Chapter 29: The Panic Caused by the Sudden Inspection of Work (5)

  "Chen Long, Wang Xiang, both of you consciously go to the back blackboard." In the eerie silence, the voice of "going through the process" suddenly exploded behind Qiao Anyu like a thunderclap, and her heart, which had just calmed down, jumped up to her throat again.

  "Teacher, my exercise book..."

  "Teacher, I've done all the exercises in the workbook, why..."

  Chen Long and Wang Xiang were both making excuses for themselves.

  "Don't think I don't know what you're doing behind my back. I've seen all your tricks before. You're just making up nonsense now. Chen Long, what's going on with the cover of your exercise book? The edges are so neat and sharp, did you just cut it with a small knife? And your signature, which looks like a crab crawling... take another look at the neat handwriting in the exercise book, I'm afraid even you don't believe that this is written by the same person. It seems that old ginger is still spicy after all these years of 'walking through the rivers and lakes', his eyes are still sharp as a hawk's, and his sense of smell is more sensitive than a wolf's. This kind of trick is simply full of loopholes in his eyes."

  Chen Long muttered under his breath: "Damn it, why is this guy writing like a girl when there's nothing going on?"

  "Besides, Wang Xiang, don't pretend to be innocent. You've written so many words in your exercise book, but they're all a bunch of nonsense. If you have the energy to write such rubbish, why not do a few proper questions instead?" It turned out that "following procedure" was not enough for these students he didn't trust, and he carefully checked each one again.

  "This lesson, go to the back of the blackboard. Tomorrow, hand in a 1,000-word self-criticism essay. If you don't hand it in, I'll invite your parents over the day after tomorrow. You're all on your own." Here we go again, everyone's already familiar with this routine.

  Chen Long and Wang Xiang had no choice but to stand at the back obediently.

  The few sentences of "going through the motions" had the effect of intimidating, and the students who had not been inspected yet were nervous and anxious in their hearts, hastily flipping open their exercise books to see if there were any loopholes, and suddenly a burst of rustling sounds filled the air.

  Several more people were added to Chen Long's team as "typical" examples. All sorts of cheating attempts to muddle through were used, but they still couldn't escape the sharp eyes of "going through the motions", and one by one they were caught and stood at the back blackboard with their heads hung in shame.

  As a poor student, Shu Zimo was naturally the focus of "going through the motions". "Going through the motions" turned his practice book upside down and couldn't find any suspicious signs, although he had doubts in his heart and felt that this poor student's performance today was a bit unusual. But without solid evidence, he could only stiffly say: "The handwriting is too sloppy, it will be deducted from the volume score during the exam."

  No wonder nobody likes a "by-the-book" teacher. Not only is he biased against poor students, but also loves to nitpick, which student would like such a teacher?

  Shu Zimo didn't dare to show too much excitement, after "following the procedure" and leaving his seat, he couldn't help but admire his own wisdom, calling himself "the second Zhuge Kongming".

  "The results of this test are not very ideal." After "going through the motions" and circling around the entire classroom, he returned to the podium desk, his stern eyes scanning the blackboard before stopping at a row of students who were being punished for standing, and said loudly: "Books are read for oneself, not on behalf of the teacher. Please make sure everyone understands this point."

  He was just about to continue his lecture, but the timely bell rang and shut him up. Although "going with the flow" is strict, it never drags on at the end of class, which makes students feel that he's not all bad after all.

  The whole lesson was supposed to be about exercise books, but it was all used up by homework checks.