pjbooks Chapter 73 Pleading
Chapter 73 Pleading
Before dawn, boarding students at the county high school were already getting dressed, washing their faces and brushing their teeth, and hurrying to their classrooms.
Although there were quite a few people, the students were actually used to it and weren't panicked.
Like a swarm of bees, they swarmed up with a "buzz" and then flew to the classroom with another "buzz." The commotion was not too great, and the dormitory became quiet again in an instant.
"Was that tattletale smoking and drinking yesterday? The smell was almost unbearable!"
Li Jialiang, Song Siyuan, and Tang Huaiyi walked briskly towards the classroom, talking about the lights-out incident last night.
"I don't care if he smokes or drinks. I'm just thinking, does this kid also go back to the dorm after lights out? He used that as an excuse to sue Tang Huaiyi last time, so why don't we sue him this time?" Song Siyuan said with a smile. "Don't you think that makes sense, Tang Huaiyi?"
Tang Huaiyi waved his hand with a smile: "Why bother arguing with him? He's been bullied so badly by Class Three that he doesn't dare to complain anymore, so we don't need to join in the fun."
"You're so magnanimous. If it were me, I would definitely sue you back..." Song Siyuan said with a smile.
"Teacher Tian doesn't like people complaining about every little thing. Later, he stopped paying attention to He Genbao altogether. If you're like He Genbao, Teacher Tian might kick you," Tang Huaiyi warned. "Also, the exam is today. You should think about how to do it in advance."
His mention of it immediately made both Song Siyuan and Li Jialiang a little nervous and expectant.
Their grades in the second year of high school were neither too bad nor too good. This time, they were both afraid of doing poorly on the test and hopeful that they might perform well and do very well.
As they were talking, Tang Huaiyi and Song Siyuan entered Class 1 of Senior Three, while Li Jialiang entered Class 2 of Senior Three.
After taking his seat, Tang Huaiyi whispered a few words to Li Xiujuan, then picked up his textbook and notes and began to read.
I read attentively and absorbed the text without finding it noisy, and before I knew it, most of the morning reading class had passed.
Until Teacher Tian stood beside him and tapped on Tang Huaiyi's dented desk.
Tang Huaiyi put down his textbook with a puzzled look and stood up.
What happened again? Has He Genbao filed another complaint?
"Why didn't He Genbao come?"
Teacher Tian asked.
Tang Huaiyi then looked at He Genbao's seat, which was the only empty seat in the entire class.
"Teacher Tian, I don't know."
"You're in the same dorm, didn't you know? Was he in the dorm when you came this morning? Did he go back to the dorm last night?"
At this point, Teacher Tian became somewhat suspicious: "Is someone in your dormitory doing something bad to He Genbao?"
Tang Huaiyi remained calm after hearing this and thought carefully for a moment: "Teacher Tian, I really don't know why He Genbao didn't come."
"He Genbao returned to the dormitory after lights out last night, and I didn't see clearly if it was him at the time; this morning there was indeed someone sleeping in his bed, but as you know, Teacher Tian, He Genbao doesn't like to be disturbed, so none of us roommates went to wake him after we got up."
"Teacher Tian, if you're worried, I'll go with you to the dormitory to check if he's there."
Teacher Tian looked at Tang Huaiyi with surprise, thinking that she hadn't realized before that Tang Huaiyi's speech was so logical and clear, and that he seemed more mature than the other students.
"Okay, let's go. Show me the way and let's see if He Genbao is in your dorm."
Teacher Tian gestured for Tang Huaiyi to follow.
As the two passed Song Siyuan, Song Siyuan couldn't help but reach out and tug at Tang Huaiyi's clothes: "What's up? Tattling again?"
Tang Huaiyi shook his head, indicating that he was alright.
Tang Huaiyi then led Teacher Tian to the boys' dormitory. The dormitory supervisor, seeing the teacher following them, looked a little surprised and asked, "Teacher, what's the matter?"
"One student didn't go to class. Let me see if he's in his dorm," Teacher Tian said.
The dormitory manager was also a little worried that something might happen, so he followed the two of them all the way to Tang Huaiyi's dormitory room.
Upon entering the room and smelling the smoke and alcohol, Teacher Tian's face darkened: "You smoke and drink in your dormitory?"
The dormitory supervisor was also getting a little anxious and said to Tang Huaiyi, "Hey student, you're here to study, you can't smoke or drink!"
Tang Huaiyi explained, "We never smoke or drink in our dormitory. He Genbao came back late last night, and he brought back the smell of cigarettes and alcohol."
He Genbao? Does he smoke and drink?
Teacher Tian was still a little suspicious, but after taking two steps forward and arriving in front of He Genbao's bed, he no longer doubted it—He Genbao was fast asleep with his mouth slightly open, and the smell of smoke and alcohol was coming from there.
Teacher Tian, whose face was already cold, now looked even colder, and yanked off the thin, coarse blanket covering He Genbao: "Get up!"
He Genbao shifted slightly, rubbing his eyes in confusion: "Huh?"
"Huh? What?"
Teacher Tian snapped, "Sue this person for interfering with your studies, sue that person for interfering with your studies, is this how you study? Smoking? Drinking? You have quite the leisure time!"
"Get up!"
He Genbao's face turned deathly pale. He scrambled off the bed and stood up straight: "Teacher Tian, I...I didn't..."
"Not what?"
With a cold face, Teacher Tian kicked him, making him stumble: "This week, either you call your parents to the school, or I'll visit your home. I need to ask around and see what's going on."
"You keep talking about studying, but is this how you study?"
He then asked He Genbao, "When did you smoke and drink? How much did you smoke and drink?"
He Genbao seemed not to hear what Teacher Tian said next, and pleaded repeatedly, "Teacher Tian, I beg you, please don't come to my house for a home visit, and please don't send anyone from my house... I beg you..."
I'm begging you!
"I promise I'll never tattle again, and I'll definitely study hard!"
"Is this how you study today?" Teacher Tian asked coldly.
"I'll change my ways, I'll never do it again, Teacher Tian, please don't let my family know!"
He Genbao pleaded, tears welling up in his eyes.
Teacher Tian, however, was not prepared to listen to any of this—he had seen many students, and the more he feared home visits, the more he wanted to do them. In this way, the students would learn to be afraid, the parents would start to be stricter, and they would study hard.
This is also a good thing for the child.
Seeing that Teacher Tian had no intention of giving up, He Genbao finally burst into tears, crying out in fear, "Teacher Tian, I beg you, I really beg you... Don't let my dad find out, he'll really kill me!"
"When you were smoking and drinking at school, did you ever think about your dad beating you?"
Teacher Tian said coldly, "Stop crying! Go to class, we have a test today!"
"Teacher Tian, please don't..."
He Genbao pleaded repeatedly.
"I'll talk to you after the exam." Teacher Tian at least gave He Genbao a glimmer of hope.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he led Tang Huaiyi and He Genbao back to the classroom.
After morning reading class, Song Siyuan rushed over: "What happened? That tattletale has tattled again?"
"No, he probably overslept after drinking. Teacher Tian asked me to take him to the dormitory and wake him up."
Upon hearing Tang Huaiyi's words, Song Siyuan was overjoyed and burst into laughter.
"Haha, he deserved it, didn't he get beaten up?"
"I got kicked."
Song Siyuan was in a great mood, his face beaming with joy.
Not long after we returned to the classroom after breakfast, Teacher Tian brought in a stack of printed test papers.
"Get ready, the exam is about to begin!"