IETSTSMLARA | The Top Student is Flawless | 110
Ji Heng usually didn't bother with people, so his sudden appearance with Lin Su today was surprising enough. Now, his volunteering to have someone sit next to him made people wonder if the sun was rising from the west.
Not only were the classmates surprised, but the teacher was also taken aback. Ning Qiu glanced over, meeting Ji Heng's intense gaze. He confirmed he hadn't owed anyone money and thought perhaps his classmate's eyes just naturally looked like that.
The classroom was already packed, with the only empty seat next to Ji Heng. Ning Qiu, not wanting to cause trouble and knowing that sitting in front or back wouldn't affect him much, asked, "Teacher, can I sit there?"
The teacher hesitated, looking heartbroken, fearing that the class's troublemaker would spoil the promising new student she had worked so hard to get. "Why don't you sit next to the podium for now?"
"That would be too cramped and inconvenient for the teachers," Ning Qiu replied with a smile. "I'll just sit there."
The teacher sighed and finally relented. "Fine, sit there for a month. After the midterm exams, we'll change seats. Don't let him distract you."
"I won't, thank you, teacher." Ning Qiu walked over to Ji Heng, smiled, and said, "Thanks, you're a good person."
Ji Heng thought to himself, praising someone as a good person while turning them into the authorities—truly, the more innocent and well-behaved they look, the more deceptive they can be.
He definitely wouldn't be fooled by such an innocent facade.
While everyone else was focused on Ning Qiu, Lin Su was watching Ye Huaitang, who was sitting by the window. Ye Huaitang usually paid little attention to others during class, maintaining a certain distance even when surrounded by girls. However, this time, upon hearing Ning Qiu's rank, he looked up.
Ye Huaitang sat by the right window, and Lin Su was at the back on the left. Despite the distance, Lin Su could see his expression, a subtle loss of a smile. A seventeen-year-old might have learned to disguise his emotions, but clearly, he hadn't mastered it completely yet.
"Teacher, since Ji Heng gets to sit with the top student, can I apply to sit with the top student too?" Lin Su raised his hand.
What worried the teacher the most wasn't the top students' grades slipping but not being able to control the troublemakers in the class.
The teacher looked at Lin Su's flamboyant red hair. "What are you up to?"
A young sapling near danger must not be led astray by another.
Lin Su licked his teeth and said, with somewhat insincere sincerity, "Teacher, I want to study hard, but I don't know how. I didn't want to bother the top students, but since you've arranged one for Ji Heng, you can't show favoritism. Don't you want me to improve?"
His words made the teacher think it was a pity he was in the science class. If he joined a debate team, he might win a prize.
At that moment, the teacher's thoughts coincided with Ji Heng's.
“It’s not that I don’t wish for you to not improve. If you have any academic problems, you can ask the teacher or your classmates. We are experts, and the teacher can’t delay the learning of other students for just one person, can they?” The homeroom teacher sighed in relief, finally getting this misguided theory back on track.
“Isn’t it just asking for help from my classmate? Besides, the other classmates don’t meet my effort goals,” Lin Su pondered, “Can I designate which classmate to ask questions?”
Teacher: “……”
There was always a sense of ominous premonition about someone being difficult.
“This has to be approved by the classmates themselves,” the teacher said with a smile.
System 06, perplexed, thought: 【 Host, aren’t you going to be the academic prodigy anymore?】
【 I’ll return to that later. For now, handling urgent matters is more important.】 Lin Su replied.
System 06 was confused. The host’s urgent matters were always about overwhelming everyone and making others doubt their own lives.
Now, it seemed like he had strayed onto the path of academic underachievement, once the teacher’s prized student, now the teacher’s appendix.
Lin Su clicked his tongue, stood up, and said, “Thank you, teacher. Class monitor, can I ask you questions anytime in the future if I don’t understand something?”
Ye Huaitang, who hadn’t paid much attention to Lin Su’s sudden antics, was surprised when his name was mentioned.
However, he quickly masked his surprise, stood up, and said, “Of course, but I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to answer all of your questions.”
This was a polite refusal.
Lin Su was determined not to let him succeed: “It’s fine. If the class monitor can’t even teach someone who’s second to last in the grade, then the top spot in the grade is just for show.”
Ye Huaitang’s fingers tightened slightly as he replied, “If I answer any questions incorrectly, please don’t hold it against me.”
What did he do to provoke this person?
“No problem,” Lin Su smiled and sat down.
The teacher felt a bit uneasy, sensing that this troublemaker seemed to want to mess with her once-promising students. But considering his grades, she estimated it would all blow over in a couple of days, so she decided to let it go.
The afternoon class was somewhat dull. Except for Lin Su and Ji Heng, everyone in Class 1 was paying attention. Lin Su was fiddling with his phone, fully embracing the role of a slacker, leaving Ye Huaitang occasionally glancing over, unsure of what he was up to.
Ji Heng, on the other hand, was propping up his arm, staring intently at Ning Qiu, and then noticed that this top student... actually had quite nice skin.
It was fresh and dewy, even with a bit of sweat on the tip of his nose, it gave off a translucent feeling.
It was a bit like the description of skin in books—smooth as cream, delicate as purple silk... made him want to eat lychees.
Ning Qiu wasn’t blind. After being stared at for a whole class, he finally relaxed his straightened back when the bell rang and turned to Ji Heng, saying, “This classmate, do I have something on my face?”
In the class, very few people talked to Ji Heng. They didn’t know what Ji Heng did during his free time, but it didn’t stop them from being wary of him. Seeing a top student fall into the clutches of this “demon,” a boy spoke up, “Ning Qiu, do you want to go to the restroom together?”
Ning Qiu: “???”
“Damn, Li Lei, inviting a guy to go to the restroom together? What were you thinking?” A boy laughed.
It’s normal for girls to go to the restroom together, but boys doing so might raise questions about their sexual orientation.
Ning Qiu smiled and said, “Thanks, but…”
“He’s not in a hurry right now,” Ji Heng interjected directly, then grabbed Ning Qiu’s arm and asked, “Do you have a mobile phone?”
“No,” Ning Qiu, taken aback by Ji Heng’s boldness, answered instinctively.
“Really? How are you being a good Samaritan then?” Ji Heng squeezed his fist and said, “If you’re lying, don’t blame me for hitting you.”
“I use a public phone,” Ning Qiu, feeling something was off, instinctively made up an excuse.
“A phone number starting with 138, you dare say it’s not yours?” Ji Heng said with a fierce expression.
Ning Qiu instantly realized what was going on and firmly refused to fall into the trap: “What 138?”
He decided to change his phone number as soon as he got home.
Wait, could he be someone who got caught after reporting a crime? Why isn’t he staying at the police station? Out causing trouble for ordinary people?
The homeroom teacher was right; he shouldn’t have judged by appearances. He should have avoided trouble by staying away.
He was very sincere, but Ji Heng frowned and said, “Your voice sounds similar. Were you the one who hung up on me last night?”
Ning Qiu’s heart sank, thinking that next time he should keep his identity hidden when playing the hero. He’d rather not have such honor if it exposed him: “What are you talking about?”
He was completely bewildered. Ji Heng, feeling that so many coincidences couldn’t be just coincidences, looked at Lin Su, who was flipping through his book, and said, “Brother, you’re good with logic. What do you think?”
Classmates were surprised that Lin Su, who got a zero on his math exam, was praised for his logical thinking, and their afternoon drowsiness disappeared.
Lin Su flipped through his book and said, “I think everything should be based on evidence. We shouldn’t casually doubt classmates to avoid causing psychological trauma and becoming the instigator of school bullying incidents.”
Ji Heng: “……Which side are you on?”
“Five thousand words,” Lin Su kindly reminded.
The review was not yet completed, and causing trouble now might add up to ten thousand words.
Ji Heng wanted to slam the table and shout, “If you drop out, then drop out. Whoever backs down is a coward,” but thinking about having to go to an unfamiliar place and being forced to learn a new language made his head throb.
“Alright, although I don’t have evidence for now, I’ll definitely find it,” Ji Heng released Ning Qiu’s arm and said, “We’ll see how it goes.”
Ning Qiu appeared obedient, but he thought that if Ji Heng really dared to hit him, he would have to report him to the police. This time, he would make sure Ji Heng was locked up.
Ji Heng felt a chill on his back and instinctively glanced at Ning Qiu. Ning Qiu looked back innocently and then silently turned away. There was still a month left; he could endure!
Meanwhile, Lin Su flipped through his book for a long time and finally came across a very simple math problem.
In front of all the classmates, he walked over to Ye Huaitang’s seat, holding the disheveled book cover with its pristine contents inside. He raised an eyebrow at a classmate next to Ye Huaitang and said, “Make way.”
The classmate hesitated but eventually moved aside. Lin Su sat down and placed the book in front of Ye Huaitang, saying, “Class monitor, could you explain this problem?”
Unlike Ning Qiu’s obedient and pretty demeanor, Ye Huaitang’s features had a watercolor-like quality. Up close, his long eyelashes made one want to reach out and touch them.
Ye Huaitang was genuinely surprised that Lin Su came over so quickly. However, since he had already agreed, he couldn’t go back on his word in front of the whole class.
He looked at the problem and said, “This solid geometry problem requires drawing the figure according to the question first. Please wait a moment.”
He pulled out his draft notebook. It was filled with neatly arranged calculations and beautiful handwriting. On the blank part, he drew the figure according to the problem.
Unlike the scribbled lines from other classmates, his lines were as straight as if drawn with a ruler.
Lin Su leaned in and said, “Class monitor, this drawing is really well done. It’s clear you have a talent in art.”
“Question one of this problem is asking for the length of the line segment. Do you know how to solve it?” Ye Huaitang asked patiently.
“Whether I know or not doesn’t matter. If you give me this drawing, I won’t ask you to explain the problem,” Lin Su said with a smile.
That smile was particularly irritating, at least according to System 06’s notes.
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