Episode 16
"......"
Actually, those explanations were all for his classmates. Benjamin knew very well that he had almost no taste in women. But what he didn't expect was that Song Ran talked to him much more than the other boys in the class. He didn't understand why Song Ran would leave him alone.
"It's highly unlikely that she'll add me."
"Why?"
"Because of her personality, if she can add other people, then she has won. And what she meant was that if all the boys in the class added her and she still got in, then it would mean that she has a lot of personal charm."
"She still has such remarks and attitudes?"
"Is this what Lao Liu and the others meant?"
"That's quite an intriguing attitude."
"Intriguing... isn't it?"
"However, the fact that Lao Liu can say this also suggests that something unusual must have happened in the class."
"In any case, it's better to be careful."
"Of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best. You'd be better off running away."
"I don't want to."
Why?
"Because I understand her purpose and ambition to some extent."
"......"
—First semester of high school—
"One person is missing."
"who?"
"Benjamin."
Why don't I add you?
"have no idea."
"I don't know, nobody told me, and nobody told me he didn't add me as a friend."
"Are you kidding me?"
"It's okay, if he doesn't want to add me as a friend, then he doesn't have to. It's no big deal."
"......"
"That won't do."
Benjamin saw them circling around Song Ran and then left the classroom without even glancing at her. Based on that alone, Benjamin felt that they didn't want him to play with them. However, among those who saw Benjamin, only one person called him that, because they were completely captivated by Song Ran after seeing her.
"Book!"
"......"
"He's Benjamin?"
"right."
"Has Benjamin always been this kind of person?"
"He's always been this kind of person."
"......"
"It doesn't matter whether he comes or not, we'll see him tomorrow anyway."
"?"
"Because tomorrow is a holiday."
Benjamin, who thought there would be a parent-teacher conference, never had the chance to meet Lao Liu because her parents were in Dongguo. However, if Lao Liu could give her a chance, he could give Benjamin countless chances in return.
"Countless opportunities?"
"Who exactly is his mother?"
Who knows?
"Didn't Lao Liu mention it?"
"without."
"However, he took great care of one of the first-year high school students."
Do you know which class it is?
"I heard they were in Class 1, but I forgot their name."
At that time, Song Ran had a junior who also enrolled in this school. She wondered if she had taken up a spot in the school. Whether it was because she had a good relationship with a teacher at that school or because the journalism program here was famous, she tried her best to get here as well.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ben, it's me. There's something I need to tell you. When you were a junior in high school, there was a freshman in your school. You have to look after him; he's your junior."
"No way! Besides, what am I supposed to do? You want me to protect the junior? Old Liu didn't agree to protect the junior in a fight, so I definitely can't agree to this now that you've said it."
"You dare! Benjamin! You dare disobey me!"
"Come and beat me up if you dare! You still have five days until you get home from the East, who's afraid of who, you tigress!"
Benjamin put the phone aside, but the next second his mother suddenly appeared in front of him, and the next second his mother grabbed his ear.
"Weren't you supposed to be back from the Eastern Kingdom in five days? Why are you back so soon?"
"Do I need to pick a day to deal with you, you brat?!"
"I have no grudge against him, why should I protect him?"
You'll find out in a few years.
"Never mind then, it's better if I don't protect him."
"To wear a mask or not?"
"Wear it, wear it, wear it!"
Benjamin agreed under the coercion and enticement of his mother, but his outward agreement did not mean he truly agreed in private.
"If you don't protect him, I'll send you to fight in the East!"
"Does it have to be this ruthless?"
"want!"
"......"
Perhaps big data entered their home in a completely new way, because Benjamin received a call directly from Lao Liu. Lao Liu had mentioned that a junior needed Benjamin's help, but the question was, how could he help him? The story ends with Benjamin learning from Lao Liu that his name was Sassin.
"The one from Class One?"
"Yes, the one from Class One."
"good."
Is your mom next to you?
"exist."
"Let your mom answer the phone."
"Mom, it's Lao Liu on the phone."
"Hey Xiao Liu?"
When Benjamin first heard his mother call him "Little Liu," he wondered why they addressed each other that way. But his mother wouldn't tell him, and nobody knew why.
——The start of the second year of high school——
"Why? Why won't you add me as a WeChat friend?"
"I never add anyone on WeChat casually."
"So you can count the number of your WeChat friends on one hand and one foot, right?"
"almost."
"It's already impressive to have one student in a class who has skills and knowledge that are on par with Benjamin in our class."
"What's your name?"
"Sassin".
"......"
—The first week after the start of the second year of high school—
"Senior."
"I am coming!"
"......"
Song Ran suddenly encountered two other people: a junior she knew and her best friend. She felt awkward when she found that the two of them were asking her for a hug at the same time. Who should go first?
“Sasin was a student in our class. Our teacher of modern literature told us that the student named Sasin had quite a lot of experiences, and those experiences were quite special. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be a different person during class and after class.”
"It's okay, there's still the monthly exam. This way we can see the real test there. By the way, they said the monthly exam questions are very difficult because..."
"Questions set by the Education Bureau?"
"Yes, it was created by several teachers together."
"Is this some kind of outrageous nonsense?"
"want."
Where is the teacher grading the papers?
"A school."
"......"
Starting with Sassin's class, the education bureau began to "prank" them and did all sorts of shameless things. When Benjamin learned from Lao Liu that the education bureau had implicated a group of people in the exam questions, he became increasingly confused.
Why does it have to be this way?
"Because Benjamin has outmaneuvered Sassin this time, there's a high probability he'll have to hand it over."
Who is stronger and who is weaker?
"The strong prey on the weak."
"......"
—The third day after the monthly exam—
"Book!"
"Um?"
"How about it?"
"What do you mean, how about it?"
"Monthly exam! Monthly exam!"
Benjamin's monthly exam results were never revealed on the surface. The person who foolishly asked Benjamin about his exam results was one of his right-hand men. This wasn't something Benjamin chose; it was something they formed spontaneously, nothing more.
"generally."
"You told me last time that you didn't do well on the test, and this time you told me it was just so-so. Do you only have two attitudes towards test results?"
"Why?"
"......"
Seeing his "follower" speechless, Benjamin simply walked away coolly, only to be knocked down by Sasin a few steps later. However, Benjamin was in a good mood this time, though he always expressed his mood with a blank expression, so he let Sasin go this time. At that moment, he didn't know Sasin was him. The next second, Song Ran inexplicably appeared in front of him.
"Benjamin!"
"......"
"She's come looking for you again!"
"Not interested."
The Nth time he lost interest, on the third day after the start of the second semester of his first year of high school, Benjamin was called out by Song Ran. The reason he was called was because his homework was always of the highest quality, and she wanted to "borrow" from Benjamin's news assignments.
"Learn from?"
"right."
"Oh no, I haven't done my news assignment yet."
"......"
"Because my inspiration hasn't come out yet."
"Huh? This thing can just pop out like that?"
"Yeah, what else? What about you? You're not going to just pop out all at once, are you?"
Song Ran was speechless again, but for Benjamin, inspiration was always the most important thing, and authenticity, in addition to inspiration, was also important. There was another possibility—he was the son of a volunteer from the East. But he never told anyone this; the only person who knew was Old Liu, and Old Liu had also been suspected.
"Old Liu."
"Um"
"Who exactly is that student named Benjamin in your class? Why are his reports always so accurate?"
"......"
"?"
"I don't know either."
"Didn't you meet his mother? Didn't she mention this?"
"His mother? Ah, I remember seeing his mother briefly when the school held its first welcome party, but she left after talking to me about the causes and consequences of the war."
"Then she didn't tell us about her family's background?"
The other homeroom teachers and subject teachers were skeptical, but one teacher, as if his mind was out of control, asked:
"Old Liu, did you go to war before? How come you're so tight-lipped?"
"Um......"
Old Liu simply uttered an "um..." leaving most of his colleagues confused about what he meant. Also, had he ever actually been to the battlefield? Only one person knew, but that person didn't say it aloud. The next second, that person simply said:
"With so many wars in the East, writing reports should be a piece of cake, right?"
“We want to go but we can’t. This kid must have some way to get to the East, like—smuggling himself in! Otherwise, even if he used AI, he couldn’t have made it look so real.”
"But speaking of which, which teacher is in charge of Class One now?"
"His surname is Yang."
"That fierce-looking teacher?"
"right."
The person who "knew" Lao Liu's identity called Lao Liu, who had just come out of the office, out the next second and invited him to have drinks after get off work. He said there was a really nice place that Lao Liu had been to.
"Want me to have a drink?"
"There's a pretty good bar."
"good."
"I am the fierce-looking Old Yang they are talking about."
"So you're the homeroom teacher of Class 1?"
Old Yang nodded without speaking. Sasin saw two people around the corner of the corridor. Coincidentally, both of them were journalism professors. Plus, they both had dirt on each other, which was actually quite nice.
"So what is the purpose of your visit?"
"First it was Sasin, then Benjamin. What exactly are their identities?"
"Who knows? But what's certain is that their grades are so good, they're definitely not ordinary people."
"......"
"Did Sasin also go to another place?"
"Where is it?"
"Eastern Kingdom."
"I haven't heard of him. He's more of a quiet person in class, and he gives off a different vibe in and out of class."
"That's strange."
"It's not very realistic to say that you've become stupid from studying. Sometimes, thanks to Benjamin in your class, he's really good."
"So-so. If you Bansassins were as well-behaved, I would really have a lot less to worry about."
"......"
"But what is your purpose in coming to see me? It's not just to discuss their affairs, is it?"
"No, I wanted to ask what your relationship is with Benjamin?"
"Teacher-student relationship".
"...You wouldn't want me to have any relationship with Benjamin other than that of teacher and student, would you?"
"Terrified."
"What scared you to death?"
"I thought you two still had this kind of relationship."
What are you thinking about?
——Grade 11 Midterm Exam——
"Benjamin!"
"It's her again..."
"Song Ran?"
"Hmm, it's this student again."
Starting from the second semester of her first year of high school, then at the beginning of her second year, then a week after the start of school, and then the monthly exam, and even now, she's still pestering her. What exactly does she want? However, Song Ran simply said:
Let's be together.
"What?"
"Come with me."
"And then, what are the benefits of being with you?"
"Eat good food, drink good drinks, meet more and better people, and live in a bigger house."
"I refuse."
"Why?"
There's no reason why.
"I don't believe it."
"I've lived in this kind of house for too long and gotten used to it. I'm not used to living in such a high-end house all of a sudden. But that's not the most important thing. I'm a loner, and I don't want to interact with girls. If we break up without a fight, the girl will definitely say bad things about me, like calling me a jerk or something. It's so annoying. Besides, I really have absolutely no interest in dating. If it's just adding each other on WeChat, then it's fine. But if it's that kind of requirement, then I can only say that we're not compatible. There are so many guys in the class; I don't believe you don't like any of them."
"Hey you!"
"Or you can find my right-hand men, I don't care about either of them."
"Hey! Benjamin! Don't go too far!"
"Hey kid, do you even understand what's going on? You're the one who keeps talking nonsense every day, asking me all sorts of questions since the second semester of my first year of high school. Who do you think you are? A police officer checking household registrations? If you really want to work at the police station, you can ask the Public Security Bureau's website if they're hiring. Just a friendly reminder, you're not a civil servant."
"you!"
"Give it back to you? Then you can use the third-person pronouns for me and him too! Oh right, I forgot to tell you, using third-person pronouns is useless."
"......"
When Song Ran saw Benjamin's unreasonable and barbaric nature, she was naturally furious. Furthermore, a very dangerous idea began to sprout in her mind—to frame Benjamin. She couldn't tolerate others being outstanding, and of course, an unnamed fire needed to be extinguished—by her junior.
"Didn't work?"
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