Chapter 271 Unexpected

The young couple reached an agreement to go north and then told the Lu family elders the news.

Mr. and Mrs. Lu were completely bewildered, both surprised and delighted, but declined the suggestion to go north with the young couple:

"How old are we? How much longer can we live?"

"Besides, Lao Fang, Lao Wang, and Lao Li are all here. If we go to the capital with you, we won't know anyone, and we won't even be able to find someone to talk to."

"It's better to stay here."

"We're all already one foot in the grave, every year we live is one year less."

"While I can still walk, I want to go back to my hometown to see my old relatives."

“If I go to the capital with you, I won’t be able to see Lao Fang and the others, nor will I be able to see these old relatives.”

Lu's father said, "Your grandparents are still counting on me to go and pay respects at their graves, so I can't leave."

"If I leave, your grandparents will be so sad that they won't see me during holidays and festivals."

"It was fine if I couldn't see you before, but if I still can't see you now, I'm afraid your grandparents will hold me accountable when they're down in the afterlife."

Lu Xiangyang looked at his father with a complicated expression: "If you don't want to go, then you don't want to go. You don't need to drag my grandparents into this."

Lu's mother said, "You go there for work, we'll just be causing you trouble."

"Once you've settled in over there, we can go whenever we want."

"Do you think you can stop us from leaving?"

Jiang Jianni: "No way!"

"This is home, and the capital is also home. I can go back whenever I want."

Lu's mother grabbed Jiang Jiani's hand and glared at Lu Xiangyang: "That's right."

"Ah, girls are so thoughtful."

"My son only knows how to break his mother's heart."

Lu Xiangyang: "..."

Jiang Jianni: "..."

The decision to head north was made.

However, Lu Xiangyang still needs to rent and tidy up the house first before Jiang Jianni can bring the child over.

Jiang Jianni still needs to explain the situation to the school and ask them to hire a new teacher in a timely manner.

When she went to the principal to talk to him, the principal sighed and said, "You young people, it's like you all planned it all out. You just leave whenever you want."

Jiang Jianni: "...Who else left?"

Principal: "Teacher Gao."

"Teacher Gao used to be so dedicated. He even wanted to work in the education department. Who would have thought he would resign?"

Jiang Jianni was surprised: "Teacher Gao? Gao Haoren?"

There is more than one teacher, Mr. Gao, at the school.

Gao Haoren is the only one who wants to pursue a career in education and has been working towards that goal.

However, Gao Haoren was frustrated by his failure to be selected as an outstanding teacher, and he became much quieter.

He no longer schemes like before, and he has become more serious about teaching.

Everyone thought he was accumulating strength, planning to launch a direct attack—if he taught well, he could potentially move into a government unit if he wanted to.

Other teachers had their own speculations, but Jiang Jianni ignored them completely.

Putting aside the fact that she and this teacher Gao Haoren already had a grudge, just considering how he used any means to trip her up, if this guy were to enter the education department, who knows what kind of mess he would cause.

Jiang Jianni has never been a teacher; she has heard and seen enough from various news reports.

The most typical example is the educational elite system.

Without a doubt, given Gao Haoren's ambition, he will definitely keep causing trouble.

Even if it's not for the sake of the education department to have one less bad apple in the future, even if it's just for the students' sake, Jiang Jianni will do everything she can to keep him out.

I never expected that someone with ambition written all over their face would actually resign.

Jiang Jianni asked, "Did Teacher Gao really resign? Or did she go to teach at another school?"

The principal sighed, "He really resigned."

"I really don't know what he was thinking."

"His teaching performance has been quite good these past two years, so why did he decide to resign?"

“I heard it was his wife who was making trouble. She said that he couldn’t even support his wife and children with the money he earned as a lousy teacher, and she was arguing with him every day.”

"They said I had to go into business and make money, or they would get a divorce."

The principal was furious: "Bullshit! Ignorant! Vulgar! Women's talk! Long hair, short brains!"

"Is becoming a teacher just about the salary?"

"We are all people with ideals!"

"Being a teacher is about cultivating the next generation and providing talent for the country and society, yet you say it doesn't make money."

"vulgar!"

The principal was so angry that he was breathing heavily: "Teacher Gao has such good taste, how could he have married such an ignorant and wicked woman?"

Jiang Jianni: "..."

Goodness.

The wicked woman has come out.

It's clear that the principal really has a huge problem with Gao Haoren's wife.

The principal's complaints weren't over yet: "If you ask me, Teacher Gao is just too young and too kind."

"He should have called the police when this woman started bothering him."

"Teacher Gao is soft-hearted and feels that it is not easy for a woman to raise a child alone, and she does not want to ruin the other person's reputation because of herself."

"Yes, he saved the other person's reputation, but he lost his own."

"Now she's even ruined my job as a teacher."

"What will happen to Xiao Gao in the future?!"

Jiang Jianni: "..."

She couldn't be bothered to comment on the matter.

To be honest, from her own perspective, the more miserable Gao Haoren's life is, the better.

Ideally, the couple would have a huge fight, and Gao Haoren would be ruined and disgraced.

Clearly, Gao Haoren truly loves his wife.

People asked him to quit his job and start his own business, so he obediently and honestly gave up what many people considered a lucrative job to do.

Jiang Jianni really wanted to interview Zhang Xiaowan.

How did she manage to completely control Gao Haoren, a highly educated and ambitious man, despite being an illiterate rural woman?

This can no longer be explained by simple PUA.

Gao Haoren's attitude was as if Zhang Xiaowan had bewitched him.

So how exactly did she do it?

Or maybe we can talk to Zhang Xiaowan later?

Jiang Jianni felt that understanding how Zhang Xiaowan did this would be of great help to her writing novels.

She used to struggle with romantic scenes.

Now that I'm married and have children, while I'm not as clueless about romance scenes as I used to be, I still can't write them as effortlessly as many romance novelists.

Although Zhang Xiaowan is not a novelist or author, what she does is clearly more magical and convincing than what is described in famous romance novels.

She's practically on par with Grandma Qiongyao.

Before she could decide whether or how to approach Zhang Xiaowan, Lu Sitian brought someone to her.

Jiang Jianni looked at Shao Shufen with a surprised expression: "Sister Shao? It's you!"

Shao Shufen was even more surprised than Jiang Jiani: "I also want to know why it's you."

"I always thought that the person who opened the milk tea shop with Comrade Xiao Lu was either a master chef, a royal chef, or someone whose family used to be quite wealthy."

"I never expected it to be you."

"Jiang family girl, tell me honestly, besides academics, does your school also teach how to cook and make milk tea?"