"Sigh——" Lin Yi gave a long sigh, his smile twisted like that of a Black boxer, his heart sneering repeatedly, "Thinking they can ambush me with such petty tricks?!"
But just as he was closing the door, he faintly heard a sentence from one of the new students inside...
"Look at that idiot, going in and out like a damn thief..."
"Forget it, forget it, we’re on different levels, I won’t stoop to their level..."
He "bang!" shut the door and then stared at the Teacher’s Office sign, walking over to knock on the door.
Lin Yi’s knuckles had only knocked once when a mechanical vibration traveled through the door handle from inside, and then the door was opened from the inside...
A cold breath spread out from the crack of the door...
Like nitrogen gas escaping, a white frost quietly spread out from the door.
Lin Yi’s pupils slightly contracted, and he instinctively drew back his foot.
The door slowly opened, the icy breath continued to spread, and a chill as if blowing from Siberia’s ice plains instinctively made Lin Yi cover his upper face with his hands.
But the cold air didn’t persist long before it dissipated, and through the gaps between his fingers, he saw the head teacher standing calmly at the office door.
The head teacher sized up Lin Yi.
Lin Yi also vigilantly took a quick look at her.
His gaze first landed on the head teacher, like a radar scanning, instantly finding the head teacher’s badge.
"Sigh..." Seeing the normal acrylic badge, Lin Yi slightly relaxed.
The badge that represented the head teacher’s identity was still there, so things weren’t too bad.
The head teacher in front of him didn’t seem to have many issues, but due to the incidents that had happened that morning, he still harbored some aversion toward the head teacher.
Moreover, the Boss had said when sending him away from the Gymnasium:
"There is no doubt your head teacher has issues, if you encounter her in abnormal weather, no matter what she says, do not believe her... It’s best not to get too close to her."
So, normally he would choose to keep himself safe, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to comply with the "rules" first in a situation with conflicting narratives, following his own judgment.
Because based on the Cafeteria rules, it was best to inform the head teacher of the cafeteria staff’s number right away—something clearly written in the rules should still be adhered to.
Even though the Cafeteria rules didn’t compel him to do so, but don’t forget, the last rule in the Cafeteria rules states:
[If you cannot leave the cafeteria after breaking the rules above, please go to the Convenience Store, wait until the store owner appears, report to him your issues, and follow all his arrangements.]
He indeed had left the cafeteria, but who knows if he would be able to leave during his next visit because of this issue.
If he couldn’t leave, wouldn’t that complicate things, leading him to seek help from a mysterious unit mentioned in the "Student Rules," stated as "non-existent" but referred to in the "Cafeteria Rules?"
This kind of role, full of contradictions just from the rule itself, Lin Yi subconsciously thought that he should keep a respectful distance.
Compared to the "Convenience Store Boss", a mysterious unit, the head teacher seemed much more normal.
Because both the student rules and the Teaching Building rules mentioned that you could seek help from the head teacher when encountering problems, and you needed to "obey all arrangements given by the head teacher."
From this aspect, the "identity" of the head teacher was usually trustworthy.
Yet, the current head teacher obviously had some issues.
Therefore, Lin Yi had specially observed the current weather environment before knocking on the door.
At this time, the weather around the Teaching Building was still "normal," temporarily not fitting the description of "abnormal weather" mentioned by his Boss.
So, he still knocked on the office door and decided to make it quick.
But the head teacher left the office door wide open, beckoning him inside.
"Come in and we’ll talk."
Lin Yi glanced down at the layer of frost on the floor tiles, his eyes twitching slightly. He declined the head teacher’s invitation, saying in a low voice, "Teacher, I’m here to report the cafeteria staff’s number as requested by the Cafeteria rules."
"Hmm." The head teacher nodded slightly, repeating, "No matter what it is, come in and we’ll talk."
"It’s not... Teacher, I’m just here to report a number..." Lin Yi said warily, "Can you just listen to it spoken?"
"Don’t say such things at this time." The head teacher coldly glanced behind Lin Yi and said, "The ’office’ is the only place in the Teaching Building where one can ’speak without reservation.’"
Lin Yi blinked, suddenly feeling gusts of cold air rising behind him as if something, through the not-so-thick mist outside the Teaching Building, was watching his back!
He looked into the head teacher’s eyes, and through her gaze, he saw a stream of mist, shaping what seemed to be the silhouette of some strange creature...
"Let’s talk in the office..." The head teacher reached out her hand somewhat urgently, "Quickly!"