Chapter 84 is Gu Shu's exam!
She was crying silently. At this age, being removed from the class representative position in front of the whole class, whether by the teacher or the principal, is always embarrassing and frightening, no matter the reason.
Gu Yin sighed inwardly. If she stood up to refuse at this moment, it would only make her look worse. Moreover, they didn't know anything about the principal's character or personality. Acting rashly would only lead to more harm than good. It was best to remain still and see how things went first.
One lesson was enough for Gu Yin to understand the principal's teaching skills.
The teaching methods were unoriginal and rigid, lacking any original approach. The blackboard writing was entirely based on supplementary books, which Gu Yin had seen in bookstores, but some knowledge was missing, and some chapters and versions differed from their textbooks.
A principal who also teaches classes—Gu Yin didn't know what to say.
After class, once the principal left, everyone went to the English representative to comfort her.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the English representative laughed and said, "I'm fine. I was just a little scared and embarrassed at the time, but I'm fine now. Vice class monitor, don't worry about it."
Gu Yin patted her hair and laughed, "It's just a class committee member, don't worry about it. I want to relax. This job doesn't give you extra points on exams, and it won't improve your English. You also have to do the hard work from time to time. What's so good about it? If you ask a question that other students don't know the answer to, the class representative always has to take the blame. If you don't know the answer, you get scolded. It's better not to do it."
When the others thought about it, they realized that the class representative, who had been a little sad, felt relieved after hearing what Gu Yin said. She remembered that she was always the first to answer questions when asked, and she was always the one to answer for her classmates when they didn't know the answers. She was always extremely nervous during English class. Now that she was no longer in that position, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at Gu Yin and said, "It's a good thing that she was the assistant teacher. Assistant teachers all get full marks in English. If it were someone else, they might have panicked. The principal looked very serious."
Seeing that she was alright, Gu Yin smiled. The class bell rang, and everyone returned to their seats.
After lunch, while resting in the dormitory, Principal Huang Ting's information was retrieved in just one morning.
It was Vera Wang who found out about it.
"I heard from the students in Class 5 that the new principal used to be the director of the No. 1 Middle School. I heard she is very strict and can't stand any teasing. Because she is so strict, she is called 'Master.' She once heard two female students calling her 'Master' behind her back, and those two students were made to write a self-criticism on Monday when the flag was raised. Their parents were also called in!"
"Wow, that's too serious. Every teacher in our school has a nickname, but when they hear it, they just give a warning. Anyway, they're all harmless nicknames, not the kind that are really nasty or insulting."
Wang Weiwei nodded: "And I also heard that her husband graduated from a vocational school, didn't get certified, and is still teaching at the No. 1 Middle School! I heard her husband is very handsome! People say that her husband is with her just to become a teacher!"
These gossips are just for fun; whether they're true or false, nobody knows.
When Gu Shu got home for dinner that evening, she told him that their Chinese teacher had changed. The new Chinese teacher was a handsome middle-aged man who was the new principal's husband.
Gu Yin: "...How is his teaching?"
Gu Shu scratched his head: "He's very humorous. He became one of us in just one class. We're all reviewing now, so we don't really need him to teach us anything. But I've noticed that there are some words he doesn't recognize. When he reads aloud, he gets stuck on words he doesn't know and even mispronounces them. When we correct him, he says he's too old to see clearly."
Gu Yin thought to herself, "Thank goodness I teach Chinese."
Since the English teacher changed, Gu Yin has been very busy. Huang Ting is the principal and has many meetings to attend, often taking leave. On the days she's absent, Gu Yin is the one standing on the podium leading the class in reading aloud, going over test papers, dictation, grading test papers, reviewing and previewing lessons, etc. Gu Yin is almost driven crazy! Her spare time is filled with grading test papers. When the homeroom teacher sees this, she just pats her on the shoulder and says with a wry smile, "The more capable you are, the more work you have to do!"
In the last two weeks, Gu Yin didn't pay much attention to the tasks assigned by her English teacher in her spare time. She sorted out ten past middle school entrance exam papers from the system library and gave them to Gu Shu for his final sprint. During this period, Gu Shu was the most important person!
Just when Gu Yin was so busy she was about to go on strike, the high school entrance exam finally arrived.
On June 14th, it rained. Gu Yin moved her books to the dormitory. Both her school and No. 1 Middle School were used as examination venues, and the students were all mixed up, so the first and second year junior high school students would have a three-day holiday for the high school entrance examination.
At the Gu family home, during dinner, Gu Qinglang looked at Gu Shu and said, "It's a good thing you took the exam at our own school, otherwise it wouldn't be safe for you to keep running back and forth in the rain these past few days!" Just as he finished speaking, a clap of thunder sounded outside.
Gu Shu was also very fortunate that the No. 1 Middle School was a bit far from the town, and it would take forty minutes to ride there by bike. With rain and thunder, his clothes would definitely be soaked.
Li Xiang picked up a piece of food for him: "Don't eat a late-night snack tonight. Wash up and get some rest early. I'll bring you lunch to school tomorrow. After you eat, take a nap in your dorm! It's most important to stay in good shape!"
Gu Shu wanted to read a little more that night: "I'll look at my notes again tonight, and then I'll go to bed at ten! Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep!"
The others actually wanted to ask him how his preparations were going and whether he was confident, but remembering Gu Qinglang's words about not putting pressure on him, they didn't dare to ask and just kept putting delicious food on his plate.
After reviewing his notebook and the collection of wrong answers that evening, Gu Shu let out a long sigh: "Success or failure hinges on these three days! Never mind, I've done everything I needed to read and memorize anyway, I can only leave it to fate!"
The next morning, when I got up, I saw Gu Yin boiling water.
"Why are you up so early?"
Gu Yin secretly put one-third of the waking pills she had prepared into the bowl when Gu Shu wasn't looking. The pills dissolved in water. Gu Yin handed it to him: "Drink some warm water to warm your stomach when you first wake up in the morning."
Gu Shu took the water and drank it all in one gulp: "This water is quite sweet, did you put sugar in it?"
Gu Yin nodded. What candy? It was a stimulant she bought with one point. This pill was meant to refresh the mind and prevent confusion. Gu Yin hoped that he wouldn't get confused when faced with difficult problems and could calmly analyze and solve them. The rest was up to him.
After breakfast, Gu Shu, carrying the expectations of her whole family, and escorted by Gu Qingming, headed to school wearing a raincoat.
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