Unexpectedly Sweet Flash Marriage

Chapter 12 Mr. Riley Provoked His Nephew - Vote for Your Aunt!

Chapter 12 Mr. Riley Provoked His Nephew - Vote for Your Aunt!

"This is an email that the principal just forwarded to me," Sophia tapped on the table and said. "Someone sent a letter to the principal and the education bureau, claiming that you're not following the curriculum, being extremely irresponsible, and not assigning homework, which misleads the students."

Adeline felt speechless all of a sudden.

"Ms. Adams, it's true that I don't assign a lot of homework, and there have been one or two instances where I didn't give any. But there are reasons for that. For example, after a test, if there's no new material to teach that day, I let the kids relax a bit. Besides, I don't want them to face excessive academic pressure." Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

As Adeline defended himself, Sophia's face turned somewhat stern. "Reducing the academic burden is indeed our educational philosophy now. However, Ms. Burton, you lack experience and should learn from other teachers. Homework is a process of reinforcing knowledge. Are you saying that students shouldn't have any homework?"

"Ms. Adams I do assign homework. It's just that many assignments are completed during reading class.

Vocabularies and practice exercises are strictly kept within 45 minutes.

By completing the assignments at school, the students can review independently at home, and parents don't have to accompany them. Isn't that better?"

Listening to Adeline's explanation, Sophia became increasingly impatient. "Why don't you just assign them more homework? Why go through all this explanation?"

After being a dean for so many years, it was the first time she encountered a new teacher who wouldn't do as she said!

Adeline also felt frustrated, but she maintained a calm tone and said, "Ms. Adams, I'm afraid of giving them too much homework and then having parents file complaints against me again."

Sophia felt that Adeline was being argumentative, and her face turned completely cold. She issued a direct order, "Anyway, go to the parents' group and explain this matter to everyone. Learn from other teachers, assign homework with some variation, like independent assignments or holistic development... You must assign homework, but don't give people any grounds to criticize you!"

Reluctantly, under the weight of the pressure from higher authorities, Adeline replied, "Alright."

Sophia's expression eased slightly as she continued, "Also, there's an online poll for outstanding teachers in the district. It lasts for a week, and you need to mobilize your colleagues, friends, and relatives to vote for you.

Currently, the teacher from the neighboring Prodiff Elementary School has surpassed you. You need to figure out a solution quickly. We can't let our school lose our reputation."

"Alright, I understand," Adeline replied with a heavy sigh, then left Sophia's office.

Returning to her seat, she felt somewhat gloomy.

Melissa had been waiting for her and exploded with anger after learning the reason why Sophia called her to the office.

"Why are these parents like this? The government wants to reduce the burden on students, but parents want to add pressure. It's like teachers are caught in the middle! We can't please both sides!"

Adeline pulled Melissa's hand and said, "Shh, let's not talk about it."

"It's just ridiculous!" Melissa rolled her eyes.

"Regarding the parents' issue, I'll explain it in the group. What bothers me now is the voting matter."

Helplessly, Adeline smiled and said, "I never thought that as a teacher now, I would have to learn how to campaign."

Melissa was also annoyed by it. But when it came to the workplace, there was nothing they could do. She quickly shared the link on social media.

"Hey, everyone! Number 5 is a beautiful teacher from our school, my bestie. Please help vote for her! Each person can vote three times a day! Let's go all out!"

After posting, Melissa forwarded it to several chat groups, asking everyone for help with the votes.

Seeing that Melissa took the initiative to campaign for her, Adeline felt embarrassed not to do the same. She sent messages to a few close friends on WhatsApp and casually included one to Curtis.

But as soon as she sent it, Adeline felt awkward and quickly retracted the message.

Little did she know that Curtis replied in seconds, "?"

Adeline bit her lip.

What was up with this guy? How did he notice so quickly?

Was he just playing with his phone at the right time?

Watching Adeline awkwardly editing and deleting explanations in the chat box, Melissa couldn't take it anymore and snatched the phone.

"So, this is Logan's uncle?"

Adeline nodded.

Without hesitation, Melissa resent the link to Curtis and then pressed the voice message button.

"I'm Adeline's bestie, Melissa. Let me tell you, your wife is currently participating in the district teacher competition and needs votes. She's about to lose to the second-place contender! I'm asking you, are you willing to help with this favor? Quickly rally the people around you to vote."

As the voice message ended, Adeline hastily grabbed the phone back and gave Melissa an annoyed look, "Melissa, he's our elder. You can't speak to him like that."

"I don't care if he's an elder or not! Right now, he's your husband, and we're on the same level! And if he wants to be the husband of my bestie, he should at least let me see if he's qualified."

Melissa pulled a chair and plopped down in a carefree manner.

Touched by her actions, Adeline hugged Melissa. "You're the best to me."

No one treated Adeline like how Melissa did, even her family.

Melissa proudly raised her head, "Of course! Being besties means a lifetime commitment!"

Ding!

Curtis replied.

Melissa signaled to Adeline to quickly check her WhatsApp.

Adeline felt a bit nervous, unsure if Curtis would find her annoying.

In her impression, Curtis was a serious elder, a powerful person who handled billion-dollar projects effortlessly.

During previous gatherings at the Riley family, she could only nod from a distance and never dared to speak to him.

She didn't know if he would consider their campaigning behavior childish.

As she tapped on the phone screen, Adeline saw a concise reply on the chat page.

"Would definitely complete the mission!"

Adeline breathed a sigh of relief and showed the chat page to Melissa.

Melissa glanced at it and snorted, "Talk is cheap! The key is to see how he acts! Passing my test won't be that easy."

She didn't even think highly of Logan!

In Melissa's perception, no one was worthy of Adeline.

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On the other side, Curtis's brows furrowed slightly after receiving the forwarded link.

Steffen, who was beside him, glanced at him discreetly, "?"

A major project?

The last one that made Mr. Riley furrow his brow was years ago!

After carefully reviewing the entire linked page, Curtis immediately forwarded it, "Number 5, vote! Three votes per person per day! Not voting means disrespecting me."

The content was concise and in line with Curtis's style, but it had a significant impact.

Soon after he posted, over three hundred people liked it.

Everyone hurriedly voted for Number 5 and left comments below Curtis's post.

"Voted."

"Voted three times, will come back tomorrow! Would definitely complete the mission!"

"Mr. Riley, Esther, the accountant from World Trade Center, has already voted thrice."

"Mr. Riley, I'm Ethan from Savory Food Industry, and I've voted three times."

...

After posting the dynamic, Curtis also forwarded the link to several close friend groups.

"Number 5, my wife, three votes per person per day! No slacking off!"

Tagging Max and Owen, "Your whole family, servants, and everyone in the company should vote!"

Max, "..."

Owen, "..."

Immediately after, Curtis forwarded it to a few relatives.

He forwarded to old Mr. Riley.

Pausing for a moment, Curtis squinted his eyes. Finally, he forwarded the link to Logan.

"Number 5, vote for your aunt."