Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door-Chapter 381 - 380 Workplace Dirty Water

Shi Yang asked, "You can already give exams to students?"

Zhao Meimei replied, "Of course, I’m officially permanent now, of course I can create exams, it’s no big deal, I can handle it in minutes."

Shi Yang unreasonably retorted, "Handle it in minutes? You didn’t answer your phone all afternoon... Do you not want to talk to me?"

It was only then that Zhao Meimei realized the teasing tone in Shi Yang’s words, and she couldn’t help but feel amused. She rubbed her phone hard, imagining it was Shi Yang’s head, "How could that be, bro? I love talking to you the most. I was really busy, you don’t know. Not only did I create exam questions for my class all afternoon, but I also helped Liu Wenjing’s class with a set of questions."

Shi Yang asked, "She can’t do it herself? Why did she ask you to help?"

Zhao Meimei never lied to Shi Yang, speaking whatever came to mind, "She came to the office in the afternoon to ask me for help with the questions. Since she asked, I couldn’t refuse, especially since she was the one who mentored me during my internship."

Hearing this, Shi Yang became a bit uneasy, worrying that Zhao Meimei might be facing workplace harassment or being bullied by the older staff at the school.

Shi Yang furrowed his brows and asked, "Does she often ask for your help like this?"

Zhao Meimei said, "It’s much less now. After I became permanent, I have my own class to lead, and we’re not in the same office, so she can’t boss me around like during the internship anymore."

Shi Yang said, "If it’s too tiring, just quit. It’s so rare to have a winter break, no need to find a job, it’s better to rest at home."

Zhao Meimei actually had it figured out clearly and explained her reasons to Shi Yang on the phone, word by word, "The job at the foreign language school is a bit tiring, but it really trains you. Now, I can go to any elementary school and lead a class to teach without guidance from senior staff."

"I actually know that Liu Wenjing does boss me around as the newbie, making me do all the tasks. But if she didn’t, I wouldn’t have improved this fast. When I really graduate in the future, where else would I find such a place to train?"

"I’m actually just learning secretly here. All this accumulated experience will be my work experience in the future."

Seeing how hard she worked, Shi Yang couldn’t bear it and said with concern, "Meimei, you don’t have to be so hard on yourself. The reason I work so hard is to give you a good life. I’m willing to support you. If you want to work, you can do it for fun. There’s really no need to work yourself to death."

Feeling warmed inside, Zhao Meimei sincerely said, "Bro, I know you care for me and treat me well, but I also want to learn a skill. In the future, I also want to earn money to support you, be good to you, and care for you. You’re running all over the place, busy every day with social events and receiving clients. Seeing you so busy makes me really feel for you. I just want to work well myself, work hard to earn money, and help alleviate some of your stress. I don’t want you to be this tired."

On the other end of the phone, Shi Yang was silent for a long time, with only deep, heavy breathing, processing these heartfelt words. Unexpectedly hearing such a warm confession, Shi Yang felt his heart being touched deeply, almost melting on the spot...

The next day during the exam, Zhao Meimei stood on the podium, watching her class quietly and intently take their exams. She felt an immense sense of achievement, thoroughly enjoying the joy of being a teacher. After a morning of proctoring, not only did she not feel tired, but she also found it quite enjoyable.

When the exam ended, Zhao Meimei collected the papers, sealed them, and planned to go to the office to exchange grading with teachers from other classes. Just as she turned to the office entrance, Peng Hui rushed to block her path.

Peng Hui pulled her aside urgently and whispered, "Meimei, let me ask you, did you really help with Liu Wenjing’s class exam questions?"

Zhao Meimei said, "Yes, why?"

Peng Hui’s face changed, "Why did you help her with the questions?"

Zhao Meimei explained how Liu Wenjing had asked for help the previous afternoon and then asked, "What’s wrong?"

With righteous indignation, Peng Hui cursed, "What’s wrong? I just heard Old Xu talking in the office, saying there were several mistakes in Liu Wenjing’s class exam, and the director called her in for a talk. She claimed she was unwell yesterday and you helped with the questions. Clearly, she got you to do the work and then dumped the blame on you when it went wrong. That’s utterly despicable!"

Zhao Meimei said, "That’s impossible. I checked the questions several times, there’s no mistake!"

Peng Hui, worried for her, said, "The key point now is that Liu Wenjing has told the director you’re incompetent, blaming you. Plus, you might not know this, but Liu Wenjing has some weird relationship with the director. I don’t know the details, but it’s definitely complicated. Otherwise, how could someone as unreliable as her still be allowed to teach at the school?"

Having caught Peng Hui’s warning, Zhao Meimei was somewhat prepared. So when the director called her to the office for a talk, she defensively argued, "Ms. Liu Wenjing asked me to help with the exam questions. I checked them thoroughly. Can you show me where the mistakes are? I’m sure there are no mistakes in the questions I made."

Because Zhao Meimei was still young and inexperienced in dealing with such matters, her words managed to offend both Liu Wenjing and the director responsible for the issue, without her even realizing it.

The director, stretching out his words, said, "Xiao Zhao, if you’ve made a mistake, admit it and move on. This attitude of shirking responsibility is not good."

Zhao Meimei was taken aback, "I’m not shirking responsibility. I’m sure my test paper has no mistakes."

The director sternly said, "If the test paper isn’t wrong, then why were there so many mistakes in the exam this time?"

Zhao Meimei couldn’t think of much at the moment, so when the director asked, she hurriedly said, "I don’t know either. I just want to see the paper, then I’ll know what’s going on."

The director, glaring, said, "They say you young people don’t have the right attitude. Are we talking about the paper mistakes right now? We’re discussing your work attitude now!... ."

With her age and limited life experience at the time, Zhao Meimei hadn’t encountered enough real-world practice or complexity in workplace interpersonal relationships, thus she was unsure how to handle these situations.

That day she was severely reprimanded by the director, forced to take the blame without any rhyme or reason.

Zhao Meimei got agitated and argued her case with the director, but as she was all alone, lacking power to contend with the director, she could only suffer silently in this matter.

That evening after work, Peng Hui stood with her in the cold wind for over an hour, comforting and advising her. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

After Zhao Meimei harshly cursed the director and Liu Wenjing, her mood only slightly improved.