rpbooks Chapter 7: Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 7: Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 7: Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Wang Dong'er looked at the available seats and led Xiao Xiao to choose a seat in the back row by the window.
As soon as they sat down, several girls quickly changed seats and sat in the rows in front of and behind Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong'er with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you grow your hair long?"
"I'm not used to it," Wang Dong'er said casually.
She never imagined that she would be so lethal.
Her short hair wasn't very short; in fact, it was the same hairstyle as Ran Bing from the anime "Ling Cage" in my previous life.
In no time, the classroom was almost full, and the bell rang at that very moment.
As the bell rang, another black-haired boy entered—it was Huo Yuhao, the very same Huo Yuhao that Wang Dong'er had seen that day.
After looking around, Huo Yuhao quickly selected one of the few remaining empty seats and sat down.
After Huo Yuhao, an old woman in a white robe entered through the classroom door.
At Shrek Academy, perhaps the most distinctive feature is color.
The color representing new students is white; whether it's the teaching buildings or dormitories, all student uniforms are white.
The white robe worn by the old woman represents her status as a new teacher.
The old woman stood upright, full of energy, and walked step by step to the front of the classroom, her cold gaze sweeping across the entire room.
Under the old woman's gaze, the previously noisy classroom fell silent in an instant.
After a long while, the old woman finally spoke, her hoarse voice, like a broken gong, made many people frown.
"I am Zhou Yi, your class teacher for Class 1 of freshmen. You can call me Teacher Zhou, or you can just call me Teacher."
"Perhaps you think that passing the registration and assessment makes you a chosen one. But I want to tell you, you are nothing!"
His words stunned many people on the spot.
Just as Xiao Xiao said before, those who can enter Shrek Academy are all either rich or noble, and only a few commoners with good luck can be fortunate enough to study at Shrek Academy.
Therefore, the vast majority of students are arrogant and proud. It's one thing for them to admire Shrek Academy, but how dare Zhou Yi, a new teacher, say such things about them?
Even Xiao Xiao felt immense pressure and a sense of humiliation. She glanced at Wang Dong'er secretly, only to find that Wang Dong'er was so bold as to stare out the window in a daze, as if she hadn't heard Zhou Yi at all.
Zhou Yi looked around and saw the anger and humiliation on the students' faces, then nodded in satisfaction.
"What, you think you can do anything? Well, let me tell you right now, in my class, only monsters can stay. All trash and idiots can't exist."
If what was just a tentative attempt before was now a complete breakdown of relations, these words have now turned many people pale.
Watching Zhou Yi display her prowess on the podium, Huo Yuhao, sitting in the front row, recalled the words of Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who had brought him to Shrek Academy.
According to them, although this teacher Zhou was very strict and had a bad temper, he was truly capable.
On the stage, Zhou Yi showed no sign of ending her lecture. She looked around the room again, but her gaze suddenly settled on Wang Dong'er.
"Everyone who has been in a fight at the academy since registration began, please stand up."
The trainees looked at each other and fell silent.
They've only just entered the academy, who would have the time to fight?
Even Huo Yuhao didn't stand up like in the original story, but quietly sat in his seat, since he had never actually fought in the academy.
"Not a single one?" Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow. "They really are a bunch of useless trash."
Being constantly called "useless" and "useless" would make even a clay figure angry, let alone someone with no abstract reason to fight.
"Teacher Zhou, is it a good thing that students start fighting as soon as they enroll?" someone questioned.
Zhou Yi withdrew her gaze from Wang Dong'er's side and stared at the questioning student, a kind of invisible pressure pressing down on her as if it were a real thing.
"Don't you all know what it means to be a mediocre person who doesn't dare to cause trouble?" Zhou Yi said calmly. "Now, everyone, get out and run one hundred laps around Shrek Square."
"Anyone who fails to complete the course will be expelled from the academy and will never need to come back."
These words caused an uproar in the entire class. Another student immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up, loudly retorting, "I disagree! Why should we be punished for not fighting? Does the academy have such a rule?"
"That's right!" Seeing someone speak up, many students began to echo.
"This teacher really is just like the rumors say..." Xiao Xiao whispered to Wang Dong'er, "And what she said was indeed really too much."
"There's no need to take it seriously," Wang Dong'er said. "Just ignore her."
"Bang—"
Zhou Yi slammed her hand on the podium, and an incredibly powerful pressure suddenly emanated from her. Immediately afterward, six spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—rose from beneath her feet.
The powerful soul energy fluctuations of the sixth-ring Soul Emperor immediately silenced the entire classroom.
"The academy doesn't have such a rule; this is my rule," Zhou Yi said calmly. "If you're not satisfied, you can get out now. I want to see you all running around Shrek Square within one minute, or you'll all be expelled."
"And you too." Zhou Yi suddenly looked in the direction of Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao. Under the heavy pressure of the Soul Emperor level aura, Xiao Xiao's face suddenly turned pale, while Wang Dong'er's face did not change at all, as if she was not under any pressure.
"Don't think I didn't hear your whispers down there. I just heard you say you don't need to take me seriously, that you think I'm nothing, is that it?"
Zhou Yi appeared calm, but everyone could sense the anger hidden in her words.
Originally, the other trainees were already preparing to go outside for a run as Zhou Yi had suggested, but at this moment they couldn't help but look at Wang Dong'er.
"Heh." Wang Dong'er chuckled. "Teacher Zhou, am I a genius?"
"Huh?" Zhou Yi was clearly taken aback, and even the anger that had just been brewing dissipated for a moment.
The other trainees were completely taken aback when Wang Dong'er surprised that she would ask such a strange question, completely deviating from the expected pattern.
"Didn't Teacher Zhou just say that those who are afraid to cause trouble are mediocre? So, am I considered a genius now?"
"You!" Zhou Yi's expression froze, and for a moment she even wanted to laugh out loud.
"Or is it that Teacher Zhou claims to be incompetent for not daring to cause trouble, but actually lacks the courage to challenge the strong and only dares to bully the newly enrolled students?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Dong'er instantly became the student's mouthpiece, nodding in agreement.
(End of this chapter)