Chapter 12: You want to sit at the same table with me? Aren’t you afraid that I will beat you?

The classroom fell into silence for a moment.

Jiang Xu continued, "But if you have enough strength, you can also break the rules and become the rule maker."

"Otherwise, I'll have to ask you to leave my class."

Jiang Xu did not use his status as a teacher or elder to suppress others. Instead, he had a conversation with them as equals, as if they were adults.

He looked at everyone in the classroom and said, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I like a simple and direct approach."

Jiang Xu looked serious, but he didn't have the old-fashioned temper of many old teachers, so everyone gradually grew bolder.

"Teacher Jiang, you were the one who taught the provincial science champion last year, right?"

Jiang Xu nodded, "Yes, he's quite well-informed."

There was an uproar in the class.

It turned out that their head teacher was the talented person recruited from Tsinghua University. The first class of students he taught achieved the top scorer in science. No wonder he spoke so arrogantly.

A lively girl raised her hand boldly, "Teacher Jiang, you are so handsome, do you have a girlfriend?"

Lin Zixia: “!!!”

Jiang Xu raised his eyes and looked over, and the girl silently retracted her hand.

Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Jiang Xu smiled for the first time today. "This isn't a question you should be asking, but I can answer it for you."

"Not yet."

"Wow!" Some bold boys started to cheer.

"No" and "not yet" are two different concepts.

Jiang Xu said seriously, "Since you asked this question, I'll just mention that the school doesn't allow premature love."

"At your age, you're curious about everything, so it's normal to have feelings for the opposite sex. However, you're still very ignorant about love right now. Focus on your studies and forget about all the teenage love!"

"Then teacher, can I have a crush on you?" Wu You raised his hand high.

Jiang Xu pushed up his glasses and said seriously, "I don't object to any normal human emotional needs."

This was not said directly, but everyone understood.

Li Senmiao gave Wu You a sinister look and said, "With your attitude, you can only have a secret crush on me!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Wu You was about to retort, but then he remembered what had just happened, touched his nose guiltily, and thought, forget it, let him go.

Girls with a wide range of interests have already started to whisper, what's going on?

Lin Zixia curled her lips. The atmosphere in the class was better than she had imagined, and Teacher Jiang seemed very open-minded, which greatly diluted her melancholy.

"Alright," Jiang Xu interrupted the discussion, "We have a lot to do today, let's tackle them one by one. First, let's arrange the seating. Today, we'll arrange by student ID. It's a free choice, but we'll change it every semester. Next time, we'll arrange by test scores."

The student ID list was posted on the front door of the classroom. Lin Zixia took a look and saw that she was a student from another place, so her student ID number was among the last few.

She had no choice. She stood outside the door waiting, not knowing what would be left for her in the end. It would definitely not be a good position.

Jiang Xu casually asked a boy to read out the student ID and be responsible for arranging the seats, and then went to do other things.

Everyone has different needs for seats. Some people like to sit in the middle, with the third and fourth rows being the best. Others, like Lu Xiangye, prefer to sit at the back.

He left without even taking his bag, his hands in his pockets, looking incredibly undisciplined. When it was his turn to choose a seat, he simply walked to the last row, stretched out his foot to hook the stool outward, and sat down without a care in the world.

When it was Lin Zixia's turn, the classroom was almost full. She stood at the podium, a little hesitant.

"Wow, which school is this pretty girl from? Why haven't I heard of her before? This shouldn't be the case..."

"She looks so cute, like my white moonlight. My heart is melting."

"Too bad I already have a deskmate. How about you move?"

"screw you."

…

Most people knew each other in junior high school, and at the very least, they went to the same school or attended the same cram school.

Lin Zixia was a stranger and a pretty girl. The boys below began to whisper and ask about her.

Lin Zixia looked towards the last row. Lu Xiangye was lying on the table. She couldn't see his expression clearly.

Now, the only seats left were the two on either side of the first row and the one next to Lu Xiangye. However, she really didn't want to sit in the first row; it was too restrictive. Her pretty eyebrows knitted slightly, as if she was weighing the pros and cons.

Li Senmiao and Wu You, who were sitting in the last row, started making a bet.

Wu You: "Do you think Xiaoxia will sit next to Brother Lu?"

Li Senmiao looked up at Lu Xiangye, who was sleeping on the table. Even his hair showed his displeasure. He said calmly, "Brother Lu likes to sit alone. You know that."

Wu You propped up his chin and said, "Sister Xiaoxia is not someone else, why don't we make a bet?"

"What's the bet?"

Wu You: "I'm betting on whether Xiaoxia will sit at the same table with Brother Lu. If I win, everything that just happened will be written off."

Li Senmiao snorted coldly, "What if I win?"

Wu You: "I want to apologize to you."

Li Senmiao: "You should have admitted your mistake to me!"

The next second, "I bet not."

Li Senmiao was confident. Brother Lu hated being clingy with girls the most. He found it troublesome, especially since the girl was a delicate and weak neighbor girl he just met.

Just as the two finished their bet, they saw Lin Zixia coming down from the podium and walking towards them.

Li Senmiao:!!!

Lin Zixia stood beside Lu Xiangye, and all the students in the classroom looked over.

"She doesn't want to sit with Lu Xiangye, does she? Doesn't she know him?"

"Such a beautiful little sister, won't she cry soon because of the scolding?"

"I don't dare to watch what happens next."

"Lu Xiangye won't sit with girls." A girl sitting in the third row said firmly.

Lu Xiangye sat down and moved his stool back against the wall. The boys knew his temper and naturally didn't want to offend him. When a brave girl approached him, he immediately buried his head in sleep, not even giving her a chance to speak.

Lin Zixia looked at the sleeping Lu Xiangye and poked his arm lightly with his index finger.

He didn't respond.

She bent down and prodded again.

Lu Xiangye finally moved. He raised his head, sleepy-eyed, his face etched with displeasure. He lifted his thin eyelids and looked at the person before him, his eyes filled with hostility.

The classroom suddenly became quiet.

Lin Zixia's heart trembled, and he inexplicably thought of the scene in the alley.

She swallowed, pointed to the empty seat next to him, and said softly, "Can you let me in?"

"It's over, it's over," Wu You patted Li Senmiao's shoulder and whispered, "Brother Lu got up in a bad mood, he won't beat anyone up, right?"

Lu Xiangye took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and after a while, he slowly opened them, suppressing the urge to fight.

He glanced across the classroom and instantly understood what was going on.

He looked at Lin Zixia, who was looking nervous in front of him. The little girl's almond-shaped eyes were clear and bright, and she looked at him steadily. There was a hint of tentativeness and caution on her fair little face.

Are you really nervous or just pretending?

Lu Xiangye leaned back, his tall figure completely blocking the seat inside. His eyebrows were slightly raised, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, and his tone was a bit ruffian.

"You want to be my deskmate? Aren't you afraid that I'll beat you up?"