I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 32. Classroom Conflict
"It's always like this. If you don't get up early tomorrow, I'm not waiting for you!" Xia Xiaoxiao stood at the door with her hands on her hips, waiting for Xu Qingfan to put on his shoes.

"Let's go, let's go, there's still another bus, what's the rush?" Xu Qingfan slung his backpack over one shoulder, grabbed Xia Xiaoxiao's hand, and ran downstairs.

He ran all the way to the gate of the compound, panting, and handed two one-yuan bills to the rice noodle roll shop owner. "Boss, two portions of minced meat rice noodle rolls to go, one with pickled cowpeas and one without scallions."

"Alright, kids, you're so late again today. Here's some soy milk for you." The owner pointed to the bags of soy milk hanging next to him and smiled.

"Here you go, your school bus is here!"

"Thank you, Uncle." Xu Qingfan took the packaged rice noodle rolls and led Xia Xiaoxiao onto the school bus.

After getting on the bus, the two sat in the last row, and Xu Qingfan handed Xia Xiaoxiao the rice noodle roll and soy milk.

"What class committee are you planning to apply for? By the way, is your math Olympiad class fun?" Xu Qingfan asked while eating rice noodle rolls.

"I'm not signing up. It's quite interesting. If you don't come, I'll surpass you in math very quickly!" Xia Xiaoxiao said, recalling the scene of racking her brains over math problems these past two days.

"So what if you're ahead? As long as you get your tuition waived, that's fine. Besides, you're already very smart." He glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao. "Smarter than me."

Xia Xiaoxiao paused for a moment as she ate the rice noodle roll, suddenly feeling a sense of recognition that warmed her heart.

There is an elective course called Olympiad Math, and driven by the desire to get a head start, this course is the most popular among students in the class.

Xu Qingfan had no idea how many of them were voluntary.

When I returned to Class 16, the bell for morning reading had just rung.

"Heaven, Earth, Man, You, Me, and Him".

"One, two, three, four, five; metal, wood, water, fire, earth."

"Heaven and earth are divided into above and below, and the sun and moon illuminate the past and present."

The sound of reading aloud filled the classroom. Xu Qingfan glanced at his group members. Zhang Yiyi had a serious expression and was reading aloud from the book in a very serious manner.

Perhaps fearing ridicule, the little girl was usually quiet, only speaking up during group reading sessions.

Xu Qingfan used to have a misconception that as long as a hearing aid is worn, a deaf person's hearing will return to normal.

However, after talking with Zhang Yiyi, he found that this was not the case. According to the little girl's account, wearing a hearing aid only amplifies all kinds of noise, and people's voices need to be listened to very carefully to be distinguished.

Seeing his interest, Zhang Yiyi enthusiastically put her hearing aid on his ear. But Xu Qingfan couldn't stand it for more than a second; all sorts of noises bombarded his head and gave him a headache.

Seeing Zhang Yiyi's earnest opening of her mouth, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but show a loving father's smile.

"Class, stand up!"

"Hello teacher!"

"Hello, students, please sit down."

"Students, turn to page thirteen. Today we'll learn a rhyming song!"
Read it aloud once with the teacher.

"Clouds against rain."

"Clouds meet rain!"

"Snow against wind."

"Snow against wind!"

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"Willows face peach blossoms!"

"Starting with the students in the first row, everyone take turns reading one sentence," the Chinese teacher said, putting down the learning guide.

Xu Qingfan quickly patted Zhang Yiyi's arm and wrote in the textbook: The teacher wants you to read this sentence.

Zhang Yi nodded, stood up, and read aloud: "Clouds versus rain!"

Although her pronunciation was a bit strange, because it was just short sentences, you could still hear what the little girl was reading if you listened carefully.

Xu Qingfan gave him a thumbs up and stood up, saying, "Snow against the wind."

"Flowers against trees."

"Bird versus insect!"

The children took turns following.

"Aba aba aba~" However, for some unknown reason, the second to last child began to imitate Zhang Yiyi's speech in a slurred manner.

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Hahaha, mute, mute!"

"Two mute people!"

Instantly, many people burst into laughter, bending over backward. Xu Qingfan's brows furrowed tightly; it was exactly what he feared.

"Smack!" He slammed his hand heavily on the wooden table, but it did nothing to drown out the laughter in the class. Instead, the students sitting near him were startled.

"I'm sorry to take up your time, teacher," Xu Qingfan said, standing up.

Without waiting for the Chinese teacher's response, he strode towards the classmate dressed as a clown.

Xu Qingfan came to his seat, grabbed his collar and pulled him up, his face showing a fierce look.

"What were you barking like a dog just now?" he asked, suppressing his anger.

The class fell into a deathly silence. Many people's smiles were still frozen on their faces as they held their breath and stared at Xu Qingfan, who had suddenly gone berserk.

"What are you laughing at? Is it that funny?" Xu Qingfan roared.

The little kid, who had been pulled up, was brought back to his senses by Xu Qingfan's shout. "Whoa~ What are you doing~", he instinctively wanted to swing his hand to hit him.

"Snapped!"

Xu Qingfan slapped him hard across the face. The other man tried to fight back, but the Chinese teacher ran down and pulled the two apart.

"Xu Qingfan, why did you hit someone? Go stand outside as punishment!" It had only been a few days since the start of the semester, and the Chinese teacher was still unaware that Zhang Yiyi had lost her hearing.

Xu Qingfan glanced at the Chinese teacher indifferently, walked directly to the podium, and said into the microphone, "My group member, Zhang Yiyi, is hard of hearing, so she can't speak properly, but that shouldn't be a reason for you to laugh at her."

If you laugh at her for talking nonsense today, won't others laugh at you for other reasons tomorrow?

In our class, some students are bad at sports, some are short, and some have ordinary looks. Everyone has their own shortcomings. Today you lead the way in laughing at Yi-Yi, and tomorrow someone will lead the way in laughing at you!
That's all!

Xu Qingfan walked out of the classroom without looking back and stood in the corridor.

Chinese teacher: ? ? ?
[My classmate can't hear?! I'm so awful!]
"You go stand outside too!" Shan Xiuhong disdainfully moved away from the student who had just been beaten and walked back to the podium.

"Xu Qingfan is absolutely right. I want to apologize to Zhang Yiyi. I only just found out that Yiyi is hard of hearing. No one in the world is perfect. Only bad kids would laugh at their classmates for their shortcomings. Tell me, are you bad kids?"

"No!" Many children proudly puffed out their chests, while the person who had just been the loudest in the commotion lowered their head in shame.

"However, hitting someone is wrong no matter what, so the teacher punished Xu Qingfan by making him stand. Do you think the teacher did the right thing?"

"Correct!"

"No! Brother Qingfan is not wrong!" Only Lin Wanning stubbornly sang a different tune.

Shan Xiuhong could only pretend not to hear, because deep down she also felt that Xu Qingfan hadn't done anything wrong. Such a righteous kid, she loved him.

"Okay, let's continue the lesson."

Zhang Yiyi turned around and leaned against the window, gazing at Xu Qingfan's back for a long, long time.

in the office.

"Does Qin Tianhao realize his mistake?"

"Waaah~ I know. I understand."

"What's wrong?"

"I shouldn't have imitated Zhang Yiyi's way of speaking."

"Any more?"

"I shouldn't have laughed at my classmate."

"I'm giving you this chance. If it happens again, I'll have to call your parents over, understand?"

"understood."

After seeing Qin Tianhao off, Guan Bianyue turned her gaze to Xu Qingfan, her face displaying a range of expressions.

"Stand still! How can you have so many questions every day? You get into fights while playing soccer, and you get into fights in class!" Guan Bianyue looked at him with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"Didn't I already explain about the teacher playing soccer? That guy wasn't playing properly, he was pushing people, and I didn't hit him."

"You haven't even hit him yet, and you kicked him in the face, knocking out two of his front teeth!" Guan Bianyue said angrily.

"So what? I lost my front tooth too." He leaned forward and showed his teeth to his homeroom teacher.

Guan Bianyue covered her face with both hands, "You're going to drive me crazy sooner or later. Go back, go back, it's my class next period, don't slack off!"

"Thank you, teacher. Thank you, teacher." Xu Qingfan dashed out of the office.

"You rascal!" Guan Bianyue burst out laughing. "No wonder he's so popular with girls."

(End of this chapter)