Episode 20
“One student in our class got 5 points, which is a good thing. A student in a second-year class got 4 points. The difference is that the one who got 5 points wrote 3 contexts, while the one who got 4 points wrote 2 contexts, but there were no other points to be awarded, that’s all.”
"What's wrong with the 5-point score?"
"Who knows? Maybe they offended the examiner?"
Sasin probably got 5 points on that question because someone looked at Sasin's paper first when the papers were being handed out, and then a colleague interrupted him, and the class representative took the paper away. So he assumed that Sasin got 5 points.
Who is it?
"have no idea."
"......"
"I thought you saw it."
"I only looked at the back, I didn't see the front, but the handwriting doesn't seem to be from our class. I'll ask their homeroom teacher later."
"This is troublesome."
"Um?"
“He has some family matters to attend to these past few days. We spoke with the principal about it, and this morning the principal came over and said he needed to take several days off without giving a reason. However, his expression was rather intriguing. This morning, he even called you.”
"Telephone?"
If it weren't for their reminder, Benjamin would have directly asked Lao Liu why he was still "not coming home at night" these days. However, he saw Song Ran's junior, well-behaved, just like he had described her. Why would someone like that want to know Song Ran?
Is Teacher Liu here?
"He's not here. Call him if you need anything."
"good."
He went to the school to find Lao Liu in person, and the principal didn't even leave his office. The security guard recognized him; he was in the security room now. Because he had just come out of his classroom, the security guard was giving him special attention.
"Benjamin!"
Sasin, passing by the security room, happened to see Benjamin. At that moment, he doubted whether the figure in the back was Benjamin. But none of that mattered. Old Liu was going to the security room to pick up something. After seeing Benjamin, he realized that his purpose was to pick up the exam papers from the office.
"Go to the office to get the exam papers."
"No, thank you."
"Why?"
"Today I... never mind, let's talk about it after you get off work."
"Tell me, what's wrong?"
"I got into a fight with them today."
"who?"
"The group that Song Ran led."
"What?"
"Shh!"
Benjamin knew the consequences of his actions. However, when he realized the matter had reached a point where it was unavoidable, he had no choice but to proceed methodically. What he thought was simply a matter of stopping a fight escalated under Benjamin's "guidance" into something far more serious: Sasin's homeroom teacher's leave request wasn't just a simple family matter, but rather...
"They even came to him, saying that Sasin had upset them."
"No, they were clearly at the police station, how could they possibly have come out again?"
"It's not the group that's in the police station right now; it seems to be people from Song Ran's boyfriend's side."
"......"
"I don't know if Song Ran's boyfriend's people got in or not, but I feel that our school is in trouble now. The final exams are over, and you're on vacation. It's a good time to deal with some things during the holidays, so the principal can't interfere even if he wants to."
"That's true."
"By the way, I heard them say that someone got 5 points on the last big question that Li Zan was tutoring, right?"
How did you know?
“I saw his handwriting.”
"......"
"I'm going back to the classroom now. We can talk after school."
Benjamin went straight to the classroom after the bell rang. His biggest worry was that Sasin's homeroom teacher and Old Liu might both be expelled, and the students might receive major demerits. However, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Sasin, as he seemed to understand the principal's actions. If he were expelled, he wouldn't have anything to worry about. Song Ran's current antics were essentially a gamble on psychological warfare—a gamble on who would ultimately win.
"Your homeroom teacher had an accident and won't be able to come to school to teach you for a while."
Sasin was naturally terrified when he heard that his homeroom teacher had gotten into trouble, but Lao Liu gave Sasin a look that told him there was no need to be so afraid. The principal was also giving Lao Liu the same hint, and Lao Liu knew that trouble was about to befall him.
——Monday afternoon——
"Benjamin."
"?"
"I need to talk to you about something."
Previously, one of Benjamin's right-hand men approached him directly, asking for his help.
"Hey bro, what do you want?"
"I would like to ask you to help me find out the identities of those people."
"good."
—Three days later—
"Old Liu, where's Benjamin?"
"I was expelled from school."
"What?"
—From three days ago to now—
“”
"Brother, we found them. The identities of those people you asked me to investigate have been revealed. They are indeed from Song Ran's side, but they are subordinates of Song Ran's boyfriend. Because her boyfriend takes orders from Song Ran, his subordinates temporarily become Song Ran's subordinates. That seems to be the case, but..."
"only?"
"She wanted Lao Liu to be expelled by the principal."
"......"
"And the first-year high school homeroom teacher also wanted to end up like Lao Liu because of Song Ran."
"So, what would happen if a fight broke out?"
“Even if a fight doesn’t break out, Lao Liu and the others will still be fired. This incident is one of the reasons for their dismissal.”
"I agree."
"This matter is probably already a done deal, so we might as well make a bigger fuss about it, and that way we'll achieve our goal."
"......"
"I'll try to stir up trouble."
What is certain now is that it was wrong for his left and right henchmen to stir up trouble, but such behavior did make them notice that the students in their class were leading the fight, and at the same time, they also noticed the students from other schools, killing two birds with one stone.
—After being dismissed, Lao Liu was reinstated to his original position—
"Why are you back?"
"Wasn't he expelled from school?"
Who knows?
"......"
—The day after Lao Liu was reinstated to his original position—
"Old Liu!"
"You brat, you're as unlovable as ever."
"Thanks for reminding me. By the way, where's Sasin?"
"I'm so sad. I thought you were standing at the door looking for me. Turns out you were picking up your boyfriend."
Where?
Benjamin's request was simple: since their relationship was secret and Song Ran knew part of it, no matter how close they guessed, it would have almost no impact without the parties' tacit approval.
"I heard you ate some small fish from the Sassins."
How do you know about this?
"I'm like a tapeworm in your stomach, but who else would know if I didn't?"
"......"
Benjamin remained silent, and Lao Liu did not explain how he knew about this. More importantly, besides Sassin's reasons, his meeting with Lao Liu was also partly related to Lao Liu himself.
"Yes, yes, yes, we're having a lot of fun, okay?"
"......"
Benjamin decided to speak frankly, wanting to embarrass Old Liu. Later, after they gathered together, they went to Old Liu's house. Sasin had been waiting for them at the door for a long time when they opened it. There was no one else inside, so that some things would remain unknown to others.
Who else?
"Sasin's homeroom teacher will be here soon."
"......"
——Ten minutes later——
"They're here."
"?"
"......"
"Long time no see."
"You're back, baby?"
"?"
"What? When did you two get together?"
"Mind your own business!"
"Did you sleep with him? Did you eat whale?"
"..."
Old Liu and Sasin's homeroom teacher had been dating for a while, and Old Liu didn't want to recall what happened that night. The reason was that Sasin's homeroom teacher rubbed his body saying he wasn't feeling well, and it was this absurd reason that led to his dismissal by the school leaders. More importantly, he loved his job, and the principal's double-dealing behavior upset him. Old Liu had jokingly mentioned that Sasin's homeroom teacher was dating someone, but they never talked about it again.
"Let's go for a drink."
Why drink?
"When I'm in a bad mood, I vent by drinking."
"right."
"Come on, I know a bar that's pretty good."
—The day after I lost my job—
"......"
When Sasin's homeroom teacher woke up and saw that he was sleeping naked, he felt a cool breeze on his buttocks, followed by a sharp pain from his anus, which was most likely because he had been bent over, that was all.
——Grade 11——
"Old Liu!"
"......"
"So you're not going to see Benjamin and the others this time? And you're not going to tutor them until their senior year of high school?"
"Since the principal resigned, I've been the only one teaching journalism at our school. I'm teaching the first year of high school, and I'll be teaching the second and third years as well. However, I can replace the homeroom teacher with anyone. Besides, this is the price we paid for Benjamin dropping out of school. Otherwise, our school wouldn't have a journalism teacher."
—Two high school students and Lao Liu—
"These are your terms?"
"How about it?"
"Yes, I can accept this condition."
"What are the conditions?"
"Benjamin dropped out of school, and I went back to teach."
"this......"
"Now you're my senior and I'm your junior. You'll be very happy about that, right?"
"Are you kidding me!"
Sasin's joking remark to Benjamin, "I'm your senior, I'm the senior! You're my junior!" never imagined it would become a reality! But the problem is, he's currently a sophomore in high school, so even if he becomes Sasin's senior, he'll still have to repeat his freshman year!
"Sasin, how eager are you? Why are you so impatient to become Benjamin's senior?"
"......"
"He was joking."
"Yeah, I was just joking..."
Seeing things were going wrong, Sasin quickly backed down. When he first learned of this from his classmates, he was mostly confused; sometimes he even found it amusing that someone was going against him. Now...
"Benjamin, what exactly do you want?"
"......"
On the way to Lao Liu's house that day, Benjamin was indifferent to Lao Liu's suggestion of eating small fish, but there was one thing Benjamin wanted to make clear:
"He said it himself?"
"Um."
"That makes things much easier from here on out, because Benjamin can't hear this part."
"I understand what you mean."
"......"
"You must have something to say."
"That day, he told me about his ambitions because after she met me, she was dissatisfied with my behavior in every way, whether it was my words or my actions. In the end, she just didn't like me."
"Has he ever said anything extreme?"
"They said they wanted to transfer the senior's achievements to him."
"......"
"I agreed, and I also demanded that if Sasin's final exam score was still lower than mine, I would definitely teach him a lesson. At that time, I competed with him on the last two questions of the journalism exam."
What score did you get?
"I get 10 points."
"He got 11 points."
"......"
"He's even better this time; you lost to him this time."
“I told him that if he won, I would be his junior. He got angry and thought I was joking. He had a complete breakdown. That was his reaction a few hours after eating the small fish.”
"He's the same."
"?"
“Sasin’s homeroom teacher was in a similar situation to Sasin. One time, he was drinking with someone and he made me laugh. He said something like ‘bastard.’”
"A bastard or something?"
"Those students and their teachers, and even the principal, are the same. But it's good this way. What if she goes to do other jobs and finds out that she still prefers being a teacher? Plus, we had a period when we had a pretty good relationship, and what we said made us think that we didn't expose what the other person was thinking. That's all."
"Do you want to reveal what the other person is thinking?"
"Um."
"......"
After Benjamin pressed him on this point, he had an extremely bold idea, but he didn't want to expose it. Besides, it wasn't surprising that the homeroom teacher was superior to Sassin's homeroom teacher. Judging from Lao Liu's reactions on his WeChat Moments, his attitude towards Sassin's homeroom teacher was more of a teasing.
"And then what? Why did you flirt with him?"
"Teasing him? I never knew I could be this outrageous."
"I don't want to use the Great Memory Restoration Technique on you."
"......"
"If you don't want to talk, then forget it, it's not interesting anyway."
"Thank you for letting me go."
"......"
"arrive."
—Arrived at Old Liu's house—
What exactly do you want?
"You set a goal for yourself, so naturally you have to achieve it yourself."
"Benjamin~"
The two of them were about to fight each other, but this did not stop Lao Liu from going to Sasin's homeroom teacher. He then told them to go to the bedroom to argue while he went to talk to him.
—Sassin's homeroom teacher has arrived—
"And then? What exactly is your purpose in contacting me? It's not to reveal what happened back then, is it?"
"No, no, it's about teaching."
"......"
Who's here?
"Your class's homeroom teacher."
"?"
"Don't move."
Benjamin pressed himself against Sasin's body, then turned his head away to look outside, placing his hands on the door frame. Because this bedroom was closest to the living room, Benjamin and the others heard their conversation.
What did they talk about?
"Regarding teaching and questions about applying for college and university in the future."
"......"
None of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that Sasin's hands are in a very awkward position. Benjamin has his hands on the door frame and is fine, but Sasin is not. Sasin has nowhere to place his hands more naturally, therefore...
What was that sound?
"......"
Seeing that Lao Liu had no reaction, Sasin's homeroom teacher seemed to have guessed that he had been "lured into a trap" by Lao Liu. He thought that leaving was the most effective way, but the next second he was directly pressed down on the sofa in the kitchen by Lao Liu.
What are you doing?
Who knows?
"What was your purpose in letting me fall into your trap? How did the promised teaching turn into this mess?"
"What? Don't you want to expose that secret that came up when we were drinking?"
"Didn't you confess last time, you scumbag?"
"......"
"His name is Old Liu, the scumbag?"
Who knows what's going on between those two right now?
"......"
"Let's go, let's go to bed."
"No, I haven't heard enough yet!"
"hurry up!"
——Second Semester of Senior Year——
"It's been a year, and I'm finally going to university. I can't wait!"
"What a surprise! Old Liu's network is much wider than I imagined!"
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