Chapter 117: The English Teacher

“Although you did pretty well this time, you still messed up the grammar on these two freebie questions. Didn’t the teacher explain it to you?”

Hao Lijuan pointed at the exam paper and demanded loudly.

“Oh!!”

Seeing that even the class monitor, who had the best English grades, was being scolded, everyone could feel this class wasn’t going to be easy.

“I’m sorry, teacher.”

Tang Ziya bit her lip and could only apologize.

“This is English class. Say it in English.”

“I’m sorry, teacher.”

“Sit down!”

Hao Lijuan had been relatively polite to her.

The people whose names were called next would basically all get an earful.

The entire class was filled with resentment.

If things continued like this, everyone would probably collectively hand in blank papers during next week’s monthly exam just to piss her off.

“Finally, Gu Chen, stand up!”

After haranguing for most of the class, the war finally spread to him.

Gu Chen had already mentally prepared for this.

If she didn’t call his name after an exam, he would actually find it strange.

Because his biggest learning characteristic was his uneven grades.

His other subjects were more or less okay, and the differences weren’t huge.

But English?

He simply couldn’t learn it no matter what. It was like reading a foreign language.

He had been scolded for this many times.

To learn it well, it would only be possible under some kind of extreme learning environment…

For a guy who didn’t even consider European or American genres when watching videos, this was really too much to ask.

“Yes, teacher.”

Gu Chen shrugged and stood up lazily.

“Gu Chen, you haven’t made any progress at all! You just filled in random answers. Didn’t you even get the multiple-choice questions right? Aren’t you letting down the teacher’s hard work in class?”

Hao Lijuan immediately started throwing around accusations.

Gu Chen was stunned.

“I did mess around on the fill-in-the-blanks, but I answered the multiple-choice questions very seriously.”

“Eighty percent of them are wrong, and you still have the nerve to ask?”

“No way? ‘Short-short-short-long, pick the longest; long-long-long-short, pick the shortest; if it’s similar, close your eyes and pick.’ Clearly, you didn’t set the questions according to the pattern, so how can you blame me?”

Gu Chen hadn’t expected to get so many wrong this time. It was obviously aimed at him!

“Gu Chen! What kind of attitude is that? The teacher is doing this for your own good! If you put even half the effort you put into Chinese into this, you would have improved long ago!”

“Tch, if you were even half as good-looking as Teacher Li, I would have worked hard long ago.”

Gu Chen still looked like a dead pig not afraid of scalding water, grinning and retorting.

“Hahahaha—”

The classroom immediately erupted in loud laughter.

He was the only school bully in the whole class who dared to talk back to the teacher like this, and…

It actually made sense.

“Gu Chen!!”

Hao Lijuan was so angry she slammed the desk, making banging sounds, and her face turned red.

“Is this your attitude toward the teacher? Our class doesn’t need a student like you!”

“Oh, fine. Refund my tuition, and I’ll go to another class right away.”

“You!!”

This time the English teacher was really furious, but she had no way to deal with him.

She glared fiercely at Gu Chen, signaling him to stop making trouble.

“Teacher, is this correction correct?”

Just then, Tang Ziya suddenly interrupted.

“Let me see.”

Hao Lijuan also needed an excuse to back down, so she took the opportunity.

“Big Brother, you’re so cool, haha. It’s about time someone taught that menopausal old hag a lesson.”

Guo Ming gave a thumbs-up and praised quietly.

“I don’t give a damn about her.”

Gu Chen sat down naturally.

After all, the teachers had all heard about his notorious reputation, and the rumors became more exaggerated the more they spread, so they generally avoided direct conflict with him.

Even if they actually expelled him, they would have to think twice about what would happen outside the school gate.

Soon, the grueling class finally ended, and the bell rang.

Hao Lijuan seemed dissatisfied and continued to ramble on.

She didn’t stop even when Li Yanqiu, the teacher for the next class, walked to the door holding her books.

“Ahem, Teacher Hao?”

Li Yanqiu didn’t need to look to know what was going on.

She cleared her throat to remind her.

“So eager, Teacher Li. I’ll go right away.”

Hao Lijuan still didn’t have a good expression.

She greeted sarcastically, then packed up her things and brushed past her.

Everyone knew she was jealous of Li Yanqiu.

Ever since Li Yanqiu arrived, she had snatched away the yearly outstanding teacher award.

The two had long had a conflict, though they hadn’t completely fallen out on the surface.

When everyone saw Li Yanqiu enter, their mood instantly went from hell back to heaven.

In comparison, just her standing there made people feel like a spring breeze.

“If she loses to Teacher Li in the teacher evaluation again, Hao Lijuan will probably take a knife and fight her to the death.”

Guo Ming couldn’t help but sigh.

Gu Chen smiled disdainfully.

“Just her? Even with a knife, she might not be a match.”

The homeroom teacher wasn’t bad at fighting.

If it came to a real fight, she probably wouldn’t be afraid.

But before he finished speaking, a sudden flash of inspiration hit Gu Chen’s mind.

His memory instantly returned to yesterday’s scene in the staff public bathroom.

Two women had been talking at the time.

Because the cubicles had echoes, and he was nervous, he couldn’t tell who they were.

Now that he compared, he found that the voice was very similar to Hao Lijuan’s!

Coupled with the grudge between them, it was most likely this woman.

‘Damn, she bullies classmates on usual days, but she actually dares to do something like this to Teacher Li? And she still calls herself a teacher?’

Gu Chen was instantly furious.

If this hidden danger wasn’t resolved, the homeroom teacher would eventually be in trouble.

Even if she wasn’t worried, he wouldn’t feel at ease.

But dealing with a teacher wasn’t that easy.

However, now that he had identified the target, he could slowly figure out a way.

“Everyone, if you need to use the restroom, go quickly.”

Li Yanqiu smiled and urged.

“Thank you, teacher!”

The classmates were in a good mood and thanked her profusely.

At noon, as soon as the bell rang, the students rushed to the cafeteria at top speed, afraid that limited dishes would be taken by others.

Guo Ming was usually too lazy to move, but only at mealtime did he burst into speed.

He directly performed a “meat bullet charge” through the crowd, almost being the first to reach the cafeteria and pick the best dishes.

Gu Chen, on the other hand, walked over unhurriedly and found a random seat.

No one dared to sit nearby.

“Whew, Big Brother, not bad today. There’s braised pork!”

Guo Ming came over panting, carrying two meal trays.

He was basically responsible for grabbing food for all three meals, otherwise there was no way he could have stayed as Gu Chen’s lackey for so long without being kicked out.

“It’s okay, I guess.”

Gu Chen nodded.

“Hey, I want to ask you something. If we want to get rid of that menopausal woman, what’s the method?”

He had been bothered by this question all morning.

The homeroom teacher didn’t want him to talk about these things, and he hadn’t planned to reveal anything, but he still wanted to do something.

“Then the school would have to step in. We don’t have that ability.”

Guo Ming took a big bite of braised pork, looking utterly satisfied.

Gu Chen said irritably, “No shit, you think I don’t know that?”

The key was that there was no evidence now.

Even if they knew someone had entered the dormitory, they hadn’t caught a face shot.

For the sake of the school’s reputation, the school would probably just let it slide.