I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 394: The Big Shot with a Soul_1

Chapter 394: Chapter 394: The Big Shot with a Soul_1

"That’s really troublesome for you," Tang Yuchan said enthusiastically as she shook hands with Mr. Shen and tossed her notebook aside. "I won’t hold everyone up any longer. Mr. Hu is currently being wronged and is facing dismissal, so there’s no time to waste."

"Yo, better hurry up then. Should I take you on my tractor?"

"Ouch, come on, she has a car, one with four wheels at that."

"Safe travels, boss!"

Even with his back to the parents, Shen Dong could hear every bit of their enthusiasm.

As soon as she got into the car, Tang Yuchan’s expression changed, and she said indignantly, "I originally thought it was a parent’s complaint. But with this situation, it’s clear someone’s jealous.

"Shameless, they’ll screw over anyone. Mr. Hu has been nothing but fair; what the hell is this? Is there no justice left?"

"So you’re saying, if Mr. Hu were greedy, he could easily make twenty thousand a month from forty students!"

Shen Dong simply couldn’t join the conversation, as Tang Yuchan was genuinely furious, grumbling all the way that if they didn’t get justice for Mr. Hu, the Hai City schools would be turned upside down.

This wasn’t a joke. When Tang Yuchan arrived at Hai City Middle School, she went straight to the principal’s office.

She didn’t let Shen Dong follow, commanding him like a little brother, "Go stop Mr. Hu, note down who’s kicking him while he’s down and who’s faking concern."

Without a word, Shen Dong dashed toward the classroom.

At the doorway, a group of students surrounded Mr. Hu, pleading, "Mr. Hu, please don’t leave."

"Teacher, you even paid my tuition for me. If you leave, how can I repay you?"

Shen Dong felt an inexplicable warmth in his eyes. Paying tuition, mending Shen Dong’s uniform, chasing Shen Dong around Hai City on a bicycle during his rebellious phase—all these were things Mr. Hu had done.

"Teacher, I was wrong," Shen Dong said.

Mr. Hu, usually expressionless, pointed a finger when he heard this and scolded, "Zhang Bin, I’m telling you once more, picking on me is one thing, but if you dare speak sarcastically to the students again, don’t blame me for not being nice!"

"Not being nice? Hah, what can you do?" Zhang Bin tossed his head disdainfully and swept a contemptuous look over Mr. Hu before turning and walking toward the classroom.

Just as he reached the door, Zhang Bin stopped.

He turned and gave Mr. Hu a mocking smile, "Thanks for the honor of ’Outstanding Teacher.’

Shen Dong thought of a saying, when does a good person turn bad? Answer: When they encounter injustice.

In his past life, Shen Dong had seen teachers openly accepting bribes and shamelessly selling classroom seats. The front row cost two thousand for a term, the middle rows one thousand, and those at the very back were for students who didn’t pay anymore.

"The term ’capitalist’ is quite fitting here," Shen Dong commented dryly, giving Zhang Bin a thumbs-up.

Zhang Bin’s gaze flickered when he saw Shen Dong step forward, and he kept silent.

With a smile, Shen Dong slowly positioned himself in front of Zhang Bin, "You’d better hope I don’t find out you’re involved in Mr. Hu’s situation. Otherwise, I’ll show you the power of the capitalist class. Goodbye."

As he spoke, Shen Dong turned a blind eye to Zhang Bin’s astonished look and grabbed Mr. Hu’s arm, "Teacher, if you leave, wouldn’t that scum be laughing behind your back?"

"Shen Dong!" Mr. Hu frowned and was about to speak, but Zhang Bin behind them became irritated.

Zhang Bin, raising his voice, protested, "Who are you calling scum? This is lawlessness! Believe it or not, I’ll have you expelled too!"

Shen Dong, undeterred, continued walking while dragging Mr. Hu along.

Mr. Hu wanted to follow, not to align himself with Shen Dong but to set the record straight. As they reached the playground, Mr. Hu stopped to speak, only to be preempted by Shen Dong.

"Teacher, it was my fault, and I should bear the consequences." Shen Dong formally and urgently sought Mr. Hu’s forgiveness as never before.

Mr. Hu gave a dry laugh and looked towards the blue sky with a sorrowful gaze.

After a long silence, Mr. Hu looked down at Shen Dong, "The student dormitory is my brother-in-law’s garage. It’s pretty big. I converted it into a bunk-bed dormitory and charged four thousand a month for rent; I made four thousand."

"The month before last, I collected twenty-seven thousand. 54 students for food and drink for a month, and at the end of the month, there was four thousand five hundred left. I took two thousand; your auntie working hard doing laundry and cooking, that’s labor money."

"Two sums of money, I don’t feel guilty for taking them."

Shen Dong was a bit afraid to speak, always feeling there was an unusual gleam in Mr. Hu’s eyes.

Suddenly, Mr. Hu pointed to the sky, shouting excitedly, "Private tutoring students each have their progress, got a place in Jing City’s joint exams, I don’t feel guilty about that either!"

"I don’t feel guilty, so I don’t care whether I’m fired or not. Who is public-spirited, who is selfish, history will make its own judgment!"

Shen Dong was stunned, not understanding what Mr. Hu wanted to say, but he felt an angry lion awakening within him.

Sure enough, Mr. Hu trembled with his lips as if making an extremely tough decision, "I think, let those sordid thieves see, even if they take away my chance to stand on the podium, they can’t take away my beliefs!"

"You... you’re accepting the dismissal?" Shen Dong couldn’t quite believe it and hesitated to ask.

"Yes, I will continue with the free classes!" Mr. Hu’s eyes were filled with determination.

Shen Dong let out a long sigh; in his heart, ’free’ was just for spreading the reputation of private teaching, eventually, fees would be charged. Truly free...

"Done!" Shen Dong flung his fist up, holding it aloft in mid-air, "Who is public-spirited, who is selfish, the times determine public opinion!"

Mr. Hu smiled, yet he did not bump fists with Shen Dong.

A resignation letter, a withdrawal application, that was the result of Tang Yuchan turning the principal’s office upside down.

Shen Dong thought he could leave nonchalantly and quietly from Hai City Middle School, but to his surprise, Qian Fangjun blocked him at the school gates with a class of students.

"Mr. Shen, is Mr. Hu really leaving?"

"All of you, hurry back to class. Quickly correct the sloppy habits brought about by a bad teacher!" Perhaps because he had become the acting head teacher, Zhang Bin was barking orders, blocking the students.

Shen Dong laughed and gave Zhang Bin a thumbs-up, "You’re awesome. I’ll take you out to dinner tonight."

Before Zhang Bin could respond, Shen Dong turned and got into the car.

He called Qian Fangjun’s father with a stern face, asking him to tell Qian Fangjun to find him after school.

"Was it Zhang Bin who reported it?" Shen Dong couldn’t help but ask. This matter, Mr. Hu could get past, but he couldn’t.

Mr. Hu looked disdainful and casually waved his hand, "Let it be. By the way, could we improve our private teaching environment a bit? Even though the classes are free, we could still make money from accommodations, food, and printing tests."

"I just bought an inkjet printer; each test paper could net us three cents."

Initially, Shen Dong really thought Mr. Hu had compromised, but now he saw that he had always been a man of faith, a person of substance.

This little amount of money was nothing, but Shen Dong accepted it.

"Go take a look at that garage, also, I won’t run the private lessons in the backyard anymore. From now on, we won’t differentiate between commoners and nobles, it’s all handed over to you!" Saying this, Shen Dong felt a heartache over the money, but a feeling of pride began to sprout in his heart, as if he had become someone like Mr. Hu, a person of substance.

Mr. Hu revealed a complex smile and nodded again and again, "Thank you. Really, thank you."

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