The students hadn’t spoken yet when Tian Miaomiao, sitting in the front row, had already loudly replied, her cute face brimming with excitement. And beside her, Shi Sisi, with a resigned expression, had been dragged to the front row by Tian Miaomiao to sit with her.
Xiao Yifei’s gaze shifted to Tian Miaomiao and Shi Sisi, and only then did he suddenly remember that the two beautiful girls he had seen the night before were actually students in his class, no wonder they seemed so familiar to him.
"That’s just nonsense! I haven’t officially started teaching yet, how can you say you like my class! Are you afraid of failing?"
Xiao Yifei looked at Tian Miaomiao as he scolded her with a stern face.
In fact, everyone in the class was surprised to see Tian Miaomiao sitting in the front row, as they all knew her quite well. This petite and cute-looking girl was not one for studies; her grades barely skimmed the pass mark on every exam. They were all curious why she would sit in the first row for Xiao Yifei’s class today.
It made sense for Shi Sisi to sit in the front row since this tall and beautiful girl’s academic performance had always been among the best. Usually, it was Shi Sisi who helped Tian Miaomiao with her studies, but today, it was actually Tian Miaomiao who had dragged Shi Sisi to the front row.
"No, no! Actually, after hearing what you said yesterday, Teacher Xiao, I was just a bit curious, curious about how exactly you teach our class!"
Tian Miaomiao, seeing Xiao Yifei’s stern face, actually became a bit scared and spoke cautiously with a pout.
In fact, it wasn’t just her—all the students who had come so early and were so eager today were filled with curiosity about how Xiao Yifei’s teaching methods would live up to what he claimed they would be like.
Xiao Yifei, seeing the scared Tian Miaomiao, couldn’t help but laugh. However, he didn’t look at her again, but instead, raised his head and addressed the rest of the students in the class.
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you all, I’ve made a bet with Teacher Shen Liguo. In three and a half weeks, his two classes will compete with our Clinical (3) (4) classes to see whose final grades are better. Although I’m confident in myself, I still have to tell you, don’t let me down!"
Xiao Yifei’s words made all the students in the classroom a bit shocked; they hadn’t expected the young teacher, Xiao, to have such a direct confrontation with Shen Liguo upon his arrival and, surprisingly, the greenhorn teacher Xiao seemed to be very confident.
"Ah! What! Teacher Xiao, do you really think you can win? Even if you think you can win, Teacher Xiao, have you considered us? Shen Liguo has said that our students in these two classes are dull and hard to manage, and our academic performance definitely won’t be as good as those other two classes!"
Right after Xiao Yifei finished speaking, Wu Dahua’s voice carried from the back of the classroom; he hadn’t been spared from Shen Liguo’s criticisms. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made up a jingle just to mock Shen Liguo. But differently, it seemed that Wu Dahua had lost confidence in himself as a result of the criticism.
Not just him, all the students in Clinical (3) (4) felt that they could not possibly outperform Clinical (1) (2), since class ranks were assigned based on performance, and their (3) (4) classes’ grades weren’t as good as the others to begin with. Hence, deep down, they truly lacked confidence.
"Haha, have you all really got no confidence in yourselves? We’re all people, why should those two classes be any better than our two? Just because Shen Liguo said you’re dumb, do you really believe you’re dumb?" Original content can be found at novelFɪre.net
Xiao Yifei said with a smile, squinting at the students’ responses.
"Just because Shen Liguo claims you’ll get nowhere in life, does that mean you’re doomed for a lifetime? If whatever he says goes, then what’s the point in making an effort? Just him making a statement about you doesn’t prove anything."
Xiao Yifei’s eyes swept over the students sitting in the classroom, his voice seemingly filled with magic.
"Moreover, just because you feel your grades were poor when you first started school, do you think you can’t catch up with them? It’s as if you’re saying those students from the other two classes aren’t human. Others may lack confidence in you, but you shouldn’t lack confidence in yourselves!"
His voice was calm, even tinged with a hint of teasing.
"No, Teacher Xiao, the exams are almost upon us, and to be honest, because I don’t like Teacher Shen, that pervert, I don’t know whether the other students have been paying attention in class, but I definitely haven’t enjoyed his lessons. I haven’t attended them properly for a whole term, and I feel like I might drag you down."
Wu Dahua’s voice conveyed his dejection, coming from the back row.
"Do the rest of you feel the same way?"
Hearing Wu Dahua’s words, Xiao Yifei frowned slightly, his gaze sternly sweeping over the face of every student in the classroom.
"Yes, Teacher Xiao, I think you’re being a bit irrational. You’ve just arrived and you’ve started this competition with Teacher Shen. Not to mention his many years of teaching experience, which certainly counts for something, let’s just talk about ourselves. I feel that with the semester nearly over, our grades have never been better than those in classes (1) and (2), and there’s likely to be no change in the remaining three weeks. So, Teacher Xiao, I think the competition you’ve agreed to with Teacher Shen is somewhat unwise."
A student’s voice slowly rose.
His words won the approval of most of the students.
"Right, Teacher Xiao, and you’re also new to teaching our class. Unless we know the exam questions, it’s really possible that we won’t do better than those two classes."
"Teacher Xiao, we really feel like we might not be up to it! You really shouldn’t have agreed to this competition with Teacher Shen, because I truly think we’re unlikely to win."
In the classroom, aside from a few individual students, the majority did not believe in their heart that they could win the competition Xiao Yifei mentioned.
"I don’t care! I think we can win! If Teacher Xiao Yifei hadn’t brought up this matter today, I wouldn’t have thought about it, but why should their grades always be better than ours! Why should we think we’re inferior just because Teacher Shen says so! Do we really have so little confidence in ourselves? If Teacher Xiao can engage in such a competition with Teacher Shen, it must mean he is confident in us!"
However, when the majority chose not to believe, Tian Miaomiao was the first to jump out in support of Xiao Yifei. She didn’t care about all that nonsense; she supported Xiao Yi unconditionally. After saying these words, Tian Miaomiao’s big eyes sparkled as she looked at Xiao Yifei.
"I support Teacher Xiao!"
Huo Bing, as a fairly proud student whose grades were always at the top of the class, initially wasn’t too interested in Xiao Yifei, but upon hearing about the competition between Xiao Yifei and Shen Liguo, he couldn’t help but give Xiao Yifei a rather surprised look.
"This new Teacher Xiao really has character, but whether he rashly agreed to this competition without having the ability, that’s something we don’t know yet!"