However, when the exam started, he realized that he was relieved too early.
The first test was English, and the invigilator was an “acquaintance” who he was familiar with.
Lu Shiman.
Because of the shortage of teachers in Gongshui No. 1 Middle School, Lu Shiman not only served as the homeroom teacher of Xia Yang’s class, but also took charge of the English class for a class in the 2nd year. So, she was in charge of invigilating today.
As soon as Lu Shiman entered the classroom, she took a stack of test papers without raising her head and divided them into several parts for the students to pass on. She paused, then frowned.
Zhu Tong pretended to not notice her presence.
He was here for the exam, not to see the invigilator criticize him. As long as Lu Shiman didn’t come to make things hard for him, he would just continue to ignore her.
A few minutes later, Zhu Tong thought, ‘I was too naive.’
Lu Shiman was like a rabies-infected dog – if she didn’t bite on people, she couldn’t sit still!
During the exam, she stood in Zhu Tong’s place and stared at him continuously.
‘Is she wishing that I will be choked to death by the pungent perfume on her body!’ he inwardly complained.
If his health hadn’t gotten better now, he would have been coughing more than ever.
After barely finishing listening part of the exam, Lu Shiman was still standing beside him, watching. Zhu Tong couldn’t bear the stench any longer. He planned to take a mask from his pocket and put it on.
Lu Shiman still remembered the day when Zhu Tong harmed the students in her class. She found that she was the invigilator of Zhu Tong’s exam room, so she stood next to Zhu Tong to put some pressure on him.
She knew that Zhu Tong got a perfect score in the last mock test.
Obviously the scores in other subjects are so poor, but his English got full marks.
More than once, she heard the English teacher of Class 3 show off Zhu Tong’s English grades and fluency in front of other teachers. She wanted to use Zhu Tong’s other grades to refute it, but she was scolded back by other teachers.
“It’s not a big deal that his other subjects’ grades aren’t that high. His English is so good, and he can definitely have a good career in the future.”
Lu Shiman: “…”
‘What can you do with English grades alone? He only got full marks in one test, can he still get full marks in this test again?’
With the intention of making Zhu Tong poor in the exam, Lu Shiman has been standing by his side since the exam.
Suddenly seeing Zhu Tong put his hand into his clothes pocket, her expression changed, and she grabbed Zhu Tong’s hand directly. “What? Are you cheating on the exam now? Aren’t you too arrogant?”
Her voice was loud, echoing into the silent classroom. It made the people in the exam shocked and scared at the same time.
Zhu Tong was grabbed by Lu Shiman by the wrist, and the mask, which had not been firmly grasped, suddenly slipped from his fingertips and fell to the ground.
He frowned and looked at Lu Shiman, “I didn’t cheat.”
“You are still arguing!” Lu Shiman pointed to the thing that fell on the ground, “This is the evidence!”
She lowered her body and picked up the mask on the ground, and opened it in front of the entire classroom, her determined face suddenly stagnant.
She turned the mask over and over in disbelief.
There’s nothing written at all.
She frowned.
Zhu Tong said solemnly, “I’m not used to the smell of perfume on Laoshi’s body, so I want to wear a mask to cover the smell.”
Lu Shiman looked offended. “You…”
Just before she could speak, she heard a girl next to Zhu Tong muttering, “That’s right, the smell is too overbearing, and she’s still standing here with us…”
Lu Shiman: “…”
She was so breathless that she felt her chest heaving violently, and she slapped the mask back on Zhu Tong’s table. “Don’t do these little tricks during the exam, and if I find out again, it will be treated as cheating!”
Zhu Tong didn’t go to get the mask that she had moved, but took a new one out of his pocket, put it on himself, and then took the answer sheet and began to continue answering the question.
Lu Shiman’s anger continued to bubble up seeing that her warning did not act as a deterrent.
Seeing that Zhu Tong was writing on the answer sheet unaffected, she felt sullen. She turned around abruptly, and “accidentally” touched Zhu Tong’s elbow with one hand.
Zhu Tong’s hand slipped sharply on the answer sheet, and a long trace of graphite smear instantly appeared on the answer sheet.
“…”
Zhu Tong looked at the “destroyed” answer sheet with a cold face.
Lu Shiman also turned her head and glanced, seeing that there was only a pencil scratch on the answer sheet, and she didn’t take it seriously. ‘Anyway, a pencil scratch could be easily erased. A student wouldn’t dare to make a big fuss about such a little thing. It’s just a lesson for him to dare to contradict a teacher like me.’
She turned around and walked towards the back door of the classroom without any psychological burden.
At this time, Zhu Tong suddenly got up, took the answer sheet and walked out.
Lu Shiman was shocked, “Zhu Tong, where are you going? Don’t you know the rules of the exam!”
However, Zhu Tong completely ignored her. He went straight out of the classroom.
If she only found fault once in this exam, he could ignore it.
But she targeted him in such an obvious fashion. He wasn’t that saintly to forgive her.
Outside the teacher, Yang Can went upstairs after inspecting the examination room from the first floor. He turned his head at the stairwell and saw a student walking out of the examination room.
“Student, which class are you from? What are you doing now?”
When Zhu Tong heard his voice, he turned his head and saw Yang Can walking by the stairs, so he simply stood still.
Yang Can quickly recognized him, “Zhu Tong? What are you doing?”
Zhu Tong was straightforward and handed the answer sheet to Yang Can and said, “Yang-laoshi, the invigilator damaged my answer sheet.”
“What?!”
Yang Can’s eyes widened.
‘Such thing can happen??’
He took the answer sheet, and Lu Shiman, who quickly came out of the examination room when she heard the voice of the head teacher and Zhu Tong, suddenly shouted, “What damage? Why is your student spitting blood? Yang-laoshi, please hear my side of the story. During the exam, the distance between the desks was too narrow. When I was passing by, I accidentally touched the elbow of student Zhu Tong, who only scratched his answer sheet by pencil, so it can be erased. That’s it, it doesn’t affect the grading at all. Who would have known that this kid would make such a fuss.”
Lu Shiman was so anxious because she didn’t expect Zhu Tong to be so courageous. He actually directly went to Yang Can, the 2nd year’s head teacher!
But there was only one scratch on the answer sheet, so she didn’t have to be afraid.
Yang Can looked at the answer sheet, and then looked at Zhu Tong.
Zhu Tong added, “Yang-laoshi, it’s not just that. During the exam just now, the invigilator indiscriminately slandered me for cheating. After finding out that it was a misunderstanding, not only did she not apologize, she also had a temper tantrum and it interfered with other students’ exams. Later, when I was filling out the answer sheet, she deliberately bumped my elbow, which seriously affected my test mentality and delayed my time for answering questions.”
He stated in a bad mood, Lu Shiman tried to interrupt him several times, but couldn’t find a chance to speak.
Listening to Zhu Tong’s words, Yang Can’s face gradually became ugly. “Lu-laoshi, explain yourself.”
Lu Shiman’s tone changed, as if she was slandered. “Yang-laoshi, it’s not like this, I just accidentally bumped him…”
“Lu-laoshi’s words are exactly the same as what she said last time,” Zhu Tong added, his tone had a hint of annoyance.
Lu Shiman’s expression changed.
Yang Can asked, “What happened last time?”
Zhu Tong replied, “Last time, the students in Lu-laoshi’s class hit me. She once asked me to forgive them and not pursue any more disciplinary actions against them. But I didn’t agree, so Lu-laoshi said that I’m heartless and unforgiving.”
Lu Shiman: “I…”
“She asked you to let them go?!” Yang Can suddenly glared at Lu Shiman, “Lu-laoshi, is what he said true?”
Yang Can also knew about that scuffle, which led Zhu Tong to cough blood and had to go to the hospital. But he still didn’t know that Lu Shiman was secretly asking him to let them go without any punishment.
Physical violence, especially to such a degree that it injured a student into coughing blood, was serious. Can such a matter be let go just like that?
Lu Shiman was cornered by Zhu Tong in a matter of a few sentences. She clenched her hands tightly, and tried her best to argue, “Yang-laoshi, this is really not the case, just because student Zhu Tong suddenly put his hand into his clothes pocket, I-I really thought he was cheating…”
“Lu-laoshi has been standing next to my seat since the beginning of the test. You mean that I know you are staring at me, and I deliberately cheated under your nose?”
Lu Shiman: “…”
Lu Shiman’s face was pale, and she couldn’t think of words to argue for a long time.
Yang Can didn’t bother to listen to her explanation, so he went directly to the examination room and asked a few students.
The students were hesitant at first, but soon they told him what happened.
“Lu-laoshi really targeted Zhu Tong at first. She kept standing next to him throughout the exam.”
“Zhu Tong wanted to wear a mask because Lu-laoshi’s perfume is really too overpowering. She even slapped the mask back on his table, which scared me to death at the time.”
“She stared at Zhu Tong for so long, then accidentally bumped into him? That’s too careless, right?”
“Isn’t it clear that she didn’t want Zhu Tong to have an easy time when doing his exam? If not, then why would she go to such length?”
The complaints in the examination room made Lu Shiman’s pale face flushed red again.
After figuring out the cause and effect, Yang Can’s expression was distorted to the extreme. He walked out of the classroom again, and said to Zhu Tong, “Go back and continue the exam, don’t let this affect your grades.”
Zhu Tong hesitated for a moment, then nodded and returned to the classroom.
As soon as Zhu Tong left, Lu Shiman looked at Yang Can, forced a smile, and said, “Yang-laoshi, I really…”
“Lu-laoshi,” Yang Can interrupted her. “You are a teacher, how could you do such a thing?”
Lu Shiman looked aggrieved and her voice trembled, “I…”
Yang Can continued, “I am invigilating this examination room now. You go back and reflect on your behavior.”
After a pause, he added, “I will report today’s events to the school and apply to revoke your position as the homeroom teacher.”
Lu Shiman’s face was completely bloodless. “Yang-laoshi!”
Her eyes were full of disbelief.
Revoking her position?
Why?
She just taught a student a lesson!
Because of Zhu Tong, she lost the selection of outstanding teachers in the city, and now Zhu Tong wants to remove her position?
What will the teachers and students in the school think of her when she is dismissed?
Does she still have the face to stay in?
However, Yang Can ignored her. He turned around and entered the sixth examination room, leaving Lu Shima alone in the corridor, too late to regret her previous action.
Because of Lu Shiman’s “delay”, the sixth examination room was allowed to extend the examination time by ten minutes.
As soon as the exam was over, because of the delay in the sixth exam room, curious people asked around. And soon enough, Zhu Tong’s glorious deeds quickly spread throughout the 2nd year.
“You’re awesome, Zhu Tong, you can fight against the invigilator during exam time!”
As soon as he returned to the Class 3 classroom, Luo Suo leaned over to Zhu Tong’s seat and looked at him with admiration.
‘It’s her own fault,’ Zhu Tong thought. However, Zhu Tong didn’t like to discuss these things, so he said softly, “She asked for it.”
“Of course, she just reap what she sowed. I even heard it from the exam room next to yours.”
Luo Suo took the exam time in the seventh examination room, only separated from the sixth examination room by a wall.
Luo Suo continued, “At that time, we could hear the voice of the female teacher clearly next door, and we thought it was really a student who was caught cheating. But lo and behold, there was a plot twist! It’s fine if she didn’t apologize after she had wronged a student, but she shouldn’t have lost her temper like that. She ended up getting kicked out of the examination room by Lao Yang.”
Only students have been kicked out of the exam room by the invigilator, and this was the first time a teacher has been kicked out of the exam room. Truly a rare occurrence!
After an exam, it was rare that the students didn’t nervously compare answers. Instead, they gossiped about the happenings of the sixth examination room.
Zhu Tong was cradling a classical Chinese poem compilation, reciting it line by line. He was a little bit distracted by the noise in the classroom.
Suddenly a box of biscuits was handed over.
Zhu Tong turned his head to look at the gifter.
Shao Ming smiled at him, “Do you want to eat?”
It’s obviously the same smile as usual, but now it looks particularly infectious. It immediately uplifted Zhu Tong’s mood. He nodded and said, “I want to.”
Shao Ming raised his lips slightly.
He didn’t mention it, but in his heart he had the same idea as everyone else, ‘My deskmate looked really good when he woke up.’
The two ate a box of biscuits. When Zhu Tong was checking the time on his mobile phone, he received a WeChat message from Uncle Liu.
‘Ah, things seem to be done.’
A City, Zhu family’s villa.
Since Zhu Tong and Zhu Xin moved out, apart from Zhushou Shan, who is hardly home, only Qin Junhong and his mother remained in the villa.
Qin Manwen enjoyed it, as she no longer had to pretend all the time. But Qin Junhong seemed to have a lot of thoughts these two days.
In the living room on the first floor, Qin Junhong sent Zhou Sui a message. But lately, the replies he received were very perfunctory.
Zhou Sui did not mention the progress of him and Zhu Tong, and only asked him to give some money first, otherwise the transaction would be ended.
Qin Junhong also didn’t know the news that he was blocked by Zhu Tong.
Zhu Tong often didn’t reply to his messages before, so he didn’t think much of him not replying now. He also didn’t send any new messages to Zhu Tong.
But he didn’t know Zhu Tong’s current situation for a few days, and Zhou Sui’s attitude was also very wrong. He vaguely felt that there was a problem, but he couldn’t figure it out.
He finally couldn’t help it, and sent another message to Zhu Tong.
As a result, he received a notification: [The message has been sent, but was rejected by the other party.]
Qin Junhong was suddenly shocked.
‘Rejected?! Zhu Tong actually blocked me?!’
‘How can this be?’
‘Why?’
Before he could understand the situation, the door of the villa suddenly opened, and a figure walked in.
The maid at the door whispered, “Master Zhu, you’re back?”
The man ignored the maid’s confusion. He walked straight to the living room.
Qin Junhong subconsciously stood up and said, “Uncle Zhu.”
Zhu Shoushan looked at him for a while with a sullen face, and said, “I heard that you asked someone to take care of Tongtong in his school?”
Qin Junhong was horrified.
‘Zhu Shoushan knows? Who told him? How much does he know?’
‘Zhu Tong blocked me and told Zhu Shoushan about it?’
‘What does he want?’
Qin Junhong didn’t have time to think about it. He held down the stormy waves in his heart and said as calmly as possible, “Uncle Zhu, who told you?”
Zhu Shoushan said solemnly, “Did you really do that?”
Qin Junhong paused and nodded, “Indeed, I’m worried about Tongtong…”
“Smack!“
A loud slap resounded in the living room.
Qin Junhong, who was hit in the head, looked horrified as Zhu Shoushan’s voice boomed: “You did such a good job!”
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Regarding the issue of low favorability, there are not-so-obvious clues scattered in the previous chapters. Can you guess why Shao Ming’s favorability level is so low compared to his feelings towards Zhu Tong?
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