They've Been Found Out!

Inside the only office on the sixth floor, Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, and Qin Yi sat facing one another.

To show how much she valued them, she even poured each of them a cup of hot water.

Hot water was good. What if they didn't like tea? she thought happily.

Chen Yan looked at the crystal-clear cup of plain boiled water.

Well, what a coincidence. He really didn't like tea, but that didn't stop him from feeling that she was being rather perfunctory.

Seriously, Teacher, you used such nice teacups for plain water? (Principal Qin fainted in the restroom.)

There were two other teachers in the office, one woman and one man, and they both looked over with interest.

"Are you confident about making the rankings?" Qin Man asked the golden boy and jade girl before her, inwardly marveling at their godlike looks.

"Not really," Chen Yan answered falsely, though he looked quite sincere.

"..." Shouldn't you have said you were extremely confident?

At that moment, the smile on her face froze.

The two teachers beside her exchanged looks as well.

After all, these two were geniuses whom the principal and the other leaders had repeatedly instructed them to take good care of! Yet he said he had no confidence?

Qin Man barely maintained her smile and shifted her gaze to the side.

"What about you, Gu Yuena?"

Under her gaze, Gu Yuena decisively shook her head. "Me neither."

Double kill!

What had happened to the world? Were young people these days all promoting the virtue of humility?

Qin Man somehow felt as though she had been left behind by the times, even though she was still a young woman in her twenties who asked her father for money!

"Ahem... Looks like you're both very humble!"

"But you should know that, as Soul Masters, being overly humble isn't a good thing. Soul Masters are constantly competing, and if you're too humble, you'll lose the sharp edge that drives you to improve."

"Right."

"Teacher is right."

"Mm."

"Yes."

Chen Yan echoed along with her. This was far too easy. No matter what she said, agreeing first could never go wrong.

But as Qin Man continued, she suddenly stopped. Leaving aside how Gu Yuena sat quietly, she kept glancing at Chen Yan when she thought no one noticed.

Why did Qin Man keep getting that familiar feeling of being brushed off?

Having always taught good students, she suddenly remembered that she acted exactly like this whenever her father nagged her about blind dates.

The way she looked at Chen Yan became increasingly strange.

"Chen Yan, do you really have no confidence?" Qin Yi asked again, her voice carrying a faint sense of pressure.

Uh, seeing the dangerous glint in the teacher's eyes, Chen Yan thought, Oh no!

What should he do? Was he supposed to say he was confident? Then wouldn't what he said before amount to lying and openly deceiving her? Wouldn't that be even worse?

So he could only brace himself and press on. "No."

Fine, fine, you really insist on being this humble, huh?

Qin Man narrowed her eyes. At that moment, Chen Yan felt as though he were being stared down by a high school dean.

"Very well. Since you have no confidence, I'll make sure to properly guide you in the future."

She probably did not know that in the future, she would be carried to victory without having to do anything.

"You may go back now." Qin Man waved helplessly, signaling for them to return to class.

"Thank you, Teacher."

"Mm."

She gave a soft response.

"What do you think of those two kids?"

As soon as Chen Yan and Gu Yuena left, the young male teacher beside Qin Man lightly pushed against the desk and slid right over to her side.

"They're handsome and beautiful, and their talent is excellent, but I'm afraid they might be difficult to teach."

She held her forehead, looking troubled.

"Difficult to teach? They're geniuses. Geniuses always have a few privileges!" The male teacher laughed. "Back then, weren't we the same?"

"It's different," she said with a frown. "You saw it just now. Chen Yan was clearly brushing me off, and Gu Yuena..." She paused, her teeth grinding slightly. "She practically ignored me outright!"

"Really? It's fine. Maybe they just arrived and are comparing us with their former teachers."

"After we teach them for two weeks, they'll naturally learn how capable we are!"

"If that still doesn't work, we'll have to settle it with our fists."

As soon as he finished speaking, the female teacher beside him swung her little fist at him.

"What are you saying? They're your students! And if anything happens then, even the principal won't be able to save you!"

Rubbing his struck chest, he muttered, "It's not like I don't know that. I'd definitely hold back."

"That still won't do! Your combat experience and mastery of Soul Power are on entirely different levels. There's nothing to compare at all!"

"Fine, fine. No sparring, okay?" The male teacher immediately surrendered when she said that.

"That's more like it." The female teacher gave a coy snort, then crouched down, her voice tinged with concern. "Are you okay? Did I hit too hard just now?"

"I'm fine! You know this body of mine, don't you—mmph!" He patted his chest, but before he could finish, a slender jade-like hand covered his mouth.

"Ah!!! What nonsense are you saying?!"

Qin Man glared fiercely at the flirtatious pair, looking utterly dead inside.

Showing off their affection in public was simply too much!

She viciously picked up the... lesson plan beside her and vigorously wrote XXOO across the blank pages. (She was writing up future teaching plans.)

The relaxed conversation of the two teachers formed a stark contrast with Qin Man's diligent work. She knew that as a teacher, she not only had to impart knowledge but also guide her students to find their own paths. She could not be like those two, who only knew how to flaunt their affection all day. There was no future in that!

Qin Man took a deep breath, her gaze turning firm once more. That was right. Though the road ahead would not be easy, Shrek students never feared hardship. She believed that as long as she put her heart into it, there would be no student she could not teach well.

Then she glanced aside and saw that her best friend had already placed a hand on the man's cheek, her eyes full of tender affection.

Damn it! I can't take this anymore!

"I have class. I'm leaving first!"

With the sound of the door slamming shut, the two people in the office looked at each other.

"Uh, isn't the next class mine?" the male teacher asked, scratching his cheek in confusion.

"Eh, it's fine. Maybe it's that time of the month!" the female teacher said with a smile, though there was a faint gleam in her eyes.

Uncle Principal, I've done everything I could to provoke her! If she still doesn't get it and doesn't feel any crisis over being an old maid, then there's nothing more I can do!

"What are you standing around for? Isn't the next class yours? It's about to start, so hurry up and prepare! This is your first class!"

"Oh." He rubbed the back of his head, completely baffled.

How strange. She had been so gentle just now. Why did she suddenly become like this?