Although it still wasn't easy to relax, since fate had given me a second chance at life, I was determined to seize it, even if only at fifty percent.
Do not lament the late autumn; the sunset still fills the sky. This time, I would change the outcome of my previous life.
After opening my eyes, I took a moment to collect my thoughts and ponder how to deal with Wang Chao. Since he wanted to play dirty, I would naturally accompany him to the end.
Over the weekend, I deliberately followed Wang Chao a few times in my car and surprisingly found no sign of a lover or a son by his side. In my past life, it wasn't until his car accident that the woman appeared with her child. So where had he hidden that mother and son?
Back at school, I saw Wang Bo's name on the list for the science experimental class. After asking a colleague, I learned that the leaders of the academic affairs office and Old Xue believed Wang Bo was a top student in science. To ensure good results for the school in the college entrance examination, they had persuaded Wang Bo several times, almost coaxing him back into studying science.
I was momentarily stunned. An inescapable marriage, an unavoidable cancer, an elusive mistress, and my son's choices—there seemed to be an unseen force pulling everything back onto its predetermined path.
"I heard Teacher Ma is back."
"After doing so many shameless things, does she still have the nerve to teach us?"
"Wang Bo is really pitiful; I've heard he's so discouraged he doesn't even want to study anymore."
Standing at the classroom door, just as I was about to push it open forcefully, a clear female voice rang out: "Did you really see it with your own eyes?"
The other students paused for a moment, and one boy angrily replied, "Everyone is saying so; besides, if she were upright in her conduct, why would there be gossip?"
The girl calmly retorted, "You just listen to what others say. If someone told you to eat shit, would you do it?"
"At your age, don't you have any judgment?"
"Teacher Ma has been teaching us for so long; do we really need others to tell us what her personality is like?"
The boy sneered, "What personality? She's like a tyrant! Out of the twelve classes in the grade, ours is always the last to finish class, and we have the most physics homework!"
The girl continued to argue, "But our class has the best physics grades, and among all the physics teachers, Teacher Ma teaches the best!"
The boy was about to retort again when I pushed open the door, slowly walked to the front of the classroom, and surveyed them before speaking—
"Class is in session!"
After class, the class representative brought the homework to my office.
She was the girl who had just defended me, an exceptionally bright student.
After placing the homework down, she quietly said, "Teacher Ma, many of us believe in you."
I was taken aback by my student's comforting words.
I smiled at her and casually picked up a physics competition registration form:
"Yu Zhen, I remember you're quite good at physics. This year for the competition, I need a student to mentor. Would you like to give it a try?"
Among all the kids in the class, I had a strong impression of Yu Zhen.
She was diligent and hardworking, consistently ranking in the top ten of her exams.
However, in my previous life, Yu Zhen did not take the college entrance examination.
Having lost her mother at a young age and with a father who was a gambling addict who sold her when drunk, Yu Zhen dropped out of school during her senior year.
Not long after that, she was found dead at home from suicide.
I would not let her tragedy repeat itself.
Just as I did not believe that my life script could not be changed.
Yu Zhen's eyes widened in surprise: "I want to... but I'm worried..."
"There's nothing to worry about," I said. "As long as you want to participate, I will train you to at least achieve a provincial level two. But let me be clear, my standards are high and my methods are strict."
"Teacher Ma, that's exactly what I've been hoping for," Yu Zhen replied immediately, her eyes shining brightly.
In my previous life, I had forced my son to enter a physics competition. I never expected that this time, with Yu Zhen as the tutor, it would feel completely different.
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