Chapter 2

Chapter 2

This wasn’t exactly something difficult to talk about, especially since I wasn’t against it.

But he remained silent.

The teacher raised her voice again. “Your mother is right here. Speak up.”

“So, even you feel ashamed?”

“Do either of you have any sense of shame?”

She was more worked up than I expected.

Seeing that Qi An wasn’t talking, she turned back to me. “As you know, the third year of middle school is a critical moment in life. One wrong step this year, and every step after will be wrong.”

The third year of middle school is critical, the first year of high school is critical, the second year is critical, the third year is critical… and after getting into university, the first year is critical…

“To be honest, I’ve always felt that Qi An wasn’t working hard enough, and now this has happened.”

“His whole life is going to be ruined.”

…

She was in her forties and had led several graduating classes.

Her teaching ability was beyond question, but Qi An had told me more than once that he felt his homeroom teacher didn’t like him.

When I asked him why, he just scratched his head and said it was a gut feeling.

I interrupted the teacher. “Isn’t it a bit too judgmental to claim his entire life is ruined just because of a case of puppy love?”

She was visibly stunned for a moment before putting her glasses back on.

She tapped the note on the desk and looked at me.

“This was written to him by Zhou Yanqing.”

“A boy. He’s at the bottom of the class rankings.”