13: Chapter 13: Teacher Su was contracted by Yun Zhuo, and the whole class was in an uproar.
Outside the school gate, a luxury car slowly approached.
The driver was named Chen Qi, Chen Bo's cousin, from the Tomorrow City Chen family, which was also the main branch of the Dawn City Chen family.
He was supposed to be a freshman at the Capital Martial Arts Academy, but because he bullied his War Princess at school, he was suspended for a year and now idled around all day.
In the back seat of the car sat Chen Bo and Li Wanqing.
The reason he drove the two to school every day was mainly that a month ago, when he was bored at home and came to Dawn City to relax, he had accidentally caught a glimpse of Su Qingyuan on the street.
Just one look at her in the crowd, and he could never forget her; his mind was filled with the image of her sucking on a sour plum, her brow furrowed and eyes squinted from the sourness, with saliva almost dripping.
For Su Qingyuan, this was a massive social death moment.
But for Chen Qi, it was like a beam of Holy Light shining into his heart, making her the girl of his dreams from then on.
After asking around, he found out that the goddess he couldn't stop thinking about was actually a teacher at his cousin's school.
From that day on, he drove Chen Bo to and from school every day, just for a chance to strike up a conversation with his goddess.
Over the past month, he actually had quite a few opportunities, but every time he saw Su Qingyuan, an inexplicable sense of inferiority would arise in his heart, causing him to miss the chance.
This morning, he was driving Chen Bo to school again when he saw Su Qingyuan at the school gate from a distance, so he unconsciously slowed down.
In the back seat, Li Wanqing noticed the car slowing down and glanced out the window; as expected, she saw Teacher Su again.
Li Wanqing smiled slightly and teased, "What's wrong, Brother Chen Qi? Did you see Teacher Su again?"
Chen Qi was taken aback and stammered, "How... how did you know?"
"Brother Chen Qi, aren't you like this every time?" Li Wanqing laughed even more merrily. "The moment you see our Teacher Su, you start dawdling.
Before, you always said there were too many people in school and you were too shy to say hello. Now there are only a few people at the school gate, so don't miss your chance again."
Beside her, Chen Bo felt inexplicably irritated seeing Li Wanqing constantly encouraging his cousin. He said crossly, "Alright, Xiao Wan. What is my cousin's status? Does he need to take the initiative to pursue a middle school teacher? Is she even worthy?"
Li Wanqing fell silent at his words. Although Teacher Su was beautiful and elegant, her War Princess talent was truly too poor.
She had heard Chen Bo say that his cousin Chen Qi was a top student at the Capital Martial Arts Academy, so he must have already had his own War Princess.
His interest in Teacher Su was probably just for novelty, just playing around.
For some reason, at the thought of this, she suddenly really wanted to see Su Qingyuan being toyed with. Who told her to be so beautiful?
Ever since she came to the school, most of her limelight had been stolen. The boys who used to revolve around her had all run off to curry favor with Teacher Su, making it difficult for her to manipulate them anymore.
The only one who was single-mindedly devoted to her, Yun Zhuo, was a piece of trash.
The more Li Wanqing thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. When she glanced out the window again, her eyes were full of jealousy.
"Huh, isn't that Bao Dezhu and the other two? What happened? Teacher Su is actually scolding them with a stick."
"Really? Let me see."
Chen Bo immediately perked up, suddenly standing up from the back seat and leaning half his body toward the front seat.
Chen Qi, who was staring at Su Qingyuan, was startled by the head that suddenly popped up. In his panic, he subconsciously slammed on the brakes, and the car screeched to a halt by the roadside.
"Are you fucking looking for death?!"
Chen Bo shrunk his neck from the scolding and sat back in the back seat resentfully, not daring to utter a single word.
He was very afraid of this cousin of his because he had seen his cousin kill someone when he was young—it was his cousin's classmate, and the two of them had dug a hole to bury the body together.
Later, when the matter was exposed, nothing happened to them, simply because the parents of the murdered classmate were ordinary people with no power or influence.
From then on, he was afraid of his cousin.
It was also from then on that his temperament changed drastically. He began to bully his classmates just like his cousin, acting without fear by relying on his family's influence.
Because his family had a good relationship with the City Lord, every time someone was killed, the Patrol Officers would have to be polite to him, let alone the school teachers.
At this time, Li Wanqing rolled down the car window, poked her head out, and greeted Su Qingyuan sweetly, "Hello, Teacher Su!"
Hearing Li Wanqing's words, the two of them realized the car had stopped right in front of Su Qingyuan.
When Su Qingyuan saw it was Li Wanqing, her Face showed no expression, and she just nodded coldly. "Mm, class is about to start. Get to the classroom quickly."
"Teacher Su, what happened to Bao Dezhu and the others?"
"Student Li Wanqing." Su Qingyuan's voice turned a few degrees colder, and her hand gripping the stick tightened. "Caring for your classmates is a good thing, but you shouldn't focus your mind on making fun of others.
Get inside quickly."
Li Wanqing stuck out her tongue and pulled her head back, saying with a puzzled Face, "What's wrong with Teacher Su today? It's early morning, and she's acting like she's on a short fuse."
Chen Bo, who had just been scolded, had no mood to pay attention to her, so she said to Chen Qi again, "Brother Chen Qi, the car is parked right in front of her this time. Are you really not planning to say hello to her?"
Chen Qi gripped the steering wheel and hesitated for a few seconds. Finally, he slammed the steering wheel as if he had made a monumental decision, gritted his teeth, pushed open the car door, and stepped out.
Seeing Chen Qi get out of the car, Su Qingyuan waved her hand at Bao Dezhu and the other two, who still had their heads lowered. "You guys go back to the classroom for class first. This isn't over; I'll deal with you later."
The three of them felt as if they had been granted a great amnesty and bolted toward the teaching building without looking back.
Escaping a disaster was one thing, but more importantly, they were carrying a massive piece of gossip and were eager to spread it in class...
Their Teacher Su, their Goddess Su, had actually been contracted by that coward Yun Zhuo.
At this time, the Liberal Arts Class was having morning self-study. The clear sound of reading in the classroom was suddenly interrupted by the loud bang of a door.
Bao Dezhu and the other two rushed in like bandits. The entire classroom fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at the three of them in shock.
Class Monitor Liu Haoliang felt it was time for him to show off.
Others were afraid of these three hoodlums, but he wasn't.
Last year, when he was cornered in the restroom by these three demanding money for cigarettes, he actually took on all three without flinching and beat them so hard that Bao Dezhu and the others never dared to mess with him again. Since then, Bao Dezhu had to give him some Face.
Liu Haoliang slammed his book onto the desk, stood up, and roared with righteous indignation, "Bao Dezhu! What are you three doing? If you don't want to study, then get out! Don't disrupt the other students' morning self-study!"
"Study my ass! Our teacher has been contracted by someone," Bao Dezhu said crossly.
"So what? Teacher Su was bound to be contracted sooner or later. Are we supposed to stop studying just because of that? Is that how we repay Teacher Su's teaching? Is that how we live up to her expectations of us?"
"Do you know who the kid who contracted her is?"
"Who?"
The entire class's curiosity was instantly piqued. Including Liu Haoliang, who had just been acting so righteous, everyone craned their necks to stare at Bao Dezhu.
Bao Dezhu looked triumphant. He cleared his throat and lowered his voice to drop a bombshell: "If I say it, you might not believe it, but it's that trash Yun Zhuo from our class."
Liu Haoliang's eyes widened. "Yun Zhuo? Who the hell are you kidding? Is that trash even worthy?"
Vice Class Monitor Zhu Miaomiao said with a Face full of surprise, "Who's trash? My Xiao Zhuo isn't trash. It's just... how could it be Xiao Zhuo?"
"I wouldn't believe it even if you killed me!" A boy in the back row slammed the table and stood up. "There's no way Teacher Su would ever take an interest in him."
"Bao Dezhu must be lying."
"That kid Yun Zhuo is neither good at academics nor martial arts. Aside from his Face, which part of him is better than me? How could Teacher Su possibly like him?"
Suddenly, the entire class exploded into a frenzy.
As the class monitor, Liu Haoliang had no mind to maintain discipline for morning self-study anymore. He asked Bao Dezhu again, "Bao Dezhu, you need evidence for what you're saying."