Chapter 24 Role Models and Negative Role Models

Ouch, my whole body hurts!

That was harsh!

Zhao Yi woke up in the morning and still felt a faint pain in his buttocks.

Luckily he was young, and could take a beating. Ten or so years later, if he'd been thrown onto a brick road like that, he would have to lie in bed for a few days.

"Violent woman!"

"Be careful not to become unmarriageable!"

When Zhao Yi walked into the classroom, he couldn't help muttering these thoughts as he stared at Lin Xiaoqing.

Lin Xiaoqing immediately glared back at him.

Danger!

Zhao Yi quickly averted his gaze, took a deep breath, and decided not to stoop to a petty level with a young girl. A man should be more magnanimous.

Yes!

Magnanimity is important.

Zhao Yi temporarily forgot about his grievances and sat back down to enter "concentration mode."

Study!

Continuous studying was indeed effective. His knowledge of biology and chemistry improved the fastest, as he had performed all the experiments twice and practiced the corresponding questions. He felt confident attempting new questions as well.

His understanding of math and physics also improved significantly.

Although he still couldn't solve some difficult problems, he could at least understand them.

During class, he could understand the challenging problems through explanation, which meant that he had grasped and applied the basic formulas and theorems.

However, math class was truly unbearable!

That day when Zhao Linlin didn't attend her tutoring class, Niu Lianhua had gone looking for her and had coincidentally seen Zhao Yi. This made her overthink the situation.

Niu Lianhua analyzed the incident with meticulous mathematical logic.

Condition one: Zhao Linlin skipped class to watch a movie.

Condition two: Zhao Yi and Zhao Linlin were seen leaving the mall together.

Condition three: Zhao Linlin had always been a good girl and ranked among the top in school; Zhao Yi was known to be mischievous but had somehow been admitted to the elite class.

Condition four: Zhao Yi was a boy, and Zhao Linlin was a girl.

Combining the four conditions, two possible conclusions could be drawn—

One, Zhao Yi was a bad influence on Zhao Linlin, even going as far as making her skip class to watch a movie with him.

Two, considering their ages, around 18 years old, it was highly likely that Zhao Yi and Zhao Linlin were in a romantic relationship.

Niu Lianhua, being Zhao Linlin's aunt, had practically watched her niece grow up. After splitting from her husband a few years ago, she grew even closer to Zhao Linlin.

Zhao Linlin was like her daughter!

How could such a well-behaved "daughter" suddenly become a troublemaker who skips class, and possibly date a mischievous boy?

It must be that boy's fault!

No matter how Niu Lianhua looked at Zhao Yi, she couldn't stand him.

Whenever it was math class, Niu Lianhua always paid close attention to Zhao Yi. She would scold him at every opportunity and even planned to separate him from Zhao Linlin.

The two were sitting too close together!

See, that wicked Zhao Yi put his head close to Zhao Linlin!

Zhao Yi noticed Niu Lianhua's expression and muttered to Zhao Linlin, discontentedly, "Next time you want to ask a question, can you do it at a different time or during another class?"

Zhao Linlin's eyes flickered. "I really don't know this one!"

"Do you think I'm an idiot? You don't know this question? With your 120-something score in math while I only got 90-something, you're doing it on purpose, aren't you? Every time we have math class, you ask me questions."

"I'm really not..."

Zhao Linlin slightly looked up at Niu Lianhua, then brought her head even closer to Zhao Yi's.

"Hey, there's a thing called 'keeping distance between members of the opposite sex'!"

Zhao Yi extended his palm cautiously, trying to figure out how to push her away without inviting any misunderstandings.

Niu Lianhua's eyes widened in shock!

He's touching her now?

She stormed over without saying a word to either of them, but just passed between the two, like a train attendant?

Just passing by!

Twenty seconds later.

Passing by again!

Twenty seconds.

Passing by for the third time, sorry, excuse me!

Zhao Linlin pouted and looked at Niu Lianhua discontentedly, while Niu Lianhua glared at Zhao Yi fiercely.

"This..."

Zhao Yi noticed the smirk at the corner of Zhao Linlin's mouth and suddenly realized that he might have been caught in some strange family conflict?

That's annoying!

They had Mathematics and English on that day.

Just after Niu Lianhua left, Li Lisheng arrived.

Putting aside Niu Lianhua's attitude, Zhao Yi took Mathematics class very seriously, but he couldn't do the same for English.

Li Lisheng was the Head Teacher of the Senior Three grade and taught English for Class One and Two. His teaching level was quite good.

Also, he was very strict.

Male teachers always seemed to be more authoritative than female teachers, not to mention being the Head Teacher, but unfortunately, Zhao Yi just wasn't into authority.

No matter how authoritative, is it more important than Study Coins?

So, time to sleep.

"Zhao Yi!"

"Zhao Yi—!"

After waking Zhao Yi up twice, Li Lisheng felt his authority was being challenged. He walked over and sternly criticized, "No matter how many points you score in English, you must pay attention when attending my class!"

"Learning is like rowing upstream, if you don't persist, you'll regress. Don't think that scoring high points allows you to be reckless. If I remember correctly, you were ranked 49th when you entered the elite class, right?"

"If you keep this attitude, you'll be in Class B after the next Monthly Test!"

Li Lisheng turned his head and said to everyone, "The same goes for you all, you must pay attention during class. When three people travel together, one should always act as a teacher. Even if the content being taught is simple, listening is like reviewing it again."

"Regardless of high scores or low scores, you must pay attention in class!"

"Zhao Yi is a negative example for you all!"

"All he knows is sleep during class, already in Senior Three, what kind of university are you thinking of attending!"

Li Lisheng's tone was very strict, and the other students listened silently with their heads down, not daring to make eye contact with him.

Zhao Yi seemed unaware that he was being talked about. He responded in an indifferent tone, "Okay, Teacher Li, I got it, I'll pay attention next time."

Not a bit of sincerity.

Li Lisheng's anger flared up, but just as he was about to say something, there was a sudden commotion at the door.

Several people were blocking the entrance.

Among them were Teacher Wang, who taught Chinese; Teacher Sun, the homeroom teacher for Class Three; and most importantly, Wang Chengmin, the principal of No.13 High School.

"Principal Wang, what brings you here?" Li Lisheng hurriedly greeted him.

Wang Chengmin, clearly excited and delighted, ignored Li Lisheng and directly asked the students in the class, "Is Zhao Yi here? Where is he?"

Everyone looked at Zhao Yi, who was being punished with standing.

Zhao Yi pointed to himself, "You're looking for me!"

"It's you!"

Wang Chengmin immediately recognized Zhao Yi and enthusiastically walked over, patting him hard on the shoulder, "Zhao Yi, after hearing your speech at the Senior Three conference, I knew that you were special and truly talented!"

"You will have a great future!"

"Our No.13 High School will be proud to have had such an outstanding student like you!"

Wang Chengmin then addressed the students with great certainty, "Zhao Yi is your role model!"

The students reacted strangely, unable to understand the situation.

Furthermore,

Teacher Li had just called Zhao Yi a "negative example," but in Principal Wang's mouth, he became a role model for all the students?

Wang Chengmin didn't beat around the bush and directly announced, "Three days ago, during the 'Youth Cup' extracurricular knowledge competition, the four students who participated from our No.13 High School scored perfectly, making it to the finals of the 'Youth Cup' competition!"

"And Zhao Yi..."

"Amazing! Truly amazing! He answered all 200 questions correctly!"

"Whoosh——"

The entire class boiled over in excitement.