Teacher Fan was Su Li's junior high homeroom teacher for all three years. She had always looked out for Su Li, who was a good student. When she found out Su Li had stopped her studies, she felt it was a great pity for a long time.
Su Li was one of three siblings. She had an older sister and an older brother, and she was two years younger than her brother.
Mr. Su treated all three siblings well, but Su's mother was the complete opposite. She favored her son to an extreme degree, spoiling her only boy, Su Dan, rotten.
In the Su Family, everyone besides Mr. Su—Su's mother, Su Li, and her older sister—was a servant, there to wait on Su Dan hand and foot.
To ensure "servant number three"—Su Li—was available to carry his schoolbag, fetch his water, and perform other services, Su Dan didn't start school until he was eight years old, putting him in the same class and grade as Su Li.
