Countdown to Awakening

The student from Country R continued, "My grandfather committed unforgivable crimes in your country. As a descendant, I should repent. I will do something in the future to repent for the war. I admire your courage in speaking out about that war. In fact, many people don't acknowledge what you said, but I still believe that one day everyone will know what happened."

After hearing this, Qi Yuanyuan thought for a while.

The international students from country R left.

Qi Yuanyuan was about to leave, but was stopped by the teacher who had just taught the class.

"Student Qi Yuanyuan, I'm glad you're still here. What you just said in class was really fascinating. There were some key points I didn't understand. Where did you find these photos and key points?"

……

You can’t say it’s a memory of the 21st century, right?

"Teacher, I read a book before that recorded these things, but I don't know where the book is anymore. And these photos... I asked someone to print them out."

The teacher pressed the issue, "May I ask who found these photos? I'd really like to know more about this, but I've never had the resources. I didn't expect you, Qi, to have such extensive connections... As a teacher, I'm a little ashamed of myself."

Qi Yuanyuan always felt that this teacher was a little weird, but she couldn't tell what was weird about it.

"Teacher, how about we talk about this another time? I'm going to eat soon..."

The teacher looked at his watch and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Qi... I don't know. Okay, let's talk in the office next time we have time. You can go eat..."

Only then did Qi Yuanyuan escape from the teacher's questioning.

When she came out of the teaching building, Shang Wen was already waiting for her there.

"Shang Wen."

The other party said, "Why are you so late today? I saw that everyone else had finished class, so why are you later than them?"

Qi Yuanyuan recounted what happened today.

"Then I'll keep an eye on her for you. I'm a little suspicious of this teacher too. If she's really alright, then it's fine. But if there's a problem..."

Shang Wen continued, "Did that student from Country R really say that? What if he's lying? Don't trust him too much. After all, the two countries once had a deep-seated feud, so there's no guarantee he's telling the truth. Sometimes he's just putting on an act for you."

"I know, so I won't put too much faith in it. I just need to do what I have to do. As long as I do these things well, that's all that matters. I just need to remember what happened before and publicize it."

Shang Wen thought for a moment and finally said, "I think we should not act rashly. After all, this kind of thing shouldn't attract so much attention. This matter hasn't been brought up for so many years. If you bring it up, many people will rush to attack you. Some people will agree with you, but if someone attacks you, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of this. Before I came here, I saw many people wearing Hekoukou. I hope to change all this. If I can't change it, I will return to that dirty world."

She didn't want to go back. If she did, she might die... This was also true.

"Then I'll go with you. If we need to go back, you'll have a companion. Just like now, we can always be together."

Qi Yuanyuan looked at Shang Wen. She didn't seem to have a system. She wondered if her broken system could still be summoned.

It seems like he ran away... This broken system is more of a hindrance than a help...

Not far away, a woman's eyes quietly followed the two of them.

"It seems like they are really in love. Even though she has won Lin Hao's heart, it's useless. They are not a good match. My family will never allow such a woman to marry into our family."

It would be great if she had a family of equal means. But she didn't, so it was impossible for her to marry Lin Hao.

When Lin Hao takes over the company in the future, it will be impossible for her to enter the Lin family.

By that time, Lin Hao should be engaged to a rich girl, and they will be officially married in a year or two. But she didn't know what her son was thinking. He only liked this poor girl from the countryside. How could this woman help his career?

Only a girl like Fang Yu is worthy of Lin Hao, and only a girl like this is worthy of entering the Lin family.

Li Xuemei watched all this silently and couldn't help but feel sorry for Qi Yuanyuan.

I hope she won't become the next Xu Bingbing.

……

A few days later, everyone knew that Jiang Wen took all his salary and went to work in the city.

"What did I say? Jiang Wen will run away sooner or later, don't you think? Teacher Li is the only teacher left in the village. Teacher Li can't just leave like that. Otherwise, our village will be left without a teacher."

The voices in the crowd rose and fell, and it seemed that they were all criticizing Jiang Wen.

"He said nice things at first, he'd go back to Tianfu Village and teach for the rest of his life, but now he's gone after just a few years. Who doesn't know that money is easy to make in the city? Jiang Wen went there first..."

Li Weiming had to take charge of the overall situation.

"My fellow villagers, I think you must have misunderstood. Jiang Wen went to the city for some reason. I'm still here in the village. I can teach the students well, too. Don't worry, my teaching is no worse than Teacher Jiang's."

"Teacher Li, please stop saying good things for him. We all know you're a real person, but how can you possibly teach so many students? You're alone, and this elementary school has so many grades. Now Jiang Wen's gone, and so has Widow Zhang, the only educated person in the village. How can you possibly teach so many by yourself?"

Another person said, "If Jiang Wen and Widow Zhang ran away at the same time, maybe something bad had happened to them both... I don't think Widow Zhang is a good woman. Even after her husband and child died, she was still unfaithful... Now they've both run away. In the future, the boys in the village won't be able to go to school and find wives, right? Can our village continue to exist?"

Li Weiming quickly told the man to shut up and came up with what he thought was a compromise.

"How about this? I'll just teach in the elementary school, and the junior high school will be officially merged into the town middle school. If one day I can't teach anymore, I can only merge part of the elementary school into the town elementary school, and let the more outstanding teachers teach there. What do you think of this method?"

All the villagers disagreed with what he said.

"Teacher Li, it's not that you're a bad teacher. We just want an explanation. Jiang Wen grew up in the village, but he ran away. What if one day you stop teaching? What will we do?"