CHAPTER 278: CHAPTER 232: THE TEACHERS’ CARE (THREE UPDATES) (REQUEST FOR MONTHLY VOTES)

Upon hearing this,

Not only Xu Yong, but Lin Tian was also taken aback.

No way, serious?

"..."

The once stern-faced Xu Yong softened his expression a bit as he looked at Su Ran. However, his voice wasn’t as tough as one would imagine:

"It’s just... creating anime content doesn’t necessarily mean you have to include charming male elements."

"Yong, aren’t you the one who loves watching that stuff the most?"

Lin Tian said impassionedly.

"What I watch is by Shaooji. Is Su Ran Shaooji?" Xu Yong said sternly.

"Ah?"

Lin Tian was surprised at how quickly Xu Yong changed his tune, "Didn’t you say she was the most authentic one?"

"No... it’s different. High school students should act like high school students!"

Xu Yong then turned to Su Ran and said,

"I remember your Japanese is pretty good, right? Making videos reciting character lines or singing some characters’ songs in Japanese would be great."

Su Ran’s foreign language grades have always been excellent, a recognized fact in the class. Her English grades could even slightly surpass Lin Tian.

Therefore, as a hobby, Su Ran had self-studied quite a bit of Japanese and could basically watch anime without subtitles.

With such excellent Japanese skills...

"All day with ’oni-chan, oni-chan’... can’t you use it in a more serious manner?!"

Xu Yong lamented with heartfelt pain.

It was apparent that this guy had really gotten into it.

"..."

Su Ran stared blankly at Xu Yong.

Gradually, her eyes took on a subtle expression, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously twitched upward,

"Alright, then I promise you, I’ll try to make a transformation video when I go back."

"Really—?"

Xu Yong looked somewhat doubtful.

Just now the two were battling it out fiercely.

How come all of a sudden she’s so obedient and willing to change?

He was wondering if he had used some sort of hypnotic drug on her.

"Really." Su Ran nodded.

"You’d better be..."

Although he felt somewhat pleased inside, Xu Yong still pretended to be serious.

Praying in his heart that she wouldn’t make him say "If you’re scum for a day, you’re scum for life" again.

"You have to make me a promise as well."

Su Ran narrowed her eyes and said.

Obviously, her quick agreement came with conditions.

"Go ahead."

"Stop calling me ’chicken.’ I’ve never done anything like that, thank you."

"Fine."

Xu Yong agreed.

The two reached a consensus just like that.

"..."

Lin Tian found it hard to hold back.

He now felt that the abnormal one wasn’t Xu Yong.

It definitely had to be Su Ran.

A senior-year high school girl, and the class beauty, being chased around in the school and in class, called "chicken" by Xu Yong in front of a bunch of classmates...

It was a miracle Su Ran could hold back from fighting Xu Yong.

And still go to and from school with him as if nothing had happened.

There must be something fishy going on, Lin Tian didn’t believe it.

He was genuinely afraid that one of them might start developing feelings!

Just watching the online and offline games between these two alone would be enough to keep him occupied.

As the class bell rang, Su Ran turned back around, thus ending this farce.

Since tomorrow is the final exam, today, the last day, is essentially all self-study. Whatever subject belongs to the teacher of the current period, everyone would self-study that subject.

The day passed like that.

Almost every teacher, upon entering the classroom and seeing Lin Tian seated there, would flash a momentary look of shock across their face.

Then, you could see them, seated at the podium supervising self-study discipline, occasionally glancing over at Lin Tian and then sneakily revealing a smug expression.

The younger female teachers, like the English teacher, were even more excessive.

During the quiet self-study time of the whole class.

"Click—" a sound.

Everyone abruptly lifted their heads.

The English teacher, who was caught with her phone halfway in the air, immediately showed a look of embarrassment and awkwardness.

"Accidental touch, accidental touch!"

"Stop looking, continue with your self-study!"

"....."

Throughout the day.

Just from being singled out for private tutoring, Lin Tian was approached three times by teachers.

One after another, three subject teachers called Lin Tian to the podium after class under the pretext of caring about Lin Tian’s grades, offering warmth and concern.

Rapid-fire questions about Lin Tian’s absence from school for over two months, whether he was lagging in some areas, then asking if he wanted to stay after school for individual tutoring sessions, free of charge, purely out of concern for his grades.

Lin Tian declined all these offers one by one.

Lin Tian really started to feel what it was like to be the main character at school.

Already known as the top performer in the class, he had recently made quite the name for himself.

It was almost visible to the naked eye how the normally lackluster public school teachers were suddenly awakened to their teaching talents, remembering that they were, after all, the nurturers of the motherland!

All of them wanted to contribute what they could to help Lin Tian blossom, willing to burn themselves out like candles.

In any case, Lin Tian was fed up.

Just unsure how Mr. Gan was faring.

.....

After school.

Lin Tian met up with Gan Yanyu.

"How was it? Little Gan, did the teachers take good care of you today?"

"Ah, of course....."

Gan Yanyu, covering her head, revealed a strained expression,

"I promised two teachers that I would go to their offices for tutoring after finishing the Chinese test at noon tomorrow...."

"Idiot, you can refuse, you know."

"The teachers are just looking out for me; it’d be cold to refuse them."

Gan Yanyu said.

Sure enough, this girl’s personality... indeed, she wouldn’t refuse anyone.

She wasn’t seen at lunch today, probably summoned for private tutoring.

"I really should study properly, Lin Tian, I feel hopeless, the math teacher handed out a practice test this afternoon... Lin Tian, have you ever seen an arcane book?"

The girl clutched her head as if recalling something very frightening,

"My grades are doomed..."

"Don’t worry about the college entrance exam, there’s still plenty of time," Lin Tian comforted,

"You’re the arts exam champion; you could get into top colleges with just a casual effort at the entrance exam."

If it weren’t for the fact that most of the recommended admission spots in major universities had been almost filled by the end of last year, Gan Yanyu might have already been directly admitted to Heavenly Dynasty Music Association.

"Ah... if only math was as simple as the cello..." Gan Yanyu sighed and said.

Could this be true?

Those performers defeated by you at the Yingqin Cup would surely be depressed to death if they heard this!

"Anyway, let’s just get through the finals, and then we can start the winter break."

Lin Tian thought for a moment.

Calculating it... it seemed that the Spring Festival was also approaching.

Remembering this, Lin Tian felt somewhat melancholy.

In past years, Lin Tian had spent New Year’s alone, but since he met Sir Gan a couple of years ago, Sir Gan would always invite him to join them for New Year’s Eve dinner every year.

This year Sir Gan was no longer around, but fortunately, Sir Gan’s granddaughter was right beside him.

How could this not be considered a legacy?

"By the way... Lin Tian."

As if suddenly remembering something, Gan Yanyu spoke up,

"This New Year’s Eve, my parents want me to spend it with them."

"But I feel... I’m not really that close with them."

"Do you want to go with me?"