Teacher, You Don't Want to Fail the Mission, Do You?

Also titled: Shocking! After suddenly dropping dead, a rich young man becomes a penniless teacher. And all to do this...

-Deadpan, sharp-tongued girl × outwardly warm, inwardly cold tsundere guy

-Straightforwardness beats tsunderes

Blurb:

“You have entered The Cold-Faced Campus Heartthrob’s Guide to Self-Improvement.”

“Your mission: Change the catastrophe that befalls the protagonist of this world, Pu Huaiyu, at age nineteen.”

And so, Wei Zhen was forced to stand at the front of No. 1 High School’s classroom as the new school counselor. At the same time, the target of his mission had just gotten into trouble and was strolling back to class from the office.

But the moment the tall girl appeared, her expression was dark. The bandages on her elbow and cheek carried a faint smell of rubbing alcohol. Against her not-so-pale skin, she was hard to imagine as a brilliant sun in the prime of youth. Instead, she seemed like ice, watching everything with cold indifference.

The protagonist he had been hoping for was a delinquent who had gotten into a physical altercation with a classmate before even reaching adulthood.

Wei Zhen could only think that his life was completely over.

*

Later, Wei Zhen finally understood what “campus heartthrob” meant.

Pu Huaiyu had been abandoned by her parents at birth, then put down roots in the poor soil of an orphanage and grown up like a weed. And yet she was not only strong and healthy, running so fast the wind seemed to follow her, but also had a healthy, warm heart hidden inside that body. So that sun had been quietly tucked away in there all along.

He was the one who was fake. The System had assigned him an orphan background as a way to get close to her, but she said, “You can’t trade what’s yours for what’s mine. It wouldn’t be fair to either of us.” Grateful to the family that had taken her in despite not being related by blood, she had always looked after the younger children at the orphanage. Now she was trying to bring him, her “kindred spirit,” into that warm and loving world.

“I misunderstood you.”

“Teacher Wei, are you sure you don’t want to join in? It’s so lonely all by yourself.”

There was a mischievous glint in the young woman’s smile, lively as a warm breeze swirling past, carrying the fresh scent of grass. She even quietly “schemed” to put Wei Zhen’s professional expertise to use, hoping it could benefit the children at the orphanage.

Such a good kid, yet when she went to college, she just happened to fall for a rich, spoiled second-generation heir who had nothing but a pretty face. Her taste in partners was absolutely terrible, and she was even a little shallow, saying things like, “A handsome face and a good body are all that matter.” There was nothing for it: Pu Huaiyu was hopelessly obsessed with looks.

Back when he was part of the high-society scene, Wei Zhen had seen too many useless fools like that. He simply thought the guy didn’t deserve her.

The more affectionate Pu Huaiyu was toward that little bastard who would inevitably show his true colors, and the more she looked after him, the more Wei Zhen hated him.

Later, Pu Huaiyu’s first love stood her up. She had only casually said, “Why don’t you come instead?” But Wei Zhen had a faint, inexplicable feeling that this was an opportunity, and he should grab hold of something.

“Okay. I’ll come.”

What exactly was it?

Perhaps it was the sight of her, close enough to touch, when he opened his eyes in exhaustion, finally reflected in his pupils. When Pu Huaiyu looked at her first love, who was clearly unworthy of her, Wei Zhen had once imagined that happiness for himself. Now, at last, he held it in his hands, perfectly content.

Since the one writing her story treats her so coldly, he might as well take over himself.

[Reading Guide]

1. An alternate-universe version of the author’s other work, My ID Is B City’s Most Devoted Lover. Can be read on its own.

2. There is no romance during high school. Not even the slightest hint! The romance begins once the heroine is in college and the male lead has quit his job.

3. The male lead is a virgin. The heroine is secretly loved by everyone and has an ex.

Theme: Face injustice and fight back bravely