Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 287 - 238 Her Family Background Is Very Good

Chapter 287: Chapter 238: Her Family Background Is Very Good

Chapter 287 -238: Her Family Background Is Very Good

“Don’t dodge!”

“Go claw her!”

“We want to see something simple and brutal!”

The onlookers, far from shying away from the commotion, were shouting wave after wave, with the atmosphere running high.

However, Cui Yu seemed to have wised up and, faced with Pang Jiao’s tiger pounce, he decisively chose to avoid her sharp attack.

His repeated dodging greatly disappointed everyone.

What everyone wanted to see was a passionate fight, not a game of cat and mouse.

Dong Qingfeng shouted excitedly:

“Cui Yu, you’re not a man!”

“If you were a man, you’d face her head-on. What skill is there in hiding and crouching!”

Several times, he thought he was about to witness a climactic showdown, but Cui Yu dodged again, much to his frustration.

Dong Qingfeng had taken time out of his precious studying schedule to come and watch the battle, but what was this nonsense?

If it weren’t for the environment not allowing it, he would’ve wanted to step in himself, push Cui Yu aside, and personally take on Pang Jiao.

The emotions of the onlookers were similarly intense, perhaps even more so than Cui Yu and Pang Jiao at the center of the match.

Excitement wafted through the playground.

Jiang Ning sat on the edge of the stone platform, quietly watching the scene of the match.

Xue Yuantong thought for a moment and then walked up to the stage from the other side of the stairs.

Her small hands were on Jiang Ning’s shoulders as she watched the match from her higher vantage point.

‘Finally, I can see it.’ Xue Yuantong felt content.

The pain in her stomach seemed to lessen as her attention was diverted.

Almost all the students were immersed in the competition between Cui Yu and Pang Jiao, no longer affected by anything external.

And just as the crowd was boiling with excitement, a figure quietly approached the playground.

Director Wang from the security department of Fourth Middle School looked at the gathering on the playground with a heavy expression.

Could this be a group fight?

At the thought, Director Wang quickened his pace.

The voices from the crowd became clearer.

“A rare attack there, Pang Jiao faints to the left but pounces to the right, very dangerous!”

“Cui Yu is very light on his feet, quickly widening the gap. Beautiful! So beautiful!”

Upon hearing this, Director Wang immediately questioned loudly:

“What are you doing?”

Director Wang’s voice was deep and powerful, like a tiger roaring in the mountains, instantly drowning out the noise around.

Wang Longlong, who had been commentating passionately, suddenly choked on his words.

He hurriedly looked outside the crowd, and not just him, other students also turned to look.

Seeing Director Wang’s face, everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.

They were very aware of Director Wang’s strictness; unlike other teachers, he really would discipline the students.

Some had even seen Director Wang kick students, hitting them hard.

“What are you doing?” Director Wang asked again.

People fell silent, not daring to speak, and the scene became awkward for a moment.

Director Wang couldn’t get a coherent answer; his stern gaze turned to Cui Yu and Pang Jiao.

“Tell me, what were you two doing just now?”

Cui Yu shivered inside. He could muster up the courage to fight with Pang Jiao because, however tough she was, she was just a student at the end of the day.

But Director Wang’s authority was above any student, not just students, but even more formidable than class heads!

How could Cui Yu dare to speak up?

As for Pang Jiao, she didn’t fear Director Wang, but faced with his stern demeanor, she also did not dare to speak for a while.

Moreover, getting caught fighting in school, with so many witnesses, could lead to discipline. Pang Jiao had dreams of going to a big city, attending a good university, and giving those handsome fellows a chance to chase her.

If she admitted to fighting now, her future could be placed on hold.

Seeing that no one was responding, Director Wang scanned the crowd, his expression shifted, and he said sternly:

“Fighting, is it? You’ve all grown bold, haven’t you.”

He stepped forward, walking into the crowd.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, if things continued to escalate, their entire class would suffer the consequences.

Wang Longlong thought quickly for an excuse, and then, he had an idea.

Like the brave commentator he was just before, he stepped forward determinedly and shouted:

“Director Wang, I know what they were doing!”

At these words, everyone present turned their gaze from Wang Longlong to Director Wang.

Director Wang turned around, looking straight at him.

Dan Kaiquan and the others were anxious, their looks turning to Ma Shicheng.

Ma Shicheng made a reassuring hand gesture; he didn’t know what Longlong had come up with, but based on Longlong’s past practices, he was sure to steer the situation in a favorable direction.

Wang Longlong quickly said, “Misunderstanding, Director Wang, you’ve got it wrong!”

“We heard that the sports day for Fourth Middle School is coming up, and to achieve good results, we were specially training here!”

“This is our classmate Cui Yu, and this is Pang Jiao; they’re preparing to sign up for the 5000-meter race and came to the playground to practice in advance.”

“Director Wang, you teach the sports students; you know that before running, it’s good to warm up and stretch to avoid knee injuries.”

“Just now, our two classmates were stretching.”

Wang Longlong explained at length to clear the suspicion that they were fighting.

Director Wang did not quite believe him when he heard this. Stretching that draws such a crowd clearly looked like a fight!

Director Wang continued: “What exactly were you doing? Tell me the truth.”

After Wang Longlong’s hint, Cui Yu immediately caught on.

“Report, Director, just now Pang Jiao and I were indeed stretching. If you don’t believe me, ask everyone!”

Ma Shicheng called out, “I can testify, they were warming up.”

Dan Kaiquan eagerly shouted, “Warming up, it was warming up, Director Wang, I’m a student, and I’m telling the complete truth.”

“Yeah, it can’t get any truer than that,” added Meng Gui to help out.

They had just finished speaking on their side when Wang Yan Yan and Zhang Yifei on the other side said the same, settling the matter of running as a warm-up exercise.

Director Wang: “Okay, okay, okay!”

He pointed at the group of students, whose words were now very unified, making it difficult for him to classify the situation as fighting.

But did they think he was out of options?

Director Wang laughed, “Alright, so it’s warm-up, is it?”

Cui Yu hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, that’s right, it’s just warm-up.”

“Are you warmed up now?” Director Wang asked.

“Hahaha, we’re warmed up already,” Cui Yu expressed, relieved as the situation had calmed down.

Director Wang’s expression turned stern, his tone firm:

“All warmed up, right? Now go and run five thousand meters for me. I’ll be watching you two run, and you can’t be one meter short.”

Cui Yu, mouth agape, could hardly believe it: “What?”

“You too, get going.” Director Wang said, “You can also choose not to run, and instead I’ll talk to the academic affairs office about this.”

Director Wang took the two to the track, put the whistle that hung around his neck into his mouth, and shouted:

“One, two, three, start—run!”

Cui Yu and Pang Jiao took off running.

The remaining students, watching the pair run on the track, looked at each other in bewilderment.

Someone whispered, “Should we go back to the classroom?”

Dong Qingfeng: “We’re already here.”

“Let’s just keep watching,” someone suggested.

Lin Zida said to Dan Kaiquan, “Bro, are those bottles of Cola I bet still on? I’m still betting on the guy to win.”

Dan Kaiquan looked at the two figures running on the field. When it came to fighting, Pang Jiao would crush Cui Yu, but as for running, it seemed Cui Yu would easily outpace Pang Jiao!

He was tempted to back out, but having called his bros to witness, if he reneged now, he’d lose face to all of Class 1.

Dan Kaiquan was also planning to make a splash at the sports meeting to catch Bai Yuxia’s attention. He couldn’t afford to tarnish his reputation.

Dan Kaiquan gritted his teeth: “It counts!”

By this time, some students had already returned to their classrooms, yet a considerable number remained on the field, watching.

Guys like Song Sheng, Miao Zhe, and Wu Xiaoqi, who had past grievances with Pang Jiao, were waiting to see him embarrass himself—why would they leave so quickly?

Some students, in search of better seats to watch, began to move closer to the speaker’s platform.

Xue Yuantong was no longer leaning on Jiang Ning’s shoulder. It wasn’t noticeable before when no one was looking their way, but now, with students coming over and the strict Director Wang around, it wouldn’t be appropriate to continue.

Xue Yuantong, enduring the pain, sat down next to Jiang Ning.

Li Shi had been keeping an eye on Jiang Ning. Earlier, when there was a crowd around, it wasn’t easy for her to approach.

Now that the crowd had dispersed, she moved closer to the speaker’s platform, intending to find out more about Xue Yuantong.

After all, she didn’t have much to talk about with Jiang Ning. It would be better to start with Xue Yuantong to get some indirect insight into Jiang Ning and inquire about any relationship he might have with Ding Shuyan.

“Brother Nan, Brother Nan, look at that girl, she’s really tall,” Dan Kaiquan signaled.

However, everyone’s attention was not as swift as Dong Qingfeng’s.

From the moment Cui Yu and Miao Zhe started fighting, he had noticed this girl. Now that they had stopped fighting, his purpose for staying here was to see if he could chat with her some more.

Li Shi was dressed in a Chanel-style jacket with wide-legged pants and printed sneakers. As she walked, especially her legs, she drew people’s gaze.

Xue Yuantong noticed too. She looked down at her own short legs and couldn’t help but feel a little inferior. But within less than a second, Xue Yuantong began to look for her own strengths.

It wasn’t long before she stopped worrying.

Li Shi was confident and never shy. She arrived at the speaker’s platform and sat beside Xue Yuantong.

First, she watched the two running on the field.

As Li Shi observed Pang Jiao’s build, she felt that Director Wang’s punishment, in some sense, was actually beneficial for him.

Afterward, she started looking for a topic to talk to Xue Yuantong about:

“Are they from your class?”

“Yes,” Xue Yuantong replied briefly.

“Oh, did they used to fight in class?” Li Shi asked.

Xue Yuantong answered truthfully, “I’m not too sure, I don’t really pay attention to those things.”

Li Shi nodded in understanding. Of course, someone like Xue Yuantong who was the top student of the grade probably spent all her time studying, just like the other high-achievers in her class, with only studies on their minds.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve such results.

Li Shi wasn’t impressed by the fact that Xue Yuantong was the top student, but she did have a higher regard for someone who could put their heart into studying.

“Are you a boarding student?” Li Shi asked.

“I’m not a boarder.” Xue Yuantong couldn’t possibly be a boarder; she couldn’t sleep in a room with people she wasn’t familiar with.

Li Shi nodded, “Mm, how do you come to school usually?”

She needed to get to know Xue Yuantong better, of course starting with questions, finding common ground, and thus initiating a conversation. It wasn’t as if she could instantly become close friends with Xue Yuantong.

“How do I get to school?”

Xue Yuantong glanced at Jiang Ning and said indifferently, “I’m picked up by a driver.”

Li Shi: “Mm?”

That nonchalant confidence from Xue Yuantong gave Li Shi a sense of a quality not usual for children from ordinary families.

It seemed she had been looking at things in a narrow light. Xue Yuantong, achieving first place in the city and leading by dozens of points—however you looked at it, her family conditions must be good.

Li Shi’s impression of Xue Yuantong improved a few notches, and since both of them came from ‘wealthy’ families, common topics of conversation would undoubtedly be easier to find.

She said, “The restaurants at Four Middle School’s gate aren’t that good. Lately, I’ve been going into the city for dinner. There are a couple of private restaurants there that are quite good, even better than the cooking by my family’s chef.”

“And you? Where do you usually have dinner?” Li Shi inquired.

Considering for a moment, Xue Yuantong said, “Before, I used to have someone bring it over.”

“Now, I just go home to eat.”

Li Shi responded, “Not bad.”

Jiang Ning glanced at Xue Yuantong, watching her boast.

He picked up his phone, checking it;

Shan Qingrong: “Be careful on your way, let Xue Yuantong have some rest. I’ve approved the leave for tomorrow morning’s self-study.” freёwebnoѵel.com

“After you get home, remember to send me a message.”

Jiang Ning replied, “Okay, we’re leaving now.”

He had requested leave from the homeroom teacher after learning that Xue Yuantong wasn’t feeling well, so there was no need to attend evening self-study.