Chapter 737: Answer
Translator: CKtalon
Tai City’s No. 1 Senior High School, Grade 12, Class 5.
Jiang Baimian sat in her seat and watched her classmates laughing and joking around her. However, she couldn’t seem to blend in. It was as if she was in a world that only had her; she felt stifled.
At this moment, she had the urge to cover her ears and scream in the classroom.
She had self-control and didn’t let her urges become a reality. She stood up and planned on finding a place to breathe some fresh air.
As for where she was going, she had yet to figure it out. She only felt uncomfortable staying in the classroom.
After arriving at the corridor, Jiang Baimian’s gaze swept across the students chatting and laughing as they leaned against the railings. She swept her gaze across the people chasing after each other and bantering from time to time and felt that this wasn’t the place she wanted to stay.
Where should I go? She hesitated.
Soon, a place flashed across her mind: Rooftop.
Before starting Grade 12, she still had time to watch television dramas and read novels during weekends. And in stories with schools, regardless of whether one was the main character, they would go to the rooftop for a breather from time to time.
Of course, before she had this urge today, Jiang Baimian felt that it was all cooked up by novels. Who would go to the rooftop at a normal school?
The principal would definitely get people to guard the area tightly and prevent students from going to such a dangerous place!
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Baimian strode toward the stairwell.
At this moment, she saw her deskmate, Chen Shenshen, walking over. She had just finished using the bathroom.
Although she didn’t consider her deskmate to be a good friend or a bestie, they had been sitting together for almost a year. They still chatted a little every day, and her relationship with her was better compared to the other classmates.
In other words, if Chen Shenshen saw her, she would definitely ask where she was going. She didn’t want anyone in her class to know that she planned on going to the rooftop to enjoy the breeze.
Should I say that I’m going to the bathroom? Maybe I should skip the rooftop? Jiang Baimian hesitated.
At this moment, the two male students chasing each other in the corridor slipped and fell to the ground. Chen Shenshen heard the commotion and turned her head to watch this scene. She first checked if the sorry fellow was injured before laughing until she couldn’t straighten her back after confirming that nothing had happened.
Upon seeing that she had completely ignored her, Jiang Baimian heaved a sigh of relief and quickened her pace, walking past Chen Shenshen’s back. She went straight to the stairwell and went up.
As she walked, Jiang Baimian realized that her form teacher was walking down the stairs.
Two Grade 12 Class 10 students walked behind him, each carrying a stack of workbooks.
Jiang Baimian couldn’t help but frown. She wasn’t surprised by this encounter at all because her form teacher was also a physics teacher for Grade 12 Class 10. She was worried that her form teacher would ask why she was walking upstairs for no reason once she saw her.
As the top seeded candidate of the class and an outstanding student with great competitiveness in the cohort, Jiang Baimian was inevitably thought of highly by her form teacher and even the teachers of the various subjects.
Being quiet and reserved, she wouldn’t leave her class for no special reason, and her form teacher attached great importance to a student’s mental health.
Jiang Baimian had second thoughts again when she suddenly heard a crashing sound. She saw that the two students behind the form teacher didn’t seem to have neatly stacked the homework.
At this moment, their flailing hands were useless; all they could do was watch the books scatter all over the stairs.
They hurriedly bent down to pick the homework up.
Jiang Baimian’s form teacher didn’t choose to stand by and watch. She also bent her back and tried to pick up a few workbooks by her feet.
Jiang Baimian retracted her gaze and walked past them without causing a stir.
Afraid of encountering someone she knew again, she walked faster. Before long, she arrived on the sixth floor.
Beyond that was the door to the rooftop.
As she swept her gaze, Jiang Baimian saw a roguish figure walking over.
He was a very famous delinquent in school. His name was Deng Tong, and he committed all kinds of crimes such as fighting. If not for his family’s connections, he would’ve long been expelled.
“Let’s head to the rooftop to get some air!” Deng Tong shouted at the classroom closest to the stairwell.
Inside were his bunch of riffraff.
Jiang Baimian stopped walking. She didn’t want to share a deserted rooftop with such a delinquent.
This was a person’s most basic instinct for self-preservation or to avoid harm.
For a moment, Jiang Baimian’s depression worsened. Why am I so unlucky today? I just want to go to the rooftop to enjoy the breeze, but I keep encountering so many things!
Just as she was about to turn around and return to her class, a blackboard eraser flew out of the nearest classroom’s door and smashed into Deng Tong’s face, making him see stars and dizzy.
“Who is it? Who the f*ck threw it at me!?” Deng Tong roared as he recovered slightly and rushed into the classroom.
It immediately became chaotic.
Jiang Baimian flipped her wrist and looked at her watch. She realized that there were only five minutes left before class started.
She was certain that Deng Tong didn’t have time to enjoy the breeze on the rooftop before class started.
She only planned on taking three minutes of fresh air on the rooftop. From the looks of it, it was unlikely that she would encounter the likes of Deng Tong.
Jiang Baimian heaved a sigh of relief and jogged to the door that led to the rooftop—its lock had been broken.
Jiang Baimian tried to open the door and walk to the rooftop. As the cold wind blew, she felt much more refreshed and less down.
When she identified her bearings, she was surprised to see a student—a sloppy male—standing by the parapet facing the school gates.
Du Shaochong… Jiang Baimian knew him and knew that he was a classmate with a contradictory reputation.
His grades were clearly very good, and he could sometimes threaten her ranking. He was also very sporty—he was good at everything, be it running, long jumping, street dancing, or basketball. However, he didn’t look like a good student at all; he always hung out with Deng Tong and the others. It was said that he even participated in gang fights.