Chapter 43: Fried potatoes
"Teacher Xiao, those students of yours are really something! Really something!" A tall, thin teacher from the first-year teaching staff spoke as though waiting to see him make a fool of himself.
Some of the subject teachers nearby silently broke into a sweat. The English teacher, Yin Xiaotian, had not seen the students lining up to go onstage, but the dense chatter spreading through the front half of the field had reached him, giving him a rough idea of what had happened. Following everyone's attention, he naturally spotted Su Can and Tang Wu, and became deeply worried for Su Can. Although only one teacher was needling Xiao Rihua at the moment, he represented all those teachers in the surrounding year groups who were usually at odds with Xiao Rihua behind the scenes. Now that Xiao Rihua had lost face, what would he do to Su Can and Tang Wu next?
A physics teacher with over twenty years of teaching experience, who was approaching retirement, pushed up his glasses. A hint of schadenfreude flashed behind them as he addressed Xiao Rihua earnestly. "Teacher Xiao, this is disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful."
The assembly was breaking up now, and the student formations were gradually dispersing toward the classroom buildings. Xiao Rihua, meanwhile, was surrounded by all sorts of people. There were plenty who had come to enjoy the spectacle, wait for his embarrassment, or make sarcastic remarks.
Xiao Rihua glanced toward the students, then feigned bewilderment under everyone's gaze. "What happened? I didn't see anything. I don't know anything about it. It's nothing serious! Our class still had two students selected as municipal model students, didn't it?"
That left those who resented him for taking up the available places choking on their words for a while. Some even stared wide-eyed.