TLCBITAR Chapter 38
by Volare“Ring ring ring…”
The bell rang, signaling the start of class.
Zhou Zhou had just sat down when Qu Jing called him out by name.
“Zhou Zhou, how many times have I told you not to play on your phone during meetings? Unfortunately, you’ve become a key target of the school leaders. Go to the principal’s office after class.” Qu Jing reprimanded him with a stern face, then picked up his water glass from the podium and took a sip.
What he didn’t understand was that there were at least a hundred students in the school secretly playing on their phones, so why were the school leaders only picking on Zhou Zhou?
After the meeting, he asked the head of the grade about this issue, and the other party gave him a profound and unpredictable expression, saying, “Don’t try to guess what the leaders are thinking.”
Qu Jing immediately shut his mouth, unable to voice his grievances.
As the homeroom teacher of Class A1, he was naturally upset that his student was being targeted by the school leaders.
What’s more, Zhou Zhou was a student he secretly admired, with outstanding grades, especially in English.
Although he was disobedient and went his own way, his strengths outweighed his flaws.
Zhou Zhou casually brushed it off.
This attitude displeased Qu Jing. Holding the English textbook in one hand and a pointer in the other, he walked down the podium and strode up to Zhou Zhou. With a “smack,” the pointer landed on the desk next to him.
Chen Qihang: …
What the hell did my desk do to you?!
“Pfft,” a student couldn’t help but burst out laughing, spraying a mouthful of water.
“Damn it! You sprayed it on my face!”
“Sorry, sorry, I saw there was a little dirt on your face, just washing it for you.”
Qu Jing turned his head, his sharp gaze piercing the student who was whispering.
The surroundings fell silent in an instant, everyone holding their breath and swallowing hard.
“Chen Qihang, I just received a complaint from the dorm manager saying you were loitering downstairs in the girls’ dormitory for an hour last night. What were you trying to do?!”
Zhou Zhou’s eyebrows furrowed together, and he looked at his despondent, silent deskmate with a complicated expression. He wondered if this guy still hadn’t given up?
Did he want to peek at Su Wanxing’s sweet sleeping face in the middle of the night, or did he want to steal her panties?
After all, the simp Chen once bought a sack of underwear and anonymously sent it to Su Wanxing. Just thinking about it made him feel perverted!
“Ew—,” the fifty-odd students in the class said in unison, dragging out a long note.
Chen Qihang suddenly raised his head, his face flushed red, and said, “Listen to my explanation, actually… I… I have sleepwalking!”
“Oh~ sleepwalking!” Zhou Zhou’s tone was full of suspicion.
Qu Jing’s pointer hit the desk again, making a loud “smack.”
Zhou Zhou raised his eyes, his gaze meeting Qu Jing’s squinting eyes under his glasses, and frowned, asking, “Did my desk offend you?”
“And you, what bad things did you do in the playground last night! The surveillance cameras have captured all the evidence of your crimes!”
Zhou Zhou felt a burst of frustration. Why were irrelevant people trying to stop him from having a relationship?
He tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing a slightly sarcastic smile, and said nonchalantly, “Excuse me, am I three years old this year?”
Qu Jing shook his head. He himself couldn’t understand what was going on with the school leaders. What wind had blown them?
He tapped the table with the pointer and said in a tone that brooked no refusal, “In short, dating is forbidden in school from now on.”
After saying that, he turned around, walked up to the podium with domineering strides, cleared his throat, and said, “Let’s start class. I’ll see who dares to make any small moves under my nose. Anyone who does will be kicked out of the classroom!”
“Ridiculous, these broken rules at Beicheng University, are they even letting people live?” Zhou Zhou rested his chin on his hands and muttered softly.
He glanced at his deskmate and lowered his voice, saying, “How come I didn’t notice you disappeared in the middle of the night last night?”
Chen Qihang held up his English textbook, covering his mouth and nose, and said helplessly, “How would I know? I really have sleepwalking!”
“Stop talking nonsense, how come I didn’t know you had sleepwalking?”
“Heh, am I a tapeworm in your stomach?”
“Yeah, pretty much. After all, I even know you’re Zhǎn shén, so naturally I know other things too. Tell me the truth, were you lonely and couldn’t resist wanting to take a peek at Su Wanxing?”
“Don’t make me sound like a pervert!” Chen Qihang lowered his head and retorted through gritted teeth.
“Aren’t Zhǎn shén’s actions perverted?”
“Driven by life!” Chen Qihang’s voice was much weaker, obviously feeling guilty.
Zhou Zhou looked ahead, propped his mouth with his thumb and forefinger, and directly exposed him: “Don’t think I don’t know your little vault is all earned from selling high-definition nude photos.”
Chen Qihang didn’t speak. It was really spooky. Did this person have clairvoyance?
The two muttered for a whole class, and Qu Jing noticed it, but turned a blind eye. After all, Chen Qihang’s English score was second only to Zhou Zhou’s, making him a rare good seedling.
“Zhou Zhou, do you know where the principal’s office is?” Qu Jing asked before leaving.
Zhou Zhou lazily raised his head and said, “Ah, oh.”
Did he know or didn’t he?
Qu Jing laughed angrily, raised his foot and left immediately, afraid that the pointer in his hand would fly out uncontrollably.
As soon as he left, the class immediately erupted in wails.
“Crazy, not letting people date!”
“Should we consider transferring schools?”
“That’s a possibility.”
“What’s the deal with the Lovers’ Bridge incident at Yucheng High School?”
“Don’t know, never heard of it.”
Everyone looked blank, staring at each other.
“I just went to the official website of Yucheng High School, and they issued a notice saying it’s a online rumor and untrustworthy!”
“Since it’s a rumor, does our school’s new rule still count?”
“I just asked my knee, and it said it doesn’t know.”
“…”
Zhou Zhou casually flicked his bangs, stood up, and walked out of the classroom.
He wanted to see which school leader was targeting him.
On the school road, a boy wearing a loose white t-shirt and light-colored ripped jeans was holding his phone in one hand and walking towards the office building with a leisurely pace.
Looking at the elevator buttons, he frowned and guessed, what floor was the principal’s office on again?
Just as the elevator door was about to close, a fat hand stuck in, blocking the center of the elevator door.
It was the principal of Beicheng, a background character in the novel whose name had never even appeared.
So, Zhou Zhou didn’t know his name, nor was he interested in finding out.
The principal of Beicheng was fat-headed and big-eared, with a big belly, and only 165cm tall. His head had a natural Mediterranean hairstyle, and his forehead was wide and bright, indicating that he was a high-ranking official.
Zhou Zhou curled his lips and greeted him.
The principal of Beicheng looked up at the tall and long-legged Zhou Zhou, and gave a faint “hm.”
He stretched out his short, stubby fingers and pressed the 16th floor button. Seeing that Zhou Zhou hadn’t pressed a floor, he asked with a stern face, “What are you doing in the office building?”
“Qu Jing said a school leader was looking for me, um, in the principal’s office.” Zhou Zhou lowered his head and looked at him, patiently explaining.
A crack instantly appeared on the principal of Beicheng’s solemn face, and in an instant, his face changed, becoming excited. He grabbed Zhou Zhou’s arm with one hand and asked, “What is your relationship with President Pei?”