Chapter 974

As soon as Chuxia finished speaking, the smile on Tian Tian’s face disappeared. She had inquired about Zhou Huakang’s identity from Yingying and knew that he was Yingying’s youngest uncle. But now, this person claimed to be Yingying’s little aunt, doesn’t that mean?

But, Yingying clearly said Zhou Huakang isn’t married yet... So, this woman is just shameless, claiming to be little aunt even before getting married...

Alright, Chuxia admitted she was being mischievous. Indeed, usually, Yingying would call her little aunt, but to avoid misunderstanding, she could have said she was Yingying’s third aunt, yet she insisted on saying little aunt.

After speaking, she watched Tian Tian’s reaction closely, seeing confusion, shock, anger, and eventually disdain on her face, all of which Chuxia took note of. As for why the disdain, she could obviously guess.

Yingying had already told her that this Teacher Tian nearly dug into her family’s history back to eighteen generations, so why the disdain isn’t obvious?

As expected, this teacher is clearly infatuated with Zhou Huakang, or maybe, in her heart, even a student’s mental math competition wasn’t as important as seeing Zhou Huakang?

Otherwise, when other teachers were busy instructing students, why did she come all the way to the car to fuss over Zhou Huakang?

"Is there anything else?" Zhou Huakang, of course, noticed that Tian Tian was acting strangely, but he didn’t bother explaining and just casually asked, clearly indicating he wanted her to leave.

"Yes." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Tian Tian’s response startled Zhou Huakang, who reflexively asked, "What else?"

"Is this person your partner?" Tian Tian pointed at Chuxia.

"What does it matter?" Zhou Huakang frowned, "Teacher Tian, as far as I know, the school doesn’t give teachers the right to ask parents such questions, does it?"

"It’s not about the school. I just personally want to know..." She sniffed subtly, trying hard to force a smile, "I’m just curious, can you tell me?"

"No." Zhou Huakang didn’t want to get entangled over this kind of question, so he replied truthfully. Tian Tian obviously breathed a sigh of relief, her tears quickly vanishing. When she looked at Chuxia again, her eyes were full of challenge, "Then why does she claim to be Yingying’s little aunt?"

"That’s right, she is Yingying’s little aunt..." Zhou Huakang looked at her with some impatience, "If you don’t believe it, Teacher Tian, you can go ask Yingying."

"You... you said she’s not your partner?"

"I don’t want to answer your questions anymore." Zhou Huakang said, reaching for the car door, "Please step aside, I need to close the door."

"You..." Tian Tian grabbed the car door, her eyes reddened, "I believe you’ve noticed, I like you. To see you, I spent a month’s salary to have the leading teacher give this position to me.

I just want to ask you frankly if you have any feelings for me. If you do, please don’t treat me like this. If not, I promise I won’t bother you again in the future..."

Chuxia was utterly speechless. Had she not known the backstory, she might have thought Zhou Huakang had made advances toward this female teacher...

"Teacher Tian, the relationship between us is purely that of a student’s guardian and a teacher. Yingying is my biological sister’s child. Since my sister is not around, it’s my responsibility to take care of her.

If it weren’t for this, I would have long passed the task of looking after Yingying to someone else. And every time we meet, you give me immense pressure, so in the future, please avoid me. Thank you very much!"

"You!" Tian Tian stomped her foot in frustration and ran off.

Once she was far away, Chuxia realized and nudged Zhou Huakang, "She’s running the wrong way; the students have already started entering the school. Where is she going? Or is she planning to quit?"

Zhou Huakang realized too and wanted to get out of the car to chase after her, but he found she had disappeared from view. He frowned in displeasure, "Someone like that is fit to be a teacher? She’s really tireless in ruining others."

Chuxia looked toward where the students were standing and saw only three little first graders looking around, while the rest were already being led forward by their teacher.

"You better go fill in temporarily..." Chuxia nudged Zhou Huakang, "I’m definitely not up for it like this. I’ll wait for you in the audience later."

At the moment, this seemed to be the only option. Begrudgingly, Zhou Huakang looked over at Wang Zhongliang: "Uncle Wang, please accompany third sister-in-law to the venue later. It’s a bit of trouble for you."

"Rest assured, Seventh Young Master..." Wang Zhongliang nodded, "Even if you didn’t ask, I would still do so. You go ahead, besides me, there are others; nothing will happen to Third Young Madam."

"Okay." Responding swiftly, Zhou Huakang quickly ran to the three lost little lambs, "Yingying, and these two little classmates, your teacher has an emergency and can’t take you to the competition. So, I will take you. Let’s catch up with the group ahead, shall we?"

The three chirpily replied, "Okay!"

Zhou Huakang, who was initially worried that the little ones wouldn’t cooperate, felt relieved and waved back at Chuxia in the car, before shepherding the three little ones forward.

Sitting in the car, Chuxia felt a sense of appreciation.

Only in this era could such a situation occur; in the future, with all sorts of badges and documents, replacements would be impossible. So, in a way, people of this era are still genuinely simple.

The entire competition was quite thrilling but without danger.

The three first-grade kids besides Yingying were Gu Chaohui and Jia Xiaona, with final results as follows: Gu Chaohui placed third citywide, Xiao Ying fourth, and Jia Xiaona tenth.

After the competition, the teachers and students from various grades formed lines to leave, while a fifth-grade teacher looked puzzled at Zhou Huakang: "Are you Teacher Tian’s partner?"

"Of course not." Zhou Huakang immediately denied, ridiculous, such a misunderstanding must definitely not exist.

The female teacher frowned, "Then why did you stand in for her?"

"This situation is rather complicated; you better ask her." Zhou Huakang smiled at her, "Anyway, there’s no class scheduled for today, I’m responsible for sending these three home, you can rest assured."

"Alright." The female teacher nodded, "I recognize you, if anything happens to the students, I will report it to the police."

Zhou Huakang was speechless, did she actually think he was a child abductor?

The female teacher looked seriously at him: "Sorry, please don’t mind my being overly cautious. After all, these are just a few-year-old kids. If I hadn’t seen you pick up Sui Xiaoying often before, I certainly wouldn’t let you take them now."

Reflecting on her words, Zhou Huakang smiled, "Thank you for your trust." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)