Electronic Nezha

Chapter 186 Achievements
Principal Liu Zhenhua and his colleagues are both learned and skilled in martial arts. Principal Ding came over to shake my hand, and I felt as if I were being clamped by two pincers.

"Congratulations, Liu Zhenhua deserves to be ranked first in the grade."

I think this sentence is somewhat grammatically incorrect. Aren't "truly deserving of the title" and "deserving of the title" redundant?
But the Chinese teacher didn't say anything.

It's understandable that Principal Ding was so excited. As I said before, even if there are only two people in a grade, there will always be a student who is first in the grade. Old Ding must have seen countless students who are first in the grade as he is nearing retirement, but this legendary one must be the only one.

Sure enough, Principal Ding's second question to Liu Zhenhua was: "How did you do that?"

Liu Zhenhua looked at Director Li and said, "Let's resolve the secondary issues first..."

Without saying a word, Director Li took a key out of his pocket and handed it to Liu Zhenhua.

"This is the key to my office. You can come to me anytime you want to use the computer." This is typical of a head teacher's style: selective execution to avoid criticism. In reality, it's just a statement of accepting defeat, similar to a parent losing a bet and giving their child a set of practice problems.

Liu Zhenhua then looked at Zhang Jingxuan and said, "Zhang Jingxuan, apologize to my dad! Twice."

Principal Ding asked in bewilderment, "What's going on now?"

Liu Zhenhua said, "The first time, he framed me by saying the cigarette was mine. My dad dropped his job and came to the school because of this. Just now, he also slandered me by saying that my good grades were because my dad helped me cheat, so it's twice."

Everyone in the room was looking at Zhang Jingxuan, but he seemed not to hear Liu Zhenhua's words. His eyes remained fixed on the exam paper, and he continued writing diligently. Only when he heard no other noises did he continue writing while glancing sideways at Liu Zhenhua and saying, "What's there to be proud of? Physics questions aren't difficult at all, and I always get full marks in math. Don't think that just because you got first place this time, you'll always be first. We'll see next time—"

Principal Ding asked, "Is everything Liu Zhenhua said true? How old are you to be smoking?"

Zhang Jingxuan's eyes suddenly turned red. He stood up abruptly, first sobbing, then almost roaring, "I'm number one in the grade, I won't apologize!" With that, he rushed to the door and ran out.

The teachers in the room looked at each other in bewilderment. Principal Ding sighed and said, "Teacher Qiao, morality and the rule of law cannot be just memorized by rote; we must also apply what we have learned."

I'm also deeply moved. If Zhang Jingxuan apologized to me, even if it was with clenched teeth and a reluctant expression, I'd be willing to admit he's someone of importance, at least he didn't waste his good brain. But the way he acted was actually more disgraceful. There are some people who, when they're strong, are filled with the arrogance of the strong, but once they're at a disadvantage, they feel like everyone is targeting them, and they'll even unhesitatingly declare, "I'm weak, therefore I'm right." This kind of person might be born that way, or it might be related to their upbringing. Zhang Jingxuan's behavior shows he's still just a child, lacking in maturity.

Then another person, lacking composure, immediately stepped in. Liu Zhenhua stomped his foot and said, "Then all my efforts have been in vain—you stop right there!" He then started to chase after him.

Ma Chaoran said, "I'll chase after them with you!"

I quickly grabbed them both by the hand. What could I do if I chased them back? Could I really hold Zhang Jingxuan's head down and make him apologize?
Just then, I heard a chorus of boos and jeers from downstairs. I went out onto the balcony and saw that Zhang Jingxuan had been booed by his classmates as he ran through the crowd while crying. If it were before, he might have had one or two close friends who would have stood by him, but since the smoking incident, even Zhao Hanyu, the son of a nouveau riche, stopped playing with him.

As soon as I showed my face, Chen Zihan asked loudly, "Uncle Liu, how many points did Liu Zhenhua get on the re-examination?"

Liu Zhenhua went to the balcony and said to his deskmate, "I didn't lose any points for the neatness of this essay."

The children were taken aback for a moment, then burst into cheers.

Someone shouted, "Liu Zhenhua is awesome!"

Liu Zhenhua calmly waved to the crowd below, as if he were a new king ascending the throne.

I lowered my voice and said angrily, "How could you possibly get first place in the grade!"

Principal Ding, who had also stepped onto the balcony, overheard this remark. He scratched his head and said, "Well... it's a good thing, isn't it?"

Upon seeing the principal, the students scattered like a swarm of bees. Principal Ding turned to the room full of teachers and said, "Everyone, go and get back to your work."

The teachers also scattered.

"Goodbye, Principal Ding!" Liu Zhenhua ran off as well.

Principal Ding looked at me, took out his cigarette case, and gave me a cigarette.

Achievement: Smoked a cigarette from the school principal.

I frantically tried to get the fire out of the stove.

"Snapped."

Principal Ding held his lighter in his hand and lit it for me.

Achievement Two: The principal personally lit his cigarette. Don't underestimate this second achievement. Even if you're the director of the education bureau, achieving the first achievement is easy, but achieving the second is difficult!

Principal Ding exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "So, Liu Zhenhua got first place in the grade just to spite his classmates?"

I could only nod.

Principal Ding said fiercely, "Then you have to find a way to keep him from losing his momentum. If all else fails, I'll step in and make another bet with him."

I thought to myself, winning another key to the principal's office isn't anything to be proud of. I know the people in charge of logistics at your school...

Fortunately, Principal Ding's values ​​were still sound. After thinking it over, he said, "Learning is for yourself—don't teachers say that anymore?"

I laughed and said, "You're the principal, why are you asking me?"

Principal Ding chuckled, then suddenly said mysteriously, "I'm afraid it's not as simple as just being stubborn. What kind of child could go from over 300th in the grade to first place, and with a perfect score, just by being stubborn? I just heard Teacher Wang say that Liu Zhenhua manipulated his scores during the midterm exam. Did you make him do that?"

I waved my hand and said, "No, this child is careless. Even if you ask him to copy the answers from the scratch paper to the answer sheet, he might still make mistakes." I didn't want to put on that cunning persona in front of the principal and teachers, mainly because it wouldn't work to cover up the lie in front of me. He could clearly get first place, but he kept it at around 300th.
"So you do have some study tips? What are they? Tell me." Principal Ding leaned on my shoulder.

Achievement 3: Get a man nearing fifty to flirt with you.

"Well, to be honest, my child has almost finished high school math, so he doesn't struggle with science subjects at all." This was based on the example of Qiao Yuchen, a top student I know. According to Han Shiya, she had already completed almost all high school courses before she got sick.

Unexpectedly, Principal Ding dismissed it, saying, "I've seen plenty of students like you. Take their grade for example, it's not uncommon to find twenty such kids among the top one hundred. Some even go straight for the intensity of competitions, but getting a perfect score is too unbelievable—"

At this moment, Ma Chaoran poked her head in and said, "Old Liu, your car is blocking the way. They're asking you to move it."

I looked at Principal Ding with a forced smile.

Principal Ding reluctantly handed me a business card, saying, "This is my phone number. We can communicate anytime if you have any questions."

"Okay, okay." I was almost running out of the office when Principal Ding suddenly grabbed me again and said, "Give me your phone number. I'd like to communicate with you anytime if I have any questions."

(End of this chapter)