I Like You, Subjectively

[Sunny but Awkward Biology Teacher] x [Beautiful, Powerful, and Scheming Politics Teacher]

Couple: Zhou Siyu x Gu Ran, in that order

Content warnings:

Age-gap warning: around nine years

Not for fans of both leads being each other's first: the older lead had a relationship while in graduate school, but I don't believe being in a relationship makes someone impure.

Pseudo teacher-student relationship: nothing happens while the teacher-student relationship continues.

In high school, Zhou Siyu had a crush on her politics teacher, but their positions made it impossible to speak up.

How could the older one fail to see the younger one's feelings?

But so what? Their positions and age were an uncrossable chasm.

In the end, all Zhou Siyu got in return was rejection.

Nine years later, they meet again on campus.

Colleague: "I hear we've got a gorgeous new politics teacher. She's so cool and aloof, and totally chaste."

Zhou Siyu, thinking: Hmph. I already have someone like that in mind.

At the first staff meeting of the new term,

the new colleague turns out to be the teacher Zhou Siyu had a crush on in high school!

Now that the thick barrier of their teacher-student relationship is gone, Zhou Siyu reflects on the past and resolutely pursues her.

She expects a tough battle,

but Gu Ran says, "I didn't just like you once. I like you now."

We clearly love each other, so why push me away? What can society's conventions really give me?

Philosophy says people are finite. This is true not only of the length of our lives, but also of how much hope we can place in something.

Zhou Siyu does everything she can, but still can't become someone Gu Ran trusts. Perhaps that's the inevitable result of our limitations.

Who could have guessed their clothes would come off before the misunderstanding was cleared up?

To help Gu Ran cool down, Zhou Siyu can only...

When she comes to her senses, Gu Ran says, "Zhou Siyu, am I your other woman?!"

After that, Gu Ran labels Zhou Siyu "the kind of woman who walks away after taking what she wants."

It's the start of a new term, and a new teacher joins the staff. Who knew she'd be here to steal her wife?

Yan Yu: "Let me tell you a secret. I've known Teacher Gu for a long time."

Zhou Siyu: "I'll tell you a secret, too. I've known her longer." Hmph!

All three of them have their own heartbreaks. What a huge vat of jealousy.

The younger one starts out as a little ray of sunshine, then turns into a tsundere, awkward mess. The older one starts out beautiful, powerful, and miserable, then becomes a scheming, domineering pursuer.

Mutual devotion, mutual healing, sweet everyday romance

Theme: There will always be someone who loves you