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"Teacher Su, I'm here."
The person who entered was, naturally, Lin Ge. He had seen Su Yalin and Zhou Bowen from outside the window. As a meddler, he naturally wouldn't let the man and woman stay alone, so he directly pushed the door open and entered.
What Lin Ge didn't know was that his timing was perfect, precisely interrupting Zhou Bowen's confession. At this moment, Zhou Bowen already held a grudge against him.
"Which class are you from? Don't you know to knock before entering the office?" His confession interrupted, Zhou Bowen was very angry and naturally wanted to vent his frustration on someone. But to Zhou Bowen's astonishment, Lin Ge completely ignored him and walked directly in front of Su Yalin.
Looking at the lunchbox on Su Yalin's desk, Lin Ge smiled knowingly. "Indeed, he brought a loving lunch." "In my previous life, you were able to win over the beauty with your loving lunches, but in this life, with me here, you are destined to fail."
Su Yalin had secretly put down her chopsticks even before Lin Ge entered. Girls were thin-skinned and didn't want others to know she accepted Zhou Bowen's loving lunch. But Lin Ge stirred the pot, asking with a smile, "Teacher Su, I didn't expect you to be quite skilled! You can actually make such good dishes. This food looks delicious at a glance."
"This... this isn't my lunch." Su Yalin blushed and quickly denied it, waving her hands.
Lin Ge smiled. Not hers? That made things easy.
"It's not Teacher Su's? Then I'm just hungry; it's okay if I eat this, right?" Without waiting for Su Yalin to react, Lin Ge picked up the lunchbox, grabbed the chopsticks, and started eating like a hungry person.
"Lin Ge, you..." Su Yalin's face turned even redder. She didn't mind Lin Ge eating the meal. But those chopsticks... those were the chopsticks she had used!
"Arrogant! Simply too arrogant!"
"Entering the office without reporting, and now even eating the teacher's packed lunch, Lin Ge, get out of here right now!" At this point, Zhou Bowen was beyond words. He was absolutely furious. The chopsticks his beloved woman had used were now being used by a student. Wasn't this equivalent to an indirect kiss? This was a privilege he hadn't even had!
Lin Ge rolled his eyes, eating from the lunchbox as he spoke to Zhou Bowen, "Who are you? Are you our class's teacher? My homeroom teacher hasn't said anything to me, who are you to meddle?"
"Teacher Su, if there's any criticism, it should be you criticizing me. I don't want teachers from other classes meddling. If word gets out, people will think our Teacher Su doesn't know how to discipline students."
"Teacher Zhou, it's after school hours now, and teachers and students are friends. I told him he didn't need to knock to come in. As for the lunchbox, I hope you don't mind. Lin Ge is only 18, and he's at an age where he's growing; eating more will help him get into a better study state. Let him eat, it's fine."
Su Yalin, at the critical moment, was very protective of her students. And what Lin Ge said was true; her students were not for outsiders to manage.
"But, but that was for you..." Zhou Bowen said anxiously.
"Lin Ge, don't you have to go home for dinner? Why are you eating like you haven't eaten in three days?" Su Yalin was thin-skinned and didn't want Lin Ge to know that Zhou Bowen had brought her the lunchbox. So she quickly interrupted Zhou Bowen and changed the subject.
Lin Ge shoveled down the food, looking innocent. "My parents both work at the factory; they don't come home to cook lunch, so I have no food to eat."
"Is that so?" Hearing Lin Ge's words, Su Yalin felt a pang of sympathy for her student. No wonder Lin Ge was so hungry; it turned out he had no lunch.
"Eat slowly. If it's not enough, Teacher Zhou has more."
"Don't let Teacher Zhou's harsh words fool you; he's actually a very good person. You'll know once you get to know him longer." Su Yalin pulled a stool for Lin Ge, asking him to sit and eat. This kind of treatment made Zhou Bowen feel sour. What made him even more frustrated was that Su Yalin even told Lin Ge to eat his portion if it wasn't enough. If Lin Ge ate it all, what would he eat? What would he eat?!
"Teacher Su is too good to this student, isn't she?" At this moment, Zhou Bowen even felt a pang of jealousy towards Lin Ge.
"Oh, right, I have food now, so I don't need these anymore."
"Teacher Su, I'm giving all of these to you to eat.""Consider it my thanks for this meal." Lin Ge finished the food in the lunchbox and remembered something. He gave Su Yalin a cup of instant noodles, and also gave her the large bag of remaining snacks.
Su Yalin: "..." When Lin Ge entered, she had seen the bag in his hand. But she hadn't seen what was inside. Now that Lin Ge placed it in front of her, Su Yalin realized that these were all snacks.
Striped candies, ten for a dime, stuck tightly to plastic film, and could be stretched.Monkey King Pills, hawthorn-flavored pellets.Cat's Ears, quite crispy and fragrant.Strange-flavored beans, quite tasty; Lin Ge used to lick his fingers after eating them.Sour Duds, Lin Ge felt the person who invented this candy was truly a dud, it was outrageously sour.There were also Dog's Teeth, plum powder, and so on.
In short, they were all characteristic small snacks of 1993. Firstly, it was to relive his childhood. Secondly, Lin Ge knew Su Yalin liked snacks, so he simply bought a large quantity.
On Su Yalin's side, when she estimated that these snacks probably cost over 50 yuan, her mouth dropped open in shock. In 1993, a rural teacher's salary was generally 160 yuan a month. Even a teacher in a third-tier city like Jiangbei City only earned 220 yuan a month. Prices at this time were also surprisingly cheap. Oil, ten yuan for four catties. Pork, two and a half yuan a catty. Rice, forty cents a catty. Ice pops, one dime for two. ...Not to mention many others.
In short, in this era, spending 50 yuan to buy a large pile of snacks meant you were either rich or insane. And Lin Ge had spent the equivalent of a quarter of Su Yalin's monthly salary on these snacks. Thinking of this, Su Yalin felt incredibly pained.
"Lin Ge, your family is really quite rich." Su Yalin smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly. She had just been feeling sorry for Lin Ge not having lunch. But how could he not have food? This clearly meant he had too much money and was tired of snacks, which was why he found the meal fragrant.
"Teacher Su, don't you want to try the taste of instant noodles?" Lin Ge didn't answer her previous statement. He spoke to Su Yalin with a coaxing tone. In 1992, Master Kong instant noodles launched the first fast food craze, becoming a household name through television advertisements. But its expensive price of 2.5 yuan made instant noodles a luxury. With 2.5 yuan, wouldn't it be better to buy a pound of pork? At least, Su Yalin, whose monthly salary was only 220 yuan, had never eaten instant noodles even once. But girls were naturally foodies. Otherwise, Yu Kelan wouldn't have subconsciously bitten Lin Ge's fork and swallowed that mouthful of instant noodles.
"Are you really going to give all these snacks to me?" Su Yalin was a bit exasperated.
"Didn't Teacher Su help me change seats today?""Now I feel fully motivated to study, and my grades are soaring. These snacks are just my thanks to Teacher Su." Lin Ge unleashed his eloquent speaking skills, attributing a pile of achievements to Su Yalin.
"You're such a flatterer.""I'd be crazy to believe you.""If improving grades was really that easy."
Su Yalin's beautiful eyes couldn't help but roll at Lin Ge. She had figured it out. These men, one by one, were smooth-talkers. Always trying to sweet-talk girls. Zhou Bowen was one thing. Now even the young kid Lin Ge knew this trick.