She walked out of the Children’s Palace with her head held high! The weather today is not great!

She handed the documents to the principal, who looked at them and then at her, finally calling her mentor into the office.

"Don’t worry, Principal, Mu Bingtong is actually capable of being the coach," the mentor mistakenly thought the principal wanted to dismiss her and spoke on her behalf.

"I’ve read her file, it says she started learning Tai Taekwondo in elementary school, with you listed as her teacher. I’m confident in the students you train, and truly, Lady Mu, you’re quite impressive."

The mentor divided the children into two groups, one mainly consisting of middle school students, who were really not used to suddenly having her as their coach; she stood in front smiling at them while they looked at each other, with one of the boys a bit unconvinced saying, "Though you get along with us well, it’s hard to accept you being our coach when you just arrived!"

Is it you who aren’t convinced or is it everyone?

From the first day she arrived, she noticed this boy was too competitive and quite aggressive.

"What will convince you then?"

"Fight me."

"Fight you?" She found his suggestion amusing, "I’m much older than you, and you want me to fight you?" Wouldn’t that be bullying a kid?

"If you don’t fight me, you can’t be our coach!"

She looked to her mentor for help, but the mentor nodded at her, meaning what? To fight him? Although he was outstanding among them, she still hesitated.

"Coward if you don’t fight!"

"Coward?! Okay, I’ll fight you, to be fair, I’ll give you one hand!" Can’t stand being called a coward! Her competitive spirit was successfully ignited! Today you’ll witness her skills!

Fourth-degree black belt in Taekwondo is not just for show!!

The thought was beautiful, but reality was harsh. She pinned him down with one hand in all three rounds!

"Convinced or not?!"

"..."

Whatever, she’s definitely going to be the coach!

In the days following, though the boy didn’t admit it verbally, he surely was convinced in his heart, kids care about face, so he won’t argue, but constantly pestering her was indeed a bit annoying.

"Coach," the little boy said.

"Hmm? What is it?" Surely not wanting her to explain Taekwondo match scenarios again, right?

"Are you really Chu’s girlfriend?"

Chu?

"You know Chu Ge?"

The little boy proudly raised his head, "Of course!"

Even if he knew Chu Ge, she wouldn’t succumb to discussing match scenarios, as she really had nothing left to say!

"How do you know Chu Ge?"

"Our families are practically tied forever."

"Why is it Chu Ge goes to university, yet you’re so young?!"

"I have an elder sister!" The little boy said disdainfully, "Your skills and intelligence are truly proportional."

This kid, so disrespectful!

As they got to know each other better, she and the boy became quite chatty.

The month passed quickly, and she got her deserved salary, absolutely fair due to her strong objection to Chu Ge’s mother.

When leaving, the kids, teary-eyed, bid her farewell, making her a little reluctant to leave, and finally the boy took out a gift like magic, saying it was for her safety, so she gave him a big hug. The boy said, "Don’t forget me."

"Of course, I won’t."

After school started, life wasn’t as pleasant as she imagined; Chu Ge hadn’t come to school for unknown reasons.

No classes at the beginning, listening to Xiao Meng recounting fun summer stories daily made her envious and jealous. Talking about traveling to the beach with Fang Huai made her fantasize about walking the seashore with Chu Ge... A breeze blew by; Chu Ge wore a white shirt, holding her hand, barefoot on the sandy beach.

"Mu Bingtong, are you even listening?!

"I was, you were talking about barefoot shell collecting!" Haven’t you heard that flaunting love leads to a quick downfall? A million crows flew over in her mind.

"Mu Bingtong, where did you and Chu Ge go for summer vacation?"

"Nowhere!"

"What! Didn’t see each other all summer?!"

"We did meet," A meeting counts as meeting too.

"Chu Ge is really less romantic! Looking forward to a long vacation, and he didn’t even take you out! Winter vacation is cold, so it’ll be even harder for him to take you out." Xiao Meng said with big watery eyes, looking pitiful at her.

"I spent my summer with a bunch of kids, we had a blast," She retaliated without yielding.

She really missed those kids a bit. They started school too, right? That little boy must be back at school, curious if he’d use Taekwondo to bully other students! Next time she’ll explain the significance of Taekwondo to him!

Next time?

The principal said she could return to teach next winter vacation! She’s not sure if it’s because of her own skills or because they admire Chu Ge! But naïve her believed it’s the former and gladly agreed, she’ll definitely go again during the winter break!

Chu Ge’s phone remained unanswered. Initially wanting to ask Su Ke, but he hadn’t returned at all; turns out that in the finance department you do not need classes in the senior year, senior year is for practice, everyone runs off for internships, only to return for thesis presentation at graduation.

"Mu Bingtong, why aren’t you coming to play ball?" Fang Huai ran over and asked, "You look so lethargic, are you sick?"

"She’s lovesick!" Xiao Meng chimed in.

Can’t be bothered with you all, continued staring at her phone. Is the phone signal bad? Turned on the screen, full signal?!

"Xiao Meng, she’s wildly waving her phone over there; is the signal bad? Our school shouldn’t have any dead spots, right?"

Fang Huai if you didn’t talk, nobody would treat you as mute!!

"Chu Ge won’t be coming back." Fang Huai couldn’t bear to see her like this and blurted out the "truth"!

"Chu Ge returned to the country before school started and ended up being grounded by Chu Ge’s mother."

"Why?" Why the grounding? In today’s society, grounding is illegal!

"Because of you!"

"Me?" She looked innocently at Fang Huai.

Xiao Meng was beside, head down, slightly trembling.

She looked at Xiao Meng, Xiao Meng was sneaking a laugh! "Fang Huai you’re a liar!"

Fang Huai and Xiao Meng burst into laughter while she annoyedly looked at them, unconsciously glancing at a familiar figure approaching them from afar.

"Chu Ge!"

Suddenly a high-decibel voice reached her ears, dragging Chu Ge back from her thoughts.

Chu Ge lifted her eyes to look at Nangong Yang, somewhat confused and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Nangong Yang looked speechlessly, asking her that, this should be her asking him!

"Mr. Chu, what are you thinking about? I’ve been calling you for a while."