Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 225 - 196 The New Teacher Takes Office

Chapter 225: Chapter 196: The New Teacher Takes Office

Chapter 225 -196: The New Teacher Takes Office

Monday afternoon, the first period.

The sunlight was wonderful, a prime time perfect for an afternoon nap.

News about the new math teacher had spread throughout Class Eight, making the students very much look forward to meeting him. Some even planned to size up the math teacher, Gao Heshuai.

Wu Xiaoqi held a basketball, staring at the classroom door.

The previous math teacher was way too soft. When he slept, the math teacher didn’t bother him at all, which admittedly made his sleep a little less satisfying.

As everyone was anxiously awaiting, a dark shadow appeared at the door.

The students’ first impression was of darkness, followed by a sense of tall and burly stature.

The figure briskly walked to the podium, looked at the students with a serious face, and introduced himself,

“I am Gao Heshuai, and I’ll be taking over the math course for Class Eight for some time.”

Below, a scattered chorus of “hello, teacher” echoed.

Gao Heshuai had thick eyebrows and large eyes, and when he glared, those eyes were fierce. A large mole beside his nose didn’t give a good first impression.

Gao Heshuai looked at the students below and asked, “Who is the class president?”

Huang Zhongfei raised his hand.

“I think, as a new teacher, I shouldn’t have to tell you to welcome me, but at the very least you should say ‘hello, teacher.'”

Gao Heshuai said this with a cold face and a firm tone.

Huang Zhongfei shouted, “Let’s all say it again!”

He led the way: “Hello, teacher!”

Immediately, a chorus of greetings rang out from the classroom.

Wang Longlong nudged Ma Shicheng softly, “Brother Ma, stop messing around, this teacher is no simpleton.”

Intimidating the class right off the bat, he truly had something about him.

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Ma Shicheng quickly put away his phone.

“Alright, let’s start the lesson,” Gao Heshuai began to teach.

Wu Xiaoqi, convinced of the new teacher’s authority, was exceptionally satisfied.

He leaned his head against the desk and began to sleep, completely disregarding Gao Heshuai.

Gao Heshuai quickly noticed Wu Xiaoqi, his lips twitched, but said nothing, and continued teaching.

Wang Longlong whispered from below, “Brother Ma, Brother Ma, there’s going to be a good show to watch.”

Indeed, Gao Heshuai would suddenly glance towards Wu Xiaoqi, looking back at him every half a minute.

The entire class was aware of his gaze.

Wu Xiaoqi continued to sleep, with no one bothering to wake him.

To Wu Xiaoqi’s left was Song Sheng, who had a somewhat strange relationship with Wu Xiaoqi. Wu Xiaoqi clung to him, but Song Sheng gave Wu Xiaoqi no mind.

To the right was Pang Jiao, who wouldn’t mind if basketball guy Wu Xiaoqi dropped dead on the spot, so she could take over the desk.

Thus, basking under Gao Heshuai’s gaze, Wu Xiaoqi slept especially peacefully.

Gao Heshuai continued teaching, and at some instant, he hurled his chalk at Wu Xiaoqi. Perhaps because the chalk didn’t fit his hand well, it ‘whacked’ against Pang Jiao’s lips.

Pang Jiao yelped in surprise!

The white chalk left a red streak as it fell.

Pang Jiao quickly took out her mirror, waving her chubby hand, “Teacher, you’ve smudged my lipstick, waaa!”

“You owe me, you owe me, you owe me a new lipstick!” Pang Jiao whined as she checked herself in the mirror.

Dan Kaiquan swore he clearly saw Gao Heshuai’s eyelid twitch.

Gao Heshuai, after all, was a seasoned teacher and was hired by Fourth Middle School at a high salary, so he certainly had skills. He spoke with authority,

“Get that sleeping student up!”

Pang Jiao, affected by the incident, had her lipstick smudged by the chalk; her beauty, having checked herself in the mirror, had gone from a ten to a nine. Now she had received an order.

Angered, she raised her hand and with a fierce slap on the desk, made a thunderous sound.

Wu Xiaoqi jerked awake and sprang up, his head buzzing. Noticeing Pang Jiao’s hand, he scolded,

“What are you doing?!”

Pang Jiao opened her mouth wide and roared back, “Who let you sleep during the class?!”

“It’s none of your damn business if I sleep! Are you brainless? I’ve tolerated you for a long time!”

Wu Xiaoqi’s face contorted; he had once been the kingpin of Class Ten in the first year!

No one dared to mess with him, nobody spoke ill of him behind his back; he was the uncrowned king of Class Ten.

But since arriving in Class Eight, not only was his basketball stolen, he was also constantly bullied by Pang Jiao; he felt aggrieved.

“Your whole family’s brainless! Sleeping in class, why don’t you just go die!”

“You’re the one who should die, you headless fatty!”

Pang Jiao cursed loudly, “You think you deserve to play basketball? When other people play basketball, they’re hot guys; you’re just a monkey!”

The two broke into a fierce argument in front of the entire class and teacher.

Cui Yu was quite excited, wondering if a fight was about to break out.

Wang Longlong thought to himself, let them fight, hurry up and fight!

Ma Shicheng was already passing around sunflower seeds.

The whole class was looking forward to the drama.

Gao Heshuai on the platform glowered; what kind of class was this?

His first day teaching, and this kind of thing happened, they really didn’t take Gao Heshuai seriously at all!

“Enough!” he bellowed.

Pointing at Wu Xiaoqi, he shouted fiercely, “You, go stand at the back!”

Wu Xiaoqi didn’t resist. He embraced the basketball and walked towards the exit,

“Excuse me.”

Pang Jiao didn’t budge.

So, Wu Xiaoqi said, “Teacher, I can’t get out.”

Gao Heshuai: “The girl… the female student, make some room.”

Inside, he was startled; too many martial arts dramas lately had gotten to him, almost a slip of the tongue, but fortunately, he corrected himself in time.

The students looked curiously at Gao Heshuai, with some catching on to something.

Pang Jiao usually didn’t let Wu Xiaoqi through, and now she was even more unwilling. Twisting her body, the desks in front and behind shook with her.

“Teacher, you’ve ruined my lipstick, and my lips still hurt~”

Gao Heshuai’s face darkened further, he took a deep breath:

“Send me the brand of your lipstick after class, and I’ll reimburse you for it,” he said.

He was a young teacher, just thirty years old this year. His salary was high, and he didn’t have a family to support, so the cost of lipstick really didn’t matter to him.

“Can you move now?”

Only then did Pang Jiao shift to the aisle, contemptuously saying, “What are you waiting for? Scram!”

Wu Xiaoqi paid her no attention; he easily made his way out of his seat, cradling the basketball.

Who knew how long it had been since he had walked out so effortlessly.

Under the gaze of his classmates, Wu Xiaoqi made his way to the back of the room.

Wang Longlong, Ma Shicheng, Hu Jun, Guo Kunnan all gave him welcoming looks.

Wu Xiaoqi felt somewhat relieved; leaning against the back classroom’s blackboard, he had a feeling of coming home.

Gao Heshuai eyed Wu Xiaoqi’s basketball with displeasure; no matter how he looked at it, it irked him. He had taught for several years and had never encountered such a student.

“Keep sleeping, if you’re so capable, try sleeping standing up!” Gao Heshuai scoffed.

“Okay, students, let’s continue with the lesson.”

Then again, when it came to teaching skills, Gao Heshuai really knew his stuff.

Having taken over the class mid-term, he had aligned the progress with the previous math teacher to avoid falling behind, and now teaching came extremely smoothly to him.

Chen Qian was listening attentively. As a top student, he could tell Gao Heshuai’s level was good. The difficult concepts became easier to grasp after Gao Heshuai broke them down.

After teaching for a while, Gao Heshuai glanced back and saw that the student from before actually fell asleep standing in the back!

What the hell?

Gao Heshuai was fuming!

He continued lecturing with a stern face until the class was over. Without saying another word, he left Class 8.

As soon as he left, the tension in the classroom seemed to be collectively released.

“Fatty Gao is pretty frightening,” said Wang Longlong, who hadn’t dared to lose focus the entire class.

Cui Yu came over and said, “I felt like he was about to hit us at any moment.”

The others felt the same.

“Wu Xiaoqi, wake up,” Cui Yu said, running to the back and shaking his hand in front of Wu Xiaoqi, but there was no response.

Guo Kunnan called out, “Class is over, Wu Xiaoqi.”

Wu Xiaoqi still didn’t react.

“Damn, he fell asleep standing up!” exclaimed Cui Yu in amazement, even though Wu Xiaoqi was leaning against the blackboard, it was still considered standing.

“He’s sleeping soundly, like he can’t be woken up,” he remarked.

As Dan Xiao passed by the back row, he said, “That’s because you aren’t calling out the right thing.”

Using his normal tone of voice, he said, “Wu Xiaoqi is playing basketball.”

Wu Xiaoqi’s eyes snapped open, “Someone’s looking for me to play basketball?”

…

During the break.

“What’s going on outside our class?” Dan Kaiquan asked the few people in the back row.

He pointed towards the corridor outside the window, where a dozen or so students, all boys, stood.

They stood in the corridor with their arms draped over the open-air balcony, huddled together, chatting and laughing loudly, and with every gesture, they exuded an air of carefree elegance.

“This is bizarre, we’ve been seeing more and more students from other classes recently,” Dan Kaiquan commented.

“Maybe it’s the feng shui at our class entrance?” Dan Kaiquan cheerfully suggested.

Ma Shicheng looked up, “They’re eyeing the girls in our class.”

“What!” Dan Kaiquan and Cui Yu were dismayed.

“Otherwise, why would they come here to chat? Who poses like that just to chat?”

After saying that, Ma Shicheng went back to his game.

“Damn these dogs!” Cui Yu cursed.

The girl he had a crush on, Jiang Yanan, was in his class. Luckily, Meng Gui had moved on, and now he was the only one openly courting her, giving him a significant head start.

If competition came from outside the class, trouble was brewing!

Dan Kaiquan was even more outraged than Cui Yu. His crush, Bai Yuxia, was the school’s beauty, and the competition was as fierce as one could imagine.

He could no longer be bothered with chatting; he hurried to the front row to where Bai Yuxia was, intending to bad-mouth the group of guys outside.

Guo Kunnan, on the other hand, was unfazed; his heart wasn’t in Class 8.

Once, his heart belonged to Manman, but now, he was heartless.

Suddenly, the light at the classroom doorway dimmed, and an imposing figure entered Class 8.

“Tianpeng is here,” Guo Kunnan greeted.

Yan Tianpeng passed by him and walked a few steps forward to where Lu Qiqi sat playing with her phone. He greeted her warmly:

“Qiqi, Qiqi, I’m Yan Tianpeng from Class 9.”

Guo Kunnan was speechless, she had a boyfriend!

Didn’t he have any shame intruding on other people’s relationships?

Cui Yu, on the other hand, was not concerned about his lack of shame; he was there for the show.

He had seen Lu Qiqi’s boyfriend while ice-skating at Blue Horse Mall today. Indeed, the guy looked quite handsome and seemed to match Lu Qiqi well, unlike Yan Tianpeng, who resembled a bear.

Lu Qiqi looked at him, her eyelids twitching:

“Yan Tianpeng, huh?”

“That’s right, it’s me.” Yan Tianpeng had found out Lu Qiqi’s QQ and chatted with her online for a while. Today would be their official ‘meetup’.

“Oh,” Lu Qiqi responded coolly, clearly uninterested in this ‘model.’

She liked guys who were handsome, wealthy, smart, humorous, caring, with a nice voice, good-looking hands, and knew how to charm. Yan Tianpeng clearly didn’t make the cut.

Yan Tianpeng, unabashed, invited her:

“Qiqi, want to go to the sports field after school?”

“I’ll show you how awesome I am on the horizontal bars. You’ll see what ‘horizontal bar helicopter’ is.”

Ma Shicheng was left dumbfounded: ‘What’s that supposed to be?’

Lu Qiqi turned her head away, sternly replying, “No need; I’m not interested.”

Yan Tianpeng persisted, “I guarantee you’ve never seen anything like it; all my bros praise me.”

Lu Qiqi said, “Sorry, I don’t have time this afternoon; my boyfriend is taking me to ES for dinner.”

Yan Tianpeng said, “I’ll wait for you after your meal.”