Chapter 0553: Newly Arrived

Zhao Fusheng had always been the type to prepare for a rainy day. He was now curious whether he would follow the same path as in his previous life—first interning at Red Flag Middle School, then later teaching at a rural elementary school.

The former was assigned by the school, while the latter was due to another matter.

Even many years later, Zhao Fusheng often wondered if things would have turned out differently had he made another choice at that time.

But Zhao Fusheng had no regrets, because he knew he had only done what he had to do.

Packing everything he needed, Zhao Fusheng picked up his suitcase, left the dormitory, and returned to the villa.

He had less than a week of free time left before he had to report for duty.

Time passed quickly. Just when Zhao Fusheng thought he could laze around for a few more days, he suddenly realized it was already August 26th.

Fan Baobao had arrived in Beijing and resumed her college life. Business was going smoothly—neither Tan Kaixuan nor anyone else gave Zhao Fusheng any cause for concern.

So, he shouldered his bag, bid farewell to his parents, and took the bus to his internship destination: Red Flag Middle School in the western suburbs of Ninghai.

Red Flag Middle School was located within the jurisdiction of Yanjiang Township on the outskirts of Ninghai. Yanjiang Township was where Zhao Fusheng's grandfather lived, and his two uncles and two aunts all lived there as well.

“Hmm, what was the principal’s name at this time?” Zhao Fusheng frowned. He found he couldn’t recall the name of Red Flag Middle School’s principal at that moment; he only remembered that the Youth League secretary was Li Bo, and the vice principal was surnamed Sun, but he couldn’t recall the given name.

“Forget it, I’ll just report first and think about it later.” Zhao Fusheng decided to go report first.

As soon as he reached the school gate, he smiled because he wasn’t the only one there.

“Why are you here too?” Hu Xia asked Zhao Fusheng in surprise.

Zhao Fusheng smiled. “I was about to ask you the same thing.”

To be honest, he really hadn’t expected Hu Xia to be interning here too, because in his previous life, this girl had never appeared in his life—nor had her romance with Tan Kaixuan.

But now, the two of them were standing face to face in the same place.

Fate could be truly ridiculous sometimes.

“My roommate and I were both assigned to intern here.” Hu Xia glanced at Zhao Fusheng, quite composed, then asked, “What about Tan Kaixuan? Isn’t he interning?”

Zhao Fusheng was taken aback, then shook his head with a smile. “He’s busy with other things; he’s not interning here.”

After all, times had changed. Hu Xia and Tan Kaixuan had both moved on from their little affair, and as an outsider, Zhao Fusheng naturally wouldn’t say much—he just treated her like an ordinary classmate.

“By the way, are you here alone?” Hu Xia asked Zhao Fusheng curiously. Her roommate was also intrigued.

Zhao Fusheng shrugged. “I don’t know how many of us there are either. The class monitor just sent me a message telling me this was where I’d be interning, and then nothing else…”

Actually, he hadn’t bothered to ask, because in his view, it was unnecessary. He couldn’t guarantee that the people and events from his past life would reappear, so sometimes he really couldn’t be bothered to inquire.

In Zhao Fusheng’s eyes, he didn’t need to overthink things—he just had to follow his plan and do it earnestly.

“Are you all here for the internship?”

Just then, a voice came from behind them.

Zhao Fusheng and the others turned around to see a bald man in his fifties standing behind them.

Frowning slightly, Zhao Fusheng matched this man with a certain figure in his memory and looked at him impassively. “Hello, we’re students from Ninghai Normal University here for an internship. Could you tell us how to get to the Academic Affairs Office?”

“Oh, oh, follow me. I’ll take you there.” The man smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said warmly.

“Great, great. Thank you for your trouble.” Hu Xia and her roommate quickly expressed their gratitude.

Zhao Fusheng lagged half a step behind, following them toward the Academic Affairs Office.

“What majors are you all in?”

On the way, the man asked Zhao Fusheng and the others.

Hu Xia and her roommate weren’t very sociable, so Zhao Fusheng took the lead. “College of Advertising and Media.”

“Advertising and Media?”

The man paused, looked at them in surprise, and then chuckled. “No wonder…”

Hu Xia found it odd, but Zhao Fusheng understood his meaning: essentially, since they were advertising majors, they weren’t really proper normal university students, which explained why they were assigned to intern here.

Zhao Fusheng had experienced this in his previous life. When he first came to intern at Red Flag Middle School, many people reacted the same way as this man.

After all, according to normal procedures, Ninghai Normal University students should intern at middle schools in the city—whether junior or senior high—which would be far better than Red Flag Middle School, a suburban junior high.

But advertising and media students naturally didn’t have such strict requirements. In short, Zhao Fusheng and the others were just going through the motions; once the time was up, they would leave.

After all, how many advertising majors would actually become teachers?

“I’m Li Bo, the school’s Youth League secretary. Feel free to come to me if you need anything.” The man named Li Bo sent them to the door of the Academic Affairs Office and said with a smile.

Hu Xia and her roommate quickly thanked him, since he was a leader and they were just newly arrived interns.

Zhao Fusheng also nodded. “Thank you, Secretary Li.”

Li Bo smiled, knocked on the door of the Academic Affairs Office, and said to the people inside, “Director Wang, Director Sun, I’ve brought you some interns.”

There were two people in the Academic Affairs Office: a man and a woman. The woman was about the same age as Li Bo, while the man was slightly younger, in his early thirties, with a thin face. When he saw someone enter and heard Li Bo’s words, he asked in surprise, “Interns?”

“Yes, from Ninghai Normal University,” Li Bo said. Then he turned to Zhao Fusheng and the others. “This is Director Sun Qingfeng from the Academic Affairs Office. Please introduce yourselves.”

“My name is Hu Xia.”

“My name is Li Xuening.”

“My name is Zhao Fusheng. Hello, Teacher Wang, Teacher Sun.” Zhao Fusheng and the others introduced themselves politely.

“Oh, oh, I got the call. You’ve arrived quite quickly,” Sun Qingfeng said with a smile.

“Yes, young people sure have a lot of enthusiasm,” Li Bo chimed in with a laugh.

Zhao Fusheng looked at them but sighed inwardly. Who would have known that a month later, these two people would stir up a huge storm in the school?