Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 820: Joining the Translation Agency 3

Chapter 820: Chapter 820: Joining the Translation Agency 3

No matter how busy she was over the years, He Zhilan had always remembered that promise—either before winter or right before the Spring Festival, she would always hand-knit a sweater for He Teng.

He Teng glanced indifferently at the spring-breeze-like smiling He Zhilan before quietly moving away, putting things in her room.

The political commissar’s wife was thrilled to know that He Zhilan would stay at the military compound. Although there was some age difference between them, out of all the military families, she really got along with He Zhilan. He Zhilan wasn’t arrogant, she was amiable, and when they were together, the age gap seemed nonexistent.

That evening, both families had dinner together. He Zhilan helped the political commissar’s wife with the cooking. Five people from two families sat at one table—it couldn’t have been more lively.

"Sister Zhilan, did you know? After you left, many of our classmates really missed you. And, our homeroom teacher said some things that made us all cry," Chen Ya’nan said while sitting next to He Zhilan. After He Zhilan resigned from school, the senior third-year and second-year English classes were immediately suspended, and the original senior third-year English teacher was transferred to teach the first-year students.

"What did he say?" Chen Zheng, the political commissar, became interested and followed up, "Isn’t your school incompetent? Such a big institution, with thousands of students, and only three English teachers? The times are different now compared to when we were young. Look, aren’t there more foreigners on the streets now than there were in the early years? Our country is developing, introducing foreign investment to boost the economy. So many foreigners are optimistic about the prospects of our country’s development; they all come here to start companies and factories. Our domestic companies are also going abroad, making money from foreigners. Learning a foreign language has become a particularly important means of communication. Being able to learn another language is beneficial for you all!"

"I know! But many of my classmates just don’t take it seriously!" Chen Ya’nan said, "This subject isn’t even offered in many schools! Besides, it’s not included in the college entrance examination, so they all feel that learning this is a waste of time! During Sister Zhilan’s classes, they would just do their own homework, hardly a few would listen to her lecture! I’ve heard that the remaining English teacher barely teaches; most of the time, the students are left to self-study."

"It’s not the teachers’ fault," He Zhilan sighed. That teacher entered the school with the same passion as she once had, but it was snuffed out by the students’ indifferent reactions. The teacher worked hard to deliver lectures, but the students were doing their own homework. Most of the time, when she asked a question, there was no response at all, which is why later that teacher simply let everyone study on their own.

"Our homeroom teacher told us that Sister Zhilan is a particularly amazing teacher; knowing that everyone lacked enthusiasm for the subject, you never gave up on imparting knowledge to us. You worked from morning till night, even harder than him as the homeroom teacher, without ever complaining or getting angry. You never spoke ill of any mischievous students to other teachers. He also said you’re a teacher with outstanding abilities; you got into Capital University with excellent academic performance, served as a translator for foreigners at a young age, traveled abroad, and started your own company."

Chen Ya’nan took a quick sip of water before continuing, "Anyway, our homeroom teacher praised you a lot, touching our classmates deeply. Later, someone told me, now that you’re not at the school anymore, in fact, everyone misses your classes. They feel especially bad for not paying attention during your lessons. They also asked me to inquire whether you would return to teach after recovering from your illness?"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.