"This is outrageous, this is outrageous."
Yu Qiang ran to the second floor, his face completely green. "You little bastard, if I don't get you expelled today, I'll take your surname."
In his eight years as a teacher, this was the first time he'd encountered a student who dared to physically confront him. Cursing him to his face, making threats, how was he supposed to manage students in the future?
The second floor was where the highest authority in the school resided, the administrative office!
The principal, vice principal, head of the grade, and the dean of academics were all here.
"Hey, Mr. Yu, you don't look so good," a passing teacher remarked.
Yu Qiang didn't respond, rushing into the administrative office and exploding immediately: "Principal Zhou, you have to stand up for me. A student from my class has gone wild; he actually hit me."
Instantly, everyone in the office was stunned.
A student hit a teacher? This was beyond the pale.
Zhou Jie stood up, his face serious. "Old Yu, let's go. I want to see who has such nerve."
"Principal Zhou, look at my hand." Yu Qiang extended his hand tearfully, and the blood-red finger marks on his wrist were evident.
Everyone in the office exploded: "Which little bastard!"
"Principal Zhou, this kind of person can't be kept here. Daring to hit a teacher, this is unacceptable; he must be expelled," a teacher said.
Zhou Jie nodded: "Contact this student's parents immediately."
Then, led by Yu Qiang, Zhou Jie, Vice Principal Xu Guozhi, and Dean Jiang Dashan, they stormed up to the fifth floor.
Yu Qiang sneered. You little bastard, dare to go against me? This time, I'll make sure you're done for.
In the classroom, all eyes were on Zhang Fan. Especially Yang Xu, who, looking at the fist-sized hole in the desk, felt a chill down his spine.
This kid, better not mess with him.
"Principal Zhou, it's this guy, Zhang Fan. Today, we were supposed to assess the students' winter break study progress. Not only did he cheat, but he also hit me. Such a person absolutely cannot stay," Yu Qiang led Zhou Jie into Class 26, adding fuel to the fire, badmouthing Zhang Fan like a machine gun.
"Gasp, Principal Zhou!"
The group gasped in low voices. They never expected Fatty Yu to actually bring Principal Zhou here.
Hehe, Zhang Fan is done for this time. At the very least, staying in Class 26 is impossible, and he might even be expelled directly.
"Hehe, so it's Zhang Fan. This guy's grades are at the bottom of the whole school. How is he still in Class 26? Can't let one bad apple spoil the whole barrel," someone mocked from the side.
Zhang Fan looked at Yu Fatty, who was sneering at him, and felt even angrier.
Just then, Ye Xuan spoke up. "Principal Zhou, I can testify that it was Mr. Yu who made the first move. If Zhang Fan hadn't grabbed his hand, he would've been hit by Mr. Yu."
"Hmm?" Zhou Jie turned his head. His previously angry face instantly softened. He recognized Ye Xuan, one of the top five students in the whole school, third in the final exams, and a sure bet for Tsinghua or Beijing University. But what she said didn't match Yu Qiang's version at all?
Yu Qiang's expression changed instantly: "Ye Xuan, don't talk nonsense. Zhang Fan insulted me first, so I made a move."
Ye Xuan coldly laughed: "Oh, then he was right to hit you because you insulted him first."
Zhou Jie, Xu Guozhi, and Jiang Dashan were all dumbfounded.
What is going on here?
The three of them simultaneously turned to look at Yu Qiang.
Yu Qiang's expression changed again: "Principal Zhou, listen to me. Zhang Fan cheated first. I told him to stand up for an inspection, but he refused."
"Why do you say Zhang Fan cheated?" Ye Xuan interrupted again.
All the boys in the class felt their hearts ache. Damn it, why is Goddess Ye always speaking up for that jerk Zhang?
Yu Qiang jogged over to Zhang Fan, gave him a cold stare, then took Zhang Fan's test paper back to Zhou Jie and the others. "Principal Zhou, look, you're aware of this kid's grades, right? He has never scored over forty in English. How could he write this kind of English essay?"
Zhou Jie took the test paper. Looking at the English essay Zhang Fan had written, his brow furrowed: "Cheating is wrong, insulting people is also wrong, let alone hitting someone. Zhang Fan, how do you explain this?"
Zhang Fan raised his head, looking at Zhou Jie and the others: "Why can't I write this kind of English essay?"
"Heh, you? Write this essay? I'll eat the paper if you did," Yu Qiang snarled.
"Old Zhou, look at the other questions," Xu Guozhi said.
Zhou Jie asked: "What about them?"
"He got all of them right." Xu Guozhi pointed at the last few multiple-choice questions.
"Oh?" Zhou Jie looked closely and indeed, it was true. He flipped through the test paper, starting from the first multiple-choice question. Instantly, his brow furrowed even more.
"Not a single mistake on the multiple-choice, only one mistake in the reading, and the essay would lose at most three points. So, the total score would be 145," Zhou Jie quickly reviewed the paper.
"What? 145?"
Zhao Yue took a deep breath, his eyes almost popping out.
Finishing the test paper in just half an hour, and scoring 145? Even cheating couldn't achieve such a score. Could he have stolen the test answers? Impossible, this was only the first day. Even if Zhang Fan wanted to steal, there wasn't anywhere to steal from.
"See, Principal Zhou, this kid must've cheated. 145, how is that possible? I spent countless hours during the winter break making this test. In less than half an hour, there couldn't be more than ten students in the whole school capable of scoring this high," Yu Qiang said confidently.
Jiang Dashan also spoke up: "This definitely is cheating. Zhang Fan, your total scores hover around 300, and apart from your Chinese score, the other subjects together don't even total 200. How could you get such a high score?"
"Heh!" Zhang Fan laughed and said coldly: "Then tell me, Mr. Yu, how did I cheat?"
"You obviously copied," Yu Qiang insisted.
"Then tell me, whose paper did I copy?" Zhang Fan continued to ask.
Suddenly, the room fell silent.
Indeed, if Zhang Fan cheated, whose paper did he copy?
"Of course, he copied from Ye Xuan," Yu Qiang said coldly.
"Fucking idiot," Zhang Fan chuckled, speaking those four words plainly.
"Principal Zhou, look, he's swearing again!" Yu Qiang's face was filled with rage.
"Mr. Yu, I really doubt your intelligence. I'm in the fourth row, Zhang Fan is in the ninth row. Is he supposed to have a thousand-mile eye?" Ye Xuan mocked.
Everyone was stunned. Indeed, Ye Xuan was in the fourth row, Zhang Fan in the ninth row. Damn it, show me how he could copy like that.
Yu Qiang's face stiffened, and he quickly said: "You must have used your phones to send answers to each other."
"Send my ass. Fatty Yu, you can slander me, but if you slander Ye Xuan, believe it or not, I'll knock your teeth out," Zhang Fan slammed the table, coldly glaring at Yu Qiang.
A gentle smile suddenly appeared on Ye Xuan's frosty face. She took out her phone and walked up to Zhou Jie.
"Please, Principal Zhou, check. This is the first time I've seen a teacher slander students like this. I'll tell my dad about this. Your school's teacher quality is really something."
Zhou Jie's face suddenly changed dramatically.
Ye Xuan's father, Ye Jingtian, was an investor in the school. If this got to Ye Jingtian's ears, this would become a whole different matter.