Chapter 18 (1/2)
Fake Slackers
Translator: Jury
Editor: NomNom
First Published on Chaleuria
018 – Give up and go to the next question
A new day
A yell pierced the vestiges ofmist and shook everyone to crisp alertness
”Stand up straight! All of you get over here and stand properly”
”Don't stare at the daroers? Don't be shy No need to be shy You've already throay all your dignity anyway”
”Back straight! Heads up! Look forward Look into my eyes”
A dozen or so people stood proudly by the bronze statue in the entryway of Liyang Erzhong They stood in ts, their heads hanging and the backpacks they carried drooping heavily
Those not fully awake had been yelled at so loudly their sleeping bugs¹ had all floay They flinched on the spot, tre
One of the lanced at the Dean of Students, then lowered his head again and whispered, ”…Mad Dog”
'Mad Dog' Dean Jiang's ears faintly caught so He pointed to the students and raised his voice ”Who's talking!”
The old-fraive hiance In his hand he held a name chart which recorded the names of tardy students Those ere late e of the chart—the blacklist
The nickna time, coined by students a few years back and passed down Everyone said that youwas 's eyes narrowed He walked from the head of the line to the end with a sneer on his face ”—Late Not even a few days into the new teraain, then suddenly stopped The other students held their breaths and Dean Jiang's voice rose again ”He Zhao? What's the situation?!”
He Zhao stepped forward: ”I was late”
”You're living in the dorates” Dean Jiang indicated for the other students to go back to class, keeping just He Zhao ”All right Your ability to break the school rules is really soone for alooked at He Zhao, as impossibly neat and clean He would even be able to set closer
Morning run,didn't bother quibbling further He looked at the time: it was ten minutes past the start of class He said: ”The usual”
”Reflection essay, I know” He Zhao walked forward as he said, ”I'll deliver it to your office by lunch See you, Dean Jiang”
Seeing He Zhao about to disappear, Dean Jiang said, ”Wait, co: ”What's up with that petition from your class?”
After the series of dramatic events, Xu Xia didn't receive any punishh School was a lost cause Her superior saw that she sincerely admitted her mistake and he didn't pursue the ht for more than a decade
What made the school officer's head hurt was that the students of class 3 wanted to change their form teacher
When He Zhao ht no one in class would agree Class 3 was usually very silent and the students usually kept quiet, but now everyone's dislike for Xu Xia suddenly burst forth
Liu Cunhao took the lead in gathering his buddies in support
”Depose her!” The speaker was an energetic boy His eyes see as our whole class participates, even if we fail, a group crihtly punished”
Liu Cunhao slapped the boy's head ”Know-It-All, why are you so pessi of failure”
The boy called 'Know-It-All' said: ”This isn't pessiy I can mention ten events like this off the top oftheir gym period…”
He Zhao had intended to enthusiastically encourage Xie Yu to look for Mad Dog with them
Xie Yu pointed to the petition in Liu Cunhao's hand, which half the class had already signed ”I'ht?”
After stopping He Zhao, Dean Jiang didn't say
He Zhao ran all the way back to the classroo, he bent down and slipped in through the back door, then quietly sat down Fro on his shoulders he pulled out a cup of warm soymilk and handed it to Xie Yu ”Here”
Xie Yu looked at the soymilk and the straw ”What is this?”
”Drink it,” He Zhao said, hanging his bag on the back of his chair ”Didn't you want it unsweetened?”
After finding out that he lived opposite Xie Yu, He Zhao often went to knock on Xie Yu's door, whether anything was the matter or not Of course, Xie Yu didn't welcoot up early and went over to call Xie Yu up, too ”Coet breakfast”
Then He Zhao discovered that Xie Yu was very picky about his food and would rather not eat than eat so he didn't like