaiwen and the rest of the smelly brats poked their heads out the door and yelled: “Officer Huo! Come here! If you don’t come, we’ll make sure to get Tong-ge drunk enough he wouldn’t be able to return home!’
Tong Qiu glared at them.
Feng Kaiwen laughed, hands pressed together like in prayer: “Come on Tong-ge, you can’t just have fun by yourself. It’s unfair!”
Tong Qiu was left with no choice but to laugh at their antics. He shooed them back inside, discouraging them from spying further.
After he drove them away, Tong Qiu asked Huo Zhixing: “Did you hear their shouting?”
Huo Zhixing chuckled: “They were quite noisy.”
“Yes,” Tong Qiu agreed, smiling, “It’s quite annoying.”
“How much have you drank?” Huo Zhixing worried about this.
“Well,” Tong Qiu replied, “I believe they were just playing around, but I can’t discipline them anymore. The only thing I can do is wait for the right opportunity to have my revenge.”
Huo Zhixing couldn’t help but laugh at that. Tong Qiu waited for him to be done before he asked: “Will you come? They all want to see you.”
It was common knowledge that Tong-laoshi married a man. Although a lot of students have already seen Huo Zhixing, but there were still some who haven’t and were curious about Tong-laoshi’s handsome police officer.
“You decide for me.” Huo Zhixing replied, “If you want me to come, I’ll go. If you don’t want me to come, let me know when it’s almost over so that I can pick you up.”
Tong Qiu laughed: “You don’t have to do that. Whether I drink or not, can those bastards really force me?”
He thought for a moment, hesitated, before finally deciding: “Well, maybe you should come. They are my students after all – now that they have graduated, it’s time for them to meet the man behind the master.”
The author has something to say:
Huo Zhixing: I am the man “above” their master.
Nell’s Corner:
Sobs I’m never promising anything again.
The man above their master! LMFAO
I’m the man “above” their master.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well, tbh, it works whether he is “above” or “behind” the master. 😂🤣😉😘 Ahhh, I still hope there will be an official wedding and that the author hadn’t forgotten about those particular wedding outfits.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
+1 😂
Also – dark **reses [recesses]
omph- thanks for that!
These brats 🤣🤣🤣
Thank You for the chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)