SW - 47

Just as the high school section became noisy, the corridors were packed with people leaning against the railings.

Whistles and cheers filled the two square-shaped teaching buildings.

Because several of the buildings had two long connecting corridors on each side, every time there was a commotion, the senior year students would rush to the corridors.

And what they saw next shocked them.

Had they seen it wrong?

Was Lu Chi forcefully kissing Tang Yin, not Tang Yin initiating the kiss?

Had their studies gone on for so long that their eyes were hallucinating?

...

Tang Yin finally came to her senses.

Lu Chi was still gently nibbling on her lips, which were softer and sweeter than jelly, making him unable to pull away.

Inside Class Fourteen’s window, Su Xun had turned into a wooden statue.

Several classmates in the classroom had been studying by themselves but ran out upon hearing the commotion, only to discover the source of excitement right in their own classroom.

When they saw the real scene, they couldn’t help but swallow hard.

They truly hadn’t expected... truly hadn’t expected...

“You’re now doing this in front of the entire school,” Tang Yin pushed him away, reminding him.

Lu Chi just tilted his face slightly. The classmates who were blatantly peeking all pretended not to see anything and started chatting innocently.

Then, something astonishing happened again.

Lu Chi bent down and nibbled on her cheek, leaving tiny teeth marks.

Marking her publicly in front of everyone suddenly made him feel inexplicably clear-headed, bringing him immense comfort.

Tang Yin covered her face. “Why did you bite me?”

Lu Chi stood up straight, looking down at her: “No one else is allowed to get close to you.”

Tang Yin held back her laughter. Though she knew he was jealous and mourned for Su Xun internally, she still asked, “Who exactly are these ‘other people’?”

Lu Chi frowned and gave an answer: “Men.”

Tang Yin hadn’t expected Lu Chi to be so jealous. He had denied being a jealous person last time, yet today, his actions confirmed otherwise.

She quietly leaned against the wall, and after a few seconds, rested her head on his shoulder.

What just happened made her feel like she wasn’t at school but in a dream, extremely disoriented.

Lu Chi didn’t push her away.

From their first accidental encounter, to their unexpected reunion, to when they started talking, she always approached him exactly how he wanted.

Tang Yin suddenly asked, “Now that you’ve kissed me, you have to take responsibility.”

But Lu Chi said, “Not good.”

Seeing Tang Yin about to get angry, he added, “After the college entrance exam.”

Hearing this, Tang Yin pouted. What difference would it make between before and after the exam? They’d still study regardless.

She said, “Then why didn’t you wait until after the exam to kiss me?”

Lu Chi thought to himself, it would be too late by then.

He didn’t know where the idea had come from at the time, but seeing her so close to Su Xun and hearing Lu Ye’s words had made him feel uneasy.

By the time he realized what he was doing, it was already happening.

Just as he was about to speak, someone across the way suddenly shouted loudly, “The teachers are coming!”

The loud voice echoed through the entire teaching building.

Looking down, sure enough, several chatting teachers were approaching from outside. Instantly, the people on the corridor rushed back into the classrooms, switching to secretly peeping from the windows.

The teachers who had just arrived downstairs looked completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

Tang Yin pulled Lu Chi into the classroom as well.

Since they were the ones causing trouble, if they got caught, who knows what the headmaster might do. If they were forced to write another self-criticism letter, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Zhou Cheng returned from outside. As soon as he entered, he saw a group of teachers in the office staring at him.

He quickly checked himself—good, his zipper was up, and nothing seemed off.

He was a new teacher from another school last semester. It was normal that some of the teachers here didn’t like him much. Without looking at them further, he went straight back to his seat.

A few teachers began discussing again.

“I just happened to see it clearly, right in broad daylight.”

“The morals of students these days are so bad. What will become of them later? This is still high school.”

“In my opinion, they need to be severely punished, or they won’t learn their lesson.”

The office was usually quiet. Zhou Cheng had sharp ears. Although he didn’t fully understand what had just happened, based on their intentional or unintentional hints, he pieced together the gist.

Lu Chi and Tang Yin had caused another incident.

On the fifth floor, an office housed four classes of repeaters and the newly formed Class Zero, with all five homeroom teachers present.

One could say that every homeroom teacher felt a mix of envy, jealousy, and resentment toward Zhou Cheng’s Class Zero.

In terms of seniority at this school, they outranked Zhou Cheng, yet this obviously college entrance exam-focused class aiming for top universities nationwide ended up in his hands.

This meant countless bonuses flew out of their reach. How could they be happy?

This incident occurred right after the second mock exam. If the results weren’t good, it would be quite the spectacle.

Seeing Zhou Cheng’s relaxed demeanor, Teacher Liu from Repeater Class Three couldn’t help but say, “Teacher Zhou, your students Tang Yin and Lu Chi are really something.”

Zhou Cheng immediately sensed something was up.

Although he had just started teaching these two students, he had heard about their relationship. The principal had even gotten angry over their speech incident last time.

Clearly, these two had done something shocking again.

All the teachers in the office perked up their ears, eagerly waiting for Zhou Cheng’s response.

Zhou Cheng smiled and said, “Teacher Liu, how do you know? I just received the score report. Lu Chi and Tang Yin ranked first and second in the province in the second mock exam. I think that’s pretty impressive.”

Teacher Liu nearly bit his tongue.

Who said that? Who mentioned that? He had clearly been referring to the improper behavior earlier.

Wait… what had Zhou Cheng just said?

“First and second in the province?”

Zhou Cheng naturally fanned himself with the score report, though the office wasn’t hot at all. “Yes, besides them, the other students in the class also performed quite well. I was just about to mention it.”

Shut your mouth, Teacher Liu thought inwardly.

The female teacher sitting across from him chimed in, “Teacher Zhou, you don’t know, but just now we were talking about your students Lu Chi and Tang Yin openly kissing in the teaching building. How indecent is that? Doesn’t this tarnish the dignity of students?”

Teacher Liu added, “If this happened in my class, I’d definitely call their parents!”

As soon as he said that, he remembered that Tang Yin’s parent was Principal Tang, and his eye twitched. He wouldn’t dare say anything if that were the case.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Cheng was astonished. Was Lu Chi really so bold?

If it were Tang Yin, he could believe it since she had pulled off several incidents before, but putting this on Lu Chi surprised him.

Facing their schadenfreude, Zhou Cheng feigned shock and said, “Really? Did you all see it wrong?”

He didn’t bring up anything else since he hadn’t seen it himself, and they couldn’t do anything to him. Even if they scolded him, it should be the principal’s job.

The female teacher giggled behind her hand. “But the students on this high school side all saw it.”

Zhou Cheng let out an exaggerated “Oh no!” “If I didn’t see it, I can’t know the specifics.”

Just as they were speaking, there was a knock at the office door, and a student suddenly pushed it open and said, “Teacher Zhou, the principal wants to see you.”

Zhou Cheng stood up abruptly.

The few teachers in the office who had been thwarted by him earlier felt relieved upon hearing this. This time, he’d surely be skinned alive.

...

Class Fourteen fell silent.

After a long while, Lu Ye spoke up: “Cough, cough. The weather is nice today.”

“It’s cloudy today,” Tang Ming said.

Lu Ye kicked him. His deskmate was really annoying. He was just trying to find an excuse, and Tang Ming had to point it out.

Everyone in the class glanced backward intentionally or unintentionally.

It was truly shocking...

But maybe not that shocking... Last self-study period, Lu Chi had openly exchanged test papers to show affection. Doing something like this wasn’t surprising either...

To experience such an explosive high school life in their lifetime was something many felt would leave a deep impression even after graduation.

At this moment, there was a knock on the classroom door, and a head popped in: “Excuse me, are Lu Chi and Tang Yin here? The principal wants to see you.”

Lu Ye said, “Oh no, the principal knows. He’s definitely going to get mad.”

Tang Yin propped her chin up, smiling brightly: “His anger isn’t new. My self-criticism letter isn’t written yet.”

She glanced at Lu Chi: “It’s all your fault. I already threatened Su Xun; I was just waiting for the results.”

Her voice echoed in the silent classroom. Not far away, Su Xun heard his name and looked over to see Lu Chi staring at him.

For some reason, it felt a bit eerie.

Su Xun covered his face and groaned, “Please spare me! Sister Yin, don’t mention me. Just pretend there’s no such person as me in Class Zero! I’m invisible!”

He didn’t want to be randomly annihilated someday.

Lu Chi didn’t say anything but pulled her up and walked out of the classroom.

Lu Ye shook his head, “Look at this, now they’re holding hands openly.”

He vividly remembered that not long ago, Lu Chi had blushed when teased by Tang Yin.

As soon as Zhou Cheng entered the principal’s office, he sensed the principal was in a bad mood.

“Teacher Zhou.”

“Principal.”

The principal spoke earnestly, “Your students... Tang Yin and Lu Chi are utterly outrageous! Doing something like this today, what more do they want? What will happen in the future?”

Zhou Cheng followed suit with a pained expression: “Principal, I just found out. We should definitely talk to them.”

“Is talking enough? As their homeroom teacher, aren’t you disciplining them? You’re not being a competent teacher!”

Zhou Cheng quickly denied it: “Of course, we must punish them, but we haven’t figured out the details yet... Young people tend to be impulsive... With the college entrance exam approaching, they might be feeling tense and needed to vent... I will definitely punish and educate them properly!”

The principal was left speechless for a moment.

At that moment, there was a knock on the office door.

The principal sat back down: “Come in.”

As soon as Tang Yin and Lu Chi entered the office, they saw their new homeroom teacher sitting there, all eyes on them.

The principal cleared his throat: “Tang Yin, have you finished writing your self-criticism?”

Tang Yin said, “No.”

“No?” The principal slammed the table. “You haven’t written the previous self-criticism, and today you’ve done something like this. You’ve gone too far! How indecent, in front of the whole school—”

Before he finished, Lu Chi interrupted: “Only the high school section.”

The principal stammered: “Not only are you dating early, but you also publicly kissed in front of numerous students, seriously violating school rules and discipline, severely damaging the school’s reputation, and affecting the learning atmosphere. You must be severely punished!”

The office was filled with only his angry voice.

Lu Chi and Tang Yin stood side by side in front of the desk.

The principal found it irritating: “What are you doing? Coming into my office still holding hands? Do you still want to attend school?”

He was extremely angry: “Too arrogant! Too arrogant!”

Zhou Cheng wanted to close his eyes. Why did he suddenly feel like laughing at this scene?

Lu Chi let go of Tang Yin’s hand: “It was me... I did it.”

The principal sneered: “Do you think I’ll believe that?”

Tang Yin: “...” It really was him.

They couldn’t blame her just because she often did things like this. She was more wronged than Dou E.

Seeing him so angry, Zhou Cheng quickly interjected: “Principal, the college entrance exam is approaching soon. Their performance in this second mock exam was outstanding, ranking first and second in the province. If this gets recorded in their files, it will affect their subsequent university applications.”

Top schools would definitely check students’ records for major offenses. Any record now would definitely have an impact.

Though the second mock exam didn’t represent the actual college entrance exam, they all knew that as long as Lu Chi and Tang Yin didn’t make mistakes in the exam, their scores were set.

Upon hearing his words, the office fell silent.

After a few seconds, the principal stepped out from behind the desk, pointing at Tang Yin and Lu Chi: “For the sake of the school, next Monday, in front of the entire school, you will give a public self-criticism!”

Seeing Tang Yin, he remembered the previous incidents and nearly fainted. He added, “The script must be reviewed by me. If you don’t follow the script, you know the consequences!”

Tang Yin stuck her tongue out and made a face behind his back.

The principal suddenly turned around and saw her antics. He pointed at her, trembling for a long time: “Look at yourself now, there are teeth marks on your face! Simply too outrageous! Too outrageous!”

Zhou Cheng squinted and then looked at Lu Chi in surprise.

So his student liked this kind of thing.