The clock in the Teaching Building pointed just past three o’clock, right when students were deep into their classes.
The corridors of Baiying Academy’s Teaching Building were empty, with only a few staff members passing by occasionally, their hurried footsteps echoing faintly.
At this moment, a young female teacher wearing round glasses was walking alone down the hallway.
“… Sigh, seriously, the students in Class Three really don’t make things easy.”
Liu Xiaohua clutched the lesson plans and motivational quotes for the upcoming class meeting as she hung her head and made her way to her office.
She could tolerate her own troubles, but Professor Zhang Benying—such a big shot—had been scolding her all morning in the office…
As she walked, she passed a security camera, made sure there was probably no second one nearby, then quickly turned and slipped into a blind spot the camera couldn’t see.
She glanced around cautiously in all directions.
Then she crouched down and covered her mouth with both hands to stifle her laughter.
“…Pfft, ha ha, hehehehehe…
Who’s the one who nags me every day about this and that being wrong, and calls me a joke in the office? The troublemaker in my own class even wants to transfer into Class Three.
Well, now it’s not just me being laughed at in the office—there’s one more person joining my ranks. And it’s someone as heavyweight as Zhang Benying.”
Liu Xiaohua crouched in the corner enjoying her mischievous moment for a while, then patted her chest, tidied up her clothes, and continued on toward her office.
—
“Enough fooling around, time to bring some replenishing Red Tea to Old Zhang and keep his fire burning a little longer.”
That’s right, Jia could use her alternate account to post on the Campus Forum that the situation in Class Three wasn’t something a rookie homeroom teacher could handle. Liu Xiaohua had done her best; this was just an unavoidable reality…
Smiling softly, Liu Xiaohua took out her phone and opened the Campus Forum interface.
Ah, the top-ranked posts were all about Su Xiaoli again. No wonder, probably the usual mess about destroying classrooms. Let them talk—after all, it’s the Su family digging their own grave…
Just as she was about to start typing, her eyes were irresistibly drawn to the headline of the top post.
“100% Authentic: The Untold Stories Between Su Xiaoli and Meng Huange”
… Pfft, posted just… two minutes ago?
Whew, looks like my memory isn’t that bad after all. As long as someone brings up memories with me, I can still understand many questions!
Having successfully memorized another question type, Su Wanli leaned back with satisfaction and stretched toward the ceiling.
When she was immersed in her studies, she realized the classroom wasn’t noisy anymore—the whole space seemed to suddenly quiet down, and only her voice and Meng Huange’s could be heard.
Could this be the state of studying so deeply that the entire world shrinks to just yourself and the paper in front of you?
Su Xiaoli looked at the notebook before her and felt a torrent of numbers flowing clearly and transparently through her mind.
Even the first “explosion point” notification flickered on and off inexplicably…
Wait, compensation? What the hell are you flashing here for?
Su Xiaoli frowned and rubbed her brow, forcing herself out of her study trance, then quietly glanced around her surroundings.
Meng Huange sat beside her, eyes half-closed, smiling at her in the usual gentle way.
Her gaze shifted past Meng Huange’s figure and looked further back…
For some reason, the entire class had suddenly widened their eyes and stared in the direction of her and Meng Huange.
Moreover, many were holding up their phones, pointing them toward this spot…
Noticing Su Wanli’s gaze, the students immediately turned around, pretending nothing had happened.
However, some turned too quickly and accidentally dropped their phones, which clattered loudly across the empty classroom.
Perhaps afraid Su Wanli would notice, very few dared to bend down to pick up their phones.
“Hey, what’s going on? What happened?”
Su Xiaoli glanced at herself, then at Meng Huange.
Their clothes were neat, their behavior proper; they were just sitting at the desk discussing a question. Was there really anything worth this much attention?
Amid this confusing silence, only the System’s voice sounded softly in Su Wanli’s ears—
[Host, after spending Villainess Value to drop to 87 points, you have successfully completed an Explosion Point. Explosion Points completed: 1.]
[Even without the math teacher’s participation in this class, you still managed to create this Explosion Point. Well done.]
…
What Explosion Point? What exploded? How exactly did it explode?
Meng Huange seemed oblivious to the atmosphere or others’ reactions, just smiling as she flipped to a page in the notebook.
“What’s wrong, Miss Su? Do you want to take a little break?”
Su Wanli silently rolled her eyes at this clueless person, then stood up, randomly picked up a dropped phone from the floor, and swiped its screen open.
It was a website that looked like a forum, and the most eye-catching post featured a photo of her and Meng Huange almost cheek to cheek, studying closely together.
The post’s title read—
“Mysterious! Who on earth is capable of studying hard alongside Baiying’s number one Villainess?”
Below the post was a chaotic mess of comments—
“I told you Meng Huange isn’t simple. Looks like she’s actually the mastermind behind Su Wanli’s schemes…”
“Don’t spread these superstitious rumors. Another way to look at it: how do you know they’re actually studying? That looks like an ordinary notebook, maybe it’s just a diary full of love notes? By the way, I’m on the C version.”
“No no no, they really are studying! I even heard them talking about ‘plus is minus, minus is plus!’”
In less than four or five minutes, the post already had nearly seventy or eighty comments, and it seemed to keep growing. Its popularity had rocketed it to the top of the Campus Leaderboard.
Su Wanli swallowed nervously and went back to the previous page of the forum interface. From top to bottom, the list read—
“Mysterious! Who on earth is capable of studying hard alongside Baiying’s number one Villainess?”
“100% Authentic: The Untold Stories Between Su Wanli and Meng Huange”
“True Love Jia Is Just a Show, The Wealthy and the Helpless Orphan Girl…”
“Live Report: Bai Young Master’s Tearful Experiment Building, Forced Smiles Hiding Bitterness Inside.”
Except for the last post, the first three all had a fiery red “Explosion” tag added at the end of their titles by someone unknown.
… No, seriously, what kind of explosion the hell is this supposed to be!?