Chapter 126: Chapter 125 Underachiever, Mediocrity, Crammer (Additional Chapter)
The classroom was cacophonous with arguments when, by chance, Lu Mian walked in.
It was as if she had a dispersing effect, the cluster of boys at the back door automatically cleared a path for her, welcoming her like royalty. From the moment she stepped into the classroom to when she sat down at her seat, there was complete silence.
And the topic they had been discussing was now difficult to continue.
Everyone knew that both Pudge Hao and Shouhao were Lu Mian’s people. They couldn’t afford to offend Lu Mian, so they could only ridicule the two underachievers behind their backs, not daring to say anything upfront.
Besides, Lu Mian scored full marks in the last physics competition, she was the teacher’s pet.
Lu Mian was long accustomed to the attention from others. She walked to her seat and casually stuffed her backpack into her desk, starting off her day of novel-reading as usual.
With their heads hanging, Pudge Hao and Shouhao returned to their seats without their usual greetings, a cloud of gloom hovering above them.
“What’s wrong with you two?” Lu Mian looked up and asked.
The two brothers wore strange and fearful expressions, being very cautious.
“Mian bro, are you sober yet?”
“Never would’ve thought you’d be like that when you’re drunk… It’s kind of frightening.”
Lu Mian frowned slightly, “Frightening? Is it so scary when I sleep?”
“Sleep???” The two brothers felt like they were crumbling.
“I know I can’t hold my liquor, but I usually just sleep when I’m drunk. I remember you two helped me down yesterday, and we happened to run into Director Qi, who was quite kind to send me home.”
Look at that, are those even human words?
Did you, perchance, eat the two hours of class?
The brothers dared not say or ask anything.
In pity, the misfortunate brothers hugged each other. That’s it, they thought, no more drinking with Mian bro ever again.
The first period was math.
The petite middle-aged female teacher stood at the podium with a set square, knocking on the table, “Who finished the homework I assigned last Friday? Raise your hands.”
Swish swish swish, the class enthusiastically raised their hands.
Pudge Hao anxiously nudged Shouhao: “What question? I forgot all about it!”
“Man, I don’t know either!”
They turned to consult Lu Mian but then gave up; Mian bro hadn’t even found his math textbook yet.
Their flustered demeanor had already caught the eye of the math teacher, Pei Sujin. Only three students in the class didn’t raise their hands, yes, those three in the corner.
Third from the bottom, second from the bottom, the very last.
Infamous for being the worst students, the dregs, the sludge.
Pei Sujin’s heart brimmed with frustration as she pointed the set square at the chubby and skinny brothers, “Guo Zihao, Yuan Hao, it seems both of you have mastered the topic. Come up to the board and do it!”
Seeing their clueless expressions, she gritted her teeth and hinted, “Page 32, the last problem for thought.”
The pathetic brothers had no choice but to take their textbooks and dishearteningly head to the blackboard.
Below the podium, a group eagerly awaited the unfolding drama.
Pei Sujin glanced at Lu Mian, who was nonchalantly still looking for his textbook, and shook her head with a sigh.
“Some students, don’t think that doing well in one subject makes you invincible. No matter how well you do, in the end, it’s only worth a hundred points. The graders in the college entrance exam won’t care if you favor some subjects over others…”
She went on with a long speech, which everyone could tell was directed at Lu Mian.
Unfortunately, Lu Mian, the very person in question, seemed as though he didn’t understand, his head bowed, finally finding his brand-new math textbook in the gap of his desk.
Opening the textbook was his greatest respect for the subject.
At the moment, on the podium, Pudge Hao and Shouhao glanced at the problem in the textbook and then exchanged a look.