Chapter 248: Chapter 241: Where Did the Dark Horse Come From?


    “Hello, Teacher Wang,” Teacher Jin hurriedly looked up, giving a rather awkward smile. Every time report card distribution came around, she was gued with embarrassment. There was no choice. Her students consistently performed poorly, making her feel as if she can’t hold her head high within the school grounds.


    “Hehe…” Teacher Wang beamed, “This time, I really have to congratte you.”


    “Congratte me?” Teacher Jin pointed at herself,ughing as if she were on the verge of tears. What was there to congratte her for? For once again earning thebel of teaching the worst-performing ss? A status she had carried for several years.


    “Your ss ranked first,” Teacher Wang continued to smile.


    But Teacher Jin felt like crying. It must be the bottom rank. Always the same scenario.


    When Teacher Wang finally left, Teacher Jin breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that if Teacher Wang continued with his congrattions, she might lose her dignitypletely.


    “Teacher Jin…” Another familiar person approached.


    Teacher Jin hurriedly squeezed out another smile on her face.


    “Hello, Teacher Bai. You look very happy. How did this exam go?”


    “Good, good,” The ss that Teacher Bai coached had always been above average. Although it could notpete with Teacher Song’s gifted and talented ss, it still maintained a high college-eptance rate. And this time around, students in Bai’s ss generally performed above average on the exam.<div>


    “Teacher Jin, your ss did really well this time.” Teacher Wang actuallyughed quite genuinely.


    In Teacher Jin’s eyes, this just seemed like a genuine mockery. Her heart ached. Teacher Bai clearly knew her ss’s situation, consistently rankingst every year.


    Could it be that they actually did well this time and got the penultimate ce with someone else bottoming out for them?


    If so, she would indeed be quite happy.


    “Did our ss rank second fromst this time?” Teacher Jin asked happily– not ending up inst ce would already be a huge satisfaction for her.


    “Ahem….”


    Teacher Bai coughed, “Teacher Jin, your expectations are really low, aren’t they?”


    “How can they not be low?” Teacher Jin replied, somewhat despondently. “It’s not like you don’t know, the students I teach… as long as they rank second-tost for me, I wouldn’t consider myself a total failure. At least someone is underneath us.”


    “You’re overthinking it,” Teacher Bai felt that Teacher Jin had stumbled upon some good luck this time, “There will always be a few surprises in this world. Go look at the score board and you’ll know.”


    Teacher Bai didn’t say more. Because saying more just made him feel even more regretful. Why didn’t those students end up in their ss? Being ced in such a mediocre ss— it really felt like a blooming flower stuck in cow dung.


    Teacher Jin was utterly confused. Everyone seemed to be speaking in riddles.


    They insisted on her checking the board. Why should she? No matter how many times she looked, not a single student from her ss would be listed there.


    She was about to leave, yet, almost as if by fate, she found herself in front of the honors board.


    Starting from the end of the list, she started to check one by one. Maybe a few of her students ranked within the top 100. Still, given the overall academic performance of her ss, having any students ranking above 100 was a rarity. Based on her experiences, there were none, so she didn’t need to look for them.


    Just as she was about to leave, she overheard some students chatting about a name from her ss.


    “Where did this Tang Yuxine from? How could she score that high? She came out of nowhere and ranked first. Isn’t it said that their ss is the worst-performing one? But look, first, fifth, eighth, and then twentieth, twenty-second, thirty-fifth… they are all names from that particr ss.”


    “I think those three are from a junior high school in Jiangcheng?” Another student added.


    “Exactly, they are from Jiangcheng County Junior High, we were ssmates. But we weren’t in the same ss,” intervened a student, continuing the conversation. “The trio already had excellent grades in junior high. Tang Yuxin almost scored 700 in the high school entrance exam, and the Second High School wooed her with schrships. Ultimately, however, she chose the Fifth High School. It’s said that the principal of the Second High School turned white from anger when he didn’t get to enrol these three students.”


    With her ears perked, Teacher Jin listened closely while disbelievingly scanning the honors list.<div>


    Indeed, the name at the very top was Tang Yuxin. Within the entire school, only one person held that name,


    That would be Tang Yuxin from their ss. Moving her gaze downwards, the fifth and eighth ces also carried names from their ss, confirmed by the ss names written next to them.


    Especially that first ce, it was exceptionally conspicuous.


    “Hehe… Haha… Wah Wah…”<div>


    Teacher Jin suddenly burst outughing.


    A student from her ss came first. They had a student who topped the ss. The weight of being top in the grade was much more significant than topping an individual ss. Besides, it was impossible for all students in a ss to rank within the top 100. High school had eight sses in total. Even if a ss had gifted students with excellent grades, not all would rank within the top 100. There will always be some dark horses.


    At this moment, from their ss, deemed to be the worst one, emerged a dark horse. Not only did they snatch the throne of first ce in the whole grade, they produced students ranking in the fifth and eighth ces. Moreover, five students from their ss made it into the top 100.


    What used to be considered the worst ss was now clearly teeming with hidden talents.


    Teacher Jin smiled happily, you could barely see her eyes, she wasughing so hard. She hummed a pop song she picked up from somewhere, practically floating back to her ssroom. As soon as she entered, the ssroom chatter died down.


    Teacher Jin nced at Tang Yuxin, who then winked at her.


    For some reason, Teacher Jin burst into tears.


    She wiped her tears and smiled at her students, though her eyes remained blurred.


    “This time, everyone has done a great job. We can now prove to others that we are the best. A single exam cannot define us. We are all growing and improving. And we can seed; we have already seeded this time, haven’t we? Students, have you seen the score board? Do you know? We did a great job this time, even better than the advanced ss of the Fifth ss. Tang Yuxin from our ss topped the grade, Chen Lidong ranked fifth, and Xu Sisi was eighth. We have five students within the top hundred in our grade. We are not worse than others, I’m not worse than the advanced ss. Our parents sent us here for a reason: to learn, to acquire knowledge, for our future, not to be bullied or belittled.”