A long time ago, Dong Chengling had been a member of the spatial research team.
Unlike the scholars at the institute, Dong Chengling enjoyed enormous freedom. She did not need to handle any of the tedious, complicated data analysis; she only needed to provide technical support related to spatial abilities.
Were the others jealous? Of course they were. A talent like an Awakened Spell was an advantage in sheer luck that nobody but Chief Ren could possibly make up for.
However, Dong Chengling, the most popular female teacher at Heavenly Lotus Academy, perfectly blended meticulous seriousness with occasional adorable airheadedness. She was naturally approachable, highly cooperative at work, and never clashed with the other scholars. After several months of interaction, the barriers between them gradually melted away, and she became the research team's beloved darling.
Dong Chengling normally never talked about her life in Lianjiang. The team members had pried it out of her bit by bit.
She had someone she liked, who lived next door.
She cooked for the person she liked every day.
She was raising a little girl, whom the person she liked had picked up.
She had one love rival.
She had two love rivals.
She had three love rivals.
Why!?
Our precious Dong Chengling liking you was already doing you a favor! She even rolled up her sleeves and cooked for you, even raised a child with you—yet she still had to worry about bullshit like love rivals!?
It was not as though the team members had not tried to rescue Dong Chengling from her suffering. For example, they tried introducing her to better men, or bluntly telling her—what kind of things did lots of people scramble to buy? Discounted goods, of course.
So many people were fighting over your boyfriend. He was probably