As soon as he walked out of the corridor, Jiang Chen saw a boy squatting beside the flower bed.
The boy had a baby face and was pulling his hair with a troubled look on his face. He was still mumbling something. He looked up suddenly when he heard footsteps. He was obviously relieved when he saw Jiang Chen. He stood up and walked in front of him, patted his chest and said, "I thought you were not going to school today. I had already thought of where to take you to relax."
Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment as he looked at the boy in front of him who was half a head shorter than him, had round eyes and looked like a junior high school student.
However, the distant yet familiar tone made him quickly connect the 1.60-meter-tall dwarf in front of him with the tall, handsome and always smiling man in his memory, his childhood friend and one of his best friends during his school days, Chen Xu.
"Weren't you just thinking about how to persuade me to go to school?" Jiang Chen smiled subconsciously without any awkwardness, "Relax on the playground?"
After saying this, Jiang Chen himself was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that no matter how many years or lives apart they were, this was always him, and he didn't find it strange anymore.
Chen Xu was not annoyed at all when he was exposed, and said with a smile: "That's fine, brothers, let's call the basketball team to play a few games, and we will relax after having a good time."
"Let's go." Jiang Chen looked at his watch, turned around and said, "I was in a bad mood some time ago, but now I've recovered. I still think studying hard is suitable for me."
Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, then smiled happily: "As expected, it's my brother Jiang, he just recovers quickly. I'm not saying that if you don't study hard with your grades, it will definitely be a loss to the school and the country. When we were in elementary school, you said you wanted to be a scientist. Among us brothers, you are the best at studying. Old Peng said that you will definitely have a bright future and are a seedling of Huayan, suitable for scientific research in the future. If you give up, how can we brag to others that we have a scientist brother in the future?" He elbowed Jiang Chen's arm and said with a smile: "For your brother to brag in the future, you have to get into Yanda University or Huada University, right?"
The boy's worries were hidden in his laughter, and Akagi maintained his friend's dignity in his own way.
Jiang Chen smiled, hooked his neck and said, "Yes."
Seeing his gloomy expression disappear, Shen Xu completely relaxed, slapped his hand away, and said, "Don't use Dad as a crutch. Zhang Sanmao will definitely cause trouble for you later. When the time comes, just treat it as his fart. When the next monthly exam results come out, use the report card to shut him up."
Zhang Jian is a chemistry teacher in Class 1, Grade 2 of Nanshi No. 1 Middle School. He is also the head teacher. After he became bald, he always liked to pull the hair on both sides of his head to the middle, leaving three obvious tufts of hair. His classmates gave him the nickname, Zhang Sanmao.
The most notable characteristic of Teacher Zhang is that those who obey me will prosper, and those who defy me will perish. In his classroom, all students must obey his instructions, and any student who disobeys his instructions will be harassed and punished by him.
In fact, when the classes were just divided in the second year of high school, Zhang Sanmao still liked Jiang Chen very much. Jiang Chen was good-looking, had good grades, was not talkative, and was sensible. He had always been a model of a good student in the eyes of teachers and parents. More importantly, Jiang Chen's performance in science was excellent. He had been ranked first in mathematics, physics and chemistry in the grade since the first year of high school and had never lost a grade.
However, Jiang Chen has a friend in Class 11, Huo Bo, who has extremely poor academic performance and a poor family background.
As the school bully of No. 1 Middle School, Huo Bo has always been a headache for teachers. Among them, Mr. Zhang Jian, who used to be Huo Bo's chemistry teacher, looked down on him the most. At the beginning of the first year of high school, he directly scolded him in class, saying that he was a class parasite and a scum of society, and that he would definitely go to jail in the future.
A few days after he said that, he was covered with a sack and beaten. Zhang Sanmao thought that Huo Bo was looking for revenge, but he had no evidence, so he could only hold his anger and regard Huo Bo as a thorn in his side.
Therefore, when he found out that Jiang Chen, a good student in his mind, was friends with Huo Bo, he directly called Jiang Chen to his office, listed all of Huo Bo's misdeeds in front of him, and then criticized Huo Bo from his own perspective, saying that he was worthless. He even couldn't help but blurt out countless swear words, which was no different from cursing. Finally, he bluntly said that if Jiang Chen didn't break up with Huo Bo immediately, he would definitely not have a good ending in the future.
After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, he thought that the good student in his mind would be completely awakened by his words and would draw a clear line between him and Huo Bo from then on.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen was not moved at all after hearing this. Instead, he said, "Teacher Zhang, Huo Bo is my friend. I think he is loyal and worthy of friendship, so I cannot agree to your request. Moreover, as a teacher, you criticize a student with such intense personal emotions. This is really not a gentleman's behavior."
Since then, Jiang Chen has become Zhang Sanmao's second thorn in his side after Huo Bo.
However, Jiang Chen's grades have always been excellent, and he has been firmly in the top three in the grade. He is the apple of the eyes of other teachers. Even if Zhang Sanmao wants to make things difficult for him, he can't find any reason or excuse. He can only find some balance by doing small things like changing his seat or putting him next to the trash can.
It was not until Jiang Chen's family was in trouble and he was often absent-minded in class, which resulted in his grades plummeting, that Zhang Sanmao finally found his weak spot and stepped on it as hard as if he were the murderer of his father, fearing that he would not be able to kill him and allow him to rise again.
Zhang Sanmao had been making open and secret sarcastic remarks about this month's exam results for almost a week. Not only did he talk about it in class, he also called him to the office to talk about it. One time, when Jiang Chen was late due to caretaking his father, he even stood at the school gate and talked about it in front of all the teachers and students, and even brought up his injured and disabled father.
Jiang Chen was already feeling low and particularly vulnerable because of things happening at home, and this incident made him feel tired of studying. He had already skipped two days of chemistry classes and even spent the entire day in an Internet cafe yesterday.
On the way to school, Jiang Chen dug out all the memories about Teacher Zhang from Shen Xu's words and from his own memories. When he arrived at the school gate, he had already made up his mind and was very calm.
People like Zhang Sanmao, to put it bluntly, are bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. They have no sense of existence in society outside of school, so they need to find a sense of accomplishment in controlling everything from their students. It just so happens that he has the naturally privileged identity of a teacher, so even if he does something excessive, he can always use respecting teachers and educating students as an excuse, which makes people disgusted and unable to resist.
However, Jiang Chen is no longer the seventeen-year-old boy in his first life. He will no longer impulsively hurt himself to avoid revenge on others. He is also not like a real high school student. He is in awe of all teachers from the bottom of his heart and is afraid of the influence and pressure they bring.
There are all kinds of people in the world, and in every industry there are people with good character or bad character. Strip away the halo brought by the profession itself and face it with a calm and fair attitude. I will not offend others unless they offend me. Having lived two lives, Jiang Chen really has nothing to fear.
When Jiang Chen and Shen Xu arrived at the classroom, the morning self-study session was already halfway through.
Today is the morning English self-study class. The English teacher is sitting at the podium and reading out words. The students below are quietly reciting. When Jiang Chen and Shen Xu came in, their voices calling for reports were particularly abrupt.
"You're late." Seeing them, the English teacher stopped, but there was no reproachful expression on his young face. He looked at Jiang Chen carefully and saw that he seemed to be much more energetic. Then he smiled and said, "Hurry up and sit down. Go to the class representative after class to dictate again."
Jiang Chen pursed his lips and smiled, then walked into the classroom.
Chen Xu saluted with a smile: "Yes! Madam!"
"Go in quickly!" Teacher Yang glared at him.
After Jiang Chen and Shen Xu were seated, Teacher Yang continued to read out words. However, before he had read out two, there was a knock on the front door, and Zhang Jian, with his shiny head and neatly combed three horizontal lines of hair, appeared at the door.
He first looked around the classroom, and when he saw Jiang Chen and Shen Xu in the classroom, his expression darkened, and he pointed to the last row by the window and said, "Jiang Chen and Shen Xu, stand up!"
Jiang Chen put down his pen and stood up, while Shen Xu sneered and stood crookedly.
Zhang Jian said gloomily, "You still remember that you are students. This is a school where you can come and skip classes whenever you want? Get out of here! If you don't want to go to class, don't go!"
Teacher Yang stood aside with a frown on his face and said, "Teacher Zhang, we are still in the morning self-study class. Let's talk after class."
"They don't want to go to class, what are they waiting for?" Zhang Jian snorted coldly, "Sitting here is like two bad apples spoiling the whole barrel. It's better for them to get out early and not bring bad consequences to my other students."
"But……"
"Teacher Yang, I know that you are a soft-hearted female teacher, but being kind-hearted also depends on the person. People like Jiang Chen and Shen Xu are hard to teach because they are bad at heart. You are being blindly kind but you are harming other students." Zhang Jian said while shaking his head, with a serious tone.
Teacher Yang's face looked a little grim, but Zhang Jian was an old teacher after all, and he was usually unreasonable. And it was said that he had some connections behind the scenes. She was a new teacher who had not worked in the school for two years, so she really didn't have the confidence to confront him.
"What are you still standing there for!" Zhang Jian saw that Teacher Yang didn't say anything, so he shouted, "Come out!"
Jiang Chen and Shen Xu looked at each other, pushed away the stools and walked out through the back door.
Zhang Jian stood in the corridor, looking at the two people who came out obediently. He could hardly suppress the smugness in his eyes, and raised his voice to scold: "Look at yourselves, do you still look like students now? Do you look like students at all? Being late, leaving early, and skipping classes, what else have you not done? One month ranked in the top 100, and one of you ranked in the top 500. Isn't it shameful! If I were you, I would be too ashamed to face anyone!"
Shen Xu rolled his eyes and said nothing.
Jiang Chen said calmly: "Teacher Zhang, it's morning self-study now. Your voice is too loud and will affect other students' studies."
Yang Jian, who had already raised his hand to point at Chen Xu, raised his hand and pointed at Jiang Chen's nose after hearing what Jiang Chen said, and said with a green face: "You still know how to affect other students' studies. There are two bad apples in our experimental class, you two have affected other students! You dare to talk like this when you are ranked over 100 in the grade! You are so arrogant that you don't even look like a student at all! If you ask me, you are at most at this level, and your previous grades may have been cheated!"
As soon as Yang Jian finished speaking, not only Shen Xu next to him couldn't stand it anymore, but also Teacher Yang and other students in Class 1 couldn't stand it anymore.
Jiang Chen has always been the top student in the grade. He only slipped to third place once because he missed two important questions. At other times, he was far ahead of the second place in the grade. No one was qualified to copy his grades. To put it bluntly, even if you spread the books in front of some students for an open-book exam, they still couldn't get Jiang Chen's score.
Yang Jian said that Jiang Chen plagiarized, which not only slandered Jiang Chen, but also insulted their other classmates.
Jiang Chen, who was far ahead of them, cheated. Then what about the other students who rushed to take the open-book exam but couldn't even hope to compete with Jiang Chen for first place?
Just as the students were thinking this, an old man with gray hair and wearing a gray cotton jacket and holding a thermos cup came over from the other end of the corridor and asked with a smile, "What are you doing?"
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