The person who reprimanded Chu Bai was a male invigilator, who also taught physical education to the senior year students. Although there were hardly any real PE classes in the senior year, Chu Bai still knew the name of this PE teacher. His name was Xin Liangcai.

“Teacher Xin, I just had a muscle spasm on my face, so I made a face. I’m sorry,” Chu Bai immediately admitted his mistake. Chu Bai had just looked at the list of invigilators for each subject and knew that Xin Liangcai would be supervising all the exams in this examination room. Offending Xin Liangcai would definitely be disadvantageous for him, especially since Chu Bai planned to cheat by looking at others’ answers, which meant his gaze would inevitably wander.

“Listen to the listening test carefully!” Xin Liangcai sternly warned but didn’t say anything further.

“Yes, yes!” Chu Bai nodded obediently, looking like a model student, but in his heart, he was cursing Xin Liangcai. Just a lousy PE teacher, no culture at all, all muscles and no brains, clearly a simple-minded guy!

After a while, the English listening test ended, and the students left the examination room in an orderly manner. Once most of the students had left, Xin Liangcai also prepared to leave. Just as he stepped out of the examination room, he ran into Song Zhenyu. It seemed that Song Zhenyu was also one of the invigilators on this floor.

Xin Liangcai was delighted and was about to greet Song Zhenyu, but suddenly held back and quickly walked away, as if avoiding a plague. Finally reaching the first floor, Xin Liangcai breathed a sigh of relief.

“Teacher Xin.” Suddenly, a student’s voice greeted him from the side. Xin Liangcai turned his head and was almost scared out of his wits.

“Wang… Wang Haoran, is there something you need?” Xin Liangcai’s face twitched a few times, and he spoke with a trembling voice.

“Nothing much, I just had a sudden urge to chat with you, Teacher Xin,” Wang Haoran smiled and walked ahead. Xin Liangcai had no choice but to follow.

Before long, the two arrived at the playground.

“I haven’t bothered Teacher Song again. When I ran into her just now, I didn’t even dare to say hello. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Teacher Song. Please let me off,” Xin Liangcai couldn’t help but speak first.

Seeing Xin Liangcai’s reaction, Wang Haoran found it amusing. “Teacher Xin, I understand. Don’t worry, I’m not here to talk about that.”

After calming Xin Liangcai’s nerves, Wang Haoran got straight to the point. “I know you’re one of the invigilators. In the examination room you’re supervising, there’s a student named Chu Bai, right?”

“Yes, yes, just now in the examination room, he was looking around, and I even scolded him,” Xin Liangcai nodded.

“Looking around, huh?” Wang Haoran chuckled to himself, understanding that Chu Bai was familiarizing himself with the examination environment to facilitate cheating. “When you’re invigilating, make sure to keep a close eye on this Chu Bai. Don’t let him look around, not even once!”

“Okay, I’ll keep a close watch on him,” Xin Liangcai nodded vigorously, agreeing immediately. As an invigilator, keeping an eye on just one student was an incredibly simple task.

Wang Haoran asked for Xin Liangcai’s WeChat and then transferred 50,000 yuan to him.

“Wang… Wang Shao, what is this for?” Xin Liangcai was a bit confused.

“This is just half. You’ll get the other half once the task is done. But if you fail to keep an eye on Chu Bai, you’ll bear the consequences!” Wang Haoran issued a stern warning. Preventing Chu Bai from cheating was too important, and he didn’t want any mishaps. If Xin Liangcai only agreed verbally but didn’t follow through, it would be problematic. Thus, he offered Xin Liangcai some benefits along with a warning. Xin Liangcai would surely comply. After all, this task wasn’t against Xin Liangcai’s conscience or morals. He just needed to exercise his rights as an invigilator.

“Rest assured, I’ll do exactly as you say, Wang Shao!” Xin Liangcai eagerly confirmed the receipt on his phone, his face full of joy.

…

Evening self-study time arrived. Tomorrow was the mock exam, and the school’s bell schedule had been adjusted in advance. Although it was time for evening self-study, there was no class bell. Some classes in the senior year department were still engaging in free activities, while others were under the supervision of their homeroom teachers, attending evening self-study as usual.

Unfortunately, Wang Haoran’s class belonged to the latter. At this moment, Song Zhenyu was sitting at the lectern, writing her lesson plan while keeping an eye on the students. Outside the classroom, there was a cacophony of students playing around. Gradually, singing could be heard from some classes, suggesting that some homeroom teachers were organizing activities.

After the singing, applause followed. The noise outside was too loud, making it impossible to have a quiet evening self-study. Even Song Zhenyu couldn’t concentrate and eventually relented, saying, “Alright, alright, tomorrow is the mock exam. I can’t let you be too tense. You can have some free time to relax.”

“Long live Teacher Song!”

“Teacher Song is wise!”

Cheers erupted in the classroom.

“Keep it down a bit, and don’t run around outside. You can learn from other classes and organize some activities, something artistic,” Song Zhenyu didn’t want the students to get too wild.

“How about singing? Teacher Song, you can start us off.”

“That’s a great idea!”

…

The students started to clamor.

The classroom had a multimedia computer for teaching, equipped with a microphone. Singing was indeed a good idea.

“Singing is fine, but I won’t sing. You guys sing, and I’ll applaud for you,” Song Zhenyu quickly waved her hand. She had a loud voice and usually relied on shouting when singing. It was fine to sing in front of friends, but doing so in front of students would be too embarrassing.

Since Song Zhenyu refused, the students couldn’t force her. So, they shifted their focus.

“Let’s have the class monitor sing!”

Someone shouted.

“No, no, I can’t either. I’m the class monitor, not the arts committee member. I can’t sing,” Xu Muyan also refused.

“Where’s the arts committee member?”

Everyone turned their gaze to Wang Haoran. Yes, he was the arts committee member.

Being the center of attention, Wang Haoran wasn’t nervous at all; in fact, he was a bit delighted. He had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

“Wang Haoran!”

“Wang Haoran!”

Before Wang Haoran could speak, a chorus of girls’ voices called out his name. As the school heartthrob, Wang Haoran had many admirers. The thought of him singing made them incredibly excited.

“Just because he’s handsome doesn’t mean he can sing well. Such shallow women, making a fuss,” Chu Bai scoffed. He refused to believe that Wang Haoran could sing.