On the second day, when Shi Li arrived at school, she was shocked by the human wall at the school gate.
Students wearing Qianpu School uniforms were blocking the entrance, a situation that had never occurred before.
Despite the security guards' attempts to clear the way, the students at the front weren't moving towards the classrooms, and Shi Li couldn't take a single step forward.
It was mid-January, the coldest time of the year.
Standing outside for a long time, Shi Li shivered from the cold, feeling as if she might ascend to heaven at any moment.
She wondered what could have happened at school today to cause such a blockage at the gate.
Two students standing in front of Shi Li were discussing the very thing she was curious about.
In five minutes, she advanced ten meters.
Ten meters, a small step for Shi Li, a giant leap for civilization.
It was in this short ten meters that Shi Li could finally see what was happening.
Near the school gate, there was a mobile television playing some R-rated male-on-male content, and the two protagonists were none other than familiar faces.
One of them was Principal Lu, who had called away the Class Teacher yesterday. Shi Li had seen him before during school assemblies and recognized him.
As for the other male lead, Shi Li wasn't familiar with him.
But while Shi Li didn't recognize him, others did. A male student behind Shi Li cursed, "Holy shit, isn't that our chemistry teacher?"
His shock was palpable, even though Shi Li hadn't turned around.
Next to the mobile display device was an elegant and graceful lady. She was well-preserved, but the traces of age were still visible on her face; she must be quite mature.
The identity of this beautiful lady was thus obvious.
The young chemistry teacher couldn't possibly have a wife of that age, so she could only be the wife of the other protagonist, Principal Lu.
Beside her stood several other ladies dressed just as luxuriously, either her sisters or friends, positioned protectively behind her.
This behavior severely disrupted the school's normal order. With students blocking the gate, there was a risk of a stampede. The security guards wanted to disperse these people.
But they didn't dare to use force. Two burly men over 1.9 meters tall stood next to the group of women, clearly bodyguards.
Moreover, these ladies were dressed so elegantly that they were obviously either rich or noble. The guards feared they might have to pay compensation if they accidentally hurt them.
So the security guards half-heartedly advised the ladies that if there was any misunderstanding, they could discuss it with the school leadership, and that blocking the school gate wasn't appropriate.
The moment Shi Li saw the scene clearly, she understood why the school gate was blocked, and why the crowd was moving forward so slowly.
If it were her, she wouldn't want to leave the school gate either.
As the crowd slowly inched forward, Shi Li seized the opportunity to squeeze into the circle of onlookers.
Because they were facing the video playback, many people had gathered around.
Shi Li even spotted many of her own classmates in the crowd.
Unable to drive away the troublemakers, the security guards could only focus on the students. After some threats and persuasion, the school gate finally became passable.
However, many people still gathered to watch Principal Lu's action movie.
As Shi Li looked around, she was surprised to find that besides some unfamiliar faces, most of the people were from her own class.
While some of the students who had left were genuinely uninterested in gossip, most had left out of embarrassment, feeling it was too shameful to stand there and watch.
But the entire Class 1 of Grade 10 was a group that didn't know the meaning of shame when it came to gossiping.
Shame? Could that be more unbearable than missing out on juicy gossip?
Gossiping was an important, indispensable attitude towards life.
Everyone watched with great interest, and Shi Li couldn't help but marvel inwardly, [Look at Principal Lu, playing around so wildly at his age]
Everyone: Couldn't agree more.
Principal Lu's wife hadn't censored the video, and some scenes were quite eye-watering.
Moreover, everyone soon discovered that there wasn't just one male lead in the video.
As the background in the video changed, another face appeared as the male protagonist.
There was no need to guess; this must be another teacher from Qianpu School. Shi Li found him somewhat familiar.
By this time, someone had already identified him, "That's the P.E. teacher from Class 3!"
[Wow, the principal really casts a wide net]
The Class Teacher, standing on the outskirts of the crowd, smiled slightly. The best defense is offense. With Principal Lu out of the picture, he naturally wouldn't pose a threat anymore.
One would think that with such a major incident happening at the school gate, the school administration should come out promptly to resolve it and handle public relations.
But even after three short videos had played outside the school gate, no one from the school had come out to address the situation.
It could be said that Principal Lu was lucky; the headmaster of Qianpu School was out of town for a meeting, not in Blue City.
The other vice principals of Qianpu were present and had heard about the incident early on.
The problem was that as fellow vice principals, they were competitors. At this moment, they all hoped the situation would become even more embarrassing and harder to resolve.
This way, if the old fox was lucky, he might be stuck in the position of vice principal for the rest of his career. If he was unlucky, he might be directly fired from the school.
If they could uncover other instances of his dereliction of duty, it wouldn't just be dismissal; he might even be handed over to the public security bureau.
With everyone harboring such thoughts, how could they possibly come forward to resolve the situation?
They all hoped it would escalate even further.
When the bell for the first self-study period rang, only Shi Li's classmates and a few students from other classes remained at the gate.
After the self-study bell rang, the security guards felt more confident in driving the remaining few back, "Class has already started, hurry up and go in."
"The Class Teacher will start taking attendance soon, be careful or they'll inform your parents."
Shi Li: [The Class Teacher is right behind us]
The Class Teacher felt deflated. This damned kid really didn't leave any face for him as a teacher. Fortunately, only the students from his own class could hear his thoughts. It was okay to lose face in front of his own students, but if students from other classes heard how his students were criticizing him, he would lose face in front of the whole school.
Everyone looked expectantly at the class monitor of Class 1. Receiving his classmates' hopeful gazes, the monitor had no choice but to look towards the Class Teacher.
Surprisingly, the Class Teacher seemed to understand the monitor's complex gaze: Don't forget who saved your ass yesterday.
One good turn deserves another. The monitor had indeed saved him yesterday, that was an undeniable fact.
The Class Teacher had to clear his throat and negotiate with the security guard, "Brother, I'm the teacher of Class 1, Grade 10, and these are my students. To prepare for the final exams, I've organized a relaxation session outside the school during self-study period. This way, they can better face the exams in a few days."
Security Guard: I may not be well-educated, but don't try to fool me.
If they wanted to get good grades, shouldn't they be studying more in the classroom? What kind of situation was this, relaxing outside the school?
Moreover, even if they were relaxing, shouldn't they go to a nicer place? It was minus ten degrees outside, a world of ice and snow. Did he really think this could help the students relax?
The security guard only said these things in his heart. Since the Class Teacher had spoken, he naturally wouldn't be so tactless as to argue.
He had no choice but to let these students stay, and the few students from other classes were lucky enough to be treated as part of the group, not driven into the school by the security guards.
A round figure could be seen jogging towards the school gate. With that characteristic layer of fat, it could be none other than Director Zhu.
