1947: With Her, There's Hope

With Her, There's Hope

Class Monitor Lu Xin brought Teacher Tong and the other teachers of various classes in. They happened to hear the loud laughter from the group of people. The laughter was genuine. It was as though they had never separated. The scene made them think they were still sitting in the classroom of Class One, preparing for the college entrance examination.2

"Mrs. Tong, the students in your cohort are still the same as before. I feel comfortable just looking at them."

"It's also the best batch of students I've taught. Ye Jian contributed the most. She pulled the whole class to fight together. Mrs. Tong, she's the glue of this class."

Mrs. Tong was deeply touched by the teachers' words. "Yes, Ye Jian is the best student I've met in my decades of teaching. She's very tenacious and has a pure heart. It's very rare."

"All of us boys call Ye Jian 'Boss' in private. We feel confident when we study with her." The boys who went out to pick up the teachers agreed with what they said. Ye Jian was indeed the glue of the class. With her around, nobody would get lost in life and not know what to do. She was their guiding light.

After a long time, the media would interview the teacher who taught a female general, two leaders of the assembly hall, five provincial government officials, a diplomat, and several big entrepreneurs. They would ask her what teaching methods she used to make these students from Provincial No.1 Middle School achieve such glory.

At that time, Mrs. Tong, whose hair had already turned white, would smile and say to the reporters, "Because there was one person who was the glue of the class. My students all said that with her around, they would always have their goals and hope."

The reporters would then ask Mrs. Tong, who had dedicated her entire life to education, who she was referring to. Mrs. Tong would smile as she looked at the graduation photos of the graduates. After a long time, she replied, "Whoever you think is the glue of this class."

At this moment, the students of Class One did not know what their futures would be like. When they saw Mrs. Tong and the teachers from the various classes standing at the entrance of the venue, they immediately stood up in unison and greeted the teachers respectfully.

Ye Jian loved her two years of high school life. Although there were people like Ye Ying and Yao Jing, all the teachers had stood by her side and dealt with the matters between students fairly. As for the form teacher in junior high, she had already forgotten about her.

Time passed more quickly than ever before, and the students intended to play the whole night. Meanwhile, a few teachers had to go home.

The boys were in charge of sending the teachers off. Ye Jian sat outside with Mrs. Tong and waited for her partner to come.

Mrs. Tong, who had white hair at her temples, nodded gently when she saw that the students she taught were sitting upright and relaxed. She felt gratified. "It's only been half a year since we last met. Ye Jian, you've changed the most out of everyone in the class."

"Even when I'm sitting in front of you, I can feel the valiance of a soldier. This image of you is very good. Seeing that you can still persevere to this day, I believe that you'll definitely achieve something in the future."

She had taught so many good students but Ye Jian left the deepest impression on her. Sometimes, she would dream of Ye Jian walking to the front of the class and explaining the difficult questions.

Such a good student. It would probably be hard to find another one like her in the future.

Ye Jian respected Mrs. Tong very much. When Grandma Ye brought Ye Zhixiang over to create trouble, Mrs. Tong and Principal Cao stood at her front, afraid that she would get hurt.

This was also the most touching moment for her.

After that, she tried her best to help her classmates in order to repay the school and teachers for their sincere protection.

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