Chapter Thirty-Two: An Unexpected Encounter

  But just as Su Mo thought she would be blowing air, a slightly clear tone was heard in her ear, "Be a teacher."

  This is not his destination, but a starting point, it's the dream he has been hoping to fulfill since childhood. However, he also knows that in order to make those who looked down on him look at him again with respect, and to return home with his head held high, he must go back to that house where everyone used to look at him with disdain. Going to a poor mountain village to be a teacher who donates love is not his ultimate goal, but because his mother was a teacher in the impoverished mountain area, she met and fell in love with his father, a educated youth who went to the countryside, and eventually had him. Wherever he goes, it's just to fulfill his mother's wishes, fill the emptiness in his heart, and make his deceased mother happy and at peace.

  He will always remember the scene of his parents' double suicide, he will always remember his mother's eyes looking at him, hoping that her son can live an ordinary life in this life, not like her, who had hoped for what she shouldn't have hoped for, and got the greatest retribution in the world, losing her husband and her own life, leaving her only son alone and helpless in this world, bullied by others, with no one to take care of him.

  At that moment, his mother's eyes were filled with hope, and though she had something to say but couldn't bring herself to speak, he knew that she hoped he would become an ordinary person in the future, a teacher in a small village. Although the quality of life was not high, it was better because he could help many children leave the mountains, face the world, face themselves and go further.

  However, he couldn't tell his mother that it wasn't what he wanted; being a teacher was okay, but it wasn't something he could do for the rest of his life.

  In his opinion, entering politics would be the only chance in this lifetime for him to get that family's attention.

  He had no expectations for that family at all, but he was not reconciled to the fact that his mother was buried by those people, and even his father's death was blamed on his mother and him.

  He is not reconciled, he does not admit defeat. Why can those with money and power look down on people like this? Is it just because they have reached a certain political height? Just because they have money, power and influence, can they be so arrogant and domineering?

  So, he made a vow in his heart that after fulfilling his mother's wish, he would enter politics and pave a wide and smooth road for himself step by step. He would make those people regret what they had done to him and his parents, forcing them to death and leaving him helpless and bullied all his life.

  Suddenly feeling a stronger sense of loneliness emanating from the man, Su Mo Rou couldn't help but look up at Tan Yun Ning and ask, "You want to be a teacher? Why?"

  "...because my mom likes it." He couldn't help but want to take a few more glances at the eyes of the woman in front of him, who had a faint smile and sparkling eyes. Those beautiful eyes made him hesitate for a moment before deciding to speak out what was on his mind.

  Upon hearing this, I suddenly found myself unable to ask any further questions, after all, it was someone else's private matter.

  "Do you have time? Let's find a place to sit down." Contrary to Su Mo Ruo's expectations, Tan Yun Ning actually took the initiative to invite her to sit down.

  Two people were poor students, so they couldn't go to those cafes outside. They walked side by side on the spacious corridors inside the school, found a step, and sat down together. The surroundings only had very dim lights, looking at the couples on the school playground who were either taking a stroll or whispering sweet nothings to each other. The two people's faces were calm and composed, not considering this as eavesdropping at all, because they looked openly and honestly, without hiding their gaze.

  "Aren't you curious why everyone says I'm the abandoned son of a wealthy family? Or, aren't you curious why I let the wealthy family abandon me?" A string of words that left Su Mo Ruo momentarily stunned. In the half month they'd known each other, this was his first time taking the initiative to talk to her about something, and it was such a long string of words at that.

  The corners of his mouth wanted to curl up, but he found that this simple action, which was usually effortless, now seemed extremely difficult. He ended up giving up and explained from the side: "I'm just curious, why do you have such a personality."

  When he heard this, Tan Yun Ning's eyes, as black as ink, glanced at Su Mo Ruo, "It's a habit."

  I thought that after taking a glance at Tan Yun Ning, he would definitely give me an unusual answer, but unexpectedly, he actually gave such a three-word response, the corners of my eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly, and in my heart, I had a burst of silent ridicule. These three words were concise enough, and also polite enough.

  In order not to break the friendly atmosphere that had just been established between the two, Su Mo Ruo spoke up first, enlivening the atmosphere. "By the way, Brother Shifu, didn't you say you wanted to be a teacher? Have you thought about where you want to go?"

  "Hmm... go to Fog Cloud County, Second Drum Village." After a faint recovery, he returned to silence. A pair of black eyes couldn't see clearly what his true emotions were at this moment under the night sky, but Su Mo could feel the air of sadness on him.

  As for the place he mentioned, it also showed great surprise, because what he said would be her hometown. Although there is a certain distance from Er Gu Village, fortunately, he had also heard of it, which belongs to the territory of Wuyun County.

  "Wow, I knew it! I thought you were just a bookworm, but it turns out you've got your eyes on that little freshman girl!" The sudden burst of teasing laughter inserted itself into the quiet space between the two people, and in the stillness beside the playground, it was especially jarring. Naturally, it also drew the attention of many people who were still on the playground, all of whom turned to stare.

  Tan Yunning's face was icy cold, her thin lips lightly pursed, her emotions not showing on her face, but the chill around her body was gradually rising.

  She looked at the clothes on her body, and a sense of helplessness arose in her heart. It seemed that she had no way to refute this, as the evidence was right there on her body. The only problem was, who could she explain it to, and who would believe her?

  "Never mind those who are not related." Saying so, he pulled Su Mo and prepared to leave.

  The person who shouted was a roommate of Tan Yunning's, and he didn't particularly like Tan Yunning's cold and proud demeanor. For four years in college, all his classmates had gossip to share with him, but Tan Yunning was the only one who didn't. Now that he had finally caught this ice cube on a date with a freshman girl, he wasn't about to let it go so easily. When he saw the two of them preparing to leave, he couldn't help but reach out and stop them.

  "Get out of the way." The two icy words, as cold as ice cubes, slammed into her roommate's face.

  "Can't you introduce yourself?" Blinking his eyes, facing this iceberg, he couldn't afford to be tough, otherwise he would only get beaten up. He still remembered that a year ago, a classmate in the dormitory was dissatisfied with the iceberg's personality and wanted to beat him up, but didn't expect to be brutally beaten instead, almost losing his life. From then on, people in the dormitory also knew that this iceberg was not only cold, but also ruthless, beating people to death without even blinking an eye.