Mountain boy picks stars

Thirty years ago, Zhou Sixuan, who had just graduated from university, came to Yellow River Experimental School to serve as the homeroom teacher of Class 5-3.

The weather was still hot in early autumn that year.

The towering trees on the campus of Yellow River Experimental School provide a rare shade.

It was already time for class, and the campus was very quiet.

Principal Zheng, a very elegant primary school principal, led Zhou Sixuan, a female college student who had graduated from the music department of a university, through the garden-like tree-lined paths of the campus.

They walked towards a teaching building, talking as they went.

Principal Zheng wore a well-fitting light-colored business suit, and his fair face was framed by a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, giving him a scholarly air.

Zhou Sixuan wore a pure white, fitted short-sleeved dress with two long braids hanging down her chest.

Her beautiful face radiated a unique youthful energy.

As a new teacher, Ms. Zhou Sixuan probably didn't realize it yet. At that time, the class was immersed in an atmosphere of chasing after opera, film, and dance stars, as well as online games and fantasy novels featuring fantasy, time travel, violence, and tomb raiding. Ms. Zhou Sixuan would often be driven to tears and leave the classroom by her mischievous students during her very first class.

Principal Zheng, as the school's principal, didn't have time to introduce the new teacher further; he could only offer as many well-intentioned reminders as possible.

Principal Zheng: "Sixuan, the class you're going to be the homeroom teacher for does have a rather weak foundation overall. The previous homeroom teachers all left because they were driven away by it. But they are, after all, just kids! The school has a responsibility to nurture them well. The burden on your shoulders is quite heavy!"

Teacher Zhou Sixuan nodded: "Thank you, Principal Zheng. I will definitely do my best to manage this class well!"

2

Inside the school building, classroom of Class 5-3.

Principal Zheng led Zhou Sixuan into the classroom with the sign "Class 5-3".

Principal Zheng walked up to the podium and introduced the following to the students:

"Students, your homeroom teacher this semester will be our new teacher, Ms. Zhou Sixuan."

Zhou Sixuan nodded politely: "Hello, classmates!"

The whole class: "Hello, Teacher Zhou!"

Principal Zheng: "Teacher Zhou is a talented graduate of the university's music department. She is good at singing and dancing and has won awards in provincial television singing and dancing competitions. Please welcome her."

As soon as Principal Zheng finished speaking, enthusiastic applause rang out in the classroom.

Principal Zheng continued, "I know many of you in our class like to follow celebrities. Actually, your teacher, Ms. Zhou, is a star in herself! I believe that in the future, you will all come to like Ms. Zhou even more..."

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After Principal Zheng finished speaking, he left the classroom.

Zhou Sixuan also politely saw the principal off.

Principal Zheng: "Sixuan, this class is now in your hands."

Zhou Sixuan: "Principal Zheng, don't worry!"

Principal Zheng: "We should pay attention to the psychological characteristics of fifth-grade students and encourage them to remain calm in the face of problems."

Zhou Sixuan: "Yes, thank you for reminding me, Principal Zheng!"

In the classroom

During the time when Zhou Sixuan was seeing Principal Zheng off.

The talking in the classroom grew louder.

It became chaotic.

Below the stage, several female students sitting in the front, including Yuan Liuxing, Lu Jiahan, and Mao Zhiling, had already started whispering among themselves.

"Look, Teacher Zhou has big, beautiful eyes! Just like a little phoenix on TV."

"Teacher Zhou has such a great figure, she looks like a big star."

"Teacher Zhou's two long braids look so innocent and pure, I want to have braids like that too..."

……

Two mischievous boys, Cheng Hongdou and Shi Xuankai, were sitting in the back, chuckling to each other and whispering disrespectfully.

Cheng Hongdou: "If I were the Emperor of the Immortal Realm, I would marry Teacher Zhou as my imperial concubine..."

Shi Xuankai said arrogantly, "Hmph, what are you, the Celestial Emperor? If I were the Xuanluo Cangqiong King, I would buy Teacher Zhou as a maid, and beat her or scold her as I please..."

Huang Xiaoxing, who was sitting next to them, heard this and rolled her eyes at them.

They expressed their dissatisfaction with the disrespectful remarks made towards the new teacher.

Cheng Hongdou and Shi Xuankai, however, waved their fists at Huang Xiaoxing.

To make threats.

Huang Xiaoxing waved his two fists, indicating his dissatisfaction.

…………

At this moment, Zhou Sixuan saw Principal Zheng off and returned to the classroom podium.

The classroom was still chaotic.

A few mischievous boys were in the classroom, pushing each other.

Several girls were still chattering quietly.

Cheng Hongdou, Shi Xuankai, and others are fighting over a comic book belonging to their female classmate Yuan Liuxing.

This comic book was tossed around among several mischievous boys.

It was only in the end that Yuan Liuxing managed to take it back.

However, it was snatched away again by the mischievous Cheng Hongdou: "Just let me see it, will it ruin your book?"

Yuan Liuxing: "Give it back to me now, or I'll tell the teacher."

"Go ahead and sue! Go ahead and sue! I'm not afraid of the teacher..."

Cheng Hongdou, Shi Xuankai, and a few other mischievous boys shouted in a show of bravado.

I wanted to give the new teacher a hard time.

The classroom became even more chaotic.

…………

As Zhou Sixuan prepared to teach her first class, she stared at the chaotic scene below the podium, remaining silent and trying her best to endure it.

She calmly called out, "Please be quiet, students—please be quiet—"

The classroom was still chaotic.

It seems they don't respect her as their teacher at all.

She tapped the teacher's desk with the blackboard eraser.

He shouted again, "Quiet—Quiet—"

However, the classroom was still chaotic.

Zhou Sixuan said angrily, "Do you even have any respect for teachers anymore?"

The classroom remained restless.

Zhou Sixuan angrily slammed her book onto the desk and shouted even louder, "I'm not going to this class! Do whatever you want!"

Seeing that the teacher was angry, the students gradually quieted down.

Zhou Sixuan was still furious: "Anyone who wants to speak, come up and say it!"

The classroom remained silent for a long time.

Zhou Sixuan slammed her hand on the table: "Now that I'm telling you to speak, why aren't you saying anything?"

Huang Xiaoxing, who was thin and frail, timidly raised his hand while sitting in the back row.

Zhou Sixuan pointed at Huang Xiaoxing: "You—stand up and say it!"

Huang Xiaoxing stood up timidly and said hesitantly, "Teacher Zhou, someone just said some unpleasant things about you..."

Zhou Sixuan: "What? Who said I was being rude? What did they say?"

Huang Xiaoxing: "Yes...yes..."

Huang Xiaoxing glanced sideways at Shi Xuankai and Cheng Hongdou.

Shi Xuankai and Cheng Hongdou glared fiercely at Huang Xiaoxing, their fists clenched.

Huang Xiaoxing dared not say anything more.

"I...I dare not say..."

Zhou Sixuan: "Speak quickly, I'll back you up!"

Huang Xiaoxing then said, "It's Shi Xuankai and Cheng Hongdou..."

Zhou Sixuan: "What did they say?"

Huang Xiaoxing: "Cheng Hongdou said that if he were the Emperor of the Immortal Realm, he would marry you as his imperial concubine..."

Hearing these words, Zhou Sixuan's face turned ashen with anger: "What? How rude!"

Huang Xiaoxing continued: "Shi Xuankai also said that if he were the Xuanluo Cangqiong King, he would buy you back as a maid, and beat you or scold you as he pleased..."

Zhou Sixuan was so angry that her eyes were brimming with tears. She slammed the book onto the lectern again.

He snapped, "What a bunch of ill-mannered brats! They're driving me crazy! I can't teach this class anymore..."

After saying that, he stormed out of the classroom.

And then slammed the classroom door shut.

As a new teacher, Ms. Zhou Sixuan never expected that on her first day of class, she would be so angry with her naughty students that she would leave the classroom in tears.