Chapter 53: Not too creepy
When class ended, their homeroom teacher, Wang Guiwen, came to the door and called Su Can outside. A low murmur rose in the classroom.
Su Can came up to Wang Guiwen. Behind him, people kept poking their heads out of the classroom door to look. With his hands behind his back, Wang Guiwen glanced at him and said, "The principal wants to see you."
"Oh." Su Can nodded. Wang Guiwen's tone seemed rather flat. This was expected, and something of a formality. He had saved Li Ying at the scene, after all; the school could hardly pretend it had never happened.
Wang Guiwen's face was terribly stiff now, like a sour, unripe grape. On reflection, Su Can understood. Ever since their first meeting, he and Wang Guiwen had formed very unpleasant impressions of each other: a teacher who wanted to establish his authority over a new student, and a student carrying the souls of two lifetimes who clearly refused to play along. Some resistance and conflict were inevitable.
Back on the rooftop, Su Can had even turned Wang Guiwen's attempt to talk him down against him, arguing back to divert the attention of the girl threatening to jump. But having been embarrassed like that in front of so many teachers and school leaders, Wang Guiwen was unhappy, and had no reason to force a smile for Su Can.
The bell had just rung for the end of class, and students began emerging into the corridor, looking suspiciously at Su Can and Wang Guiwen. It was hardly surprising that they mistook the scene for Wang Guiwen chewing him out.
Teachers calling students outside to reprimand them was commonplace, so students from other classes merely glanced at them as they passed, then went on their way.
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