Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 349 - 347: What exactly are you doing?

For a moment, he was even a bit dazed.

"You... what do you mean by bringing this up all of a sudden?"

Teacher Xiao Zhao quietly looked at Vice Principal Ma, as if wanting to show some expression but finally suppressing it.

At this moment, her whole demeanor exuded an unusual aloofness, even a rigid mechanical feeling.

"What I mean is, Vice Principal Ma, you’re about to leave. And my position is at First High, so I definitely will be at First High longer than you."

"So Vice Principal Ma, I definitely understand more about what my ’primary duty’ is than you do, and I want to do my ’primary duty’ better than anyone."

Speaking up to this point, Teacher Xiao Zhao choked slightly, realizing that what she was about to say next might not be wise, so she reorganized her words a bit.

But faced with such direct defiance from Teacher Xiao Zhao, Vice Principal Ma unexpectedly could not get angry.

Not knowing what crossed his mind, Vice Principal Ma actually wanted to offer some kind words of comfort: "Xiao Zhao, have you been wronged by Nan Zhubin and them? I..."

"I won’t do those jobs." Teacher Xiao Zhao interrupted Vice Principal Ma.

"... What jobs?"

"Tree planting, evening parties, reception—I’m not doing any of those."

Vice Principal Ma choked for a moment, was this where the issue lay?

He habitually said, "Xiao Zhao, all teachers are busy, not just you. Look at Teacher Zhou from sophomore year, you know, right? She was pregnant not long ago and still..."

"Vice Principal Ma!"

Teacher Xiao Zhao interrupted again. As she did so, the corners of her mouth lifted imperceptibly, then quickly suppressed.

"Nan... Zhubin and Chonghui’s offices are right in my counseling room, I can’t avoid their work. Even if you say I don’t have to follow, can I avoid the work later?"

"In the end, isn’t it that the work at hand can’t be shirked, and new work is piled on?"

She displayed a look of angry complaint.

"It’s always like this, every time it’s the same."

"I only do my primary duty, I’m only responsible for the mental health part, I don’t care about anything else!"

Teacher Xiao Zhao stood up and slammed the table hard: "If you’ve got the guts, fire me! But by the time you’re transferred, my personnel process will still be underway."

"Otherwise, report to the disciplinary committee, but who do you think they prefer to see now, me or you?!"

With this, Teacher Xiao Zhao’s momentum really reached its peak.

Vice Principal Ma instead started making calming gestures: "Ah, Xiao Zhao, you say this, there’s no need, no need..."

The young female teacher didn’t listen anymore, turned and left the office, and almost bumped into someone because of a misstep.

Tsss—the sound of shoes scraping the floor.

"Uh... Teacher Wang?" Teacher Xiao Zhao quickly restrained her smile.

"Teacher Zhao..." Wang Rui nodded towards Teacher Xiao Zhao.

She seemed to have been waiting at the door for a while, her expression carrying some astonishment: "You... what happened? You seemed to have had an argument with Vice Principal Ma?"

"Nothing much."

Teacher Xiao Zhao’s voice unexpectedly had a hint of coldness, turned and left.

Fortunately, teachers usually at least maintain a facade of "minding their own business." Wang Rui watched Teacher Xiao Zhao’s departing figure with astonishment, then turned and knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock—

"... Come in." freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Wang Rui couldn’t discern Vice Principal Ma’s emotions, but she could see that his desk, his breathing, and even the sparse hair on his head were quite messy.

"Xiao Wang? Why are you back so soon?"

Vice Principal Ma was a little startled.

He looked at the clock; the conversation he just had with Teacher Xiao Zhao hadn’t taken much time.

Given the time between his phone call to Wang Rui and now, if she ran all the way from the school’s playground, she was really quick.

Unless she ran?

Wang Rui, who was neither out of breath nor sweating, smiled: "I had something to do today over by the teaching building, so this morning I started by letting the students train on their own."

Physical education teachers aren’t usually very busy.

Vice Principal Ma’s eyes squinted slightly, as if understanding something.

"Looks like the recent student workload reduction is quite thorough," he made a mild jab at Wang Rui, "or have you been reducing your own workload early on?"

The comment was neither here nor there, Wang Rui merely smiled and said: "I just contacted Old Zhang, he’s at the office on the field, asked him to help dismiss the students."

"But Vice Principal Ma, how come someone from the Health Commission suddenly came over again, what’s it about... Can you give me a heads-up so I’m prepared when questioned?"

Hearing this, Vice Principal Ma’s expression changed as if he had seen a ghost.

He rubbed his forehead and simply said: "The other side didn’t give me any prior notice either, it’s strange... I only got the call from Chang Ming that he was coming, and I can’t reach the people around Zhou Chu, no idea what’s going on..."

...

Teacher Xiao Zhao almost counted the steps as she descended the stairs, as if only this could shift her focus away.

But with each descending step, the smile on her face began to blossom a little more.

She took deep breaths, her cheeks puffing up like balloons, causing her entire gait to become light—

"Pfft."

Teacher Xiao Zhao finally couldn’t hold back her laughter.

[Ah, refreshing. So [liberating]!]

"I’m starting to like [Existentialism]." Teacher Xiao Zhao muttered to herself.

But there seemed to be something more important at the moment.

Not savoring the just-felt exhilaration for long, Teacher Xiao Zhao dashed back to the counseling room.

"Teacher Chong, has Mr. Nan come back?"

"Not yet, is something up... why are you looking at me like that?"

Teacher Xiao Zhao gazed seriously at Chonghui, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"I feel I’ve had a significant breakthrough in my understanding of the [Existentialism] school, I’ve found the meaning of my current life!"

Chonghui blinked: "You’ve had an [enlightenment]?"

Teacher Xiao Zhao waved her hand: "[Enlightenment] is content from the [Gestalt School], I memorized that in college... Anyway, if Mr. Nan isn’t in, Teacher Chong, you should hurry up and call him."

"You seem to have something big going on today, Vice Principal Ma seemed a bit crazy, I almost didn’t make it back to find you."

"Luckily, I pulled it off, and even enjoyed it for a moment... but I’m not very good at acting, so I couldn’t help cover anything up for you, just managed to barely get by and ensure I can continue to help you."

"I believe in you, Teacher Chong, only someone who studies psychology can understand how good your work now is, but—"

Teacher Xiao Zhao softly said: "I also hope you can tell me what you’re doing now, in case there’s something I can help with?"

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