Some quick-handed students had already unfurled the banner, prominently displaying the words "Contemporary Master Teacher."
Silence fell over Cambridge tonight.
The previously noisy classroom suddenly went quiet.
When Dong Wenhao sensed something was wrong, he snatched the "love letter" and quickly began reading it.
However, due to his earlier setup, this farce had already drawn half the class around his desk.
The consequence of such a public display was that almost the entire class witnessed his embarrassing situation.
Only those who were unfortunate enough to be in the bathroom during the break missed this spectacle, though they were later informed by their classmates.
Later, Rongrong's former classmate accurately described this incident as "like a naked man grinding wheat — spinning around while losing face."
Rongrong had been somewhat of an invisible presence in her original class, neither particularly liked nor disliked.
Nevertheless, she received a text message from her former classmate vividly describing the whole incident.
Reading it made Rongrong's usually serious expression soften, as she could imagine the scene, finding it quite amusing.
Rongrong wasn't one to share gossip, but after expressing her gratitude to her former classmate, she unconsciously forwarded the combined messages to their group chat of four.
The other three weren't the type to be glued to their phones, so there was no response for quite a while.
Rongrong didn't mind and tossed her phone aside to focus on reading.
Before bed, Rongrong glanced at her chat windows. Various small group chats were bustling with activity, discussing different topics, though all equally trivial.
Rongrong never participated in such conversations and didn't care much about them. After briefly scanning through the meaningless chatter, she noticed a red dot on one specific chat window before closing her phone.
When she opened it, she saw that Shi Li had sent a schadenfreude-filled emoji thirty seconds ago.
She also commented on how Dong Wenhao deserved what he got.
Shortly after Shi Li's message, the other two members also responded.
Rongrong saw Fu Huixing praising the thank-you letter's composition, which made her curl her lip in disapproval at his apparent lack of sincerity.
Calculating five minutes per act, just their class's "little emperors" would perform for an hour, when the entire New Year's celebration usually lasted only three hours.
Sitting in one place for four hours could literally give someone hemorrhoids.
Even if not for the sake of the students' academic performance, the Class Teacher had to intervene just to spare the entire school's faculty and students' backsides.
Amidst the sighs and groans of most students, the Class Teacher announced this policy.
Worried that too few slots might lead to intense competition and even more rigorous training for just two or three spots, he suggested everyone participate in one combined act.
The students weren't opposed to participating in a single act together — while points were important, so were fun and togetherness.
Some students were already brainstorming how to incorporate all the previously planned activities into one performance.
To prevent thirty-two people from simultaneously letting their imaginations run wild, the Class Teacher gave everyone five minutes for group discussions, after which each group would present one suggestion.
Class Teacher: This way, at least I can turn thirty-two outrageous answers into eight, I'm so clever, hehe.
Shi Li's group was the third to speak, and during the first two groups' presentations, Shi Li realized their answer was quite normal.
Aliali: 6743d32ec4f3f33ac438d8b1
Finally, it was Shi Li's turn to speak for her group. She said, "Our group's idea is to have the entire class perform a choir piece together, as it has a low barrier to entry."
Finally, a sensible answer came forth, and the Class Teacher's tone was gentle as he asked, "Do you have any recommended songs?"
This question hadn't come up during their earlier discussion, as they had used the time to share a difficult problem instead, and the whole choir idea was just Shi Li's quick thinking.
Let alone having any recommended songs — when asked, they had none.
But being a student who always answered questions, Shi Li gave a confident response, "After our group's discussion, we think the whole class singing 'Yellow River Cantata' would be very meaningful. It's such a stirring song..."
[Most importantly, you just need to shout it out, no technique needed, just pure emotion]
Classmates: ......
Speaking of shouting, had she forgotten about losing her voice not long ago?
After all groups had finished presenting, Shi Li realized her group's suggestion was too ordinary.
[I often feel out of place among you all because I'm not weird enough]