The system is very abstract, fortunately I am also.

Chapter 451 Xue Jian is not a plaything, he is a rose with thorns.

"bell--"

The bell rang to signal the end of the first evening self-study session.

Class 4, Grade 11.

Xue Jian, who was on duty, adjusted his posture slightly after hearing the bell ring for the end of get out of class. He rubbed his right shoulder with his left hand and unconsciously relaxed a little, but his eyes remained on the test paper in his hand.

He didn't get up to go to his office to rest or light a mosquito coil, since Ding Sihan was still asking him questions, and he had to answer them first.

"This question—"

"Hey? Lin Li? Why are you back so soon?"

In the corridor, Bai Bufan's clearly audible question came.

Xue Jian hadn't answered the question earlier because he was reviewing it, but now that he had a solution in mind and was about to speak, he heard the noise in the corridor and shut up, his brows furrowing slightly as he strained his ears.

Who says a good horror story can't be told in a single sentence?
Bai Bufan did it with ease, didn't he?

"I'll come back and eat an apple."

Lin Li's voice then actually appeared, causing Xue Jian's hand holding the test paper to tremble.

Alarm, alarm, level one alarm.

The child actually came back from the multimedia room.

However, although the voices were clear, neither Bai Bufan nor Lin Li appeared outside the door. In fact, Xue Jian could not see them even through the several open windows.

"Apple? What apple?" Bai Bufan's voice continued.

"Haha, I just heard during tutoring that the homeroom teacher of Class 6 gave each student in the class an apple. If their teacher did that, how could our dear Teacher Xue not give us one?"
Without even thinking, I know there must be an apple on my desk right now, right?

"Tsk tsk, impressive. You were trying to keep it a secret and surprise me, weren't you?"

Xue Jian: "..."

When Xue Jian heard that it was "Dear Teacher Xue" instead of "Old Jiantou," the corners of his mouth began to twitch.

If those two outside the door hadn't done it on purpose, Xue Jian would have taken Lin Li's surname from now on.

The dialogue continues—

"Oh, I see. Haha, yes." Bai Bufan's voice was embarrassed.

"I knew it! Long live Teacher Xue! I love my teacher the most! I'm going in to get my apple now." Lin Li's voice was very excited.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Bai Bufan anxiously tried to stop him, appearing flustered.

"what happened?"

"Zeyu, aren't you hungry? Why don't you go with Lin Li to buy some late-night snacks? Lin Li, you keep Zeyu company for a bit."

"Huh? Why? I want to go back and eat an apple first."

"Oh, Lin Li, these are apples given to us by Teacher Xue, of course we should treat them with the best attitude!"

Fruit after meals, fruit after meals! Fruit should be eaten after meals to maximize its benefits. Eating it directly is disrespectful to the apple and also to Teacher Xue!

"Oh, I see! My question is right, Bufan. Zeyu, let's go get some late-night snacks!"

The conversation in the corridor paused slightly at this moment, and there was silence for a while.

But only for a short while.

A moment later, just when Xue Jian thought the two were about to quiet down, Wang Ze's voice rang out. His voice was lower than Lin Bai's and the other man's had been, and it carried a probing tone:

"Bufan...why are you saying that...didn't the teacher not give us any apples?"

"Wang Ze, didn't you see the respect and admiration Lin Li showed for his teacher just now?"
He trusted his teacher so much, firmly believing that our homeroom teacher would treat him to an apple today. Did you notice? When I confirmed his idea, Lin Li… ​​was as happy as a child!

How could I bear to tell him the truth, how could I bear to see his disappointment? Hmm?

Bai Bufan read it aloud in a tone similar to reciting poetry.

"Yeah, that makes sense..."

"Wang Ze, let's go too." Bai Bufan's tone became urgent.

"Go? Where?"

"Let's go to the convenience store and buy some apples."

What do you need an apple for?

"We bought forty of them and put them on every student's desk in the class. We said that Teacher Xue gave them to us and that he asked us to put them on everyone's desks."

"Why do this?"

"Damn it! Do you think Lin Li is the only one who respects and believes in Teacher Xue? Lin Li is just a microcosm of Class 4 in the first year of high school. Haven't you heard the saying, 'When you find one Lin Li in your class, there's already a whole nest of Lin Lis!'"

Besides Lin Li, there must be many other students who share this idea, but they just don't express it as directly as Lin Li.

But, Mr. Xue didn't bring apples today. Was it because he didn't want to, or because he wanted to disappoint our respect and trust? Absolutely not! It's definitely just because he was busy and forgot!

We can't blame the teacher for being busy. I believe that when the teacher thinks about this after today, they will feel extremely guilty and try to make amends. But no matter how much we try to repair a broken heart, there will always be cracks, and that's not what I want to see.

Therefore, for the sake of the teacher's reputation and the expectations of the students, we need to fabricate a white lie. Besides, it's not really a lie; it's just doing something that Teacher Xue forgot to do.

“I… I understand,” Wang Ze said, suddenly realizing the resounding insight. He then immediately chimed in, “So, after we buy it, should we ask the class monitor to reimburse us using class funds?”

"What's the point of claiming reimbursement? Claiming reimbursement would expose everything. I'll just pay for it myself. Ha! Today, I offer my blood! Xuan! Yuan!"

"I'm fired up!" Wang Ze exclaimed, his blood boiling. "Bufan, I understand your intentions. I'll contribute half too!"

"Alright! Wang Ze, as expected of Teacher Xue's favorite student, the one she specially kept by the podium to take close care of every day, let's go!"

"go!"

The conversation outside the corridor temporarily ceased.

Inside the classroom.

The classroom, which was quite noisy because get out of class had ended, subconsciously quieted down a bit when Lin Li's voice came out, especially Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana. As the conversation continued, everyone became quieter and quieter until the entire classroom was completely silent.

Everyone was listening intently.

But as the sounds outside faded away, discordant sounds gradually arose inside—

After all, apart from Xue Jian whose lips were twitching the whole time, everyone else was suppressing their laughter.

The main victim was still present; laughing too loudly would be impolite.

Ding Sihan on the podium was the same; she was trying to suppress her laughter just like her aunt.

Damn it! Before evening self-study, when Lin Li asked me to go up and ask Xue Jian a question a minute before get out of class ended if Xue Jian was there, he didn't tell me the plot would be this elaborate.

Unable to resist any longer, Ding Sihan turned her head and gently bumped her forehead against the blackboard, trying to stop herself from smiling.

Victim Xue Jian: "...☉_☉..."

His gaze drifted down the corridor.

Just when he thought that Lin Li and Bai Bufan's lives would end like this, the two of them always managed to do something even more disastrous for him.

These two are Black, right?

I feel I need an intravenous injection of antibiotic 7.62.

"..."

"..."

"We're leaving, isn't anyone going to stop us?"

"I'm really leaving—it's true—"

At the back door, Bai Bufan noticed that Xue Jian hadn't moved, and his voice trailed off, sounding somewhat uncertain:

"I'm really, really, really leaving. Although I only have 100 yuan left for living expenses this month, it's okay if I spend 60 or 70 yuan to buy 40 apples. I can live on 30 yuan for four days, so I'm sure I can live quite well."

"Anyway, it's for Teacher Xue, so I'm willing to do it—"

"But actually, we could try to stop them... hello?"

"Well, I've already gone far away..."

This is just great.

Listening to Bai Bufan's somewhat desperate "lament" and "mutterings to himself," not to mention the other students remaining in the classroom, even Xue Jian himself found it hard to keep a straight face.

"call--"

Even her breath trembled slightly from laughing.

Xue Jian shook his head, thinking how terrible he must have been in his past life.

After glancing at Ding Sihan, who was squatting on the ground laughing, Xue Jian stopped explaining the problem and got up to walk out the door.

But just as Xue Jian peeked out from the front door, ready to hurl a few insults, he discovered that Bai Bufan and Wang Ze had instantly pushed open the back door and entered the classroom.

Once Xue Jian had pulled his head back, the two of them immediately left the classroom.

Xue Jian: "..."

Are we playing hide-and-seek here, or are we just going to avoid each other?

But he was too lazy to deal with the two of them. Anyway, the mastermind was probably already gone. He could clean up later. Xue Jian looked at the classroom and said in a cooperative tone, "Oh, it's Christmas Eve today. I was busy and forgot. I should prepare some blessings for everyone to be safe and sound. The discipline monitor will be in charge of discipline during the next self-study period. I'll be back later."

After leaving those words, Xue Jian left the classroom.

"..."

"..."

"Hahahaha-"

After Xue Jian left, a brief silence was followed by a burst of laughter from Class 4 of Grade 11.

"Operation a resounding success!" Bai Bufan, who had slipped back into the classroom, cheered excitedly, "Everyone! When you're eating apples later, please remember the heroes who made all this possible!"

"Bai Bufan! Lin Li!"

"Bai Bufan! Lin Li!"

The classroom erupted in commotion.

Of course, only the group of boys in the back row who loved watching the drama and were particularly fond of making things worse, with Zhou Bao being the loudest, and a few girls would shout like that.

"Tsk, with our methods, I feel like if we got into a meritocracy classroom, we could easily lead the class to become Class A." Amid the cheers of the crowd, Bai Bufan couldn't help but put his hands behind his back and exclaimed with a touch of arrogance.

Zhang Haoyang, who watched the most anime, gave Bai Bufan a disdainful look upon hearing this.

If these two idiots were really put into a meritocracy classroom—

Episode 1: Time Travel! Classroom of the Elite!
Episode 2: Bai Bufan is forced to drop out of school because the school doesn't allow pets!
Episode 3: 120 new and revised school rules! Principal Lin delivers an important speech!
None of them are human.

……

"Don't forget the well-digger when you drink the water. Tianming, remember to thank me when you eat the apple later."

After the competition tutoring session ended, on the way back to the classroom from the multimedia hall, Lin Li turned around and smiled at Chen Tianming, the "light bulb" behind him.

"Heh, it's definitely not as good as Qiaoqiao's apples." Chen Tianming, who already knew from Lin Li what he was doing during the break, said disdainfully.

The corners of my mouth that I finally managed to smile about today are now involuntarily turning up again.

"Sigh, it's all Bufan's fault for ruining my surprise. Qiaoqiao only asked him to put it in my drawer, but she didn't ask him to tell me. Qiaoqiao originally planned to tell me when the tutoring was over so I could get it from the drawer."

Chen Tianming shook his head, his expression one of sweet disdain.

"Why don't you say that to Bufan's face?" Lin Li said with a smile.

“No, he’ll try to sabotage me. I’ll have a use for him if I keep him around.” Chen Tianming was very rational.

Lin Li gave a thumbs up, but he could understand Chen Tianming's feelings: "Actually, I also think the apple the class monitor gave me was the best."

Chen Yuying, who was walking beside him, gave Lin Li a light elbow strike upon hearing this, and gave him a reproachful look.

Then, the girl turned her head and looked at Chen Tianming, who was standing behind her. Luckily, this third wheel insisted on going back with the two of them, otherwise Lin Li might have wanted to eat on the way back.

Arrive at the classroom.

Lin Li, who entered through the back door, paused slightly, noticing the few apple traces left in the classroom. He realized these traces had been there before evening self-study, and looked with some surprise at Yang Bangjie, who was closest to the back door besides Chen Tianming.
"The operation failed? Old Jian didn't give us any apples?"

“I don’t know,” Yang Bangjie shook his head. “Old Jian left during break and hasn’t come back yet. He probably won’t be home for dinner.”

"what?"

Lin Li returned to his seat and looked at Bai Bufan hesitantly: "Did they run away?"

"Not that much."

Apples are always inexpensive, so there's no need for gift boxes or large apples to give to the class. Forty regular apples cost only a few dozen yuan. If it's peak apple season, the price per kilogram can be converted to six or seven mao (0.6 or 0.7 yuan) per apple.

It was precisely because Xue Jian didn't need to produce many gold coins that Lin Li and Bai Bufan devised this plan. If it were something that would cost several hundred yuan in total, the two of them wouldn't have chosen to put Xue Jian on the hot seat.

Even so, Bai Bufan wasn't entirely sure.

But perhaps what you keep in mind will eventually come to pass, because at that very moment, Xue Jian pushed open the front door and walked into the classroom.

Everyone looked expectantly at Xue Jian's hands, and sure enough, he was carrying a large black bag!
"oh oh--"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Long live Old Jiantou!"

Some people couldn't help but start cheering or clapping.

Xue Jian smiled, took out a stack of test papers from the black bag, counted out the corresponding number of papers, and distributed them from the first group to the last group, indicating that they should be passed down.

"..."

The entire class fell silent instantly.

Especially when the black bag shrank completely after the exam paper was taken out, confirming that there was nothing inside.

Is this bag only filled with exam papers?
This...this isn't how it's going to unfold, is it?
"Lin Li and Bai Bufan have reminded me," Xue Jian said to the class with a smile, after handing over all the remaining test papers to the last group after dividing the papers among the first group.

"Since today is Christmas Eve, as your homeroom teacher, I naturally hope that everyone is safe and sound."

Offering apples as a symbol of peace is too cliché, so we've specially prepared this peace-themed roll for everyone.

Upon hearing this, Lin Li and Bai Bufan's pupils dilated in shock. As the last group, they were the last to receive their test papers. Without waiting for the papers to be handed out, the two immediately stood up and went to Zhou Baowei, looking at the test papers in his hands.

"2023-2024 Academic Year, First Semester, Grade 11, Six-School Joint Examination Mathematics Test Paper of Ping'an District, Qinghai Province"

Lin Li and Bai Bufan: "..."

Xue Jian: "Taking a safe exam and enjoying peace and safety, yes, that is indeed a good meaning."

Xue Jian's tone sounded like a television commercial.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan: "..."

You old scoundrel! Who the hell taught you the "Peaceful Roll" technique?!

This is hilarious! Just because an exam paper has "Peaceful District" in the title doesn't mean it's a "Peaceful Exam Paper"! It's like saying any fruit with "apple" in its name can be called a "Peaceful Apple"! This is so sloppy and careless! This is a complete financial trap! They're just using this connection to trick people into buying the exam papers!
Don't fall for it, old man!
Although they were internally ranting, Lin Bai and Xue Jian, the only two people standing in the class, remained silent.

Not only that, but I was already drenched in sweat.

Because they could vaguely sense that most of the people in the class were looking at them.

Including Zhou Baowei, who is the closest.

Seeing that the two might still be at risk of surviving, Xue Jian calmly added:
"The 'Peaceful Test' is meaningless if it's not finished on Christmas Eve. Although there are only a dozen minutes left before school ends, everyone should still try their best to finish the test that Lin Li and Bu Fan got for everyone. Don't even think about leaving school until you finish it."

Lin Li and Bai Bufan: "..."

Damn, the gazes in this class are no longer just "faint" at this moment.

If visual perception could actually cause harm, Bai Bufan felt he could be chopped into mincemeat.

Lin Li, however, had a different opinion: he felt the particles weren't that big.

The two kept their heads down, not daring to meet the gaze of the class.

That old, cunning scoundrel!!

At this moment, Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana, who were sitting at the front of the class, turned around and looked at Lin Li and Bai Bufan, who were standing there. The two of them spread out their hands, waved the only test papers they had, and gave each other an innocent look.

When they received their test papers from the desk in front of them, there were only two left.

Seeing this, Bai Bufan looked up at Xue Jian in despair: "Teacher, two test papers are missing."

Lin Li remained silent, but felt even more uneasy.

"Two are missing?" Xue Jian walked over upon hearing this, asking with some surprise. After looking around and finding that the other groups didn't have any extras, he frowned with a hint of "disappointment."
"Wow, I only printed this much."

"But it's alright," before Lin Li and Bai Bufan could speak, Xue Jian reached into his left and right pockets respectively, took out an apple from each, placed them on the table, and smiled as the two looked on in shock and horror.

"I happen to have two apples here for peace, so I'll give them to you. You'll have to make do with something a little mundane."

He then stopped looking at Lin Bai and the other person, and instead looked at the entire classroom:

"Alright, everyone hurry up. There are only a dozen minutes left before school ends. Start writing now. You're not allowed to leave school until you finish the safety paper."

"You two too, hurry up and start eating. The teacher treats you all the same. Although you don't have to write a safety paper, you two are not allowed to leave school until you finish eating your safety apples."

"The discipline committee member is in charge of discipline; no noise is allowed. I have some things to do, but I'll be back in a bit."

After finishing his sentence crisply, Xue Jian left the classroom through the back door. For some reason, his steps were light and quick, lacking the steadiness or unsteadiness expected of a middle-aged man.

The classroom was utterly silent!

Lin Bai, are you well?

But only the physical body remained unharmed.

The two looked shakily at the apple in their hands and swallowed hard.

Swallowing their saliva wasn't because they found it tempting; on the contrary, the apples in their hands felt incredibly terrifying, as if they were being twisted inexplicably in their hands like Cthulhu.

This apple in front of me... is even more vicious than the apple the Queen gave to Snow White.

Snow White only lost her life, but Lin and Snow White—

With slightly heavy breathing, the two of them struggled to lift their heads and look at each other.

Both of them could see fear in each other's eyes.

Your mother!
Two apples killed forty soldiers!
(End of this chapter)