Chapter 26: The Territorial Dispute

  Xiao Rihua was a little excited and worried, excited that the mid-term exam was approaching, worried that all the teachers in the school could see that Principal Ding Juntai was serious this time. Among the seven classes of the first year of high school, more than five class teachers were veterans who had led at least three cohorts of graduating students, with higher job titles and outstanding performance in managing students and coordinating class work.

  In comparison, Xiao Rihuas experience is far from sufficient, and even some of the teachers who are assigned to teach him are more qualified than he is, which makes them quite displeased with him in private, and the pressure on him is not small at all.

  This semester's exam, although conducted school-wide, still has separate statistics for each grade level. The competition within each grade is self-evident. High school and middle school are two completely different stages. Excellent students in middle school may not necessarily excel in high school. Therefore, this mid-term exam is essentially a brand new screening and re-allocation of strength.

  This involves the bonus issue of all faculty and staff in the first year of high school, so someone has noticed this earlier.

  At this time, Xiaoyi was also secretly paying attention to several students in the class who had performed outstandingly in their daily lives, and had already identified them as key targets for cultivation and observation.

  He would also occasionally filter out some information from the various messages he heard from teachers of all subjects, which was a necessary skill for a head teacher. Sometimes there were some problems that couldn't be directly asked to the subject teacher, such as Su Can's thorn in his heart.

  In the recent classroom confrontation, Xiao Rihuahua more or less hit a snag, which had a certain impact on his prestige in the class. If it's said that he must not get along with Su Can, it's not entirely true. It's just that psychological factors played an important role, and he always felt that Su Can was the vanguard arranged by Director Tian Feng to deal with himself, and would inevitably make things unpleasant.

  It was from the mouths of teachers in various subjects recently that he heard that there was no sign of Su Can among the usual troublemakers in the class, which made him somewhat unexpected. The sting in his heart had faded away in the midst of recent busy affairs, and he also didn't see the usual vigilance in Su Can's eyes. That afternoon, Xiao Rihua went to the office ahead of time, now still during class hours, and the afternoon classes were relatively relaxed, with fewer teachers coming to class, just hearing some private whispers coming from the office at the end of the quiet corridor.

  "I've taught several classes, but Tang Wei is the smartest student I've ever seen. She's also quite pretty... just like a deskmate I had when I was in school..." The speaker is a young and spirited English teacher who has just been hired by the school and is very useful to Xiao Rihuahua.

  "Oh, Xiao Tian, you haven't had a girlfriend yet, have you? You're not secretly in love with that desk mate of yours from school, are you?" The speaker was biology teacher Zhou Wu, in his thirties, already married, but still with a baby face. He got along great with the young teachers in the office and loved to play jokes on them, sometimes telling off-color stories that would leave several of the young male and female teachers blushing bright red.

  It seemed to have stirred up the thoughts of Xiao Tian, the English teacher. She sighed and said, "Alas, it's just that my deskmate from university is now a flight attendant at an airline company, and her husband is a pilot. On their wedding day, he even gave her an Italian sports car... something we poor teachers can't compare to..."

  It seems that Zhou Wu also had some thoughts about life, and after a sigh, he changed the subject. "By the way, there have been some small rumors among these students recently. It's said that Su Can from Class 5 is quite close to Tang Yu, and they often walk home together after school..." As a teacher at Municipal No. 1 Middle School, it's natural that he wouldn't be too out of touch with the student circle, and sometimes teachers are more aware of the small cliques among students than the students themselves.

  It was English teacher Yin Xiao Tian who showed interest, "How could it not be? Not long ago, the second-year student Yue Zi Jiang often appeared in Class 5, but I didn't expect Tang Yu to have a crush on Su Can, a nobody in class. Recently, I've seen them walking together on the main road waiting for the bus... Ah, that's just how carefree students are..." There was a hint of sourness in his tone.

  It was Zhou Wu who snorted, "Student era's feelings? The love that considers using parents' money to buy ice cream is like a rainbow, disappearing as soon as the sky clears up!"

  As soon as Xiao Rihuahua walked in, the two people immediately cleared their throats and stopped talking. Zhou Wu even covered up his embarrassment with a smile, "Oh, Teacher Xiao is here!"

  Xiao Rihuahummed, sat down at her desk, and opened the textbook in front of her. However, the shock in her heart was indescribable. Tang Yu! Su Can!? What did this mean?

  The students of Class 5, High Grade 1, were in a state of panic. The incident started from the 20-minute break between classes. Due to the limited basketball courts at Municipal No. 1 Middle School, there is always a scramble for the courts during each break. Unfortunately, today Su Can's class encountered conflicts with some people while competing for the court. Two students from Class 5, Mao Shixiao and Zheng Dong, appeared somewhat arrogant because their opponents were only freshmen. They had an attitude of superiority and used a condescending tone, even slapping one of the freshmen on the neck.

  Although they had seized the opponent's field and suppressed them in terms of momentum, the next sentence uttered by the opponent made Mao Xiaoji and Zheng Dong's hearts sink. "My cousin is Wang Haoran, you're from Class 5 of High School Year 1, right? I've taken note of today's incident!"

  Maohui and Zheng Dong were both in the middle to upper ranks of their class, and they were also part of the mainstream group of boys in the class. They were close with Zhang Xi and Li Ai, among others. After this incident, they swallowed their pride and sought out Li Ai's help.

  "How did you manage to offend his brother!?" Li Ai was originally feeling a bit pleased that someone had come to her for help, but upon hearing that it was Wang Haoran they had offended, she was also shocked.

  Good brother likes the woman who was forced to insert one foot, and his own brother was bullied. I guess Wang Hao Ran has a very deep impression of their high school class 5.

  Everyone looked at Zhang Xi for help, and Zhang Xi touched his mouth, "Let's talk about it when they come." He also felt quite tricky, but at this stage, he certainly couldn't show any worries in the eyes of countless people who expected him.

  In Class 5, more and more people began to hear about the incident, feeling a sense of panic and unease. Many were secretly discussing the topic, with some girls sending comforting messages to Maoshuai, who was considered a "prince charming" in Class 1-5.

  No matter how you say it, if the other party comes for their Class 5, this has risen to a class honor issue. When it comes to fighting for basketball courts, Gu Xu and Feng are not standing on the standpoint of their own class.

  From one perspective, when facing the troublemaker Wang Haoran who might show up at any time, Zhang Xi, Li Ai, and Sun Ziyi, these three people who are usually very active in class, have become the invisible pillars of Class 5, Grade One in this underground confrontation where it is impossible to ask for the teacher's advice.

  Troubles finally came, at the end of class, more than a dozen boys from the second year of high school department gathered outside the door, looking inward from the back door, among whom was Wang Haoran's cousin, pointing to Mao Shixian who was still relatively tall in the class, "Brother Chen, it's him!"