Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 17 Good Students, Well-behaved Students, and Dumb Students

Seeing that no one spoke, Li Wei spoke again:

"You all have the opportunity to back out at any time over the next month. If anyone feels too much pressure, you can come to me privately, and I will accept it completely."

“I think this is a great learning opportunity, and I believe that learning from you, Professor, will be a valuable thing for us.”

Cedric, a fourth-grader, spoke up first.

He felt comfortable with Li Wei's actions and believed he should show corresponding respect and sincerity in return.

"Professor, with your abilities, why are you being so modest? I will unconditionally agree with whatever you say."

Seventh-grader Pas leaned back in his chair, casually tossing a snack into his mouth. He glanced at the students around him, his eyes subtly conveying a sense of threat.

He had already learned about Li Wei's strength from the sixth graders and knew that he had won the first round this time, so he wouldn't allow anyone to cause trouble.

Hermione sat in the middle of the seven, her face flushed, feeling somewhat excited—were these seven people the best students in the seven grades?

So, I am the most outstanding second-year student in the professor's eyes?
She was immediately overcome by three emotions: pride, ambition, and timidity, which formed a statistical distribution in her eyes.

“Great, I’m glad we’ve reached an agreement. Time is precious, so let’s get started now.”

"Start with first grade, then proceed to seventh grade—anyone can raise their hand to express their thoughts throughout the Q&A session."

I hope that after a while, all the questions from the lower grades can be answered internally by the upper grades, and I will only need to answer the questions from the upper grades.

His words sounded perfectly reasonable, but to the older students, they carried a different meaning.

"Of course, I did get 6 O's in the OWL exam, so I can't possibly not be able to answer questions from lower grades."

Pas's tone carried a hint of disdain, and Hermione immediately felt a surge of pride and instinctively looked at the handsome Cedric beside her.

The other person still had a smile on their face, seemingly not taking it to heart at all.

'He must be from Hufflepuff House.'

Hermione thought to herself.

Monday, Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The moment of execution finally arrived amidst the students' unease.

Good morning, students.

Li Wei walked into the classroom, looking as listless as ever.

This time, however, Cedric was the first to respond.

Good morning, professor.

Li Wei nodded to him and quickly distributed the students' assignments.

"This is your homework from last week. I'll quickly go over the key points and the mistakes, and then we'll do some practical training."

Li Wei waved his wand, and the wall facing the students quickly transformed into a giant whiteboard.

An automatic shorthand quill floated around him, fluttering up and down as he dictated.

"First, let's talk about the key points of spellcasting. Everyone wrote them down well. I think you should have remembered this feeling while copying them. I hope you can apply it in battle later."

The biggest problem lies in the understanding of the "Quick Imprisonment Spell".

Soon, a long, flowing blackboard appeared on the wall. At Cedric's prompting, most people hurriedly took notes while listening—some chose to use the magic quill to automatically extract the notes and listened attentively, some chose to write them down by hand, and some didn't take notes at all.

Li Wei noticed these situations but ignored them.

He won't force everyone to think the same way, whether it's good or bad.

Five minutes later, the review of the key points for the assignment was completed, and the automatic shorthand quill slowly came to rest on the teacher's desk.

"Now, I'll pick three people to recite last week's homework."

Li Wei scanned the crowd and randomly pointed to a green-haired student.

"It's just you."

"Cough cough!"

The green-haired boy wiped his nose, showing no fear, and smoothly recited the information about the ten dark creatures. "Not bad, Ravenclaw gets a point."

Then, Li Wei called out to Cedric.

Sure enough, the other party did a great job as well.

“Very good, Hufflepuff gets a point.”

Li Wei called on the last boy—although he stumbled a bit, he still managed to recite it.

He nodded in encouragement, gaining a deeper understanding of the character of the students from both colleges.

It goes without saying that Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff's students could carry out his ideas even better.

The former has a natural love for knowledge, while the latter is honest and dutiful. Although it is a bit difficult for him to keep up with his plans, he will obediently follow them.

As for Slytherin and Gryffindor, their performance in the third year was not bad. Although they occasionally had problems with incomplete memorization or missing information, they managed to get through it smoothly.

After telling them to review the material after class, Li Wei let them go.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward when it came time to teach the second-year students in the afternoon.

"Alright, that's all for the homework."

The automatic shorthand quill pen slowly came to a stop on the lectern.

'Don't hit me! Don't hit me! Don't hit me! Don't hit me! Don't hit me!'

The students secretly sized up Li Wei, their hearts filled with desperate prayers.

"Shouldn't we start writing the questions now, Professor?"

Before Li Wei could proceed, Ron, who was sitting in the audience, took the initiative to ask a question.

Li Wei gave him a half-smile—for some reason, even though the look meant nothing, Ron felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively wanted to shrink back.

Fortunately, he managed to hold back.

Therefore, the professor did not notice anything unusual about him.

"Since you're so eager to do the problems, then let's do them first. I'll give you three minutes."

Li Wei waved his wand, and the pre-prepared test questions were distributed.

'Well done, Ronnie!'

The underachievers in Gryffindor secretly cheered for Ron, while Harry was even more worried for him.

"Ron! You're so brave!"

He quietly and encouragingly pumped his fist at Ron.

Hermione, sitting in the front row, couldn't help but frown—if it were in first year, she would have definitely raised her hand to remind Levi.

But now, she chooses to wait and see, if Li Wei doesn't remember.
Three minutes later, the test questions were taken back by Li Wei, and the students obediently got up from their seats, preparing to line up as they had in the previous class, and take turns to challenge the dark creatures they would face this time.

But then Li Wei suddenly said:

"Wait, haven't we checked the memorization assignments yet?"

"No!!!!!!!!!"

A groan of despair rose from the student body.

"Still can't do it? We still can't hide it!"

Ron pounded the ground with his fists, looking at himself with self-pity.

Li Wei then selected him first.

"Ron, you're full of energy! You're the first to try reciting it."

I don’t know if it was just my imagination, but for a moment, Hermione thought she saw the professor smile.

(End of this chapter)