Yun Xiaoxiao was simply stupefied as she watched Han Ruochen finish signing the documents for handing over her job to her. Throughout the entire process, she thought that Han Ruochen was going to change her mind and then mock her for trying to reach way past her reach, but she never thought that Han Ruochen would really hand over her job to her. What was going on?
"What's the matter?" Han Ruochen asked as she handed the document to Yun Xiaoxiao. "Are you not willing to take on the job?"
"No!" Yun Xiaoxiao immediately took the document over and shook her head. She was worried that Han Ruochen would think that she was regretting her decision and might refuse to hand over the job. All this time, she had been waiting for a chance to become a permanent teacher instead of a temporary one in the school. How could she let go?
However, when she saw the stunned look on Han Ruochen's face, her expression turned embarrassed, and she said to her, "It's nothing. I was just thinking, why do you suddenly want to sell your job to me?"
"You sold your job? Teacher Han, why did you sell your job all of a sudden?"
Han Ruochen and Yun Xiaoxiao turned to look at the man who walked over to where they were standing. For a moment, Han Ruochen was confused, as she didn't remember the man in front of her, and it was only when Yun Xiaoxiao called him 'teacher Su' that she recognized this man.
It turned out to be the literature teacher of the school. In the past, he had helped her many times, but since it had been so long, she had forgotten his face. Last she heard about him, he was schemed and married against his will by–
"Why else? She must have been kicked out of the school for acting so shamelessly."
After hearing these words, Han Ruochen pulled a long face. She covered the ears of her brother and turned to look at Xiao Rui. She was as fierce as a tiger as she glared at the woman. If this were the past, she would have ignored Xiao Rui; after all, she believed getting involved with someone as insecure and annoying as Xiao Rui was just a waste of time. But not anymore.
Xiao Rui and Han Ziyan were the same kind of people. The more you ignored them, the more vociferous they became; she didn't deserve her silence. Because they didn't know how to appreciate it.
Han Ruochen knew that the reason Xiao Rui disliked her was probably Su Mo. She had never paid attention to the literature teacher in the past because her mind was filled with Yang Jianming. As someone who was trained and brainwashed that she was going to become Yang Jianming's bride, Han Ruochen didn't have the time to care about Su Mo, whom she had never even paid attention to.
But Su Mo, for some unknown reason, started to like her. Though he never confessed to her straight, he did help her out and would often drop her off at the village. Han Ruochen thought that it was because the two of them were from the same village, and with her cold personality, the man who was as bright as sunshine would never like her. But who would have thought that he did like her!?
And this was something that Xiao Rui knew.
As someone who admired Su Mo since the day he joined the school, how could she accept that her crush ended up falling for Han Ruochen? Thus, she started to dislike Han Ruochen.
Han Ruochen was silent, and Xiao Rui thought that she was feeling guilty because she had done something wrong and turned complacent. "Why are you making it sound like you are doing a favor for Teacher Yun? Don't tell me you think that no one knows what kind of shameless thing you have done. Though you are thick-skinned enough to act as if you haven't done it, and I am too embarrassed to bring it up, you should still be clear in your heart about what you have done and be a bit ashamed of it. A person like you shouldn't be here, as you are not fit to be a teacher. You were going to be fired anyway, so why bother with the pretence?"
Xiao Rui's words were neither loud nor soft, but they were audible for everyone to hear.
When the rest of the teachers heard her words, they all lowered their heads, as they had heard some rumours, and they didn't sound very nice. They all felt really awkward looking at Han Ruochen.
"I already knew there was something wrong. Teacher Yang is really nice, and he is so polite and careful. How can he even plan such a scheme and have an affair with his sister-in-law? No wonder you fell for the leader of the thugs, and because you were too embarrassed to break up with Teacher Yang, you schemed with the thug and ruined his reputation and life. You are really shameless. How can you ruin someone's reputation in such a fashion? You are so cruel—"
Slap!
Han Ruochen slapped the woman on the face. Hard.
She was not even tolerating her mother and Han Ziyan. Who did Xiao Rui think she was? Why would she think that Han Ruochen would tolerate her for no reason?
Xiao Rui's father might be a big shot in the city and willing to spoil his daughter rotten. She was not going to do the same.
Xiao Rui was nothing and no one to her!
The crisp slap put the excited speech of Xiao Rui's at a halt, as she raised her hand and touched her cheek that was stinging slightly. She looked at Han Ruochen in disbelief because no one had even thought of slapping her like this—not even in their wildest dream, especially after finding out who her father was.
"You—you slapped me?"
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Thanks to everyone who wished and congratulated me on my wedding. I hope you guys didn't miss me too much. don't worry, I am back, and I am back with a bang.