Although I hated Mr. Gordon, I still had to keep up the appearance of being very polite to him. The principal quickly smiled and said, “Don’t be so uptight. We’re boss and subordinate at work, but in private, we are family. I may have been a little harsh to you when we were working, but it was also because I wanted to urge you to improve. I had always been someone who separated public from private matters!”
After all, Mr. Gordon had been in the workforce for a long time. I could only sit down again and pretend that I was very flattered. I took the coffee that Mr. Gordon had made for me, then looked at him, asking, “Mr. Gordon, you called me over to tell me about the arrangements for the outing, right? Actually, you could have gotten another teacher to pass the word on to me, then we could
