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"Hello students! My name is Wan Chunyan, and I am your physics teacher and also your homeroom teacher. This is my first time being a homeroom teacher, and I lack experience. I hope you will support my work..."

Finally, things have returned to normal! Looking at Teacher Wan, who was speaking eloquently on the podium, Zhao Changling couldn't help but sigh.

In his previous life, his junior high school years started in the same way.

Teacher Wan is his homeroom teacher. Although she has the title of teacher, Wan Chunyan is very young and looks more like a friendly older sister next door.

Zhao Changling harbored some budding adolescent feelings towards this teacher.

Everyone has their own privacy, but for some people, as time goes by, certain memories are slowly sealed away and no longer recalled.

For example, Zhao Changling, if it weren't for this rebirth, he would have almost forgotten Teacher Wan.

Wan Chunyan is a physics teacher at Huafang Middle School. To explain this, we need to start with the history of Huafang Middle School.

Huafang was founded in the early 1950s after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was one of the earliest state-owned enterprises, and its early headquarters were located in Southwest China.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, they moved to a county town called Shexian near Nanjing.

Initially, the company focused on production and did not consider running its own school. Most of the company's children attended schools in the surrounding area.

After relocating to Shexian County, the leaders of the General Administration finally made up their minds to establish the Huafang Children's School in the early 1980s, at the urging of many employees' parents.

Since the school is run by the company itself, most of the teachers come from within the company.

Most of them are teachers who have undergone short-term training before starting their jobs; very few are teachers who have graduated from professional teacher training colleges.

It started as a primary school, and as the children progressed through the school, it expanded to junior high and high school, with teachers being trained and taught simultaneously.

This has resulted in the school having a rather weak teaching staff since its inception.

More than a decade has passed, and from the earliest college students to the later reformed first-tier and second-tier colleges, not a single legitimate college student has been admitted.

The only thing the school can boast about is that every year, a few students from junior high school get into top high schools like Jinling No. 2 High School, Huaiyin No. 1 High School, and Jinling No. 1 High School. (Note: This is a ranking of several key high schools in Jinling).

Then, they went to these top high schools and got into university.

Wan Chunyan comes from a family of employees at Huafang Textile. After graduating from Huafang, she underwent short-term training outside the company for a period of time.

Then I went back to the elementary school for a period of time to do internships, such as teaching substitutes.

This was Zhao Changling's first time serving as a homeroom teacher, so it was like a practice run for her.

Zhao Changling's class is called Class 3 of the first year of junior high school.

The students in this class didn't have very good grades when they entered high school.

The school assigned Wan Chunyan as the class teacher because they thought her teaching ability was insufficient and that she wouldn't ruin a promising student.

The school's top class is Class 1 of the first year of junior high, and the homeroom teacher is Xu Junjie.

Xu Junjie graduated from a regular teachers' college and was assigned to a middle school for children of employees after graduation.

Because Xu Junjie had a high level of education when he came here, he has developed a relatively high teaching status at the school.

The students in the secondary school for children of employees are all children who have progressed from the primary school for children of employees.

As the homeroom teacher of Class 1, Xu Junjie had already selected most of the high-scoring students when choosing students.

Therefore, Class 1 of the junior high school has better overall academic performance than the other classes, and is already practically equivalent to a key class.

Speaking of which, Xu Junjie had some entanglements with Wan Chunyan in the early days.

When Xu Junjie first came to the school for children of employees, he was full of vigor and ambition.

At least he was a college graduate. Back then, there were very few college graduates; they were all called university students, which meant they were considered highly educated intellectuals.

Wan Chunyan had just started working at that time and was one of the most beautiful women in the company. She was naturally beautiful and still had a touch of innocence and naivety.

Handsome men and beautiful women working in the same workplace will inevitably have some contact.

Slowly, a youthful feeling began to develop between the two.

Just when the two were deeply in love and knew each other's feelings for one another, Wan Chunyan was forced into marriage by her father.

My father has an old comrade-in-arms with whom he has maintained a very close relationship for decades.

The old father had spent his whole life working but was still just an old worker, while his comrades-in-arms had already been promoted to division-level cadres.

Old comrades-in-arms never forget their original aspirations, and their friendship remains undiminished regardless of their current status.

Moreover, the two arranged a marriage for their child shortly after the child was born.

Although such arranged marriages are not legally recognized, the two brothers were determined and committed to the marriage.

She also knew Wan Chunyan's childhood betrothed, and they were not only acquainted but also very close.

He's an honest man, and he's also good-looking.

When we were little, I even fought with older kids to protect her. I've always treated her like a little sister and protected her since we were kids.

By the way, that person's name is Zhao Gang, a very common name.

He was a very nice person. The only thing that Wan Chunyan regretted was that he didn't have much education and went to work in a factory after graduating from junior high school.

Perhaps because they were too familiar with each other, Wan Chunyan never felt any novelty towards Zhao Gang and only regarded him as an older brother.

Wan Chunyan had read some books and knew about the thrill of being in love, but she had never experienced that feeling with Zhao Gang.

Until Xu Junjie appeared, his scholarly air immediately attracted Wan Chunyan. By then, she had long forgotten about Zhao Gang.

If her father hadn't brought up the marriage proposal, she might have selectively forgotten about it.

The old father brought this up at this time, clearly sensing that something was wrong with his daughter and that he was afraid of letting down his future in-laws.

The prospective in-laws handled this marriage arrangement quite well.

Not only did they never urge us, but the two families also treated each other like family.

Two years ago, they helped Wan Chunyan's younger brother find a job, and he is now a full-time employee of Huafang.

It's important to understand that after the restructuring, the number of permanent positions available for students who weren't assigned there is very limited.

Because of his low level of education, Zhao Gang has always been embarrassed to urge his wife to get married.

After starting work, he turned down all advances from other girls.

His thought was that they could get married when Wan Chunyan wanted to; getting married too early might delay Wan Chunyan's professional title evaluation.

Old Master Wan didn't care what others thought.

The old man told Wan Chunyan directly: Get married right away! Marry Zhao Gang.

As for others, don't even think about it.

Otherwise, break her legs.

Faced with the old man's domineering attitude, Wan Chunyan was powerless to refute him.

In the past, male chauvinism was very common in the family, and Wan Chunyan was also influenced by this from a young age.

Under these circumstances, Wan Chunyan had no choice but to marry Zhao Gang.

Because of this incident, Wan Chunyan always felt a little guilty towards Xu Junjie.

Therefore, when the classes were divided, Xu Junjie picked and chose the students with good grades to enter his class, and Wan Chunyan didn't say a word.

When Zhao Changling entered junior high school, he had just completed all of the above-mentioned tasks.

The old stories he now knows were things he heard about during his school years in his previous life.

According to the original script, he spent his junior high and high school years in a daze.

His grades were always average, never even remotely comparable to those of an outstanding student.

When Xu Junjie was transitioning from elementary to junior high school, six students from Class 1 of Grade 7 were admitted to key high schools, which greatly enhanced his qualifications.

During their high school years, a miracle occurred at their school.

One student got into a 211 university, three or five others got into second-tier universities, and the rest basically got into third-tier universities.

Zhao Changling didn't even qualify for a third-tier university; his family had to pay for him to get into that mediocre third-tier university. That was his learning experience in his previous life.

After leaving school, he never went back to his alma mater to visit it again.

What no one knew was that he actually still cared about some things about his alma mater.

He has a group chat with his alma mater, which he occasionally reconnected with after starting work, and they added each other via QQ.

He rarely spoke inside, but through conversations with his classmates, he still managed to learn some information about his alma mater.

One piece of information that caught his attention was that after they graduated from university, while they were working odd jobs and living a nomadic life, they heard that Teacher Wan Chunyan had gotten divorced.

There are several versions of the divorce story.

Some say that Teacher Wan still harbored feelings for Xu Junjie, which displeased Xu Junjie's wife, who complained to the school's education department, ruining her reputation, and ultimately leading to her husband's divorce.

Another version of the story is that after Wan Chunyan's husband became an official, his mindset changed, he kept a mistress outside, and found an excuse to divorce Wan Chunyan.

Regardless of the version of events, one thing is certain: Teacher Wan was divorced when she was just middle-aged.

Divorce at this age is a tragedy for women.

A few years later, he received news of Teacher Wan's death in the group chat.

He reportedly died of cancer, either breast cancer or uterine cancer, he couldn't remember.

On the day he received the news of his death, he went alone to the outskirts of the city to burn paper money for Teacher Wan.

He didn't tell anyone about this; it was a secret he kept to himself.

This secret had been buried deep in my heart for a long time, and I had almost forgotten it, but it was brought up again this time.

Zhao Changling had always liked Teacher Wan, not in a twisted way, but he felt a strange sense of closeness to her.

It's not just that Teacher Wan looks young, like a friendly older sister next door.

Most importantly, Teacher Wan showed absolutely no discrimination against him, a student who didn't do well in his studies.

Not only him, but Teacher Wan treats almost all of his students equally.

Zhao Changling didn't know anything about Teacher Wan's husband, Zhao Gang, but he had absolutely no liking for Teacher Wan's rumored lover, Xu Junjie.

Xu Junjie was too ambitious and his feelings for Wan Chunyan were not genuine; it was more of a predatory pursuit.

His feeling stemmed from a man's intuition about men.

For a long time, Teacher Wan felt guilty towards Xu Junjie because of her marriage to Zhao Gang, which was an open secret throughout the entire school.

However, Zhao Changling believed that this was completely unnecessary.

He believes that not only is it unnecessary, but that the choice made by Teacher Wan's family is currently the most correct one.

During his school years, Zhao Changling saw Teacher Wan and Xu Junjie meet in public several times, and the two even discussed teaching methods.

As he passed by and observed, he could sense that Wan Chunyan spoke with a hint of guilt, seemingly still grateful for Xu Junjie's selfless sharing of his teaching experience.

He could only chuckle at Xu Junjie.

There's a big difference between lust and admiration in the eyes of someone who covets beauty.

A man can instantly understand another man's state.

His poor Teacher Wan, caught in the middle of it all, was blinded by her own involvement. A woman's intelligence was shattered the moment a man looked at her.

Perhaps Wan Chunyan believed that if it weren't for her father's interference, her relationship with Xu Junjie would have ended in marriage.

However, based on Zhao Changling's experience as a second-generation ruler, Wan Chunyan's idea can no longer be described as foolish; it's downright stupid.

In Zhao Changling's eyes, Wan Chunyan possessed a natural and simple beauty, but she didn't pay much attention to dressing up.

If you encounter a seasoned womanizer like Xu Junjie, he'll probably only play around for a few years before getting tired of you and finding an excuse to break up with you.

Zhao Changling was not wrong to describe Xu Junjie as a seasoned womanizer.

Leaving aside how many girlfriends Xu Junjie had before becoming a teacher, Zhao Changling neither knew nor dared to say.

However, after graduating from university, Zhao Changling learned a lot about Xu Junjie's deeds through his classmates' group.

Regardless of whether Xu Junjie had ever dated Wan Chunyan, Zhao Changling believed that Xu Junjie would eventually marry his later wife.

Zhao Changling believed that Xu Junjie was too ambitious, partly because of the wife he married.

Xu Junjie's future wife's surname is Wu, her name is Wu Manyu, and she works in the school's administrative office. Everyone calls her Teacher Wu.

Ms. Wu has a very feminine name, but she doesn't look feminine at all.

Aside from her female physical structure, you can hardly see any female characteristics in her.

Zhao Changling neither liked nor disliked Teacher Wu. He disliked Teacher Wu because he had met Teacher Wu a few times and found him to be quite ugly.

This world is unfair to ugly women, and there's nothing that can be done about it. Besides, Teacher Wu didn't show any of Xi Murong's talents or anything like that.

I don't feel any ill will because, although Ms. Wu doesn't shy away from her father's identity, she never talks about him in public, and I've never heard of her using her father's identity to help anyone. She's neither high-profile nor low-profile.

Of course, her own job is definitely related to her father.

While this is related to Xu Junjie's strong work ability, no one would believe that it has nothing to do with her father.

Objectively speaking, Xu Junjie is quite handsome, not in a masculine way, but more of a refined and scholarly type.

Someone like Xu Junjie, with his high level of education, would naturally have no shortage of suitors in a school environment.

In Zhao Changling's memory, two of Xu Junjie's suitors were quite beautiful.

One of them is a newly assigned physical education teacher at the school. She has a good figure and a good face, and exudes a healthy and youthful aura. She is the dream goddess of many boys in the school.

The other one is an English teacher from another school, who is said to be an alumnus of Xu Junjie's school.

She came to the school to see Xu Junjie a few times. She was quite beautiful and had the air of a well-bred lady.

Many people, including Zhao Changling, believe that Xu Junjie will choose one of the two.

As for which one to choose, that's a difficult question.

Because they are all excellent, it would be difficult for anyone to choose between them.

The final result was quite surprising: Xu Junjie chose Teacher Wu Manyu.

Teacher Wu was also one of Xu Junjie's suitors, but because she was too ugly, everyone selectively ignored her.

It wasn't until the two got married that everyone remembered: Oh! Teacher Wu was also pursuing Xu Junjie before.

Women all like to pursue beautiful things, and Ms. Wu is no exception.

Zhao Changling didn't understand Teacher Wu. He didn't know what Teacher Wu was pursuing—love or family?

Having lived a second life, he has learned to be tolerant. He won't be like some trolls who mindlessly slander other people's feelings, nor will he deprive someone as ugly as Teacher Wu of the right to pursue love.

He will not take it for granted that he should stand on this high ground just because the world is unfair to some people.

But this did not change his opinion; he was very pessimistic about Ms. Wu's marriage.

No matter how high or long Mr. Wu's father held his official position, he would eventually retire.

Moreover, her family is not a single clan, so it's unlikely that any of her relatives could rise to high positions.

Whether now or in the future, the only person who can help the couple is Teacher Wu's father.

At this point, love is definitely gone.

Is the family still there? Zhao Changling doesn't know. Even if they weren't divorced, it must be broken and dilapidated.

Zhao Changling didn't care about Teacher Wu's affairs because he wasn't familiar with Teacher Wu and had no interaction with him.

He's not a savior who can save anyone.

Teacher Wu is an adult and should take responsibility for her choices.

Upon returning to this life, Zhao Changling thought of doing something for Teacher Wan.

In his previous life, Teacher Wan still felt guilty towards Xu Junjie even after Zhao Changling graduated from high school and passed away.

He had no idea whether Teacher Wan, until his death, ever truly saw through Xu Junjie's true nature.

But he's only an 11-year-old child. How can you expect him to discuss relationship issues with a 22-year-old teacher like Ms. Wan?

Putting aside the possibility of this topic arising, it would be strange if adults didn't think he was crazy for saying such things when he was such a young child.

He couldn't very well tell Wan Chunyan loudly that Xu Junjie was a scumbag, and then Wan Chunyan would believe him.

Wan Chunyan is a bit silly, but she's not stupid.

If that works, then Wan Chunyan is truly a fool.

Only through certain events can Wan Chunyan see the true nature of Xu Junjie and realize how utterly despicable he is.

The problem is that such a thing is unlikely to happen in the short term.

Even after Xu Junjie married Wu Manyu, Wan Chunyan felt for a long time that she had let Xu Junjie down and that he had given up on himself by choosing such a marriage.

Because of this, Wan Chunyan felt guilty for a long time when Xu Junjie got married.

What could possibly help Teacher Wan see that guy clearly? This was a headache for Zhao Changling.

The problem is, Zhao Changling didn't have the ability to cause any trouble when it came to matters involving their relationship.

"Hey student, you've been spacing out for ages. What are you thinking about?"

Just as Zhao Changling was lost in thought, he heard Teacher Wan's familiar voice ring in his ears.

Zhao Changling looked up and saw Wan Chunyan standing beside him.

He was so engrossed that he didn't even notice when Teacher Wan walked right up to him.

Looking into Teacher Wan's clear eyes, there was no reproach in them for a student who was daydreaming.

More than anything, it was the concern of an older sister for her younger brother that pierced Zhao Changling's heart.

In Zhao Changling's eyes, apart from his entanglement with Xu Junjie, Teacher Wan's only flaw was his poor teaching quality.

Teacher Wan's lectures are basically just reading from the textbook and lack any liveliness.

To improve students' exam performance, the basic approach is to leverage one's own and the school's resources and connections to find exam papers from other schools.

However, due to the connections of the affiliated secondary schools, the test papers that could be found were of very ordinary question types, and at least not very helpful for the high school entrance examination.

Since returning to this life, during his school years, he always thought about how he could help Teacher Wan in some way.

He can't get involved in matters of the heart, so what about other things?

Let's put other things aside for now and just take it one step at a time.

As for studying, he can still be of some help in this life.

With that thought in mind, he had an idea.