Chapter 39 Counter-event

n Lingshan are all girls from Class 5, and they are also staunch supporters of Chen Lingshan. In the current junior high and high school environment, they can be called close friends, but there is als...Chapter 39: Counteracting Incidents

As it was the second interval, there were almost no teachers in the staff room. Xiao Rihua was originally supposed to supervise his class during the break as their homeroom teacher but stayed back because of Su Zan.

Before Su Zan, who had been standing beside him, could recover from the situation, Xiao Rihua felt that this empty staff room would help create an atmosphere of pressure. He didn’t sit down but stood by the door and stared at Su Zan, his voice low and stern after a while: "How can you do such a thing... It has shocked me..."

Su Zan looked at Xiao Rihua’s performance and realized that he was using psychological tactics. This was probably something every teacher knew how to do, especially those from the First High School in the city who had furthered their studies on psychology every year. The most important part of it all was how to apply these techniques in controlling students.

If any other student were here, Xiao Rihua’s psychological hints would have already worked by now, ensuring that they felt extremely guilty and would fall into a trap as he guided them along. However, Su Zan had completely understood Xiao Rihua’s mindset and replied indifferently: "I’m sorry, Teacher Xiao. I really don’t know what you’re talking about."

Xiao Rihua sneered coldly: "Don't tell me you don't remember what you did You need to think more carefully."

Su Zan pretended to ponder and then looked clearly at Xiao Rihua, shaking his head: "I’m sorry. I really don’t know."

Su Zan’s eyes were bright, and he showed no signs of shame whatsoever. Knowing that Xiao Rihua had over ten years of teaching experience, he must have encountered all kinds of difficult students in the past. Even some dropouts who worked outside would sometimes address him respectfully as "Teacher Xiao!" This implied their respect and fear towards him. He was most skilled at exploiting a student’s sense of guilt.

However, Su Zan’s indifferent expression now made Xiao Rihua feel guilty himself and doubt whether there really wasn’t anything between him and Tang Wu. No way! The sight of them holding hands had been so clear to him—he hadn't mistaken it for presbyopia! This Su Zan was a slippery character indeed. Tian Feng had handed him over to him, and he needed to find ways to get rid of him—either from school or at least his class!

Xiao Rihua immediately became serious and tactful, "You two are still so young to start thinking about such things; your mindset is extremely immature. Your most important mission right now is to focus on your grades, as they represent all of your hopes. By doing what you’re doing, it will only make your grades drop even further. The midterm results should be out by now, do you think that you did well in the exam"

Su Can smiled and said, "Teacher Xiao, my grades might not be as good as you imagined, but I also know that they won’t be terrible… From what you just said, I have a rough idea of what you mean. At this stage, my sole mission is indeed to study, without any thoughts of anything else."

Xiao Rihua was furious; he hadn't expected Su Can to be such a headache. He casually took out a pile of midterm Chinese exam papers from the desk next to him and began to rummage through them. It seemed that he intended to have it out with Su Can.

He pulled out the paper marked with Su Can's name, threw it in front of Su Can, and sneered coldly, "Take a look! Do you think you did well"

Su Can picked up the試卷掉在地上的試卷，拍去上麵的灰塵，然後攤開看了一眼，翻到最後一頁摺疊過來遞給蕭日華，“我覺得也不算太差吧。”

蕭日華搶過試卷，期中考試因為是年級交叉分開改卷，所以他也是今天纔拿到他們班的期中語文試題，剛剛纔大致瀏覽了一下，對於蘇燦這種他印象中的差生自然不在他選擇瀏覽的名單上。

所以當他接過蘇燦的試卷時，看到上麵“選擇”、“字句翻譯補充運用”、“閱讀理解”、“作文”四大類總分128分的時候瞳孔不由自主地睜大了一下。

蕭日華罕見地發出了一聲“哦”，又將試卷放回了桌子上。128分的成績在班上至少排在他印象中的前二十名學生，而扣分最多的地方還是作文，如果去掉作文的話，蘇燦的基礎題失分應該在一個很小的範圍內。

他咂了下嘴，畢竟自己的話總得圓一下，蕭日華看了蘇燦一眼，“這樣的成績你覺得可以沾沾自喜嗎？”

"I have said that this isn't too bad."

Xiao Rihua felt a bit choked up at once. After all, he had been viewing Su Can as an underachiever. His current Chinese exam score certainly wasn’t in the league of underachievers; in fact, it might be quite shocking to him if he were still an underachiever. However, if one insisted that Su Can performed poorly, wouldn't this elevate him above the ranks of top students This would contradict his previous statements and trap himself.

"So it was about this matter." Su Can smiled lightly. "I usually seek Tang Wu for tutoring sessions; we’ve always been good friends since before. Yesterday, she just encouraged me by holding my hand. We often encourage each other like that. I didn’t expect you to misunderstand us. We will be more cautious in the future!"

When Su Can said this, his eyes remained clear and unafraid, giving an impression of a pure student relationship with Tang Wu, even making Xiao Rihua hesitate.

Xiao Rihua froze, staring at Su Can不甘心地盯住蘇燦，卻發現除了他明亮的目光，什麼也看不見，心中竟然生出了首次無法收服一個人的挫敗感，點點頭，“注意就是了。”蕭日華坐回了自己的桌子上，頹然地點點頭，看著蘇燦走到門口，心裡又想起今天早上怒不可遏和田豐對抗的事實。如果這件事就這樣不了了之了，豈不是他和田豐之間的矛盾就完全失去了意義？心中不甘驅使下，他又補充道，“你說你最近都在給唐嫵補課，那這次期中考試我要看看你的成績到底怎麼樣！如果不達標的話，你就等著說話吧！”

This was tantamount to a threat. It shouldn’t have come from Xiao Rihua’s mouth, but in his current state of extreme anger, and considering that Su Can was just a high school student, how he chose to deal with a student brought into the class by Tian Feng was entirely up to him. It could also be seen as an indirect act of defiance towards Tian Feng.

Su Can paused by the door and took in these fierce words, merely nodding his head. "Oh."

Leaving Xiao Rihua even more indignant; the most harmful form of anger isn’t losing one’s temper or rushing into battle without hesitation.

It's that cold air which stays bottled up inside your lungs, never to be expelled.

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At lunchtime after school, Xue Yiyang, who had picked up most of what happened, prodded Su Can’s arm. "You really are impressive! The office of the grade group is right opposite Class 3's classroom. Ma Yu and others from Class 3 didn’t go for recess between second and third period lessons and they heard your conversation with Xiao Rihua outside the door. You avoided conflict while also leaving Xiao Rihua unable to take advantage of it. When did you become so unpredictable, Su Can"

Su Can recalled the hushed conversations about him during his fourth-period class. He now understood what was going on but wasn’t as excited or joyful as Xue Yiyang.

If the rumor was true and Xiao Rihua had been sulking, it meant he was waiting to pounce when the midterm results came out. Regardless of how things played out, having a poor relationship with his homeroom teacher wasn’t beneficial for Su Can.

After his rebirth, there shouldn’t have been such confrontations. Although he had always felt forced into these situations, improving relations with Xiao Rihua was the real goal after such confrontations. Otherwise, his actions would be foolish.

The game wasn't over yet; he still needed to be extremely cautious. The outcome of the midterm results would determine everything now. brick carrying," gradually flourished with the rise of the internet in later generations. However, in this era, especially within this inland small city where Xiahai No.1 High School is located, no o...