I Really Didn’t Want to Increase My Favorability!

Chapter 198

Two people drove onto Xinghuo Road and immediately encountered a traffic jam. Xinghuo Road was known as a bustling area with sparse traffic and people.

“Should we still go in? Or forget it this time, I’ll treat you next time.”

Xu Lin glanced at the traffic and pedestrians. If they entered now, they wouldn’t be able to get out easily.

“Let’s walk in and find a place to park the car.”

So, Su Qingwan drove him around for a few minutes and finally parked in a spot in front of a hair salon, where a girl with bright red hair walked out.

“Beauty Su, come for a haircut. I haven’t seen you for a long time!”

“Sister Yang, I’ve been busy lately.”

Xu Lin got out of the car too, and the girl looked at him and hurried over.

“Hello handsome, I’m Yang Minmin.”

Xu Lin was about to shake hands when Su Qingwan lightly coughed, so he gave Su Qingwan face and withdrew his hand.

The redhead chuckled and withdrew her hand, looking at Su Qingwan. “You’re too strict~”

“Will I be afraid you’ll steal him away? Don’t you already have Ah Ge? Why are you flirting?”

“He’s not handsome enough.”

“Ah Ge is quite handsome.”

“Then why didn’t you like him at first?”

“He’s not my type.”

“High emotional intelligence. So, who’s getting a haircut?”

“We’re not cutting hair, just parking the car here for a bit while we go shopping.”

“No can do, you need a haircut to park.”

With that said, she pulled Su Qingwan inside. Xu Lin followed like an ordinary boyfriend, picking up Su Qingwan’s bag and looking lost. Su Qingwan got her hair trimmed while he sat bored without even his phone.

Luckily, it was just a quick trim for Su Qingwan, no styling. They were done in a few minutes.

“Handsome guy, your turn.”

“I have to get one too? Su Qingwan, you didn’t tell them in advance, did you?”

Xu Lin suddenly felt like he’d fallen into a trap; he’s hated getting haircuts since he was little, believing it protects his head according to his parents.

“No, I didn’t. Isn’t this a coincidence?”

Su Qingwan replied seriously, with a hint of awkwardness, demonstrating her acting skills, which were even worse than those of the past Chu Qingchan.

However, seeing Teacher Su’s cute appearance, Xu Lin still sat in his seat, mainly because he really hadn’t had a haircut in almost two months.

Near his neck and ears was quite messy, originally planning to leave a beautiful long hairstyle. But the school directly hung a sign, hairstyles that didn’t meet the requirements weren’t allowed in.

Their school actually had a relatively loose management, unlike some schools that required the same standard of short hair and equal style.

But it also prohibited boys from having long hair, girls from having strange hairstyles, routine dyeing and perming, and of course bald heads.

“Let’s wash your hair first.”

“Okay.”

After washing his hair, Xu Lin found that Su Qingwan was holding a mobile phone towards him, and seemed to be recording a video.

“What are you doing?”

“Recording the changes in your hair.”

“I just washed my head, what’s there to record?”

“You look good.”

“How good-looking?”

“As good-looking as my husband.”

Su Qingwan said, and the people around looked at the two of them with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and resentment. How could they be showing affection in public like this!

Xu Lin hadn’t expected Teacher Su to be so bold today, or rather, to let herself go like this, but he couldn’t help but notice her smiling face.

Thinking back to the infirmary, her pitiful and almost collapsing appearance, Xu Lin suddenly understood.

Don’t be fooled by Bai Xiaoxiao and Ji Yun’s gentle and fragile appearances; in fact, they are stronger than Su Qingwan.

Bai Xiaoxiao, due to her family’s economic situation and upbringing, lacked self-confidence and feared revealing her true self.

However, she was actually a very strong person. With her mother ill and her father working alone to support the family, she took on most of the household chores while maintaining excellent grades.

Not very social, but she made many good friends through her kindness and simplicity.

Even as her health deteriorated, she continued to strive tirelessly to get into a good university and secure a better future for her family.

Such a girl cannot be considered fragile. Even without external support, she could undoubtedly achieve her goals.

Ji Yun, on the other hand, is similar in gentleness and kindness to Bai Xiaoxiao but more cheerful and socially adept.

Everyone likes her, and she never bears ill will towards anyone, not even holding grudges against Zhang Kang after some time.

Facing her parents’ problems, she also showed her helplessness, but before he could console her properly, she adjusted on her own.

She continued to smile at school, even in the face of her parents’ circumstances. She served her classmates well and interacted smoothly with her teachers.

She maintained her academic performance and did everything she could, even attempting things she couldn’t achieve.

Finally, with Aunt Yao and her mother, she bravely took on the task of adjusting; she was a girl who balanced gentleness with courage.

But Su Qingwan, she appears mature, gentle, intellectual, and stable on the outside, yet inside, she is a lovable and fragile girl.

After all, she’s only 23 years old. If not for being a teacher, this would be the time to enjoy youth.

But precisely because of this identity and the elite education imposed by her parents since childhood, she had to hide her thoughts and personality.

Striving to meet her parents’ expectations ended up exhausting her mentally and physically, making her more fragile, culminating in the incident involving Jia Qing.

Later, after she felt she had resolved the matter, and due to her own reserve, the distance between them didn’t decrease.

But only in recent days did he suddenly realize how important his promise to her had been at the time, being her fake boyfriend.

Especially today in the car when she asked him, if he forcibly refused her, she might enter a special emotional period again.

So, compared to the mature and stable Teacher Su, she is more like a lovely young girl. Perhaps he had been too complacent in his approach to her.

Thinking that maturity on the outside equates to inner strength, he realized it wasn’t always so easy to understand a girl’s heart.

“Alright, handsome guy, how do you look?”

Xu Lin snapped out of his daze and looked at himself in the mirror, momentarily stunned.

“Is this really me?”

“It seems your looks were sealed by your hair before.”

Su Qingwan leaned down beside him, admiringly saying this, and he nodded.

“I think my dad’s favorability might go up by one now.”

“Am I trying to win you over or your dad?”

“Both. Go wash up and blow dry. Then let’s go eat ice cream.”

After tidying up, the salon owner even gave him a card for future haircuts at 20% off. Xu Lin felt it was the first time a salon card had seemed so worthwhile.

“Thanks, Sister Yang.”

“Come often.”

Leaving the salon, in order to let Miss Su experience a proper date, Xu Lin took the initiative to hold her hand.

But she suddenly pulled away, leaving Xu Lin dumbfounded. What does this mean? I finally dared to be bold once.

“I saw your homeroom teacher.”

“Huh? Didn’t he say he had something today?”

Xu Lin looked towards the entrance of the Mystical Snow Ice City not far away and saw Teacher Zhao Gang standing in line, chatting with a girl.

So he’s here for a date. No wonder he asked me to deliver yogurt to his sister. Well, I won’t tell Zhu Zhaoxue; it’s not easy for the teacher to find someone.

But then, the girl suddenly pushed away Teacher Zhao’s arm and ran off in anger!

Teacher Zhao also quickly withdrew from the queue which was about to reach him and hurriedly chased after her!

“Why did this suddenly happen?”

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