Fired. Awesome.

At the front of Class 16's classroom.

The girl asked softly, "Did everyone understand?"

For once, a Class 16 lesson was quiet and orderly.

Almost nobody was sleeping. Even Lu Xing, who usually paid the least attention, was looking at the front of the room with a serious expression, pen in hand and back ramrod straight.

More than forty faces gazed intently at Zhou Sixue, but not one of them could bring themselves to say they understood.

Zhou Sixue stood at the front, her face red. "Th-then I'll explain it again. Please listen carefully. If there's anything you don't understand, raise your hand and say so, and I'll keep explaining."

"Wow, Teacher Zhou explained that so well. Give her a hand!"

Wu Hao led the praise with an exaggerated shout, and the class obligingly broke into applause.

Zhou Sixue stood at the front, her face as red as an apple, looking a little at a loss.

It was her first time being watched by so many people, and she felt a little ill at ease.

Someone kicked Wu Hao in the back. "Shut up and be quiet! Are we having class or not?"

Wu Hao grinned like a lackey. "Quiet, quiet!"

The classroom fell silent in an instant. Wu Hao said, "Teacher Little Zhou's English is way better than that old hag Hua Xinli's. I declare that from now on, Teacher Little Zhou is Class 16's English teacher!"

"Yeah!"

"Teacher Little Zhou!"

The class immediately chimed in.

Ji Chuxing sat in the middle seat of the back row, ignoring the bunch of crazy chuunibyou kids. She was watching a livestream.

She had only discovered it yesterday, and she was quite interested.

Mainly because it could make money. So much money!

Lounging lazily, she looked up and happened to glance at the front of the room.

Zhou Sixue was nervous, but when her eyes met Ji Chuxing's calm gaze, her nerves suddenly vanished. Holding her textbook, she began explaining the key points again.

To understand what had happened today, one had to go back to when they had driven Hua Xinli away in a rage a couple of days earlier.

Ji Chuxing had already told the principal to find them another English teacher, but someone had probably interfered, so no teacher had been assigned to them yet.

The third year of high school was a crucial time for reviewing material for the college entrance exam. If their lessons were suspended for too long, they would fall behind. Wu Hao, Lu Xing, and the others had been thinking of using violence to solve the problem, but Zhou Sixue ended up being pushed to the front after a number of classmates gathered around to watch her explain exercises to her deskmate.

And one had to admit, her English was excellent.

Her spoken English was exceptionally standard, and the extracurricular books on her desk were all English originals. Ji Chuxing had chatted with her in English without any difficulty, whereupon Zhao Feifei pushed her to the front.

Mainly because nobody dared push Ji Chuxing up there to teach. She didn't even pay attention in class.

Although Sister Fei's grades weren't good now, her mother had held her to fairly high standards in language skills when she was still alive. Listening lazily from her seat, she couldn't help exclaiming, "Little Sisi's skills are practically at a study god's level."

Ji Chuxing nodded, but her eyes remained on the livestream.

Although Hua Xinli was no longer teaching Class 16, she had kept an eye on what they were doing. This was an English lesson, so she had deliberately walked past to see how Class 16 would manage without her. After all, the first citywide joint exam for third-year students was coming up.

But she hadn't expected this.

One of the students from the class was actually at the front, summarizing the key points of the lesson!

These people hadn't thought about her at all, nor were they wearing worried frowns.

This was simply a slap in her face!

Hua Xinli could bear it no longer. Pointing at Zhou Sixue at the front, she said, "This English period is for self-study. What do you think you're doing, making such a racket? You, get down from there right now!"

The words had barely left her mouth when a book came flying at her.

If Hua Xinli hadn't dodged quickly, who knew what state the book would have left her in.

Lu Xing still had his arm in a sling. He drawled, "Oh, who did I think it was? It's Old Hag Hua, who doesn't know a damn thing. We're having a perfectly good lesson here. What the hell is it to you? I wonder if you can get a disciplinary demerit for disrupting a class whenever you feel like it."

"Lu Xing! Who do you think you are?" Lu Xing had talked back to Hua Xinli several times, and she could bear it no longer. Pointing at the Class 16 students, she said with a vicious expression, "You're nothing but a bunch of poor students. Hmph, don't think getting a student up there to teach will do you any good. I'm telling you, you'll never see the light of day!"

"Teacher Hua!"

Before the Class 16 students could do anything, a stern, angry voice came from behind her.

Hua Xinli stiffened and slowly turned around.

To her astonishment, the principal and a gray-haired man were standing a few steps behind her.

Hua Xinli froze, her face turning pale in an instant. "P-Principal."

When she saw who was standing beside him, her legs went weak. She had to brace herself against the classroom doorway to stay on her feet. "D-Director Xie."

The person beside the principal was none other than the veteran director of the South City Education Bureau.

Nobody had expected the veteran director to visit South City No. 1 High School today, much less quietly accompany the principal to observe teachers in class.

The principal was so angry his nose was almost crooked.

He had never imagined Hua Xinli would say such heart-piercing things in front of the students. Last time, Ji Chuxing had said Hua Xinli had a problem with the Class 16 students, but she hadn't gone into much detail. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, he realized this was far more than having a problem with them. She was practically ruining the students.

Director Xie gave Hua Xinli a long look, his expression cold.

The principal took a deep breath and said coldly, "Teacher Hua, you're fired. Apologize to the children of Class 16 immediately!"

"What!" Hua Xinli couldn't believe it. She was a teacher!

How could she apologize to students?

Most importantly, she had been fired?

Was the principal crazy? She was the Set Sail Class's English teacher. If she left, how would the Set Sail Class review for the college entrance exam after such a major disruption?

Once she had been fired from Nanzhong, what school would dare hire her?

Especially with Director Xie right here, she wouldn't be able to survive in education at all!

But Hua Xinli had no choice in the matter. The principal's stern expression left her no option but to apologize.

"No need!" A chorus of voices suddenly rang out from Class 16.

"If apologies worked, what would we need the police for? Principal, we request that Hua Xinli's behavior be made public in front of the whole school."

All the color drained from Hua Xinli's face. She placed her last shred of hope in the principal, but then Director Xie spoke.

"This is indeed a serious problem. She should be made an example of."

Hua Xinli's career was brought to a complete end that day.

There were still ten minutes left before the end of class. Hua Xinli left in a daze, while Director Xie stayed to listen to Zhou Sixue teach the Class 16 students.

Zhou Sixue was quite nervous at first, but when she remembered that even God Ji had praised her English, she was instantly full of confidence.

When the bell rang, she breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear Director Xie ask the principal, "Is this child on your list of students for this year's International English Competition?"

The principal paused and looked at Zhou Sixue. "Did you sign up?"

Zhou Sixue bit her lip. "I could have signed up, but Teacher Hua said our Class 16 wasn't qualified."

Director Xie's face darkened. He was furious.

"If she isn't qualified, is Hua Xinli qualified instead? Since when did she get a say in the International Competition?"

He had also been present for the schoolwide preliminary round, and as he remembered it, nobody's spoken English had been as fluent and standard as Zhou Sixue's.

The principal's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately understood. "I'll submit Zhou Sixue's name."

Only then did Director Xie nod in satisfaction. "It's been a long time since anyone from South City made the top three in the national competition. This year we have a chance to make a push for it."

With that, he turned a kindly gaze on Zhou Sixue. "Young lady, do your best in the competition. I have high hopes for you."

Zhou Sixue suddenly felt an enormous weight of pressure, but she was so excited!

She had wanted to enter the competition three years ago, but Class 16's list of candidates had always been held back.

In the end, the principal took her away. Oh, no, to be precise, the veteran director took her away.

Before the people in Class 16 had even caught on, the whole class suddenly erupted with a collective cry of "Wow!"

Little Sisi was awesome!