Wu Xin would definitely not dare to make a move.
From the time he could remember, he had always been the child his parents praised as "someone else's child." He had hardly ever gotten into a fight.
Therefore, he could only glare at Zhang Peng with resentful and angry eyes.
"Tsk, all talk and no action, huh? You don't dare to fight, so what are you babbling about!"
Zhang Peng continued to mouth off but didn't actually attack either.
He wasn't stupid; he had plenty of experience with fights.
Fighting in places like school, you had to make sure the other person made the first move, and then you could strike with full force, having the moral high ground.
This way, when it came to the attention of teachers and parents, you wouldn't be at a disadvantage.
Just as the class monitor, Mu Nan, was about to intervene and stop the two of them, the bell for class rang.
The tense atmosphere eased, and Zhang Peng and Wu Xin returned to their seats.
Seeing Wu Xin's ashen face, Qin Tian inexplicably felt a bit sorry for him.
Zhang Peng's mouth was truly more potent than the market vendors' chatter.
Unable to win a war of words, and only able to get beaten in a physical confrontation, Wu Xin's pent-up frustration was imaginable.
Xia Nuannuan also secretly glanced over there. Just then, Xu Ying noticed something and her gaze swept over.
The two girls' eyes met. Xia Nuannuan smiled slightly and raised her chin with a hint of pride.
Xu Ying's face darkened, almost leaping up in anger.
If it were in the past, Xia Nuannuan would never have dared to act like this. Seeing Xu Ying, she would be like a mouse seeing a cat.
Now, however, she dared to be cocky towards her, and Xu Ying was powerless.
Xia Nuannuan turned her head back, a pair of shallow dimples appearing on her face.
Today was truly a happy day!
The English teacher returned to the classroom. After walking onto the podium, she began to explain the English test paper for the recent exam.
...
Before evening self-study.
Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan went for their usual jog on the track and field, then went to the supermarket to buy water, and returned to the classroom eating half a popsicle.
As soon as they entered the classroom from the back door, they saw Li Yanwang already at the front.
Xia Nuannuan's face changed, and she hurriedly hid the unfinished popsicle behind her.
In the classroom, for cleanliness and hygiene, eating snacks was prohibited.
Of course, rules were rigid, but people were flexible.
As long as Li Yanwang wasn't around, everyone ate as they pleased, and the class monitor, Mu Nan, would turn a blind eye.
Qin Tian, however, paid no attention at all, even holding the half-eaten popsicle in his mouth.
Li Yanwang, standing at the front by the podium, twitched his eye socket slightly upon seeing this.
Then, remembering how this kid had been fooling him for so long, Li Yanwang became even more annoyed.
Glancing at the top answer sheet on the podium, Li Yanwang took a deep breath to calm his emotions.
Don't be angry, don't be angry!
After all, that kid had brought him honor in front of all the teachers in the entire grade with his performance in this mock exam, so he couldn't scold him!
Just then, Qin Tian's voice reached his ears.
"Nuannuan, it's fine, it's just a popsicle, go ahead and eat it. Li Yanwang won't say anything."
Although he had deliberately lowered his voice, Qin Tian had a special talent for hearing, which had always been excellent.
Especially the hushed whispers and secret plotting of these little rascals, it was difficult to hide from his "Shunfeng Ear" as Yanwang.
What's more, the classroom was very quiet now. Not only did Qin Tian's words reach his ears, but many students around also heard them.
If he didn't do anything about this, how could he, the head teacher, maintain his dignity?
Li Xueping's forehead was covered in dark lines. The more he thought about it, the less he could tolerate it.
"Qin Tian!!!"
"Here!"
Qin Tian was startled and instinctively responded loudly.
Xia Nuannuan and the other students were also frightened.
"Go and throw whatever is in your mouth into the trash can!"
Li Yanwang pointed to the trash can at the back of the classroom and commanded with a dark face.
You brat, do you really think you can be so presumptuous in front of me now that you've come clean and transformed into a top student?
He must make this kid understand that no matter how good his grades are, he cannot be reckless in front of him!
"Teacher Li, it's just a little bit left, I'll finish it soon," Qin Tian said with a sheepish smile, taking down the popsicle.
"Immediately!"
Li Yanwang's eyes sharpened, and his tone was irrefutable.
"Oh!"
Qin Tian obediently agreed and walked towards the trash can at the back with his head lowered.
Xia Nuannuan shrunk her neck and followed closely.
"Hahaha..."
Laughter filled the classroom as the students gloated.
"Let's see you two keep flaunting your affection every day. Now you know you're wrong!"
Little did they know, on the way to the trash can, Qin Tian squeezed the rest of the popsicle into his mouth, and then took Xia Nuannuan's and ate it too.
Only the wrapper was thrown into the trash can.
Xia Nuannuan blushed, feeling a little embarrassed.
That was something she had been eating for a long time.
With his mouth full of ice, Qin Tian gasped from the cold and mumbled to Xia Nuannuan, "Can't let it go to waste."
Xia Nuannuan nodded, her face red.
Several students who saw this scene felt as if they had eaten an entire lemon, their faces contorted with sourness. They looked expectantly at Li Yanwang in front.
In this class, only Li Yanwang could bring divine punishment upon these two "prosperous youths."
Regrettably, Li Yanwang didn't seem to notice.
The two returned to their seats unscathed.
"Qin Tian, look at the podium, it seems like the Chinese scores are about to come out too," Xia Nuannuan whispered expectantly, seeing the answer sheets on the podium.
"Mm, I see it."
Qin Tian nodded slightly.
Relatively speaking, Chinese was probably the subject he was least confident about.
He himself felt that his essay was quite good, but to some extent, it also depended on the preferences of the grader.
"Everyone continue with your self-study. I'll say a few words about the results of this Chinese mock exam," Li Yanwang said calmly, picking up the answer sheets from the desk.
As soon as he said this, the students in the classroom had no intention of continuing their practice, and their gazes were all fixed on him.
Li Yanwang raised his eyes and looked in Qin Tian's direction, saying expressionlessly, "First of all, I want to criticize student Qin Tian!"
Here we go again?
Everyone recalled the similar tone of the math teacher that afternoon and looked at Qin Tian with complicated expressions.
In the back row of the classroom, Wu Xin's face was a little pale, and his hands on the desk were clenched into fists.
If Chinese also turned out that way, he would most likely have truly lost.
"This guy... how did I not notice him before..."
Beside him, Xu Ying's voice, filled with unknown meaning, suddenly reached his ears.
Wu Xin looked at her with a bewildered gaze.
He saw Xu Ying gazing blankly in that direction, her expression strangely... infatuated?
For a moment, Wu Xin's entire face turned green.
"Crack!"
A slight snapping sound made Xu Ying and a few people around him look at him in confusion.
It turned out that the mechanical pencil in Wu Xin's hand had been broken by his unconscious force.
"In this mock exam, student Qin Tian opened our eyes. That's right, his Chinese score was also good, 145 points. He only lost five points combined in reading comprehension and essay. However, I am not happy, and I am very angry!"
"Because this shows that we have all been deceived by him before."
As Li Yanwang's words fell, the classroom fell silent.
Wu Xin's face turned ashen, the last sliver of hope shattered.
No wonder Qin Tian had confidently bet with him.
It turned out that everything he had done before was a disguise.
"This pretentious bastard!"
He gritted his teeth and muttered.