Today is the day when the grades are announced, but the teachers are not here. With everyone guessing about the grades and discussing where the teachers have gone, the atmosphere in the morning self-study class is very lively.
Jiang Chen was reading a book called Discrete Mathematics in his hand. The boy at the table in front of him turned around, pounded his desk excitedly, and said, "Brother Jiang, I heard that all the teachers are not here today because they are in the small conference room because of Zhang Sanmao's false accusation against you during the exam the day before yesterday."
"Who told you that?" Jiang Chen closed the book and asked curiously.
"Am I not late?" The boy raised his eyebrows and smiled with a little pride. "I climbed over the wall and passed by the office building. When the teachers passed by, I happened to hear them talking. It seemed that a parent called the principal and asked about the truth of this matter. I also heard that the parent was not an ordinary person and asked the school to conduct a thorough investigation, so an emergency meeting was held so early in the morning."
Jiang Chen pondered, he knew that this matter would definitely spread, but he didn't expect it to spread so quickly and to such a wide range. However, for him, it was a good thing.
The boy in front of him suddenly stopped laughing and said in a worried tone, "Brother Jiang, do you think the teachers will call you over later? This matter has become so serious, will it have an impact on you?"
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
Several people leaned forward with worried looks on their faces. Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said, "That incident was instigated by Teacher Zhang. Later, he rushed into the classroom during the exam and interrupted our exam. Students from the three classes in the East Building can testify to this. Besides, there were other teachers at that time. They would not watch Teacher Zhang wrongly accuse me. Don't worry."
Hearing him say this, the other students felt relieved. Someone said indignantly, "You should have thrown the paper in his face. The evidence is irrefutable. You can't be blamed for this."
Jiang Chen raised his lips and said, "It's not too late to embarrass him now."
Jiang Chen could have directly taken out the test paper at that time, but if he did so, firstly, it would confirm what Zhang Zhipeng had done, secondly, it would be detrimental to his image in the teachers' minds, and thirdly, once the matter was concluded, divergent discussions would be difficult to sustain. Only when there is suspense about something will people want to get to the bottom of it and discuss it more enthusiastically.
It is precisely because no one knows whether Jiang Chen has the "missing test paper" in his drawer that everyone is speculating. The students in Class 1 all believe in Jiang Chen's character and know that he will not steal the test paper, but people in other classes and grades who don't know him are not so sure. They will be half-believing and half-doubting, holding different opinions, and arguing, becoming the best transmitters of this gossip.
Moreover, the most important point is that Jiang Chen knew that this matter would definitely become a big deal, and after the matter became a big deal, there would definitely be a conversation. At this time, Jiang Chen, who was holding the test paper that had disappeared, would become the leader of this conversation.
However, Jiang Chen would not tell these to these innocent teenagers. Possessing pure joy, good and evil, and innocent sincerity is the best gift that time has given to this age.
Buckle, buckle, buckle——
The math teacher stood at the back door and said to Jiang Chen, "Jiang Chen, come out with me for a moment."
When Jiang Chen walked to the door, Fu Jinyu glanced at his empty hands and frowned, "Where is the test paper that Zhang Jian stuffed into your desk? Did you throw it away?"
Jiang Chen: “No.”
"Go, go, take it and come with me. I'll throw it in his face later."
Jiang Chen: ...
On the way to the office building, Fu Jinyu only said three sentences.
The first sentence: "Don't be afraid of anything. I will recruit you to participate in the competition. No one can touch you."
Second sentence: "When you see the principal, be polite. Zhang Jian, don't use that attitude. Bring out the same attitude you had in the exam the day before yesterday and do whatever you want to do."
The third sentence: "If Vice President Sun talks to you, just pretend to be dumb and I will reply for you."
Jiang Chen nodded repeatedly, looking obedient, but he felt a little strange in his heart.
Before, he never knew that Teacher Fu was so...arguable?
Moreover, maybe it’s because Jiang Chen doesn’t have many memories of his high school years, but in his impression, Teacher Fu was always serious and didn’t like to talk to students in private. So apart from the fact that he was his math teacher in his second year of high school, his only memory of him was when he came to the school to get his admission letter from Nanshi University when he graduated from his third year of high school, and Teacher Fu sighed lightly: What a pity.
What a pity! Jiang Chen had no time to think about it at that time. But when he recalled it now, he suddenly had the answer in his heart.
In the first life, Teacher Fu never mentioned recruiting him to join the competition class, so why did he mention it to him in this life? And when he mentioned it, his tone was firm, as if he had considered the decision for a long time.
The only difference Jiang Chen could think of was that in his first life he was devastated by his family’s difficulties, but now he had regained his composure after a brief burst of venting.
So, when Teacher Fu said it was a pity, he probably thought it was a pity that he should have had a better future, but because he could not bear the hardship, he gave up on himself, and finally had to take another path that he had never considered before.
The office building and teaching building were not far away, and Jiang Chen and Fu Jinyu quickly arrived at the small conference room.
Fu Jinyu was in front, Jiang Chen stood behind him, and in a protective manner, he pushed open the double doors of the conference room and took him to sit next to the principal.
The principal smiled gently: "Jiang Chen is here."
"Hello, principal." Jiang Chen did not sit down directly. He bowed slightly to the other teachers and said, "Hello, teachers."
All the teachers in the second grade group knew Jiang Chen. Most of them had taught him, but there were also some who had not had much contact with him. Seeing him being neither humble nor arrogant, but polite and generous from the moment he came in to the moment he sat down, these teachers couldn't help but have a much better impression of him.
The principal also smiled, patted Jiang Chen's arm, and said, "Sit down."
Seeing him sit down, she looked at the folder in his hand and said calmly, "What is this?"
Without waiting for Jiang Chen to answer, Fu Jinyu said, "It's the test paper that Teacher Zhang said was lost. I asked Jiang Chen to take it with him."
The teachers in the conference room all looked at the folder in front of Jiang Chen, and their eyes glanced at Zhang Jian with some subtlety.
Zhang Jian's face was purple. Sun Tengyun glanced at him, asking him to calm down. He touched the teacup and said, "Student Jiang, we called you here at this time because we want to tell you about the last exam when Teacher Zhang lost the test paper and accidentally misunderstood you. He didn't handle it well at the time, and you were a little excited. You contradicted and accused the teacher in public. Both parties were wrong. So, teacher, let's just let this matter go. You and Teacher Zhang should both apologize to each other. As the saying goes, a teacher is a father for life. As the head teacher of your own class, how about each of you take a step back?"
After Sun Tengyun finished speaking, the other teachers' expressions changed to varying degrees.
What a shameless thing to say!
But he was the vice-president after all, and even if it was shameful, they just exchanged glances and sympathized with Jiang Chen in their hearts for being wronged and having to apologize.
At this moment, almost most of the teachers, including the principal and Fu Jinyu, did not think that Jiang Chen would disagree with Sun Tengyun's words. After all, the old saying goes that a higher-ranking official can crush a person. To Jiang Chen, Sun Tengyun is not only the vice principal but also his elder, and the pressure he brings to him is needless to say.
Fu Jinyu's face darkened. He never thought that Sun Tengyun, at such an old age, could be so shameless. Not only did he confuse right and wrong and put the blame on others, but he also used the authority of an elder and school leader to threaten Jiang Chen. The only thing he did was to press his head down and make him apologize to settle the matter.
How could this be something a teacher would do?!
He was about to open his mouth to refute them one by one, but Jiang Chen spoke first: "Vice President Sun, I'm sorry that I can't agree with your decision."
All the teachers in the conference room were shocked. They didn't expect Jiang Chen to refuse directly.
Jiang Chen didn't care about the expressions of others. The young man stood straight, with a graceful figure. He spoke slowly and calmly, but forcefully:
"First, did Teacher Zhang accidentally lose the test paper and misunderstand me, or did he stage a show to slander me? The teachers and students present at the time all had eyes and could judge for themselves, and so did I."
"Second, I was not emotional at the time, and I was not guilty of contradicting my teacher. I spoke in a polite and calm tone, and all my speculations were logical and factual. As I just said, the teachers and students present can prove this to me. If you want the facts, you can look at the file bag I brought with me."
"Third, I only have one father, who has just recovered from a car accident. Teacher Zhang insulted my father in public at the school gate. With such a teacher and such a teacher's ethics, I cannot agree with the saying 'once a teacher, always a father'. Otherwise, my father would be the first to disagree."
"All that being said, I don't think I need to apologize."
After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he bowed to Vice Principal Sun and said, "If you think that my words of defense are offensive, I am bowing to you here now, not to apologize, but to show respect from a younger generation to an elder."
Sun Tengyun's face darkened. Jiang Chen's strategy of using force first and courtesy later made him unable to get angry. Zhang Jian was right. This student did not act like a student at all. He was neither arrogant nor impatient and had reasons and evidence. Many adults could not be like him. He was definitely not an ordinary person.
However, precisely because he is such a troublemaker, he cannot let him go, otherwise, wouldn't there be chaos in the future?
Sun Tengyun said sinisterly: "So, Jiang Chen, do you think you have done nothing wrong?"
"I don't think so." Jiang Chen smiled slightly, but his face showed a bit of self-blame. He said: "This matter made my parents very worried. As a child, it is my fault to make my parents worry."
Sun Tengyun looked at Jiang Chen with a gloomy face, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were uneven, carrying a sense of oppression and sinisterness.
Jiang Chen seemed unaware and continued, "So, now they are very worried about my mental state in school. They don't want me to stay in No. 1 Middle School anymore, so they plan to transfer me to No. 4 Middle School. They have already contacted the teachers there. If they agree, I will be able to transfer directly to No. 4 Middle School in June."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the teachers in the conference room became restless.
The test results are out this time, although they have not been announced yet, but Jiang Chen's paper was selected in advance, and he is definitely as solid as a rock for first place in the grade. Even with such a big thing happening at home, he was able to recover in such a short time, which shows his psychological quality. It can be said that as long as nothing goes wrong in the next year and a half, not to mention that Jiang Chen is Huayan's seedling, it is not impossible for him to be the city's top scorer in science.
Which school would miss out on a top student?
No. 1 Middle School won’t do that, and no. 4 Middle School will do that even less!
They believed that if what Jiang Chen said was true, No. 4 Middle School would definitely beat the drums and gongs and open the doors to welcome Jiang Chen in. There would be no reason for them to refuse. They might even laugh at No. 1 Middle School in their hearts for handing over such a good seedling to No. 4 Middle School.
No, no matter what, Jiang Chen must not be allowed to transfer schools!
This is the idea of the entire office, including all the teachers, including the principal and vice principal Sun Tengyun.
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