I Picked Up The Satan and Decided To Raise Her - Chapter 1: I Don’t Want To Be A Teacher

An empty room.

How big was it? It was about thirty square meters.

Eight people lived in such a small space.

But the good thing was, compared to high school where twelve people shared thirty square meters, it was six fewer. When he first entered college, he felt that the dormitory was too spacious.

There was also a personal desk.

It counted as having a bit of personal space, and he was always an easy-to-satisfy person.

“Ah… Where did all these things come from…”

He looked at the piles of various items on the floor. Apart from textbooks from the past four years, there were clothes, blankets, and a large pile of sorted-out garbage that couldn’t be thrown away without several trips.

He was going to move out after graduation.

The dormitory aunt had been coming up with a bad expression these days, urging people to move out. She was like a landlord who only cared about money.

Just kidding.

The dormitory aunt still took good care of them. During esports tournaments, there would often be cheers, and the entire building would shake in the middle of the night, but she never reprimanded anyone.

This was the sixth floor, and he didn’t really want to carry all these garbage bags downstairs.

It would be convenient to just throw the garbage in the hallway, but he guessed the dormitory aunt would scold him and even throw the ashes into the artificial lake.

He had carried the garbage down twice already.

He was almost the last one in their major to leave. The other dorms had all been cleared out, and he was still living with a few junior students who had just finished their exams.

They glanced at him, not knowing who he was, and asked, “Senior, are you leaving today?”

“Yeah.”

The junior students were quite friendly to the senior. Knowing that the senior would leave the dormitory sooner or later, they didn’t even make him pay dormitory fees anymore, enjoying free water, electricity, and air conditioning for a long time.

One of the junior students said, “No one’s going to play ADC with us anymore.”

“Although the little brother’s Cs are very little-brother-like, it’s still an important position.”

“Drawing aggro, senior, you were a master at playing Braum and Lissandra, freezing people and roasting them with ice and fire. It was really amazing…”

“Cough cough.”

He blushed; it was really a dark history from back then. It was better not to mention it.

He was a serious person; he just had occasional relapses.

“Senior Pang is gone, Senior Wei too, and Chairman Liang as well. Now Senior Chen Ming is leaving too.”

Their tone still seemed a bit reluctant.

After all, they had been together for so long, and Chen Ming had also gotten used to the little things here… The faucet was broken, and it dripped water every day, disturbing the peace at night.

But there’s no banquet that doesn’t end.

He packed up the last big items and had them delivered to his home.

All that was left for him was a backpack, which contained a set of clothes and various electronic devices. Because he had a computer in it, it was a bit heavy.

This old gaming laptop, every time he played a game, it could fry an egg… He had actually tried to fry an egg with aluminum foil while running Steel 4 for an hour, and the egg mixture really solidified.

He finally poured a glass of water from the water dispenser and stared into space for a moment.

It was indeed a bit sentimental, but he had already released his emotions on things like taking graduation photos. He had said goodbye to his classmates one by one, and now there was no need to be sad.

Well, it still didn’t feel great.

Sometimes he was criticized for being overly motherly.

He took a deep breath, slung his backpack over his shoulder, stepped on his canvas shoes, walked to the door, looked back at the junior students, and said, “Well, goodbye then.”

“Goodbye, Senior.”

At least he was always straightforward when saying goodbye, he thought to himself.

Click.

He closed the door.

“Wait… Senior, you closed the door, and there’s no ventilation in here. It’s hot!”

“…”

The air conditioning was only turned on at night, and during the day, they had to keep the door and windows open.

…

…

A middle-aged man was waiting by a car, and as Chen Ming walked out of the dormitory building, he approached and looked at him, all neat and tidy with just one bag, and asked, “Is there nothing else left?”

“I’ve had everything sent home.”

“I came to pick you up, so there’s no need to send anything.”

“You didn’t come earlier, so I already sent them.”

With that, he walked directly to the passenger seat, opened the door, and got in. There was a long-haired woman in the back seat, and she smiled and said, “Congratulations on graduating, son.”

“Graduating and unemployed, it’s tough.”

“Why not go to your uncle’s place to be a substitute teacher for now? There’s a policy this year that allows you to work first and then take the certification exam.”

“Let’s see.”

“What do you mean, ‘let’s see’?”

The middle-aged man returned to the car, and upon hearing his words, he began the same old routine he had always used.

“Being a teacher is great, even though it’s not a government job, but it comes with government job benefits…”

“Full insurance, housing fund for buying a house, easy work, long vacations, and most importantly, you have a respectable social status. Everyone calls you ‘teacher.’ You’ve been saying this for over a decade. Are you a broken record?”

Chen Ming was somewhat speechless. While what he said was true, it was still annoying.

The middle-aged man was momentarily at a loss for words and pursed his lips, saying, “Can’t you talk to your dad properly? What’s with this attitude? I’m considering this for your sake, and you speak to me like this… Do I owe you something?”

Feeling wronged.

Chen Ming didn’t say anything. He used to argue with his dad a lot before, but as he grew older, his dad began to hold him in high regard, and he felt more and more spoiled.

He didn’t want to make his dad upset.

After a moment of silence, his dad said, “How about becoming a civil servant? We’ll spend a whole year seriously studying, and you’ll pass the exam.”

“I…”

Unable to refute, he just hated this kind of thing. He had grown up, but he still didn’t have the freedom to make his own choices. He had thought that by working and earning some money, he could make his parents see him in a different light.

But it turned out that it was all wishful thinking.

He wasn’t a child anymore.

But he still had some strange persistence.

In the back seat of the car, she looked at her husband and patted him on the head, saying, “What’s wrong, you can’t bully our son.”

“What… It was him who bullied me first. You’re taking his side.”

“I’m taking his side.”

“Am I more important or our son more important?”

“Honey, some truths can be hurtful when spoken.”

“…”

With just one look, you could tell who held the lower position in the family.

He was speechless and looked at Chen Ming, saying, “So, do you want to work somewhere? You don’t have any plans at all. I’ve only pointed out two paths for you, and if neither works, you can also go help your sister.”

“I can’t do that. Her place is a high-tech base. What would I, an education major, do there? Serve tea and water and pass the time?”

It seemed like passing the time wasn’t such a bad idea.

No, no, he couldn’t be too much of a slacker. A good university graduate shouldn’t be so aimless.

Uh, now he should say he’s a graduate.

His dad’s eyes lit up and he said, “Right, you majored in education, so becoming a teacher is in line with your field, a perfect match.”

Alright, he was back to where he started.

Chen Ming was really annoyed. He didn’t want to be a teacher. Why should he go out of his way for a bunch of troublesome kids?

Choosing the major was purely because the scores were just right, and this school was acceptable. He didn’t really care about his major; most of the time, it wouldn’t even be relevant.

Matching the major with the career wasn’t always necessary.

Certificates like computer proficiency, English proficiency, and Mandarin proficiency were more important.

His dad continued to ask, “So, tell me, what do you want to do? A teacher, a civil servant, or go help your sister?”

Chen Ming was getting annoyed, looked out of the car window, and happened to pass by a pancake shop… He gently curled his lips and said, “I want to open a shop.”

“Huh?”