Chapter 104: Early Romantic Relationships Issue

s the matter I was just going to ask. Hasn’t the midterm exam results come out""The results are out but Ah Zi’s homeroom teacher didn't tell me. He has requested that a parent-teacher meeting be held...Chapter 104: Early Romantic Issues

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A small diary with a silver padlock appeared in Hao Ren's line of sight.

Is he so bored during class that he has to keep a journal

Holding the diary, Hao Ren hesitated whether or not to open it. For someone like him now, such ornamental locks present no challenge at all.

Will she have written many bad things about me in there Hao Ren wondered with some trepidation.

Or is he secretly infatuated with someone else This thought gave Hao Ren a rather unpleasant premonition.

If it's indeed a journal, it likely contains many of Yao Jiang’s secrets—such as who she dislikes and likes, grievances about certain things, or joys over others—which would be quite intriguing to read.

After some deliberation, Hao Ren decided to put the diary back into the desk drawer without opening the silver lock. Peeking at Zhao Yanzi's private journal seemed overly intrusive.

But if it weren't locked, he definitely would have opened it.

Hao Ren looked down again, curious about what else might be inside his desk drawer.

Thereupon, he unearthed two palm-sized少女漫畫 (shoujo manga), a romance pocketbook, an entertainment weekly magazine, and a guide to star sign compatibility.

Die bratling, reading such things in class. No wonder her grades aren't good.

He casually flipped through the romance novel and lost interest when he found stories about handsome guys who always used protection.

Looking at that astrology guide, he noticed it was filled with highlighter marks—indeed, girls like her tend to believe in such things.

Discovering all these secrets, Hao Ren reached into the corner of the desk drawer, wondering if there were any other valuable items.

Suddenly! Inside the drawer, something snapped and clamped onto Hao Ren's finger. The excruciating pain made him cry out loudly.

Lu Ying’s speech was interrupted by Hao Ren's sudden shout—she finally managed to restrain herself from kicking him out. No matter what, since Uncle Zhuang came today for the parent-teacher meeting, she couldn't appear too harsh.

Holding his trembling hands, Hao Ren pulled back and found a powerful mousetrap biting down on his right finger, causing it to swell slightly.

Using his left hand, Hao Ren tried to pry open the trap. He noticed a photo of Uncle Zhuang on the mousetrap—You dare mess with my things You're dead!

Hao Ren gritted his teeth and stuffed everything back into the drawer, knowing he had fallen for Zhao Yanzi’s trap.

However, he hadn't expected Zhao Yanzi to be so vicious, hiding such a strong mousetrap in there.

Rubbing his swollen finger, Hao Ren really wanted to read that brat's diary. But considering the potential for more traps, he decided against it.

Meanwhile, Lu Ying on stage watched Hao Ren make strange faces and gestures; she was fuming at him. With Zhao Yanzi in her class already driving her crazy, now even her cousin who came to attend the parent-teacher meeting!

Seeing this boy fidgeting around, clearly not focused, his grades must be terrible—he won't get into a key university!

She didn’t know that the Zhao Yanzi she thought was still in high school was actually a college student and one of the best universities in the region—Ocean University.

"Talk a lot. I just hope everyone will pay close attention to their children's studies." ... Teacher Luo Ying didn't have the mood for a long speech, "Next, I'll announce the midterm exam results of the students. The top 15 names! I will read them out loud. For the remaining students' scores, I will directly pass notes."

Upon hearing that the parents' meeting was moving to the main topic, Hao Ren finally gathered his thoughts and looked at Teacher Luo.

However, with Zhao Yanzi's grades, he must also be getting a note, thought Hao Ren.

The expressions of other parents were very anxious and hopeful. If their child’s scores were announced by the homeroom teacher, it meant that they ranked high in the class; this would bring them pride. But if there was no announcement of their child's score, only a note was passed down, then even without knowing their exact grades, others would know that his or her child performed poorly and is at the bottom of the class, which wouldn't be very face-saving.

"First place: Xu Jian Ni, total points 925. Class first, grade second overall. Math 148, Chinese 136, English 130, chemistry 137, physics 135, history 104, geography 98, politics 97," Teacher Luo Ying read out the scores in succession.

Upon hearing such results, all the parents showed envious looks. Without even having to guess, one could see that the mother sitting third row with a radiant expression must be Xu Jian Ni's parent.

"Second place! Cheng Ming, total score 785, class second, grade sixth overall. Math 129, Chinese 109."

Hearing this name and the scores, an middle-aged man with some grey hair sitting in the second to last row showed a look of satisfaction.

Teacher Luo Ying continued to announce the results one by one. The more parents heard their children’s names called out, the more they relaxed. When Teacher Luo Ying announced the rankings around Hao Ren's classmate's place, this man beside him got very excited and waved his head.

Then he nodded at Hao Ren as an apology for his excitement.

Moving on without paying attention to the parents' reactions, Teacher Luo continued reading from her book. "Sixteenth place: Xi Huan, total points 572, grade group fifteenth. This student's main subject grades are decent but is held back by minor subjects. Parents cannot only look at the main subject scores; they also need to focus on improving their child in minor subjects. Math 98."

Right as Hao Ren had given up hope and was getting ready for a note with Zhao Yanzi’s grades, Teacher Luo Ying suddenly read out "Zhao Yanzi's" name.

"Seventeenth place: Zhao Yan Zi, total points 568, grade group sixteenth. Scores in various subjects are as follows, math 92, Chinese 103, English 87, chemistry 84, physics 95, history 78, geography 74, politics 85."

Teacher Luo read the names and scores with a blank expression and an indifferent tone.

Hao Ren became more and more excited as he listened, finding it hard to believe his own ears.

This... This can't be the correct score report.

After announcing Zhao Yanzǐ's grades, Luo Ying added specifically that "Zhao Yanzǐ has made the greatest progress in our class this time, jumping from third-to-last place to eighth place. Her ranking also jumped from 40th to 12th in her grade group. She is one of our grade group’s biggest improvers."

Hao Ren was dumbfounded. It wasn’t until now that he confirmed Luo Ying had indeed announced Zhao Yanzǐ's midterm exam results!

Although Hao Ren knew there was a possibility of cheating involved, the leap from 40th to 12th place was still too unbelievable.

Luo Ying ignored Hao Ren’s expression and continued calmly, "I hope Zhao Yanzǐ can maintain such good grades. Also, please pass on my words to her parents! I need them to continue supervising her well."

Seeing his homeroom teacher act as if he wasn’t important, Hao Ren wanted to defend himself: Hey, the improvement in Zhao Yanzǐ's scores is largely due to me.

Luo Ying naturally ignored Hao Ren’s inner defense. She thought that Hao Ren was sent by Zhao Yanzǐ’s parents to hear her grades, so she continued reporting the remaining students’ results.

The parents of the unmentioned students had pale faces and were even more embarrassed as Luo Ying handed them each a slip of paper one after another.

Just as Hao Ren thought that the parent-teacher meeting would end then, Luo Ying returned to her desk and suddenly said, "The important points about focusing on our children’s studies have all been covered. I've also announced this midterm exam's results in full. The remaining point to discuss is early romance among students."

Like Hao Ren, the parents who had already packed up to leave were now looking up attentively.

"Next, I will call on a few students' parents for individual talks. The rest of you can go back first." Luo Ying looked around at everyone in class and said, "First, Zhao Yanzǐ."

Hahaha, what do you guys think the issue is chair.“Where are you going” His grandma asked with her eyes opened."I’m heading to Zhao Yanzi's mother’s design work presentation and will help out with some tasks.""Oh, it’s about Hongyu Then go ahe...