Chapter Twenty-Five: Explanation

  As the students flowed out of the classroom, Su Jin also walked out of the classroom. Liu Mei followed closely behind Su Jin without saying a word, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat gloomy.

  "Do you think I'm very dangerous now?" Su Zhen asked without turning his head.

  "Ah! Is... Ah, no!" Su Zhen's sudden words made Liu Mei feel very surprised, and for a moment she was at a loss for words.

  "Hehe, it's not that serious, is it? Just taking in a social outcast, and there's such a big fuss about it? Methods are just tools, with no good or bad distinction. What matters is who they're used on, and what they're used for!" Su Jin stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at Liu Mei with a smile.

  "Well, that's what I mean, but..." Her eyebrows furrowed in hesitation, unsure of what to say for a moment.

  "Willow eyebrow, do you know that with my personality, I'm not willing to explain these things to anyone. For anything, there's a bottom line that can't be crossed. Everything is fine if it doesn't exceed that line, but if it does, I won't hesitate to use any means necessary to deal with it! This is how I do things, and I don't need to explain myself to others. If you can accept it, great; if not, then so be it! Why bother caring about what others think? But you're different, you're Willow Eyebrow! I really don't want this matter to cause any unpleasantness between us. You know very well that Zhao Xiwen's downfall today is entirely his own doing. Even if I didn't use this method to deal with him, with his personality, he would have ended up like this eventually. What you care about is my methods, but are they really that important? If I hadn't used this method to deal with him and instead used another way to teach him a lesson, he wouldn't dare to provoke me again, but he would still go on to harm others. Do we have to wait until he rapes a female student before taking action against him? By then, even if we punish him, what's the point? The damage done to the female student can never be undone!" Su Jin's smile disappeared from his face, and his expression became somewhat agitated as he stared intently at Willow Eyebrow.

  Su Jin hopes that Liu Mei can understand him, he doesn't care about the cold eyes of others, what others think of him has nothing to do with him! What he really cares about is how people around him think of him! This is also why he was desperate to get Su Xingfeng's approval in the first place. In essence, he is a sensitive person, years of failure have made him feel inferior, this mentality has not changed from his previous life until he got married and had children! After rebirth, it remains the same, he strives, he struggles, not because he really wants to do something, power and status have no absolute attraction to him, as a carefree person who has never worried about food and clothing since childhood, his requirements for life are not high! He doesn't think there's anything wrong with a warm and cozy life with his wife and children, and the biggest purpose of all this is to make people around him recognize himself! Let his parents recognize themselves, let relatives and friends recognize themselves, let him recognize himself! This is the driving force behind his efforts after rebirth!

  Originally, Liu Mei was not among these people. In their previous life, he and Liu Mei were like two parallel lines. Although they had a brief encounter under the arrangement of fate, they soon returned to their respective orbits and never met again!

  But the wonder of things lies in this! For various reasons, Su Jin and Liu Mei did not go their separate ways like they did in their past life. A brief encounter gave them a chance to come together, and through subsequent coincidences, they had more opportunities to interact. Su Jin didn't know if he and Liu Mei had a real future, but at least for now, they had started becoming friends. Perhaps even Su Jin himself hadn't realized that Liu Mei was gradually taking up an increasingly important place in his heart. He began to care more and more about her opinion of him, her attitude towards him!

  So, that's why Su Jin was eager to explain things to Liu Mei today! Although he is a young man, he has the soul of an adult in his body! His mature thinking allows him to distinguish what is most important, and he won't do something that will make him regret it just for some trivial self-esteem or face-saving!

  Of course, he wouldn't let himself drift apart from Liu Mei because of such an inexplicable thing! Many things, once spoken out loud, are nothing, and since he hadn't done anything wrong, those movie and TV drama plots where the male and female leads separate due to some inexplicable conflict and then suffer simultaneously are just for show; if they happened in real life, it would be infuriating!

  Su Jin's words had reached this point, and Liu Mei's heart actually relaxed a bit. Perhaps she was never entangled with Su Jin's methods to begin with! Are there still such old-fashioned people among the young people in today's society? What she cared about was Su Jin as a person, just like how Su Jin didn't notice Liu Mei's position in his own heart, Liu Mei also didn't notice that Su Jin's position in her own heart was becoming more and more important! From the initial curiosity, to the later admiration, to the shared hardships of starting a writing club together! Su Jin had already occupied an increasingly significant position in her heart that couldn't be ignored!

  Even in her dreams, Su Yan's figure appeared several times! The ambiguity and emotions between middle school students are the most beautiful things in the world, pure, wonderful, and irresistible! She didn't know if he was her first love, but she knew that every time she saw him, she would feel a kind of excitement, and when she couldn't see him one day, she would feel a kind of disappointment. In her heart, he became more and more perfect, as perfect as a god!

  But it wasn't until this happened that she suddenly woke up, and she couldn't believe the cruel means hidden beneath Su's gentle and sunny exterior! She felt terrified and at a loss! She didn't know which of the things he was showing now were real and which were fake! Or maybe everything was fake, all just an act to deceive the world!

  But when Su Jin said this, Liu Mei's heart suddenly calmed down. She suddenly realized that she had an unignorable position in Su Jin's heart, otherwise he wouldn't be so eager to tell her. She realized that no matter how many fake things Su Jin had, at least one thing was true, and that was his feelings for her.

  Does it matter what else is true if this one thing is?

  Liu Mei's face once again revealed a smile that made the flowers bloom with envy, and she smiled: "Nothing, actually you don't have to be like this, Zhao Xiuren just got what he deserved, I'm just as a classmate feeling a little sorry for him ending up like this, it's all right now, let's go!" After finishing speaking, Liu Mei even took Su Jin's hand proactively and walked forward with big strides, facing the bright sunshine, the two of them looked so harmonious, so beautiful!

  ……

  Yue Hua had a pleasant dinner with Liu Mei, and Su Jin sent Liu Mei back to her dormitory.

  Leaving the girls' dormitory, Su Jin's body turned around and walked towards the school office building! Today, there was still one more thing he needed to take care of!

  He needs to have a deep talk with Li Bing! Principal Zou has already arranged for Li Bing to be the writing club's instructor, and Li Bing clearly had no right to refuse the principal's arrangement, so he readily agreed. Of course, Li Bing didn't show any enthusiasm for the writing club; in his opinion, this was just a task assigned by the principal, and he was only lending his name. Otherwise, why would the writing club look for a marketing teacher like him instead of a language teacher? This kind of thing happens all the time in today's society, and there's really nothing to be surprised about.

  So, even today's writing club activity class he didn't show up! However, this is clearly completely different from Su Zhan's original idea. Su Zhan had high expectations for Li Bing and was thinking of relying on him to cope with the upcoming online battle. How could he be so negative and lazy? Based on this, Su Zhan felt it necessary to have a talk with Li Bing and mobilize his enthusiasm!

  Li Bing's habits were well understood by Su Jin. Although most students at Shang School mixed and waited for death, not to mention serious learning, the opportunity for everyone in the class to arrive on time every day was rare, but Li Bing still seriously prepared his own lessons. In his opinion, if a student did not study well or love learning, although the student's factors played a major role, the teacher who failed to guide them also bore an undeniable responsibility! If a teacher could not guide his students in the right direction, it was a problem of the teacher's ability, but if a teacher did not even seriously prepare for his own lessons, it was a matter of attitude. Such a person is not qualified to be a teacher!

  So, every day after dinner until around 9 pm, if there's nothing particularly important, Li Bing usually prepares his lessons in the office. This habit has been maintained throughout his teaching career!

  "Bang! Report!"

  "Come in!"

  With a magnetic voice, Su Jin pushed open the door and walked into Li Bing's office. The office where Li Bing was located was a shared teacher's office, divided into separate small spaces by large and small wooden boards, and Li Bing's position was right in the innermost part!

  In the spacious office, there was only Li Bing alone at this time.

  Su Jin walked over and smiled: "Teacher Li, it's so late and you're still preparing lessons!"

  Li Bing raised his head and saw that it was Su Zhen. He knew Su Zhen, who was a celebrity in school, and not many people didn't know him! Moreover, this Su Zhen was one of the few students in his class who listened attentively to his lectures, although they didn't interact much, but he still had a deep impression of him!

  "Ah, it's Su Jin, you can't be unprepared for class, what will you teach tomorrow if you're not prepared? Do you have something on your mind?" Li Bing smiled.

  "Yes, that's right, Teacher Li. This afternoon after school, our Writing Club held an activity class, and I'm here to report on the work!" Su said respectfully.

  "Reporting on work?" Li Bing's eyebrows furrowed for a moment, and then his face showed a hint of apology. "Ah, it's this, I'm really sorry. I'm the advisor for the writing club, but today you had an activity class and I didn't show up. Oh dear, look at me, when I get busy I forget! Do you have anything that needs help?"

  "Hehe!" Su Jin smiled slightly, her mouth curving into a beautiful arc.

  "Teachers are busy, and it's normal if they can't take care of everything at once. As for requests, the school leaders have already considered our needs very thoroughly, so there's nothing to ask for!" Su Jin said with a smile.

  "Alright, that's good. The Writing Society is very helpful in cultivating students' writing abilities. As the president of the Writing Society, you must work hard to build and develop it well. This is your responsibility as well as your duty!" After hearing Su Jin's words, Li Bing, who had nothing to say, could only casually utter a couple of clichés in response.

  "Teacher, I think you're not only busy with work, but also, you don't take the Writing Club seriously at all!" Su said with a sudden gleam in her eyes.

  "What! How can you say that!" Li Bing was taken aback, and then became somewhat annoyed. Even if he hadn't put his heart into the writing club, even if as a guidance teacher he hadn't attended the activity class, what's wrong with that? This is something that everyone knows but doesn't talk about! If you really want to make some progress, you should apply for a language teacher to go over and be the guidance teacher, and let a marketing teacher like me just go through the motions. Everyone gets along well, right? How can you say such things, this student is really too impudent!

  However, Li Bing was a teacher who cared about his students. Although he was very annoyed with Su Zhan in his heart, he still suppressed his anger and tried to appear calm, but the look in his eyes towards Su Zhan had already become quite unpleasant!