It's the students' fault if they are too popular.

Of course, if most people hold the mentality of "it doesn't matter if I don't study for a day", then the impact on the school's ranking will not be that great. When you don't want to work hard, you will give yourself ten thousand excuses to rest when you see that others are not studying either.

People are more reluctant to suffer losses than to gain profits.

But it is undeniable that when most people take a rest, it is the time for a few to overtake.

A few minutes before class, Tong Yao walked into Class 7 classroom. She came early to write some content on the blackboard to avoid wasting time, but as soon as she picked up the chalk, she found that the group of students in the audience were looking at her in confusion.

She patted the dust off her hands and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

The boy in the first row pointed to the class schedule and said, "Teacher Tong, isn't the next class at Guangmingding?"

Guangmingding?

Tong Yao subconsciously looked at the class schedule on the far right of the blackboard and found that the next class was physics.

That is to say...

She went to the wrong class!

Tong Yao realized later that she should have attended Class 4's math class this period!

"…I'm sorry, I'm sorry." It was so embarrassing that Tong Yao even wanted to crawl into the ground. She rarely made such a foolish move before. She quickly began to erase the blackboard and said, "Everyone, get ready for the physics class."

The classroom burst into laughter.

She was embarrassed and walked out of the classroom quickly. Ruan Qian, who was holding a cup of water, came to her. When Ruan Qian saw her, her voice was full of surprise:

"Teacher Tong?"

This kid saw it...

Tong Yao tried her best to calm down and changed the subject:

"You gave your teacher a nickname? Physics teacher, Bright Summit?"

Thinking of Physics teacher Lu’s Mediterranean hairstyle, the children are really good at giving nicknames.

Ruan Qian didn't know what had just happened. She was just afraid that Tong Yao would think they were rude, so she quickly explained: "Teacher Lu has a good relationship with us... He doesn't mind..."

Physics teacher Mr. Lu is indeed a good guy.

But his hairline, which is enough for him to become a royal family in Britain, can also be vividly described as a bright top.

Tong Yao coughed and tried to hold back her laughter. Teachers would actually tease each other with harmless nicknames in the office, and in many cases, nicknames were actually a reflection of being popular with students.

"What are the nicknames of other teachers?" Forgetting the previous embarrassment, she pulled the little girl aside and inquired with great interest.

"Ah? This..." Ruan Qian hesitated. If she told him, would she be considered a traitor among the students? But the person who asked her was Teacher Tong... She couldn't and didn't want to refuse him no matter what.

Be a traitor if you want to be a traitor!

"Teacher Li was very strict with us, we called him 'labor reform'. Teacher Long was very fierce, and she was not married, some people called her..." Ruan Qian looked at Tong Yao's face and said carefully, "'Iron Virgin'."

"What about me?" Tong Yao blinked and asked with a smile, "What nickname did you give me?"

That's what she cares about most.

Being looked at by these beautiful and gentle eyes...Ruan Qian had no power to resist.

The hesitant little girl confirmed the answer in Tong Yao's mind.

"You gave me a nickname, too, right?"

"Hmm..." Ruan Qian lowered her head, her voice as small as a bee.

"What is it?"

The nursery rhyme is very curious——

What kind of image do you have in your students’ minds?

Ruan Qian's face was flushed. Finally, the villain in her heart jumped from the student's side to the teacher's side. She whispered:

"……Princess."

"Ok?"

Ruan Qian's face turned even redder: "They all call you princess... I don't know who started calling you that first..."

Nicknames are like that, many times, you don’t even know where they come from, but it seems to be everyone’s nature to follow the trend and make use of memes.

Because this nickname sounded pretty good, Tong Yao smiled, but didn’t comment. Instead, she waved her hand:

"Be good and go to class."

Ruan Qian subconsciously wanted to say something, perhaps to persuade her to stay, but in the end she said nothing. She stood in the corridor holding the cup, feeling a little lost. Teacher Tong just stretched out his hand... She thought he was going to touch her forehead like before.

But more than that, she was still happy. Any response from Teacher Tong made her extremely happy. She was the teacher she longed for, admired, and respected. She liked Teacher Tong's intimacy, just like a young bud longing for rain and dew. Without the young bud, rain was still needed by other things. Without rain, the young buds would suffer every day.

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The big break between classes for physical exercises.

Ruan Qian buried her head in her homework. She began to try to use the break time to finish her homework like a top student. When she didn't know how to answer a question, she would ask Yin Jiali, one of her few acquaintances. As for her other friends, her roommate He Xueyu and her deskmate Jiang Yiming, their grades were not much better than hers.

At this time, Li Hanqiang appeared at the front door:

"Ruan Qian, Jiang Yiming, come out for a moment."

He looked like a prison guard.

For a student like her who has poor grades to be called out by the head teacher, it is most likely bad news. Ruan Qian walked forward tremblingly, and Jiang Yiming followed behind. Seeing that Li Hanqiang was serious but not angry, he felt a little relieved.

"Teacher Long will communicate with you later. Just relax and solve the problem properly."

Communicate with Teacher Long?

Ruan Qian and Jiang Yiming looked at each other, not knowing what the teacher was up to.

"Teacher Long may not be very careful with what she says, but honest advice is hard to hear. Teachers have no intention of harming students." Li Hanqiang walked and led them to the door of the office. "Okay, come in."

Ruan Qian looked up. This was the office of the grade leader. She had never been in there before and felt a little uneasy. When she opened the door, she found that there were already quite a few people inside.

Several students, grade leader Ye Wei, chemistry teacher Long Ting, and...

Ruan Qian's heart moved. She knew the man sitting in the innermost seat. He was always present at every grade meeting. He was the vice-principal, Tong Jiansheng.

On the slightly messy desk, there were several questionnaires spread out, and the place where Ruan Qian remembered that she should have filled in "Is there verbal abuse or corporal punishment of students" was now filled with notes.

——Long Ting was reported by students.

Ruan Qian came to this conclusion with surprise. It seemed that these students in the office were from Class 9, which was also the class that Long Ting was in charge of. That day, Long Ting first got furious in Class 9, and then vented the rest of his anger in Class 7. Maybe... these people were hurt more than her.

Her eyes stayed on one of the pretty girls. She had heard of this girl. She was a green tea bitch. Many girls hated her. She was one of the main topics in the dormitory. Every time they met her from a distance in the cafeteria, someone would point at her and say, "You know, that girl is a bitch."

"Is everyone here?" Ye Wei said with a smile, "We have always attached great importance to communication between teachers and students. Many conflicts are caused by insufficient communication, which leads to many misunderstandings."

As he said this, he winked at Long Ting.

Long Ting sat on the chair, raised her head, and forced a smile:

"Teacher Ye is right. I thought about it carefully. I was also wrong when I got angry at you that day. But the teacher was anxious. When I saw your chemistry grades, I was angry and didn't expect to hurt you. This was not the teacher's original intention. Teachers always want the best for their students. You must know this."

Ye Wei nodded, picked Ruan Qian from among several students, and said:

"Hey, classmate, what do you want to say to the teacher? Let's take this opportunity to open up and clear up any misunderstandings."

Ruan Qian was stunned, all eyes were on her, this was the most uncomfortable situation for her. She lowered her head, understood what Ye Wei meant, and her clenched fists trembled slightly:

"I...I understand the teacher. Actually...I was also wrong. I shouldn't have talked back to the teacher..."

She pursed her lips, feeling uncomfortable, unwilling to look at other people's eyes. Would they look down on her? She was clearly upset, but she didn't even dare to say it out loud?

Is she really wrong?

Is it my childish self who is wrong, or the hypocritical adults?

Most students are "sensible".

Children of this age are sensitive and fragile. They know everything but only partially understand it. They hate and reject the unspoken rules of society, but are afraid of getting caught up in them and are even more afraid of revenge from adults.

"What about this classmate?"

"..." Jiang Yiming turned his head away, "It's just like what she thought."

The naughty students of Class 9 did not cause any trouble in front of the vice-principal.

Until the last person.

"I understand the teacher..." the girl from Class 9 whispered, her eyes slightly red, "But what Teacher Long said really made me sad. I didn't know that as a teacher, she viewed me in this way."

Ye Wei and Long Ting's faces changed, but at this moment, a teardrop slid down, and the girl cried. She cried beautifully, not at all like Ruan Qian's embarrassment when she cried while holding Tong Yao. On the contrary, she cried like a heroine in an anime, just right to make people feel distressed. Biting her lower lip symbolized her endurance, and the angle of her head lowered was magical, and no one would doubt her experience.

Ruan Qian was shocked and even forgot the negative emotions in her heart. Ye Wei was speechless for a moment. If the student scolded Long Ting, he could still say that the student was ignorant, but this female student did not blame the teacher, but burst into tears directly, as if Long Ting had committed a heinous crime, leaving him in a dilemma.

"Other students, please get out."

The person who spoke was Vice President Tong Jiansheng.

Ruan Qian felt relieved. Although she was curious about what the girl would do next, she didn't have the courage to eavesdrop.

"What a strong man." After leaving the door, Jiang Yiming sighed and turned to Ruan Qian, "Why aren't you crying?"

Ruan Qian glared at him and ignored his teasing.

As class was about to start, she saw the girl from Class 9 coming out of the office from afar. She waved to her husband before leaving, without any sign of sadness.

It probably ended successfully.

Recalling her own compromise, Ruan Qian clenched the pen and could not write a single word.

She couldn't tell whether her defiance that day was courage or stupidity.

She didn’t know whether the girl’s tears were wisdom or lies.

But she also wanted to solve the problem herself instead of relying solely on Teacher Tong.

Chapter 16: Her Teachers' Day and Her Feelings

After that day's conversation, Long Ting changed a lot. She no longer yelled loudly, nor did she slap the blackboard to emphasize the key points. Under the baptism of public criticism, she was like a wilted wheat or a collapsed building, mechanically repeating the same routine every day.

Somehow, Ruan Qian didn't want to see her like this.

"I heard that the school will transfer her to the Xiangjiang campus next semester." This is what Xu Hao said in class.

Xu Hao is the boy sitting in front of Ruan Qian. His mother is a Chinese teacher at the school. His information is generally reliable and he often tells his classmates about important events half a month in advance.

The Xiangjiang Campus is a joint venture between No. 1 Middle School and other schools. Although it bears the name of No. 1 Middle School, its teaching staff is far behind that of the main campus.

It is equivalent to being demoted.

That girl from Class 9 was really powerful. I don't know what she said to make the principal give Long Ting such a severe punishment.

Ruan Qian carried the lunch box and knocked on the office door silently.

"Please come in."

She pushed open the door and found Teacher Tong the only one in the huge office.

"Teacher Tong, your meal." The little girl held the lunch box steadily. "I don't know if you like eggplant or not, so I asked the aunt to put the eggplant in the lunch box."

"Ah, thank you," Tong Yao took it with a smile, "Don't bother me next time, I'm not picky about food."

This was the food she asked the little girl to bring from the cafeteria. Ruan Qian took her work badge and felt uneasy because she had taken advantage of her, so she always wanted to help her do something. Tong Yao wanted to make her feel at ease, so she simply let her do it.

"Have you eaten enough?" she asked.

"Well," Ruan Qian stood beside her obediently, "Is the teacher still busy?"

"I'm not busy, I just find something to do." Tong Yao tapped on the keyboard and continued to improve her courseware, "If I make the courseware better, it will be easier for you to learn."

Ruan Qian pursed her lower lips when she heard this.

Teacher Tong... is a person who tries his best to do everything, but this perception makes her feel increasingly distant from Teacher Tong.

"Okay, you can go back to the dormitory first." Tong Yao took some time out of her busy schedule to remind the little girl, "Be careful if you come back too late, the dormitory manager won't let you in."

Ruan Qian was startled: "Then, food..."

"Don't worry, I'll eat later." Tong Yao gave a reassuring smile.

Ruan Qian was speechless. What reason did she have to stay here?

She turned away dejectedly, like a person walking step by step from the shore to the sea, the loss under her feet grew higher and higher, almost drowning her completely.