Chapter 99
"What are these?" I asked the stranger.
"The first will lead you to a story, lost in ancient times. The other tells you about the man who translated it," he said.
"And who are you?"
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"I am a nameless lone wanderer, a mere explorer. I am just @A_Pa.s.sing_Wanderer."
And that’s how I came across The Second Coming of Avarice, a new translation found only on CrN. True story. Now I pa.s.s it onto you, Everyone, to read to your heart’s content.
After dinner, Princ.i.p.al Chen, Princ.i.p.al Cao, as well as the teachers from Provincial High, sat in the meeting room together with the homeroom teachers of the eighth and the ninth grade.
No one spoke as the two princ.i.p.als looked through the application forms.
Sitting in the middle, Teacher Ke’s face stiffened as she watched Princ.i.p.al Chen look through them… In the past, the princ.i.p.al would never oversee such compet.i.tions personally, so why this time?
There were
seven cla.s.ses in the eighth grade, and each had around five to six students partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion. They were all among the top ten in their cla.s.s.
After flipping through all the application forms, Princ.i.p.al Chen did not see Ye Jian’s form.
"Teacher Ke, pa.s.s me Ye Jian’s application form." After piling the forms together neatly, Princ.i.p.al raised his head and looked sternly at Teacher Ke who repeatedly tried to put Ye Jian in difficult situations. With a deep voice, he said again, "May I ask Teacher Ke to hand them to me personally."
All the gazes were directed right at her, and her face turned red with embarra.s.sment and then pale white as she stood up. "…I’m sorry, I, I must have accidentally left it out. I’ll go and get it right away."
With that, she fled…
Five minutes later, Princ.i.p.al Cao held onto Ye Jian’s application form and looked at it with eyes filled entirely with amus.e.m.e.nt. "What a confident
confident la.s.s, applying for everything." Once he laid his eyes on it, he never looked up at Teacher Ke again. With
"She doesn’t know anything!" Teacher Ke, whose head was lowered, spoke out of impulse upon hearing Princ.i.p.al Cao’s statement. At that moment, she hurriedly lifted her head and tried to explain herself, "Princ.i.p.al Cao, this Ye Jian is weak in her studies, she…"
"There are no students that are entirely excellent or weak. Teacher Ke should speak cautiously ah." Princ.i.p.al Cao smiled and interrupted before speaking kindly again, "Whether or not she’s weak in her studies, we’ll know when the time comes."
"Self-study period is at seven o’clock in the evening. Then, teachers, please prepare for it. At seven, the first round of a.s.sessment shall begin."
No one stayed to listen to her explanation as they all stood and left to inform their students.
In the
students.
In the Director of Teaching’s office, Director Ke handed out two a.s.sessment papers. "The both of you will be winning the glory on behalf of our school. Take a look at these first. After seven, you will be taking the a.s.sessment."
(TLN: It seems that wicked Teacher Ke is also the Director of teaching.)
"Thank you, Director Ke." Hearing him so, Ye Ying reached her hand out without hesitation, but it was pulled back by Gao Yiyang. With a grunt, he said coldly, "Are you making us cheat?"
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When he said that, Ye Ying become somewhat anxious. "Gao Yiyang! What are you saying! Director Ke is just hoping that we’d do even better so she’s letting us take a look at the questions in advance. They’re not even the answers!"
Looking at the questions in advance, isn’t that considered cheating?
Ye Jian, who was personally informed by Princ.i.p.al Chen, only smiled and said indifferently, "Don’t worry. I said before that Ye Ying that Ye Ying is an opponent I have to defeat. If so, how can I possibly give her a chance to be ahead of me?"
"Even if she were to see the a.s.sessment papers first, what difference does it make? I can still win against her beautifully!"
With a face full of confidence, those dark eyes of hers hid a small amount of disdain behind. Worried at first, Princ.i.p.al Chen then raised a brow and grinned. "To suppress your opponent, la.s.s, you must do it in such a way where they will never be able to lift their heads up. Even if they were able to, it’ll only be to look up to you!"
Of course! How could she just let Ye Ying do as she pleased?
The ninth grader’s Cla.s.s 1 was used temporarily for the venue of a.s.sessment. Taking one from a stack, Ye Jian pa.s.sed the remaining to the student behind her before picking up her pen and starting to write.