Chapter 978: Chapter 450: Xue Jian Is Not a Stress Ball, He’s a Thorny Rose_3
Arriving at the classroom.
Lin Li entered through the back door and was slightly taken aback. Upon seeing only a few traces of apples in the class that had been there even before evening study, he looked somewhat surprised at Yang Bangjie, who sat closest to the back door besides Chen Tianming:
"Plan failed? Old Jian didn’t bring apples?"
"No idea," Yang Bangjie shook his head, "Old Jian left during the break and hasn’t come back yet. Maybe he won’t go home for dinner."
"Huh?"
Lin Li returned to his seat, hesitantly looking at Bai Bufan: "Did he run away?"
"Not necessarily."
No matter the time, apples are always cheap. There’s no need to gift the class those boxed or large ones. Regular apples, forty of them, only cost a few dozen bucks. During the apple season, you can buy one for six or seven cents.
It’s precisely because Xue Jian’s Gold Coins didn’t need to explode much, Lin Li and Bai Bufan planned this. If the total cost was hundreds of bucks, they wouldn’t choose to roast Xue Jian.
Despite saying this, Bai Bufan wasn’t sure.
But perhaps there really is a response to what you wish for; just then, Xue Jian pushed open the front door and walked into the classroom.
Everyone looked expectantly at Xue Jian’s hands. Sure enough, he was carrying a big black bag!
"Oh, oh—"
"Clap clap clap!"
"Long live Old Jian!"
Some couldn’t help but cheer or clap.
Xue Jian chuckled, pulled out a stack of exam papers from the black bag, counted the needed number, and distributed them from the first group to the last, indicating to pass them down.
"..."
The whole class instantly fell silent.
Especially when the black bag deflated right after the papers were taken out, ensuring there was nothing else inside.
This bag only contained exam papers?
This, this isn’t the right scenario!
"Lin Li and Bufan did remind me," finishing with the front rows, Xue Jian handed the remaining papers to the last group and then smiled at Lin Li and Bai Bufan, explaining to the class:
"Since today is Christmas Eve, as the class teacher, I naturally hope everyone stays safe and sound.
Peace Fruits and such are too cliché; I specially prepared this Peace Scroll for everyone."
Upon hearing this, Lin Li and Bai Bufan were shell-shocked. As the last group, they would be the last to receive the papers. Without waiting for the front ones to be handed down, both stood up and went to Zhou Baowei to look at the papers in his hands.
"2023-2024 Academic Year Qing Province Ping’an District High School First Semester Six School Joint Exam Mathematics Test"
Lin Li, Bai Bufan: "..."
Xue Jian: "Complete the Peace Scroll, enjoy peace and safety, hmm, quite a nice meaning."
Xue Jian’s tone was much like a TV ad.
Lin Li, Bai Bufan: "..."
Old! Crafty! Jian!! Who the hell taught you about the Peace Scroll!!!
Hilarious, just because the test title includes Ping’an District, it’s called a Peace Scroll? As if putting apple in a fruit name makes it a Peace Fruit? This is way too sloppy and random, right? This is basically a capital trap! It’s a forced relation to trick folks into buying exam papers! Hey!!
Don’t fall for it, Old Jian!
Though secretly mocking, Lin Bai, the only ones standing in the class besides Xue Jian, didn’t say a word.
Moreover, they were starting to sweat a bit.
Because faintly, they could feel that most of the class was casting their eyes on them.
Including the nearest Zhou Baowei.
Seeing the two might still have survival chances, Xue Jian calmly added:
"The Peace Scroll will be meaningless if not finished on Christmas Eve. Though there are only ten minutes left until class ends, everyone should strive hard to complete the exam papers Lin Li and Bufan secured for you all; don’t even think of leaving before finishing."
Lin Li, Bai Bufan: "..."
Gosh, the class’s gaze is no longer "slightly there."
If looks could actually cause harm, Bai Bufan thought he’d be minced like stuffing.
Lin Li, however, had a different opinion: he felt the particles weren’t that large.
Both kept their heads down, not daring to meet the class’s gaze.
Old! Crafty! Jian!!
At this moment, Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana, seated in front, turned back to look at Lin Li and Bai Bufan standing, spreading their palms, shaking the papers vaguely in their hands, with innocent expressions.
When they received the papers from the front desk, only two were left.
Seeing this, Bai Bufan raised his head in despair, looking at Xue Jian: "Teacher, we’re two papers short."
Lin Li remained silent but felt more uneasy inside.
"Two papers short?" Xue Jian walked over upon hearing this and asked somewhat surprised, glanced around, and noticed no other group had extra, frowning a bit "troublesomely":
"Well, I only printed this many."
"Luckily," before Lin Li and Bai Bufan could speak, Xue Jian reached into his left and right pockets respectively, pulling out an apple from each and placing them on Lin Li and Bai Bufan’s desk, smiling amidst their shocked and terrified gazes:
"Coincidentally, the teacher has two Peace Fruits left, so you guys have them. Pardon the cliché."
Then, without looking at Lin Bai, he gazed at the whole class:
"Alright, everyone hurry up, only ten minutes till class ends, get started, don’t leave until the Peace Scroll is finished."
"You two as well, start eating them, the teacher treats everyone equally; although you don’t have to do the Peace Scroll, don’t think of leaving till those Peace Fruits are done."
"Discipline committee member, manage the discipline, no noise, I have some matters but will return shortly."
Finish speaking decisively, Xue Jian left the classroom through the back door, his steps somehow light, not at all like a middle-aged Old Deng should be with steady or staggering strides.
Classroom, dead! Silent! Unspeakable!
Lin Bai, safe! And! Sound!
Yet only physically sound.
The two looked at the apples in their hands, trembling, swallowing a gulp of saliva.
Swallowing isn’t because they’re enticing, quite the opposite. Both found the apples in their hands incredibly terrifying at this moment, as if twisting indescribably like Cthulhu.
This apple... is more sinister than the one the Queen gave Snow White.
All Snow White lost was her life, whereas Lin Bai—
Amidst slightly heavy breathing, they struggled to look up at each other.
From each other’s eyes, they could see the dread.
Oh, damn!!
Two apples killing forty warriors!
