Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 257 - 223 Agree to Him

Dan Kaiquan could win countless games, but if he lost later on, all his glory would be transferred to Dong Qingfeng.

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The last class of the morning was with the math teacher, Gao Heshuai.

Everyone disliked Gao Heshuai, not just because he was harsh when he spoke and liked to mock the students, but also because he often made students stand up to answer questions.

If you couldn’t answer, you’d have to stand in the classroom for ten, twenty minutes, regardless of gender, treated equally.

Last time, Shen Qing’e’s deskmate Yu Wen had to stand for an entire class.

No one liked to stand when they could sit comfortably.

Nonetheless, Gao Heshuai didn’t care about everyone’s wishes and went his own way, singling out students to answer questions.

He began asking questions.

The classmates were very nervous; some avoided Gao Heshuai’s eyes and looked down at their books, some stared blankly at the blackboard, and some furrowed their brows as if pondering a difficult problem of the century.

No one wanted to be noticed by Gao Heshuai.

Jiang Ning was as calm as ever, with no change in his expression, just like on a regular day.

After all, as long as the content was relevant to the current stage of learning, he knew it all.

His deskmate, Xue Yuantong, was also sitting up straight, lips sealed.

In fact, she had just sneakily eaten a piece of candy.

Gao Heshuai called out a name:

“Wang Longlong, you answer.”

Hearing this, the classmates breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that the questioning was over and that they had dodged the bullet.

Everyone turned to look at the unfortunate one.

Wang Longlong cursed his bad luck under his breath; with over fifty students in the class, why did it have to be him who was chosen?

Wang Longlong looked at the blackboard and reviewed the problem.

His Chinese grades were good, among the best in class. However, when it came to math, he really wasn’t that good.

During Gao Heshuai’s math class, since Ma Shicheng couldn’t play with his phone, Wang Longlong had to listen carefully. But he just couldn’t understand this problem.

Wang Longlong didn’t say whether he knew the answer or not, and just stood there.

After nearly twenty seconds, Gao Heshuai’s face darkened. He was about to tell him, “Don’t answer, just stand there.”

Just then, Wang Longlong grasped the key to the solution and he spoke:

“I think this problem…”

Hearing him start to explain, Gao Heshuai refrained from dismissing him.

His facial expression normalized and he gestured for Wang Longlong to continue.

However, the inspiration Wang Longlong had just a moment ago suddenly vanished, and he got stuck again, unsure of what to say.

So, this tense atmosphere continued for half a minute, with Gao Heshuai’s face pulling into an even darker frown, about to tell him to stop answering.

But then, Wang Longlong captured that fleeting inspiration once more and spoke before the teacher could, saying:

“I know it.”

Gao Heshuai held his tongue.

No sooner had he spoken than Wang Longlong forgot how to solve the problem again.

The classmates watched the two of them in a standoff for near eight minutes, with Gao Heshuai’s face as black as the bottom of a pot, on the verge of exploding.

They stifled their laughter, internally thanking Wang Longlong for managing to delay the class for so long by standing up to answer a question!

Seeing that Gao Heshuai was looking upset, Wang Longlong didn’t try to grasp that glimmer of inspiration any longer. Instead, he came out with:

“I can’t do this problem.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Heshuai almost jumped up, internally screaming, ‘If you don’t know, just say so, why do you always pretend so convincingly; I almost thought you knew!’

Nevertheless, he didn’t shout this out in class but simply picked another student.

“Chen Qian, you answer.”

When Chen Qian was called upon, there wasn’t the same look of defeat on his face as seen on the others. He radiated confidence, as natural and at ease as if he were invited up.

Simply because he was inherently a superb study material, excellent in learning.

With Gao Heshuai’s question, Chen Qian showed no signs of nervousness and answered smoothly and competently.

In stark contrast to Wang Longlong who was still standing behind.

“Very good,” said Gao Heshuai in appreciation. He had high hopes for the student Chen Qian who was just as good, if not better, than any student in the experimental class.

“Sit down,” he said with a soft tone.

Chen Qian sat down casually, thinking about Wang Longlong, who was still standing in the back row:

‘A mote of dust cannot compete with the sun and moon.’

Wang Longlong looked at Chen Qian, extremely annoyed. What did it matter if he was better at math?

Let’s see him compete in Chinese.

Last time during Chinese class, when Dai Yongquan asked them to explain the meaning of a piece of classical Chinese text, Chen Qian couldn’t answer. Wang Longlong was invited to rise and easily explained it.

The situation was similar to this moment.

It’s just that now their roles were reversed.

Gao Heshuai continued with his lecture, while the classmates’ hearts remained suspended, fully aware that Gao Heshuai would pick a few unlucky ones in each class.

So far, only Wang Longlong was standing, which was out of the ordinary.

Indeed, it wasn’t long before Gao Heshuai began calling names for answers again.

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His gaze drifted towards Chen Siyu’s direction, scaring her stiff.

“Xue Yuantong, you answer,” Gao Heshuai called out.

Everyone turned their eyes to Xue Yuantong, the number one student in the city, a curiosity for everyone since Xue Yuantong, despite her exceptional performance, was one of the most low-key people in class.

She only played with Jiang Ning and hardly had any contact with other students.

By the time a semester-plus had passed since the start of school, Xue Yuantong had only spoken with a quarter of the students in the class.

Furthermore, the aura of a good student clung to her, commanding respect but also retaining a distance.

Another reason was Jiang Ning, some people were wary of Jiang Ning.

For various reasons, few classmates took the initiative to approach her.

Xue Yuantong stood up and said,

“Teacher, I don’t know.”

Gao Heshuai was puzzled, “Every time I ask a question, you say you don’t know. This is the nth time. If you don’t know, why is it that you get perfect scores on every test, and even rank first in the entire city?”

“Can’t you give me some face?”

He had asked Shan Qingrong, the homeroom teacher of class eight, who told him that since Xue Yuantong scored first in the city, every time she was called upon in class to answer a question, she would always say she didn’t know.

Gao Heshuai was skeptical and asked a few times, indeed, she didn’t know.

Having heard that, Xue Yuantong decided not to conserve her energy and quickly solved the problem at hand.

“That’s enough, that’s enough,” Gao Heshuai waved his hand.

Originally, only Wu Xiaoqi was on his blacklist of students not to call upon during classes.

Starting now, there were two more: Xue Yuantong and Wang Longlong.

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In the afternoon,

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong arrived earlier than usual, and after two classes, they had a break, so Xue Yuantong played with her phone all afternoon.

She planned to sleep through the upcoming class, and then after waking up, she would head to the snack street with Jiang Ning.

Today, she had decided to go to a different snack street. A few days ago, she had sworn to herself that she would try every single delicacy from all the snack streets in Yuzhou.

Anyway, Jiang Ning’s mountain bike was fast, so there was no concern over wasted time.

Across the river, Dan Kaiquan had once again set up a chess board, attracting a crowd of onlookers, all bustling and giving their opinions, adding to the lively scene.

Chen Siqing, the twin sister, glanced over at the commotion and approached Jiang Ning to chat:

“Do you know how to play Chinese chess?”

“I know a little bit,” Jiang Ning said.

Leaned against her arm, Xue Yuantong spoke leisurely, “He’s nowhere near as good as me.”

“I know a little bit too, perhaps we could play a game sometime,” Chen Siqing suggested.

“Maybe when the opportunity arises.”

Jiang Ning was contemplating something; yesterday, Shao Shuangshuang had sent him an email saying that Hu Qi Mountain had been definitely contracted to Changqing Liquid Company, and they were in the process of setting it up as quickly as possible.

At the same time, Shao Shuangshuang planned to hold a recruitment fair. She expected to hire security personnel locally, projecting an initial recruitment of 200 people to maintain daily operations at Hu Qi Mountain.

200 men meant 200 families, and Changqing Liquid Company offered good compensation. That was enough to support a family in Yuzhou.

This was just the first batch. Once Hu Qi Mountain was up and running, an even larger number of employees would be recruited.

Officials agreed enthusiastically, and the procedures were expedited even more.

Some of the raw botanical materials for Changqing Liquid would be transferred to Hu Qi Mountain for cultivation as a diversion. As for the cultivation sites for Alchemy Elixir Pills, Jiang Ning would establish a deceptive array to ensure ordinary people could not encroach upon them.

As he contemplated this, Dan Kaiquan went on a rampage in his game.

Dan Kaiquan was truly a man who had studied chess manuals, and his skills were significantly better than those of his classmates. His grand display of setting up a chess board naturally attracted challengers.

However, none who dared to face him were his match.

Dan Kaiquan was invincibly alone.

He glanced toward Chen Si Yu. Bai Yuxia was reading a book, and Chen Si Yu was looking this way.

“Shall we play a game?” Dan Kaiquan said spiritedly.

After considering it, Chen Siqing decided to play chess.

Dan Kaiquan liked Bai Yuxia but was indifferent towards Chen Si Yu. He was not a man of pity and tenderness.

His kindness, inexhaustible, was reserved for Bai Yuxia alone!

Chen Siqing lost terribly and left the scene dejected.

Yang Sheng passed through the corridor, pointing to a book on the ground:

“Your book fell.”

Dan Kaiquan looked to the ground, indeed.

He picked up the book, “Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it, you should be thanking me,” she said.

Yang Sheng continued on her way.

She was relatively relaxed lately. Although her parents wanted her to study sports and she liked sports, she didn’t plan to pursue that field.

Yang Sheng’s dream was unexpected to most; she hoped to one day become a fighter pilot, soaring through the skies.

Unfortunately, female fighter pilots were only recruited every few years, and sometimes it took several years before a new batch was selected.

She couldn’t wait that long.

Dan Kaiquan watched Yang Sheng’s retreating figure, thinking of the sweeping days he owed her. He had thought of challenging her to a game to cancel the debt.

But he gave up that idea, his target was not Chen Si Yu but Bai Yuxia.

Chen Siqing returned to her seat and said to Bai Yuxia,

“Dan Kaiquan is very good at chess; I lost.”

“Oh?” Bai Yuxia responded, glancing over toward the chessboard area.

Dan Kaiquan suddenly became excited; his chess skills were so outstanding, yet Bai Yuxia was not impressed, and he thought his efforts were in vain!

Now, finally, Bai Yuxia took notice of him. His efforts were not wasted!

Dan Kaiquan gazed at her affectionately, as if she were the world’s most precious gem.

He stood there, at this moment Dan Kaiquan actually felt a bit nervous, as if in a TV drama, at a wedding.

He said, “Shall we play a round?”

After saying those words, Dan Kaiquan seemed to have exhausted all his strength, yet felt a sense of relief.

Now, it was time to wait for an answer.

The male and female students crowded around him, the noisy sounds of the crowd ringing in his ears, as if some were egging on, as if others were shouting:

“Marry him! Marry him!”

Dan Kaiquan was bursting with excitement, waiting for Bai Yuxia to utter those three words that symbolized a lifetime.

Finally, Bai Yuxia’s lips moved, and she said:

“Let’s not.”