Lu Yuanqiu caught the girl trying to shove someone from behind red-handed!]
"Same as always. Thirty exam rooms in total, with seating assigned according to last semester's final exam results."
At that, Liu Wei braced herself against the lectern and leaned forward, looking like the king of hell.
Her hawk-like gaze swept across the back rows of the classroom before she spoke sternly.
"This is your first major exam of senior year, so you'd all better take it seriously. There will definitely be a parent-teacher meeting afterward. You lot in the back, don't make me embarrass your parents at that meeting. Understood?"
"Tch." Lu Yuanqiu scoffed.
Liu Wei's gaze snapped onto him with almost supernatural speed. "Lu Yuanqiu, do you have a problem with that?"
Lu Yuanqiu put on an obedient smile. "Not at all, ma'am."
Liu Wei sneered. "You'd better not. Let me remind you: at last semester's parent-teacher meeting, your dad got so angry he snatched my stick and charged out of the classroom to beat you. Remember that?"
The whole class burst out laughing.
Lu Yuanqiu was a little bewildered. He genuinely couldn't remember that happening, though it certainly sounded like something that Old Bastard would do.
Liu Wei slapped the desk. "Quiet."
She spoke earnestly. "Lu Yuanqiu, start taking things seriously. Forget raising Class 28's average-just think of it as saving your dad some embarrassment at the parent-teacher meeting. If you can get out of the bottom ten this time, you'll get this from me."
Liu Wei gave him a thumbs-up.
With that, the woman in her thirties left the classroom, leaving behind one icy command: "Start morning reading!"
The instant she finished speaking, Liu Buxing roared beside him, "Abandon! Give up, forsake! Abandon! Give up, forsake!"
His twin older brother, Liu Buneng, also raised his voice. "I heaved a long sigh and wiped away my tears! Grieving the many hardships of the people!"
Lu Yuanqiu turned and stared at them in surprise. "What the hell are you two doing? The teacher chewed me out, and somehow you're the ones getting fired up?"
The brothers ignored him. Their enthusiasm would only last three minutes, after all. If they didn't use it now, those three minutes would be over.
Lu Yuanqiu turned back and noticed that Bai Qingxia had covered her ears and started quietly reciting vocabulary too.
The sound of morning reading soon filled the classroom, though no matter how loud it got, it did nothing to affect the quality of Zheng Yifeng's sleep.
Monday evening.
The news that Bai Qingxia would be the girl carrying Class 28's sign soon spread through the girls' dormitory like a plague.
Bai Qingxia was even better known among the girls than among the boys.
Boys tended to notice girls who were outgoing, conspicuous, and glamorous. With someone as low-key as Bai Qingxia, plenty of boys hadn't even heard her name, much less seen her.
Girls were different.
Girls were naturally a collective gossip mill. Whether someone kept a high profile or a low one, she was never beyond the reach of their discussions.
A girl like Bai Qingxia, with her insanely good looks and odd personality, was practically one of their hottest topics.
Tuesday afternoon.
PE class.
"Lu Yuanqiu, how many sports meet events are you entering?"
Class sports representative Zhang Bowen walked over with a notebook to the boy who stood a full head taller than him.
"Five," Lu Yuanqiu said, looking utterly dead inside.
Zhang Bowen froze for a moment. "Five? Which five?"
"High jump, long jump, shot put, eight hundred meters, and three thousand meters."
Their Homeroom Teacher, Liu Wei, had signed him up for all of them without consulting him. Her noble justification was: "If you're hopeless at studying, you need to contribute to the class in other ways. If you don't compete, who will? What's the point of being so tall and having all those muscles? I've decided. Five events!"
When he heard that, Lu Yuanqiu's mouth fell open wide enough to fit a goose egg.
He immediately poked his deskmate's soft cheek and protested, "Why don't you sign her up for something?"
The woman with the blatant double standard instantly put on a fawning expression. "Qingxia needs to study. How would she have time to train?"
Lu Yuanqiu: "..."
Zhang Bowen gave Lu Yuanqiu a sympathetic look. "Okay, got them down. Go practice the high jump first."
Lu Yuanqiu followed the direction he pointed, spotted the high jump equipment already set up, and headed over.
Only then did Bai Qingxia, sitting up on the steps, lower her book and look up at Lu Yuanqiu's retreating figure.
The tall, straight-backed boy's turn soon came at the high jump. Lu Yuanqiu crouched low and gradually accelerated, then leaped as he reached the bar. The height of his jump stunned even Wang Ping, the PE teacher standing nearby.
This was one of the perks of being reborn. His strength had increased considerably, and his jumping ability had been on full display when he dunked last week.
But before he could look cool for even a second, Lu Yuanqiu's cargo pants suddenly snagged on the upright.
"Ow, fuck!"
Bai Qingxia's heart clenched as she watched from the steps, and she nearly stood up. Then she suddenly snorted with laughter and hurriedly covered the lower half of her face with her book.
Lu Yuanqiu landed upside down on the foam mat, both legs sticking high in the air because his trouser pocket had caught on the upright.
"Pfft! Lu Yuanqiu, you absolute dumbass!" Zhong Jincheng burst out laughing beside him.
Lu Yuanqiu swore at him. "Stop laughing and get your daddy down!"
Several people quickly stepped forward to help and freed Lu Yuanqiu.
Wang Ping chuckled. "Lu Yuanqiu, you've got quite a jump on you. I reckon raising the bar another half meter wouldn't even be a problem."
Lu Yuanqiu's mouth twitched as he looked at his torn pants. "Hang on. Let me take my pants off first."
Zhong Jincheng immediately shouted, "Everyone, come look! Lu Yuanqiu's taking his pants off!"
Hu Caiwei turned at the commotion, while Bai Qingxia silently covered her eyes with her book up on the steps.
"Heh, didn't see that coming, did you? I've got shorts on underneath."
Grinning and bobbing his head smugly, Lu Yuanqiu took off his pants to reveal the loose shorts underneath.
Zhong Jincheng instantly lost interest.
After glancing at the torn pants in his hand, Lu Yuanqiu barely hesitated before walking over to the trash can beneath a tree and tossing them in.
Seemingly sensing the gaze from the steps, Lu Yuanqiu turned toward the girl, playfully wiggled his butt at her, then walked away laughing.
Bai Qingxia shyly hid her face behind her book.
Once Lu Yuanqiu had left, she lowered the book and looked toward the trash can. Her beautiful eyes blinked softly, as though she were considering something.
Near the end of class, Lu Yuanqiu headed toward the basketball court with Zheng Yifeng, carrying a basketball.
"I'm exhausted. Did you sign up for any events?"
"Yeah. The hundred meters," Zheng Yifeng replied.
"Voluntarily?"
"I was volunteered."
That cheered Lu Yuanqiu up. He walked forward, dribbling between his legs, but when he looked up, he abruptly froze. On the steps, a girl was quietly approaching Bai Qingxia from behind.
Bai Qingxia was reading, completely unaware that someone was approaching behind her, while the girl's hands had already moved into position to shove her.
"You fucking bitch!"
Lu Yuanqiu suddenly roared, whipping the basketball in his hands straight at the girl.
The ball flew straight toward her and struck her squarely in the shoulder, knocking her to the ground.
Before Zheng Yifeng could even react, the boy beside him had charged up the steps like a cheetah.