The director's face turned green as he turned to look at him. "Teacher Zhang, do you have anything else to say? The surveillance footage is clear. Lan Shuang didn't cheat. She even sat perfectly upright during the exam and didn't look around the entire time. It's clear she was studying very seriously, which proves her innocence."
Teacher Zhang gritted his teeth, his expression changing constantly. He continued, unwilling to give up, "Cheating doesn't just happen in the exam room. Maybe the test paper was leaked in advance, and she got the answers? Yes, that's very likely!"
Lan Shuang was silent for a moment and rolled her eyes.
"Teacher Zhang! Did you hit your head?" the director shouted, standing up and angrily scolding, "This exam was prepared by our school's teachers. Each person was responsible for a section, and I personally compiled the complete exam paper. Do you think Lan Shuang and I colluded to cheat?"
This kind of distribution is to prevent cheating. Teacher Zhang spoke without thinking and this sentence directly implicated all the teachers.
After being yelled at by the director, Teacher Zhang came back to his senses and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He gritted his teeth and said, "That's not what I meant, Director..."
"Okay, shut up!" The director took them back to the office impatiently.
Qin Zhou and Lan Shuang followed behind, attracting a lot of people's attention as they walked through the corridor.
The classmates looked at her and whispered, but Lan Shuang ignored them.
After entering the office, the director sat down in a swivel chair and said coldly, "The truth is obvious. Lan Shuang did not cheat. Her grades are genuine and she has made great progress. Teacher Zhang, you questioned her without getting to the bottom of the matter and made such a big fuss. You must apologize to Lan Shuang immediately."
"Wait—" Lao Tie snorted, "Apologize right here? He's been spreading the news of Lan Shuang's cheating everywhere. Now all the teachers in the grade probably know about it, and it'll spread quickly. This has had a very negative impact on Lan Shuang, and you're just going to brush it off like that?"
The director paused, "Well..."
Seeing that he was trying to make light of a major incident, Lan Shuang smiled. "Director, let's not talk about what happened today. We made a bet with Teacher Zhang before. He said that if I ranked in the top 300 in the grade during the midterm exam, he would publicly apologize for his inappropriate remarks. He said that himself. How can we just let it go like this?"
The director smiled awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed.
It's a bit awkward to ask a teacher to apologize to students in public, and it would be inappropriate if it gets out, but Teacher Zhang did do something wrong, and all these things were caused by his bad mouth.
Lao Tie also agreed: "That's right, Teacher Zhang agreed to this matter himself. Director, this is a personal grudge."
The director gritted his teeth, glanced at Qin Zhou standing aside, and made up his mind, "Since that's the case, then I won't care anymore. Teacher Zhang, you've done this yourself, so you have to deal with it yourself."
There was a hidden warning in his words, and Teacher Zhang froze when he heard it.
Under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, Teacher Zhang knew that he could not escape. If he did not apologize, he would still not be able to survive in this school.
Thinking of this, he squeezed his hands unwillingly, "Okay, isn't it just an apology? So be it."
…
During the afternoon break, everyone returned to their classes and were about to take a nap when the classroom loudspeaker suddenly blew twice: "Hoo-hoo—Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Hello?"
The students asked impatiently, "What are you doing? Not letting people sleep in the middle of the day, you're crazy."
The class teachers sitting in the office also raised their heads.
"What's going on?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. The loudspeaker was silent for a moment, and suddenly started to sound again, but this time the voice belonged to a different person.
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhang Ming, the homeroom teacher of Class 3, Grade 12. I'm sorry to be taking up your lunch break, but I made a bet with the homeroom teacher of Class 2 that if Lan Shuang, their student, scores in the top 300 on the midterm exam, I'll apologize to her in public."
The students in Class 2 were stunned for a moment, but Cui Hao was the first to react. "The old demon boy apologized! Oh my god!"
"Wuhu——"
Then everyone became excited, stood up and cheered: "We won! We won!"
"Xiaolan, you are so amazing!"
At this time, the students in Class 2 did not know Lan Shuang's grades yet, and the teachers were waiting to see what would happen, so the report cards had not been issued yet, just waiting for this moment. Now that the effect has been achieved, everyone is as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
Lan Shuang sat in her seat, listening to Teacher Zhang reluctantly read, "Now, I will fulfill my promise and apologize to Lan Shuang. My previous words and actions were inappropriate and hurt Lan Shuang. I was wrong. I'm sorry. Please forgive me, Lan Shuang."
"As a teacher, I will also reflect deeply on my words and actions and strive not to make such a mistake again."
His tone was flat, without any ups and downs, and not even a hint of guilt or sincerity could be heard. Anyone could sense his perfunctory attitude.
But, so what?
He finally apologized, but he lost all his face.
Lan Shuang's face showed little expression, but she felt very happy inside.
"Xiao Baba, how was it? Did this slap make a loud noise?"
888 was laughing so hard he fell backwards: "Hahahahahahahaha - so loud, too loud, let him talk dirty!"
Lan Shuang leaned back in the chair, let out a long breath, and pinched her eyebrows.
Who knows how long she hasn't had a good night's sleep in order to fight for this? Success has never been easy. Today's success is the result of countless nights of hard work, but it's worth it.
Now that the taut string has loosened, a feeling of fatigue floods over me.
She lay down on the table, closed her eyes, and fell asleep soon after.
The students in Class 2 cheered excitedly for a while, and Qin Zhou suddenly hushed.
Everyone quieted down. Cui Hao's face flushed red as he asked excitedly, "What's wrong?"
Qin Zhou pointed to the little head buried in his arms behind him and whispered, "It's time to sleep. Everyone, keep your voice down."
"Ohhh, okay."
Cui Hao made a zipper gesture with his lips, turned around and waved his hand to everyone. The students immediately returned to their seats and quieted down.
When Lao Tie came in, he thought these kids would blow the roof off the house, but he didn't expect that their class was the quietest in the entire corridor.
He walked to the door, paused, looked up, and saw that it was Class 2.
He walked in puzzled, and when he looked up, he found the solitary seat. Seeing Lan Shuang lying there, he whispered to the classmate in front of her. After knowing that she was sleeping instead of crying, he felt relieved and handed out the report card.
Everyone was passing the message around curiously, not caring about their own results. Their first reaction was to check Lan Shuang's ranking.
My friend was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Soon, the school forum exploded with people discussing this strange thing.
The teacher apologized over the radio. This is the first time ever.
(End of this chapter)
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