Chapter 61

These days, the flashlights and batteries at the small store outside the school have been selling quickly, which means that more and more students are staying up late at night, reading novels under their blankets with flashlights. As a result, the number of students dozing off during morning classes has gradually increased.

Feng Yiping is somewhat worried about everyone. If this continues, it won't be good, but he doesn't know what to do.

Lecture them? Don't think that just because you have good grades and the teachers like you, you can lecture others. At this time, many students won't listen to reason. Although they all know that it's wrong to read novels all day and night, they just can't control themselves.

It's like after the internet became widespread, from elementary school to college, many students skipped classes to go online, stayed up all night, and even spent all their tuition and living expenses on the internet, eventually even resorting to crime and robbery!

Many people mention these phenomena and shake their heads, criticizing these children for lacking self-control, and boasting about how they resisted such temptations back in their day.

But Feng Yiping asked himself, if he were in elementary or middle school and there were internet cafes all around the school, would he skip classes and spend days and nights in the internet cafes playing games? After much self-reflection, he concluded that he definitely would have done the same.

Just like how many students in the class are reading novels now, he used to do the same, staying up all night reading martial arts novels. He once read "The Return of the Condor Heroes" with a borrowed flashlight under his blanket, but after reading about Xiaolongnü being violated by Yin Zhiping, he was so angry that he couldn't continue. It wasn't until he had no more books to read in vocational school that he rented the complete set and finished it.

As someone who has been through it, he deeply understands that lecturing doesn't work because everyone already knows the right thing to do, but they just can't do it! So, how can he help the students? Feng Yiping really couldn't think of a good solution for the moment.

Although Xiao Zhijie and Wang Changning have never been interested in these novels, the current learning atmosphere in the class has clearly affected them.

Fortunately, after a few days, an opportunity finally came.

In Chinese class, they learned about reportage literature, and the homeroom teacher, Wang Yumin, assigned everyone to write a piece of reportage literature. Feng Wen was very worried; reportage literature isn't easy to make up, and he didn't know what to write about.

Feng Yiping immediately suggested that he write about the students in the class reading various novels. First, the essay would be completed quickly, and it would be a true story, more in line with the essence of reportage literature. Second, once the homeroom teacher reads it, she will definitely take action, indirectly helping the students focus on their studies. Third, by helping the teacher so much, Mr. Wang will definitely have a good impression of him.

Feng Wen thought it made sense but was still hesitant, worried that the students would cause him trouble. Feng Yiping reassured him, saying that the essays would be collected and submitted through him, and only Mr. Wang would grade them, so no one else would know.

He asked Feng Wen, "Do you think it's better for Mr. Wang to like you or for the students to possibly blame you?"

Feng Wen, after hearing this, no longer hesitated. On Sunday when they returned to school, the essay he submitted was about the students in the class reading novels, and he wrote it in great detail, specifying which student read which book.

Before evening self-study, Feng Yiping delivered the collected essays to Wang Yumin's home. He guessed that there might be action that night, but there wasn't. There was also no action during the morning self-study on Monday. It wasn't until Monday afternoon.

The first class on Monday afternoon was Chinese. Wang Yumin arrived early in the classroom and, once everyone was present, she methodically searched through the students' desks, confiscating one novel after another and piling them on the podium, forming several large stacks.

This confiscation was thorough, even those who had torn the covers off their textbooks and seamlessly glued them to the covers of their novels were caught. When they were found, those students were still in disbelief! How could they have been caught when they were so well-hidden?

Ha, it was only because Feng Wen's reportage literature was so detailed.

If this essay were to be graded, Wang Yumin would likely rank Feng Wen's as the best.

Several students who had always been diligent were also among those caught, which made her furious. She lectured the class for half a class period, and then, as her final move, announced that from now on, no novels would be allowed in the classroom or dormitory, whether in class or out. Any student caught with a novel would have their parents called to the school to take them home!

This was a harsh move. With no parent-teacher conferences, parents rarely came to the school. If they were called because of this, the consequences for the students would be unimaginable, and certainly not pleasant.

That wasn't all. Wang Yumin also notified all the teachers of Class 1, and starting this week, if a teacher saw any suspicious behavior during class, they would come down and check the textbooks on the students' desks to see if there were any hidden novels or if the textbooks themselves were fake.

Wang Yumin herself was even more vigilant. Regardless of whose class it was, she would occasionally go to the windows on either side of the classroom to observe and see if any students were still reading novels.

Lecturing didn't work, but the teacher's strong measures were effective. After multiple approaches, the situation of reading novels was quickly curbed. Although it wasn't completely eliminated, those who still read were very few and extremely secretive, with minimal impact.

The news of Feng Wen indirectly informing on the students eventually spread, and many students confronted him, some even wanting to fight him. Feng Wen, who had no principles, soon betrayed Feng Yiping, saying that it was actually Feng Yiping's idea, but no one believed him. In the end, Feng Wen had to ask Mr. Wang to intervene on his behalf.

With Mr. Wang backing him, the students could only back off, their dissatisfaction and anger buried in their hearts. However, Feng Wen's popularity plummeted, and he was isolated by his classmates.

Only Xiao Zhijie believed Feng Wen. When he saw Feng Yiping, he imitated Commander Tang from "Tunnel War" and gave him a thumbs up, saying, "High, really high!"

Feng Yiping took this as sincere praise and accepted it without hesitation. Sometimes, teammates are meant to be sold, especially someone like Feng Wen. This time, he was happy to sell him!

Wang Changning, however, corrected him, saying, "No, it should be said that it's devious, really devious! This week, every student's desk in our class has been searched twice."

Regardless of what they said, Feng Yiping was very happy. The plan worked as he had hoped, and he didn't have to take the blame. The person who was pushed forward received the teacher's favor, and it felt good. The students only had some novels confiscated and returned to their studies, making everyone happy. What's wrong with such a win-win result?

This chapter was updated a bit late, but better late than never, ha ha. Please understand! As always, please add to your favorites and recommend it!

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