Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Being Confronted
"None of your business!" Zhu Ying, usually even-tempered, couldnāt help but feel a bit annoyed.
Even if your intentions are good, saying something so directly puts her in a tough spot. After all, itās a very private matter, isnāt it?
The key point is Lin Xi is still her student.
In this situation, she felt embarrassed in terms of both face and ethics.
"Doo doo."
Lin Xi sent another message, Zhu Ying glanced at it, "Teacher Zhu, if youāre sick, get treated, this kind of thing canāt wait."
When Zhu Ying saw this message, she really wanted to curse!
But she didnāt want to get entangled in this, so she simply ignored it.
"Everyoneās self-introductions were great, and in the upcoming four years, weāll all be together. Weāre like one big family, so everyone should take care of each other," Zhu Ying said.
"Alright."
The classmates responded in unison.
Hearing the students respond like this, Zhu Ying was satisfied and continued, "Now letās start electing class officers. I hope everyone will participate actively and enthusiastically recommend themselves, and finally, weāll decide by voting."
As soon as Zhu Ying finished speaking, a strapping young man in the front row, Li Neng, stood up, "Teacher Zhu, Iād like to run for class president."
"Sure." Zhu Ying nodded, encouragingly.
"My name is Li Neng, and I believe everyone got to know me a bit from the self-introductions. Iāll start by talking about my advantages. Iāve been the class president from elementary school to senior high school, familiar with class affairs, and I receive awards for excellent class leadership every year. So, in the future four years, I hope to learn and progress together with everyone as class president."
"I hope everyone will vote for me."
"Are there any other students who want to run for class president?" Zhu Ying asked as she noticed no one else was standing.
She was quite pleased with Li Neng, as heās active, experienced, and eloquent.
There was a moment of silence, and it seemed no one else was willing to compete against Li Neng.
Actually, there were two girls who wanted to run, but seeing it was Li Neng and hearing how well he spoke, they felt they didnāt have much advantage and didnāt stand up.
"Alright then, we donāt need to vote. From now on, Li Neng will be the class president of our finance class six. I hope everyone will support his work in the future." Zhu Ying gestured for Li Neng to sit down and continued,
"Next, letās elect the league secretary, life committee member, and study committee member. Please recommend yourselves first."
Half an hour later, the three class officers were elected, all girls, and it looked like only girls were interested in running, while the boys seemed completely uninterested.
The league secretary, a chubby girl, was named Ge Qi, and she was a sunny and lively girl, standing around five foot five.
The study committee member, Xue Qin, was a well-mannered, pretty girl, about five foot five. Her looks were second best in class, except for Ding Yueqiu.
The life committee member, Ding Yueqiu, narrowly beat another girl, and it was likely that all twelve boys in the class, except for Lin Xi, voted for her.
After all the class officers were elected, Zhu Ying asked the class president to organize preparations for the freshman welcome party, and then she left the classroom.
Just as Zhu Ying left, it was time for a break between classes.
Lin Xi asked Ding Yueqiu to let him pass, intending to go to the restroom, and his buddy Cui Hua saw this and cheekily followed along.
"Which class is Ning Jing in?" Lin Xi casually asked while walking, because he heard that Ning Jing had been very attentive as Cui Hua recovered from his injury the past couple of days.
"Uh..."
Cui Hua was taken aback; he had already gotten acquainted with several girls in this class, and Lin Xiās words got his meaning, so he quickly explained, "Boss, itās the first day meeting other classmates in the class, of course you need to get to know them first."
"Otherwise, walking around school later, itād be awkward to bump into classmates and not recognize them."
"Then how come you didnāt get to know the guys?" Lin Xi scorned.
"Uh..."
"Boss, I was wrong, I deeply regret it, from now on if you say the word, I wonāt dare fart."
The restroom was not far from the classroom, and the two resolved it in less than five minutes.
Upon returning to the classroom, as Lin Xi was about to pass by class president Li Neng, Li Neng suddenly stood up and blocked him.
Li Neng was six foot one, while Lin Xi was five foot nine. Moreover, Li Neng was very muscular, and compared in both height and stature, Lin Xi appeared quite small by contrast.
"Lin Xi, letās discuss something," Li Neng bluntly said.
Lin Xi furrowed his brow. Wasnāt it rude to block him so suddenly in front of the whole class?
"This is what weāre going to do, letās swap seats."
Lin Xi glanced at Ding Yueqiu in the distance and instantly understood Li Nengās intentions, but felt irked, "Not swapping!"
Upon hearing this, Li Neng didnāt get angry, instead he scrutinized Lin Xi from head to toe, pulled a few red bills from his wallet, seemingly amounting to a few hundred, and smiled, "Donāt refuse so hastily, with this money, you could treat your roommates to a few nice meals."
"Uh..."
Lin Xi was speechless, why he kept encountering people lately who thought money could resolve everything.
"Not enough?" When Li Neng saw Lin Xi not speaking, he assumed it wasnāt enough, so he frowned and pulled out a few more bills from his wallet, saying, "These sum up to one thousand, you should be satisfied."
"Damn, does having money make you so great?"
Lin Xi still didnāt speak, but his buddy Cui Hua behind him couldnāt contain himself, wanting to rush forward to beat up Li Neng.
Humiliating him with money in front of the whole class, did this guy have a death wish?
If the boss hadnāt stopped him, despite his injuries, heād still go punch that bastard.
Three to four other boys in the class also stood up, but they stood on Li Nengās side, supposedly during that restroom trip, Li Neng had recruited a few followers.
Study committee member Xue Qin frowned, as neither Li Neng nor Lin Xiās behavior impressed her.
While the life committee member, Ding Yueqiu, seated next to Lin Xi, as the key figure in this situation, seemed a bit flustered at the moment, but upon closer inspection, one could see a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she was ready to catch a good show.
League secretary Ge Qi and the other girls had similar mixed expressions of concern and excitement, after all, Li Neng had already won over their hearts from the start.
"Having money isnāt everything, but being without it is absolutely impossible." Li Neng didnāt seem angry, continuing to pull out more from his wallet, with a slightly disdainful expression, saying,
"Altogether two thousand, donāt be greedy!"
At this point, as Lin Xi received the bills from Li Neng under Cui Huaās surprised look,
The entire class, whether it was Ding Yueqiu or Xue Qi, couldnāt help but show a tinge of resigned acceptance in their expressions.
But the next moment, everyone was taken aback.
They saw Lin Xi receive the money, then without a word, he hurled the cash at Li Nengās face, "I really donāt care for this bit of money."
PS: Thanks to Green Lemon Mengmengās reward, Iāll add an update for you this weekend; requesting recommendation votes and comments, lately Iāve been really bothered by allergies, recommend everyone to sun-dry your bedding more in summer to prevent bugs.