The last class on Saturday afternoon was English.
Having their favorite teacher, the one who always finished class on time, teach their final lesson before the break was surely a blessing, as far as the whole class was concerned.
If that last lesson had been taught by that fellow Old Liang, it would have been a curse, one hundred percent.
"Stand up!"
"Hello, Teacher!"
Teacher Ye walked into the classroom and jumped at their resounding greeting.
"Why are you all so fired up? You're never this loud normally. You gave me a fright."
Teacher Ye pressed a hand to her chest, looking as though she were gently scolding them.
She had been teaching ever since graduation. Back when she was younger, these high school students had seemed like younger brothers and sisters to her. Now that she was married and had a child of her own, they seemed more like half-grown children. There wasn't a trace of composure in them; a little break from school was enough to get them this excited.
"It's the holidays, Teacher Ye!"
"What do you do at home during the holidays, Teacher Ye?"
"Mama Ye has to look after her baby, obviously!"
"I really want to spend a day being Teacher Ye's baby."
"A two-hundred-and-four-month-old baby, you mean? Who said that?" Teacher Ye adjusted the Little Bee amplifier at her waist, and her voice rang out.
"Zihan, have you no shame?"
"Are your ears on your backside? That wasn't me!"
"All right, all right. Get out your weekly test papers. Don't blame me for keeping you late if we can't finish going through them."
The class immediately knew to stop fooling around and quieted down.
"You all did quite well on this Weekly Test. I think Chen Shi'an deserves special praise!"
Chen Shi'an froze in