Volume 38: Revival In A New Guise

On September 30th, a quarrel between a man and a woman happened in the staff lounge of the Sixth Middle School and alarmed the sparrows perched on the telephone poles.

With a bang, the quarrel ended abruptly.

The man looked at the bloody trophy in his hand, and his girlfriend that had collapsed  onto the floor with pupils slowly enlarging. No matter how much he knelt down to apologize, slap her, or shout, he could no longer amend the huge mistake.

The trophy in his hand dropped down and he knelt down on the ground. He pulled hard at his own hair, crying  silently with regret and punching his own chest with his fists in remorse.

Someone knocked on the door and he turned back suddenly. His eyes suddenly turned fierce, and a colleague said outside, "Teacher Yan, my textbook has been left inside."

"I... It’s...