Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 194

“You!” Fang Min narrowed her eyes, hiding the sarcasm and mockery in them. She shook her head, disapproving, “Why put yourself through so much hardship? We women should take advantage of our youth to have a good relationship, enjoy true love, and when the time is right, step into the palace of marriage. No matter how much you study or how well you work, in the end, you’ll still have to marry and have children. You’ll still return to a plain family life. When that time comes, if you have to give these up, you’ll feel extremely painful. It’s better not to bother learning these things from the start.”

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【See, how ‘understanding’ and ‘considerate’ I am! A good girl like me is the kind of ‘daughter-in-law’ every parent would want!】

【Even if Uncle and Auntie hear some ‘rumors’ about me, they won’t look at me with ‘colored glasses’ after hearing this. They won’t reject me visiting them again or being friends with Lin Mengting!】

Lin Mengting lowered her eyes slightly, her long lashes hiding her surprise.

Could it be that in this life, Fang Min has ‘coincidentally’ met those people again?

Or perhaps…

In a short time, many thoughts floated through Lin Mengting’s mind, but she didn’t interrupt Fang Min’s endless chatter.

Of course, the topic of ‘love, marriage, and family’ has different views and lifestyles for everyone.

For people whose views don’t align with hers, she wouldn’t argue or impose her opinions.

Moreover, the person talking non-stop in front of her had malicious intentions towards her, being a ‘reborn woman’!

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After chatting for a while, noticing that Lin Mengting still seemed to be ‘listening attentively,’ Fang Min decided to change the subject, saying, “Do you know Teacher Zhou?”

Lin Mengting blinked, recalling her previous life when she saw the exhausted and weather-beaten Teacher Zhou in S City, feeling a bit complex.

Teacher Zhou taught math for decades, and even the worst students in his class didn’t fail math. His teaching experience far surpassed many ‘special-grade teachers’!

Unfortunately, the confident and eloquent Teacher Zhou always ‘froze’ during exams…

“Is Teacher Zhou still teaching math?”

Lin Mengting asked without much confidence. In her previous life, busy establishing herself in a new company, she hadn’t returned home for years and didn’t know about Teacher Zhou’s situation!

Later news about Teacher Zhou was overheard from her parents’ conversations.

Fang Min shook her head, feeling a bit sad and lost when talking about this devoted teacher, “Isn’t it trendy to have a ‘teacher qualification certificate’ now? Though Teacher Zhou has rich teaching experience, he always freezes during exams, going blank even with simple questions, like handing in a blank paper. Because of this, he has always been a private teacher and never got certified. Now, M City is pushing the ‘certified teacher’ policy for all middle and elementary school teachers, so Teacher Zhou has to take the exam again. If he doesn’t pass in a few years, he might be forced to leave the school.”

This indeed happened in both Lin Mengting and Fang Min’s previous lives.

Lin Mengting felt a bit sad, knowing that Teacher Zhou deserved respect and admiration for his teaching skills.

Unfortunately, neither she, far away in S City, nor Fang Min in M City could help Teacher Zhou with the exams.

“Actually, I think Teacher Zhou could apply to transfer to an elementary school, get someone to help him become a certified teacher, then slowly move back to middle school.”

This way, he wouldn’t need to take any ‘certification exams.’

“That’s a good idea.” Fang Min looked at Lin Mengting with surprise and admiration, “No wonder you work in a big city. Your mind is much more flexible than ours, stuck in a small city with little exposure to new things!”

【Luckily, she came to see Lin Mengting today. Otherwise, her usual plans would’ve been easily seen through by Lin Mengting!】

【But the plan to ruin her reputation can still work, along with other methods…】

Lin Mengting smiled modestly, “I just heard about this kind of thing before.”

In her previous life, an older teacher with rich experience but poor exam performance applied to teach in an elementary school. After securing a formal position with connections, he transferred back to the town’s middle school within a year.

Her parents had discussed this, lamenting that if Teacher Zhou had done the same, he wouldn’t have had to leave and work in S City.

A person who spent their life teaching, now nearly fifty, could only find labor jobs similar to those without a primary school diploma.

It wasn’t that Lin Mengting looked down on laborers, but it was a blow to dignity for a long-time teacher to do such work.

No wonder, years later, when Lin Mengting accidentally met the just over fifty Teacher Zhou, he looked worn out and frail like a seventy-year-old, with no vitality left!

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As for Fang Min’s schemes?

Lin Mengting wasn’t afraid!

Rumors, in ancient times, could indeed ruin a person. In modern times, who believes them?

“People following the herd” might cause some trouble, but only in a close-knit, stagnant place like M City.

However, with China’s rapid development and economic boom, even M City, with its growing high-rise buildings, would lose its overly “close-knit” neighbor relations.

— So, unless Lin Mengting did something truly shocking, it was impossible for her to end up in a “hunted by everyone” tragic fate!

Or perhaps…