Chapter Thirty-One

  "They don't look like people who enjoy flattery." someone thought for a moment and raised their own question.

  "Who, you said who was flattering?" Yang Rui heard someone say that she was flattering and couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. At that time, she did indeed count as flattering, and now it was suddenly pointed out, although what the other person said wasn't wrong, their words were too harsh, too direct, and felt like they were tearing down Yang Rui's stage.

  "I was just saying they don't seem that easy to get along with, and it doesn't feel like they're good people to talk to. I think they won't be the kind of person who will easily let you off with just a few nice words." The other person immediately explained, feeling that he had indeed spoken too bluntly earlier, so he changed to a more euphemistic way of speaking.

  "What do you mean I won't let you go? Look at me, I'm so charming and lovely, everyone loves me, even cars want to give me a ride. With my exceptional eloquence, I can make even the dead come alive, not to mention these few people. Bring more, I'll still satisfy you." Yang Rui was still unhappy, feeling that she had belittled herself too much. She had clearly made them laugh and liven up the atmosphere, how could she underestimate herself? One day, she would definitely let these ordinary people see her true strength.

  "What I mean is that they look quite fierce and shouldn't be any good guys." The student hastily explained, feeling like he was at a loss for words.

  "That's right." Yang Rui smiled slightly, indicating that he would no longer entangle himself with her on this issue.

  "Did you persuade them with your eloquence? What did they want from you after all?"

  "It's obvious, with my eloquence, how could there be anything I couldn't handle? They didn't even realize who I was at first, but under my flattering words, they started to think I'm a pretty good person. Later on, they said they wanted to be friends and get to know me." Yang Rui ignored the fact that they had originally come because Li Miao mentioned her, wanting to see how similar she was to Zhang Yang. Picking out partial truths, although everything said was true, the nature of things changed. It wasn't that she misunderstood and thought people were coming to find trouble with her, but rather they were defeated by her glib tongue, struck down by her own abilities. She ignored the fact that from the start, they weren't there to settle scores with her; otherwise, before she even opened her mouth, she would have been dealt a severe blow."

  Wang Zhiqiao heard Yang Rui say this and felt that her ability to distort the facts was too powerful. Even if she didn't look at her now, she knew that Yang Rui must be speaking with a flourish, thinking that Yang Rui was still not ordinary in her boasting. She couldn't help but glance at her out of the corner of her eye, wanting to see if she had the flourishing eyebrows and colorful appearance that she had imagined.

  She glanced up and took a look around, only to see that the class teacher had already walked in from the classroom door. Wang Zhiqiao turned her head to see Yang Rui still enthusiastically telling stories, while the people in front of her hadn't noticed the teacher's approach. Wang Zhiqiao coughed several times to remind them, "The teacher is here," but they were too engrossed in Yang Rui's fascinating story about those legendary figures and didn't pay attention to Wang Zhiqiao. It was Yang Rui who heard her, thinking that Wang Zhiqiao had a sore throat, so she handed over the water she had been cooling down for a while, which was now just right for drinking. She immediately continued telling stories, completely ignoring Wang Zhiqiao's warning glance. Wang Zhiqiao was anxious to remind her, but the class teacher was already quietly standing nearby, signaling her to be quiet. In that instant, Wang Zhiqiao knew Yang Rui was doomed, but the person involved still didn't know and continued telling stories enthusiastically. Wang Zhiqiao couldn't help but cover her forehead, feeling helpless herself, and could only wish Yang Rui good luck.

  "Zhang Yangshuai is dead, I've only brushed past him a few times, I really want to get close to him like you did, Yang Rui you're so lucky!" A classmate's envious voice came over. Wang Zijiao just hoped that Yang Rui would soon discover the teacher's presence and shut up as soon as possible, he had never had such a strong desire for her to shut up before.

  But how did Yang Rui get what she wanted? Her voice came over right after the girl's, "Zhang Yang is indeed very handsome, but I think he's not as serious as when I saw him before. He's actually quite funny and his words are really interesting. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that such a shining star could be so down-to-earth. Guess who else was at the scene?"

  "Who else?" A voice came from the front.

  Yang Rui clenched his fists and said to a group of girls, "It's that one who fights really well..." He felt something was off halfway through his sentence. Looking in the direction of the sound, he almost got scared to death because it was their class teacher, Wang Zhiqiao, covering her eyes, not daring to look at Yang Rui's pale face.

  Yang Rui's mouth opened and closed, but no words came out for a long time. Her eyes were wide with fear as she stared at the class teacher, her face pale as death. But some people reacted even slower than Yang Rui, seeing that she wasn't speaking, they urged her to hurry up and say something, "Come on, say it! Who is it? We're all waiting!"

  Only the head teacher seemed to be smiling at her, indicating that she should continue. Yang Rui didn't dare say anything else and glared fiercely at the brainless questioner, wishing she could seal her mouth with tape. Now she just hoped that the teacher wouldn't come too soon, or maybe she would let her off easy. However, looking at the head teacher's smiling face, Yang Rui thought: It seems this possibility is extremely slim.

  Those girls saw Yang Rui staring at a certain place, speechless, with a pale face, and secretly thought it was bad, definitely the head teacher had arrived, so they each prepared to slip away. But the head teacher wouldn't give them the opportunity, speaking out before they could escape. "It seems you've all learned well, still having time to chat idly here. Since you've all learned enough, I suppose you all did very well on the test papers from last class. It seems there's no need to study anymore."

  A group of girls lowered their heads, not saying a word, and didn't dare to look at the teacher's face, thinking they were doomed. Meanwhile, everyone in the classroom was secretly paying attention to the latest developments with sidelong glances. Some people were holding back laughter, their faces red from suppressing it. But they didn't dare laugh out loud, fearing they would also be implicated.

  "I'm telling you all, if this time's results don't come out with 100%, you're all done for, just prepare to go home! This is a classroom, do you think it's some kind of playground? You dare to chat idly about nonsense here, especially you Yang Rui, looks like I've been too good to you, you've become too arrogant, daring to make a ruckus in the classroom!" The class teacher's gaze swept over everyone with a stern expression, finally stopping on Yang Rui. Yang Rui was so scared that he trembled and thought: "This is the legendary 'happiness begets sorrow', I still want to live a few more years, high and mighty Jade Emperor, Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, please bless me, this poor child!"