Chapter 83 You are also the best generation of teachers
Chapter 83
"Miss Jin? Could it be Jin Jing?"
That very evening, Jian's words reached Jin Ran's ears verbatim. However, this "deliberate" test was destined to be futile. Little did he know that Jiang Mingxu and Jin Ran had already exchanged information, and naturally, Jiang Mingxu wouldn't easily take the bait.
However, Jin Ran couldn't help but frown, thankful that the original owner had broken up with him early on; this ex-boyfriend was like a leech.
Jiang Mingxu comforted her, "Don't worry, Jian Er won't come up with anything funny."
“As for Jian Chengping,” he paused, a mocking smile playing on his lips, “he certainly had some guts when he was young, but now that he’s old, he’s become hesitant and afraid to do anything.”
For the sake of his good-for-nothing son, who was also an illegitimate child, he did countless foolish things. He didn't even need to do anything; the Jian family would reap what they sowed sooner or later.
Upon hearing this, Jin Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be fine to give exams and lectures, but this kind of scheming and backstabbing is too mentally taxing. However, she trusts Jiang Mingxu, and since the other party said not to worry, she can relax.
He yawned wearily: "So we're not going to deal with the banquet he mentioned? Honestly, I'll be busy all day tomorrow when school starts, who has time to deal with them?"
The last few words were pronounced with a heavy nasal tone.
Jiang Mingxu squeezed her hand: "Okay, leave everything to me, go to sleep early."
"good evening."
After Jin Ran fell asleep, Jiang Mingxu wearily closed his eyes.
I slept soundly through the night.
However, when Jiang Mingxu woke up in the morning, he was still forced to the edge of the bed.
Jin Ran draped her arms and legs over him, like she was hugging a large plush bear. No wonder she felt a little breathless in her dream.
He moved the woman aside as usual, tiptoed out of the house, and didn't wake her.
When I went downstairs, I ran into Jiang Xuli, who was waiting in the living room. The boy was sitting at the dining table, chatting away on his phone.
Hearing the noise, he looked up and his gaze first fell behind Jiang Mingxu, but he didn't see anyone.
He looked away and called out, "Dad."
Jiang Mingxu nodded.
The father and son ate breakfast in silence, saying little to each other. Jiang Mingxu went out to the company and saw Jiang Xuli still sitting there: "Do you want me to take you to school?"
Jiang Xuli hesitated for a moment. In the past, he would have really hoped for his father's concern. He still cared about it now, but he wasn't as insistent: "No need, I've already talked to her about it."
It goes without saying who she is.
Jiang Mingxu raised an eyebrow but didn't interfere further.
He had to go to the company, so he left first. After he went out, Jiang Mingxu's face fell.
The Jian family's affairs are probably not as simple as they seem. Jiang Mingxu chose to ignore them before because he didn't care at all. The person Jian Er was dating was Jin Ran from the past. No matter how they dated or got along, it didn't affect him in the slightest.
But things are different now.
Since the other party is trying to involve her, Jiang Mingxu will not stand idly by.
He took out his phone and dialed a number: "Find out Jian Er's social circle over the past six months, including all unusual activities."
On the other side, after watching his father leave, Jiang Xuli waited another minute. Seeing that the man still showed no signs of waking up, he finally couldn't wait any longer and ran upstairs to knock on the door.
"Jin Ran, Jin Ran, wake up! We're going to be late!"
Bang bang bang.
The murals on the wall were shaking due to the loud noise.
A moment later, a rustling sound came from the bedroom, followed by the dull thud of a pillow hitting the door.
"Jiang Xuli—"
Jin Ran's angry complaints came through the door, "Look at the time yourself, are you out of your mind?!"
Seeing that she had regained consciousness, Jiang Xuli was satisfied. He ignored the "fragrant flowers and singing birds" and urged loudly, "Hurry up, I'm waiting for you in the living room."
Jin Ran: "..."
However, thanks to Jiang Xuli, the two of them were able to avoid the morning rush hour traffic when they drove to school.
The new semester has begun, and the campus is bustling with activity. Freshmen look around with curious eyes, while returning students have moved up to higher grades, which means that class seating will be rearranged.
Wang Shuya got up very early in order to grab a good seat in the front row. As she hurried towards the teaching building with her schoolbag, she happened to see Jiang Xuli getting out of Teacher Jin's car.
I didn't think much of it, assuming that the two of them met on the way.
But seeing how close Jiang Xuli and Teacher Jin were, she couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.
When Ms. Jin first arrived, she said that the math class representative would be selected based on the final exam scores. Wang Shuya scored 142 points this time, which could have been higher. She had the correct approach to the last big question, but she carelessly wrote down a wrong number, which caused all subsequent calculations to go wrong.
Jiang Xuli, unsurprisingly, scored a perfect 150 points.
As a result, her grades could only rank second, which made Wang Shuya, who was determined to become the math class representative, anxious.
She was filled with sorrow and didn't even have the energy to cling to Jin Ran as usual, because she was afraid of seeing the disappointment in Teacher Jin's eyes.
They didn't notice that other students around them were raising their phones.
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In the parking lot, Jin Ran insisted on forcing Jiang Xuli out of her car.
The kid kept talking the whole way, all because he was the one who picked out the car for her. It turns out that Jiang Xuli is much better at understanding girls' preferences than his dad. Jin Ran really likes this understated green car.
My birthday is coming up soon.
Jin Ran casually replied, "It's still early." She had seen Jiang Xuli's birthday while organizing the students' files, and remembered that it was in October.
Jiang Xuli: "It's not far at all, it's only a month away. You promised to give me a gift."
Jin Ran, unable to bear it any longer, rolled up the car window: "Allow me to correct you, it's 'one month and three days' left."
One month and three days, which is a full thirty-five days, long enough for her to take her driver's license test again. Looking at the boy still chattering outside the car, Jin Ran could hardly bear to look at him. Who would have thought that the once aloof and cold school heartthrob had become more talkative than a mother?
After parking her car, Jin Ran received a message from a colleague in the math group, telling her to go directly to the auditorium for a meeting.
At the beginning of each semester, the principal holds a meeting to mobilize all teachers, which invariably summarizes the past, encourages the present, and motivates them for the future.
But this year’s meeting was a little different. Before it ended, the principal announced plans to elect a new head of academic affairs for the new semester.
"Compared to those who hold positions without doing anything and just want to gain experience, this selection mainly focuses on their contributions to the school and the practical things they have done for the students. After observing them last semester, I already have a few candidates in mind, but I haven't made a final decision yet." The principal's tone was casual, but it instantly made the teachers in the audience tense up.
So fast?
Some teachers who had planned ahead but were not yet prepared felt conflicted, secretly cursing the principal for acting unpredictably and catching them off guard.
They thought they could still negotiate, but the principal was determined to change things this time. Before anyone could react, he announced the names of several candidates, and Jin Ran's name was among them.
Those who didn't know her inquired about her, and those who did knew about what Jin Ran had done and felt that she truly deserved the title.
Putting aside other factors, the fact that a large company like Mingji Technology was willing to donate an indoor gymnasium to the school is a real achievement.
Of course, there were also those who were dissatisfied, feeling that Mingji Technology had always intended to cooperate, and Jin Ran was just lucky to be selected. But no matter how dissatisfied they were, it was no use, as the principal only announced the list instead of soliciting opinions.
As for Jin Ran, she didn't really care that much.
Rumors are like the annoying chirping of cicadas in summer; as long as you don't pay attention to them, they won't affect you in the slightest. On the contrary, those people's sarcastic remarks only strengthened her resolve to stay on the right path.
How can you make people who hate you feel heartbroken, anxious, and miserable?
The answer is: reach heights they cannot reach, so that they can only look up to them for the rest of their lives.
So, as soon as the mobilization meeting ended, she went straight to the math group leader and said, "Teacher Wang, I would like to apply to lead this year's math competition."
Teacher Wang really likes the new colleague; she's smart and ambitious, and the mutual learning program she organized was quite good: "If you want to mentor students, you need to have prior competition experience."
Jin Ran herself has competition experience, but she doesn't know the original owner's situation. She also carefully inquired with Teacher Wang about other requirements for the competition, planning to look it up when she got home.
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Class 3 of Grade 11, now Class 3 of Grade 12, held its first class meeting since the start of the new semester.
Each grade has sixteen classes. Class 3 was originally of average level, but after the math teacher took leave, the class's ranking dropped to tenth. But surprisingly, after the winter break, their ranking jumped to sixth.
What does this mean? The homeroom teacher of Class 3 doesn't even dare to laugh too loudly when he walks into the office now, for fear that the other homeroom teachers will be angry and come after him.
Especially his math scores: "He improved by a full eleven places, from last place to fifth!"
Immediately, students shouted, "It's all thanks to Teacher Jin!"
The homeroom teacher wasn't angry at all; instead, she smiled and said, "Then you should thank Teacher Jin properly."
The students knew perfectly well which teacher was sincere and which was just going through the motions, without needing any prompting from the homeroom teacher.
Just like the math teacher in Class 4, who was always absent-minded in class, Jin Ran explained every knowledge point thoroughly and clearly, and even the most basic examples had to be repeatedly confirmed to make sure everyone understood.
As soon as get out of class ended, everyone gathered around the class monitor's desk to discuss how to thank Teacher Jin.
Some suggested singing, others suggested buying gifts. Chen Xunliang, sitting in the back row, listened for a while, then shook his head with a sense of profound ignorance, thinking, "These people are really stupid." He turned around and secretly asked, "Brother Li, what does Teacher Jin like?"
Jiang Xuli thought about it carefully: "Something romantic."
She seemed to really like it whenever her dad did something childish.
Wang Shuya, who was passing by, overheard these words. She paused, memories of her morning at school suddenly flooding back, and feeling depressed, her initial thought of striking up a conversation vanished. She awkwardly turned and left.
"How about we buy a bouquet of flowers? Girls love flowers. We can each write a thank-you note, and even after the flowers wither, the notes will still be there."
The two carefree boys didn't notice this little incident at all, and Chen Xunliang made a casual suggestion.
This suggestion was supported by the majority of the girls. Sending flowers is so romantic! Under the leadership of the class monitor, the students of Class 3 used class funds to order a bouquet of flowers.
When Jin Ran received it, she was almost moved to tears.
Lai Wencheng was the result of her weighing the pros and cons, and the series of things she did after joining the company were also because she wanted to get promoted. They thanked her, but she should thank them even more.
I am grateful to them for accompanying me on this journey, and for their unwavering trust.
Even when crying, a beautiful person remains captivating, with reddened eyes as if they've applied rouge: "You are the best class I've ever taught."
"Teacher, you've only taught our class once, haven't you?"
"Yes, this is the first time I've taught such a smart student. I think your juniors will probably live in your shadow in the future."
Upon hearing this, the students burst into laughter, and even Jiang Xuli couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth into a smile.
The flowers were delivered during the second period, because Jiang Xuli, who sat by the back door of the classroom, was entrusted with the important task of picking them up.
So no one knew that he had secretly put an extra note inside the flower.
[To Teacher Jin]
You are also the best generation of teachers.
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In the end, Jin Ran took the bouquet back and kept it in a vase.
To preserve the flowers for longer, she asked Jiang Mingxu, who was passing by on his way home from get off work, to buy her some liquid nutrient solution from the flower and bird market to supplement the nutrients in the flowers.
However, being a rootless flower, it could not live forever. Just as it was about to wither, Jinran dried it into a dried flower.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
After deciding to lead the math competition, she returned home and began researching the original owner's educational background.
Then she discovered that the original owner's experience was very similar to her own. During her university years, perhaps to enhance her resume, or perhaps because she genuinely enjoyed it, she had participated in three competitions, achieving good results in two of them.
They even have the exact same ranking!
This made Jin Ran feel strange, and at the same time, she felt a vague sense of worry.
Are there really such coincidences in the world?
But if it wasn't a coincidence, then why was it? Was there another reason why she transmigrated into the book?
Unable to figure it out, Jin Ran could only suppress her worries for the time being and instead sent the competition certificate to Teacher Wang. After confirming that it was correct, Teacher Wang approved her application.
And so, Jin Ran began her competition coaching work.
She was in charge of a small number of students, all from Class 3: Jiang Xuli, Wang Shuya, and a girl named Lin Lele. There was no other way, since students from other classes didn't trust her either.
But Jin Ran was very satisfied.
It's not about quantity but quality when it comes to people. She has limited energy, so having three students is a good approach.
The days are fast approaching, the competition hasn't even started yet, but someone's birthday has arrived first amidst the daily chatter.
Unfortunately, it was a weekday, and two family members needed to go to work while one needed to go to school. This kept Jiang Xuli's brow furrowed. When she got out of Jin Ran's car in the morning, she casually reminded her.
However, Jin Ran seemed not to understand, looking completely bewildered.
At that moment, Jiang Xuli's heart turned cold.
He felt that she had probably forgotten, and he felt sad and disappointed, but he couldn't say anything. No one is obligated to remember anyone else's birthday, especially since Jin Ran had been so busy with the competition class lately that it was understandable that she forgot.
Even so, a bittersweet sense of loss still spread uncontrollably through Jiang Xuli's chest, leaving him listless all morning. At lunchtime, just as the school bell rang, his phone vibrated, but he showed no interest until he saw the message: "[Come out in ten minutes, or your stuff will be gone]".
Jiang Xuli: [What is this?]
He instinctively held his breath.
A new message quickly popped up: "Hmm, maybe it's a gift that one of the birthday kids lost?"
In the classroom, Chen Xunliang stared in disbelief as Jiang Xuli, who had been gloomy all morning, suddenly smiled and her eyes lit up like stars.
"I'm going out for a bit." Jiang Xuli stood up and rushed out.
Chen Xunliang: ?
He couldn't help but wonder, why is he laughing so happily? Could it be that Brother Li is secretly dating someone behind his back?
On the other side, after receiving the gift, Jin Ran waited quietly at the school gate.
The gift was carefully selected by her; it wasn't expensive, but it was exactly what Jiang Xuli "needed." She was imagining the boy's expression when he saw the gift, harboring a wicked sense of humor, when she suddenly saw a familiar figure across the street.
Jian Er also saw her.
Just when Jin Ran thought it was a coincidence and was about to ignore it, she didn't expect that the other party would not only not avoid her, but would instead take the initiative to come towards her.
"Ranran, I've taken care of what you asked me to do."
Jin Ran stopped in her tracks as she was about to retreat, a look of disbelief flashing across her eyes.
What's the matter? What needs to be done?
A thought fluttered through my mind and was suddenly seized.
So, the "Miss Jin" that Mr. Jian mentioned actually refers to her?!
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