Professor Liu's Resentment

The snow in the middle of the roads had basically been cleared away. The city's essential services were running normally, thanks to countless people working hard in places unseen—or simply overlooked. Even on the first day of the Lunar New Year, some people did not get a holiday, and some could not reunite with their families.

People nowadays no longer held the notion that labor was most honorable, so they were stingy with their gratitude. They felt that everything was simply what one's job required, nothing more than an equal exchange with trade-offs involved.

Liu Chang'an recalled how, back when he had been a lively and adorable little animal in ancient times, he had led a group of equally lively and adorable little animals in diligently digging for food. It was precisely through such labor that they gained the chance to evolve, reproduce, and pass on their legacy.

Since ancient times, labor had been most honorable. Everyone needed to understand this basic principle—it stood above the social morality founded on capital exchange.

"I've realized my mom is really calculating. She didn't buy any New Year's groceries at all, just so we wouldn't have much time alone together today," An Nuan said indignantly.

In the past, An Nuan had not cared that much whether they could be alone together. As long as she was with Liu Chang'an, that was enough. Having people nearby just gave them the chance to show off their affection—what could be happier than that?

But things were different now. Whenever An Nuan saw Liu Chang'an, she always wanted to do naughty things to him... Of course, that was only what she thought about. In reality, she was reserved and shy and would never do such things. He was always the one forcing her.

"Is she really that