Spicy Teacher 219

  Life is full of unexpected encounters, but she never expected to run into him in such an awkward situation. The usually eloquent Jiang Xueqing was left speechless when faced with Liu Ziguang, even forgetting to say thank you, and simply stared at him without a word.

  The people waiting for the train on the platform all stretched their necks to watch the commotion, Liu Ziguang thought it was quite boring and turned his head to continue running away. However, he didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes belonging to Wei Ziyuan on the platform.

  TV station's number one flower dan Jiang Xueqing is a good friend of Li Zong, the president of Zhicheng Group. As an assistant, Wei Zixuan naturally knows her, and she also knows some things that have happened in Jiang Xueqing's family recently:

  Jiang Xueqing's father was the former director of the Transportation Bureau, corrupt official Jiang Daming. Recently, the Jiang family has been having a series of troubles. First, Jiang Xueqing's uncle, who is also the deputy secretary-general of Longyang City, jumped to his death from a building. Then, Director Jiang was put under investigation and soon after, Jiang Xueqing was removed from her position as the number one anchor at the TV station and demoted to hosting some obscure traffic program.

  To make up for the huge hole left by her father, Jiang Xueqing sold her own beetle car and the house in Binjiang Jin Guancheng, but it was still not enough to pay off the tens of millions lost at the Macau Lisboa Casino. Jiang Xueqing lived a miserable life, but Wei Ziyun didn't sympathize with her much because she had never liked Jiang Xueqing's open and reckless personality that bordered on being **.

  Jiang Xueqing had called Li Wan several times to talk about pursuing Liu Ziguo, and Wei Zixuan had overheard these conversations. At first, she hadn't thought much of it, but after the trip to Longyang, Wei Zixuan's resentment towards Jiang Xueqing grew even more, because deep down, she felt that Liu Ziguo was taken away from her by Jiang Xueqing.

  You'd think that as the number one female anchor of Jiangbei TV, she's got a lively personality and a fiery figure to match, and if she were to put in some effort to reel in Liu Ziguang, she'd definitely succeed. But what I saw today was completely different - Jiang Xueqing and Liu Ziguang were like strangers, with no hatred or love between them, it seems they don't have any connection at all, I must have been overthinking things.

  The big fat meat delivered to the door is not eaten, it seems that Liu Ziguang is indeed a gentleman. In this case, the note expressing love and inviting himself to go to his room at midnight may not be written by Liu Ziguang.

  On the bus, Wei Zixuan thought all the way. After the morning meeting at the company, Assistant Wei sent an internal email to all project team members who went to Longyang, including several security guards, asking them to hand in a handwritten job description report.

  At noon, the reports were all submitted. The handwriting of the employees was varied: some were elegant and flowing, while others resembled a dung beetle's crawl; some wrote with flair, while others could only manage a few dry sentences. Wei Zi Xuan didn't care about any of this; what she cared about was whose handwriting matched the font on that "love letter".

  Soon, Wei Zi Xuan found what she wanted from the 21 reports. The font on this paper was exactly the same as the font on that small note, and it was obvious that they were written by the same person.

  The signature on this report is Leimeng. Seeing this, Wei Ziyuan finally understood everything. From start to finish, she had wronged Liu Ziguo. He never had that intention towards her; it was she who took the initiative to throw herself into his arms. He was a gentleman who did not take advantage of others' difficulties and instead kept silent to preserve his own reputation.

  Wei Zi Xuan didn't hate Lei Ming at all, because this matter made her see Liu Zi Guang's character more clearly, and also strengthened her own conviction. She would wait for him in this life, even if she wouldn't marry anyone else for a lifetime.

  ……

  After returning home, Liu Ziguang received a call from Principal Wang, asking him to report to the school at 8 o'clock. He had been formally appointed as an off-campus instructor of Chen Guang Factory Subsidiary Middle School and also served as a substitute teacher, and he could start teaching today.

  He put down the phone, Liu Ziguang was very excited, opened the closet and rummaged through it for a while, finally found a pair of Western trousers and a white shirt, put them on in front of the mirror, took out several ballpoint pens and inserted them into his pocket, then took out his old nearsighted glasses, popped out the lenses and wore them, took a comb, wetted it with water, combed a side parting, smiled at himself in the mirror, looking elegant and refined, what a model for others.

  Riding a bicycle to school, greeting the old doorman, getting off the bike and slipping into the small gate, locking up the bike in the shed, a familiar feeling surged up, as if his life had entered another door, now he was already an honored people's teacher.

  Went up to the fifth floor principal's office, Principal Wang and Director Tan of the Teaching Department were both there, as well as a female teacher in her 40s. After everyone shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, Principal Wang said: "Little Liu, after being unanimously approved by the school party committee, from today on you will be our school's counselor and substitute teacher, here is your letter of appointment."

  Liu Ziguang took over the red-bottomed, gold-embossed letter of appointment and said with a smile: "I will definitely do my best to teach the students well and not disappoint the old principal's expectations."

  The female teacher coughed and said, "Little Liu, the students nowadays are quite different from your time. The class that the teaching office is preparing for you to substitute teach is one of the most problematic classes in our school, with issues such as early romance, involvement in gangs, and internet addiction being very prominent. You need to be mentally prepared."

  Principal Wang introduced: "This is Teacher Zhang Lan, the head teacher of Class 5 in Grade 3. She's also paired with you, so feel free to ask her if you have any questions."

  Liu Ziguang nodded to Teacher Zhang, and Principal Wang looked at the time and said, "Little Zhang, take Little Liu down."

  Mr. Zhang took Liu Ziguang down to the fourth floor and pointed to the classroom at the end of the corridor, saying: "That's the fifth class of junior high school, our school's most difficult class, listen, this is still class time, inside it's chaotic like a chicken coop, these kids are troublesome."

  Liu Ziguang said: "Teacher Zhang, you can rest assured that within three days or at most a week, I will make them obey orders."

  Mr. Zhang looked at Liu Ziguang with great distrust, didn't say anything, and just then the bell rang for class dismissal. Mr. Zhang hastily led Liu Ziguang to the classroom, greeted the elderly teacher who was teaching, walked up to the podium and said: "Classmates, pay attention, this is our new teacher Liu, he will teach us next lesson."

  A group of students were chatting and laughing below, not a single one listening to Teacher Zhang's lecture, nor did anyone notice Liu Ziguang standing at the door. Teacher Zhang shook his head helplessly, seemingly having expected this outcome. After saying "class dismissed", he brought Liu Ziguang to the office, handed him the student name list, and said: "This is the list, students' specialties and grades are all on it, take it and use it."

  There were several teachers in the office, and upon hearing that Liu Ziguang was a new substitute teacher, they all looked over curiously. It had been many years since a new normal school graduate had come to Zidi Middle School. However, judging from Liu Ziguang's age, he didn't seem like a university student who had just graduated. Someone asked: "Little Liu, which school did you teach at before?"

  Liu Ziguang chuckled and said: "I used to teach at a military school."

  Everyone secretly admired him, it seems that Principal Wang had indeed found a capable person this time.

  The ten-minute break passed in a flash, the bell rang, and Liu Ziguang left the office with his class register. As the last note of the bell ended, he stepped into the classroom of Class 5, Grade 3.

  For this classroom, Liu Ziguang was very familiar, because he was the graduate of Class 5 of Junior Three fifteen years ago, and now returned to the old classroom, his mood was even more excited, but when he went in, his heart cooled down.

  The classroom was only half full, and they were all female students. The back rows were mostly empty. Even the people sitting in the classroom were chatting with their heads down, and no one cared about the new teacher who had just arrived.

  The students hadn't arrived yet, so Liu Ziguo pulled over a stool and sat down behind the podium, not saying a word. After about five minutes, more than a dozen male students came in, chatting and laughing, without even looking at Liu Ziguo, they walked straight to their seats.

  "Halt." Liu Ziguo said.

  The students stopped in their tracks and stared at him with a strange look. A little kid with his head held high wrinkled up his nose and said, "Are you new here?"

  Liu Ziguang said: "You are late for class, do you know it's wrong?"

  The students chuckled softly and didn't take it seriously.

  "Let's just forget it for today. We're still not familiar with each other, but I don't want there to be a next time. Alright, you all go back to your seats."

  A dozen or so male students returned to their seats, but the back half of the classroom was still empty. Liu Ziguang said: "Hello everyone, I'm a new counselor and substitute teacher. You can call me Teacher Liu, or just call me by my name, Liu Ziguang."

  The students were still in a hubbub and no one listened to him seriously. Liu Ziguang picked up the class roster and said, "Who is the class monitor?"

  A timid little girl stood up.

  "There are forty people in Class 3-5 on the class list, how come there are only thirty-two people in the classroom?" Liu Ziguang asked.

  "They've gone out to kill people!" a male student suddenly blurted out, and the classroom erupted in a burst of laughter. Liu Ziguang furrowed his brow and said: "Who are you? Did I give you permission to speak?"

  When he heard the new teacher's unpleasant tone, that boy suddenly stood up. His hair was cut like a rooster's crest, and he wore a T-shirt with shiny little pieces on it, and suspenders. He tilted his head and stared at Liu Ziguang with a provocative expression: "My name is Yuan Wei, I'm talking, what about it?"

  Liu Ziguang stepped down from the podium and stood face to face with Yuan Wei, not saying a word for a full twenty seconds. But Yuan Wei had already been intimidated by Liu's sharp gaze, which was like a razor-sharp blade, and he couldn't bear to look directly at him, his eyes darting back and forth.

  "Go out and repeat what you just said a hundred times." Liu Ziguang said calmly.

  The whole classroom fell silent, with some students watching Liu Ziguang with schadenfreude. Yuan Wei swallowed his saliva and walked out of the classroom, muttering to himself: "I'm Yuan Wei, I just spoke up, what's wrong with that..." He repeated it over and over again, like reciting a mantra.

  "Class monitor, you're Xia Qinxin, right? So, where did those students who played truant go?" Liu Ziguang continued to ask.

  "They didn't ask for leave, and I'm not too clear either, maybe something's going on at home." The girl said timidly, looking like a class leader without authority.

  Liu Ziguang nodded and began to take roll call. After the students present checked their names, those who didn't have a check mark were the ones who played truant. Liu Ziguang took out his phone and dialed: "Xiao Bei, it's me. I'll report the names and you record them. If these people don't show up within 40 minutes, you can forget about being the boss. Come to Zi Di Middle School for class instead."

  He hung up the phone, and all the students below were stunned. This new teacher was too awesome, his style was very different from those teachers. Liu Ziguang didn't attend class either, he put down the phone and said: "Not everyone is here, no class." Then he sat behind the podium with his eyes closed to meditate.

  Outside, Yuan Wei, who was reciting scriptures, quietly turned his head and saw the new teacher closing his eyes. His voice slowly became softer and he quietly walked to the stairs, took out his phone and dialed a number: "Big brother, it's me Yuan Wei. Someone is bullying me at school, can you bring some people over to deal with him at noon?"