Sui Chao followed her family's plans, finished grad school, passed the civil service exam, and settled into a steady job teaching math at her alma mater.
She'd heard that the education system was now hellishly difficult, but she taught math and had a practical, science-minded way of thinking. At worst, the students wouldn't get it. That was fine. She just had to do her job well.
Then on her very first day, office gossip left her head spinning.
The director of academic affairs came to their office to catch someone cheating with her partner and started fighting with a male teacher on the same team. When the male teacher's wife heard about it, she took a taxi to the school and joined the brawl. The math, Chinese, and English teachers all gathered to pull people apart, but as soon as one person was separated, someone else started fighting. Outside, crowds of students gathered to watch the fun.
That evening, Sui Chao went home with her hair down.
Her hair tie had snapped in the brawl.
She still hadn't realized that this fight was only a tiny footnote in her teaching career.
It turned out that navigating office politics was scarier than dealing with students.
Whenever the pressure got too much, Sui Chao went home and cried in her mother's arms.
She called her best friend and cried on the phone.
When she really couldn't take it anymore, she went to her boyfriend and cried.
Why did Teacher Chen and Teacher Wang insist that she choose between them? Which one should she pick as her lunch buddy?
Why did new teachers have to become homeroom teachers in their second year? Who made that rule? Could she refuse?
Why could the teacher in the next classroom openly teach the exact questions from the exam without anyone stopping him, while she had to be honest and didn't even have anywhere to report it?
Her boyfriend, Xu Mu: “Babe, those questions are too hard. Why don't we do something simple instead?”
Sui Chao: “Like what?”
Xu Mu: “Like math problems.”
Xu Mu, who used to be best friends with the trash can in high school and never passed math, had even fallen in love with solving math problems.
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My First Love Is Ruthless
Growing Flowers and Vegetables on the Clock
Tao Yuanming on the Balcony
I'd Rather Not Be Human
The Bright Moon Is Like Her
If I Were a Cat
Monster Hunting
The Little White Flower