Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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At this moment, someone tried to ease the tension by jokingly saying, “Look on the bright side, thankfully we’re already in our second year of high school. School rules dictate that the marching team and cheerleaders are selected from the first year. If we were in our first year for this spring sports meet, we’d be crying! Just think about all the rehearsals we had to do every day…”
His words were immediately met with a rebuttal: “Would we definitely have been selected in our first year?”
These people vaguely felt that Yan Han was looking at them the same way, but since he didn’t say anything, they couldn’t retaliate.
Now, someone had just walked right into their trap, and the whole group exploded.
The student wasn’t the only one refuting this argument. After all, they were all students from a good class, each with comprehensive and meticulous thinking. This group could come from all sides, arguing in various creative ways:
“Yeah, even if it were the sports meet in first grade, the school wouldn’t come to Class 9 to select students. There are so many students outside; if they insisted on choosing our class, it would be like the teacher had lost their mind.”
The tone of the last speaker couldn’t hide the arrogance of being a Class 9 student.
The student who had tried to liven things up earlier fell silent.
Unlike some of the “natives” who had always been in Class 9, he had only been admitted this semester.
His starting point wasn’t high, so he subconsciously thought that if the sports meet had happened in their first year, he might be forced to practice group exercises every day now. He blurted it out without thinking, not expecting to be met with the contempt of the original Class 9 residents…
The student sighed inwardly, blaming himself for being so talkative.
But just then, Yan Han, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, asking, “Who thinks that good students don’t have to participate in the sports meet?”
While he remained silent, the other students could still chatter amongst themselves, but his voice, though not loud, seemed to drown out all the others.
Their complaints about the school and criticisms of the student from before were collectively interrupted.
As Yan Han spoke, a slight upward curve to his lips made it look like a smile— a wicked and arrogant one.
After reverting to his original gender, he had cut his hair even shorter, but he looked even more energetic.
His fair skin accentuated his bright, captivating eyes, which, while smiling in harmony with his overall expression, also radiated a wild, mocking, and sadistic arrogance.
He swept his gaze around them, and wherever it passed, everyone automatically fell silent.
With the surroundings quieting down, Yan Han also found some peace and quiet.
He had merely inquired about how to register for the sports meet, and these people acted as if their sore spots had been touched, looking at him with strange eyes and making sarcastic remarks…
Yan Han didn’t know why.
And he didn’t care.
But being too aggressive would inevitably provoke the older brother’s displeasure. Yan Han had never been a good-tempered person, and he no longer needed to suppress his true nature; he wouldn’t be polite to these people.
He spoke to them seriously, word by word, “What you said is all correct, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to register for the sports meet. If I register but my skills aren’t up to par, the school can choose not to let me participate, but who says that good students can’t do sports? Studying and sports are not contradictory at all.”
Everyone: “…”
The other students thought to themselves, of course they’re not contradictory; this Yan Han is a good fighter.
As for why they were creating an unspoken rule that students in good classes should disdain participating in the sports meet?
It’s because most of the students here weren’t good at sports.
When you can’t do something yourself, you subconsciously doubt that others can either; this is human nature, and everyone has varying degrees of jealousy.
But the best class in the whole school was like a giant vat of jealousy, where it kept fermenting.
As the top students, the school’s pride and joy, they couldn’t tolerate having something they couldn’t do, so they labelled everyone who studied there but wanted to sign up for sports as a cult.
It was just an attempt to stifle others’ talents.
But jealousy was still jealousy; everyone knows their thinking is wrong, and this awareness makes their self-constructed comfort zones incredibly fragile.
So when Yan Han bluntly pointed out their mistakes, everyone who had just mocked him and was so arrogant felt a little embarrassed.
Just then, near the end of class, Lin Jianlu, who had gone out to run errands during self-study, returned.
Seeing him return, the others who were about to continue arguing with Yan Han fell silent.
Lin Jianlu didn’t know what had happened in the class, but he vaguely sensed from the expressions of the others that the atmosphere was tense, and the target seemed to be Yan Han, who sat in the back row of the classroom.
Realizing something, he didn’t stop and went straight back to his seat, placing a piece of paper in front of Yan Han.
“What’s this?” Yan Han asked.
Lin Jianlu replied, “The school is currently selecting athletes. This is the application form. Take a look and see which event you want to participate in.”
“Oh ho, didn’t they say they don’t give application forms to Class 9? Where did you get this?” Yan Han couldn’t help but take the paper and examine it closely.
Lin Jianlu, like he was showing off a treasure, smiled, “I just passed by the PE teachers’ offices on my way to the administration building, so I got one for you.”
The others: “…”
Especially those who had spoken earlier, after hearing the conversation between the two, became even more embarrassed.
—The school wouldn’t come to Class 9 to promote the sports meet, and even on the day of the sports meet, the requirements for Class 9 students would be very lenient. This was probably an unspoken rule, a special treatment for top students like them.
People were spoiled, and because this habit had been tacitly accepted and accepted by the school for many years, these people were so arrogant, enjoying the school’s preferential treatment while wanting more, and confidently stating that Class 9 shouldn’t take the sports meet seriously.
But how come… Lin Jianlu, who symbolized the behavioral benchmark, was actually siding with Yan Han?
Isn’t he a top student? I heard he’s good at basketball, but he probably doesn’t have any special talents in other sports, right?
Even if the two are good friends… doesn’t he still represent the academic faction?!
On the other hand, the boy sitting in front of Yan Han, who was the one who initially explained things to him, was even more innocent. He couldn’t help but ask Lin Jianlu, “Hasn’t the school always tacitly agreed that our class doesn’t participate in these kinds of competitions…?”
“The school doesn’t force anyone to sign up for athlete selection,” Lin Jianlu explained to him in a very official tone and attitude, “but it won’t prevent any interested student from signing up.”
Finally, he added, “Actually, this is a good thing to bring honor to the school. There’s nothing wrong with loving sports; anyone interested can sign up.”
The phrase “bring honor to the school” was enough to shut everyone up.
Getting good grades was bringing honor to the school, and participating in the sports meet was too.
It’s not that the students in Class 9 are superior.
In terms of academics, no one can compare to Lin Jianlu, and the students in Class 9 were convinced of that. Therefore, Lin Jianlu’s words carried particular weight.
His implication was clear— the school never said that the students in Class 9 only needed to focus on studying; this rule was added by the students themselves.
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