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“Beep~beep~”

"Okay, free time!"

Mark had a class in the morning and spent ten minutes warming up his students.

Running for ten minutes, teaching the basics of tennis for ten minutes, and the remaining time is for students to play on their own for fifteen minutes.

Mark is still very satisfied with his job as a physical education teacher.

This is a job that Mark wanted to do a long time ago.

Not only is the work easy, but there are also two long holidays every year: winter and summer.

It's really suitable for people who want to slack off and have a bad time.

As a teacher, I don’t even have the pressure of teaching results, let alone being too relaxed.

After finishing this class, Mark went back to his office to relax.

By the way, thinking about what I should do next.

I feel like there are a lot of things worth doing, but I want to give up and not do them.

Suddenly I remembered the dog system again and decided to see if there were any surprises.

"System, I want to sign in!"

"Congratulations to the host for winning: 200 yuan in cash and two bottles of sports drinks!"

There were no surprises, not much money, and even less physical goods.

Mark no longer has a wife, so there is no need for him to keep a secret stash of money.

Even when he had a wife, Mark had his own financial rights and did not need to keep them to himself.

This "minimum living allowance" is probably just enough to give my daughter some pocket money.

"Teacher Ma, it's time to eat." When Mark was stunned, the teacher in the same office reminded him.

"Okay, got it." Mark nodded: "You go first, I'll go over later."

When it was time for dinner, Mark thought of the school cafeteria.

It is already 17 years, and as it is a private middle school, the quality of the school meals is not bad.

There is also a special window for faculty and staff, and the school also provides subsidies for teachers. In all aspects, compared to eating in the cafeteria, there is no big problem.

Mark had no intention of going out for a meal at noon.

After having lunch in the school cafeteria and teaching another class in the afternoon, Mark finished his work for the day.

Although Mark sounds very busy as he is responsible for the physical education classes of seven classes, each class only has two classes per week, and there are only fourteen classes in a full week.

What's more, Mark is also in charge of the school's basketball team and is the coach of the team.

However, it is impossible to arrange training every day for middle school students even if they are on the school team.

There is no time to participate in competitions, and training is only organized twice a week.

Whether or not a student can achieve good results in the competition depends mainly on his or her talent and personal efforts.

The school doesn't really care about these things, so Mark doesn't need to work particularly hard.

The rest are the school's sports students, and Mark is not the only one responsible for them. Single training does not take too much time.

Before I felt anything, it was time to get off work.

"Lao Ma, it's time to get off work, why haven't you left yet?" Old Sun, who teaches English next door, asked Mark.

This person is Mark's friend at school. The two of them like to play cards together, have a drink, and so on.

"Let's go, why don't you leave?"

Mark picked up the bag and replied.

"What are you going to do after get off work? How about going to Lao Li's house to play cards together?"

Lao Sun and Mark walked side by side, talking as they went.

"No." Playing cards didn't appeal to Mark much: "I'm going to the gym."

"Your family is not short of money, why do you work so hard to make money?" Old Sun asked Mark because Mark had a part-time job at a gym.

The original Mark was not actually lying down completely.

In fact, it is within my ability and I am a very hard-working person.

In order to earn more money, in addition to completing his job as a physical education teacher, he also worked part-time in another school.

A physical education teacher earns more than 10,000 yuan, and a part-time teacher earns a few thousand yuan. It depends on the performance, and it is around 20,000 yuan a month.

This income at least beats 90 percent of people in the country.

Although I live in Beijing, this income is enough to survive in the city.

"Who told you I'm after money? Is it okay for me to go to the gym just to exercise?"

Originally, Mark took a part-time job for the money and to earn a few more dollars.

But now Mark goes to the gym mainly to get his body back in shape.

Although he is a physical education teacher, not a physical education student, having a beer belly and fat on his arms is not a big problem.

But if you want to have fun, your body will be in a sub-healthy state, which is definitely not possible.

"If you ask me, Old Sun, you are not young anymore. You should take care of your health. How can you act like an old man and spend your free time playing cards and mahjong every day?"

Looking at Lao Sun, a typical middle-aged man with a round and plump figure, Mark continued.

"You said I'm not going to play cards, so why should I go? I can't go home and face my yellow-faced wife. She's not your wife. She was the campus belle back then, and she's still a belle now."

Old Sun treats his daughter-in-law like his own daughter and is merciless when he criticizes her.

"Okay." Thinking about the appearance of Lao Sun's wife, Mark did not persuade him any more: "If you want to play, play for a while."

It seems to me that Lao Sun's family and career are not going so well, but Mark hasn't figured out his own affairs yet, so he doesn't want to get involved in Lao Sun's affairs for the time being.

"Teacher Ma, come over here and take a look!"

"Teacher Ma, how do you think I am doing?"

"Teacher Ma, I can't exercise anymore. Have I reached the standard for today's exercise?"

Mark is quite popular in the gym, and many people greet him when he enters.

Besides his handsome uncle’s face, it’s mainly because the girls at the gym love to get Mark for free.

Even if members do not order private lessons, Mark will still help provide guidance.

"What are you looking at? You are quite beautiful."

"You've practiced well, keep it up and practice more."

"If you can't exercise anymore, take a break and continue to exercise. If you want to have a good figure, you have to exercise."

Mark wanted to work out, so he just casually ignored the other person and started exercising on his own.

There's nothing to feel sorry for, as I didn't sign up for private lessons.

There is no coach to follow and guide in the gym.

At most, there will be coaches on duty to help guide someone if they don’t know how to use the equipment.

It's not Mark's job to help arrange personal training plans.

"Teacher Ma, Teacher Ma, don't run away, let's talk?"

Not long after they practiced, a gay man came over and said to Mark.

This guy is the owner of a gym. Even though he is a bit gay, he is a real muscular man, so there is no need to worry about any man on top of man.

"What do you want to talk about? Just tell me." Mark replied without stopping the treadmill.

"Teacher, if you want to practice, then I won't say anything."

"Okay, go ahead." Mark paused, looked at the boss and said formally.

In fact, Mark knew what the boss was going to say, but his body shape had not recovered yet.

There is no rush for other things. Getting rid of your sub-health is the first thing to be solved. "Mr. Ma, you are so popular here, but your performance is not as good as your popularity..." What the boss didn't say was, of course, that Mark's performance was too poor.

As Mark's former student, the boss was quite polite to Mark and tried his best to advise Mark in a tactful way.

"I understand, but do you know why I'm so popular?"

"Why, Mr. Ma?"

“It’s because I don’t pester them to sell private lessons that I’m so popular.”

"Your popularity is useless. Didn't you come to our gym to make more money?"

The boss smiled and said that it was just an ordinary teacher-student relationship, and it was not bad that the boss could do it this way.

"Why is it useless? If members feel comfortable staying in our gym, more members will join. If people help recommend and promote it, more people will come. This is a virtuous cycle."

"Then you still can't make any money, right?" The boss said with some embarrassment, shyly touching the teacher's sore spot.

"Whether I make money or not is a small matter, as long as I don't hinder you as the boss from making money."

For now, it seems that Mark still needs to stay in the gym for a while.

I don't want to change places, one reason is that I am familiar with this place, and the other is that this place is closest to home.

With bicycle as the only means of transportation, Mark is not suitable to travel too far.

With the basic salary offered by his boss, Mark only needed to help sell a few private lessons.

With Mark's professional ability, this is not a difficult task and the boss will not suffer any loss.

"Mari, are you home?"

"If you haven't replied yet, don't reply. Where are you?"

"I'll come find you. Dad will take you out to eat today."

After coming out of the gym, Mark called Mary.

Since neither of them liked being with Tian Ye, they simply didn't go home and ate at the same table with Tian Ye.

Otherwise, if Mary is still angry and doesn't eat dinner, then she will just eat at noon today and let the child starve.

The two of them met at a Shandong restaurant, and the taste was what Mark liked so far.

"Dad, what's going on? Why did you suddenly take me out to eat?"

When Mary was facing Mark alone, her attitude was normal.

The anger in the morning was obviously directed at the fields.

This daughter is perfect in all aspects except her academic performance.

The important thing is to stand on Mark's side. He is an absolutely sweet and caring person and must not be treated unfairly.

"You didn't eat in the morning, so I want you to eat better at night to make up for what you lost in the morning. You still need to grow."

Picking up the menu, Mark started ordering the dishes. A father may not know what his son likes to eat, but he is sure about what his daughter likes to eat.

"Dad, is there something wrong between you and my mom?"

While eating, Mali's disguise was okay, but when the two of them went home together after the meal, Mali couldn't help but ask.

"Did you figure it out?"

"I'm not a fool."

Mary is clever, but she is certainly not stupid. However, she was able to figure out what was happening, mainly because she discovered that Tian Ye was hugging another man.

"This is a matter between me and your mother. It has nothing to do with you and Manou. You kids don't need to worry about our adult affairs." Mark didn't tell Mary directly.

It is necessary to keep the fact of their divorce secret from Ma Li for the time being.

Giving Mary the process of discovering her parents’ quarrel, separation and divorce would give her some expectations and make it easier for her to accept the whole thing.

Otherwise, it would be hard to accept that a family that was quite normal a few days ago suddenly got divorced.

"Manou is just a little kid, of course he won't have any worries. But I am an adult, how can I not have any worries?"

This is not a statement that Mary dislikes her brother.

Mary actually likes Manou very much and has taken care of Manou longer than Mark.

This is what Mary really thinks.

Although the daughter of the old Ma family is not good at studying, she is very smart and her emotional intelligence is basically maxed out.

As for my son, he may be too young, at an age where he can only laugh foolishly.

"We're fine. No matter what happens, your dad is still your dad, your mom is still your mom, and you won't lose anything."

This smart daughter really can't be fooled like a child.

"Dad, the problem between you and my mom is so serious this time that we are getting a divorce?"

Ma Li understood some of the meaning, but no matter how talented she was, she could not have imagined that the two had divorced.

"I'm just telling you about the worst-case scenario. Even if it gets to the worst, it won't be a problem for you."

What’s rare is that this daughter is still very strong.

I will not give up on myself or mess up just because my parents are getting divorced.

"Dad, I have lost my home, how can I have no worries?"

Ma Li is actually quite stubborn and insists on her own ideas.

You can change your mind whenever you want.

Other people's persuasion usually doesn't work on Mary.

It is because Ma Li’s three views are relatively sound that there have never been any problems.

"How can our home be gone? We are already home, let's go upstairs."

Mark changed the subject.

"Mark, Mary, why did you two just come back?"

After opening the door, you can see that Tian Ye has already prepared dinner and is waiting for Mark and Mary to come back for dinner, which is no different from the previous ten years.

"Humph!"

Ma Li snorted coldly and wanted to go to her room with a dark face.

"Sister, sister, why did you come back just now? I have been waiting for you for a long time."

However, Mary's dark face didn't last long. As soon as Mary opened the door of the room, Manou walked out of the room and pounced on Mary.

Mark's house is actually not small, about 100 square meters.

That is, I never considered having a son.

When I bought the house, I bought a two-bedroom, one-living room unit.

So after Manou was born unexpectedly, he had to sleep in the same room with Mali.

"Manou, you're back. I missed you too." Mali replied while hugging Manou.

Manou was not at home yesterday. He stayed with Mark's mother at her house for a day.

Perhaps not wanting to appear abnormal, Tian Ye took his son back again.

"Now that you're back, let's eat."

Without getting a response from Mary, Tian Ye continued to ask.

"We just came back from eating outside. You and Manou can eat."

Mary didn't want to pay attention to Tian Ye, so Mark had to respond on her behalf.

It is indeed awkward to be together, and separation is indeed the right choice.

"You haven't replied yet. We've already eaten. Since you don't want to eat, I'll go clear the table."

Tian Ye cleaned up the table, and Mark sat back on the sofa, checking the financial news on his phone to see if there were any opportunities. (End of this chapter)