The next day on her way to school, Leng Yue passed by the park and found that it was cordoned off.

While slurping down her soy milk, Leng Yue pulled over a student from No. 1 Middle School and asked, "Hello, classmate, what's going on here?"

Leng Yue grabbed a girl with a round face. Seeing Leng Yue's school uniform, the girl knew they were schoolmates. She then moved closer to Leng Yue in a very familiar manner, saying mysteriously, "It's a gangland brawl! This is exclusive news!"

Leng Yue smiled and looked at the girl, asking, "How did you know?" But she knew in her heart that a fight was impossible because she had frozen them all in place.

"Of course I found out! I'm very good at it!" The girl's cheeks were red and round, like apples.

"Are we coming or not? We're going to be late!" Leng Yue finished her soy milk, threw away the blanket, and turned to look at the girl.

The girl then looked at Leng Yue with lingering interest, "What time is it?"

Leng Yue glanced at her wrist. "7:10, ten minutes left! If we hurry, we can still make it."

"Ten points already? Time to speed up!" The girl grabbed Leng Yue and started running, asking as she ran, "Excuse me, which class are you in?"

"Class One." Leng Yue kept up with the girl at a leisurely pace, answering her question without blushing or panting.

"I'm in Class Two. Shall we walk home together after school tonight? Things haven't been peaceful lately." The girl was panting heavily but still insisted on chatting with Leng Yue.

"This..." Leng Yue released the girl's hand, "I think it's better not to..."

The girl stopped, panting, and looked at Leng Yue. "Why? Isn't it better to have someone with you?"

Leng Yue shook her head and smiled slightly. "I'm used to being alone. Sorry." After saying that, Leng Yue left on her own. She was now entangled with the female lead, and she couldn't drag innocent people down with her.

Seeing Leng Yue walking further and further away, the girl stomped her foot and ran after her, saying, "Hey classmate, let's go back to school together, I'm scared~"

Leng Yue didn't say anything, and passively went to school together. When they arrived at school, their respective homeroom teachers had already entered the classroom.

The girl wailed, "Oh no, the teacher's going to scold me again! I'm going inside now, bye!"

Leng Yue smiled at her, thinking the girl was quite lively. Then, she turned and went into the classroom. Leng Yue was a minute late this time, and the homeroom teacher looked at her but surprisingly smiled.

Leng Yue almost dropped her schoolbag. She reflexively smiled at her homeroom teacher and quickly sat down in her seat.

Leng Yue took out her textbook and began to read aloud, but the thought of her homeroom teacher's smile made her heart clench. Leng Yue had no idea why her homeroom teacher was smiling; he had always been cold and hostile towards her, and this sudden change to a gentle smile was truly unexpected!

After the homeroom teacher left, Leng Yue quietly asked her deskmate, "Do you know what's wrong with the homeroom teacher? She seemed to be in a particularly good mood today!"

Leng Yue's deskmate gave her a strange look. "What nonsense are you talking about? That Abbess Miejue would be in a good mood? Are you running a fever?"

Leng Yue hesitated after her deskmate said that. "Could it be that I saw it wrong just now? But I clearly saw her smile at me."

"Impossible. It's rare for our homeroom teacher to be in a good mood; it's like the sun rising in the west. You must be mistaken." Her deskmate glanced at the front door, hiding it with a book, and whispered to Leng Yue, "You know how notoriously ruthless our homeroom teacher is..."

"Hmm..." The two were chatting enthusiastically when their homeroom teacher appeared behind them without them noticing.

The girl at the table glanced at Leng Yue, indicating that they were doomed today! Leng Yue nodded in agreement.

As they were talking, the homeroom teacher looked at them kindly and said, "You seem to be having a good chat. Excuse me, I have to interrupt for a moment..."

Leng Yue and her deskmate exchanged a glance. Leng Yue raised an eyebrow at her, indicating that she was right. Her deskmate, however, was much more exaggerated, looking as if she had seen a ghost, unable to contain her shock.

"Cold Moon, please come out for a moment." Not only that, the homeroom teacher even used the word "please" for the first time ever.

Leng Yue and her deskmate exchanged another glance. Her deskmate nudged Leng Yue, and only then did Leng Yue stiffly stand up and awkwardly follow the homeroom teacher out of the classroom.

"Do you know why I called you out?" The homeroom teacher smiled kindly, but Leng Yue was alarmed.

"I don't know," Leng Yue answered truthfully.

"The results of this monthly exam are out, and you did very well, ranking first in the grade. So, I've decided to let you participate in the district's English competition as well. What do you think?" The homeroom teacher smiled broadly, her eyes practically disappearing from her grin. Who could believe that Leng Yue's total score was only two points away from a perfect score?

Later, the homeroom teacher even went to collect all of Leng Yue's test papers and found that apart from losing two points on her Chinese composition, she hadn't made a single mistake. She hadn't even lost points on the subjective questions in Chinese, Politics, and History—this was the first time in her more than ten years of teaching that she had encountered such a situation!

With a student like this in her class, how could she not be proud? How could she not be happy? Putting everything else aside, given Leng Yue's development, she might even get first place in the city or even the province in the high school entrance exam. Wouldn't that make her, the homeroom teacher, even more proud? Just thinking about it is exciting!

Knowing the reason, Leng Yue felt much relieved. She smiled at her homeroom teacher, "As long as I don't have to do homework, it's fine."

"However, Leng Yue, the high school entrance exam is the most important thing. If you really can't keep up the energy, I won't force you. After all, the exam is only a few months away, you see..." The homeroom teacher couldn't help but persuade Leng Yue after seeing her quick answer.

Leng Yue shook her head. "Teacher, I'll say it again: as long as you allow me to not hand in my homework, I'm fine with it."

The homeroom teacher pondered for a moment, then said, "Alright, this English competition is yours. It includes a speech, and you'll be competing in the district next week. Use this time to prepare."

The homeroom teacher originally didn't plan to participate because the school hadn't really participated in the ninth-grade English competitions before. Mainly, there wasn't much time; the students were all preparing for the high school entrance exam, and neither the teachers nor the students wanted to be distracted.

However, this time, because Leng Yue got a perfect score in English and her other grades were also very good, and the head of the grade mentioned it, the homeroom teacher started to consider it. Originally, the homeroom teacher thought that if Leng Yue refused, she wouldn't force her.

Unexpectedly, Leng Yue wanted to participate in the competition in order to get rid of homework. The homeroom teacher looked at Leng Yue and didn't know what to say to her for a moment.

She had always known Leng Yue hated doing homework, but she hadn't expected it to be this bad. The homeroom teacher sighed, tacitly agreeing, "However, if you fall behind in your studies, you'll have to do twice as much homework as everyone else from now on!"

Leng Yue smiled slyly, "You mean, if I don't neglect my studies, can I not do any homework until the high school entrance exam?"

"Okay!" The homeroom teacher nodded solemnly. "Wait, don't be too happy yet. We need to agree on three rules!"

“Please speak!” Leng Yue’s eyes formed crescent moons.

"First, classwork cannot be skipped, because teachers also need to prepare for inspections," the homeroom teacher said.

Leng Yue nodded, "Of course."

"Secondly, all future exams will be based on this result; if your score is lowered, you'll have to do homework," the homeroom teacher added.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Leng Yue was actually quite confident.

"Third, you should actively answer questions in class. We need to make sure you have mastered all types of questions," the homeroom teacher concluded.

Leng Yue nodded. "Deal."