Chapter 301: – Why didn’t you figure it out yourself?
Teacher Lin was a good teacher, at least that's how Chen Xinya felt.
As for Lin Jin, he only saw Teacher Lin as a multi talented teacher with a bad taste.
On the way to the dance studio, Chen Xinya told Lin Jin about Teacher Lin.
Teacher Lin seems to know everything. English, physical education, yoga, art, singing, and dancing. It could be said that she was proficient in everything, but not exactly a master at everything. Among them, the ones she was best at were singing and dancing.
So, unlike other teachers who were divided into different departments and focused on the students of that department, Teacher Lin was more like a brick, moving to wherever she was needed.
If there was a need for a physical education teacher, she would go there. If there needed an English teacher somewhere, she’d go there too. If there were any events or singing competitions to be held in the school, she would be sent as the coach. If a dance competition needed some guidance, it would be her.
Although she usually looked quite free teaching physical education class or an English class every now and then, she would sometimes be so busy that her feet could barely touch the ground.
While talking about Teacher Lin, Lin Jin walked for over ten minutes before finally arriving at the same Building A they had used to practice for their performance before. There was a huge dance studio and he followed Chen Xinya inside.
Currently, there were over a dozen girls in dance attire standing inside, chatting and laughing with each other. When they saw Lin Jin, they didn’t seem confused, simply wondering if the teacher had added another person. The tight fitting outfits on these girls with good figures made Lin Jin, a man, blush. Though, he thought he might look just as good in them.
Teacher Lin was sitting at the front of the room, on her phone with her head down. Hearing the door open, she looked up and immediately saw Lin Jin beside Chen Xinya peeking at the other girls in the room.
Chen Xinya simply took off her coat, revealing her good figure accentuated by the dancing outfit, and got straight to the point with Teacher Lin: "Lin Jin said he wants to learn to dance from you."
"Learn dance?" Teacher Lin raised an eyebrow. She waved Lin Jin over and asked, "Why the sudden interest in dancing?"
"I just want to learn it" In order not to be rejected, Lin Jin deliberately said in a cute voice. He also leaned forward without hesitation and began massaging Teacher Lin’s shoulders with a smile on his face. "I know you’re busy, teacher. Just teach me a bit while you’re teaching them?"
"My fees are pretty high" Teacher Lin saw Lin Jin asking for a favor and squinted happily. She crossed her legs and continued pretending, "I charge a lot for private lessons outside. Usually one to two hundred per hour."
"So tell me, how much should I charge you?"
Of course, Lin Jin knew Teacher Lin was probably just joking and wouldn’t really charge any money, so he felt no pressure responding.
"Not much" Teacher Lin leaned close to Lin Jin’s head and whispered in his ear, "Just go out shopping with me and act as my clothes rack or something. We can consider that your tuition fee. How’s that?"
"Definitely in women’s clothes, right?" Lin Jin’s face was full of despair.
"What else? You still want to wear men’s clothes? Your men’s outfits are so ugly."
Bah. With a person as handsome as me, I’ll still look handsome in both men’s and women’s clothing, okay? How could it be ugly?
"I’ll start rehearsing the dance first, you watch from the side for a bit.
Teacher Lin glanced at the clock on the wall and realized it was already seven o'clock, so she stood up to start rehearsing the school dance team’s dances with the girls first.
These girls in the dance team were set to participate in a college student dance competition in the city in June. Or so he heard from Chen Xinya. The dance choreography was mostly fine now, but the students still struggled with the rhythm, coordination, and some challenging movements. They would practice almost every day, hoping to achieve good results.
A good performance would not only bring glory to the school, but also add a little boost to their resumes. And most importantly, there was prize money.
Lin Jin thought about it and almost wanted to join the dance team himself, but then he realized it would be quite weird for a guy to mix in.
Even if it wasn’t outwardly weird and perhaps no one but Chen Xinya would know Lin Jin was male if he didn’t say anything, Lin Jin himself felt it would be extremely out of place.
Even though he looked no different from the girls and his habits and mental state had shifted more towards those of a girl, Lin Jin still felt very much a man at heart.
After waiting half an hour, Teacher Lin was finally somewhat satisfied and let the girls practice on their own while she went back to Lin Jin to teach some basics.
"You’re a bit hunched over" was his first comment.
"Mm."
Although Lin Jin was usually very conscious of his appearance, he had unconsciously developed a habit of slouching. During his rebellious phase, he had imitated these characters from TV dramas with his hands in pockets, slightly stooped, and a cigarette in his mouth. He thought it looked incredibly cool at the time, but after his awkward teenage phase, he realized it just looked stupid.
But the habit had been formed. Even if he put in effort to correct it, it was extremely difficult to break this habit. Now, whenever Lin Jin relaxes, his shoulders would involuntarily hunch and his waist would slightly bend. It wasn’t noticeable at a glance, but it really didn’t look good when scrutinized.
"So you go stand against that wall, we’ll straighten out that bad posture" Teacher Lin said emotionlessly, pointing to the corner. "Shoulders, waist, butt, thighs, calves. All against the wall, no slacking at all. Half an hour."
"Ah?"
Lin Jin looked completely baffled.
"Since you want to learn dancing, you need to max out every posture. High difficulty moves aren’t a big issue for you, but dance is actually about form. If your form isn’t good, it doesn’t matter how well you dance" Teacher Lin seriously spoke a bunch of nonsense to Lin Jin. In reality, she just wanted to send Lin Jin off to the side so she could rest for half an hour.
"Then why didn’t you say that earlier?" Lin Jin scratched his head and sighed, at a complete loss with evil teacher.
"Why didn’t you figure it out yourself?"
What the f*ck? If I could figure it out myself, would I still need you?
Lin Jin impolitely rolled his eyes at her, but could only resign himself to stand in the corner like a "time out".
Truth be told, Lin Jin actually had quite a good impression of Teacher Lin. The teacher was close to his age and he got along with her more like a friend. There was none of the typical authoritative teacher vibe at all.
Yeah, but that's no excuse for treating me like this!