The Road to Becoming a Son-in-Law

Chapter 330 Substitute Teacher

Chapter 330 Substitute Teacher

"Teacher Chen, it's like this, we came to Luoyang specifically to find you because we missed you so much," Lin Junyuan said ingratiatingly.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "You probably didn't know I was in Luoyang before. Besides, you yourselves said yesterday that you found me by chance, but now it seems like you came specifically to find me?"

The five people who dug their own hole: "..."

If they had known, they wouldn't have said that yesterday. Looking at the people who were still trying to lie, Chen Feng said, "Think it through before you speak."

Seeing the smile on Chen Feng's face, the group shivered. Did they remember clearly the ruthless methods Chen Feng had used back in the academy?

The group looked at each other and nudged one another. Finally, all four of them turned their attention to Lin Shao, who was standing in the center, including Lin Shao's own brother, Lin Junyuan.

Lin Shao: "..."

Amidst the glares of "better you than me," Lin Shao spoke up: "Teacher Chen, the truth is this."

"Because none of us wanted to stay at the academy anymore, the five of us asked for leave together and temporarily left the academy," Lin Shao said, downplaying the seriousness of the matter.

Chen Feng frowned. He knew that Lin Shao and the others would never suddenly want to leave the Martial Arts Academy without a reason, so something must have happened that he didn't know about.

"What's the reason that none of you want to stay in the academy?"

"This..." Lin Shao felt guilty and looked at his four companions, who all looked around at the sky, as if they couldn't see Lin Shao's pleading eyes.

"Teacher Chen, please don't ask anymore." Lin Shao didn't want to talk about it, afraid that if he did, Chen Feng would be dissatisfied with him.

"Why are you unwilling to say?" Chen Feng was determined to find out the reason today. He asked, "I am your teacher. As the ancients said, 'A teacher for a day is a father for life.' Naturally, I need to know what's going on in your affairs." How can he solve the problem if he doesn't know what happened?

"..." The group fell silent at the same time. Looking at Chen Feng, who was about the same age as them, Lin Junyuan said in a low voice, "Teacher Chen, you don't seem to be that much older than us."

Although Chen Feng was their teacher and they respected him, most of them regarded him as their friend. This was simply because Chen Feng was about the same age as them. As for the saying "a teacher for a day is a father for life," they simply couldn't accept someone about their age as their father.

"..." Chen Feng rubbed his temples and said helplessly, "I was just giving an example. Besides, I don't even have a wife, so I can't have sons and daughters as big as you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yubai looked at Chen Feng in surprise and asked, "Teacher Chen, so you haven't won over your teacher's wife yet?"

Chen Feng: "..."

Chen Feng, who had been unintentionally stabbed by his student, forced a seemingly gentle smile: "Yu Bai, could you repeat what you just said?"

Liu Yubai sensed danger and regretted her outspokenness. She said to Chen Feng in a flattering tone, "Teacher Chen, you misunderstood. I misspoke. I absolutely did not mean that."

"Actually, what I want to say is that Teacher Chen will definitely be able to win over his wife. Yes, Miss He Fei is destined to be our teacher's wife."

Chen Feng's expression improved somewhat, but he still remembered Liu Yubai's name.

Chen Feng then looked at the others who were trying not to laugh: "Are you laughing at me?"

"No, no, how could we dare to laugh at Teacher Chen?" The four hurriedly shook their heads and said, "We were laughing at Yu Bai."

Chen Feng didn't bother arguing with these brats and said, "Alright, let's continue with the question from before: why did you come to Luoyang from the Martial Arts Academy?"

"Don't say things like 'I'm tired of staying here and I'm out having fun.' As your teacher, I think I know you pretty well."

Lin Shao: "..." How did Chen Feng know that he was about to say that?

Lin Shaoqing coughed and said, "Of course not. There are other reasons why we would leave the Martial Arts Academy just to play around."

"Then tell me everything in detail."

Lin Shao knew that they couldn't hide it from Chen Feng anymore, so he told Chen Feng the reason for their leave with a guilty conscience.

"This story begins when you, Teacher Chen, just left the Martial Arts Academy," Lin Shao said. "After you left, the dean arranged a substitute teacher for us. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem; it's normal for the dean to arrange a substitute teacher for us after you left. But what's not normal is the substitute teacher that was arranged."

Actually, it's not that he's abnormal, it's just that his attitude is terrible. Not only is he not serious when teaching us, but his attitude towards us is also very bad.

Chen Feng: "Go on."

He knew that Lin Shao and the others wouldn't have asked for leave to leave the academy for these reasons alone.

Lin Shaoqing cleared his throat before continuing, "Moreover, I don't know if it's just our imagination, but this substitute teacher seems to dislike us."

Shangguan Ying interjected, "It's not that she doesn't like it; saying she hates or despises us is an understatement."

“Ying’er is right,” Xu Yun’er said. “Especially towards us female students, their attitude is terrible.”

“We are punished whenever anything goes wrong.”

Lin Shao also said, "And the punishments were never light, it was like they were venting their anger."

Chen Feng frowned upon hearing this. "Have you offended her?"

“No.” Lin Shao shook his head. “At first, we also thought that maybe we had unintentionally offended her without our knowledge, but that’s not the case.”

"Because none of us in the class knew that substitute teacher. Before the dean sent her to teach, we had hardly even seen her, let alone offended her."

Liu Yubai shuddered at the thought of the substitute teacher and said, "Sometimes we even wonder if we are her father's killers."

The other four nodded in agreement with Liu Yubai's words, saying, "We even genuinely believed that we were her father's killers, otherwise how would we explain why she hated us so much?"

When the group mentioned the substitute teacher, their disgust was palpable. Now that their real teacher, Chen Feng, was right in front of them, they couldn't help but feel aggrieved. Lin Shaowa, with a wronged expression on her face, said to Chen Feng, "Teacher Chen is so kind. He has never punished us like that substitute teacher did."

Because Chen Feng was always serious and responsible when teaching them, and could get along well with them, and would also help the students with any problems, over time, the students in Chen Feng's class trusted and relied on him, and rarely misbehaved. Chen Feng also never punished them for no reason, unlike this substitute teacher.