Chapter 16 The new math teacher is a man...
Chapter 16
Jin Ran asked the driver, Xiao Sun, to park the car fifty meters away from the school. After getting out of the car, she walked around it to the other side and knocked on the car window.
A moment later, the window slowly closed.
Jiang Mingxu turned his head to the side. The morning light was dappled, making his face somewhat blurry, so Jin Ran didn't see the coldness on the man's face. She said in a light tone, "Then I'll go in first. Thank you for bringing me here."
"You're too kind, it's just on my way."
"Then I still want to thank you." Otherwise, even if it's on the way, it's useless if the other person doesn't have the heart to help. Jin Ran is grateful in her heart when she accepts help from others.
Thinking of something, she reached into her bag and pulled out a candy, a mint left over from when she and Xu Zhen ate Korean fried chicken: "Here, a thank you gift."
It may be a little stingy, but the sentiment is what counts!
The woman's figure gradually disappeared into the distance, and within moments, she blended into the weary crowd.
Cars come and go outside the window, countless footsteps pound and clatter, and the noise is incessant.
After a while, Jiang Mingxu withdrew his outstretched arm, opened his palm, and placed a light green-wrapped candy in the center.
He stared intently, his expression becoming unreadable.
Xiao Sun in the front seat couldn't understand what was happening, so he looked curiously into the rearview mirror. He ended up staring into Jiang Mingxu's deep eyes, which startled him so much that he trembled and dared not look any further.
After a while, an instruction came from behind: "Let's go."
He felt as if he had been granted a pardon and released the brakes to drive off the small road near the school.
I dared not linger for even a second longer.
Meanwhile, Jin Ran had already entered Wencheng Middle School.
Thanks to having explored the campus beforehand, she easily found the faculty building this time.
However, instead of going up directly, he first called the teacher in charge to let her know that he had arrived. Upon hearing this, the teacher decisively said, "I'm busy right now. Just come to the third floor, the second room on the left."
After hanging up the phone, Jin Ran followed the other party's instructions to the third floor. It was during class time, and the teachers' building was unusually quiet compared to the teaching building. She looked around and found that this floor was probably where the teachers' offices were located, and the second office from the left had a sign that read "Grade 11 Mathematics Group".
She walked over and politely knocked on the door: "Hello, I'm the new substitute teacher, here to report for duty today."
The teacher in charge, who was counting the books, looked up when she heard the sound and her eyes lit up when she saw Jin Ran.
Wencheng Middle School recruited a total of ten substitute teachers this time, only one of whom was in the math department. She had only heard that the new math teacher was a top student with a special background, but no one knew exactly how special he was.
Upon seeing Jin Ran in person, the teacher in charge began to doubt his own memory, wondering if it was her special background rather than her special appearance.
With her delicate features and calm, elegant demeanor, you might mistake her for a celebrity!
"Is this Teacher Jin? I just delivered a batch of supplementary teaching materials, and the students are in a hurry to get them. I really couldn't leave, so I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." She greeted her with a smile.
"No, I just arrived too."
Jin Ran smiled slightly, her attitude neither humble nor arrogant, "What do you need? I'll help you."
"No need, no need, it's almost done." The teacher in charge waved her hand. Even so, Jin Ran still observed her steps and found that it was just checking the quality of the books, finding those with missing pages or numbers, and then counting the number for each class and tying them up with rope.
After understanding the situation, she joined in without hesitation, her movements swift and efficient, showing no signs of having any special connections. Seeing this, the teacher in charge was even more satisfied and assigned her a good seat by the window when it came time to arrange the seating later.
"You've come at the right time. This used to be the seat of an older teacher in our math department, but she resigned last month because she got pregnant. You can work here from now on."
Jin Ran knew that the other party had done her a favor, and sincerely said thank you.
After the teacher in charge finished making the arrangements, she went to attend to her own business. Jin Ran sat down at her workstation with the textbooks she had received. It was clear that the previous teacher was a clean person; her things were arranged simply and neatly, and there was hardly any dust on the desk.
On the windowsill, a broken sunflower is kept in a glass of water. Sunlight streams in through the glass, gilding the edges of the petals with a fuzzy gold.
Jin Ran thought it was beautiful, so she found a good angle from both sides, took a picture, and posted it on her WeChat Moments.
After that, she put away her phone and began preparing for her first lesson.
It was her first time working, and she was a little excited and a little nervous. She didn't know if the students in her class would be obedient.
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Before get out of class ended, the homeroom teacher informed everyone: "The school has hired a new math teacher for you, and he will come to teach next Monday."
Upon hearing this, the students below instantly became excited, banging on their desks and shouting, "Teacher! How old is the math teacher?"
"Is the new teacher male or female?"
"Hey! Whether it's a man or a woman, please don't have a bald patch!"
Someone shouted this, causing the whole class to burst into laughter. On the podium, the homeroom teacher, who was over forty years old, touched his thinning head and laughed in exasperation.
Why ask so many questions!
He stared wide-eyed, having originally intended to introduce the new teacher, but now he simply said nothing: "You'll find out when the time comes!"
Nevertheless, the students' interest remained undiminished.
Chen Xunliang turned around excitedly: "Brother Li, do you think the new math teacher is a man or a woman?"
Jiang Xuli was playing a game on her phone and ignored him completely.
Chen Xunliang didn't care and continued talking to himself: "I hope it's a female teacher, but it will most likely be a male, because girls are not as good at math as boys."
These words angered Wang Shuya, who was standing to the left: "Who said that!"
Chen Xunliang said matter-of-factly, "Needless to say, the top student in our class for math is Brother Li, and the top student for Chinese is Chen Ya. Girls have an advantage in studying humanities over sciences."
Wang Shuya retorted: "A single sample is not representative, and besides, the top math student in Class 5 is a girl!"
"The top student in Class 6 is a boy!"
...
The two argued back and forth like elementary school students until their faces turned red, and finally they both looked at Jiang Xuli: "Brother Li/Jiang Xuli, what do you say!"
Jiang Xuli: "..."
For some reason, the boy thought of Jin Ran.
The woman's ease and confidence as she lectured, her pen moving effortlessly across the white paper, created a challenging problem in just a few seconds, her skill evident in her command of the subject, as if she possessed a world of her own.
Chen Xunliang also realized: "Your stepmother is an exception."
Wang Shuya didn't understand what this had to do with Jiang Xuli's stepmother, especially since the stepmother seemed to be quite good at math.
Feeling somewhat unconvinced, he couldn't help but say, "I got 130 on my math test this time."
"Pshaw, Brother Li even got 150 on the test!"
He acted arrogantly, as if he were the one who got the high score.
Jiang Xuli, regaining her senses, looked over coolly and said, "You're a boy too. I remember you got tenth from the bottom in math this time."
Chen Xunliang: "..."
That hurts, bro.
This heart-wrenching feeling lasted until the end of get out of class. Jiang Xuli was called to the homeroom teacher's office because of a fight.
"Damn it! It must be those bastards from Class 7 who tattled on us!"
Chen Xunliang was furious.
Wang Shuya couldn't care less about her tantrum; her heart was filled with worry. She remembered Jiang Xuli's stepmother. Although Jiang Xuli claimed it had nothing to do with her, she was a woman and believed she understood women better. Imagine if the person she liked had a child with someone else—she would absolutely hate that child: "What if they called the parents?"
Chen Xunliang had also considered this possibility, and gritted his teeth: "No, I have to go and take a look."
While the two were worried about their friend's future, Jiang Xuli, at the center of the incident, remained completely calm.
Or rather, he didn't take it to heart at all.
Firstly, he doesn't think he did anything wrong; secondly, even if his parents were called in, his father wouldn't show up, and would most likely send his personal assistant instead, which is practically the same as no one coming.
As for Jin Ran, she was not even in Jiang Xuli's consideration.
So when he followed the homeroom teacher into the office with an indifferent attitude and saw the familiar woman sitting among the teachers, chatting and laughing, his clever brain froze for a moment.
But he soon realized he had misunderstood; the other person was not there as a parent.
He heard his own homeroom teacher greet the other person warmly: "Ms. Jin, welcome, welcome! We'll be colleagues from now on!"
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