"Fight him! I'll have someone kill him or cripple him. Duan De is a piece of trash, and I can take him down. It's no wonder that little bitch can beat him! No, I have to beat him up myself first. If that doesn't work, I'll think of something else!"
Gao Yan's eyes were bloodshot; he was on the verge of madness.
Zhou Zheng remained silent and offered no further comment. He also felt that what Gao Ya said was true; Duan De was just a small-time hoodlum, so it was normal that he couldn't fight and was put down. Gao Yan had practiced boxing and Sanda at home since he was a child, and he was tall and strong, so taking down Li Yang shouldn't be a problem.
Bang bang bang...
Li Yang knocked politely on the office door, two short knocks followed by one long one.
"Please come in." The tone was cool yet gentle.
Li Yang pushed open the door and entered. What came into view was a beautiful woman in a business suit. Although her face was frosty and she was dignified and unapproachable.
Sitting upright behind her desk, her exquisite tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses slightly concealed her beauty, but she still possessed a sharp and captivating charm.
It appeals to all ages!
"Director, you wanted to see me?" Li Yang asked respectfully. It was as if he had never met the woman before him before, and this was their first meeting.
A faint hint of disappointment flashed across Cao Xin's eyes. But she immediately smiled, still possessing an innate beauty.
"There are no outsiders here, so don't be so polite. I still prefer to hear you call me Teacher Cao." Cao Xin got up to pour tea for Li Yang. Her knee-length black uniform skirt hugged her round buttocks, and when she bent over to pour tea, it spread out in an exaggerated and comfortable way, making Li Yang want to see through it to see what kind of underwear she was wearing.
Unaware of this, she looked up and said, "The office was just tidied up, and the tea leaves were all quick-brewed, so please make do with this for now."
Li Yang withdrew his burning gaze and said seriously, "It's okay." He took a small sip; the taste was indeed not good, but he resisted the urge to spit it out. Damn, am I such a rude person?
"I wonder why Teacher Cao called me here?" Li Yang was also curious. The tutoring session was over. Although they knew each other, they were from different worlds. Besides, he was just a poor student, while she was a high-ranking and powerful young lady who was the head teacher. There was no comparison.
"I'm curious about some things and don't understand them, so I wanted to ask you for help and get some answers," Cao Xin said, picking up a few papers from the table and waving them around.
"What question? I hate answering questions the most," Li Yang said, his eyes darting around.
"It's not a problem. I'm just curious. Here are your exam papers from the promotion exam and this mock exam. It's obvious that you've improved a lot in this mock exam, especially in science subjects where you used to do poorly, where you also got good scores. But why are all your scores ten points higher than in the promotion exam this time? That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it?" Cao Xin stared intently at Li Yang through her glasses, as if trying to see right through him.
"How could such a thing happen? Let me see." Li Yang was very surprised. He stood up, walked to his desk, picked up his test paper, and started comparing it.
"Huh? It seems that it really is. This score is really interesting. I didn't even know I would do so well this time, and get such a peculiar score." Li Yang scratched his head in confusion, looking completely unaware of what was going on.
Cao Xin's eyes flashed, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. "Really? So you didn't even know yourself. Then what's going on with this test paper? You answered all the difficult questions, but you didn't do some of the easy ones. Isn't that a bit strange?"
"Huh? It seems that's true. Maybe it's because my foundation is weak, so I can't answer these basic questions. Ah, I see. I've been doing a lot of practice questions lately, and I happened to have done similar difficult ones before, so I performed exceptionally well during the exam. On the contrary, I hadn't paid attention to these basic questions, so I didn't do well."
"It seems that a solid foundation is still very important. Teacher Cao, I will definitely go back and work hard to improve my foundation so that I can achieve a better score," Li Yang said to Cao Xin.
Cao Xin was also a little confused. She had only looked at Li Yang's test paper because Li Yang had been her tutor before, and since she had just taken over the course and hadn't gotten the hang of things yet, she noticed some strange problems with her amazing observation skills. She couldn't figure them out for a while, so she called on Li Yang and asked him to come over and solve them himself.
Based on what he said, it makes sense. After all, the promotion exam is the true reflection of his performance, and judging from his performance in the first and second years of high school, his science grades were indeed very poor. There's no reason for them to suddenly improve so much this time.
The school intended to suppress students in this mock exam, so the questions were all a bit too difficult. Li Yang was probably just lucky to have encountered similar questions before the actual exam, which explains why he couldn't solve the basic questions.
But this score? This exam paper? Something seems off.
Yes, his performance during tutoring was remarkable; he didn't seem to have a weak foundation at all, in fact, he was quite impressive. So why did he do so poorly on this exam?
Is he hiding something?
Chapter 36: Joint Trial
"Um, are you adjusting well since it's the start of the semester?" Cao Xin asked, trying to make conversation.
"It's alright. Teacher Cao, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now." Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Damn, he almost got caught.
"The moon rises above the willow branches," Cao Xin suddenly recited a line of poetry.
"We'll meet after dusk," Li Yang casually replied. He was secretly thrilled. Could it be that Teacher Cao wanted to go on a date with him? And after dusk?
“Any particle group containing 6.03 × 10^25 particles is counted as 1 mole,” Cao Xin said quickly, staring at Li Yang’s back.
"No, a mole is any collective quantity of 6.02 × 10²³ particles. Professor Cao, you shouldn't make such a basic mistake… uh…" Li Yang suddenly stopped. Damn, he'd fallen for their trap. This wasn't a date; it was a three-way interrogation.
"Yes, since you know so well how to calculate moles, why did you have such an answer on your chemistry exam? Tell me, what are you hiding?" Cao Xin smiled with satisfaction, finally catching you red-handed.
"Teacher Cao, I don't understand what you mean. It was precisely because I got this question wrong that I carefully reviewed the book to memorize how Moore calculates. What exactly are you trying to say?" Li Yang turned around, frowning and staring at Cao Xin with a puzzled expression.
Cao Xin smiled sweetly, like a hundred flowers blooming, making Li Yang dizzy.
"Li Yang, why do you answer every single question I ask so seriously, and so reasonably? And why can't anyone find fault with them? You could have simply not answered, or said you didn't know. But you answered them all, and even tried so hard to make me believe you. That's your biggest weakness." Cao Xin suddenly approached Li Yang and said smugly, her breath sweet as orchids, her bright red lips making Li Yang feel a headache coming on.
Li Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes. Damn, how come this woman is so smart with such big breasts?
"Teacher Cao, you've exposed yourself." Li Yang stared innocently at the patch of fair skin that Cao Xin had revealed when she bent over, and said softly.
"Ah, don't look!" Cao Xin blushed, quickly stood up straight, moved away from Li Yang, and hurriedly straightened her clothes. She was completely different from her previous confident and in control demeanor; instead, she was more shy and flustered.
"Shh... Goodbye, teacher!" Li Yang was about to flee when the door was suddenly opened from the outside. If Li Yang hadn't dodged quickly, his fingers would have been broken.
Who is this person? Why are they moving so violently?
"Ah, it's you! What are you doing here?" The person outside the door was startled when he suddenly saw Li Yang and screamed.
Li Yang glanced at her trembling breasts and said irritably, "What are you doing here?"
"Move aside, let me out." Li Yang was in a hurry to leave; he didn't want to stay here for even a second longer.
"Oh? So eager to get out? What shady business have you been up to? Why are you in such a hurry?" Song Tian'er, on the contrary, was not in a hurry. She smiled charmingly, put one hand on the door frame, and stood horizontally in the doorway, completely blocking the way out.
If Li Yang had considered it, he would have to fly over or crawl between her legs. Li Yang glanced at Song Tian'er's crotch; her long legs and slender waist, encased in tight jeans, were undeniably alluring, but crawling through them was out of the question.