Chapter 2: Making a Bet in Class

  After rebirth, Chu Tianfeng decided to change history. Today was an excellent opportunity. Facing the upcoming storm of scolding and humiliation from his class teacher Zhao Kai, he would not passively accept it like in his previous life, eventually unable to bear the humiliation and choosing to drop out. This time, he wanted to counterattack, using the same methods to deal with others, and rewriting his life with strength!

  "Chu Tianfeng! You scored the lowest in the whole class, our class's overall score for this mid-term exam is not bad, but you dragged us down! Because of your average score of less than 40 points, it pulled down our class's total average score by four points! Letting Class One surpass us and become the first in the school's overall score, you little brat actually has no shame at all? You still have the nerve to smile?" Zhao Kaishun, nicknamed "Zhao Big Cannon", aimed his cannon at Chu Tianfeng today.

  "Others might cry if they came in last, but I absolutely won't! The law doesn't say that the person who comes in last has to cry, does it?" Chu Tianfeng said with a cold smile.

  "What?! You still have the nerve?! Zhao Kai's face turned red with rage, pointing at Chu Tianfeng's nose and shouting loudly: "You little brat's skin is too thick! It's simply shameless to the extreme! How can someone like you still have the face to stay in our province's key middle school, Tianhai No. 1?! Not striving for progress, with a slack attitude... In the future, don't even mention that you're my student, I don't have students with pig brains like yours! I'm truly ashamed on behalf of your parents..."

  What followed was even more unpleasant to hear. Apart from the foul language used by common people, Zhao Kai Shun fired off a string of almost every unpleasant word he could think of.

  Many girls frowned upon hearing this, the phrase was really too overbearing. Today, Teacher Zhao was originally very happy, but ended up getting his lungs blown by Chu Tianfeng. Alas, it seems that math class won't be able to proceed again.

  Chu Tianfeng listened to him scolding his own "long-winded nonsense", suddenly having a sense of déjà vu, this set of words he had heard once before in his past life, at that time he was so angry that he couldn't refute a single word, but now after rebirth, with the logical thinking ability honed from sales experience in his previous life, when he heard these words for the second time, he found them to be full of loopholes!

  "Teacher Zhao Kai Shun! Can you spare some energy?!" Chu Tian Feng rubbed his nose and smiled provocatively at Zhao Kai Shun: "You said I'm a pig, then what are you now that you're talking to me?"

  "Pfft——" Some girls couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Chu Tianfeng's casual rhetorical question had left Zhao Kaishun speechless.

  Lin Yajing had been secretly reading a book just now, she knew that once Teacher Zhao got angry, the whole class would be ruined, but she never expected Chu Tianfeng to dare to talk back, usually when Zhao Kai Shun scolded him, he would get red in the face and not dare say a word, what kind of medicine did he eat today? That sentence was clearly cursing Zhao Kai Shun as a pig too!

  Lin Yajing's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, her flower-like face revealing a worried expression. Originally, Zhao Laoshi's little universe had already exploded, and now Chu Tianfeng was adding fuel to the fire, it seemed that nothing short of a cosmic big bang would do.

  As expected, Zhao Kai Shun was infuriated by Chu Tian Feng's one sentence, his whole body trembling with rage, his small eyes wide open like a bean bun, waving the teaching stick in his hand, hitting the podium with a loud crash, startling many female students to cover their ears involuntarily.

  "Chu Tianfeng! You're too presumptuous! How can you be so ill-mannered!" Zhao Kaishun seemed like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, shaking his head and waving his pointer on the podium: "You good-for-nothing, tomorrow find..."

  He had spoken halfway, suddenly lost his energy. Originally he wanted to say that he would find his parents tomorrow, but now Chu Tianfeng's father was in prison and his mother was missing, living alone in a shanty town, where could he find his parents?

  Mr. Zhao has three killer maces - corporal punishment, scolding and finding parents! Now the school explicitly prohibits corporal punishment, especially in provincial key high schools, so Zhao Kai Shun only has two sharp tools left, which are now ineffective against Chu Tianfeng.

  In the classroom, many boys and girls looked like they had their heads spinning around, glancing at Zhao Kai in front of them and then sneaking a peek at Chu Tianfeng behind them, thinking to themselves that today was truly a sensational piece of news, it was as if the sun had risen from the west! Could it be that even Teacher Zhao has an off day?

  Chu Tianfeng smiled faintly again, his tone very calm as he said: "Teacher Zhao, no one wants to be the last one holding back the class, and of course I don't want to either! My poor grades are due to many objective reasons!"

  Zhao Kai finally found his tone, and his voice dropped by a few decibels. He sneered: "Then tell me what your objective reason is, don't use family matters as an excuse! I'm not unfamiliar with this kind of situation. In the past, there was a student whose family was even more miserable than yours. His parents died in a car accident, but he worked hard and turned his sorrow into strength, becoming the top student in the school and getting accepted into Yanjing University!"

  "As long as you agree to one condition, I can also get into Yenching University!" Chu Tianfeng clenched his fist and said with a smile. Yenching University is one of the top universities in the country, almost every high school student's dream school, and every year only a handful of people in the city can get in, making headlines as the top news.

  "Haha, Chu Tianfeng, are you crazy or have you taken the wrong medicine today? You still want to get into Yanjing University? With your current state, it's a miracle if you can even get into a vocational school!" Zhao Kaishun was about to launch a counterattack, staring coldly at Chu Tianfeng and sneering: "Even if I agree to a hundred of your conditions, you still won't be able to get into Yanjing University!"

  "What if I pass the exam?" Chu Tianfeng continued to ask back, a common negotiating tactic in business circles, constantly throwing questions at his opponent while skillfully hiding his own bottom line.

  "If you little brat can get into Yenching University, I, Zhao Kaishun, will learn from the turtle king and crawl ten laps in front of the whole class!" Zhao Kaishun said with a scornful cold smile on his face.

  "Is that what you said? Don't go back on your word!" Chu Tianfeng chuckled to himself, thinking, You've used the tactic of provoking me, but can I fall for it?

  "I'll never regret it! All the classmates present are witnesses!" Zhao Kai's eyes flashed a sharp, cold light as he stared at Chu Tianfeng and said in a cold voice: "Chu Tianfeng, you have guts! Today I'm going to make a bet with you. Let me repeat myself once more. If you can get into Yanjing University, I'll learn how to crawl like a turtle ten times around the track. But if you can't get in... what do you want to do?"

  Zhao Kaishun wasn't going to give it away for free either, he had also placed a bet on himself, so Chu Tianfeng couldn't take advantage of him.

  "What should I do? Please enlighten me, Teacher Zhao!" Chu Tianfeng smiled slightly and threw the topic back to his opponent.

  Zhao Kai Shun this time went down the hill, his small eyes flashing a sinister light, and he said sternly: "Alright! Chu Tian Feng! If you can't get into Yanjing University, I want you to kneel in front of me and shout one hundred times: 'I am a pig!' How about it? Dare or not dare to make this bet with me, if not then scram!"

  "I'm telling you, I'll take this bet with you!" Chu Tianfeng saw that the conversation had reached this point, and if he didn't agree, he would have to pack up and leave. Therefore, he had to be resolute and charge forward without hesitation.

  As soon as he finished speaking, the classroom started buzzing again with discussions.

  "Chu Tianfeng has really gone crazy! In our city's No. 1 Middle School, only one or two students can get into Yanjing University every year, isn't this just pushing oneself into the fire pit?"

  "There's still a year and two months until the college entrance exam, even if he starts studying hard now, it would be a miracle if he could make it into the top 50 of his grade!"

  "Yes, I heard that since his accident, he hasn't studied for a whole year, can he catch up?"

  "Wow, Teacher Zhao won this bet! Did Chu Tianfeng take the wrong medicine?"

  Chu Tianfeng heard those doubting voices, smiled faintly, and secretly calculated in his heart: "Now that I have the memories and knowledge of my past life, getting into Yanjing University is not a fantasy, of course, I also need to work hard, but now I have no way out, if I don't take this gamble today, then I will be swept out by Zhao Kaishun!"

  He knew that Zhao Kai Shun was very powerful in the No. 1 Middle School of the city, seemingly having some kind of kinship with the principal, and naturally relied on this to be arrogant in school, so he wanted to deal with Chu Tian Feng, a fallen student, there were many ways to do it, if he didn't agree to make this bet today, then he would really be driven out.

  Of course, Chu Tianfeng also didn't have full confidence in getting into Yanjing University, and afterwards he must make use of this only one year or more to struggle hard, strive with all his might, and fight to win.

  "Alright, Chu Tianfeng! Today we'll make a bet and swear an oath, with the whole class as witnesses!" Zhao Kaishun said with disdain, staring at Chu Tianfeng with a cold smile.

  "Slow down! Teacher Zhao, you really are a noble person who forgets things easily! I haven't even mentioned my conditions yet." Chu Tianfeng smiled and stared at Zhao Kai, saying seriously: "I made it very clear just now, you must agree to one condition of mine before I can take the entrance exam for Yanjing University!"

  "What conditions?" Zhao Kai Shun immediately retorted, secretly thinking to himself, what other conditions could you have, the college entrance exam is something you take by yourself, no one can help you with that.

  "I want to change seats!" Chu Tianfeng said calmly.

  "Alright, you tell me! Who do you want to sit with?" Zhao Kai Shun said patiently.

  Chu Tian's gaze fell on the third row, a lovely girl wearing a light blue short-sleeved T-shirt and a white lace-trimmed long skirt. He smiled and said, "I want to sit with Lin Yajing!"

  As soon as the words fell, the class caused a sensation no less than the bet between Chu Tianfeng and Zhao Kaishun earlier. The first and last in the same table? This is something that has never happened before, and some people even suspect that Chu Tianfeng's request is motivated by some ulterior motive, wanting to drag down Lin Yajing's grades?

  Lin Yajing reacted calmly, turning her head to glance at Chu Tianfeng with a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, her pure and clear eyes without any impurities, as if illuminated by a soft sunlight that warmed people's hearts.

  "No way!" Zhao Kai Shun immediately rejected Chu Tian Feng's request, thinking that this kid must be up to no good! How could he let him sit with the top student in our class? He's a bad apple, what if he corrupts the good students? The environment changes people, it's just like playing chess with a stinky chess piece, the more you play, the stinkier it gets!

  "Haha, Teacher Zhao wants to go back on his word? Chu Tianfeng glanced at Lin Yajing's slender and elegant figure, smiled and said: "Teacher Zhao, didn't you always say that good students should help poor students, especially class cadres should set an example, Lin Yajing is our class study committee member, I am the last one in our class, I request to sit at the same table with her, let her help me improve my studies, what's wrong with that? I promise it won't affect her normal studies!"

  Zhao Kai Shun was secretly shocked, thinking that Chu Tian Feng, who couldn't even get a fart out of him with a stick normally, had somehow gotten possessed by an evil spirit today. His little mouth was speaking so smoothly, his words were simply flawless!

  Chu Tianfeng was secretly laughing in his heart, I've been a salesperson for several years in my previous life, and I've even attended business training and eloquence enhancement training. What kind of customers haven't I dealt with? Zhao Kaishun, you want to play with language with me? Let's play it to the end!