Change
Yang Wei hugged her blanket and fell asleep. When she woke up the next day, she was startled by her straight black hair in the mirror. After a moment of confusion, she realized it was her new hairstyle. After washing up, Yang Wei looked at the rows of clothes in her wardrobe and picked out a white round-neck shirt and a black V-neck knit sweater. As for pants… she decided on khaki cropped work pants.
She also hung her light pink handbag behind the door. Yang Wei took out a navy blue shoulder bag from the closet and stuffed her phone, keys, and makeup bag into it.
After glancing at herself in the mirror a few times, Yang Wei patted her face and quickly went out the door.
When she arrived at the school, the chubby security guard at the gate looked at her in surprise. As Yang Wei passed by him, she deliberately turned her head to look at him, her straight black hair fluttering gently in the wind: "Good morning."
"Good morning...good morning..." The chubby security guard watched her departing figure, rushed back to the guardhouse, pulled out his phone, and posted a message on his WeChat Moments: "Teacher Yang's new hairstyle is so sharp...I won't say I love it!"
Upon entering the office, Mr. Luo, the math teacher, was the first to rush up and greet me, as usual. However, today he stopped abruptly after taking a couple of steps: "Mr. Yang, you've changed your hairstyle?"
"Mm." Yang Wei quickly walked to her seat and put down her bag. Teacher Luo followed her to her desk and nodded approvingly, "Teacher Yang looks beautiful with any hairstyle!"
Yang Wei chuckled and said, "Thank you."
Teacher Luo's eyes flickered slightly, and she leaned forward: "Teacher Yang, you seem to be in a bad mood these past few days?"
"Um."
Is there anything I can help you with?
Yang Wei looked up at him and smiled slightly: "Can you not talk to me?"
Teacher Luo: "..."
After he floated back to his seat, Teacher Yao slid her chair next to Yang Wei and looked at her curiously: "Why did you suddenly change your hairstyle? It looks pretty good. Where did you get it done?"
"D&K".
Teacher Yao's eyes widened: "That place is super expensive, and I heard that only members can use it."
Yang Wei pulled a light blue card out of her purse and waved it in front of her: "You can contact me when you want to go."
Teacher Yao's eyes lit up, and she took the card from her hand: "It really is a D&K membership card. I heard that their membership verification is very strict. How did you get the card?"
"As long as you have money, that's all that matters."
Teacher Yao: "..."
Yang Wei put the card back into her purse. Teacher Dai across from her called her name, and Yang Wei looked up and smiled at her: "I'll go and urge them to finish the homework now."
Teacher Dai's lips twitched slightly as she handed her a stack of test papers: "I just wanted you to help me distribute the papers. It's a Chinese exam during morning self-study and the first two periods."
Yang Wei smiled and nodded, then went out with the test papers in her arms.
Teacher Luo glanced towards the door, then turned to Teacher Yao and the others and said, "Teacher Yang's aura seems different today."
Teacher Yao picked up the English books and walked out: "They've all gone from curly hair to long, straight black hair. How big do your eyes have to be to look the same?"
Teacher Luo: "..."
He's talking about presence! Presence!
Yang Wei's entrance into the classroom caused a stir among the students. Everyone stared at her with curiosity. Yang Wei walked calmly to the podium, held up the test paper in her hand, smiled at everyone, and said, "Now we'll begin the Chinese test."
"..."
The students began to complain. Yang Wei told them to put their books away and then distributed the test papers to the first row. After receiving the papers, many students secretly looked up at Yang Wei. Yang Wei walked around the classroom a few times, then asked the subject representative to stay at the podium and returned to her office.
As soon as Yang Wei left, the students erupted in excitement.
"Teacher Yang has a new hairstyle! I almost didn't recognize her."
"It feels more serious after the change!"
Don't you think her face screams "Don't mess with me"?
"I think it looks pretty good."
I still prefer the old one.
...
"What's all the noise about? Don't you know we're having an exam?" Teacher Dai walked in from outside carrying a stack of homework books. The students immediately shut up and buried their heads in their work.
Liang Minghao secretly pulled out his smartphone from his bag and sent Fang Chengran a text message: "Uncle, Teacher Yang changed her hairstyle!"
Thinking that his uncle probably hadn't gotten up yet, he put his phone back in his bag and started doing his test paper. He habitually flipped to the last page first and glanced at the essay topic.
XXX has changed.
Liang Minghao thought for a moment, then solemnly wrote down the words "Teacher Yang has changed".
Then that day, Teacher Dai corrected half of an essay titled "Teacher Yang Has Changed".
After the exam, Liang Minghao finally received a reply from his uncle: "I know, I went with her to do it."
Liang Minghao: -.
Uncle: What does that expression mean? ←_←
Liang Minghao: It means you're great ^_^
Uncle: Good boy/girl.
Liang Minghao rolled his eyes and stuffed his phone back into his bag.
During her lunch break, Qi Xiaoyan picked up her phone and browsed Yang Wei's Weibo. The latest post contained only one picture, a selfie. Qi Xiaoyan clicked on the larger image, her brows furrowing slightly.
Why did you suddenly change your hairstyle? You even dyed it again.
Yang Wei has always loved her curly hair and would go to the hair salon for treatments from time to time. Why would she suddenly straighten it and cut it short?
He thought about it for a long time with his excellent logical thinking, and finally silently clicked to save the picture.
Yang Wei was also browsing Weibo at that moment, and a message posted three and a half hours ago on her homepage caught her attention—
"No More Marriage" is finished! Finally, I can collect my royalties! Royalties can only be collected once a month. Amounts under 800 are tax-free. For amounts exceeding 800 but not exceeding 4000, subtract 800 and then multiply by the tax rate. For amounts exceeding 4000, multiply by 80% and then multiply by the tax rate. So, the question is, how do I collect my royalties with the lowest possible tax?
Many readers have already offered solutions in the comments. Yang Wei picked up the calculator on Teacher Luo's desk, pressed a few keys, and then forwarded it, saying, "Take 4,000 first, and take the rest all at once."
A minute later, she forwarded it again: "No, I did the math again, it seems that if I withdraw 800 first and then withdraw the rest all at once, the tax will be less."
Soon, she received a comment from someone named Juanjuanzi: "The correct way to withdraw is to withdraw 800 each month, and withdraw the remainder all at once before the company goes bankrupt."
Yang Wei: "..."
He always pops up at times like this!
However, she trusted Qi Xiaoyan's professional opinion. She opened her private messages and sent a message to "Wait Three More Minutes": "Expert advice: withdraw 800 per month, and withdraw the rest all at once before Pujiang goes bankrupt. But 800 per month is definitely not enough for living expenses ╮(╯_╰)╭."
Fang Chengran stared at the private message in silence for a few seconds, then his fingers flew across the keyboard: "Which expert?"
The professor asked for his medication: "Mathematics professor."
Fang Chengran narrowed his eyes, clicked into Yang Wei's Weibo, and easily found the math expert named "Juanjuanzi".
Juanjuanzi's profile picture is a digitally drawn chibi-style boy wearing a white shirt with slightly curly hair. The style is instantly recognizable as being from the same artist as Yang Wei's profile picture. He checked Juanjuanzi's Weibo account; it was registered a year ago, but only had three posts, all of which were reposts of Yang Wei's posts.
The most recent one is a group photo taken in front of the Christmas tree last year.
Fang Chengran's current mood can be summed up in three words: "Hehe."
He opened the chat box in the bottom right corner and sent Yang Wei a private message: "Your profile picture is so cute, did you draw it yourself?"
Yang Wei replied, "Yes—"
V: You're amazing! Could you draw one for me too? (Wait three more minutes)
The professor offered to take his medicine: Sure! What do you look like?
Fang Chengran thought for a moment: "I have short hair, so feel free to improvise—"
After receiving Yang Wei's reply, he posted a new Weibo update.
V (Wait three more minutes): I've decided to withdraw all my royalties at once. That's just how impulsive I am. [doge]
educate
After leaving Weibo, Yang Wei decided to throw a landmine at the novel "No Marriage" to celebrate its completion and also to see how this melodramatic story would end.
She clicked on it and discovered that the author had updated 110,000 words in just three days! That's incredible speed from the top author! And "No Marriage" unsurprisingly topped the bestseller list.
Amidst a long list of readers throwing deep-sea torpedoes at the bottom of the page, Yang Wei suddenly felt that a landmine was hardly impressive, so she reverently launched a rocket. After doing so, she took a deep breath, heroically clicked on the last chapter, and reminded herself to remain calm no matter what she saw.
"We finally completely possessed each other, including each other's lives."
Honey,
I will bury you in the ground with my own hands.
Underground.
Earth. Bottom.
land
end."
Yang Wei: "..."
The visual impact and cinematography are so stunning, reminiscent of a Hollywood blockbuster, that Yang Wei couldn't help but admire it... And does this mean the male and female leads will continue their antics in the underworld?!
...They're all dead, can they rest in peace?
However, Yang Wei didn't leave a comment this time; she exited the app and started taking a nap.
The first period in the afternoon was physical education class. The students basically arrived and waited to assemble on the playground, so Yang Wei didn't go to the classroom to check.
She sat in her seat looking at the homework submitted by her classmates in the previous class. She had to admit that Liang Minghao's drawing stood out quite a bit among the elementary school students' work. It was clear that he had a foundation in sketching, his handling of light and shadow was excellent, and the overall composition and form displayed the unique imagination of an elementary school student.
Although Liang Minghao's grades are not particularly outstanding in his class, his family's willingness to enroll him in a sketching class shows that they are quite open-minded—parents would definitely prefer to enroll their children in Chinese, math, and English tutoring classes rather than sketching classes.
Yang Wei personally does not agree with this approach. She feels that children should not bear such great pressure, otherwise they are likely to grow up to be mentally ill like Qi Xiaoyan.
She had also discussed with Qi Xiaoyan how to educate their future children. She had assumed Qi Xiaoyan would be strict about their children's education, perhaps even requiring them to pass the university entrance exam by age fifteen, if not at fourteen. However, Qi Xiaoyan merely glanced at her and calmly said, "I believe that when planning for a child's future, we should take into account the genes of both parents."
Although Yang Wei often couldn't understand what Qi Xiaoyan said, she could instantly understand anything that was insulting her.
So she threw the cushion from under her buttocks onto Qi Xiaoyan's face.