Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 57: The Forgotten Ones

The first period of the evening self-study session was Chinese with teacher Dai Yongquan.

After dealing with Guo Ran's matter, Jiang Ning did not join the crowd but returned to the classroom.

Guo Ran was probably still at the police station by now, and Yan Bo had certainly been admitted to the hospital.

Jiang Ning saw it clearly; the man in the gray vest, in his rage, did not hold back at all; he beat Yan Bo with both hands and feet.

Yan Bo must have broken a few ribs and also gotten a slight concussion.

In his estimation, the man in the gray vest was definitely going to be arrested, even though what Yan Bo did was despicable, he was seriously injured after all.

If Yan Bo's family exerted pressure and hired a good lawyer, the gray-vested man would likely have to pay a significant amount.

After this incident, Guo Ran would presumably learn his lesson.

"Classmates, open your required textbook to 'Zuo Zhuan'," Teacher Dai Yongquan said.

"The candle-bearing warriors repelling the Qin troops."

"I'm telling you guys, you must study this piece of classical Chinese well; it is bound to be included in this month's test."

"Next, could a student please read the full text aloud for us?"

Teacher Dai Yongquan started to call on students, prompting those in the back rows to immediately lower their heads.

Teacher Dai Yongquan scanned the classroom and then looked down at the student seating chart attached to the lectern.

This chart was organized according to students' positions. Although he had not memorized all the students' names, as long as he had the chart, he could ask anyone; he was not afraid of not being able to call out names.

Teacher Dai Yongquan randomly picked a student from the chart:

"Miao Zhe, please read aloud for everyone."

Then he looked up toward where Miao Zhe was supposed to be seated, only to find the spot was empty.

Teacher Dai Yongquan paused for a moment and asked,

"Where's the class president? Is Miao Zhe absent with leave?"

Huang Zhongfei said, "No, he hasn't requested leave."

If it weren't for the Chinese teacher, Huang Zhongfei would not have even noticed that a classmate was missing.

"Perhaps he directly asked the homeroom teacher for leave," he said.

Normally, students would inform the class president about their leave, who would then take the leave slip to the homeroom teacher for approval. Of course, some students might go directly to the homeroom teacher.

Seeing that Miao Zhe hadn't come, Ma Shicheng's face suddenly changed, and he thought to himself that this was bad.

He knew very well that Miao Zhe had not asked for leave.

"Oh, then let's have another student," Teacher Dai Yongquan said as he called someone else up to read.

Ma Shicheng and Dan Kaiquan were seated one chair apart; Ma Shicheng quickly wrote a note:

"Kaiquan, didn't Cui Yu and the others let Miao Zhe out?"

After school in the afternoon, he, Dan Kaiquan, and Cui Yu's group had gone to the 'Good Days' diner by the school entrance.

'Good Days' only serves fried rice and fried noodles for dinner, with a portion of green vegetables and eggs costing four yuan; it's cheap and substantial.

Miao Zhe used to eat there every afternoon.

The diner was doing brisk business with students packing the place; you had to be quick on your feet to grab a seat.

At the very back of 'Good Days' was a separate room; pushing the door aside revealed a courtyard with a few tables and chairs set up and three small rooms, one of which contained three computers.

In the other two dark rooms, similarly furnished with tables and chairs, other students ate their meals away from the bustle of the diner.

Today, Cui Yu and his group, looking to give Miao Zhe a hard time, also went to the courtyard to eat.

As for Miao Zhe, he typically liked to carry his fried noodles into one of the small rooms to eat.

After finishing their meal, Cui Yu gave Ma Shicheng and the others a look and ran to the outside of the tiny room. Taking advantage of Miao Zhe's unawareness, he shut the door and then slid the bolt through.

With that, Miao Zhe was locked inside and couldn't get out.

At that moment, Ma Shicheng laughed himself silly; he didn't think much of it, assuming Cui Yu would eventually let him out, so he left with Dan Kaiquan.

Now realizing Miao Zhe wasn't there, he felt a sense of dread:

"This is bad."

"Miao Zhe couldn't still be locked in, could he?"

Having read the note, Dan Kaiquan was also dumbfounded; he really didn't know any better, having just watched the events unfold.

He hurriedly wrote a note to Cui Yu:

"Brother Cui, Brother Cui, where's Miao Zhe?"

Cui Yu was quite tall but extremely thin, thin as a straw.

After he finished his business, he thought that Ma Shicheng and the others would release Miao Zhe, so he paid the meal fee and left.

If the Chinese teacher hadn't mentioned Miao Zhe, he would have almost forgotten about it!

What the hell!

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Cui Yu was about to curse out loud. There were so many people in the 'Good Days' restaurant, couldn't anyone kind-hearted release Miao Zhe?

Didn't the boss notice?

He reconsidered it and thought it was indeed possible; the boss was usually busy inside the restaurant and never bothered to go to the backyard when idle.

Perhaps when it was time to clean up the dishes, he would go to the yard and then could release Miao Zhe. The key question was, who knew when the boss would clean up the dishes?

What the hell, the first period of evening self-study had started!

Cui Yu wondered if he should ask the teacher for leave to go out of school and release Miao Zhe.

For high school students, skipping class was still a significant issue.

Dai Yongquan listened to the students read once and felt something was off, so he demonstrated to the students how to recite classical Chinese literature.

He smacked the textbook onto the lectern and started reciting:

"The state is in peril, if we let Zuo Qiuming see the king of Qin, the teachers must retreat~"

Dai Yongquan read with varying pitch and emotion, engrossed and expressive, his hands moving as if he was conducting an orchestra if one just ignored his voice.

Cui Yu was anxious below, wanting to interrupt Dai Yongquan but not daring to, like an ant on a hot pan.

As Dai Yongquan was reciting passionately, the classroom door suddenly opened, and Miao Zhe walked in with a sullen face, heading towards his seat.

Although Cui Yu usually disliked Miao Zhe, at that moment, seeing Miao Zhe's return, his heart suddenly felt much more at ease.

'Thank goodness, thank goodness, he only missed less than ten minutes of class.'

Miao Zhe's sudden entrance interrupted Dai Yongquan's recitation.

"Out!" Dai Yongquan commanded.

Miao Zhe paused his steps.

"I told you to go out. Can't you at least give a greeting before opening the door?"

Miao Zhe went out with a dark expression and stood at the door:

"Good evening, teacher."

Dai Yongquan nodded, "Hmm, come in."

"Next time, greet before you enter," he admonished.

Dai Yongquan, irritated by Miao Zhe's interruption, lost his desire to continue reciting.

After class, Miao Zhe approached the back row with a grim face, prompting Cui Yu to quickly stand up, thinking Miao Zhe had come for revenge.

Ma Shicheng, Dan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, and other classmates from the back row gathered around.

Yu Wen, sitting in the front row with a frown, said to her desk mate, Shen Qing'e:

"Do you think there's a bad atmosphere in our class? School just started not long ago, yet there are always fights."

Although Yu Wen was equally intrigued, her verbal complaint was just to highlight her status as a good student.

Shen Qing'e replied, "It's not too bad. Other classes have fights too. Just the day before yesterday, someone in Class 7 had a fight."

Fourth Middle School was actually a lot better. During her time in middle school in the town, the back of the classroom was not considered a classroom; it was a battlefield.

Students often gathered others to fight over trivial matters outside of school.

She had to avoid those areas when leaving school and had even been harassed by some school dropouts. If Jiang Ning hadn't been there to protect her, she might have been taken advantage of.

Jiang Ning used to be skinny, but the barbecue shop owner beside the town middle school was Jiang Ning's cousin, who had many connections, so few people bullied Jiang Ning.

Remembering Jiang Ning made Shen Qing'e feel a bit sour, especially upon hearing that Jiang Ning had fought last time to defend Xue Yuantong, which made her even more unhappy.

She didn't need Jiang Ning's protection, but it annoyed her nonetheless.

It was like a toy she liked; she could grow tired of it, stop playing with it, put it away in a box, take it apart, or even give it away—any treatment of the toy was acceptable.

But if someone else took her toy, she would feel aggrieved.