Chapter 8 Sharing Weal and Woe

  Three minutes later, in front of the school gate...

  "How come you're late again?! Don't you have any sense of time?! Are you taking school rules and regulations as a joke?!"

  Old Liu yelled loudly with his neck stretched out, his eyes wide open like bronze bells. He looked up and down at the two kids, this little fat girl was unfamiliar, not a frequent offender, turned to one side, saw this handsome boy, Liu Jie was so angry that he couldn't help but scold, such a spirited young man, how could he be a troublemaker?! Wang Xiao was a habitual offender, absolutely cannot be easily forgiven!

  Jiang Yu sighed, who would have thought that she would die before achieving her goal? She had just sworn to study hard and then encountered such a thing. If she had known earlier, she wouldn't have taken any shortcuts or interfered in other people's business. Anyway, looking at Wang Xiao now, he seemed quite sturdy, even if she were to beat him up, it wasn't certain that she would be able to kill him.

  "What did you say, what reason!" He walked up to Jiang Yu with his hands behind his back and asked loudly.

  She asked herself, Jiang Yu hurriedly put on the most pitiful expression: "Teacher, I have a cold. Last night I had a fever of 39 degrees, cough... This morning I almost couldn't get up, cough... It's my first time being late. I'm really sorry." Jiang Yu said while covering her mouth and coughing to add to the realism. Wang Xiao looked at her with some surprise, then turned his head away.

  Lao Liu looked at Jiang Ruoyu again, not very tall and a bit chubby. She seemed like a kind-hearted person and shouldn't be lying. Her tone softened slightly, "Hmm, you're late. That's understandable." Turning to Wang Xiao beside her, her eyes widened again, "And what about you! Wang Xiao, this isn't your first time being late! What's the reason today?"

  Wang Xiao said expressionlessly: "Teacher, I fell into the ditch." After that, he also pointed to the stains on his body.

  Jiang Yu was overcome with the urge to cover his head and sigh, there were many stains on Wang Xiao's body, but the shoe print on his leg was still clearly visible, could he have fallen into a ditch and still managed to leave a footprint? Did he think Lao Liu was an idiot?

  As expected, Old Liu's face turned red with rage. "Alright, you went to fight with others and came late, now you're trying to deceive the teacher? I think someone must have kicked you into a ditch! You are simply incorrigible and obstinate! A country has its laws, a school has its rules. No matter what your reasons are, being late is not allowed. You two, each of you will write a 1,000-word essay, and submit it to the teaching office before school lets out!"

  What?! She also wants to write it?! Jiang Ruyu lamented in her heart, but on the surface, she didn't dare say a word, and instead gave Wang Xiao a fierce stare. Earlier, when Old Liu was facing her, his attitude had already softened, and it seemed he wasn't going to pursue the matter either. But then Wang Xiao came along and provoked her, transferring her anger onto him as well. This idiot, can't even tell a lie properly, is simply a fool! A 1,000-word inspection report - isn't this trying to take her life?!

  Jiang Yu's small face scrunched up into a bun, her little mouth pouting, looking especially adorable. Old Liu had vented his emotions and felt much better, seeing the chubby girl's cute expression almost choked with laughter. He coughed to cover it up and said: "Alright, you all go to class now, don't be late for your lessons, bring the inspection report over before school lets out, off you go!"

  "Yes, goodbye teacher."

  With a lackluster response, Jiang Ruoyu and Wang Xiao walked one after the other through the small side gate into the school campus. Just as they had taken no more than two steps, a puzzled voice came from behind them: "Huh? Teacher Liu, who is this...?"

  Upon hearing this voice, Jiang Ruyu's body stiffened. What's the saying about a roof leaking on a stormy night? She was experiencing it firsthand. This voice belonged to... Old Wu!

  Although Jiang Yu didn't want to, the owner of the voice just now, Wu Chunying, the head teacher of Class 22, still walked over. Seeing Wang Xiao and Jiang Yu, her face sank, and she scolded: "You two, you're quite bold, daring to be late! How many times have I emphasized it?! Go back to class and stand for me!"

  She has been competing with Liu Jie for the position of teaching director for many years, but she has never won. Now her own students are embarrassing themselves in front of Liu Jie, which is like a slap in the face to her. She can't help but flare up and says: "No one is allowed to sit down before lunch break!"

  Jiang Yu sighed sorrowfully, why didn't she check the almanac before going out today. This morning, she dropped a precious Qinghua porcelain vase, met her Prince Charming and failed to make a good impression, and after finally arriving at school, she got involved in some trivial matter and was late for class. This really proved her mother's words - getting up early only to rush about in the evening.

  She stabbed Wang Xiao, who was walking in front of her, several times with a sharp knife. It's all his fault! This unlucky guy made her write a 1,000-word essay. Just thinking about it made Jiang Ruyu feel like she had a splitting headache. In her past life, she hadn't taken the college entrance exam and dropped out after junior high school. Although she had read many books over the years and could write well, this was the first time in two lifetimes that she had to write an essay, let alone one that was 1,000 words long! This was simply making things difficult for her!

  "Dead King Xiao, Stinky King Xiao, you've killed me!"

  “……”?

  "You're also to blame for not speaking! Who told you to say you fell into a ditch!"

  “……”?

  It turned out that Jiang Ruyu was still quite farsighted in some ways. For example, on the first day of school, she changed her seat to the last table in the first group.

  The most obvious benefit of sitting at the last table is that when you are punished to stand during class, you don't have to worry about blocking the view of the blackboard for the students behind. Old Wu came to take a look before the first class and glared at them fiercely, as if they had smeared a big stain on the class's reputation. Jiang Ruyu almost buried her head in her collar, standing in punishment wasn't something to be proud of. Yu Xiangxuan blinked her puzzled little eyes, making eye contact until her eyelids twitched, she didn't even dare pass a note over, afraid that even Yu Xiangxuan would get implicated.

  There are fifty-eight students in the class, only they two stand out from the crowd, and sit on an equal footing with the teacher at the podium. Jiang Ruyu thought to herself, shouldn't she feel proud of this?

  Look at Wang Xiao next to him, this guy casually tore off a large notebook paper, stuck it on the table, held a pen and brushed it quickly, in less than one class period, he finished the test, and upon closer inspection, the small characters were written quite well.

  She looked down at what she had written, only three lines of self-criticism (including the first line with the three big words "self-criticism"), and she really wanted to throw her head back and scream. It would be weird if she could finish it before school was over! Jiang Ruyu was about to go crazy, never expecting that her first article after rebirth would actually be a self-criticism essay!

  Wang Xiao looked down and saw the complex expression on the face of the little girl who had just arrived, about as tall as his chin. For a moment, he thought this girl was quite interesting. She probably didn't even know herself how rich her expressions were. Looking at the content of her self-criticism paper, Wang Xiao was speechless.

  "Confession Book?"

  Dear Teacher Liu, hello!

  I was wrong, I shouldn't have been late, being late and getting punished by the teacher affected the city's appearance, it's simply unforgivable...

  Is this what you call checking? A whole lesson has passed and she only managed to write three lines? It seems that writing a thousand words is very difficult for her.

  Bell?

  The bell rang at this time. Jiang Ruyu suddenly slumped on the stool like a deflated balloon.

  "The teacher said we have to stand for a whole morning." Wang Xiao reminded kindly.

  "The teacher didn't say we can't take a break after class, and besides, she's not here." Jiang Ruyu gave him a stern look, holding the self-criticism paper with both small chubby hands, thinking about how to fill in the words. At this time, Yu Shanshan walked over and apologized, "Xiao Yu, sorry, I looked at the time this morning and it was almost up, you hadn't come back yet, and I'm afraid of dogs, so I didn't wait for you..."