After the game went offline that day, I looked as pale as death.
I originally played the game because I was in a bad mood, but who knew that I would be fooled by that PK maniac Du Ye Xing. Not only was I tricked out of the country, but I was also stuck at the resurrection point of the neighboring country and couldn't get out. The possibility of being a white-faced player was as high as 99%...
"Why am I so unlucky!" I held my head and wailed, "God, can you make me even more unlucky?"
Practice has proved that God really dares to do so - because the next day when I walked into the college gate with my schoolbag, I found that many classmates gathered together whispering and pointing at me.
"Look, there she is."
"Oh, she looks like a quiet girl. Was it really her who caused a scene in the square and ruined Han Yebin's confession?"
"Tsk tsk, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Besides, the power of love is great, and jealous women are the most terrible!"
I:"……"
Last night, I was so mad at that bastard Du Ye Xing that I almost forgot that there was a bigger problem at the academy! It's only been a day, but my "glorious deeds" have spread all over the academy. It's getting more and more outrageous. Plus, Han Yebin said such a cruel thing before, how can I stay in the academy safely...
I walked into the classroom with a sad face and a heavy heart like going to a grave. As soon as I entered the classroom, it was silent, and countless eyes were directed at me, making me feel so ashamed that I just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"It turns out that Miss Ling is here." A sharp female voice interrupted the strange silence at the scene. I looked in the direction of the voice, and my heart suddenly skipped a beat - it was Tong Weiwei, the notoriously mean and sharp-tongued girl in the class, and more importantly... she was An Mujin's best friend!
"People who dare to make a scene in public and break up other people's relationships are really different. They are really shameless. If it were me, I would not have the face to come to school." Tong Weiwei raised her eyebrows and said with a fake smile, "Everyone knows that there is a brainless and shameless girl in Class A of Year 2? It's really embarrassing to be in the same class with such a person!"
My face flushed, and I bit my lip without saying anything. If it were any other time, I would have cursed back, but now I felt guilty and lacked confidence. I was eager to calm down this trend, so how could I dare to argue with Tong Weiwei?
Just when things were awkward, someone suddenly stood up, causing the chairs to bang against each other with a harsh sound.
"Tong Weiwei, don't go too far!"
I opened my mouth slightly, and even Tong Weiwei was stunned for a moment - the man who stood up in indignation was called Xu Wenfeng, the top student in our class. However, although he was known as a top student, he did not look like a good student at all. Instead, he was like a child, hanging out wherever there was fun, laughing all day long and not serious at all. Today was the first time I saw him showing such an angry and serious expression.
"It doesn't matter if outsiders don't know!" Xu Wenfeng's cold face made people feel unfamiliar, but he had a kind of manly intimidating aura. "But we are classmates with Ling Jiantong, and we all know what kind of person she is. Does she look like the kind of person who would destroy other people's relationship out of jealousy?" He paused, glanced in my direction, and said in a loud voice.
"Anyway, I don't believe it!"
The class was silent for a moment, and then there was a commotion, with voices coming one after another.
“Hey, I don’t believe it either.”
"Based on Xiaotong's personality, there must have been some misunderstanding that ruined her confession, right?"
"Haha, I think so too! She is usually confused!"
Everyone was laughing and joking, and my heart was warmed. I felt that the sunlight outside the window was warmer and gentler. Tong Weiwei opened her mouth for a long time, her face turned pale with anger, but in the end she said nothing and could only stare at me fiercely. I smiled at her and walked back to my seat lightly. It happened to be my duty today. I put away my schoolbag, went to the balcony to get a broom, and hummed a song while sweeping the corridor.
It's break time now, people are coming and going in the corridor, many people are looking at me with inquiring and sarcastic eyes, but I don't care anymore. Life is not satisfactory, even if I have bad luck all the time, as long as I have friends who support me and accompany me, then I don't need to care about other people's eyes.
As class time got closer, there were fewer and fewer people in the corridor. After cleaning the last area, I turned around with a sense of relief and almost bumped into someone.
"oops!"
I was startled, but when I looked carefully, a smile appeared on my face.
"Xu Wenfeng, it's you."
Xu Wenfeng looked at me, his usually cheerful and optimistic face now had a worried look on it, as if he was hesitant to speak. After a while, he said, "Ling Jiantong, rumors are spreading everywhere now, can you handle it alone?"
"Ah?" I was stunned for a moment, then scratched my head. "Although it's a bit troubling, it's okay... Well, I just need to be thick-skinned. The storm will eventually calm down." I thanked him sincerely. "Thank you so much for what you did just now. I didn't expect you to stand up and speak for me."
"Haha, that's nothing." Xu Wenfeng waved his hands coolly and said cheerfully, "It's only natural to protect the person you like!"
I still had a grateful expression on my face: "But I'm still very grateful to you... What?" I suddenly widened my eyes, wondering if I had heard it wrongly, "You, what did you just say?"
Xu Wenfeng blinked, his expression innocent and pure: "I said, it is natural to protect the person you like! Is there anything wrong with this sentence?"
The sentence is fine, but there is a big problem with the content!
My mind was confused for a moment, and I felt that I couldn't speak clearly: "You, you said that the person you like... No, it can't be..."
"It's you!" Xu Wenfeng smiled very naturally.
I'm petrified.
"Xu Wenfeng!" Just at this moment, a voice called out to him from the class, "Come here!"
"Oh! Got it!" Xu Wenfeng responded, then smiled at me, turned around and went back to the classroom, leaving me with a dazed look on my face.
"Oh, what an idiot." A sarcastic laugh suddenly came from my ear, "That person was confessing to you, and you didn't even hear that?"
I couldn't help but murmur, "Confession...ah? Confession?"
I came back to my senses with a start and instinctively looked in the direction of the voice. When I saw the person standing next to me, my expression froze again.
How, how could it be him?
The black-haired boy in front of me, with his arms folded and looking at me with disdain, was Han Yebin. He glanced at me coldly, and I shuddered immediately. I tried hard for a long time before I could barely force a smile - although I think it would definitely be uglier than crying.
"Hello, Han. What a coincidence."
"Humph, thanks to someone, I'm not feeling well at all now." Han Yebin raised his eyebrows with a cold smile, "And this is not a coincidence, I came here specifically."
"Ah? You came here specially?" My heart skipped a beat. "Is there something you want to do?"
Han Yebin suddenly moved closer: "What do you think?"
I swallowed and murmured, "You, you are not here to settle accounts with me for what happened yesterday..."
Han Yebin's eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled, but I knew that he was hiding a knife behind his smile: "You are not stupid."
"You may think I'm quibbling, but I really didn't mean it! That was a complete misunderstanding!" Although I wanted to explain it properly, under his sharp gaze, I seemed to lack confidence. "I apologize to you, or I can apologize to An Mujin! If you blame me for ruining your relationship, you can also let me help you win An Mujin back!"
This was the best solution I could think of, but Han Yebin just folded his arms and looked at me in silence. His expressionless face with his smile restrained made him look even more terrifying.
"If you take a step back, you will have a broader horizon..." My voice was as small as a mosquito, and my head was almost lowered into the dust. "Please be magnanimous and give me a chance to correct my mistakes. It will be good for you, me and everyone else..."
Han Yebin still didn't react, just looked at me coldly, and I was really at a loss.
There was nothing I could do, so the best thing to do was to run away. Just then, the bell for the first class rang, and I felt as if I had been pardoned and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Class is about to start! I-I'm going back first!"
After saying that, not daring to look at Han Yebin's expression, I ran back to the classroom as if escaping.
The first class today was math class. Strangely, the students in the class did not sit in their seats quietly waiting for the teacher as usual, but were whispering and looked very excited.
"I don't know who will substitute for the class this time..." My deskmate Ye Kexin held her chin with her hand, looking expectant.
"What?" I was confused. "Substitute teacher?"
"Eh? Xiaotong, didn't you know?" Ye Kexin slightly widened her eyes, "Teacher Ling is on a business trip, so someone else is taking over the class today!"
After Ye Kexin said that, I just remembered that my brother did tell me when I left home in the morning that he would be visiting a school in another city for an exchange program, and that someone else would take my math class. But I was distracted at the time, and it went in one ear and out the other. Now that I think about it, this is really good news! Hahaha, without my sinister brother's surveillance, I don't have to worry about being absent-minded in class!
With a bright prospect for the next few days, I suddenly became energetic. Just as the bell rang, a person walked into the classroom and stood directly on the podium.
"Hello, everyone!" He swept his eyes across the room, his voice clear and serious, "I have accepted Teacher Ling's request. During his absence, I will take over your math class." He paused slightly, "You can call me Teacher Han."
There were several gasps in the class, and I swayed and almost fell off my chair.
——No way? It's actually Han Yebin? How is it possible?
The whole audience was silent, and everyone stared at the person on the podium like a fool . Han Yebin frowned slightly, and spoke in an unhappy tone.
"You don't salute the teacher when he comes. Is this your style, Class A?"
The monitor finally reacted, stood up quickly, and shouted: "Stand up! Hello, teacher!"
"Hello, teacher ..." Everyone stood up in a daze, greeted in a daze, and then sat down in a daze. In the daze, I was probably the only one whose heart was beating like a drum and who dared not breathe.
Sure enough, Han Yebin opened the textbook in front of him and said calmly: "Teacher Ling has explained the progress of your class to me. Before we start the new lesson, let's review the knowledge from the last lesson."
His eyes turned and his sharp gaze shot towards me.
"Ling Jiantong."
coming!
I shook my hands, which were already covered with sweat, and slowly stood up under the sympathetic gazes of the people around me.
"Recite the principle of inclusion and exclusion."
Although Ye Kexin kept whispering to me, my mind was still blank. What was the principle behind this? Why did I have almost no idea?
"Don't you know?" Han Yebin sneered, and his obsidian-like dark eyes reflected my bewildered face. "Copy it 50 times after class and give it to me before school is over."
I took a deep breath, and then a loud voice suddenly interrupted me.
"Hey, Teacher Ling said that the principle of inclusion and exclusion is an optional subject, so it doesn't matter if you don't memorize it!"
The eyes of the whole class immediately focused on the source of the sound - Xu Wenfeng leaned back in his chair, playing with the pen in his hand, and looked at Han Yebin on the podium with a half-smile: "Teacher Han, if you want to embarrass Ling Jiantong with such a tricky question, you are really making a wrong calculation."
Han Yebin narrowed his eyes slightly, and the bangs hanging in front of his forehead could not hide the cold light that flashed in his black eyes.
"You didn't raise your hand to speak, and you sat down to talk to me, Xu Wenfeng, is this the right attitude for a teacher?"
"Haha, I always respect teachers, but unfortunately you are not one of them." Facing Han Yebin's cold gaze, Xu Wenfeng did not care. Instead, he responded sharply, "Mr. Han, even if Teacher Ling asked you to substitute for the class, do you really think you are qualified to stand on the podium? Haha, I don't accept it!"
"Really?" Han Yebin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "If you don't agree, feel free to compete with me."
"Okay!" Xu Wenfeng had probably been waiting for this sentence. He immediately took out a test paper from the pile of books on the desk and raised it to Han Yebin.
"Here is a question. If you can solve it within 15 minutes, I will respect you!"
Han Yebin glanced at Xu Wenfeng and replied with only one word.
"good."
The topic of the competition was quickly copied onto the blackboard.
When Xu Wenfeng put down the chalk and walked back to his seat, the class was eerily quiet because everyone was staring at the blackboard in a daze. I felt like I was looking at a bunch of mosaics. What were those symbols? Was this a math problem? Did Xu Wenfeng and I read a different math textbook? Why couldn't I understand the problem at all?
The whole class was immersed in the tragic atmosphere of "self-doubt". Han Yebin, standing in front of the blackboard, glanced at the question and showed a half-smile.
He glanced at the watch on his wrist and suddenly said, "It's time for class now."
Everyone looked at him with a disdainful expression of "nonsense, we all know this".
"It takes 15 minutes to solve a problem, which is a bit too long," he said seriously. "It will delay the teaching progress."
I was stunned: Could it be that he didn't know how to solve it, so he was looking for an excuse to shirk his responsibility? Obviously, there were many people who thought the same as me. Many people in the class had already shown a mocking expression, but Han Yebin's next words instantly petrified the whole class.
"So..." He smiled, "I decided to do it in five minutes."
Everything that happened afterwards, I think not only me but also everyone in Class A will never forget.
When the man used chalk to write the first string of white numbers on the blackboard, his whole feeling changed - he restrained his arrogance and conceit, washed away his arrogance and frivolity, and Han Yebin, who was writing quickly, had a solemn and serious face that had never been seen before, and a bright and dazzling light gathered in his eyes. Strings of numbers and symbols were written like flowing water, and the handwriting was smooth and elegant, like a butterfly spreading its wings to fly. Just looking at it was a kind of enjoyment. Looking at this person who was fully immersed in the world of mathematics, I suddenly thought of a sentence.
——Serious people are indeed the most attractive.
The class was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, except for the rustling sound of chalk writing. In a blink of an eye, most of the blackboard was filled with writing. When Han Yebin finished writing the last stroke, there was a "click" sound, and the force of the writing actually broke the chalk. He also turned his head at the same time, still with a half-smile on his face, but no one dared to question the confidence and pride in his eyes.
"I'm done."
I subconsciously glanced at the watch and was shocked - it was exactly 5 minutes!
The class was silent, no one spoke. Even Xu Wenfeng was stunned for a long time before he slowly uttered a sentence that sounded like a question, but also like an exclamation.
"You've taught yourself all the college courses?"
A loud sneer suddenly came from a corner of the classroom, followed by Tong Weiwei's contemptuous voice.
"You are so ignorant. Han Yebin is the No. 1 in Mr. Ling's Mathematical Olympiad class. Do you really think you can stump him?" She smiled proudly, as if it was she who solved the difficult problem instead of Han Yebin. "You are overestimating your own abilities."
No matter how arrogant Xu Wenfeng was, he could only bow his head unwillingly in the face of facts. He glared at Han Yebin angrily and announced reluctantly: "The answer is correct, and the steps are also correct... You, you are indeed qualified to stand here."
Han Yebin nodded, apparently not surprised by the result. His eyes met mine, and at that moment, I swore I saw a flash of teasing and cunning in his eyes.
"Ling Jiantong." he suddenly called out.
I tensed up slightly and had a bad feeling.
"Are you convinced now?"
"I give up." I answered dryly, but I couldn't figure out why he suddenly asked me this.
"Since you're convinced, then in terms of mathematics, what I say is equal to what your brother, Mr. Ling, said." He suddenly grinned, a brilliant smile that he had never given up on before.
"From today on, the daily tasks assigned to you by Teacher Ling will be doubled."
That night, I was literally crying while struggling with the doubled math problems - my brother actually assigned the task of supervising my daily 10 problems (now 20 problems) to Han Yebin. No one would believe that the requirement of "doubling" was not a personal vendetta. Woohoo, Han Yebin, you are a devil who cheats people without leaving any bones!
After that "on-the-spot test", no one dared to question Han Yebin's ability. When he walked into the classroom the next day, everyone looked at him with awe and respect, as if they recognized his identity as a "teacher" - in the normal teaching after the competition yesterday, Han Yebin also performed sophisticatedly and outstandingly, which was simply unconvincing. Of course, this teacher Han also "kindly" "reminds" me a few times, which made me deeply realize how "shockingly bad" my math level is...
"After all, he still holds a grudge against me..." I consoled myself, "It's inevitable that he will make sarcastic remarks verbally. I don't believe he can drive me crazy..."
It turns out that I am a complete jinx. And it's not just me who's crazy. Most of the people in the class almost went crazy when they heard what Han Yebin said today -
"We will have a unit test today." He stood on the podium and waved a stack of papers in his hand. "Teacher Ling said that those who failed the test will have a good 'discussion' with each other when he comes back."
Han Yebin said it easily, but everyone was surprised to hear it - although his brother has always been very popular among students, he is an out-and-out strict teacher when it comes to teaching. Those who were taken to his office for "private discussion" because of failing the test in the past, all cried and changed their ways after returning, and wanted to avoid his brother again after seeing him. Over time, no one dared to underestimate the unit test. Whenever they heard that there would be a test the next day, everyone would study all night, working hard for the firm and great goal of "not being taken to the mathematics office"!
"Why didn't you notify us in advance?" Ye Kexin said with a sad face, expressing the thoughts of most people - my brother was away on a business trip these days, and everyone thought there would be no unit test, so they didn't review at all! Moreover, there are a lot of formulas in the content they have learned recently, and if they don't memorize them in advance, they will be doomed in the exam!
Han Yebin ignored the wailing in the class and calmly distributed the test papers. He also asked the monitor to rearrange everyone's seats according to their student numbers, under the pretext of "preventing cheating." My seat was the third row from the bottom by the window. When I sat down with a pen and paper in hand, looking sad, I heard a cold snort from the side.
"It's unlucky that you're sitting next to me."
I looked up and saw Tong Weiwei glaring at me with disgust across the aisle, obviously still brooding over what happened last time.
I blinked and smiled warmly.
"Yeah, it might be so unlucky that you won't pass the exam!" I dragged out the last interjection with so many twists and turns that it made Tong Weiwei's face turn the color of liver.
"You!" She was so angry that her lips trembled for a long time, "You, you don't get so proud! With your poor grades, you'll cry after the test!"
"No matter how bad it is, it's not as bad as you." I kept smiling. "Besides, I'm not afraid of going to the mathematics office - after all, Teacher Ling is my brother!"
Tong Weiwei was speechless and just turned her head away. I was secretly happy and laughed more and more happily. When I turned around, I happened to meet Han Yebin's eyes standing on the podium. I don't know how long he looked at me, but when our eyes met, he suddenly smiled and said to me silently with his mouth.
——If you fail, I will communicate with you privately on behalf of Teacher Ling.
So, I, who was as happy as a flower just a moment ago, immediately turned into a bitter face in a second - when will these days of being threatened all the time end!
The test papers were distributed quickly, the bell rang, and the exam began.
As expected, there were a lot of questions about formulas in this test. I racked my brains to recall, but could only recall a small part. After I guessed and answered the questions I knew, I sadly found that I could only stare at the remaining questions - I had forgotten the formulas and had no idea where to start!
The classroom was extremely quiet, with only the rustling sound of writing. Han Yebin was patrolling the classroom seriously. I don't know if it was my illusion, but when he passed by me, he always seemed to stay for a while and chuckled in a mocking manner.
What are you laughing at! It's just that I have a few more blanks!
I complained inwardly, but I felt very weak inside - it was really bad, I would definitely not pass the exam if I continued like this. If Han Yebin caught me again, I didn't know how he would punish me...
I sighed heavily and lay on the table in despair, but out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of Tong Weiwei sitting next to me writing very quickly.
No way? Her math level is about the same as mine, so how come she answered the questions so smoothly this time?
I turned around in surprise and soon found something wrong - Tong Weiwei's eyes kept glancing at her palms. If you look closely, you can see that she was holding a small piece of paper with formulas written all over it.
Is she cheating?
While I was shocked by this discovery, a voice also rang in my heart:
——Yes, you can cheat.
The questions this time were not difficult. If you knew the formula, passing the exam would be a piece of cake. Besides, my seat was relatively hidden. The math book was in the desk drawer. I could just flip through the book when Han Yebin wasn't paying attention, even just for a second, and I wouldn't have to struggle with the shadow of "failing".
My breathing became slightly rapid and beads of sweat appeared on the palms of my hands. I glanced at Han Yebin nervously - he had his back to me, and then I quietly reached my hand into the desk.
This was my first time cheating, but I didn't have the courage to do so. I finally found the math book in the drawer, but I suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow from the corner of my eye. I was so scared that I quickly retracted my hand, and my heart rate was almost 180. When I calmed down and secretly looked, I found that it was just the classmate behind me who was stretching...
Do you have to be so exciting! I was almost shocked just now!
I calmed myself down, gritted my teeth, and decided to flip through the book and look up the formula in one go. At this moment, my vision darkened and a figure suddenly appeared next to me.
"How dare you cheat when I'm the invigilator?" His voice was cold and low, so low that it made people's hair stand on end. "Stand up!"
I was so shocked that I almost fainted. I raised my head tremblingly and saw Han Yebin standing next to me - but the person he was looking at was not me, but Tong Weiwei.
Being caught cheating in public, Tong Weiwei looked terribly pale. Han Yebin snatched the paper from her hand, glanced at it, and sneered, "You copied all the formulas." His tone sank, and his voice was cold, "You don't need to take the test, your score is zero, stand here and reflect on yourself!"
Tong Weiwei was stunned, and when Han Yebin was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly shouted in a shrill voice.
“I didn’t cheat!”
Many people looked at her with contempt - she was caught red-handed, but she was still lying with her eyes open?
But Tong Weiwei suddenly pointed her finger at me and said firmly, "It was Ling Jiantong who forced me to copy the formula to her. She was the one who cheated!"
ah?
I was completely shocked by Tong Weiwei's ability to confuse right and wrong. I stared with my eyes wide open for a long time without reacting.
She said I cheated?
Well, I did want to cheat... but I didn't do it, okay? Instead, I was almost scared to death!
Han Yebin's sharp eyes swept over me immediately. After all, I had thought about cheating, so I was a little lacking in confidence, but I forced myself to look the person in front of me in the eye.
"She's talking nonsense," I said. "I didn't ask her to copy any formulas. She is slandering me!"
"Humph, your math grades are so bad, how could you possibly pass without cheating?" Tong Weiwei's voice suddenly rose eight degrees, "Ling Jiantong, I never thought you would be such a bad person. You dare not take responsibility for what you did, and you even want to throw dirty water on me. How despicable!"
Without waiting for my reaction, Tong Weiwei turned to Han Yebin and her tone became flattering.
"Han Yebin, let me tell you, I'm Mu Jin's best friend. I was really angry about Ling Jiantong ruining your relationship with Mu Jin before! Now she's doing something as tasteless as cheating again. It's really despicable. If I don't teach her a lesson, she won't learn her lesson!"
I was furious - does this woman still have any shame? She actually brought up that matter at this critical moment! It was obvious that she was instigating Han Yebin to take this opportunity to take revenge on me!
As expected, Han Yebin frowned, and his handsome face looked like it was covered with frost. My heart skipped a beat - this time I'm really dead!
Han Yebin looked at Tong Weiwei who looked very proud, then looked at me who was fidgeting, and after a while, he uttered something.
"Ling Jiantong can't possibly cheat."
I was stunned and looked up in surprise, thinking I was hallucinating.
"Cheating also requires a certain level of intelligence." Han Yebin paused, looked at me, and smiled inexplicably, "She's not that smart yet."
Although I am grateful that he believes in me, why do I suddenly want to punch him?
Tong Weiwei obviously didn't expect Han Yebin to say such a thing. She was stunned for a moment, her expression somewhat unbelievable.
"Are you favoring her?"
Han Yebin raised his eyebrows: "I am just talking about the facts. I am standing here as your teacher. I will not favor anyone, and I will not wrongly accuse any student casually."
Tong Weiwei opened her mouth wide.
"So you're just going to let her go?" She was obviously angry and said something she didn't want to say. "She made Mu Jin look bad in public and caused rumors to spread, and you actually helped her! You, you don't give Mu Jin face at all!"
Han Yebin smiled and looked at Tong Weiwei with sympathy.
"An Mujin is both classy and excellent. It's embarrassing for her to have a so-called best friend like you. It simply lowers her status."
"You!" Tong Weiwei's face flushed. She glared at me fiercely, then turned and stared at Han Yebin angrily.
"Humph, I get it!" She laughed in anger, her expression distorted. "It's because she's Teacher Ling's sister that you protect her like this. You're such a spineless person!"
Hey, miss, which eye of yours saw that he was protecting me? Is it wrong to tell the truth? And who was the unlucky guy who was punished to write and stand yesterday?
Han Yebin was too lazy to pay attention to her. He turned his head and saw the test paper I spread out. Although I quickly covered the embarrassing blanks with my hands, I still saw the teasing in his eyes. Han Yebin looked at me for a while, and suddenly the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a sly light flashed in his eyes.
I immediately got goosebumps - every time he smiled like that, nothing good would happen!
Sure enough, Han Yebin turned around and spoke to Tong Weiwei seriously.
"Since you are not convinced, let's use a fair method to determine who is the cheater."
"What method?" Tong Weiwei's eyes lit up.
"Only people with poor grades would cheat. There will be a mock exam for the whole school in two weeks. You and Ling Jiantong can compare your mock exam scores."
Han Yebin smiled easily.
"Whoever loses to the other person in the exam is the cheater this time."