Chapter 106: Chapter 106: A Rebellious Nature
It was heard that sixty people had registered for the citywide Olympic Mathematics competition, but less than ten advanced to the next round, with their school alone accounting for five, no wonder the homeroom teacher said their school had performed well.
A teacher was even specifically hired to coach them.
First-year students usually had no night study sessions, but to accommodate their Olympic Mathematics classes, the five who passed the preliminary round had to stay after school every day from then on.
They had to finish two hours of class before they could leave.
One day, after class, Shen Zhaozhao and Xu Siyan had just stepped out of the school gate when they were blocked by several boys wearing the uniform of the neighboring vocational high school.
“Are you two Shen Zhaozhao and Xu Siyan?” the leader of the boys sized them up and asked.
“Do you have any business with us?” Xu Siyan instinctively protected Shen Zhaozhao behind her.
“It’s nothing big, just that someone doesn’t want to see you guys in the Olympic Mathematics group,” the leader of the boys said nonchalantly.
Xu Siyan slightly frowned, “I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
The other: “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, just remember, after you go to school tomorrow, find the teacher and voluntarily withdraw from the coaching group.”
“Why should we listen to you?” Shen Zhaozhao always had a rebellious streak, doing precisely what others told her not to do.
Originally, she wasn’t very enthusiastic about attending after-school coaching for Olympic Mathematics, thinking it would be great to pass the next round, but no big deal if she didn’t. However, now that someone was trying to push her out of the coaching group, sorry, but she was certainly not going to leave.
The boy grinned wickedly, “If you don’t want to listen, that’s alright, but then we might be here waiting for you every evening, looking to chat.”
“Are you threatening us? Aren’t you afraid we’ll call the police?” No matter what, Shen Zhaozhao still believed the police were the most reliable!
“Call the police?” The other sneered, unaffected by her words, “Did we do anything to you? Even if the police came, they wouldn’t be able to prevent us from coming out to chat with people, right?”
“Besides, if you don’t like chatting, we can always try something else. Like, maybe play a game or something. If someone accidentally gets an arm or leg hurt during the game, surely they won’t be able to participate in that lousy competition anymore, right?” The other said cheerfully, but his words were filled with threats.
It was clear they planned to bother them continuously if they did not withdraw.
Was Shen Zhaozhao someone who could easily be intimidated?
So, when the boy began to speak, she immediately swung her backpack at them and, seizing the moment they were caught off guard, grabbed Xu Siyan and said, “Run quickly.”
“Boss…” The boys behind him instinctively wanted to chase.
But they were stopped by their leader.
The boy’s expression turned dark as he watched the direction in which Shen Zhaozhao and Xu Siyan were escaping, saying, “No need to chase, we’ll come again tomorrow. I don’t believe they can run that fast again tomorrow!”
You can run away from the monk, but not from the temple; he didn’t believe they could always avoid them.
Shen Zhaozhao pulled Xu Siyan along for a distance, making sure those people hadn’t followed before they stopped.
While catching her breath, Xu Siyan said, “What should we do? It looks like those people will come again tomorrow night. Should I ask my dad to drive over to pick us up tomorrow night?”
With an adult present, those people would probably restrain themselves a bit and not dare to mess around!
At the moment, however, Shen Zhaozhao was wondering who exactly didn’t want them in the Olympic Mathematics group? Someone specifically sent to threaten them to withdraw from the competition must also be a member of the group.
Could it be Xie Miao again?