Chapter Fifty-Nine: Turning Upside Down Family Teachings

  Thank you, Sanpin Bo Le...

  Li Lu'er and Shen Xiaoxuan were like carrying a heavy burden, gasping for breath, even walking was in the slowest small steps, although they were trying to return to class as fast as possible.

  As soon as she entered the classroom, Li Lu'er buried her head in her desk, looking like a dead person, closing her eyes and ignoring the people around her, with only her nostrils slightly moving.

  Chen Zhiquan walked in with a lazy gait, mumbling to himself, and couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw Li Lu'er and Shen Xiaoxuan sleeping so close together. He stared at Lu Xiansheng with a sarcastic expression and said: "Haha! Flesh against flesh 90°, didn't they say that? How come they're sticking together as soon as gym class is over? Are they traumatized or something?"

  Lu Xiansheng simply closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and pretended to sleep, too lazy to bother with Chen Zhiquan's cold ridicule and hot sarcasm, which was clearly jealousy but still tried to drag others down.

  Wu Jian, who was standing aside, looked at their situation and made a disdainful gesture towards Chen Zhiquan, laughing loudly without stopping.

  Chen Zhiquan saw no one paying attention to him and quietly sat in his seat scrolling through his phone.

  "This is math! Time to change books quickly! Old Li has arrived!"

  As soon as I heard this anxious voice, I knew it was Class Monitor Bai Wan's. He has been afraid of math teacher since he was a kid. Whenever there is a math class and Old Li is substituting, he will make sure the classroom discipline and appearance are perfect, so that if something happens and he needs to go to the office, he won't be nagged by Old Li for an entire afternoon.

  All I could hear was the sound of rummaging through desks and drawers, as all my classmates frantically searched for their math books and test papers, waiting for Old Li to arrive.

  At the first bell, Old Li walked in on time, supporting his glasses.

  Old Li put down the register, with one hand behind his back and the other right hand grasping a piece of chalk to write on the blackboard the lessons that need to be reviewed today. The chalk dust fell vertically from time to time, and soon a thick layer of white powder accumulated on the frame of the blackboard.

  The classroom was silent, with only the sound of turning pages and pens scratching across paper. All the students, including Wu Jian, who normally didn't like to listen to lectures, were all diligently writing with their heads down.

  Mr. Li turned around, patted his hands covered with white chalk dust, adjusted his glasses, and scanned the classroom with a frown, starting his habitual spot check.

  "Wu Jian, Qi Xiu, Li Lu'er, Lu Xiansheng! The four of you come up and solve these four questions!"

  Wu Jian sighed and walked forward with big strides, he had expected it, there was always him, every time was like this, Old Li never let go of the tail of his experimental class.

  Li Luo's face was filled with bad luck as he glanced at the questions Shen Xiaoxuan had solved, and after a few glances, he reluctantly went up to the podium.

  Only Lu Xiangsheng was the calmest, indifferently pulling out a yellow chalk from the chalk box and quickly solving on the blackboard what he thought was a trivial problem.

  Old Li stood in the last row, narrowing his eyes to observe the analysis process of the four people on stage. When he saw Lu Xiansheng's answer, he nodded with satisfaction and even smiled with a grin.

  What? Old Li smiled? The corners of all the classmates' eyes were moving towards Old Li's position.

  It's really unbelievable, having attended math classes for three years, I've never seen him smile, usually as long as he doesn't lose his temper it's fine... Math class, forever the bane of Class 7 students.

  "What's taking you so long, Lixia'er?" Old Li walked up to the podium, looking somewhat displeased.

  Li Lu'er turned her head around, her eyes full of pleading, and stuttered in response: "Teacher Li, I won't."

  What? Li Lu'er's guts have actually grown to this extent, and he actually dared to say no to Old Master Li? Everyone knows that even if you can't do it, you still have to say you can, even if you're writing nonsense, you still have to make it look like something. Saying no? Isn't this a challenge to Old Master Li? Is this trying to make that narrow-minded person think he's the one who can't teach? He's the famous Old Master Li who has never had a student he couldn't teach, only those who don't study hard!

  The whole class was in an uproar, Shen Xiao Xuan clenched his fists and wiped a cold sweat for Li Luo Er.

  "Are you saying you can't solve this problem?" Old Li's face had already changed color, the earlier relief and joy were nowhere to be seen, only a face full of frustration and disappointment.

  Li Luo'er nodded and clenched her fist around the chalk even tighter.

  "Come down after school and visit my office!" Old Li's voice was low, with a hint of magic in it that made people feel a chill.

  Li Lu'er walked down from the stage with a nervous and uneasy look on her face. When she returned to her seat, she looked like she was about to faint, her face deathly pale.

  "Who will solve it!" Mr. Li's voice pierced through the classroom once again, hollow and desolate.

  "I will!" Lu Xiangsheng stood up again.

  Mr. Li looked at him and nodded in satisfaction, "Liu Xiansheng, take a seat, who's next?"

  Seeing no one in the class raised their hand, Lu Xiansheng stretched out his foot and kicked Chen Zhiquan's stool heavily.

  Chen Zhiquan snapped back to reality, hastily shoving his phone into his pocket and looking around at his silent classmates. He suddenly felt a sense of unease and turned to Lu Xiansheng beside him, asking in a low voice, "What's going on?"

  "Get up!" Lu Xiansheng replied in a low voice.

  "Ah!" Chen Zhiquan quickly stood up, standing straight as a rod, and even knocked the stool against the wall.

  Old Li's face, which had been as gloomy as a dark cloud, finally broke into a smile. He looked at Chen Zhiquan with delight and said, "Come on up and explain this question to everyone!"

  Chen Zhiquan only then understood, that it wasn't just a simple matter of being late to class and getting caught, this Lu Xuan Sheng, wanted to get him killed! Is he really my cousin? I truly hope not...

  Chen Zhiquan gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Xiansheng, striding up to the podium, looking at the only question that had only written an explanation, picked up the chalk and instantly wrote out the analysis and correct answer.

  Watching old Li nodding frequently beside him, Chen Zhiquan couldn't help but show off again, erasing the wrong questions on both sides and re-answering them, still using only 1 minute and 20 seconds.

  Old Li looked at Chen Zhiquan and Lu Xiansheng, a rare smile appeared on his face again. What, he actually has dimples? Oh my god, after 3 years of school, I haven't even discovered it! It seems that these two proud disciples make him very satisfied, and even feel proud, although they were not taught by him.

  With Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan blocking the hail of bullets from Old Li, this math lesson wasn't very torturous. After Old Li left the classroom, all the classmates let out a sigh of relief and wiped their sweat. Several young ladies from wealthy families even gathered around Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan with their textbooks, asking for tutoring.

  Lu Xuan Sheng looked at the group of chattering girls beside him, couldn't help but furrow his brow, closed his book, and with his hands in his pockets, chased after Li Lao Tou who was taking Lei Luo Er away.

  Chen Zhiquan, however, was delighted to be in the midst of it all. Not only did he move over Lu Xiansheng and Wu Jian's stools, but even the millions in front of him were driven away. He carefully answered each question one by one, covering every aspect thoroughly.

  He walked into the office, Old Li looked at Lí Luò'er's outfit and shook his head like a rattle drum, "What are you wearing? A long skirt? Or an undershirt? Are there any students in the whole school who dress like this? As the study committee member of the experimental class, how can your attire be so mismatched...?" Old Li scolded her from head to toe, seeing Lí Luò'er still lowering her head without moving, his anger suddenly surged up, "Still not taking it off?"

  Li Luo'er raised a pair of misty eyes and whispered, "I've got my period, I stained my pants, can't take them off!"

  Old Li sighed and closed his eyes, thinking that usually gentle and obedient Lilei was now in such a state, and her pitiful expression when she said those words made him want to let her off the hook, not to mention that she indeed had a difficult situation.

  "I'm telling you, Lì Luòér, can't you spare some of the effort you put into Chinese, English, history, and politics for math? Don't you know that if your math scores were just a little higher, your mock exam results would be in the top ten in the whole school? And if they're excellent, then the possibility of being exempt from exams will be even greater..."

  Old Li's words, from the first year of high school to the third year, didn't change a single word.

  I'm really not good at languages, especially English. I don't even read books when I go home. I naturally understand liberal arts, but math and physics chemistry are a different story. I've almost worn out the pages of my textbooks, yet I still can't grasp a single formula. It's too embarrassing to tell you about it; if I did, you'd know how pathetic it is.

  Li Lu'er hung her head low, still not saying a word, waiting for the last sigh before Old Li would let her go.

  "Hey, you're not speaking again. From today on, you'll be one hour late coming home and I'll tutor you in math. Otherwise, your scores will suffer greatly in the college entrance exams!" Although Old Li had a face full of disappointment, he still felt sorry for this student who excelled in only one subject.

  "I, I have a family in a... " Lei Luo'er said with difficulty, and this was also the only reason she had escaped two years of supplementary lessons.

  "That's the reason! No way! Tell your brother to come home late too, and have him take extra lessons with you, consider it advance learning!" Old Li said resolutely, not allowing her any chance of refuting.

  Lu Xiansheng, who was eavesdropping at the door, finally took a step forward and walked into the teaching affairs office, which he really didn't want to enter.

  "Lu Xiansheng? Is there something wrong?" Old Li suddenly changed his face and had a friendly smile.

  Lu Xiansheng took his hand out of his pocket and smiled: "Teacher Li, I think I can tutor her, so she doesn't need to take extra classes. Give me two months, next mock exam, at least... uh, I'll make sure she passes!"

  Old Li habitually adjusted his glasses frame, only to discover that the undershirt on Lí Luòér's body was actually his. Earlier, he thought Lù Xiǎng Shèng was only wearing a tank top because of sweating during physical education class.

  So that's how it is!

  Li nodded thoughtfully, as if he had understood something, and smiled: "Alright, I'll leave it to you. But I hope we can really learn from each other. Can you guarantee that?"

  "No problem!" Lu Xiansheng said confidently.

  "Alright, if Li Lu'er still doesn't pass the mock exam 2 months later, then you and Chen Zhiquan can go report to Class 7 of the Science Department!"

  "What?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes widened in surprise, he hadn't expected Old Li to make this a condition.

  "Hehe!" Old Li smiled complacently and packed up his leather bag, ready to head home.

  "Teacher!......" Lu Xiansheng wanted to say something else, but Old Li had already entered the locker room.

  Lu Xuan Sheng walked up to Li Luo Er and said in a desperate tone, "Please, just pass me, okay?"

  "Haha! Look at the mood!" Lí Luòér happily turned around and ran off.