Zhou Yiming walked onto the podium and took out a meticulously prepared speech from his pocket, then began to read.
"Good evening everyone. I am honored to be standing here to run for class monitor. I know that in the past half month, as the temporary class monitor, I have indeed made some mistakes. I apologize to you all here, but I still want to strive for this. This position is truly important to me, and I hope you can give me another chance..."
Up to this point, there were no issues, and many people present found it quite sincere.
However, the following long string of his own various merits began to make people feel something was off.
After finishing the speech, Zhou Yiming looked up at the students below.
Sensing the disdainful looks and expressions from several boys in the front row, he immediately grew anxious, realizing that if things continued like this, the position of class monitor would likely be out of his reach.
He had to say something more.
In his agitated state, what he said next stunned not only the students of Class Two but also everyone in Class One.
Especially Qin Tian, who was quite taken aback because this guy had mentioned him.
"I know you've all been comparing me to the temporary class monitor of Class One, thinking I'm far inferior to him. I admit, I'm not as good as him academically, but I don't think I've done worse than him when it comes to being a class monitor."
"Yes, I'm not as rich as him and can't treat you to meals and drinks. After all, my living expenses are given by my parents, and I can't carelessly squander them. That would be irresponsible to my parents."
"But for the past half month, I've been diligently serving everyone, trying my best to compensate you in this way."
"I've been the class monitor since the third grade. I believe this is how a class monitor should act, not by relying on petty tactics to win people over. That's only temporary. In the long run, everyone will know what kind of class monitor is a good class monitor."
"My speech is finished. Thank you all!"
With that, Zhou Yiming walked directly off the podium and headed towards his seat.
Beside him, the counselor, Shu Peng, was also somewhat dumbfounded.
"Damn, Tian Ge, what does this guy mean?"
Chen Zhuang glared at him, his fists clenched on the table.
Qin Tian also frowned, his expression not looking good.
No one present was foolish; these words were clearly targeting him.
Or rather, they were standing on a moral high ground, defining his actions as squandering his parents' hard-earned money and using petty tactics to win people over, thereby portraying himself as the only true good class monitor.
He was truly disgusted.
He had no prior interaction with this person, yet he was inexplicably attacked.
It was like walking happily down the street, and a large truck deliberately sped through a puddle nearby, splashing muddy water all over him.
On the other side, Xia Nuannuan's eyebrows were also furrowed, her face turning pale with anger.
"Wow, this guy is so disgusting!"
Shen Siqi exclaimed with a look of disdain.
Among the Class One students, except for Feng Jun, who had a previous unpleasant encounter with Qin Tian and was gloating, everyone else was now indignant.
"Damn it, what kind of nonsense are you spouting? Is that how you run for class monitor?"
Cao Mingliang suddenly stood up and yelled at Zhou Yiming, who had just sat down.
This angry shout was like the fuse of a gunpowder keg being lit, and the Class One boys exploded.
"Zhou Yiming, what the hell do you mean, implying we're all idiots who were bought off by Tian Ge's petty tactics?"
"Are you an idiot? You have to step on someone else to run for class monitor?"
"Who the hell is squandering their parents' money? Treating us to some watermelon and water is squandering? We split the cost for the party the other day. You have no evidence, you're just spewing crap!"
"Anyone from Class Two who votes for this imbecile is an idiot!"
...
Zhou Yiming clearly hadn't expected his few words to provoke such widespread anger. His face turned pale, and he remained silent, looking down.
The students of Class Two were also starting to get annoyed.
"You can curse him, but don't spray randomly. Who are you calling an idiot? I wasn't planning to vote for him anyway."
"Yeah, we know he's an idiot better than you do."
"We've found him annoying for a long time!"
"What the heck, who knew he would say something like that!"
...
"What are you doing, what are you doing, that's enough! Sit down, stop arguing!"
On the podium, counselor Shu Peng frowned, trying to restore order.
The Class One boys grudgingly sat back down.
"Counselor, that scoundrel is talking nonsense. Who runs for class monitor like this?"
Chen Zhuang shouted loudly.
The classmates chimed in with their complaints.
"Alright, alright, everyone calm down!"
Shu Peng raised her hand, motioning for the Class One students to quiet down, then looked at Zhou Yiming and asked, "Zhou Yiming, why did you say those things at the end?"
"I..."
Zhou Yiming's expression shifted, his eyes darting away. In fact, he already regretted it.
"If you continue like this, I will have to disqualify you from running."
Shu Peng said sternly, seeing his hesitant silence.
As the counselor, she had to take a stance, and his words were indeed very frustrating to listen to.
Zhou Yiming's college entrance examination scores were very high, and on the first day of enrollment, he had spoken with her privately to express his desire to become class monitor.
It was because of this that she had appointed him as the temporary class monitor for Class Two.
However, over the past half month, she had been quite disappointed with Zhou Yiming's performance.
The tasks she had assigned him were indeed completed, but the results were very poor.
"No, Counselor, you can't do this!"
Zhou Yiming exclaimed in shock.
"Then give me a reason. I don't see these in your speech draft. Why did you randomly say those things?"
Shu Peng questioned him sternly.
"I didn't say them randomly."
Zhou Yiming hardened his heart and decided to go all out, pointing fingers directly.
"It's wrong to be a class monitor like Qin Tian. He has a girlfriend who is so wealthy, and even Xia Nuannuan's family bought him a luxury car. He doesn't lack money, but my family is just an ordinary one, and we don't have... If everyone uses Qin Tian's standards to judge me, it's inherently unfair!"
The moment these words were spoken, the classroom fell into an eerie silence again.
Chen Zhuang, Cao Mingliang, and others had anger burning in their eyes.
The boys in Class Two also looked quite displeased.
Although some of them had privately discussed this in private, Zhou Yiming saying it so openly was tantamount to revealing their embarrassing secrets.
"Bang!"
Someone slammed their hand on the table, the loud noise startling everyone.
Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and saw Xia Nuannuan standing up, glaring furiously at Zhou Yiming.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Why are you so disgusting?"