Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Elegant and Dashing
Sheng Tang took Jiang Baocu’s cellphone, turned it off, and put it into her own desk drawer.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Baocu was still confused, totally baffled.
"Hand over your phone to me during classes for the next few days, so you won’t be distracted. I’ll give it back to you after school," Sheng Tang said.
She knew Jiang Baocu the best; this kid was always restless and anxious.
Once she saw what was happening next, she probably wouldn’t be able to focus on her studies for several days.
The final exams were approaching, and since Jiang Baocu was planning to go abroad, this final exam’s results were crucial for her upcoming interview. It was very important to her.
If she didn’t make it into the top 50 in the school, she wouldn’t even qualify for the interview.
In the last midterm exam, she ranked 49th, barely making the top 50. A slight slip and she could fall out of it.
"Is there some gossip?" Jiang Baocu sensitive to big news, her eyes lit up. "Do you know something?"
Sheng Tang ignored her.
Jiang Baocu mulled it over, then suddenly leaned in close to Sheng Tang and whispered, "Is it that Senior Brother Gu finally decided to publicly confess his love to you?"
Sheng Tang pushed her head away and knocked on it a bit: "Is there anything else in your brain besides gossip and rumors? Get back to your book."
Jiang Baocu was not willing to give up.
She could not sit still.
But seeing Sheng Tang so focused, Jiang Baocu felt embarrassed to keep fidgeting and slowly calmed down to read her book.
They no longer cared about what was happening on the forums or what was being said in the group chat, they just focused on their revision.
The day passed peacefully.
Jiang Baocu got her phone back after school and eagerly turned it on.
There were no messages at all, not even from the service provider.
She was very disappointed.
Putting the phone in her bag, Jiang Baocu blankly thought: "Not looking at the phone isn’t so bad."
She had fewer expectations and the next day quietly handed her phone over to Sheng Tang for safekeeping, acting very obediently.
Sheng Tang took it from her.
At noon, Sheng Tang and Jiang Baocu went to the cafeteria to eat. A few girls who went with them started discussing news from the school forum.
"...Looks like it’s someone from the second year, I heard."
"Isn’t it someone from the third year?"
Jiang Baocu got interested: "What’s going on?"
"There’s a rumor that someone saw one of our teachers going on a date with a female student. They were holding hands, watching a movie, and shopping together," one of the girls said.
Jiang Baocu was shocked: "Really? A high school teacher dating a student would get fired."
"Yeah."
"Which teacher was it?"
"I don’t know, they’re saying it’s Mr. Cheng, who teaches first year math."
Jiang Baocu was shocked again: "He’s so ugly, and he’s in his forties!"
"But he always thinks he’s handsome, dressing very stylishly," the girl said mockingly.
Mr. Cheng, who taught the first years, hadn’t gained weight in middle age, and thought he was very charming. He always wanted to be in the spotlight, dressed meticulously, and claimed to be the Prince Charming of all the girls in the school.
He had a good figure, but his facial features were not attractive, especially his mouth area, which seemed under-evolved, making him look particularly like an ape.
He thought he was sexy.
If he could just act normally and not think of himself as a peacock, no one would discriminate against him, but he was too conceited.
"Which girl has such poor taste to be his mistress?" Jiang Baocu was even more curious, "Is it someone from the first year?"
"No, it seems like it’s someone from the second year."
"I heard it’s someone from the third year."
Jiang Baocu hurried, asking Sheng Tang for her phone: "I need to check the forum for gossip."
Sheng Tang had been eating silently and had not participated in their conversation. Hearing this, she glanced at Jiang Baocu and said coolly, "I’ll give it back to you after school."
"Oh, come on!" Jiang Baocu was even more anxious.
"It has nothing to do with you," Sheng Tang said, "Do you still want to participate in the interview?"