Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The soundproofing of the office was good, but it could not be used for ventilation. Therefore, the window on the wall near the corridor had been opened a small slit. Although the people inside the room could not hear clearly what was said outside, they could still hear some of it. It could then be integrated into sentences that were easy for people to understand.
“I’ve been so busy this morning that I forgot to tell you this. Lin Jianlu’s intelligence level is different from others. You don’t have to worry about what he does in class as long as it doesn’t affect class discipline.” The grade director’s voice was vague.
The class teacher tried to defend herself: “I know he is different from others, so I just asked him to take notes, but he immediately contradicted me…”
“Oh, why are you arguing with him?” Hearing her tone, the grade teacher immediately became anxious. She had always had such a fiery temper, and Yan Han had heard about it.
Just listen to her as she said: “This problem has been reported by students before. I told you a long time ago that different students need to be trained in different ways. If you can’t stand others not using your method, I think you should consider whether you are able to handle being the class teacher?”
“Yes…” In front of others, she became more aggressive, but in front of the head teacher outside, she was out of power, so she agreed.
“I didn’t expect that Lin Jianlu would suddenly transfer to study science. Originally, this matter should not be publicized, but his previous teachers knew about it. Let me tell you something…”
What were they talking about? There was suddenly no sound from outside.
Yan Han was still listening with his ears pricked up, but he didn’t know whether they noticed that the small window was still open or that what she wanted to say was too confidential, but the normal conversation automatically turned into a whisper, and he couldn’t hear it anymore.
He suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he turned to look at Lin Jianlu and found that Lin’s expression was still indifferent, but his overall temperament seemed… colder?
He didn’t know why, but Yan Han automatically thought of a sentence when he turned to look at him.
——It’s cold at high places.
He blinked and carefully recalled the conversation he had just heard. Although the voice outside was not loud and many of the contents were pieced together in his mind, even he could do it, let alone Lin Jianlu.
The grade teacher outside said that Lin Jianlu was special and wanted the head teacher not to argue with him.
There was certainly no malice in this.
Even in his opinion, Lin Jianlu’s specialness was a good thing. If given the chance, who wouldn’t want to have a superior IQ?
But it might not be a good idea for this kind of thing to happen to the person concerned and for him to hear it with his own ears?
After all, he was being treated as an alien… and presumably, no matter how well-protected Lin Jianlu was since he was a child, he should have heard this kind of thing often.
Thinking of this, Yan Han suddenly raised his hand and touched Lin Jianlu’s naturally drooping hand with his fingers.
Just touch it once and it’s gone.
It only took three seconds, he counted.
But this was enough to make Lin Jianlu turn his head and look at him with questioning eyes.
Yan Han swallowed dryly. In fact, he was not very good at comforting others, especially since no one had started this matter yet. The person involved had been silent and did not tell him his bitterness. He didn’t know how to say it.
But Lin Jianlu was still looking at him and waiting for him to speak.
With no other choice, Yan Han could only use the same method of changing the subject that had never changed for thousands of years. He tried his best to look at him with admiration and asked him in a low voice: “Do you usually have a photographic memory? So you don’t need to take notes?
“I don’t forget it.” Lin Jianlu said, “But I don’t take notes because I’m lazy.”
Yan Han: “…”
OK, he had nothing more to say.
Thinking about the many phonetic symbols and Chinese translations in his English books, from various aspects he was the one who should be comforted!
Even so, Lin Jianlu’s lips still raised slightly.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Han felt that his hand was touched without leaving any trace.
It should have been touched by someone’s fingers. It was a bit hard and cold, and it also left at the touch of a finger.
He turned to look at Lin Jianlu again.
Lin Jianlu was still looking at him.
The distance between the two people and the way they stared at each other made the elder brother, who had not thought about it for a long time, inevitably feel a little shaken.
Especially since the face of classmate Lin Jianlu was a bit handsome.
Even though he only regarded him as a brother, Yan Han couldn’t help but feel like a deer was running in his heart right now.
…It hit him so hard that his heart almost jumped out of his chest!
Unable to bear it anymore, Yan Han licked his dry lips and asked, “What are you doing?”
“Thank you.”
“Huh?”
“For saying that I didn’t sleep.”
“Ah…” Yan Han suddenly realized, “Hey, it’s such a small thing…”
After a while, the bell rang, indicating the official start of the lunch break. It was like thousands of troops rushing past outside, and the quiet teaching building immediately became bustling with people.
The conversation between the grade director and the head teacher was obviously not over yet.
The two people who suddenly got closer looked at each other and were thinking about what to do now. When they saw the office door being pushed open again, the head teacher said with a very unnatural expression: “You two go to eat first.”
Her tone had softened.
It was just that she didn’t want to mention what happened just now.
So this matter was considered over?
What did the grade director say to her? So much so that her face was livid and her expression was stiff, but she didn’t look at the two of them again.
Doubts were doubts. Considering Lin Jianlu’s mood, Yan Han didn’t ask.
When the two of them came out of the office, Lin Jianlu said to him, “Let’s go eat together.”
“Ah, okay.”
Yan Han didn’t have the idea of having lunch with his friends every day and returning home with his arms around him. The concept of living in the dormitory didn’t mean that he didn’t care about other people, it was just that he was used to being alone.
So he agreed to go to lunch with Lin Jianlu, and the two of them prepared to go downstairs when they saw Wen Juerong and Qin Siyu coming to see him, they didn’t even realize what was going on in Wen Juerong’s appraising eyes.
“Brother Yan, are you two going to do something bad secretly behind our backs?”
“What bad thing?” Yan Han asked, not understanding.
“Oh, please don’t make trouble.” Qin Siyu was even more serious than Wen Juerong. She asked Yan Han: “The teacher didn’t make things difficult for you, right?”
Yan Han said: “No.”
In the end, the head teacher was inexplicably called out and criticized… However, given that what just happened in the office was too weird and involved some privacy of classmate Lin Jianlu, Yan Han didn’t explain much and just left it vague.
A group of people arrived at the cafeteria, and Lin Jianlu naturally ate with them on the first floor. Several people found a window where there were few people and lined up for food.
The rice at the windows on the first and second floors of their cafeteria was charged at the rate of per tael. Although the aunts had the same standard when serving rice, it was not accurate. It could be said that it depended on their mood, but the aunts were very kind and would generally not give less. When they met a classmate who seemed to be able to eat, they would be friendly and give more. The students would not care about the price of a few cents per tael and deliberately asked for less when swiping their cards.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the canteen had always been pleasant.
This time Yan Han also asked for three taels of rice.
He had an outstanding appearance and was the type that was easy to notice and unforgettable. Especially when seeing rice, his smile was many times brighter than usual. The aunts all liked him, so despite considering that a girl may not be able to eat so much, they couldn’t help but give him more.
This time Yan Han also found an empty seat with a plate of white rice.
He did not sit down immediately. There were many people in the cafeteria at the moment. If he sat down, Wen Juerong would probably not be able to find him.
But he still felt a little nervous.
Although he had put that charming plan on hold, this was his first time eating with Lin Jianlu. Wen Juerong and the others were already used to it, but he wondered if Lin Jianlu would have any thoughts after seeing his appetite….
The fact was that Lin Jianlu walked over with a plate and placed his plate opposite Yan Han with a very calm expression. He made no other movements, not even an eyelash trembled in particular.
It didn’t seem like anything was unusual at all.
Yan Han looked at Lin Jianlu nervously and discreetly, but Lin Jianlu only raised his head, glanced at him and said, “You can sit down first.”
At this time, Wen Juerong and Qin Siyu also came back from collecting the dishes, and Wen Juerong had something in his mouth as he muttered: “Brother Yan and Big Brother Lin are too conspicuous standing together, hahaha. I spotted you two at a glance!”
“Go, stop patting the horses.” Yan Han followed his usual way of rolling his eyes and took the lead to sit down.
While several people were eating, Wen Juerong asked, “I’m going back to the dormitory later. Will you go back with me?”
“Why are you going back to the dormitory?” Yan Han asked.
Students were not allowed to go back to the school dormitory easily during the day unless there were special circumstances, and they needed to get a leave note from the teacher.
And Wen Juerong’s leave note was given early in the morning, because –
“Isn’t the first class in the afternoon a swimming class? I put my new swimming trunks in the dormitory and haven’t taken them out yet. Didn’t I just see the class schedule after the classes? Who knew that the swimming class of Class 14 is on Monday…”
Yan Han: “…”
Yan Han couldn’t hear clearly what Wen Juerong said later.
There were only three big words in his mind right now – swimming lessons!
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