Chapter 39: Do you dare to try?

  "This basketball game, the school attaches great importance to it, of course, I also attach great importance to it. What do you students think? You can all speak up and take advantage of the early self-study time to sign up first." Ling Fei stood on the podium, knocked on the desk, and quickly finished what he wanted to announce.

  "Teacher, I'm signing up." Jiang Xingxiao was the first to stand up, his face filled with indescribable excitement.

  "Okay, wait a minute, I have more to say." Ling Fei nodded and gestured for Jiang Xingxiao to sit down.

  Ling Fei's fingers on the lectern moved rhythmically; "As far as I know, before this mock exam, the school will hold a basketball game, today is the preliminary round, and I have already helped you forfeit."

  Not stunning people is not worth dying for, this is a good habit that Ling Fei has cultivated all along. As expected, before the words had fallen, Jiang Xingxiao was the first to refuse.

  "Teacher, why do we have to give up?"

  Ling Fei looked at him but didn't respond; "I'm also taking this basketball game seriously, I heard that if we can get into the top three, not only will your credits increase, but my salary will also rise."

  "However, giving up is not an option, I trust you all. Today's match is just the preliminary round between first-year groups, and I think it's a waste for you to be matched against them. Tomorrow is the preliminary round for second-year groups, can you challenge them? Do you have the confidence to crush them?"

  After Ling Fei finished speaking, Jiang Xingxiao's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he sat down, looking at the male students in the classroom who were also getting restless. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, imagining himself heroically defeating other classes on the basketball court. Lin Yueqiao, on the other hand, had stars shining in her eyes as she gazed adoringly at him.

  "Those who want to sign up now write their names on paper and hand them over, I'll register after class." Ling Fei clapped his hands, indicating silence.

  "Teacher, I'm signing up." As soon as Ling Fei made a request, Chu Feng would always take the lead and be the first to act. As soon as Ling Fei finished speaking, Chu Feng quickly wrote his name on the paper and raised his hand to shout out.

  "Alright, let's get started." After saying that, Ling Fei looked around at the other people in the classroom.

  "This basketball game also has a girls' competition, and girls can sign up to participate."

  "Wow! Teacher, is this for real?" a girl who had always been with Zhou Dai asked in surprise.

  Ling Fei nodded; "Of course it's true, so female classmates who want to sign up can also write their names, and then I'll go back and register."

  Zhou Dun pouted and glanced at the girl who had just stood up to ask Ling Fei if it was true, seemingly with some jealousy.

  "If only I had known, I would have stood up and asked earlier. Honestly." Zhou Dun muttered to herself, lowered her head to finish writing her own name, stacked them neatly on the edge of the table, and didn't shout out loud like Chu Feng did.

  For a moment, the classroom was filled with the rustling sound of pens and papers, and Ling Fei nodded in satisfaction.

  "This group of students isn't hopeless after all, it seems my teaching methods are effective." Thinking narcissistically, Ling Fei glanced at the clock hanging on the wall at the other end of the classroom, which was almost seven o'clock, and class was about to start. Ling Fei cleared his throat lightly.

  "Classmates, hurry up and hand in your slips and leave. The class is about to start, the teacher will check them one by one and then report to the school."

  As soon as the words were spoken, Jiang Xingxiao and Zhou Dai'er stood up in a hurry and walked towards Ling Fei. Almost at the same time, they placed the note in front of Ling Fei, but their expressions were different. Zhou Dai'er was shy, while Jiang Xingxiao was excited, his face flushed with excitement, it's really unknown what he was thinking in his mind.

  After them, other classmates followed suit and put the paper slips with their names on the lectern in front of Ling Fei.

  Some hesitant students also decided to take a gamble, after all, challenging the second-year group may have a small chance of winning, but if they were lucky and their opponents didn't show up due to stomachaches, that would be a huge gain in prestige.

  With some thoughts in mind, several hesitant boys also wrote down their names and handed them over to the podium in front of Ling Fei.

  When there was no one standing in the class, Ling Fei counted the number of people and couldn't help but frown.

  "It's almost seven o'clock, how can there be so many people missing?" Ling Fei asked in a low voice; "Where did the absent classmates go? Is there a leave slip? If not, I will deduct points as usual."

  Chu Feng stood up; "Teacher, Wang Jiawei has a leave note, Lin Yueqiao has something at home today and also wrote one, Lin Wanshi Zhang Qiana they might be..."

  "What could it be?" Ling Fei asked with a frown as soon as Chu Feng mentioned this and stopped talking.

  "It's possible... maybe she skipped class to have fun..." Chu Feng said, then carefully looked around the classroom and found no one from Lin Xuan Shi's group, only then did he put his mind at ease and let out a sigh of relief.

  Ling Fei nodded, thinking to himself that it had indeed been a long time since he last saw Wang Jia Wen. However, his impression of this student only went as far as the first day of work when he was kicked by him.

  "Alright, just like that. Wait till Lin Wan Shi and the others come back, I'll talk to them then. This time's fine won't be deducted, you all just behave yourselves and listen, got it?"

  Ling Fei picked up the paper scraps on the table, threatening him.

  Chu Feng hastily nodded and didn't dare say more.

  Ling Fei smiled satisfactorily and turned his head to leave the classroom.

  ……

  The atmosphere in the language class was extremely awkward at this moment. At this time, there were only Fang Ling and Bi Zhengkai in the classroom. Looking at Bi Zhengkai frowning and smiling bitterly, Fang Ling sighed beside him.

  Liu Yan sat at the desk beside the two of them, a cold smile hanging from the corner of her mouth, occasionally glancing at the time with an air of nonchalance.

  "Liu... Teacher Liu, didn't you say..." Bi Zhengkai started to speak, wanting to ask for another favor, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Liu Yan.

  "What did you say? The school administration requires me to hand in the assigned tasks immediately, it's not that I don't give you time, but I don't have the right to give you time, do you understand? I've already shown you the notice that was sent down, now you can't blame me for being unfeeling, I've already given you enough time, it's just that you didn't cherish it."

  Liu Yan played with the notice rolled into a paper tube in her hand, and sneered repeatedly.

  "Liu Yan, just as I'm begging you, can you give our language department a way out?" Fang Ling's tone had completely softened down. She hadn't expected Liu Yan to have such power that even the school administration's notice could be obtained so quickly. However, this was an injustice to Liu Yan, as she hadn't used any underhanded means to get the notice - it was entirely the decision of the school administration's higher-ups before it was issued.

  "It's not that I don't want to give you a way out, but this time I really don't have the right or ability to intervene." Liu Yan turned her head away, not looking at her.

  "Tick, tick." Time was passing second by second in the office, and the three of them were still maintaining their silence. Fang Ling had nothing to say, and Bi Zhengkai was racking his brains for ideas.

  Liu Yan was furious and wished they would all roll up their bedding and get lost, then she wouldn't care about their lives or deaths.

  "Creak." At such a tense moment, any slight sound would make the people in the house tighten their nerves, and this creaking door made all three of them look towards the door at the same time.

  Ling Fei had just pushed open the door when he met three fiery gazes that left him momentarily stunned.

  "A few of you, don't look at me like that, I'm shy." Ling Fei smiled shamelessly and directly closed the door and entered the office.

  Didn't even look at Fangling and Liuyan, but walked directly to Bizhengkai's front, casually pulled over a chair, sat opposite his office desk, and knocked on the desktop.

  "This time I've come, you should know the answer." Ling Fei deliberately gave a sly glance, as if wanting to whet Bi Zhengkai's appetite.

  Bi Zhengkai's gloomy face relaxed slightly; "Ling teacher, you..."

  "That's right, I have a way to solve it. After all, isn't it just about popularity?" Ling Fei smiled slightly and said nonchalantly, as if he was talking about something extremely trivial.

  "Ling teacher, is there any way to solve it?" Fangling asked hastily as soon as she heard it.

  "There is, of course there is, but are you guys brave enough to try this method?" Ling Fei snapped his fingers and asked back.

  Bi Zhengkai furrowed his brow, seemingly dissatisfied that Ling Fei was still being mysterious at this point, but he really had no choice; "Teacher Ling, no matter what method, just say it, at this point, we have to try everything!" After finishing speaking, Bi Zhengkai also glanced at Liu Yan with the corner of his eye, who was watching Ling Fei with great interest, and let out a silent sigh.