Chapter 74 (2/2)

He strode into Class 10 and saw that the students were gathered together at one place, and were gossiping in the usual messy and chaotic classroom. Yuan Chuling was quietly sitting in his seat, reading the textbook in his hands.

“What the…? Has this kid’s nature changed?”

With such a whisper in his heart, Tang Xiu strode toward his seat.

The moment Tang Xiu entered the classroom, the previously noisy and chaotic classroom suddenly turned quiet. Almost all students were aware of Tang Xiu’s arrival the moment he got there as their eyes tightly stared at him.

“What the fuck? That guy is truly bold and reckless! He even dares to attend the class today. Could it be that he doesn’t fear to be lectured by Teacher Han?” Voices suddenly broke out and immediately incited the clamors.

“That’s right! Teacher Han’s mood is way too damn bad the last few days. Even if she was in the class, her eyes were always staring at Tang Xiu’s seat. I bet that Teacher Han really wishes to kick that bastard out of the class, right?”

“Man, he’s always been damn rampant! But now he’s way too fucking arrogant! It’s as though he just comes back and cares for nothing else. It will be really annoying if Teacher Han doesn’t lecture that bastard severely!”

“What a shitty rat, shit! A complete mess and rotten to the bone bastard! He’s really making my blood turn upside down. How come this bastard can enter our class, huh? If I were Teacher Han, I would have used a broom and swept him out directly!”

“What an ignorant and good for nothing bastard!”

“…”

With his keen hearing ability, Tang Xiu was able to clearly hear every curse thrown at him by his classmates. But he simply ignored them.

Besides, it was a common occurrence to him. Even if he said anything, it would only be useless.

It was just like the famous words of wisdom, _Even if the world were slandering me, bullying me, disgracing me, laughing at me, ignoring me, taking light of me, loathing me, and lying to me_ , _the way to handle it was simply to endure them. Let them be, leave them be, avoid them, tolerate them, respect them, and finally ignore them. Just wait a few years later and then meet them again._

Also, Tang Xiu liked the other saying that bickering with an idiot would only make yourself an idiot. He clearly did not want himself to become an idiot, so he might as well ignore them completely.

“Eldest Brother, you’ve come!”

Yuan Chuling finally realized that Tang Xiu had arrived as he quickly stood up with an excited expression.

Tang Xiu had never thought that Yuan Chuling would react so much, even giving him such a loud and powerful pat on his shoulder. He motioned him to sit down and then sat on his own seat. However, the thing that puzzled him was that Cheng Yannan, who sat in front him, then turned around and spoke in a low voice, which could only be heard by three of them, “Tang Xiu, were those human organ traffickers killed by you?”

Tang Xiu pretended to be confused and puzzled as he asked back, “What do you mean? I don’t get you.”

Cheng Yannan frowned and replied, “Was it not you? But my Big Sis said it was a youngster who did it. And since you’ve been gone from school for the past few days, I thought that you could be the chivalrous hero who got rid of those evils!”

Tang Xiu replied with a smile, “Haih, aren’t you reading too many Wuxia novels?”

Cheng Yannan’s face suddenly turned crimson as she quickly turned around.

Yuan Chuling cast a glance at Cheng Yannan’s back before he leaned on very close toward Tang Xiu and whispered with a grateful expression, “Eldest Brother, thank you!”

Tang Xia was startled but quickly understood in a flash as he whispered back, “Do you know about it?”

Yuan Chuling nodded and said, “Mum told me everything. I know that you’re the one who did it according to her description. Eldest Brother, I will hold onto this camaraderie deep inside my heart. If anything happens later, in any case, I will be your personal servant, you couldn’t help but rely on me.”

“Fuck it, get lost!” Tang Xiu replied back with a curse.

Along with their merry jokes, the classroom gradually quieted down as the Class 10’s teacher in charge, Han Qingwu, walked in great strides toward the classroom with a cold expression. When she saw Tang Xiu, she immediately spoke with a solemn tone, “Tang Xiu, come out.”

Tang Xiu raised his hand and traced the bridge of his nose. But seeing such a crimson flushed complexion on Han Qingwu’s face, he thought that he would soon bump into a grim future. Glancing at Yuan Chuling, who looked at him with an expression full of sympathy, he stamped on Yuan Chuling’s foot under the table, making Yuan Chuling involuntarily shout in painful voice, as he then stepped out of the classroom.

At the corridor…

Han Qingwu stared at Tang Xiu with a gloomy and steady expression. She didn’t even speak for a long time.

A minute had passed, and Tang Xiu was finally unable to bear it as he broke the silence and spoke whilst smiling, “Teacher Han, the moment you saw me, you promptly called for me. You wouldn’t have called me only to look at flowers that were growing on my face, would you?”

Having heard what he said, Han Qingwu suddenly snapped angrily, “You still have the nerve to speak with me and smile with such innocent face? And even dares to speak with such an oily mouth? Do you think I don’t have the guts… to kick and clean you up? Now tell me, why did you lie to me a few days ago? You also ditched school, even deceiving me to escort you out of school personally. This is simply an unacceptable absurdity!!!”

“…”

Tang Xiu’s head was suddenly full of heavy black lines.

Previously, he thought that Han Qingwu would be angry due to his school ditching. But never once he had ever expected that she had really taken to her heart about her escorting him out of school. But since he was in the wrong, with an awkward expression, Tang Xiu then replied with an embarrassed smile, “Ah, that was because… that was because I was really in a hurry to leave, Teacher Han. I swear that I had no time to tell you that time, but I know that what I’ve done was wrong. However, you’re a great adult with a tolerant and big heart right? You wouldn’t lower yourself to the same level as this honest and well-behaved student, would you?”

_“The hell with tolerant and having a big heart!”_

Han Qingwu glanced at Tang Xiu angrily, as she even almost spat out that curse. Since when was he an honest and well-behaved student? If he were an honest student, there was no way that there would be honest students left on Earth nowadays. What kind of damn honest student dared to brazenly ditch school? The thing that was outrageously hateful was that he even dared to deceive a teacher to escort him out of school to skip classes.

“Fine! Since you have something to say, I’ll listen to those reasons of yours and see whether you running away from school can be justified.” Han Qingwu didn’t want to let Tang Xiu go easily. She had been bitterly sullen inside for the past few days, she felt that it was necessary to push Tang Xiu to at least shed tears. Much less that the College Entrance Test was about to come, and there was not much time left. She must ensure that Tang Xiu would review his schoolwork and get good results on the College Entrance Test.

*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes

*[12.47 to 13.07]: don’t ask me about the tree sap