At the same time, inside the Guidance Office of Baiying Academy, Homeroom Teacher Li Zhengqi was sitting at his desk, his expression serious as he watched the maintenance worker busily repairing the window nearby.
Recalling the scene earlier that morning when he had to sweep up all those scattered crystal fragments on his own, Li Zhengqi silently let out a sigh, reaching up to rub his temples.
…Sigh, being Homeroom Teacher these days is getting more and more difficult.
Within a single day, he had reported nearly fifty students for various misdemeanors, and then the only son and daughter of two major families had personally come to the office. He could already imagine how many complaint calls he was about to receive…
Besides, even though the surveillance cameras hadn’t captured direct evidence, Su Wanli had already started coming to the Guidance Office and smashing windows. What would be next? The principal’s office?
Just as he was considering whether he should go and discuss this in detail with the principal, hoping the principal could come up with a solution, Li Zhengqi’s phone suddenly rang on his desk.
At a glance, he recognized the number—it was the principal himself.
Why so suddenly? Don’t tell me the families of those students I reported earlier have already gone to the principal to make trouble for me.
Li Zhengqi took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm his jittery nerves, and then picked up the call.
“Hello, Principal Zhang.”
“Hello, Li Zhengqi, you’re still in the office?”
Strange, the principal actually called him by his full name. This meant things had gotten really serious…
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and tried to make his voice sound even more weary, as if he’d just spent hours fighting against an invisible force.
“Yes, some unexpected issues have come up, so I haven’t gone home yet. What can I do for you?”
“It’s nothing much. I just need to relay a message for someone else. There’s someone who wishes to speak with you.”
Huh? Someone else? Someone who could directly have the principal patch the call through to him—just how influential was this person…
No matter, he already had a good excuse prepared. He’d just say that Su Wanli had forced him to do everything. If anything happened, they could just go complain to Su Zong of the Sujia.
A few seconds after the principal finished speaking, before Li Zhengqi could even ask about the caller’s identity, a steady and stern voice came through the receiver.
“Hello? Greetings, I am Li Zhengqi, Homeroom Teacher at Baiying Academy. Today… Oh, may I ask whom I am speaking with?”
“I am Su Heng, father of Su Wanli from Class 3, Year 2.”
W-what?!
Upon hearing this name, Li Zhengqi’s phone almost slipped out of his grasp, and he ended up dropping it on the floor.
If he had known, he wouldn’t have tried to shift the topic to Su Wanli right from the start. Speaking ill of someone’s daughter in front of her father—tomorrow, he might as well resign on his own and go kneel in apology at the Su Group’s headquarters.
Even though he knew Su Heng couldn’t see his expression, Li Zhengqi’s lips couldn’t help but reveal a nervous smile.
“Ah, hello, Mr. Su. Is there something you needed from me?”
“…I just wanted to ask about Wanli’s recent academic performance. Does she still, during class, do those little things as before?”
Ah, I see, so he’s here to inquire about his daughter’s school life.
How was he supposed to answer this? Should he put on a smile and tell Su Zong that his daughter smashed a window today and reported fifty students for cheating?
Li Zhengqi hesitated for a moment, then replied cautiously.
“Ah, Miss Wanli’s recent academic performance… should be quite good. The teachers all speak highly of her. It’s just that during today’s exam…”
“Exam?”
There it was, he slipped.
His mind had been occupied with all the trouble Su Wanli caused during the exam, and he accidentally let it slip.
Li Zhengqi wiped the cold sweat from his brow and hurried to try to make up for it.
“…Uh, well, after finishing her own paper, Miss Wanli took the initiative to come to the Guidance Office. She hoped to help us maintain discipline and assisted in catching a few students who were cheating…”
“You… caught students cheating?”
See? Even Su Wanli’s father found this story hard to believe!
At this point, he might as well tell the whole truth, just with a bit more polish—it might even earn some goodwill from the Sujia for the future.
“Yes, that’s correct. At first, I thought it was a bit much, but on second thought, Baiying Academy does need more students like her—brave, outspoken, capable, and ambitious. So I ended up appointing her as a Disciplinary Committee Member. She lived up to expectations and helped us catch forty-nine cheaters…”
“I see.”
However, the other side only responded with mild interest before changing the topic.
“…Then, what about Meng Huange, who just transferred in—how does she seem?”
Meng Huange? Wasn’t that the girl who hung around Miss Wanli’s side, the one with the striking presence?
He’d been so focused on Su Wanli that he honestly hadn’t paid much attention to her.
Li Zhengqi rubbed his temples, braced himself, and replied.
“Yes, this student Meng Huange also has a righteous character and is very outstanding. She worked together with Miss Su Wanli to help maintain order during the exam.”
“…Is that so? Then, how is the relationship between those two? Compared to an average classmate relationship, would you say they seem closer?”
Huh? What kind of question was that?
If he was asking about the relationship between Su Wanli and Meng Huange, well, in Baiying Academy they did always stick together, so it should be considered a good relationship.
“Their relationship… seems to be very good. They support each other, and judging by Miss Wanli’s personality, Meng Huange is probably a pretty good friend…”
After hearing his answer, there was a short silence on the other end of the line before the voice sounded again.
“Good, I understand. That will be all. Please keep an eye on those two for me, Teacher Li.”
“Of course! I’ll be sure to watch over them closely—I definitely won’t let you down, Mr. Su!”
Only when he heard the brief click of the call ending did Li Zhengqi let out a long sigh, his whole body collapsing limply onto the chair.
Seriously, he hadn’t even been confronted yet by the parents of the students he’d reported, and Su Wanli had already gone straight to her own family to preempt him?
Well, maybe that’s for the best. He’d already told Mr. Su everything Su Wanli did, so now he could face any angry parents with a clear conscience.
Putting his phone back in his pocket, he stretched lazily, then picked up his car keys from the desk.
All right, he’d already exhausted himself enough for one day. Next, he’d just go home and let the future storms be handled by Miss Wanli and Su Heng’s homeroom teacher. What was her name again?
Miss Liu Xiaohua?