Gold Medal Sweetheart

"I just don't want to expose our relationship in front of my colleagues. It's better to pretend to be strangers." Tang Xin unconsciously comforted Jin Taize.

"That's right. But I accept the kindness you just expressed. As compensation—" Jin Taize paused deliberately, shoved his hands into his pockets, nodded, and stared at Tang Xin, "Let's wait until tonight."

Tang Xin stared at Jin Taize, stunned. After a moment's silence, she finally reacted. "What do you mean tonight? Don't try to do anything bad!" she said, deliberately adding a bit of force. She had clearly felt a bit sympathetic towards him just now, but now it felt a bit unnecessary.

What surprised Tang Xin was that Jin Taize was not timid or angry because of her show of power. Instead, his eyes showed a happy smile, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

This was her, the real her. No need to pretend to be his classmate, no need to play the daughter of the Director of Industry and Commerce, no longer the Guan Yushan who was going on a blind date with him, and no need to pretend to please him. He saw her as a woman who could get angry, dissatisfied, and mad. She was truly following her own heart.

For the first time, Jin Tae-taek felt real feelings for her while he was with her. Suddenly, his heart felt filled.

Just as he expected, the petite person in front of him was trying her best to act aggressive, like a kitten trying to pretend to be a scary tiger. He didn't know why he just liked to irritate her like this.

Jin Taize still deliberately shook his head, pretending to be helpless, and sighed: "Aren't you going to treat me to dinner tonight? Isn't this compensation? Tsk tsk tsk tsk, you are a teacher, how come you always have some impure thoughts."

Uh--

Tang Xin was speechless. It was so embarrassing. He just mentioned dinner tonight, but she thought he was plotting something bad towards her. It was just like he said. She had all kinds of colorful thoughts in her mind all day long.

"That's because you can't express yourself clearly." Tang Xin's cheeks flushed, her eyes glanced out the window, and her voice suddenly lost its previous momentum.

"Then I will be careful with my words next time and try not to let you think of anything unclean." Jin Taize leaned slightly closer to Tang Xin and lowered his voice.

For some reason, although Jin Taize spoke very politely, Tang Xin felt even more embarrassed when she heard it.

Tang Xin really didn't want to make Jin Taize laugh at her anymore, so she quickly changed the subject: "Why don't you accept everyone's meal cards?"

Jin Taize shrugged and said lazily, "I don't need anyone else's."

Tang Xin couldn't help but roll her eyes. What kind of excuse was that? The answer was so perfunctory, as if she had asked a poorly thought-out question. It was just that they didn't use other people's ideas.

Seeing Tang Xin's puzzled expression, Jin Taize added, "Only those from designated sponsors are used."

If it could be expressed with emojis, her current expression would definitely be consistent with a stunned expression.

"So - you didn't have lunch?" Tang Xin looked up and looked at Jin Taize cautiously and tentatively.

Jin Taize nodded and did not deny it.

Tang Xin's hand stroked the things in the middle pocket of her sweatshirt. She hated to see others being wronged because of her.

Jin Taize looked at the petite person in front of him with her hands in her sweatshirt pockets, fiddling with something inside, like Doraemon in the cartoon. He couldn't help but find it funny, "What is that?" There was a faint chuckle in his tone.

Tang Xin sheepishly pulled out a bag of biscuits from her pocket and said, "I usually keep them at school for emergencies. If you don't mind—"

She looked up and met Jin Taize's unblinking gaze.

Was she being too abrupt? Perhaps he wouldn't eat such cheap food. Perhaps if he was really hungry, he would order takeout himself, without her interfering.

So she immediately changed her words, "I was just asking casually," Tang Xin said while putting the biscuits back into her pocket, "If you don't want to—"

Before Tang Xin could react, Jin Taize snatched the biscuit from her hand. His eyes lit up as if he had grabbed something precious. He said with some pride and satisfaction, "I want to eat it."

Jin Taize raised the biscuits in his hand and said, "Thank you, Teacher Tang, for your timely help."

Tang Xin was stunned at first, then smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Did you bring it specially for me?" Jin Taize looked at Tang Xin with a scorching look in his eyes.

Tang Xin's smile froze when asked this. She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She put her hands behind her back and twirled her fingers, trying to cover up unnaturally. "No—I was just worried that you'd be hungry and eat too much tonight. I'm not trying to flatter you."

Okay, the phrase "I'm not flattering" really made Jin Tae-jae laugh and cry, indicating that he hadn't gotten the point at all. Teacher Tang's emotional intelligence is really hard to describe. Although he didn't succeed in seeing Teacher Tang blush, the more he saw it, the more amused he found it.

Jin Taize raised an eyebrow and curved his lips: "Thank you, Teacher Tang, for the best of both worlds."

Tang Xin nodded shyly, pointed at the door, and whispered, "I'll go down first."

Giving the cookies away could be considered a way of making up for what she had done to Mr. Jin. It would also make her feel better. In fact, getting along with him wasn't as difficult as she had imagined. Thinking of this, Tang Xin's steps became lighter.

After returning to the office, there was still some time for lunch break, so Tang Xin opened Dianping to browse for food, planning to find a restaurant with a nice environment and high cost performance to treat Jin Taize to dinner in the evening.

The phone rang, and two new WeChat messages came in. Tang Xin clicked them and smiled faintly.

A photo of a half-eaten cookie and the empty cookie bag.

KING: Delicious.