Chapter 19: The Mysterious Letter (03)

  After a week of hustle and bustle, the opening work of the new high school students finally came to an end. On September 2nd, the school held a grand opening ceremony for the whole campus. This marked the full launch of school affairs, and the entire campus entered a normal track.

  Although this is the case, during this period, the school's work focus is still on the first year of high school. The school implements absolute strict management for new students in the first year, which is a consistent policy of Yan Nan S, and can be summarized in five words: start with a strong momentum. For this reason, the first week of formal classes started with learning school rules and regulations, and each class in the first year began to establish class rules and regulations. In addition, the head teachers assigned to each class in the first year by the school are all high and mighty, or strong and powerful. These guys who serve as the school's "governing tools" are all fierce and terrifying: either with scars all over their faces, or with thick eyebrows and crooked teeth, even with a ferocious face!

  For those who have experienced the ups and downs of high school, it's nothing out of the ordinary. However, for freshmen in their first year, they are terrified, afraid to make any mistakes that would get them scolded by their teacher. As a result, most newcomers are nervous and hesitant, each one acting like a timid little wife.

  But as time goes by, the freshmen in high school will also find it hard to hold back and unconsciously look for some seniors to ask for "self-protection" methods. This approach seems to have a hint of "desperation" and even has a taste of "seeking medical attention in desperation". In their free time, the busybodies in each class of high school will have more topics to gossip about, and when they talk about it enthusiastically, they can't help but laugh wildly, completely forgetting that they were also in such an embarrassing situation when they first entered school... However, unexpectedly, Chen Haonan also encountered this kind of thing: someone came to him for "advice"!

  It was a Friday afternoon. After dinner, the classroom felt stifling, and seeing that the weather outside seemed nice, Chen Haonan slowly walked out of the classroom, planning to take a stroll in the Yu Garden. However, as soon as he left the teaching building, Li Donglin came over with a smile, saying that since Chen Haonan wanted to go for a walk, he would accompany him to the Yu Garden.

  All the way, Li Donglin was talking and laughing, while Chen Haonan just responded with a perfunctory smile from time to time, occasionally inserting a sentence coldly. Li Donglin didn't mind Chen Haonan's carelessness at all: he knew the bitterness in Haonan's heart, as long as he could make him laugh, he would feel happy too.

  After entering the gate of Youyuan, Li Donglin walked slowly for a short distance and found that two girls were sitting on a bench not far away, chatting and laughing. He quickly put away his playful and ridiculous expression, imitating Chen Haonan's manner, puffed out his chest and strode forward...

  Who would have thought that just after passing by those two girls, less than twenty steps away, a female voice suddenly came: "Can you wait?" The voice wasn't very loud, but it sounded great.

  Chen Haonan and Li Donglin simultaneously stopped in their tracks and turned around. Feeling strange, Li Donglin hastily leaned into Chen Haonan's ear and whispered: "Are they calling us?"

  "Nonsense! Who else is around us this week?" Chen Haonan smiled slightly and asked in a low voice. He originally wanted to add two more sentences to provoke Li Donglin, but seeing the two girls walking over, he had to shut his mouth and stop talking. The two girls, one was very tall, about 1.7 meters, with a melon-seed-shaped face and a pair of beautiful eyes that were particularly attractive; the other girl was slightly shorter, around 1.6 meters, with a round face, wearing a short haircut like a little girl, looking somewhat cute. They both wore white T-shirts and jeans, full of youthful vitality and vigor.

  As they approached, Li Donglin asked first: "Are you calling us two?" Chen Haonan saw Li Donglin pretending to be silly and couldn't help but laugh secretly. The guy was still very serious, standing upright with a silly expression, which was quite comical.

  "Yes, it's you guys." The taller girl said with a smile, looking very natural. From the sound of her voice, Chen Haonan was certain that this girl was the one who had called out to them first. However, the other girl looked a bit shy, hiding behind the taller girl and blushing slightly.

  "What's wrong with you?" It was Li Donglin's voice again.

  "We are from Class 216, I'm Xiao Fei and she's Lin Li." The tall girl who called herself "Xiao Fei" easily introduced herself and pointed to the girl next to her, saying out her name.

  As soon as they met, the girl's family reported their own name in front of the strange boy, which made Li Donglin and Chen Haonan somewhat unexpected. However, Li Donglin immediately also returned the courtesy and introduced himself, pointing to Chen Haonan and saying: "He is Chen Haonan, and like me, he is also from class 211."

  Chen Haonan felt a bit embarrassed, on the one hand, he was worried that Li Donglin would go on and on with his temper, and on the other hand, he thought that if the two girls didn't have anything important to say, they should head back to class sooner. So, he quickly picked up the conversation and said: "Nice to meet you - is there something we can help you with?"

  "It's like this," replied Xiao Fei, still with her head held high. "We're first-year students in high school and we've just arrived here, so there are many things that we're not used to. I'd like to ask - are all the teachers at Yannan S very strict?" This time she spoke slowly, as if afraid that Chen and Lin wouldn't understand her, and seemed to be eagerly awaiting a clear answer.

  "Are you afraid of your class teacher?" Li Donglin pretended to be mysterious, raised his head and asked with a smile.

  "Really, really!" This time the short girl finally opened her mouth in a hurry. But as soon as she got anxious, her originally slightly red face suddenly turned completely red, all the way to her ear roots.

  "We've got a lot of people in our class who are about to be driven crazy by our teacher. He's always everywhere, like a ghost, and if you're even slightly off, he'll pop up out of nowhere and yell at you until you're covered in sweat. And during class, even PE, if you're late by just one or two minutes, he makes us run laps around the track nonstop - we can't stop until he says so. He even says things like 'I'm helping you guys improve your memory, I'm helping you exercise'... basically, everyone's terrified of him and wants to beat him up...". She trailed off, covering her mouth with a embarrassed smile.

  Li Donglin also followed with a "heh heh" laugh, but Chen Haonan didn't find it strange because he thought that when they first entered school, Old Li was like this to them too, very strict. However, seeing the few of them laughing and only himself not feeling right, Chen Haonan felt a bit awkward, so he hurriedly asked: "Who's your class teacher?" This question just happened to cover up his earlier embarrassment.

  "It's like, um, 'Wu Jianxiong', a tall and chubby guy..." Xiao Fei replied with a smile. As she said this, she deliberately pouted her mouth high up, seemingly expressing her strong dissatisfaction with the short and chubby class teacher.

  Li Donglin continued with a smile, "Is it that guy who speaks in a somewhat effeminate tone and always has his hair slicked back?"

  "That's right, it was him." Lin Li spoke up again, but this time she seemed more relaxed than before.

  "He used to teach us history, but for some reason he stopped teaching us..." Li Donglin said this with a calm tone, his eyebrows furrowed slightly with a serious expression. However, he immediately became lively and enthusiastic, sharing his experience like an elder brother: "First of all, you must establish a mindset that is not afraid of him, don't take what he says too seriously, just treat it as nonsense. During class, make some small movements, everyone should be aware of each other, if there's any sign of trouble, immediately sound the 'alarm'. Moreover, when doing things, do them carefully, don't go to extremes, give others a way out, which is also giving yourself a way out, beware of someone reporting you..."

  Chen Haonan was very dissatisfied with Li Donglin's words, but he also felt that they were entirely reasonable. After all, as students, they had a strong and special awareness of the various "dangers". However, Chen Haonan also had his own views on this matter, so he couldn't help but call out to Li Donglin, saying: "Don't use your 'treating teachers as enemies' theory to influence people's judgments, that would be misleading...". As he said this, Chen Haonan involuntarily swept his gaze over their faces. After a while, he continued, "The transition from junior high school to senior high school is a big step forward. In this process, many students are far away from home - without parents constantly by their side to discipline them, many students easily indulge themselves. The main reason for strictly managing first-year high school students is to cultivate their self-control ability. Another important reason why schools do this is to lay the foundation for your future work - think about it, if you don't manage new students strictly at the beginning, how can the school control so many of you in the future?"

  After listening to Chen Haonan's words, Li Donglin felt very reasonable and nodded repeatedly. The two girls also seemed to have gained a lot of insight and were nodding on the side...

  Seeing this, Chen Haonan knew that his words had taken effect, and he felt that there was no need for him to stay any longer. So, he hastily added: "You high school freshmen should treat the teacher's 'devilish actions' as a gust of wind or a rain shower - what does it matter? You just do your own thing, you still have to believe that the wind will stop and the rain will stop, after the storm there will be a rainbow and sunshine... by next semester, you'll definitely find that your head teacher has 'changed' for the better..." After finishing his last sentence, Chen Haonan walked away with his hands clasped behind his back, looking like he had seen through all worldly affairs.

  "Hey, hey, hey......" Li Donglin and the two girls were shouting loudly behind him. But Chen Haonan seemed to have not heard, he didn't stop, turn around or respond.

  Watching Chen Haonan leave, Xiao Fei and Lin Li felt somewhat disappointed. Li Donglin hastily mediated by saying: "I'm really sorry, Haonan is just this kind of personality, recently his mood hasn't been good either, please don't be angry with him..."

  "How could we be angry with him?" Xiao Fei quickly turned her head and said, "Chen Haonan's words make a lot of sense. We haven't even had time to thank him yet, how could we be angry with him? --- We just feel it's a pity that we didn't get to chat with him more, and also a bit regretful..."

  Li Donglin saw Chen Haonan go alone and was also anxious, hearing Xiao Fei say this, it was a good opportunity to leave politely, so he immediately said: "There will be plenty of opportunities to chat in the future, if you have anything, you can come to our 211 class classroom - there are things in the class, I won't chat with you, goodbye!"

  "Alright then, I've taken up your time. Let's catch up again when we're free." Xiao Fei said with a smile, very politely, "However, I'd also like to ask you to thank Chen Haonan for us, okay?"

  "I'll definitely bring it!" Li Donglin said with a smile, and then ran off happily to catch up with Chen Haonan...