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“Enough!” Xiao Bo shouted with red eyes. “How long do you plan to keep deceiving me?”
“Someone like you doesn’t deserve to be my father!”
“I can’t believe I gave up my own exams for you!”
The two of them wrestled with each other like two fighting beasts.
I knew that the mountain of paternal love in Xiao Bo's heart had completely collapsed today.
I stepped out of that chaotic room; the rest was no longer my concern.
Wang Chao was right; his car accident was my design.
Rather than waiting for him to actually die in a car crash during his senior year, it was better to expose his true nature early.
Besides, my body wouldn’t last until then.
Returning home was my suggestion; I deliberately eased up, just so he would come back with me to see the family.
On the way, I drove.
I bribed the old man who herded cattle to pretend to lose control, allowing the herd to block our path.
The payment was that his child could attend school in the city.
In a moment of crisis, I turned the steering wheel and crashed the car into the mountainside.
I wouldn’t let Wang Chao die; I just wanted him temporarily unconscious.
I took his phone and sent a message to all his contacts:
“I’ve been in a serious car accident. Darling, please bring our son to the hospital and ask Ma Yuan for the house and inheritance.”
There was no need for further explanation; those who should come would naturally arrive.
Those who shouldn’t could guess what had happened from the message.
The dirt Wang Chao poured on me would ultimately fall back on him.
Of course, this wasn’t over yet.
I applied for a forced divorce in court, citing Wang Chao’s bigamy as the reason.
During our marriage, he had cohabited with someone else and fathered a child.
I had no evidence before, but now I do. In the hospital room, my phone recorded everything in the corner. With both witnesses and physical evidence, no matter how hard Wang Chao struggles, it won’t matter. He has to get a divorce, whether he wants to or not.
Once the court's ruling came down, my sick leave was approved as well. Before leaving the school, I made a special trip back to hand over the situation of the students to the new teacher. I thought the children would dislike me since I was strict with them and rarely smiled.
However, during the last class, they cried out: “Teacher Ma, we don’t want you to go!”
“I will come back,” I promised.
“Teacher Ma, don’t lie to us. We all know you have cancer and might never see you again,” shouted a bold child.
“Teacher Ma,” said a boy who had once scolded me, his eyes red, “I’m sorry. Yu Zhen was right; I’m a jerk who only blamed you and forgot how much you cared for us.”
“Every time there was an exam, you would talk to each of us, analyze our papers, and encourage us not to give up.”
Other children chimed in with red eyes: “Teacher Ma seems strict, but she cares about us more than anyone else.”
“I attended class while sick, and Teacher Ma sent me home to rest, then took her own time to tutor me.”
“I struggled with my grades, but Teacher Ma didn’t scold me; she even bought me study materials.”
Yu Zhen cried the hardest: “My dad doesn’t let me study and wants to sell me for a bride price. It was Teacher Ma who took out her own money to tell my dad that I could succeed!”
“This is the first time someone has believed in me like this!”
“I study hard and take exams desperately because I don’t want to disappoint you!”
Amidst the cries, I tapped the table and said, “Alright, stop crying. It’s not that serious. The doctor said I have a 60% chance of recovery, yet you all act as if I’m on my last legs.”
Gradually, the classroom quieted down, and sunlight poured over each young face.
I took a deep breath and decided to share some words I usually kept to myself: “Children, there are two kinds of pain. One makes you stronger, while the other is merely torment.”
“This is one of Teacher Ma’s favorite sayings.”
“Knowledge changed Teacher Ma’s fate, and I hope it can change yours too, alter your destinies.”
“At the very least, it will give you more choices during your most painful moments.”
“After all, exams—especially major ones—are your only chance to stand on equal footing with others.”
“You might be tired of hearing this.”
“When I was young, my family was poor. If I hadn’t studied hard to get into university, I wouldn’t even have money for treatment now; I’d just be waiting to die.”
“I share this not to make you embrace suffering; Teacher Ma dislikes pain as much as anyone else. But pain is something we cannot escape.”
“If you despise the painful lives and rules now, I hope you will have the ability and resources in the future to change them and create a fairer future for the next generation.”
“Because our present is built on the efforts of those who came before us.”
“Class dismissed.”
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