Chapter 74: Scolding (Part 1)

  Even for third-year junior high school graduates, the school is not only strict in learning but also in discipline. Those who are late or leave early and wear slippers will be severely punished.

  Qiao An Yu Liang was strict with herself about her external attire and absolutely did not violate the school's regulations. However, it was inevitable that there would be times when she made mistakes.

  "Ding ding ding......" The alarm clock, which had been turned off multiple times by someone who was still fast asleep, rang for the nth time. Qiao Anyu casually stuffed it under her pillow and covered herself with the quilt to continue sleeping soundly. Today is Sunday, so she could sleep in a bit later.

  Before long, she suddenly came to herself. No, today was Sunday, but because of the Labor Day holiday, classes during the holiday were rescheduled for today! She grabbed her alarm clock from under the pillow and took a look, almost fainting - it was already 8 o'clock.

  The school stipulates that the morning reading starts at 7:00, and the first class officially begins at 7:30. It takes ten minutes to walk from home to school, and one class is forty-five minutes long, which means I was late for a whole class!

  She couldn't help but let out a loud gasp, jumping out of bed in one swift motion. She changed her clothes, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and put on her shoes, all within five minutes. The house was quiet, as her mom wasn't working today and hadn't even started making breakfast yet. Even if there had been breakfast ready, she wouldn't have had time to eat it anyway.

  When she rushed to school, she still had a lucky mentality. The first and second classes were math classes, hoping that the teacher hadn't discovered her tardiness yet, so she could sneak into the classroom during the break when the teacher went to the office to rest. Moreover, the math teacher was understanding and wouldn't make things difficult for her. She thought everything was under her control.

  She arrived two minutes early at the school gate and waited for the bell to ring before rushing to the classroom. But as soon as she entered the classroom, she was stunned to find that today was a major inspection day, where students' attendance, dress code, and discipline were being checked, and it just so happened that Qiao An's class was the one being inspected.

  Before the end of the first class, the director of the discipline office had personally checked each student one by one, not letting a single person off. Shu Zimo was already standing outside the classroom door as punishment for wearing slippers to class; two other classmates were also caught red-handed for looking at and talking during class, and they stood in line with Shu Zimo, waiting to be punished. Unaware of what was happening, Qiao Anyu walked by him with her backpack on when he suddenly said to her: "Woman, if you don't want to die, pretend to be sick."

  She thought it was just another one of Shu Zimo's tricks, and ignored him. As soon as she walked into the classroom, the director of the discipline office was staring at her with a cold expression, as if he had been waiting for her alone in their class. The math teacher had a helpless expression on his face, accompanied by the head teachers of each class. The whole class looked at this proud girl in silence, about to be scolded by the director of the discipline office in a stormy manner. The style of "the deeper the love, the stricter the blame" was already well-known to everyone from their seniors, but they had not yet seen it with their own eyes.

  "Qiao Anyu, tell me your reason for being late. Or you can make one up to deceive me."

  "Hmm... uh... I..." Qiao Anyu's words got stuck in her throat, she was filled with grievances. From elementary school to now, this is the first time she has been late, and it just so happens to be on the eve of graduation, ruining the good impression she had built up in front of her teachers all these years. A sense of resentment rose up in her heart, but being late for one class wasn't a big deal, why did they have to make such a fuss about it? Good students aren't saints, they can make mistakes too.