The homeroom teacher believed Fu Ting for a good moment before she snapped out of it, and her strict face returned once more. "Of course. If your results are good, you can stay in Class One. Do you have what it takes?"
Fu Ting's gleaming eyes blinked at her. "I do."
The two words were spoken monotonously yet softly. She was merely telling the truth.
The homeroom teacher laughed her heart out; she believed a fool would always be a fool with a fantasy-filled mind.
She scoffed. "Even if you don't bring down the class average score, Fu Pei is at the bottom of the class, not worthy of being in Class One. You can only secure both your positions in this class if you can improve the average score by getting first place in the exam among everyone in your grade."
This homeroom teacher was transferred in the first half of the year, and she had been disgusted with Fu Pei through and through. At this moment, she had found the opportunity to chase away this malignant troublemaking tumor, and she could expect her year-end excellence award soon.
Fu Ting's pupils unhurriedly eyed one spot to another, and they seemed to be surrounded by a veil of haze. "Yes," she eventuallycalmly replied, calm as she did so, "I'll take the test."
Her words as though she was describing today's good weather: indifferent. The classroom fell silent and everyone covered their mouths, though their eyes were filled with mockery.
The homeroom teacher could not help but laugh with a critical and contemptuous expression. "You?"
Fu Ting did not care about her classmates' ridicule. Her expression remained passive yet well-behaved.
Xu Tingting chuckled. "Teacher, since Classmate Fu Ting said so, we'll wait to see her results then. Won't there be a monthly exam tomorrow?"
The homeroom teacher eventually stopped laughing, her stern glance once more met Fu Ting. "Indeed. We'll talk about this when the exam is over. If you fail to meet the requirements, both of you will get lost."
...
After class...
Su Luoshui removed the wrappings of a lollipop before she handed the lollipop to Fu Ting. "Little Kid, I'll leave with you when the results are out. No matter which class you join later on, I'll be with you."
She could not possibly go on without seeing Little Kid's lovable face!
Fu Ting licked the strawberry candy and muttered, "Luoshui, don't worry. I won't leave Class One."
Fu Pei got up and went to the podium to take water. When he came back, he went to Fu Ting's side. He concealed his worry under an unperturbed guise.
The little girl wore a ponytail and had a little whorl on the top of her hair. It was cute and tempting for him to touch it.
He tucked his hands into his pockets, his voice as gruff as usual when he spoke, "Don't worry. I'll pass you a cheat note tomorrow. You can just copy them all."
The people who were listening in silence were dumbfounded.
Even Fu Ting had doubts. 'Father, you totally overestimate your test results!'
Su Luoshui rolled her eyes. "Let me tell you something, Little Kid. The boy standing in front of you is the worst student in our class. Do you dare to copy his answer?"
Fu Pei snorted. "Then? Do you want Little Fool to write the exam herself?"
After a moment of silence, he gave her a skeptical glance. "Can you even write?"
Su Luoshui paused and eyed her warily.
Fu Ting was dismayed.
Did she look so much like an idiot to them?
Fu Pei's long fingers flicked at Fu Ting's forehead and he haughtily commented, "Listen, Little Fool. Be sure to write the word 'answer' when you're answering, and your paper should look clean. This way, maybe you'll get one point."
A plan occurred in his mind as he finished his plan. At worst, he would turn in a blank paper tomorrow so that the fool's class ranking could be placed before him. Anyway, he was used to the mockings from the teachers. Little Fool was a thin-faced girl, and it was problematic to deal with her cries.
He would not be coaxing any girl; he hated their cries the most.
Fu Ting pursed her lips as she thought of ways to prove her intelligence.
"I've been in this school for so many years and been in many adverse circumstances," he lazily added. "You just wanna study, don't you? Nothing serious, I can send you to a kindergarten to start afresh."
Fu Ting was dumbfounded.
Though a look of helplessness appeared on her porcelain white face, she firmly assured him, "I won't let you down."
Su Luoshui's wide eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked rather disapproving. "Why the kindergarten? Little Kid, you just want to get first place, don't you? Later, I'll buy you a school and let you be the first in it!"
Fu Ting was stupefied.
On the other hand, the others were thinking, 'Big Boss, can we latch onto you?'