Chapter 450: Cleaning Up the Chatter 1 Director Chi wouldn’t want my lover to…
Yao Zhizhi teaches modern Chinese. The course is rather boring overall. If it were just mechanical teaching, it would definitely have a very good hypnotic effect.
How to make such a course lively and interesting is an issue that she pays great attention to. Every time she prepares for class, she racks her brains to integrate some interesting stories she knows into the knowledge points, try her best to stimulate students' interest, and prevent this basic course from becoming a holy place for students to meet Zhou Gong in secret.
So after each class, she would review the lesson in her office. Were there any key points that the students didn't respond to? Were there any points that simply fizzled out? Were there any points that kept the students focused and engaged, leading them to actively participate in the discussion?
In order to quantify these indicators more clearly, she specially made a table. After each class, she would mark the scores behind the corresponding knowledge points.
While she was busy, Qi Changxiao came over. He was obviously a little unhappy. After sitting down, he didn't say a word, just staring at her, brewing something.
Yao Zhizhi finished the score sheet and looked at him curiously: "What's wrong?"
"Someone's spreading bad things about you. I haven't found the source yet." Qi Changxiao deliberately closed the door, but he still lowered his voice. "Think carefully, have you offended anyone at school?"
"That's quite a lot. Weren't some people expelled during freshman year due to cheating and impersonation?" Yao Zhizhi thought for a moment and added, "Then there's the villain Lü Yihong. But I haven't run into him since I graduated at the end of last year, so it can't be him, right?"
"That's hard to say. Maybe his colleagues have relatives who are teachers in the school." Qi Changxiao's worries are not unreasonable. Although the capital is densely populated, the circle is actually not that big. Many enterprises and institutions have relatives and friends among each other, so it is easy to spread gossip.
Yao Zhizhi smiled and said, "Tell me first, what did they say about me?"
"What else can they say? They say you didn't have the qualifications to stay in school in the first place, and that your father-in-law begged for you by giving gifts everywhere. They also say that I'm your son-in-law and that I'm just taking advantage of you. They also gossip about our relationship problems, saying that we go in and out together every day just for show, and that we're having our own affairs behind the scenes." Qi Changxiao was very angry. "It's a pity that they were discussing this in the women's restroom. I can't rush in and argue with them, so I'll just let it go for now."
"Oh, you're in the bathroom too. Did you hear who they are?"
"I recognized three: Gu Shijia, Xiao Zhaodi, and Tian Cuiwen. The other one was a stranger with a high-pitched voice. I don't know who it is."
Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but sneer: "Gu Shijia? Did she even clean up her own mess before she dared to spread rumors about me? Did she really think I didn't know about her relationship with a certain leader? And that Xiao Zhaodi, she's the one who's enjoying the privileges. If her father hadn't had a good relationship with the dean, how could she stay here as a teacher with her level of writing that's so confusing? As for Tian Cuiwen? Oh, last week when she had her period and asked me to substitute for her class, she was trying to please me. I didn't expect her to do something like this behind my back. How shameless!"
"If you ask me, you shouldn't be polite to them. We all know what they do behind his back anyway." Qi Changxiao didn't care about being talked about by others. Even if those people said that he was a gigolo who was servile and flattering his wife and father-in-law, he didn't care. But he couldn't tolerate others humiliating his wife.
Yao Zhizhi naturally understood where his anger came from, but she still shook her head: "Don't be impatient, first see if there are any people instigating behind them. It's best to catch them all in one fell swoop, so as not to suppress one problem and then another one will arise."
"Then I'll keep an eye on my surroundings." Anyway, Qi Changxiao teaches college English, and sometimes he has to go to other departments to teach. Unlike Yao Zhizhi, whose activities are concentrated in the School of Literature.
Yao Zhizhi nodded: "Well, don't disturb your class."
Qi Changxiao didn't say anything. He held the back of her hand, bent down and kissed her, and then waited until class was almost over before leaving.
Yao Zhizhi stood up with a smile and went to teach another class with her textbook.
Unexpectedly, students from top universities are so bold that one male student actually raised his hand and asked her, "I heard that Teacher Yao has connections. As a recent graduate, I can only stay on campus as a teaching assistant, and teaching assistants can't teach solo. But Teacher Yao started teaching right away, which means that Teacher Yao's position is lecturer. Teacher Yao, do you have anything to say?"
Although Yao Zhizhi was surprised, she didn't get nervous. Instead, she smiled and asked, "Really? I heard that you cheated to get into college. Do you have anything to say?"
The student had a rectangular face with a righteous air, and was clearly inflexible. Upon hearing this, his expression changed, and he clenched his fists and demanded, "Teacher Yao, what nonsense are you talking about? Do you have any evidence?"
Yao Zhizhi smiled and said, "Then you came here and spread rumors and slandered me. Do you have any evidence?"
The male student was indignant: "Everyone says that."
"Really? Who are they? Please point them out." Yao Zhizhi remained calm.
The boy was now in a difficult position. He couldn't betray all his classmates in front of the teacher, could he? But he couldn't think of any roundabout way to get out of this situation. His face flushed with anxiety, and he could only lash out: "Teacher Yao is blaming me. Are you feeling guilty?"
"How could that be? I learned this from you. We're teacher and student, it's fate. You're attacking me right out of nowhere. Do you think I should thank you?" Yao Zhizhi walked up to the student, listening to the system's noisy voice and smiling brightly. She asked softly, "You climbed over the wall last night and got your coat and trouser legs scratched, didn't you?"
Wha…what?
The boy stared at the teacher in astonishment. This question made him feel so embarrassed that he had no choice but to deny it. "That's not true. You are a teacher, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"
Yao Zhizhi twirled his sleeve and raised it high for everyone to see: "To see if it has tarnished your innocence, go to the place where you climbed over the wall and see if there's any remaining fabric."
The male student suddenly pulled his hand back and sat down on the stool with a bang. Obviously, Yao Zhizhi had hit his sore spot. He was still outside so late at night, obviously not doing any serious work.
Continuing the confrontation would only be detrimental to him, so he had to force himself to shut up and act like a coward.
Seeing that he was backing down, Yao Zhizhi sneered and turned to look at the other people in the classroom: "I don't know where you heard this rumor from. In short, you have the right to doubt, and I also have the right to clarify. Today I'll put it here, my position is a teaching assistant, and I teach private classes because your teacher is too busy. I am just temporarily filling in. If you have any opinions about the level of my lectures, you can report me to the Dean of Academic Affairs. If you doubt my ability, you can also check my admission scores and the grades of my four years of university courses. You can also go to Yicheng Publishing House and ask my colleagues whether I, Yao Zhizhi, am just an embroidered pillow or the real thing."
As soon as these words were spoken, no one in the huge classroom spoke.
There is no way. Self-confidence is a powerful temperament that comes from the inside out and cannot be concealed or covered up.
Even a fool could see that the female teacher in front of him had no guilt at all.
Moreover, she dared to fight back so loudly and directly confront those who suspected her, which showed that she was not afraid of everyone's investigation.
Then... then just focus on your studies first.
Soon, the students discovered that Teacher Yao had an extremely strong mental state. She seemed to be unaffected at all, and everything went on at her usual pace.
For each knowledge point, she tried her best to incorporate some interesting allusions or create some small rhymes of her own, which made everyone laugh from time to time.
The first half of the class ended quickly and it was time for break. Yao Zhizhi went out to the bathroom.
While she was away, someone ran to the podium to look through her textbooks and lesson plans.
He accidentally found the form where she graded herself, and couldn't help but exclaim, which immediately attracted a group of students to come over and watch.
"I didn't expect Teacher Yao to be so serious and even give me a score for my performance."
"Yeah, actually I really like her class. She's the most interesting teacher in our class."
"Compared to Mr. Gu's hypnosis class, it's definitely a lot better than Mr. Xiao's."
"Haha, has Teacher Xiao become a unit of measurement?"
"Who made her class the most boring?"
"As soon as she came in, she read from the textbook. If she had time left after finishing, she would come to us to read. She kept reading until the end of the get out of class, and then she completed her task. I think she is the one who got in through the back door, right?"
"That's right. Teacher Yao takes notes so seriously when preparing lessons. She really wants to teach us something."
"Her handwriting is also beautiful. Among all the teachers in our class, her handwriting is the most beautiful."
"The English teacher's handwriting is also good."
"That seems to be her lover."
"Really? They're a perfect match, talented and beautiful."
"You're wrong. It's a combination of talent and beauty. I've never seen a man as handsome as Teacher Qi."
"You guys, can't you be like other couples who are both talented and good-looking?"
"Yes, of course not. What a pity! Luofu has a husband, and the envoy has a wife."
"Oh my god, please shut up! It would be so disgusting if the teacher heard this."
"That's right, I heard their children are already in elementary school, so stop talking about it."
Amidst the discussions, Yao Zhizhi came back and the crowd dispersed, returning to their seats without even having time to put the messed up forms and lesson plans back to their original state.
Yao Zhizhi pretended not to see it. When the bell rang, the energetic new teacher appeared again.
His high spirits, his earnestness in quoting from classics, and his own jokes made everyone laugh from time to time.
Only the boy who was causing trouble held the textbook upright in front of his eyes. He wanted to read but felt guilty, but was itching not to see. In the end, he could only secretly glance at the top of the textbook from time to time. Fortunately, Teacher Yao turned her back to write on the blackboard and did not notice him.
He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Could it be that he was being used as a tool?
After class, he stopped the boy who had gossiped with him and asked, "Are you sure your information is reliable? Why do I feel like you're lying to me?"
The boy had short hair, and the three whorls on the back of his head were particularly conspicuous. He squinted his eyes and smiled slyly: "Didn't I tell you? I heard that too."
"Who told you that?"
"I won't tell you."
*
Yao Zhizhi had just returned to the office and sat down when Director Chi from the Academic Affairs Office came.
He stood at the door, his face solemn: "Xiao Yao, someone reported you for arguing with a student, is that true?"
"Yes." Yao Zhizhi stood up. "Director Chi, someone spread rumors that I'm a relative, so of course I have to fight back. If you think I've done something wrong, I'm willing to accept an investigation."
Director Chi looked helpless. "You're still young, after all. Is a few comments from others worth getting so angry? Besides, you're a teacher, and you're arguing with students in class? That's a very bad influence, isn't it? Now the whole Academic Affairs Office knows about it, and someone has even spread the news to the parents. The parents have even called the Academic Affairs Office to complain. What do you want me to do?"
"Let's do what we have to do." Yao Zhizhi didn't want to give in. Why? It wasn't her fault.
Director Chi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you——"
Before he finished speaking, Qi Changxiao received the news and rushed over. He stood behind Director Chi and said coldly, "Director Chi doesn't want my wife to apologize, right? If that's the case, then I'll call the police directly. Spreading rumors and slander is a very bad behavior. The school should stand up to protect its own teachers, not take sides and encourage unhealthy tendencies!"
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