Shen Hui and Shen Yue did not come very early. What's more, they lingered at the door to have a meal, delaying for a while. Before long, Old Niu came in.
The first class was not Niu Kaihuai's originally, but other teachers had long heard that a very outstanding new student would come today. An important one. An extremely outstanding one.
One should know that their current gifted class was already considered a very remarkable batch on a nationwide, even worldwide level. For someone to still be called extremely remarkable in such a class, it could only be at an outstanding plus level.
The teachers all felt lacking in confidence, especially the chemistry teacher who was originally scheduled to teach the first class. She said she was afraid of being forced to abruptly change the class content again, hoping that Niu Kaihuai could switch classes with her to first scout out the situation of the new student, so she could know how to proceed afterwards.
As it was widely known, the group of talented geniuses in the gifted class were the school’s treasures, and the number one enemies of the teachers teaching them.
One class with the gifted class was stronger than sixty regular ones. You never knew what kind of supra-curricular questions they might ask, and you never knew with what kind of peculiar theories they might refute you.
Teaching the gifted class was not teaching; it was viva voce.
And it was not at the undergraduate level, but at least the postgraduate level.
“Teacher Niu, please do really save me! My level of expertise in chemistry is only decent, not top-notch. If an expert comes here, I feel that I won’t even need to continue being the gifted class’ teacher. I’ll go teach a regular class!” Upon hearing Teacher Xiaodie’s words, the English teacher was the first to concur.
“Oh Teacher Xiaodie, take it easy. Don’t always think of teaching them textbook content. Teach them those odd stuff and they will not have seen it before and won’t ask you too many questions. Now during class I don’t even teach them English anymore. I directly teach them Latin!”
The politics teacher also nodded. “Right, now every day I directly read them world news to them. Haha!” One could hear hints of self-deprecation in that laughter.
It was the physics teacher who pushed up his spectacles, his reason still intact. “You young people have seen too few storms. Sciences and humanities are different. Sciences are the truths of the world. And the matter of exploring truths needs passion in order to reach the objective. How can you know it’s difficult yet cower away?”
Although Teacher Xiaodie had little seniority, she was a rising star in the chemistry circles, otherwise she would not have the qualifications to teach the gifted class.
She just felt that the students were like her oral examiners during her viva, which was rather intimidating. Actually, if speaking of her teaching capability, she was able to teach them...
Seeing the atmosphere was not right, Niu Kaihuai as the class teacher came out to coordinate. “It’s my mistake too. The transfer of this student was too abrupt. I still have yet to understand his situation clearly. I’ll teach the first two classes first. During the break time later I’ll summarize the situation of the new student to all the subject teachers.”
“Then Teacher Niu will have to work hard!” One could hear that with Niu Kaihuai taking the lead, all the teachers were very glad.
Time shifted to the present, when Niu Kaihuai entered the classroom and instantly saw Shen Hui sitting closely beside Shen Yue, appearing well-behaved and quiet.
Shen Hui and Shen Yue were siblings. Niu Kaihuai had heard this from Shen Yichen beforehand. Moreover, unlike Shen Yue, Shen Hui was very smart, all kinds of smart.
But apart from being smart, Shen Hui’s heart was empty. Shen Yichen hoped that Niu Kaihuai could pay more attention to Shen Hui, reporting immediately if there were any abnormalities.
At the same time, he had to keep watch over Shen Yue to not let her sleep during class.
Niu Kaihuai looked at Shen Hui whose entire face revealed a thirst for knowledge, then looked again at Shen Yue who had already started to yawn. With but a glance, it was crystal clear.
He lightly coughed twice, clapped the table, then knocked at the blackboard. Only then did Shen Yue straighten her back. He thus began the class proper.
“Today I’ll introduce an outstanding new student to everyone, Shen Hui. Let’s welcome her with a round of applause to do a self-introduction.”
Niu Kaihuai’s voice was very loud, and it did instantly invigorate Shen Yue who had been “battered” by Shen Hui for an entire night.
Watching Shen Hui who remained as steady as Mount Tai amidst applause, Shen Yue squeezed to Shen Hui’s side and softly said, “Huihui, you have to stand up and do a self-introduction.”
Shen Hui knew that, yet she did not budge and did not stand up either. The applause around gradually died down, until the entire class sank into silence.
Only at this time did Shen Hui speak. “No need for self-introduction, just start your lesson.”
Niu Kaihuai: ...
At this instant, Niu Kaihuai genuinely felt what Teacher Xiaodie had described as the experience of teaching being like postgraduate oral examinations.
But as an outstanding teacher well-versed in handling problematic children, Niu Kaihuai reacted at once. No, what did this student Shen Hui mean? Was it that she was the teacher, or that he himself was?
Niu Kaihuai did not immediately admonish Shen Hui’s conduct in class. Instead, he explained again, “Student Shen Hui, today is your first day in class. You need to do a self-introduction for the other students to get to know you.”
Yet Shen Hui was still impervious. “No need, just start your lesson.”
Now Shen Yue was fully awake. She realized that compared to Shen Hui in her memories, there was no real change. It was just that the current Shen Hui was still not strong enough, thus she had concealed her true self at the Shen house.
And now that she had come to school, Shen Hui judged no one’s abilities surpassed hers, including Shen Yue who she had grouped into her own domain. Shen Hui’s true colors emerged.
When Shen Hui no longer disguised herself, what lay deep in her bones was... arrogance founded upon absolute confidence in her own abilities.
