The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Before she transmigrated into the novel, Xu Wenwan had dated several wealthy heirs. She knew exactly what kind of woman men like that preferred.

They played the field themselves, but they liked naive girls who were easy to fool. A girl as pure as a blank slate was especially effective at stoking a man’s desire for conquest.

With the looks the system had blessed her with, she was a classic femme fatale.

With one party being calculating and the other willing, the two exchanged a few words and were soon walking side-by-side toward the streets of the County Town.

「At the school.」

The new teacher was out again.

Each class only had one dedicated teacher, with no extras to spare. Since this teacher had taken leave again, the first-year students were left without an instructor.

The principal couldn’t keep asking other teachers to handle two classes at once, so he asked Gu Jiaojiao to teach the first-years.

Gu Jiaojiao, of course, had no objection.

She filled in for the absent teacher and went to teach the class.

The principal stood outside, watching Gu Jiaojiao lecture eloquently from the front of the class without even needing a textbook. He once again felt a surge of relief. He had been so determined not to lose such a promising talent, and had persisted with his applications until his superiors finally agreed to hire one more teacher.

Otherwise, at the rate the new teacher was taking days off, the first-year students’ education would have surely been disrupted.

He had also only just found out today that Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan were a married couple.

Watching Gu Jiaojiao’s teaching style, the principal was baffled.

’This couple even has the same teaching style,’ he thought. ’They just open their mouths and the words flow, no need to even look at the book. They must have the entire textbook memorized. Truly incredible.’

Most importantly, both of them were incredibly knowledgeable. They could take a single topic and connect it to examples from both the past and present. The children below were as captivated as if they were listening to a story.

It wasn’t just the students; the principal was captivated too. By the time he snapped out of it, he realized class had already been dismissed.

Gu Jiaojiao was a little surprised to see the principal when she stepped out of the classroom.

"Principal, what are you doing here?"

The principal valued teaching ability over age. He didn’t look down on Gu Jiaojiao for being young; on the contrary, he was all the more courteous because she was so skilled at such a young age.

"Teacher Gu, that was an excellent lesson. You and Leng Yuan are truly meant to be teachers."

"Keep up the good work. With young people like you taking over, I can rest easy about the school’s future."

The principal was thrilled. Seeing such outstanding young teachers on his staff, he felt much less worried about the school’s future.

Not only was Gu Jiaojiao showered with praise, but she was also entrusted with a great responsibility. She suddenly felt the weight of it on her shoulders.

’In truth, I only became a teacher because I didn’t want to do farm work. My original motivation was simple.’ But after actually being a teacher for a day and seeing so many eyes gazing up at her, hungry for knowledge, she suddenly felt the immense weight that came with the role.

Gu Jiaojiao was about to head back to the office when she was surrounded by a few children.

"Teacher Gu, what you just said... Is it really true?"

A child had a question about the lesson’s content.

Gu Jiaojiao finally understood why the teachers’ office had been so empty all day.

She was no longer in a hurry to leave, and stood there answering the children’s questions.

In this era, there were no toys and no entertainment. Their only connection to the outside world was through books. Reading the interesting lessons in their textbooks felt incredibly novel.

They would read them over and over, never growing tired of them.

No teacher could refuse such a thirst for knowledge.

Gu Jiaojiao stood at the classroom door for over ten minutes answering questions. If the bell for the next class hadn’t rung, the students probably wouldn’t have left.