Teachers Are All My Wings

The fish was left in the office. Su Kexi and Yan Yuzhu planned to take it back later during their break.

After chatting for a short while, seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Su Kexi took Shen Nian to the staff cafeteria on the third floor of the dining hall.

After all, this wasn't the first time she had offered to treat Shen Nian to a meal at the staff cafeteria.

It was Shen Nian's first time here.

Quiet, spacious, and cool... There were only so many teachers in the whole school, yet the staff cafeteria was just as large as the student cafeterias on the first and second floors, and it was even equipped with extra air conditioning.

He was shaking with anger and feeling cold. What were all those days he spent sprinting to the cafeteria, sweating profusely, and eating in a packed crowd even for?!

Shen Nian was indignant and decided to eat a massive meal to make up for it.

It wasn't just the environment; the dishes here were much more varied than those in the student cafeteria. While students could only buy cheap chicken legs and chicken chops, this place actually had fried skewers, noodles, and dumplings. The tables even had chili sauce on them. At first glance, you would think it was a restaurant outside the school.

Cinan No. 2 High School was renowned as the best high school in the province. Shen Nian couldn't really judge the students' food, but the teachers' treatment was definitely top-notch.

"Teachers, you guys eat so well..."

"It's actually just okay." Su Kexi ordered one vegetable and two meat dishes, then continued, "After eating here a few times, you feel it's about the same as the student cafeteria. Most of the time, teachers just grab a simple meal and rarely buy snacks."

"That's still really good. Teacher, I want to ruthlessly rip you off for a meal." Shen Nian grinned, showing his teeth, and reached out to order without waiting for Su Kexi to reply.

He ended up ordering over forty yuan worth of food: a twenty-something yuan main meal, plus a dozen yuan of fried skewers, and topped it off with a free bottle of lemonade. This was his lunch.

Su Kexi momentarily suspected that Shen Nian had ordered Yan Yuzhu's portion as well.

Could this kid really eat this much?

But on second thought, it wasn't surprising. With Shen Nian's physique, it was reasonable for him to eat a lot. Late bloomers could still be growing taller at his age.

Yan Yuzhu only ordered a portion of ten steamed dumplings.

Eating with teachers for the first time was quite a novel experience for him.

Halfway through the meal, other teachers started coming in to eat. Seeing an unfamiliar Shen Nian, they curiously greeted him. Upon learning that he was the top scorer of the previous senior class, they nodded at him with deep respect.

How ridiculous was that.

Luck was on his side today. Shen Nian ran into all the teachers who had taught him, even bumping into a certain Teacher Meng Lei from the Genius Retirement Home.

Speaking of which... with the office arrangements shuffled, would the Genius Retirement Home still exist?

He missed the days of mooching food and drinks at the Genius Retirement Home. He would have to figure out a way to snatch two packs of Teacher Yan's Wangzai milk before leaving later.

"So, were you really slacking off in your freshman and sophomore years, or were you intentionally controlling your scores?" Su Kexi started chattering again as she ate.

Shen Nian paused for a moment, then smiled. "What are you thinking, Teacher? Who in their right mind would intentionally control their scores? Actually, I just wasn't studying well back then, but later I worked hard and caught up, that's all."

"If you were so capable of learning, why didn't you study earlier? I wasted so much breath on you in the past, talking until I was blue in the face, but you just wouldn't put in the effort."

"Things are unpredictable. Sometimes you just have a sudden realization and the urge to study hard. Back then, it was also thanks to the study plan Teacher Yan customized for me, which saved me from taking a lot of detours in English and saved me a lot of time."

Yan Yuzhu's eyes curved into a smile. "In the end, a teacher can only play a guiding role. A student is excellent not because the teacher is amazing, but because the student is inherently excellent. The one you should thank is your hardworking self."

"Thanking myself and thanking my teachers don't conflict with each other."

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After lunch, Shen Nian felt incredibly satisfied.

Before saying goodbye, he asked Yan Yuzhu for two packs of Wangzai milk. Yan Yuzhu went up to get them for him and brought the fish down at the same time.

Walking out of the school gate, Su Kexi and Yan Yuzhu were stunned again when they saw Shen Nian's BMW.

Even a student who had just graduated from high school was driving a car, while she still didn't have one... Su Kexi felt like crying.

Shen Nian rolled down the window and called out, "By the way, Xia Yanchun asked me to say hello to you guys."

"You two really are..."

Quite close.

Even after graduating, he didn't forget to mention her when coming back to visit his teachers.

"Teachers, how about I give you a ride?"

"No need, we have our own vehicles," Su Kexi said.

After all, they were teachers and student. It was enough that he had the heart to visit them at school. Taking them home was unnecessary. On one hand, it was to avoid suspicion, and Shen Nian was probably just being polite. On the other hand, they had driven their own vehicles here too, and an electric scooter was still a vehicle.

Shen Nian drove leisurely back to his residential complex.

He hadn't looked while driving earlier. Only when his feet touched the ground did Shen Nian check the system message that had popped up a while ago.

[Epilogue (1) (Completed)]

[Reward: 1000 Gold Coins]

[Epilogue (2): Your partners and friends who fought alongside you have all returned to their own lives after subjugating the Demon King. Pick a good time to visit them.]

Shen Nian stroked his chin, carefully reading the text over again.

The meaning of this quest...

First it was visiting teachers, and now he had to visit his classmates?

In games, this kind of epilogue was more like a spin-off, used to flesh out the storylines of certain supporting characters. The system's epilogue quest seemed to be much the same.

His comrades-in-arms, huh...

Shen Nian didn't think the system was so bored as to make him visit every single classmate in the class one by one.

Out of the fifty or sixty students in the class, only three actually had roles in the system's script: Xia Yanchun, Li Shiyan, and Chen Qiuyu. He was more inclined to believe that the system wanted him to visit these three.

Or maybe add Chen Dong and Ma Mingfan. It was just these few who he hung out with the most in class anyway.

It couldn't really expect him to visit the whole class, right?

You stupid system, if you do that, I'll really have to ask Brother Shenying to send you flying.

After getting off the elevator, Shen Nian turned straight into Xia Yanchun's home.

The door wasn't closed, so Shen Nian simply pushed it open and walked in.

"You're back?"

"I'm back." Shen Nian walked over to the chair and glanced at Xia Yanchun's computer. "Whoa, so diligent. Doing homework right in the middle of the day."

"Hehe, I'm almost done wrapping it up. Have you finished yours?"

"I finished it during class yesterday."

"You did it that fast? Do you even listen in class?!"

"I just listen while doing it."

"!!"

Xia Yanchun was shocked to tears.