What's wrong with me, a school principal, listening to students' suggestions?

The bet that Su Qingyan and Lin Yucai made was originally known only to the two of them.

But the school is only so big, and the walls of the administration building are as flimsy as paper.

The news spread among the faculty and staff that afternoon.

By evening, the entire No. 13 Middle School knew about it.

The principal risked his own job.

The stakes are the midterm exam results.

He would leave if he retreated even a fraction of an inch.

"Director Ma, is this true?" Liu Huiying, the senior grade leader, pulled Ma Desheng aside in the office.

Ma Desheng sighed and nodded.

"Principal Lin said it to Vice Principal Su in person, right in front of me."

"This..." Liu Huiying rolled the exam paper into a tube in her hand. "Isn't this ridiculous?"

"Canceling morning and evening self-study sessions is risky enough; why gamble with grades?"

"Principal Lin has his reasons." Ma Desheng took off his reading glasses and wiped them. "We just need to do our own jobs."

The students learned of this news even later.

Around 8 p.m., Zhang Yang was playing games in his dorm room.

The intense battle in the game on the phone screen was just beginning when Skinny Monkey ran in from outside and almost tripped over the threshold.

"Brother Yang! Something big has happened!"

"Stop yelling, it's the final round." Zhang Yang didn't even look up.

The skinny monkey leaned close to his ear and whispered about the bet.

Zhang Yang's thumb stopped on the screen.

The character on the screen stood still, and within seconds, his head was blown off.

The words "Game Over" popped up.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Zhang Yang put down his phone and sat up.

"Absolutely true! Liu Meng's cousin overheard it while cleaning the registrar's office."

Zhang Yang remained silent for a long time.

He's not someone who likes to think things through.

He spent more than two years at No. 13 Middle School, and his principles were very simple...

Leave me alone, and I won't care about you either.

The teacher ignored him, and he was too lazy to pay attention to the teacher either.

Who the principal is has nothing to do with him.

But Lin Yucai is different.

This principal paid out of his own pocket to hire a chef, install air conditioning, and expand the shower rooms. Now he has also canceled morning and evening self-study sessions.

Everything is for the students.

And now, he is willing to risk his position for this decision.

"Brother Yang, what are you thinking about?" Skinny Monkey asked cautiously.

Zhang Yang jumped out of bed, slipped on his slippers, and walked to the door.

"Call Liu Meng and Zhao Yang to assemble on the playground."

"Now? The lights are almost out."

"Just go when I tell you to. Stop asking questions!"

Ten minutes later.

Under the basketball hoop on the east side of the playground, Zhang Yang, Shouhou, Liu Meng, and Zhao Yang squatted in a row.

The moonlight shone on their faces, making it look like they were having a secret gang meeting.

"You've all heard about it," Zhang Yang said in a low voice.

"The principal even gave up his own job for our sake."

"If the midterm exam results decline, the principal will be dismissed."

"The principal is gone, what will happen to No. 13 Middle School?"

"The new principal will install air conditioning and hire a chef for us? Dream on."

The three of them fell silent.

"So," Zhang Yang stood up, arms crossed, "starting today, anyone who dares to use their extra time to go to internet cafes will face consequences."

The skinny monkey blinked.

"Brother Yang, you mean...?"

"What I mean is, the principal is being considerate by not making morning and evening self-study sessions mandatory."

"If we actually spend this time playing games at internet cafes, we'll be slapping the principal in the face."

He glanced at his three underlings.

"You three, spread the word that if any of you are caught sneaking off to an internet cafe before the midterm exams, you'll face the consequences."

Liu Meng raised his hand. "Yang-ge, what about you? Don't you play games every day too?"

Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment.

"Starting today... I'm quitting."

When he said this, his expression carried a tragic and heroic air, like a warrior cutting off his own arm.

Skinny Monkey almost burst out laughing, but Zhang Yang glared at him and shut him up.

"What are you laughing at? You've given up yours too."

"what?"

"No way, are you going or not?"

The three looked at each other and nodded resignedly.

……

The next day at noon, Zhang Yang did something that shocked the entire school.

He stood at the school gate and stopped a first-year high school boy who was about to sneak out.

Where are you going?

"Go...go buy something."

"You're carrying an internet cafe membership card in your pocket, aren't you?"

The boy's face turned pale.

"Want to go to an internet cafe?"

Zhang Yang pulled a prepaid card from the internet cafe out of his pocket and waved it in front of him.

"No...no..."

"Go back." Zhang Yang stuffed the card back into his pocket, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The principal is working so hard for us, don't cause any trouble."

The two boys slunk back to the teaching building.

This scene was witnessed by several girls passing by, and the news spread throughout the campus that very day.

Zhang Yang, the school bully of No. 13 Middle School, personally stood guard at the school gate and stopped people from going to internet cafes.

From then on, Zhang Yang and his three underlings spontaneously took turns working.

Every day at noon and after school, the four of them would take turns guarding the "dog hole" in the grove behind the playground, and would go up to ask a few questions if they saw any students acting suspiciously.

The effect is immediate.

In the first week after the mandatory morning and evening self-study sessions were canceled, the frequency of students going to internet cafes at No. 13 Middle School decreased instead of increasing.

Nobody wants to be blocked at the school gate by Zhang Yang.

That scene was too gruesome.

At No. 13 Middle School, every student would stand on the principal's side and condemn the bad students who wasted the principal's trust.

Meanwhile, the shower room expansion project has entered its final stages.

The twelfth day of construction, at 3 PM.

The newly built separate bathroom is now complete.

The entire building is located right behind the boys' dormitory building. It doesn't occupy a large area, but it is very compactly planned.

Forty shower stalls, with easy hot and cold water control.

Each location has a partition door and hooks, the walls are covered with plain white tiles, and the floor has been treated with a non-slip finish.

Compared to those four broken showerheads before, it's a world of difference.

Three hundred boys no longer have to queue until lights out just to take a shower.

As Lin Yucai stood at the door of the new bathroom to inspect it, the long-awaited notification finally popped up on the system panel.

【Ding! 】

[Task Completion Update: Air Conditioner Installation...100%, Shower Room Expansion...100%]

[Mission complete! Rewards being calculated...]

[Settlement complete!]

[Completion Rate: 100% (Perfect Score Achieved)]

[Reward Quality Upgrade: Green Rare Chest Upgraded to Purple Epic Chest!]

[Opening a purple epic treasure chest...]

A treasure chest glowing with purple light appeared on the panel, and it was a size larger than the previous blue treasure chest.

The lid popped open, revealing a much more dazzling lighting effect than before.

Congratulations on winning:

【1. Purple Deep Sleep Aura (Passive Skill)】

[This effect applies to all dormitories at No. 13 Middle School. Everyone sleeping in the dormitories will receive the "Deep Sleep" effect.]

[Effect: Sleeping only 4 hours a day can achieve the same recovery effect as 8 hours. During sleep, the brain automatically organizes the knowledge learned that day, deepening understanding and memory.]

[Aura range: The entire dormitory building.]

2. Legal deposit of 10000 yuan into personal account

[3. Personal Attribute Boost: Charisma +3]

[Current Data Panel:]

Lin Yu-Tsai

[Stamina: 7]

[Endurance: 3]

【Speed: 4】

【Charm: 8】

Lin Yu-tsai stared at the description of "deep sleep halo," his breathing quickening.

Four hours of sleep is equivalent to eight hours?

Can it even enhance knowledge comprehension during sleep?

What does this mean?

This means that even if students at No. 13 Middle School only sleep four hours a day in their dormitories, they can still be full of energy the next day.

With the extra time, you can study if you want, practice sports if you want, or pursue your hobbies if you want.

More importantly, what they learn during the day is automatically "reviewed" by their brains at night.

This halo, combined with the policy of canceling mandatory self-study, is simply a match made in heaven.

Other schools are desperately squeezing out students' time to improve their grades.

The No. 13 Middle School took the opposite approach, reducing the burden on students and using a prestigious reputation to make up for the gap.

Lin Yucai rubbed his hands together, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

"Midterm exams... I'm all set."