CHAPTER 939: CHAPTER 546: REFRESHING

Wednesday morning self-study.

Unlike usual, in Class 8’s classroom, most students’ desks had lunchboxes placed on them.

Starting this morning, the "small dining table" plan was officially in action.

After such a long time of not eating together, the students felt a bit of camaraderie and mutual appreciation.

Their tone was noticeably cheerier, and Duan Shigang patted Cui Yu: "Yu Zi, we’ll eat at the same table later!"

Cui Yu: "That’s great!"

Duan Shigang smacked his lips a bit regretfully: "Too bad there aren’t any pretty girls at our table."

Cui Yu said: "Gangzi, be content with what you have."

Duan Shigang agreed after hearing this, "That’s true."

Initially, he joined the "small dining table" plan to sit at the same table as Wang Yanyan and Li Shengnan; now to be free from them was a great fortune in his life.

What more could one possibly wish for?

Every period of time has its own tasks to accomplish, now that Duan Shigang has broken free from the Demon Cave, how could he possibly hope for paradise?

Cui Yu studied the seating chart and said, "Hey, Brother Gang, there really is a beauty!"

Duan Shigang was instantly interested: "Who is it, who is it?"

"Tan Meiling!" Cui Yu looked at the name, picturing a girl dressed provocatively with an alluring walking style.

Even Cui Yu thought she was burning hot in an unbelievable way.

If he were the teacher responsible for maintaining discipline in the school, he would definitely whip her into shape, employing all kinds of methods to scold her until she dared no longer!

Duan Shigang, upon remembering, realized in shock: "Whoa, the beauty from Class 9!"

He rubbed his hands like a fly rubbing its paws, extremely lecherously, losing all of his gangster aura, leaving only a desire for beauty.

...

Bai Yuxia and Xue Yuantong were chatting enthusiastically, guessing today’s breakfast menu.

Xue Yuantong said, there must be stir-fried green pepper and potato strips.

Bai Yuxia replied, there must be scrambled eggs with green peppers.

Jiang Ning, listening by the side, occasionally interjecting, didn’t use Divine Sense to observe, and ended up guessing the same as Xue Yuantong.

Chai Wei sat gloomily, indifferent to others’ happiness, with only anxiety about the future within his heart.

The thought of sharing a table with ’them’ made him shiver, it was horrifying, indeed an unbearable weight in his life.

Chai Wei feared, Chai Wei dreaded, Chai Wei despaired.

But, what Chai Wei did best was turning adversities into opportunities, since there were rules for table allocation, he intended to break those rules!

Chai Wei began searching around, looking to find someone to swap seats with him.

If he managed to swap seats, wouldn’t he be worry-free?

Chai Wei nudged Zhao Qianqian beside the aisle, suggesting: "Brother, you go to the canteen to eat too, right?"

Zhao Qianqian blinked flirtatiously.

Chai Wei felt nauseous; damn it, you’re a guy!

He proposed: "Brother, can we swap cafeteria seats? I’ll give you an extra 5 yuan a day!"

Before Zhao Qianqian could reply, his desk mate Song Sheng shook his head, looking at him with disdain mingled with pity:

"Chai Wei, no boasting, there’s only one person in this class who would swap seats with you for money."

Chai Wei disregarded his attitude, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw:

"Who is it, who is he?"

Song Sheng: "Zhang Chi."

Chai Wei glanced towards the northwest corner at Zhang Chi, forgetting past grievances, seeing only the light of hope: "I’ll go find him now!"

Song Sheng: "But he’s sitting at the same table as you, right?"

Chai Wei froze, glancing down at the seating chart; turns out they really were tablemates!

...

The bell signaling the end of morning self-study rang.

"Please proceed orderly to..."

Before Xin Youling finished speaking, Guo Kunnan dashed out of the classroom like a wild dog, vanishing without a trace.

’Well, that was a waste of breath.’ Xin Youling gave up.

"Brother Nan, wait for me!" Dan Kaiquan followed closely.

Without Huang Yuzhu at their table, they needed to fight even harder to grab food, to be the first to eat.

Duan Shigang walked with a leisurely pace, knocking his chopsticks against his lunchbox, making a "clang clang clang" sound.

"Ah, today is truly joyful!"

On the first day of the new term, the "small dining table," students poured out of the classroom like a floodgate opened, converging into the plaza below, forming a large crowd.

Gao Heshuai stood at the office window overlooking the bustling scene.

In the ’Fourth Middle School Duo,’ the other member called ’Brother Qiang,’ a young teacher, shouted: "Big Shuai, time for lunch."

"Oh by the way, have you seen Mr. Guo?" Brother Qiang asked, scratching his head despite his usual authoritative demeanor before the students; his plain and honest face starkly contrasted with his student image.

Gao Heshuai said: "She left already with Mr. Chu."

Brother Qiang: "Why didn’t she wait for me, wasn’t it agreed we go together?"

Gao Heshuai thought to himself, ’Isn’t it you who unilaterally decided that?’

But he couldn’t say this aloud, so he said: "It’s not too late to go now, by the way, where’s that intern teacher Liu?"

At Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School, due to the expansion of the first grade, they’ve recruited teachers externally and hired fresh graduates from the direct affiliates of the six top normal universities.

This Teacher Liu came from East Normal University.

However, compared to Gao Heshuai, a ’celebrated teacher,’ he lacked some competence.

"You mean Teacher Liu?" speaking of this, Brother Qiang had a peculiar expression, "He’s being reprimanded in the office!"

Gao Heshuai: "What happened?"

Brother Qiang continued: "He’s currently the homeroom teacher of Class 16 in the first grade, and there’s a student who claimed that evening self-study was too noisy and asked his parents to negotiate with the school, ending up being allowed to study at home."

"And Teacher Liu just agreed."

"Last night, the first-grade head found that student in an internet café outside, made a call to the student’s parents, and discovered that the little rascal studied at home for two days and said it lacked atmosphere, wanting to return to school, which his parents agreed to."