novelraw Chapter 535: Coming to the Door
Chapter 535: Coming to the Door
After Teacher Zhao heard one sentence from Zhao Guangran yesterday, she has been floating on air.
Although Zhao Guangran had previously said he wanted to surpass the honors class, Teacher Zhao expressed that it was not easy. She was just hoping that Zhao Guangran and Gong Ruini could slightly lead the class. She never expected such a big surprise, making it hard for her to sleep at night.
Early the next morning, she rushed to school feeling dizzy. Despite having dark circles under her eyes and feeling very tired, all her fatigue vanished when she was stunned by the exam papers Zhao Guangran brought.
After examining for a long time, Teacher Zhao finally let out a long breath. She finally understood why during the last exam, these kids answered so quickly. The difficulty level was simply incomparable.
"This is the exam paper set by your uncle." After a long time, Teacher Zhao finally put down the papers, still holding them tightly, fearing someone might snatch them away the next second.
Zhao Guangran responded with a nod.
"You’ve been doing these papers since you were little. How often do you usually test?" The difficulty of these papers is above the level in the Northeast and even higher than here in Beijing. Such treasures in her class could potentially help her whole class progress, how could she not be excited.
"Usually once a week or once every two weeks, depending on the situation." Zhao Guangran indicated that this pressure really isn’t much for them, "Actually, this exam paper is not very difficult, there are even harder ones."
"Before I took the entrance exam, my brother, no, it was my uncle who made the papers even harder." It was almost a disaster; he almost betrayed his big brother, which would have been catastrophic.
Brother? Teacher Zhao didn’t pay much attention to it, assuming it was a slip of the tongue. She was more interested in, "Can I see that more difficult set of exam papers?"
If Zhao Guangran considers it a difficult paper, it must be challenging. I wonder how hard it would be.
Ugh, Zhao Guangran was dying to give himself two slaps. He hadn’t achieved a good score, so why would he go around telling people, was he not miserable enough?
But since the class teacher had asked, would he agree or disagree, wouldn’t that mean opposing the class teacher?
Wait, why was he so stupid, his test papers couldn’t be shown, but Gong Ruini’s test papers could. Her handwriting was nice, she got good grades, and after showing them to Teacher Zhao, she’d definitely be satisfied and treat Ni Zi better.
Not bad, not bad, isn’t this a win-win? Zhao Guangran happily decided on this matter.
Having completed the task, Zhao Guangran wanted to leave the place. Upon reaching the door, he remembered something important, "Teacher Zhao, I think it’s unnecessary to print the exam papers. It’s better to have everyone copy the questions, so they have a deep impression."
Zhao Guangran wasn’t foolish; he wouldn’t stupidly tell Teacher Zhao that if she printed them, what if someone was thick-skinned?
Teacher Zhao was initially stunned, why not print them, after all, according to Zhao Guangran, he completed many exam papers. But after looking at Zhao Guangran for a while, she agreed, "Alright, I understand."
How could she forget that Teacher Wu wasn’t just any thick-skinned person? "And take the exercises back with you first."
Teacher Zhao indicated this was the only way to ensure safety. Although Teacher Wu wasn’t in the office when Zhao Guangran came looking for her that day, she wasn’t the only one in the office. Who knew if anyone would tell Teacher Wu about this, so it was better to keep things quiet.
These exam papers are much safer with Zhao Guangran than with her. Even if Teacher Wu knew and got angry, so what? She couldn’t possibly order Zhao Guangran to bring them out.
Teacher Zhao was really looking forward to seeing Teacher Wu taken down a peg.
One had to admit Teacher Zhao really hit the nail on the head. When more teachers gathered in the office, initial discussions were normal, but soon they veered towards the big talk Zhao Guangran made yesterday.
"Teacher Zhao, the new transfer student in your class seems a bit arrogant. That’s not very good."
"Exactly, after all, that’s the honors class. To let a newly arrived kid provoke this way is to smear dirt on the principal’s face, more so because it was his initiative."
They wanted to directly comment on Zhao Guangran, but remembered the way Principal Zhuge Ming was all smiles with him and the fact that these transferred students were living at Doctor Zhuge’s home, indicating good ties with the Zhuge family. They had no reason to offend the kid.
"Principal Zhuge mentioned it, no worries. He said competition is essential, otherwise the honors class would always be ahead without anyone chasing them, there’d be no motivation." Want to say the principal might feel displeased, but it doesn’t matter. We’ve already asked the principal, and he said it’s no problem.
Teacher Zhao knew how quickly rumors spread yesterday and was sure this matter had a follow-up, likely intertwined with Teacher Wu. Although she was an experienced teacher, she had no means to contend with Teacher Wu, and sought out Zhuge Ming, unexpectedly met with his reassurance.
Ah, damn, someone even asked Principal Zhuge, leaving some people unsure what to do. But they soon relaxed, right, of course, Principal Zhuge would say it’s fine. If the honors class were subdued, it would imply the teachers were at fault.
After all, during selection, all the top students from the entire grade were networked in. Initially believing in their potential, it couldn’t be that they’d suddenly falter, only leaving the teachers to carry the blame. The biggest scapegoat would definitely be Teacher Wu.
Being the class teacher, and sometimes occasionally opposing Principal Zhuge, although the principal wouldn’t hold grudges due to his magnanimity. But knowing she was in trouble, who wouldn’t want to kick her when she’s down?
Some people, though sensing something might be off, stayed quiet due to Teacher Wu’s good backers, silently watching Teacher Zhao and Teacher Wu face off.
After all, whatever happened, it wouldn’t hurt them. If something went wrong, they’d seize the opportunity to benefit.
Originally, Teacher Wu was relishing watching others attack Teacher Zhao from the shadows, various feelings of delight swirling around. Hmph, so what if she managed to snatch two high-achieving students, her office relations aren’t better than ours.
Who would’ve thought that mentioning the principal would flip the entire situation in a moment? What was happening? Teacher Wu was really going mad.
Hmph, are they all self-seekers believing that Teacher Zhao would be protected by Principal Zhuge and therefore not aligned with her?
Hmph, next time, after listening in, see if any of you can sit still, "Teacher Zhao, I heard yesterday that Zhao Guangran came to see you, mentioning they have plenty of study materials at their disposal, and he said that he managed to score so well in self-study because of those materials."
"Reportedly, they were questions made by his uncle who got first place in college entrance exams." Teacher Wu wasn’t surprised to see everyone’s eyes turn envious, indicating this had potential.
Indeed, it resurfaced, as Teacher Zhao confirmed, "That’s right, I just saw the papers, they’re more challenging than ours, and according to Zhao Guangran, the ones I saw were not the hard ones."
Really? The teachers present were eagerly fixated on Teacher Zhao, hoping she would relent and allow a glimpse of the papers.
"Unfortunately, after I acknowledged they were good, Zhao Guangran took them back." Teacher Zhao claimed she really felt no pressure at all.