[R18] Pretending to be a scumbag – “Pretending to Be a Scumbag” Chapter 29 [English]

Chapter 29

“Teacher Tang, please turn off the fan,” Xu Xia said while picking up the test papers. “…The noise is too loud, which will affect your listening ability in the English test later.”

Tang Sen nodded and walked over to turn off the fan.

Xu Xia holds the test paper in her hand. From her angle, she only needs to raise her head slightly to see the bottom of the table.

Seeing that Xu Xia was about to get up, Xie Yu retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted.

He Chao’s response was two beats slow. He looked at Xie Yu lowering his head and continuing to answer the questions. Then he blinked, closed his fingers, and held the ball of paper in his hand again.

Xu Xia didn’t notice anything was wrong.

After she picked up the test paper, she looked around a few times, then spread out the book and started reading.

Tang Sen saw a student who was trying to find answers to the blanks by looking for poems in a Chinese book. He stopped next to the classmate’s desk, said nothing, and knocked on the corner of the desk as a warning.

The fan slowly stopped.

There were four people in front of Xie Yu. These four brothers were anxious. They had not handed over the promised answers for a long time. If they were not handed over, they would not have time to copy them.

So the leader finally couldn’t help but turn around and hint to the person behind him: “…where is the goods?”

The person behind said he didn’t know, and asked later: “Are the things still at Brother Chao’s place? When can we connect them?”

“I don’t know.”

“Hurry me, I can’t wait any longer. I don’t have time.”

“…”

The fourth classmate was given an important task, but he did not dare to ask. The legend of Xie Yu is still circulating in the school. He suggested: “Otherwise, we can show our true level…”

Having prepared themselves to show their true abilities, the four brothers and sisters no longer expected answers. Instead, He Chao showed his loyalty. He waited for a few minutes, then poked Xie Yu in the back: “Answer, hurry up.”

Xie Yu gave him one word: “Get out.”

“So cold,” He Chao said, “look up at these four compatriots, look at their melancholy and sad backs, won’t your conscience hurt, don’t you have some thoughts in your heart?”

Xie Yu: “None of my business.”

He Chao: “…”

“There are still ten minutes left, everyone, hurry up,” Tang Sen glanced at the watch on his wrist and reminded, “The essay is not finished yet, so pay attention to the time. You can start finishing the work.”

Tang Sen said, turning around and walking towards the edge of the podium.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Yu didn’t look back and reached back. He didn’t hide under it like He Chao did. He openly put the back of his hand on the edge of He Chao’s table and said in a rather impatient tone: “Answer.”

He Chao was stunned for a second, then realized what he was doing and put the paper ball into Xie Yu’s hand.

After Xie Yu got it, he threw the paper ball forward again, hitting the desk of the classmate in front of him without any hesitation.

He Chao thought about it and suddenly wanted to laugh.

He lowered his head. He had finished writing the test paper a long time ago. He rested his elbow on the composition paper and covered one eye with his hand. He looked casual and secretly said in his heart: This kid who said “none of my business”… is a bit cute.

Ten minutes later, the bell rang.

There are two exams in the morning, followed by an English exam.No one in our examination room needs to go back to get a book to review or anything. Except for those who want to go to the bathroom, the others continue to stay in the examination room after handing in their test papers.

After the two invigilators collected the test papers and arranged them according to the test numbers, the class stood at the door and waved to the two teachers and cheered collectively: “Ah, friends, friends, goodbye!”

The class was in chaos, and someone even brought playing cards to fight the Landlord.

“Brother Chao, are you coming?” the one with the playing cards asked while dealing the cards.

He Chao stood up, waved his hand and said, “No, you guys are playing.”

Xie Yu was still estimating the score, adding and subtracting several times on the paper.

He Chao walked to Xie Yu’s side and bent down to take a look. Before he could see clearly, Xie Yu turned over the calculation paper with a snap.

“What are you writing about? You’re so stingy.” He Chao didn’t care, changed the subject, and asked casually, “Would you like to go to the bathroom?”

Xie Yu didn’t quite understand the kind of people who like to form groups when going to the bathroom. It’s because they can’t pee by themselves or something. There are so many things to do. He put down his pen and sarcastically said: “…Why do you need someone to help you?”

“…”

His deskmate was too ruthless, so He Chao rubbed his nose and left alone.

After he washed his hands, he wandered around outside again. He said hello more than ten times on the way. The warmth was so great that it was as if he was his buddies in the whole grade.

“Brother Chao,” someone poked his head out of the classroom and called “he”. The man leaned against the window and said, “I haven’t seen you for many days.”

He Chao stopped, tilted his head and glanced at the class number, then leaned against the wall and talked to He: “Take the exam in Class 5? You can do it, your grades have improved a lot.”

“Where is it? You know best how much I weigh. Your grades will be as high as your courage. I accidentally overcopied in the last exam.”

As he spoke, the man took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pretending to take one out and hand it to him: “Zhongnanhai, want a sip?”

He was only halfway out of the cigarette when the man suddenly said “fuck” and put the cigarette back.

Xu Xia walked through the door of Class 7 classroom on high heels.

When Xu Xia walked away, the man wanted to take out the cigarette again. He Chao waved his hand: “I don’t smoke.”

“Huh?”

He Chao said again: “Quit.”

There are still ten minutes left before the next exam starts.

He Chao didn’t go back to the classroom. He went around to a deserted place near the Academic Affairs Office, found a random step and sat down. He took out a lollipop with an orange coat from his pocket, tore off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into his mouth.

He Chao held the candy in his mouth and lowered his head to send a text message to Xie Yu.

It was just a cold joke I saw online. It was cold and awkward. If I sent it, I could imagine what Xie Yu would say – boring, block me, and get out.

Before the cold joke could be delivered, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near behind, and high heels made a regular ‘tap’ sound on the floor.

He Chao did not look back, but the person who happened to pass by stopped.

“He Chao, what’s wrong with you?!” Xu Xia stood at the top of the stairs holding the exam paper.

Ever since what happened with Yang Wenyuan last time, she has been dissatisfied with He Chao.In Xu Xia’s heart, Yang Wenyuan returned to Yang Wenyuan. She had seen the wrong person that time, but the image of He Chao in her eyes had never changed – he was just a bad boy with a lot of bad deeds.

Xu Xia lost her temper and said again: “What kind of place do you think school is? Can you smoke in school? I just turned a blind eye and didn’t say anything to you in the corridor. I didn’t know what to do? Look at what you look like.”

In the corridor, she saw another classmate of He stuffing cigarettes for He Chao. Now when she walked to the stairs, she vaguely saw something in He’s mouth. Xu Xia didn’t take a closer look at it and intuitively connected them together.

Before Xu Xia finished speaking, she heard He Chao suddenly laugh.

The young man stood up with one hand on the wall. He was tall and thin, and looked pleasing to the eye. His school uniform was loose, and his waistline could be vaguely seen along the movement and clothing lines.

“You know something in your mind?” He Chao was two heads taller than Xu Xia. He originally had his back to her, but he walked down a step, turned around to look at her, and said, “…what do I look like?”

He Chao’s mouth was so sweet that he said it, but the words he said were not so pleasant: “Teacher Xu, are your eyes not so good?”

Seeing that it was candy, Xu Xia stopped talking. She avoided He Chao, took two steps forward, and wanted to go downstairs directly.

He Chao stood in front of her: “You are in a hurry, and I am in a hurry too. In this way, I apologize.”

“You apologize,” He Chao added, “There’s still something about last time. Say a few words of apology before leaving.”

Xu Xia sincerely despised He Chao, so she couldn’t be embarrassed.

He Chao smiled and said, “Is it so difficult? They say that you are a role model, but you did something wrong and said something wrong and you can’t even say I’m sorry?”

Xu Xia stood silently.

On the radio, Director Jiang began to actively broadcast the precautions for the next exam: “Teachers in each class please check the listening equipment. Let’s play an English broadcast first and adjust the volume…”

Although He Chao had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of venom, and his whole body was filled with a sharp and dangerous aura, as if all the energy he usually kept away had loosened up and swept over He.

Xu Xia felt a strong sense of oppression.

Just when she thought He Chao was about to explode, the boy suddenly took two steps to the side and leaned against the wall, making way for her.

He Chao chewed up the candy in his mouth, leaving only a stick.

Xu Xia paused for a few seconds, then walked past He. When she turned the corner halfway down the stairs, He Chao suddenly called her again: “Is it because of poor grades?”

Xu Xia raised her head at the corner of the stairs. From her angle, He Chao’s expression could not be clearly seen.

He Chao pinched the white plastic rod and said, “Because I have poor grades, I am what you say – that way?”

Xu Xia suddenly felt that there were hands invisibly strangling her neck. She wanted to speak, but couldn’t.

The English proctors were Tang Sen and the history teacher from the next class.

He Chao was ten minutes late.

When they walked in, everyone in the class noticed that something was wrong with He Chao. Tang Sen wanted to grab He and ask him why he was late for the exam. He Chao didn’t make any nonsense like usual. I helped the old lady cross the road, and stood at the door and said: “You will not be allowed to take the exam if you are late?”

Tang Sen was confused by the question: “Ah… no, it will be you next time…”

He Chao walked directly over he and walked to his seat.

“Fuck, dick.”

“Brother Chao is in this state…”

“…What’s going on?”

“The test papers have been handed out. Let’s take a look at the listening part. The listening part will start soon.” Tang Sen said while looking towards He Chao and repeating the wrong question that He Chao gave just now when He Chao was not around. “The third sub-question of Part A of the reading question has two repeated options. Change option C to the one on the blackboard.”

Xie Yu leaned back a little: “Why are you so crazy?”

He Chao also knew that he had lost his composure just now. Not only had he lost his composure, but his emotions were also quite childish. After the emotion was released, he calmed down a lot. He scratched his hair and said, “It’s okay, it’s a big deal.”

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and said to Tang Sen: “Teacher, I will definitely pay attention next time.”

The mood changes so quickly it’s like a tornado.

Tang Sen really couldn’t figure out this child, so he could only say “ok” three times in a daze.

Halfway through the exam, He Chao had finished writing the test paper and was about to lie down and take a nap. Just as he rested his arms and closed his eyes, he heard two knocking sounds from underneath.

He half-opened his eyes and didn’t move: “Kid, what are you doing?”

Xie Yu tapped it twice more with his fingers, making a crisp sound: “Hand, down below.”

He Chao reached under it and touched a piece of paper.

There is only a question mark on it.

?
This is probably the highest level of care from his cold deskmate.

He Chao was very satisfied.

He thought that when he picked up the pen, he could write a long paragraph about being cared about by the “cold killer” and fill the entire paper. However, when he picked up the pen, the tip of the pen fell on the paper and a ball of ink appeared. He paused, and finally wrote only six words:

——What do I look like?