But...but I've said it a thousand times, in the end people should still not set goals.

After the bell rang, Vice Principal Zhang and Jie Ran entered the classroom together.

The middle-aged man's stern gaze swept across the classroom like an x-ray, and finally stopped on her face.

Lin Chaoxi was wondering curiously, could it be that Zhang Liang went and told tales?

"Yesterday, a student reported a violent incident to me," said Vice Principal Zhang.

Hearing this, Lin Chaoxi slowly moved his gaze to Zhang Liang's tall back, finding it incredible.

"Lin Chaoxi, come to my office with me." said William Chang.

Lu Zhihao suddenly saw Huajuan pushing the table from behind.

Lin Chaoxi stood up, the wind blew through her sweaty sweatshirt, and she calmed down the most.

"Someone reported me?" She stood on her seat and looked up and asked, "I want to know who reported me?"

The middle-aged man stood in front of the blackboard and turned to walk out of the classroom. "According to the student himself, he doesn't want you to know his name."

"Principal, who did I hit?" Lin Zhaoxi said, "Let's not talk about the fact that I'm a girl. I was with Lu Zhihao, Hua Juan, and Pei Zhi yesterday. They can testify for me."

Zhang Shuping's large figure appeared in the crack of the door. Jie Ran was behind him, mouthing the word "guts" to her.

Zhang Shuping stood still and swept his sharp eyes around the class again. Lin Chaoxi always felt that he didn't really believe this, so he said it openly in the classroom.

After a moment, Vice Principal Zhang slowly spoke: "Chen Chengcheng."

Lin Chaoxi thought there was something wrong with his ears.

William Chang: "Stand up."

Chen Chengcheng had tried his best to make himself inconspicuous, but now, he stood up very, very slowly, still with his head down. Looking closely, one could see large bruises on his face.

Lin Chaoxi's heart shuddered suddenly.

"Tell Lin Chaoxi what you told me yesterday," said William Chang.

Chen Chengcheng lowered his head even lower. He was short in stature and now seemed to be sinking even lower into the dust.

William Chang: "Speak."

"I..." The little boy uttered a word in a mosquito-like voice, then choked and couldn't continue.

Faced with this situation, Lin Chaoxi's desire to do something big completely disappeared, and he was even unwilling to confront it.

Vice President Zhang's gaze moved across the faces of Zhang Liang and others, causing Zhang Liang to lower his head involuntarily.

"No matter what happens, as long as you speak honestly, the teacher will handle it," said Chang Shuping.

Lin Chaoxi pursed her lips tightly. The eyes of the other children in the class had shifted from her to Chen Chengcheng. They were whispering to each other, and Chen Chengcheng became even more frightened when he heard those voices.

“I…I…”

He still couldn't continue, and at this moment, Zhang Liang turned his head slightly. Lin Chaoxi's heart sank, it was indeed Zhang Liang. It certainly didn't seem likely that he himself complained that she beat him, but it was more believable that Chen Chengcheng complained.

"Lin Chaoxi, what do you think?" asked William Chang.

Lin Chaoxi was silent. Deep down, she was an adult, and the other person was just a child who had been bullied for a long time. If an adult did not provide help to a bullied child and even stepped on him, he would feel guilty: "Maybe it was raining yesterday, I was walking behind Chen Chengcheng, and I pushed him accidentally." She said.

The whole class burst into laughter.

Huajuan shouted from behind: "What did you say?"

Lu Zhihao: "We didn't even run into him."

"Lin Chaoxi..." Even Pei Zhi spoke.

However, Chen Chengcheng did not speak for a long time, and his back was shaking more and more violently. After a long time, Lin Chaoxi heard him speak in a very difficult but very affirmative tone.

"No...no, Lin Chaoxi didn't push me, I...I...I fell accidentally...I'm...I'm sorry..."

There was a brief silence in the class. Zhang Liang and others suddenly turned their heads and looked at him angrily.

It rained heavily yesterday, but today the weather is clear. In the distance is a large lake and water birds are clearly visible. Lin Chaoxi has a hard time describing his feelings.

She didn't say anything, and neither did anyone in the class.

Zhang Shuping's expression also became intriguing: "So, this is a misunderstanding?"

Chen Chengcheng didn't say anything else.

——

The children's schemes may not be so sophisticated and flawless, but they are definitely bad enough.

After the second class, Chen Chengcheng started to change seats while crying. Taking advantage of Jie Ran's absence for a while, Zhang Liang ordered Chen Chengcheng not to sit behind him.

Wang Feng and Lu Ming teamed up and threw all his stationery to the back of the classroom and stepped on his books a few times.

Chen Chengcheng lowered his head to pick up things, sniffing constantly.

Looking at the little boy's extremely depressed face, Lin Chaoxi stepped out of his seat and walked over.

She walked up to him and squatted down, Chen Chengcheng raised his little face in confusion.

Lin Chaoxi took a deep breath and decided that it’s better not to set goals.

"Chen Chengcheng, come hang out with me!"

A beam of sunlight came through the window, and she stretched out her hand directly.

——

Lin Chaoxi fulfilled his promise for almost the entire day.

They took Chen Chengcheng to have lunch and study with him. In the evening, outside the cafeteria at the Oasis Base, they also prepared to go look for Lao Lin together.

As the sun sets, the aroma of cooking and steamed rice fills the air. Chen Chengcheng follows behind them, dragging his hair along with him, his hair a mess like seaweed, hanging down in a tangled mess, giving people the illusion that he really wants to take the opportunity to slip away.

In the afternoon, she dragged Chen Chengcheng to read with them. However, as a child who had not been brainwashed by Lao Lin, he had no idea what he was learning while reading the geometry texts and doing the math problems selected by Lao Lin. Even though Lu Zhihao tried his best to explain, he was still very confused.

Yes, Lu Zhihao probably saw his own shadow in Chen Chengcheng. Although they were one fat and one thin, Lu Zhihao already regarded Chen Chengcheng as his own.

So now, Lu Zhihao walked over and held Chen Chengcheng's hand, and asked very sincerely: "Do you want to leave? Don't you want to be good friends with us? Do you still want to be good friends with Zhang Liang?"

"I...I want to go back and read." Little Chen Chengcheng looked back in the direction of the reading room, stammering.

"What's the point of sitting in the reading room alone? Let's go study together!"

Huajuan patted Lu Zhihao on the shoulder and said, "Lu, why are you so eager to study now? Did you do well in the exam just now?"

Lu Zhihao's face wrinkled again after being poked by him. "It's still difficult!" Huajuan said.

Lu Zhihao: "Are you relying on luck again?"

Huajuan smiled happily: "No, there is a very difficult one, I figured it out!"

Lu Zhihao also laughed with him: "Me too!"

The two little kids started laughing at each other for no apparent reason by the lotus pond, making Chen Chengcheng, who was standing next to them, feel embarrassed.

"I... I... my grades are too bad... I won't... be with... you guys anymore." Chen Chengcheng tried hard to break free from Lu Zhihao's hand, his face red in the setting sun.

Lin Chaoxi and Pei Zhi stood side by side, she put her hands on her hips and was about to say something when Pei Zhi spoke.

"Let's go together." Pei Zhi only said four words.

Hearing this, Chen Chengcheng looked up, his eyes full of hope.

"Huajuan is here, you don't have to worry." Pei Zhi added.

"Brother Pei, what do you mean!" Huajuan shouted.

"I mean to let you read the book carefully." Pei Zhi said as he ran away.

Huajuan started to chase him, "Stop!"

Chen Chengcheng stood behind them, looking at Pei Zhi's back, and suddenly felt encouraged and nodded vigorously.

Lin Chaoxi smiled. How could he be so easy to coax? The influence of the academic god was truly terrifying.

——

"Hey, didn't you say you were afraid of being eliminated? Why did you find someone else?"

In the cafeteria of the Oasis Base, Lao Lin was standing at the window serving food. He scooped a large spoonful of food into Lu Zhihao's rice bowl, looked at the little boy Chen Chengcheng who was following behind them, and asked.

Chen Chengcheng shrank his head and dared not say anything.

"Master, Chen Chengcheng is smarter than me. He is very powerful. Please teach him!"

"Do I have a choice?" Lao Lin glanced at her, wearing a mask and speaking in a muffled voice.

Lin Chaoxi was struggling with today's stir-fried carrots and celery, and subconsciously shouted, "Less of that, less of that!"

Lao Lin just scooped two spoonfuls.

Lin Chaoxi looked at the mountain of vegetables on the plate and said, "Why are there so many?"

Lao Lin: "After we finish eating, I'll teach him."

Lin Zhaoxi: ...

——

The cafeteria was full of people coming and going, and it really didn't look like a good place to study. Especially since the teacher was a busy old man in a cafeteria uniform.

After serving food to the students, Lao Lin went to mop the floor and help the aunts sort out the plates. In the meantime, he even found time to climb up the ladder and replace a broken light bulb.

Lin Chaoxi finished a large bowl of vegetables in great sorrow. Old Lin also kept his promise and kept Chen Chengcheng close to him when he was working and taught him the secrets.

And they, now the master's old loves, could only huddle together at a small dining table in the corner to complete the task assigned by Lao Lin - to verify all the simple geometric theorems by themselves. Of course, it would be better if they could come up with more verification methods.

Before they started, they all thought it would be a very boring task, but as they were doing it, they found more fun.

Even the most basic Pythagorean theorem, if studied carefully, is found to be related not only to the length of the side, but also to the area, and even implies the distributive law of multiplication.

The formulas and theorems you memorize are just memorized, but the things you have proved yourself are yours. The more you delve into the originally boring knowledge, the more interesting it becomes.

Sometimes you even seem to be standing in the long river of history, and can feel the excitement and joy of the moment when the wisdom of the sages flashed.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Chaoxi raised his head and found Chen Chengcheng standing by the table.

I don’t know what Lao Lin taught Chen Chengcheng, but the kid’s face was filled with excitement.

He stood under the lamp and asked her tentatively: "Lin Zhaoxi... I... I have a classmate who lives with me. Can I bring him along?"

Lin Zhaoxi: ???