Chapter 6

Fan Long went to buy tangerines, and two more boys from the last three rows of the classroom came over, all out of curiosity to read Zhao Yan's novel. Feeling quite good, Zhao Yan did not refuse and casually pulled up the novel on his phone and handed it to the first one who spoke. As for the classmate who spoke later, he could only wait until the first one finished.

"Write quickly! Don't waste time! If you want to eat tangerines, I've already given Fan Long money to buy them!" Ji Yichen urged from behind, clearly dissatisfied.

Zhao Yan smiled in response, flipped open the exercise book Ji Yichen had just handed him, picked up the fountain pen, and after recalling the content of Chapter 4, began to write.

Starting from Chapter 4, Zhao Yan's writing speed clearly slowed down. It wasn't that he was being lazy, but that he had already written several thousand words, and his hand was already sore. Before today, he had never written so much in one go.

He had only written half a page when the bell for the second class rang. Zhao Yan heard Ji Yichen laugh from behind, "Fan Long hasn't come back yet, hehe, there will be a good show soon!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yan smiled and shook his head, continuing to write his manuscript.

Sure enough, by the time the English teacher had already walked to the podium, Fan Long still hadn't returned. The teacher had already been lecturing for three or four minutes when Fan Long, with a head full of sweat, appeared at the classroom door, holding a plastic bag of tangerines and panting heavily.

"May I come in?"

Fan Long panted, asking the English teacher.

Their English teacher was an intellectual beauty named Cheng, with a plain but not vulgar face, a tall and graceful figure, and a professional suit and gold-rimmed glasses. Her presence was always a beautiful sight wherever she went.

Interrupted just a few minutes into the class, Ms. Cheng's brows naturally furrowed, and she cast a cold glance at Fan Long at the classroom door. At this moment, everyone in the classroom was looking sideways, and some students were already laughing, as the plastic bag in Fan Long's arms was white and transparent, and everyone could see the half-green, half-yellow tangerines inside.

Ms. Cheng glanced at it once and then turned her gaze back to the blackboard, continuing to write, coldly saying, "Come in!"

Fan Long wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly lowered his head, running to his seat at the back of the classroom. When he sat down, he glared at Zhao Yan and Ji Yichen, who were looking at him with amusement, though he was unhappy, he still took advantage of Ms. Cheng's inattention to stuff all the tangerines into Zhao Yan's arms.

"Yan! Give me two!"

"Yan! Yan! I want some too!"

Ji Yichen and Lou Wenhao, chuckling, asked Zhao Yan for tangerines one after another. Zhao Yan didn't keep them to himself, stifling a laugh, he quickly grabbed seven or eight tangerines and put them in his drawer, and then placed the rest, including the plastic bag, on Ji Yichen's desk.

"Divide them yourselves!"

...

Regardless of how Ji Yichen and Lou Wenhao were dividing the tangerines, Zhao Yan saw Hu Qin Qin turn around with a smile, and his eyes twinkled. He immediately took out two tangerines and handed them to Hu Qin Qin, whispering, "Qin Qin! Big Brother Yan invites you to eat tangerines!"

Hu Qin Qin: "Thank you, no need! You keep them for yourself!"

However, Zhao Yan didn't take them back, but instead moved his hand forward, extending it in front of Hu Qin Qin's shoulder, whispering, "If you don't take them, I'll keep them here. I'm not afraid if the teacher finds out!"

Indeed, Zhao Yan's academic performance was not great, and he was not afraid of any teacher except the homeroom teacher. Moreover, Ms. Cheng, though cold, was not strict, so Zhao Yan was even less afraid of her.

Hu Qin Qin, helpless, quietly took the tangerines Zhao Yan offered, a hint of joy in her smile.

"Swallow..."

On Hu Qin Qin's left, Meng Yao swallowed, not because she was greedy, but because the sight of the half-green, half-yellow tangerines made anyone's mouth water, just like seeing chili peppers or sour plums. It had nothing to do with greed; just seeing them made one's mouth water.

This was a conditioned reflex, an instinctive reaction.

Both Hu Qin Qin and Zhao Yan heard it, and their eyes turned to Meng Yao, whose face turned red in an instant, and she quickly lowered her head. Zhao Yan, who had no good feelings for her, shrugged and ignored her. Hu Qin Qin hesitated for a moment but quietly handed her a tangerine.

Meng Yao quickly waved her hand to refuse, her face already flushed with embarrassment.

She was already thoroughly annoyed with Zhao Yan.

Because of this plastic bag of tangerines, a sour and sweet scent soon spread through the back rows of the classroom. Lei Yuewei, the class monitor sitting in the middle of the classroom, smelled the tangerine scent and turned his head suspiciously. He saw that most of the boys in the back rows were moving their mouths, and he also saw Zhao Yan, who was writing something while leisurely eating tangerine segments, a blatant and outrageous act.

Naturally, Lei Yuewei was not the only one who smelled the tangerine scent. The students in the front rows were fine, but those sitting in the middle and back rows almost all smelled it, and they turned their heads in surprise, with various expressions.

Envy, jealousy, and resentment were certainly not lacking.

With so many students in the classroom seeing it, Ms. Cheng, standing on the podium, naturally saw the situation in the back rows.

However, she only slightly furrowed her brows, as if she hadn't seen it, and continued her lecture.

The reason for this was, first, her personality. She was always cold and indifferent and never paid attention to students who didn't like to listen to her lectures.

Another important reason was that English was only a minor subject in Daming.

In Daming's college entrance examination, only Sinology was a major subject, and all other subjects were minor subjects. The college entrance examination application was filled out before the exam, and then the minor subjects were chosen based on the application.

For example, if a student's first choice was the mathematics major at the Imperial University, the second choice was the physics major at Suzhou University, and the third choice was the Chinese language education major at Guangzhou University, then this student would only need to take the mathematics and physics exams in addition to the mandatory Sinology exam. For the third choice, the Chinese language education major, no minor subject exams were required.

This college entrance examination system in Daming was designed so that every subject taken in the college entrance examination would be useful for the major studied in university, avoiding the exclusion of talented students with significant biases in their subjects.

During their student days, everyone had a few classmates who were particularly biased in their subjects. These students might be particularly good at mathematics, physics, or chemistry, while their performance in other subjects was poor. From the perspective of talent selection, if they could go to university, they might become excellent mathematicians, physicists, or chemists. However, if all subjects were mandatory in the college entrance examination, their chances of failing would be very high.

From the perspective of knowledge acquisition, learning more subjects would certainly be beneficial, but the problem was that the additional subjects were completely useless for the majors they applied for.

The most important point was that, from the perspective of professional talent cultivation, everyone's energy was limited. If we all devoted our lives to studying one subject, one major, or one skill, most of us could become elites in our respective fields. Learning too much and spreading our energy would result in being mediocre in everything, with nothing to show for it.

...

Because of these two reasons, even though Ms. Cheng saw the boys in the back rows eating tangerines in class, she continued her lecture as if she hadn't seen it.

However, while Ms. Cheng didn't intervene, someone outside the classroom window did.

Homeroom teacher Tang Feng, who had not appeared all morning, quietly appeared outside the classroom window, hands behind his back, with a calm expression. He was confident about the students in the front rows, knowing that the students who didn't listen carefully in class were definitely in the back rows.

So, his eyes immediately turned to the last few rows of the classroom.

The scene he saw instantly made his face fall.

(Thank you to Zhang Qingxin, Ning Liangjiang for the 10-point donation, "Zheng" is updating... 30 points, Xiao Huaidian0401, Shen Yuanzhi, and Shuipingzuo10 for the 100-point donation.)

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