Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Can I borrow your laptop?

Huang Keyun frowned. "What are you going to do?"

"I need to do some things that can only be done with a computer, but I don't have a computer at home, so I need to borrow the teacher's."

"Want to go online?"

"Yes, to look up some things."

"..." Huang Keyun hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Um, the teacher's computer is a bit messy, I'll tidy it up."

"It's okay, I'll just log in to the website, I won't look at anything else."

"There's nothing on the teacher's computer that can't be viewed."

"Okay, I won't watch anything I can watch."

"There's nothing to see on the teacher's computer either."

Li Zhao slowly typed out a question mark.

Huang Keyun coughed awkwardly, "It's all your fault for asking such a silly question. Anyway, you should take the exam first. If you get first place, I'll definitely lend it to you."

"No rush, Teacher Huang. I don't need the computer for now. I should need it in early April."

"Oh? Then you need to tell the teacher one day, no, two days in advance before you use it."

You call this something like "there's nothing you can't see"?

"OK."

After Li Zhao left the office, Huang Keyun took a deep breath and drank several mouthfuls of water to calm her nerves.

It's unbelievable that I've been completely outmaneuvered by a child.

But Yun, what if you meet a scheming man in the future?

Li Zhao's disappearance from two classes in the afternoon was a particularly noticeable incident.

"Not being in class" is a huge deal for elementary and middle school students.

Of course, Huang Keyun had already explained this in advance during English class, so during the break between the first class in the afternoon, Li Zhao became the focus of the casual conversation.

"What do you think Li Zhao's performance will be like in this test?" Zhao Pengwei initiated the conversation.

After being repeatedly rebuffed by Li Zhaoxiu for trying to pick a fight, he has now become neutral.

"Just don't embarrass our class," Ma Yingying replied.

His words were barbed.

"Class monitor, we made it to the finals, there's no need to say that," responded Jiang Qi, the class's academic representative.

"That's different. If you got in through your own merit in the preliminary round, I won't say anything. But if you got in with Teacher Huang's help, it would be too embarrassing to do poorly on the test." Ma Yingying's voice was even louder.

"Yo ho!" Cai Chao added.

"Didn't Li Zhao say last time that the school wanted him mainly because he got a perfect score in English on the placement test? It wasn't because of Teacher Huang..." Liu Mingyu explained.

"Who knows?" Ma Yingying raised her head. "All I know is that he didn't take the preliminary round, and his English grade at the end of last semester was even lower than mine. Anyway, if he doesn't do well on the exam, he'll embarrass the class, won't he?"

Chen Nian raised his hand to slam his fist on the table when he suddenly heard He Shuyao's clear voice:

"You participated in the preliminary round but didn't make it to the finals, that's embarrassing for you too."

The whole class fell silent.

Chen Nian lowered his raised hand gently, turning it into a thumbs-up for He Shuyao.

"He Shuyao, you didn't even make it to the finals, did you? What are you saying...?"

"So I'm embarrassed too."

One sentence left Ma Yingying speechless, and she let out a "humph" before slumping onto the table.

This is Squad Leader Ma's ultimate move: when she can't win an argument, she'll lie on the table and throw a tantrum for a while, and then her classmates will gather around to comfort her.

After all, she was the class monitor, and if she made everyone cry, no one would have a good outcome. He Lin was very biased towards her.

Sure enough, after lying down for a short while, she heard a bustling noise around her. Ma Yingying proudly raised her head, only to see the backs of a group of people.

"Wow, you really finished writing? Li Zhao, that's amazing!"

Li Zhao?

Ma Yingying frowned and rubbed her eyes before realizing that everyone was surrounding Li Zhao, who was standing on the podium.

"Okay, let me through, class is about to start."

"You've finished the test? Isn't it supposed to take two class periods?" Zhao Pengwei asked tentatively.

"It's two classes. Come back to class after you finish writing," Li Zhao said as he returned to his seat.

"Could it be that you're afraid of getting bad grades, so you're pretending to write too fast?"

Unexpectedly, Ma Yingying, who had been thwarted, lost her composure and launched a direct attack.

Li Zhao sighed, "I never meant to discourage any of you. I suggest you wait until I really fail the exam before making any harsh statements. The more you say now, the harsher the repercussions will be when the results come out."

Chen Nian felt his back straighten up a bit.

The students were stunned by this response, but their attention was quickly drawn to the word "boomerang".

Hmm... elementary school students can be so inexplicable sometimes.

This was probably the early form of the later "Genius".

When Huang Keyun walked into the classroom, she thought she was still half asleep.

Why are several boys in the class running around shouting "boomerang"?

Why is Li Zhao here?

"Li Zhao?"

"The exam is over, let's go to class."

"Okay."

Chen Nian was used to Huang Keyun listening to Li Zhao, and didn't even have a strong urge to complain.

He only expressed his shock with his eyes before continuing to listen to the lecture.

"Speaking of which," he said, "there's something else I really need to get off my chest, "do you know that Ma Yingying just gave you trouble?"

"If you want to whisper, don't cover your mouth with your hand."

Why?

"The teacher on the podium can see clearly any of your little movements."

Chen Nian immediately straightened up.

"Just speak quietly."

"Won't it be obvious?"

"Teacher Huang doesn't care."

Huang Keyun, who was writing on the blackboard, shuddered and grinned at the blackboard, "You little Li Zhao!"

"What I just wanted to say is that Shuyao stood up for you."

He Shuyao, who was to the right front, also trembled.

Li Zhao scratched his thigh and lowered his voice, "Or... could you keep your voice down a bit?"

So Chen Nian wrote down the details of He Shuyao's confrontation with Ma Yingying on a piece of paper, adding some embellishments, and handed it to Li Zhao.

Li Zhao didn't intend to watch it during class, but Chen Nian kept pinching his thigh, so he had no choice but to turn it on.

The beginning wasn't anything special; Li Zhao didn't really pay attention to Chen Nianjia's "extremely angry," "slammed his fist on the table," and "angrily rebuked" parts. But He Shuyao's line, "So I'm also embarrassed," struck him hard.

[He Shuyao stood up for you, happiness +3, total 15]

"Um?"

Li Zhao accidentally made a sound, and the whole class looked over.

Even Huang Keyun, who had just finished writing on the blackboard, was so startled that she immediately turned around to check where she had written something wrong.

Seriously? Do we get this much of a reaction for accidentally making a sound these days, teachers and students?

Li Zhao was feeling awkward when a plump, middle-aged female teacher suddenly appeared at the classroom door, wearing thick glasses and holding a test paper in her hand.

"Oh, Keyun, this is your class. Li Zhao, is he in your class?"

"Teacher Hao, yes, yes, what's the matter?"

"Who is Li Zhao?" Teacher Hao asked, looking at the children sitting in the classroom.

Chen Nian jumped to his feet, struck an exaggerated pose, and pointed at Li Zhao: "It's him! It's him! It's definitely him!"

Li Zhao immediately pressed Chen Nian back into his seat.

"Ke Yun, Li Zhao only completed half of the test just now..."

The fastest to react in the class was Ma Yingying, whose face showed excitement almost simultaneously, and she turned to look at Li Zhao.

I told you to only write half and then leave, but you got caught! The teacher caught you red-handed, and now you're going to be taken to the disciplinary office for a scolding!

"He got a perfect score, that's incredible. Team Leader Chen wants to meet him."