Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

“Come on, sit behind my desk. I’ll tidy it up for you later, because there aren’t any other desks in this office. There might be some in other offices. If you think it’s too small, I can help you find another desk. What do you think?” Jia Chunxin cleared out the desk behind her own desk that she used to put students’ homework.

"It's alright, it's alright. I think it's fine here. It'll be easier for us to communicate later. This is my first time teaching, and I'm afraid I might do something wrong and then I'll have to trouble you, Teacher Jia," Su Xingchen quickly waved her hand and said.

"It's alright, it's alright. You can sit down. I'll give you your class schedule later. I have class in a bit. You can come with me to the cafeteria for lunch, and I'll explain the class schedule to you then." Jia Chunxin said, starting to look for her class schedule.

Everyone else in the office was watching the two of them. They had actually seen Yan Bugui bring Su Xingchen over earlier, but since he hadn't introduced them, they hadn't said anything. Now, unexpectedly, this person just walked in. Did he mean to help with the lessons?

However, he didn't seem to be a direct employee. After all, most people need some training. He was probably an intern, so the other teachers didn't pay much attention. There are interns every year, and they're not teaching, so what's the point?

"Okay, during the third period today, could you go and supervise a self-study session for Class 2 of Grade 6? Here's the Russian textbook and my previous lesson plans. You should have studied them before, so you can refer to them and prepare your lessons in advance. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me." With that, Jia Chunxin handed her lesson plans to Su Xingchen.

"Okay, I'm fine here. You can go to class now, Teacher Jia." Su Xingchen said, then reluctantly looked away from Jia Chunxin's face. How could a young man like him possibly be with a mature woman like Jia Chunxin?

"Okay, then you can sit down first. There's a water bottle over there. If you want some water, just go and get some yourself." Jia Chunxin pointed to her water bottle before taking her textbook and leaving. After all, class was about to start, and she never liked being late for class, not only for her students but also for herself.

Su Xingchen nodded, then reluctantly inhaled the last vestiges of Jia Chunxin's scent in the air. He was helpless; while he wasn't a bad person, he was definitely not a good one in this regard. However, he had no intention of cheating; after all, he had his bottom line. But who can say for sure about some things?

Su Xingchen patted the dust off the stool, put his bag on the table, and took out his enamel mug. He knew that his internship would take some time and wouldn't end so soon, so he had prepared his lunchbox and mug.

He didn't want to eat here either, since he could eat better at home or in his own space. But he had no choice. If he only missed eating here once or twice, it would be fine, but if he missed eating here every day, people would definitely talk about him. He was just interning here, so there was no need to do this every day. He should just behave himself. Anyway, he could always go back and eat something better.

Su Xingchen took out some tea leaves from his bag and put them in the enamel mug. Then he went to get the thermos, but when he shook it, there was no hot water. Fortunately, he had seen where to get hot water when he came in. He really didn't want to ask anyone, so he took the thermos and went out.