Chapter 246: Chapter 239: The Tang Monster Rises

Teacher Xu stood there completely stunned, her face and even neck burning. She abruptly found herself unable to carry on.

Just then, two more people came in – Mr. and Mrs. Chen. Yuxin had never noticed before, but if one looked closely, one might see a resemblance between Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xu.

They were sisters.

Yuxin felt completely astounded. How had she never noticed this before? She had always thought they had been childhood sweethearts, completely innocent. But in reality, they were actually close cousins.

“Principal, may I ask, why did you hire such an idiotic teacher?” Mr. Chen, a sharp businessman, asked, “Our child chose this school because we believed it was a good school, a cradle for future talents. But tell me, how can there be such a foolish teacher here?”

“She poured filth on our three children. Our children have been in school together since middle school and never had such thoughts.”

“But you thought otherwise. Tell me, how dark-hearted one must be to paint the purest of relationships between children so grossly?”

The principal hung his head in shame, unable to find the right words. Teacher Song’s face turned pale.

Damn it, she had never imagined this. Cousins, they were actually cousins.

Teacher Song felt incredibly embarrassed. She felt like she had slapped herself harshly in the face, almost to the point of swelling.

The principal rushed to apologize, coaxing Teacher Song to do the same.

But who was Teacher Song? How could she admit fault so easily? She had been the one to bring everyone here confidently, and now she was the laughing stock of the school. How could she apologize in front of everyone, particularly that despicable Teacher Jin? How could this happen?

“You started this, and you must apologize,” the Principal sternly said, “If this matter reaches the Education Bureau, how will you still teach? The bureau will say you’re unfit to teach. How will you face that?”

Teacher Song gritted her teeth, humiliation spreading across her face, as she reluctantly apologized. The Principal stepped in with soothing words, and finally, mostly for the principal’s sake, Mr. Xu let the matter drop. However, he warned that if Teacher Song bothered his children again, they would settle old scores along with the new.

Parents were not pushovers. If pushed, for a teacher whose career was on the rise, a scandal could end their future as a teacher. Even a minor one could cost them their excellent evaluations.

Having lost so much face, Teacher Song found it hard to even show her face on campus. She had never stumbled so badly before. She had always been proud, her classes were taught to the tops of their year groups, her students’ parents respected and feared her. But now, she had not only stumbled, but stumbled badly.

For the first time, the students in Yuxin’s class experienced what it meant to feel ashamed and humiliated, but also learned what persistence meant.

Without realizing it, the learning environment in the class seemed to improve. Yuxin, Miaomiao, and the other students would often discuss problems together. More and more classmates also joined them. Everyone had something to learn.

In actuality, Yuxin deliberately included some questions from their high-school exam. She gradually and subtly introduced the knowledge.

However, only those who were determined could understand and benefit. If they didn’t want to learn, it wouldn’t make a difference.

Furthermore, Teacher Song had really annoyed her this time. Thanks to her, Yuxin, a woman in her fifties, had to go to the principal’s office for the first time and be scolded openly.

Although their words weren’t necessarily harsh, they were essentially accusing her of moral corruption and lawlessness. If this happened in the future, would they say she was a troublemaker? Or accuse them of improper behavior?

Well, alright then, wasn’t Teacher Song saying that the students of their 5th class were all standout students, all capable of being accepted into great universities? Yuxin decided that more students from her class would make it to top universities.

As for how many that would be, she felt it should be quite a lot. Yes, quite a lot.

By the time of the mid-term exams, there was a special kind of atmosphere in the first class. Everyone strived to learn and do better. Not for others, but for themselves. They wanted to walk proudly in the school. They weren’t any less capable than others, and a single exam couldn’t define their entire worth. Now they were in high school, it felt like a real beginning.

Yes, what did middle school exams matter? They were just a single test.

This was their first high school exam. Not just students, even teachers themselves held their breath, because after this exam, it would become clear which class would be tagged as the school’s top class.

Regarding the title of the top class, of course Teacher Song was not worried at all. Although she had failed to find any fault with the first class and had shown herself up, she knew their class always came first in terms of results. There was no doubt about that.

“Yuxin, you seem so scary lately,” Miaomiao said, rubbing her own arm. “You never used to be this intense. You always had time for other things.”

“Look at you now,” she pointed at the stack of test papers on Tang Yuxin’s desk. “Oh my goodness, how many are there? And you’re happily working on them. It’s like you have superhuman learning abilities that we normal folks can’t comprehend.”

“I want to come first,” Yuxin put down her pen and propped her chin up on her hand. “Whoever dares to wrong me, whatever they want, I will take from them.”