As the sound of the class bell rang, the homeroom teacher, "Extinction Shitai," walked in with a stack of test papers in her arms.
The classroom quickly quieted down.
But once the classroom became silent, a strange sound emerged.
Scratch scratch scratch~
Everyone followed the sound and finally all eyes landed on Lin Yi in the last row.
However, Lin Yi's entire attention was focused on the notebook in his hands; he didn't even notice the class bell just now.
Seeing Lin Yi's action from the podium, the homeroom teacher frowned immediately.
She thought about how in four days they would take the college entrance exam and end their high school life, so she decided not to scold Lin Yi publicly like before.
But she couldn't allow Lin Yi to affect other students. Besides, Lin Yi handed in a blank paper and scored zero this time, which made her quite unhappy with him, so she furrowed her brows and called out:
"Lin Yi, come over and hand out the test papers."
However, as soon as she spoke, the classroom fell into an even stranger atmosphere.
The reason was nothing else but that Lin Yi outright ignored her command, seemingly not even acknowledging her at all.
"Wow, boss, you're awesome! This is going to be a hard fight!"
Looking at "Extinction Shitai" on the podium with an angry face, and then at Lin Yi who continued flipping pages over there, Li Huiqun couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up.
However, how could the homeroom teacher tolerate such behavior from Lin Yi?
Sure enough, the next moment the homeroom teacher burst out in anger.
With a loud bang, she slammed the stack of test papers hard onto the podium, then shouted fiercely towards Lin Yi who was still reading at the back:
"Lin Yi! Stand up for me!"
Lin Yi, who was focused on reading, was startled by the "lion's roar." He looked up puzzledly towards the podium and saw the furious face of the homeroom teacher.
Yet he couldn't understand why she was so angry, still muttering to himself who was so blind as to provoke "Extinction Shitai."
But seeing all his classmates looking at him, he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Lin Yi, you've become skillful! Don't think that because the college entrance exam is in a few days, there's no way for you!"
All the students in the classroom shrank their necks, knowing that "Extinction Shitai" was really angry this time. After all, every time she spoke English like that, it was usually when she was about to call parents.
In the past, Lin Yi wouldn't have understood the English from the homeroom teacher's mouth, but this time it was different. His English skills had improved substantially.
Yet faced with this sudden scolding, Lin Yi felt baffled. Wasn't he being wronged? How could just reading a book get him scolded?
"What's going on, teacher? I'm putting in effort to study here, not causing trouble... (in English)"
Instinctively, a string of fluent English words burst from Lin Yi's mouth. After speaking, he innocently lifted the chemistry book he was reading halfway through to show the teacher.
When Lin Yi spoke these words, everyone in the classroom was stunned, looking at him in confusion.
What was going on? Lin Yi just spoke a sentence in perfectly fluent English?
But this wasn't scientific! Everyone knew each other's grades clearly after being classmates for three years. How could Lin Yi, who usually ranked in the bottom three, speak English like that?
However, the homeroom teacher, standing on the podium, might have been too angered by Lin Yi to notice. After hearing Lin Yi's rebuttal, she got angry again and scolded:
"Reading a book? Who are you fooling? Do you call that reading a book? You used to at least pretend, this time you handed in a blank paper? I'll call your parents, let them see how their son studies! (in English)"
This time, "Extinction Shitai" went full English mode.
And because she was angry, she spoke so quickly that even Xiao Zihan, sitting at the front, didn't understand a few words, let alone the other students.
"Uh, teacher, there's a minor error in your sentence, it should be said like this. (in English)"
After he said this, the homeroom teacher on the podium retorted in English again:
"Stop playing games with me, I'll say it how (in English)... wait a minute! Did you just speak English to me? (in Chinese)"
Halfway through her words, "Extinction Shitai" finally realized something and looked at Lin Yi in disbelief. The latter part of her words switched back to Chinese.
By this time, the classmates were already stunned, all looking at Lin Yi as if he were a strange being.
Gosh, this guy hid his skills too well! With English like that, he could easily pass a level 8 exam!
On the side, Li Huiqun gulped nervously, filled with disbelief.
Others might not know Lin Yi that well, but Li Huiqun, who grew up together with him, knew him inside out.
Was this really the Lin Yi who once vowed alongside him, "I am Huaxia people, I won't learn bird language"?
Darn it, turns out the joke was on me all along...
"Your English is..."
"Extinction Shitai" stopped halfway, not knowing what else to say.
Primarily, this situation completely overturned her understanding.
"Come here and take this test paper back. Do it again! Let me see your true ability."
Suddenly considering yesterday's test, "Extinction Shitai" quickly found Lin Yi's blank test paper.
Do it again? Isn't this cutting into my reading time...
Lin Yi was reluctant, but he knew he had to listen to the homeroom teacher. So he stepped up to the podium.
But to maximize time efficiency, when he reached the podium, seeing Xiao Zihan's seat was right there, he casually reached out and took the pen from Xiao Zihan's hand:
"Let me borrow it for a bit."
Then he took the test paper from the homeroom teacher and didn't even go back, bending down over Xiao Zihan's desk and started scratching out answers.
Feeling the pen suddenly leaving her hand, Xiao Zihan was visibly stunned, looking at the pen now in Lin Yi's grasp with a hint of heartbreak.
It's not that she didn't want Lin Yi to use it, but mainly because the pen cap was now being bitten by Lin Yi...
[To be continued...]