The commotion in front of the teaching building instantly quietened down. The spectators looked at Sun Mo in astonishment, thinking that they had heard wrongly.
What did he say?
Can't be taught? Wasn't this a tactful rejection?
Jin Mujie glanced at Sun Mo. This reply caused her interest to increase greatly.
Yue Rongbo nodded in gratification. Actually, he didn't like this pair of brothers. He didn't remind Sun Mo because he wanted to test him. He wanted to see if Sun Mo could resist the temptation of being taken as a personal teacher.
Many first-time teachers would become complacent after being bowed to by others and accept any kind of student. Little did they know that this would have a severe impact on their teaching career.
As for Sun Mo, he was very logical.
"Hehe, Teacher, this joke isn't funny!"
Zou An laughed dryly. He had a bad feeling in his heart.
Zou Ping thought that Sun Mo wasn't satisfied with his attitude. Therefore, he kowtowed even harder. "Teacher Sun, please accept me as your student!"
"I've already said that I'm just an intern teacher. I'm afraid that I won't be able to teach you guys and would waste your time."
Sun Mo tactfully rejected.
Hua!
A commotion broke out. This time around, even a fool could understand that Sun Mo didn't want this pair of twins. But why?
To be able to make two teachers fight over it, he must be a genius, right? Moreover, some teachers had seen the information booklet, and the brothers' rankings weren't bad.
Li Ziqi hurriedly tugged at Sun Mo's sleeves and used her hand to cover her mouth. She asked in a low voice, "Teacher, did you say something wrong?"
"Get up. I'm sure you'll meet a better teacher."
Accepting a disciple was a major matter, and Sun Mo wouldn't be rash about it. From Zou Ping's attitude after he won against Zou An, as well as the few favorable impression points he contributed, Sun Mo didn't think highly of this student.
There was no other reason than that he was indifferent.
As for Zou An, Sun Mo simply didn't want him.
"Teacher, why?"
Zou Ping was perplexed. "We come from a herbology family, and our aptitude isn't bad either. Ever since we participated in the student recruitment meet, we've been recruited by many teachers. How can we not catch your eye?"
"Get up. He doesn't even fancy you, so why are you still calling him teacher?"
Compared to his elder brother, Zou An was a lot more ambitious. However, he still had the temperament of a young man. After saying these words, everyone could sense the resentment in his heart.
"Is Sun Mo a fool?"
In the crowd, Yuan Feng was dumbfounded. If it were him, he would definitely agree.
With a pair of wealthy students, they would surely have to show their filial piety every year and other festivals. Their days would also be better. However, Sun Mo actually rejected them? Was he an idiot?
"Haha! Haha! " Qin Fen was so angry that he started laughing. He stared at Sun Mo. "Since you look down on them, why do you still want to compete with me?"
"You were the one who wanted to compete with me!"
Sun Mo shrugged.
Qin Fen was stunned. When he thought about it, it was true. Sun Mo hadn't even said a single word, but he and Yuan Feng had already scolded him. After that, they had arranged a duel.
From the start to the end, Sun Mo had never clearly expressed that he wanted to take this pair of brothers as his disciples.
"I'm so cheap!"
Diligent muttered, wishing he could slap himself.
"Did you just realize it?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
"You …"
Qin Fen was angered to death. The main reason was because Sun Mo had obtained Xuanyuan Po and Li Ziqi. If not, he wouldn't have flaunted that this pair of brothers wanted to acknowledge him as their master in order to regain his face. In the end, everything was over now.
"Hehe, teacher has such a venomous tongue!"
Li Ziqi nudged Lu Zhiruo with her elbow.
"Yes! Yes! "
The papaya girl nodded repeatedly. After that, she felt a little happy. It was really good that Sun Mo could accept her!
"Let's go!"
Sun Mo didn't wish to be surrounded. He called out to the two girls and turned to leave.
The surrounding crowd automatically opened up a path. The intern teachers among them looked at Sun Mo with complicated emotions. However, most of them felt depressed and unhappy.
(You are just an intern teacher, yet you still want to pick your students?) (Who gave you the courage?) If it was them who encountered a student wanting to acknowledge them as their master, they would rush over immediately.
"I've already said it. How can they be worthy of Teacher Sun?"
After seeing the Zou brothers failing to acknowledge Sun Mo as their master, Qi Shengjia felt at ease. He also retracted the little hope in his heart. His aptitude wasn't even comparable to theirs. In that case, it was even more impossible for him to succeed.
Qin Fen watched as Sun Mo left. Suddenly, he clasped his fists and shouted, "Teacher Sun is truly impressive. Most probably, you will be able to trample on Liu Mubai and Fang Wuji soon, becoming the number one great teacher in Jinling!"
Yue Rongbo frowned. This fellow's heart was so dirty.
As the saying went, three people would become a tiger. With so many people watching, if he casually spread this sentence when he returned, the final meaning would change.
Qin Fen wanted to establish two great enemies for Sun Mo.
In Jinling, Liu Mubai and the Myriad Daos Academy's Fang Wuji were the two great teachers who were in the limelight. Qin Fen clearly wanted to put Sun Mo on the same level as them.
Qin Fen and the Zou brothers had already left before the onlookers had even dispersed. There was nothing they could do about it. It was too embarrassing.
"Teacher Qin, do you hate Sun Mo?"
Zou An caught up to Qin Fen in a place where there was no one around.
"What do you think?"
Qin Fen sneered.
"Please accept us as your disciples and let's counterattack together. We must teach that Sun Mo a lesson, and I will defeat all of his disciples."
Zou An said this through gritted teeth, each word stained with blood.
Zou Ping had an indignant look on his face. Although he looked down on Qin Fen, he also knew that after being publicly rejected by Sun Mo, it wouldn't be easy for him to acknowledge a teacher again.
Who wouldn't have some pride? If there were teachers who accepted the Zou brothers that Sun Mo didn't want, wouldn't that mean that they were inferior to Sun Mo?
Picking up leftovers that others didn't want was not a nice thing to say.
"You want to acknowledge me as your master now? It's too late. As for revenge, I will do it myself! "
After Qin Fen said that, he turned and left.
He had been abandoned by this pair of brothers before. How could he accept them again? If the graduates of Jixia Learning Palace didn't even have this bit of ambition, they might as well commit suicide.
Seeing Qin Fen leave, Zou Ping had a bitter look on his face. "What should we do now?"
"What else can we do? Think of a way to enter the Myriad Daos Academy! " Zou An didn't have the face to continue staying here. After exiting the school, he turned his head and stared. "Just wait and see. I'll definitely kill my way back. I'll make Sun Mo, who underestimated me, kneel down and admit that his decision today is the greatest mistake in his life!"
...
In the headmaster's office in the office building.
In the evening, Zhou Lin, who had heard the rumors, ran over anxiously.
"Eldest Miss, have you heard?"
Zhou Lin was very anxious.
"Heard what?"
An Xinhui stood before the floor-to-ceiling window. Her moon-white long robes were spotless.
"Sun Mo won the spar between him and Qin Fen!" As Zhou Lin spoke, her anger surged. "The crux is that even if he won, why did he have to humiliate the Zou brothers?"
"And then?"
An Xinhui asked.
"After losing so much face, the Zou brothers will definitely go to other schools. I've checked, the aptitude of those two brothers isn't bad."
Zhou Lin was very anxious. "Our school needs excellent students now. We can't miss out on any of them. Also, Sun Mo, what qualifications does he have to reject them?"
"Why can't he reject them?"
An Xinhui's tone was calm.
"He... he's an intern teacher!"
From Zhou Lin's point of view, since there were students who were willing to follow Sun Mo, he should be burning incense in celebration. How could he be picky?
An Xinhui fell silent.
"Qin Fen is really stupid. He must have looked down on Sun Mo because he's from the Songyang Academy. In the end, he suffered a loss and will surely learn a lesson."
Qin Fen was headhunted by the Eldest Miss, so Zhou Lin had high hopes for him. She didn't expect the start to be so bad. This would cause the school's upper echelons to doubt the Eldest Miss's ability to judge people.
"Are you done speaking?" An Xinhui pinched her forehead. "If you are, go and prepare 1,000 taels of silver and send it to Teacher Zhou Song on my behalf."
"Huh? What's wrong? " Zhou Lin was shocked. She thought of Liu Wenyan yesterday and couldn't help but ask, "Could he have resigned as well?"
"Yes!"
An Xinhui drew in a deep breath.
Zhou Lin subconsciously looked toward the office table. There were three opened envelopes on it. This caused her heart to tremble. "Who else resigned?"
"See for yourself!"
An Xinhui didn't wish to mention those names.
Zhou Lin grabbed the envelope and glanced at the inscription. After that, she called out, "Why did Qin Fen resign as well?"
"He has lost so much face. How could he not resign?"
An Xinhui would be disappointed if Qin Fen didn't leave. A good teacher should have pride.
"No, we must pull him back. He's a graduate from the Jixia Learning Palace." Zhou Lin grew anxious. "We've only recruited three graduates from the Nine Greats this year. If another one leaves, the Myriad Daos Academy will laugh at us to death."
The job-hopping incident in the school was very serious. If even teachers couldn't stay, putting aside the fact that the quality of the school's teaching staff would drop, just the reputation of the school alone would plummet.
If they couldn't even recruit graduates from the famous schools, it meant that the school no longer had any attraction.
One must know that during the student recruitment meet ten years ago, there would be a slogan saying how many intern teachers were from the Nine Greats this year.
"Qin Fen should be somewhere not far from the school's entrance."
An Xinhui smiled lightly.
"Mn?"
Zhou Lin didn't understand.
"He has lost face. The only way to redeem it is to resign and be invited back by me."
An Xinhui looked at the grass on the campus and no longer explained. The Central Province Academy might have declined, but it wasn't to the extent where it had to lower itself to beg others to stay. Even if the school was to be abolished, it would die standing.
Of course, if Qin Fen lost, it wouldn't be in line with An Xinhui's aesthetics. As the top graduate of the Heavenly Mystery Academy in Cloud Province, her judgment was very high. Since she had already judged wrongly once, she wouldn't make the same mistake a second time.
Zhou Lin no longer said anything. She knew the temper of the eldest miss. Once she had made a decision, she wouldn't change it. Moreover, the eldest miss hated it the most when others schemed against her. "Hmph, wanting to use the eldest miss to raise his status? Don't even think about it! "
"Go and send Teacher Zhou Song off!"
An Xinhui instructed.
Zhou Lin looked at Zhou Song's resignation letter and her face was filled with reluctance. That old man had said that he was old and useless. But after seeing Sun Mo's performance today, he felt very gratified and congratulated Headmaster An for finding a good fiancé. In addition to Gu Xiu, Liu Mubai, and the other teachers of the younger generation, the school wouldn't have to worry about their future.
"This is all nonsense. That old man was still saying confidently a month ago that he would live and die together with the school. Right now, he clearly can't bear the pressure and wants to distance himself from this muddy water."
Zhou Lin was so angry that she wanted to tear up the resignation letter. How could Sun Mo be considered a good fiancé? Zhou Song must be blind.
"Do as I say!"
An Xinhui didn't wish to explain. She still had a lot of work to do.
"Alright then!" Zhou Lin had no choice but to do as she was told. Before she left, she reminded, "Eldest miss, you better quickly go and warn that Sun Mo. Don't cause any more trouble."
Not long after Zhou Lin left, she ran back anxiously. It was because she had gone to inquire about Sun Mo's matters. She discovered that this fellow had done something even crazier than rejecting the Zou brothers. He had actually gone against the year head, Lian Zheng, who was also a 1-star great teacher, and had even accepted a student who was clearly trash.
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