"Du Chen, why does the head teacher want to see you?"
Before Du Chen returned to the classroom, Zhao Pengfei and Li Qiang had already blocked him at the door. Zhao Pengfei asked Du Chen curiously.
Du Chen glanced at Zhao Pengfei and secretly spat at Zhao Pengfei in his heart.
"The teacher asked me to participate in the New Year's Eve party with you, and we have to perform on TV!"
After saying that, Du Chen looked at Zhao Pengfei expressionlessly.
"What? A TV show?"
Zhao Pengfei was immediately shocked. He looked at Du Chen in disbelief, his face turned pale and his heart was pounding. He was scared by the school stage at that time. Although he performed well later, Zhao Pengfei had never expected such a big scene to be performed on TV. When he thought of performing on TV, Zhao Pengfei's legs went weak.
"Um……"
Du Chen answered Zhao Pengfei with a simple word.
Listening to Du Chen's emotionless answer, Zhao Pengfei felt uncomfortable and at a loss.
"Du Chen, did you agree?"
"What do you think?"
Zhao Pengfei immediately felt his body go weak, without any strength at all. Li Qiang looked at the two of them silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Du Chen, why don't you refuse..."
Zhao Pengfei asked Du Chen in a hoarse voice.
"Didn't I refuse the school celebration? Did it help? It didn't! If you hadn't been so nosy then, wouldn't this situation have happened?"
Du Chen asked Zhao Pengfei back, and Zhao Pengfei was speechless.
"Zhao Pengfei, I finally understand what it means to dig a hole and bury yourself..."
At this time, Li Qiang quietly added another knife from the side.
“…”
After hearing Li Qiang's heart-wrenching remarks, Zhao Pengfei felt even more hopeless.
"Du Chen, don't you have any other ideas?"
Zhao Pengfei still asked Du Chen somewhat unwillingly. He regretted it to death now.
"There's nothing I can do. I'm walking and looking, but my arms can't twist my thighs! Okay, class is almost time to start, let's go back to our seats!"
Du Chen looked at Zhao Pengfei, who was feeling hopeless, and laughed secretly in his heart, but pretended to be helpless.
When school was over at noon, Du Chen looked at Zhao Pengfei who was daydreaming, and ran towards the school gate with excitement. Even Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao could see that Du Chen was in a good mood, and asked him what could make him so happy.
Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao asked Du Chen, and Du Chen was of course happy to share and described to Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao what happened in the morning.
"Haha, Du Chen, you're so mean! Zhao Pengfei must be so panicked right now!"
Du Bin was also laughing, and felt that Du Chen was quite mean.
"Of course not. When I left the classroom just now, Zhao Pengfei's face was full of mixed emotions. He looked completely lifeless."
Du Chen was equally delighted. He had no bad intentions and just wanted Zhang Pengfei to learn a lesson.
"Chenchen, you really don't want to perform? You can be on TV, right?"
Ding Miaomiao asked Du Chen curiously. She felt that Du Chen was very shy about being in the spotlight. Even she herself would be very happy if she could be praised by others.
"Sister, how many people watch our city's education channel? Besides, the evening show is probably just singing and dancing, with a poetry recitation thrown in. Do you think it's interesting? Anyway, I don't want to watch it. It's a waste of time!"
Du Chen's words showed his disapproval of the New Year's Eve party.
"Then do you think the teacher will let you off so easily? Weren't you reluctant to attend the last school celebration? And didn't you still attend in the end?"
Ding Miaomiao felt that Du Chen was too narrow-minded and thought too simply.
"That's not the case. Isn't the main task of students to study? I don't want to go because I'm afraid of affecting my studies. Is that okay? If it's mandatory, that's a bit unreasonable, isn't it?"
Du Bin didn't believe the teacher would be so unreasonable. He thought the teacher wouldn't go that far. Du Chen fell silent, thinking about Ding Miaomiao's words. He actually thought Ding Miaomiao's words made sense.
As they were talking, they had already returned to the eyewear store. As soon as they entered the store, Ren Surong said to Du Chen.
"Du Chen, I heard that your class teacher wants you to attend the New Year's Eve party organized by the Education Bureau. Are you not willing to go?"
As soon as Ren Surong finished speaking, Du Bin looked at Ding Miaomiao in surprise. Ding Miaomiao nodded in understanding and gave Du Bin an expression that said "I knew it".
"Mom, how did you know?"
Although Du Chen was very sure of his idea, he still asked Ren Surong.
"Your homeroom teacher called me, Chenchen, why don't you want to go? The homeroom teacher said there will be extra points!"
"I knew it was the class teacher. He's really unethical!"
Du Chen muttered softly.
"What do you mean by unethical? Chenchen, tell me what you think? Are you unwilling to participate? Or are you afraid of being on TV?"
Ren Surong asked Du Chen very patiently. One thing after another made it clear to Ren Surong that every choice Du Chen made was made after careful consideration, so she wanted to hear Du Chen's thoughts before considering how to respond to the teacher.
"Mom, my homeroom teacher also told me that if I attend the party, I'll get a city-level "Three Good Students" certificate, which will add five points to my high school entrance exam. But do you think my grades will be enough to miss those five points?"
Since Ren Surong didn't force him to attend the New Year's Eve party right away, it meant that Ren Surong hadn't thought it through yet, so Du Chen felt that he still had a chance to convince his mother.
After hearing Du Chen's reasons, Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao nodded in agreement.
"Don't the top three get extra points? Up to 20 points, right?"
"Mom, do you think I can get into the top three? Maybe it's already been decided. We are just contestants accompanying the prince to study. Even if it's fair, just and open, how can you be sure that I can get into the top three?"
Du Chen asked Ren Surong in return. After being baptized by various routines in later generations, Du Chen did not think that this competition could be fair from the beginning. There were 20 points of bonus points. Maybe someone had already used connections and gifts to get extra points in order to get into the top three. Du Chen thought that the bonus points for the top three were just for reference.
"Besides, Mom, even if I can get into the top three, don't you think I should practice hard for my performance? And won't I have to rehearse for the TV show? We don't even know how many rehearsals we'll have, so how can we not waste time doing it over and over again? Will that affect my studies? I'd rather read books and do homework with that little time. Even watching TV at home is relaxing. I'm wasting time and energy on an uncertain future. Do you think I should participate?"
Listening to Du Chen's words, Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao kept nodding in agreement. Ren Surong and Jia Xiaomin were also thoughtful and felt that what Du Chen said made a lot of sense.
Thinking of this, Ren Surong sighed secretly and gave up persuading Du Chen to attend the New Year's Eve party. Just as Du Chen said, the five extra points were not worth Du Chen's time to cooperate, and he might not even get the twenty extra points, so why bother to attend the New Year's Eve party?
"Okay, I'll call your homeroom teacher this afternoon to tell him to reject him. Let's eat quickly. We've already wasted quite a bit of time!"
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