Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8: The Dumbest Decision

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

Hu Qiusheng’s eyes were always on Tang Xiu when he was talking, the corner of his mouth slightly hooked up as he revealed a mocking smirk.

Hu Qiusheng initially felt that it was a great pity when Tang Xiu’s result fell. After all, Tang Xiu was ranked first in the entire cohort during the entrance exam, and Hu Qiusheng had also spent a great amount of effort to snatch Tang Xiu into his class.

During Year 1, Tang Xiu had indeed brought honour to Hu Qiusheng by doing extremely well in any small and big exams or competitions. However, everything changed after the car accident in Year 2. Even though Tang Xiu was still as passionate to learn as before, but Tang Xiu always forgot the things that he learned previously after learning new things, causing his results to be worse and worse, paper after paper.

Furthermore, as Tang Xiu’s results deteriorated, incidents such as copying of homework, cheating in exams, and getting into fights were all happening to him one after another. Even when Hu Qiusheng didn’t investigate on the truth with regards to those incidents, but seeing that there was really no hope in Tang Xiu’s results, Hu Qiusheng had already taken Tang Xiu out of his eyes.

“Teacher, if you really insist on kicking Tang Xiu out of class, then I would want to apply to be changed to Class 10 together with Tang Xiu.” When Yuan Chuling noticed that Hu Qiusheng had already firmly decided on this matter and would not retract back the dismissal, he stubbornly glared at Hu Qiusheng as he said loudly.

Hearing Yuan Chuling’s words, Tang Xiu, who was silently packing his stuff, froze momentarily as he turned to look at Yuan Chuling, feeling astounded.

Tang Xiu knew that Yuan Chuling’s circumstances were completely different from him. Even if Yuan Chuling’s results deteriorated, nobody could force Yuan Chuling to leave the class if he didn’t want to, because his parents’ influence in Star City was simply too great. That was why Hu Qiusheng didn’t want to offend Yuan Chuling.

“Yuan Chuling, I will need to seek your parents’ opinion with regards to you wanting to change class first. If your parents agree to it, then I won’t stop you.” Hu Qiusheng knitted his brows as he saw how Yuan Chuling kept on provoking him because of Tang Xiu, so he spoke in displeased tone, “Please seat down now, we are starting class.”

Yuan Chuling froze momentarily as he did not expect Hu Qiusheng to straight-forwardly agree to his request. Only when Tang Xiu gave him a tug did he gradually sat down.

Using only a few minutes, Tang Xiu had already packed all his stuff from his table and stood up as head towards the direction of the exit.

“Eldest Brother, where are you going?” Yuan Chuling was still racking his brains on how to let Tang Xiu remain in Class 1, but never would he have expected Tang Xiu to behave in such a manner, so he couldn’t help but feeling startled.

“Going to where I should be going.” Tang Xiu waved the bag on his hands as he gave a splendid smile towards Yuan Chuling.

Yuan Chuling’s startled sound had caught the attention of Hu Qiusheng, who was still writing on the blackboard. When he saw that Tang Xiu had already walked to the classroom’s exit, he slammed his fist onto the teacher’s desk with his face filled with rage, “Tang Xiu, we are having lessons now, who allowed you to walk around freely?”

“Tiger Hu, I’m already not a student in this class anymore, do you think you can still control me around?” Tang Xiu glared at Hu Qiusheng coldly as he gave a subtle smile.

During the self-study session in the morning, Tang Xiu did not utter a word when Hu Qiusheng was scolding him. Tang Xiu also did not utter a word when Hu Qiusheng announced Tang Xiu’s dismissal in front of the whole class just now. But this did not mean that Tang Xiu had no temper, it was just that Tang Xiu did not want to be so calculative with Hu Qiusheng.

If Hu Qiusheng had allowed Tang Xiu to walk out of class freely, then he wouldn’t have bothered taking the initiative to provoke Hu Qiusheng. After all, Hu Qiusheng had also taught Tang Xiu for more than two years, and was also the main teacher-in-charge of his class. So Tang Xiu did not want to be seen as a person who do not respect his elders.

Yet, Hu Qiusheng had chosen to impose his authority to berate Tang Xiu, and thinking back on all the humiliation that Hu Qiusheng had brought to him and his mother in the past 1 year, Tang Xiu naturally could not bear it anymore.

After finishing his sentence, Tang Xiu had stepped out of the classroom without giving Hu Qiusheng the chance to speak.

What Tang Xiu did not know was that when he said the words “Tiger Hu”, not only did he caused Hu Qiusheng to freeze on the spot, he had also caused the rest of the class to be left speechless.

Even though all the students called Hu Qiusheng “Tiger Hu” behind his back, but nobody would dare to say this nickname out in public, or even more so in front of Hu Qiusheng, because they did not dare to face his fury.

“I’m going to deal with you, I’m so going to deal with you, I do not believe that I can’t deal with you!” Hu Qiusheng managed to regulate his breathing after a long while. By this time, Tang Xiu was nowhere to be seen, and Hu Qiusheng couldn’t help but shiver in anger.

“Tiger Hu, I will take it that you have already agreed to let me switch over to Class 10 to study, bye bye. Oh, and before I leave, I would just like to say this to you: Letting Tang Xiu leave this class is the dumbest decision that you have ever made in your life, you will definitely regret it!” Just when Hu Qiusheng wanted to walk out of the classroom to chase after Tang Xiu, another voice resounded in the classroom.

When Hu Qiusheng looked over, he saw that Yuan Chuling was actually carrying his study table and chair, and heading out of class, and winking at him while he was at it.

“Yuan Chuling, you… You leave and never think of coming back!” Thinking back on how Yuan Chuling’s parents’ had kept an eye on him, Hu Qiusheng could not help but threaten Yuan Chuling.

“Tiger Hu, since I, your grandpa, have decided to leave, then I have never thought of coming back. Even if you begged, your grandpa would still not come back.” Seeing that Hu Qiusheng was so angry that his soul seemed to be flying out, Yuan Chuling had an indescribable satisfaction as his steps became more joyful.

Very soon, Yuan Chuling disappeared from Hu Qiusheng’s line of sight.

Hu Qiusheng did not attack with mean words when it came to Yuan Chuling because he was well aware of Yuan Chuling’s circumstances; any mean words would be useless against Yuan Chuling and may even backfire, getting himself humiliated.

When both Tang Xiu and Yuan Chuling left the class, Hu Qiusheng, who got heavily provoked by them, could also not continue on with explaining the answers to the questions in the practice paper. With his mind preoccupied, Hu Qiusheng mumbled to himself as he hastily left the class and headed to the principal’s office.

“Principal Wei, I strongly request that we expel Tang Xiu. Not only is his studies poor, he also does not respect his elders, and even lead others astray. If we continue to tolerate him and let him stay in this school, then it would only tarnish our reputation!” In the principal’s office, Hu Qiusheng earnestly pleaded as he narrated and exaggerated the entire incident that happened in the classroom.

“Old Hu, I would also like to expel Tang Xiu, but you should also know that Teacher Han is always protecting Tang Xiu. He have even made a compromise to you by letting you dismiss Tang Xiu from your class. If you really want to make things difficult for Tang Xiu, and wants him to be expelled, then it’s nearly impossible.” Principal Wei slowly poured a glass of tea for Hu Qiusheng before smiling lightly and explaining to him.