Chapter 21: The Father Fan Reached Beyond His Grasp

In an instant, Junmei Li’s temper flared. "Ruan Cha, do you have no respect for your teacher?!"

Seeing that Li was angry, Ruan Cha spread her slender, pale arms in helplessness. "Teacher, weren’t you just making malicious assumptions about me? Besides, I didn’t even say anything much. I was just playing with a meme, but perhaps you’re too old to understand."

Li glared at Ruan Cha, who stood there with her hands thrown up as if to say: [Is it my fault?] [What can you do about it?] [I did nothing wrong]...

The fury within Li threatened to burst beyond reason.

Gritting her teeth, Li snapped, "Did your parents teach you this way? How utterly uncivilized! So crass!"

Ruan Cha replied, "You’ve insulted my parents. I’ll make a note of that."

Li retorted, "Failing grades and you still can’t take criticism? The younger generation these days... In ancient times, a student as disrespectful as you would be drowned in a pig cage!"

Ruan Cha said, "Teacher at Moxcheng No. 2 High threatens corporal punishment. Noted again."

Li barked, "You’re trying to infuriate me to death! I’m calling the principal! The principal must expel you!"

Ruan Cha clapped her hands. "Well done, teacher!"

Li was so enraged by Ruan Cha that she nearly lost all composure. Her face flushed deep red as she gasped for breath, as if she’d explode and start cursing at any moment.

Ruan Cha quickly raised her hand to stop her from speaking further. "Teacher, you can't just eat with your bowl one moment and start scolding people the next. That’s not very civilized. We still have class. Please take a moment to calm down. If fate allows, we’ll meet again."

With that, Ruan Cha finally vented her frustration. She turned and smiled at Shen Jie, who had been frozen stiff in shock, her eyes curved like crescent moons, her starry gaze sparkling. "Sir, let’s go to class."

Shen Jie: Who am I? Where am I? What did I just witness?

How could the sweet, gentle, obedient girl who had just been smiling so innocently suddenly transform into a rapid-fire machine gun of retorts?

In Classroom Seven, a number of girls were still in a flustered excitement because Gu Jiayan had just come to the door to call out Ruan Wei’s name.

As they reached the classroom door, Shen Jie finally shook off his daze. He patted Ruan Cha’s shoulder lightly, emotions swirling within him.

In the end, as her biggest fan, he realized he had overestimated himself...

After Shen Jie entered the classroom, the girls who had been crowding around Ruan Wei quickly scurried back to their seats.

"Let me make an announcement—our class has a new student," Shen Jie called toward the doorway. "Ruan Cha, come in."

The girl stepped inside.

She was slender, her skin fair with a rosy glow, her features exquisitely delicate as if painted, her eyes shimmering like a clear lake reflecting gentle ripples. Her icy beauty left many of the boys in the class utterly spellbound.

Even the girls were momentarily stunned, sizing her up from head to toe.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Ruan Cha." Her eyes shone brightly as she met the curious stares, and her voice was soft and gentle.

"Our new classmate has just transferred here. Please take care of her. Yun Zhe is our class rep for daily affairs—if you need anything, you can ask him," Shen Jie said, pointing to a handsome, refined-looking boy.

Ruan Cha nodded politely in his direction.

"For academic matters, you can ask Ruan Wei. She’s top of the class," Shen Jie added, nodding toward the upright girl in the second row.

Ruan Wei was looking at Ruan Cha with a complicated expression. Meeting the girl’s cool, detached gaze, she looked away in silence.

With introductions done, Shen Jie let Ruan Cha choose her own seat.

Ruan Cha glanced around and took a seat beside a pretty, sweet-looking girl whose beauty rivaled Ruan Wei’s.