The Buggiest System

59 - Call (2)

"Hello? Is this Teacher Wen?" Zhou Jiahao asked as he heard the female voice on his phone.

"Yes, and this is Zhou Lei's father, right?" The voice responded back to his question.

"Ah, yes, see, I have a question." Zhou Jiahao immediately went straight to the point.

"Hmm, what is it?" Wen Hui asked.

"It's like this... my son is saying that there is a project on your subject, is that right?" Zhou Jiahao asked amiably.

Watching his father was Zhou Lei who was extremely confident. After all, his teacher did agree to sleeping with him. This was a pretty big matter, so it would be surprising if she suddenly forgot all about it.

"Wait..." Wen Hui answered as the call went on hold.

'Hmm, what?' Zhou Lei was stunned when he heard the tune if a call went on hold. 'This... Why did she pause the call?'

Zhou Jiahao's eyebrows raised, his lips pursed as his ears picked up the tune.

He took the phone off his ears and looked at it directly. It said "Teacher Wen: On Hold".

A cold sweat dripped behind Zhou Lei's back. 'I have a bad feeling about this...'

.....

Back in Wen Hui's home.

She was rubbing her forehead as her face was flushed, sweating profusely. The headache was kicking up again.

"Ugh..." Wen Hui's eyes squinted as she struggled to keep her balance on her chair. She stood up and went towards the bathroom sink.

She placed both of her hands on the sides of the sink as she looked at herself in the mirror.

"I... I look terrible!" Wen Hui muttered to herself.

The call was now out of her mind for the time being, this headache bothering her and all.

Suddenly, a myriad of memories came back to her, causing her to blink repeatedly as she adjusted her state of mind.

"What...?!" Wen Hui shouted. The headache was now gone, but what was left was a lingering sense of confusion and incredulity.

Firstly, she was confused because her memories, that for some reason disappeared, had come back.

But what made her more surprised was what she had promised her student.

She... actually agreed to sleeping with her incredibly handsome student, Zhou Lei!

What's more, he was the first to bring the matter up, not her!

She rinsed her face and walked out of the bathroom. Her eyes caught a glance of her phone, which was still shining brightly.

"The call..." Wen Hui just remembered that there was actually someone calling her, and she had left them for a long time.

She quickly grabbed her phone and tapped, resuming the call.

"Um, hello? Sorry for the delay. What is the matter again?"

"Yes, it's like this. My son, Zhou Lei, said to me that you gave a project that would require him to stay late tomorrow. Is that correct?" Zhou Jiahao said with a slightly fed up voice.

"Wait..." Wen Hui answered as she browsed through her mind. 'Project? I never gave one though...'

After thinking it through, she couldn't recall the so-called project that the other party said. It seemed that it was just an excuse to go home late.

'Whose father was this again? Oh, right, Zhou Lei's father... Wait! Zhou Lei's father? But that fellow hasn't been going to school recently!'

Wen Hui quickly answered with a question. "But your son hasn't been going to school?"

Zhou Jiahao responded with an intrigued voice. "Oh, really?"

"Your son is the small plump boy, right? Yes, he hasn't been going to school for the past few days." Wen Hui carefully chose her words so as to not offend the other party.

"Hmm? But my son is very handsome though." Zhou Jiahao said proudly.

"What? But your son is Zhou Lei, right?" Wen Hui inquired in puzzlement.

"Yes, that is my son's name."

Wen Hui suddenly went silent. 'There're only two Zhou Leis in my class. One is very... unpleasant to look at, while the other... is extremely handsome! So... that boy wants to go home late tomorrow? For what though? Hmm...'

Many doubts sprung up in her mind. 'But I remember clearly that this Zhou Jiahao was the father of the plump one. Maybe it's just a parent's love?'

In the end, she couldn't come up with an answer herself.

"I'm sorry, there are two Zhou Leis in the class, could you send a picture?" Wen Hui said after a long moment of silence.

"...Sure." Zhou Jiahao's voice carried a hint of confusion. He had never heard of this! His son's class actually had someone else that was named exactly like him? How coincidental!

After a period of time, the picture was sent to her messages.

"Hmm? This..." Wen Hui saw the picture and finally felt relieved.

However, with it came a sense of dread.

This boy wants to go home late, and he needs an excuse for it? That's because... it's about the matter of sleeping with me!