Ji Chengxuan's words were well - reasoned, and there was really nothing to refute.
The scene suddenly became a bit awkward. Dozens of pairs of eyes were watching. Teacher Lu was publicly humiliated and looked extremely ugly.
After a full half - minute of silence, Teacher Lu flew into a rage.
"I wondered how this girl had the guts. So there's someone backing her up!"
Teacher Lu's face was flushed red, and she gritted her teeth as if they had committed a heinous crime that was unforgivable.
"Do you know what this kind of behavior was called in ancient times? It was called 'secret trysts between men and women', and they would be drowned in a pig cage!"
Yun Que'er couldn't bear it any longer and didn't care about keeping a low - key profile.
"Do you mean we've committed a capital crime? Not to mention that what we did was just normal behavior and not a mistake at all. I can't even bear the charge of'secret trysts between men and women'! Besides, drowning people in a pig cage is the dross of feudal society. It's a new era now, and you've received higher education. How could you say such a thing!"
"You... You're really incorrigible!" Teacher Lu was so angry that she was dizzy. "Get out! Get out of here! Don't take this class anymore. Stand outside!"
Yun Que'er and Ji Chengxuan were both kicked out and stood under the eaves.
Just unfortunately, the sun was extremely bright today, shining so brightly that it made people feel restless.
Yun Que'er felt dizzy and couldn't help squatting on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Ji Chengxuan tugged at Yun Que'er's sleeve. "Be careful. If she finds out, she'll say we're not being obedient and will have more reasons to punish us."
"Whatever." Yun Que'er had given up. "Don't you understand yet? She's deliberately making things difficult for us. Even if there wasn't this handkerchief, she would say you passed me something else. Maybe even breathing is wrong in her eyes. Since nothing we do is right, why shouldn't I make myself more comfortable?"
Ji Chengxuan hung his head and sighed. "You're right. This is the situation, and what can we do?"
As he said this, Ji Chengxuan also squatted down with Yun Que'er.
"But this can't go on like this. Anyway, she's our teacher now. We can't avoid her even if we want to."
"So do you have a solution?" Yun Que'er retorted.
Ji Chengxuan let out a couple of chuckles, indicating that he was also helpless.
No matter how capable and resourceful they were, they were still in school.
The environment had changed, so they couldn't handle things the same way as before.
Outside, they could just fight it out, but that was absolutely not allowed in this current environment.
Especially since Teacher Lu's husband was suspected to be someone not to be messed with, so they couldn't be reckless.
"Let's just take it one step at a time." Yun Que'er said. "At most, we'll be kicked out of her classes from now on. With our abilities, we can still get high scores in the foreign - language exam even if we don't take her classes. As long as she doesn't kill us, it won't be too bad."
Ji Chengxuan nodded.
But it was easier said than done.
It was early autumn now. It was a bit hot, but it was still bearable. There was no way they would get heatstroke.
But what about later?
If, as Yun Que'er said, they were kicked out of every class, how could they survive the winter?
*
"Then I'll trouble Teacher Yun." The headmaster walked out of the office with Yun Motan.
"This school merger is the largest - scale one in my career. After it's finalized, the school will be expanded. Hey, then we'll be able to work in the small building."
The headmaster rubbed his chin with the stubble on it and smiled.
"The students will also move in. There will be centralized heating in winter, so we won't have to light stoves anymore. Otherwise, no matter how much firewood we burn, the students will still have frost - bitten hands. In summer, I heard they'll even install fans to prevent the kids from getting heat rashes."
The headmaster's eyes were full of longing, as if he had already started imagining the better life in the future.
But all this was conditional. This school merger was to transfer the rural students to the town. There were a total of four primary schools in the town, and their school and the school where Yun Yi was were currently the two with the best teaching staff.
The higher - ups attached great importance to this matter and would choose one of the two schools for key development. But they had to recruit enough high - quality students, that is, students with good grades.
So the problem arose. The two schools were of similar qualifications. For those students, it didn't really matter which school they went to.
So they had to find a way to improve their competitiveness.
I heard that the other school had already gone to the countryside for publicity and had done a good job. So the headmaster here had to hurry up and come up with a plan.
I heard that many rural schools in Huan City, Nan Province, were going to be closed down. They could just recruit a group of students from there.
Moreover, their place was on the border of two provinces. It wasn't too far for the students to come here to study. So they set their sights on Huan City.
Since they were going for publicity, they had to find a senior teacher to lead the team.
Yun Motan was an experienced teacher with many honorary titles. He was undoubtedly the best teacher in the school, and it was most suitable for him to go.
"Teacher Yun, it all depends on you. It'll be a hard journey. When you come back, we must hold a banquet for you."
Yun Motan smiled. "We're doing this for the students to have a better learning environment. It's not hard. But I'll be away for more than half a month. You know my daughter just started school, and the kids from the village are also in the school."
"I understand." The headmaster nodded with a smile. "You can go with peace of mind. I'll take care of the kids for you."
With the headmaster's words, Yun Motan could go about his business with peace of mind. The two chatted for a while longer, and then Yun Motan picked up his books and was about to go back to his office.
On his way back, he would pass by Yun Que'er's classroom. Yun Motan just happened to drop by to take a look. Who would have thought that before he got close, he saw two familiar little figures squatting side by side outside.
Yun Motan was surprised and trotted over. "Why aren't you two in class?"
Yun Que'er was dizzy from the sun. After a long while of dizziness, she finally saw that the person standing in front of her was Yun Motan.
"Dad..."
Hearing Yun Que'er's aggrieved voice, Yun Motan's heart ached.
"What's wrong? Were you bullied again?"
Yun Que'er didn't want Yun Motan to worry, so she shook her head.
"No. We made mistakes ourselves."
This clearly sounded like a lie.
These two kids were very sensible and precocious. They couldn't have changed their characters as soon as they entered school and caused trouble every day.
Yun Motan took a look inside the classroom and understood what was going on.
"That Teacher Lu is making things difficult for you again, isn't she?"
Yun Que'er couldn't hide it anymore, so she told him everything.
After hearing this, Yun Motan flew into a rage on the spot.
"This is all nonsense!"
Yun Motan's sudden roar disturbed Teacher Lu inside. She opened the door unhappily.
"How can you two be so shameless!"