Volume 2 Chapter 59: Lin Lin, the Master Planner!
The art competition was basically over. Even though the results weren’t out yet, the girl still felt quite confident.
Ahem, actually, it was more like this. The drawing had already been handed in, and thinking too much about whether she would win a prize would only make her feel worse. So she simply hypnotized herself, ‘I’ll definitely win, I’ll definitely win, I’ll definitely win.’
Anyway, if she didn’t win… she’d just turn into a stick figure.
And then she’d go settle the score with Gao Liang. Hmph—
All in all, no matter what, Lin Lin was pretty satisfied with her performance in this art competition. At the very least, she did way better than Han Kui, right?
That person had talked big about humiliating her in this competition, but in the end, she got pushed out during the preliminaries by her. Sigh~
She really wondered what her reaction would be when she came back to school.
With that mindset, the next day, the girl happily skipped her way to school. As soon as she walked into the classroom, she immediately looked toward the seat next to the podium.
But… uh…
That person wasn’t there?
Looking at the empty seat, Lin Lin blinked.
Hey, it couldn’t be that bad, right? That would be kind of boring.
The look of anticipation on her face slowly turned into disappointment. Suddenly, she felt like her whole school life was becoming dull. After thinking about it, she could only sit back down at her seat, feeling annoyed, with her bag on her back.
Actually, when Gao Liang first saw Lin Lin enter the classroom, he was pretty happy. But then…
Hey, why was she looking at Han Kui’s seat first?
And she even looked disappointed when she didn’t see her.
She didn’t even react when she saw me, even though I helped her so much this time!
“Good morning, Lin Lin.”
Gao Liang spoke cautiously. But Lin Lin suddenly lay down on the desk without saying a word, completely giving up. Gao Liang could only helplessly rub her head.
Both of them felt a bit hurt.
After a while, Lin Lin finally “came back to life.” She turned her head, looked at Gao Liang’s face, and softly asked,
“Gao Liang, what classes do we have today?”
“Well, actually, there’s a school activity today, so there are no classes,” Gao Liang answered, which made her freeze for a moment.
No classes?
There’s such a good thing?
She was stunned for a second. After Gao Liang nodded to confirm, he explained,
“The school is holding a class handwritten poster activity. Every class has to spend time today making a poster, then put it up outside the classroom for display. Teacher Zhu mentioned it the day before yesterday.”
“Yes!” The girl nodded happily.
Nice. She had just been worrying that after taking a day off yesterday for the competition, she’d have to jump straight back into classes today and wouldn’t be able to adapt. And now the school had arranged an activity like this.
That’s really great~
She nodded with satisfaction. For a top school to actually cancel classes for an activity like this, it was probably for some special anniversary or event. Either way, even though it was rare, it was worth praising.
Hehe, since it was a class activity, and she had just come back from a competition, slacking off a bit was totally reasonable, right?
Heh heh heh~
So Lin Lin lay back down again. Listening to the noise of her classmates, she found that she couldn’t fall asleep for a while.
The atmosphere of the activity was really lively… but she really wanted to sleep. Yawn—
Before long, the arrival of their homeroom teacher, Teacher Zhu, broke the noise in the classroom. Even though there were no classes today, the students still instinctively kept quieter in front of their homeroom teacher.
Teacher Zhu looked around the class, nodded, then carried a box of watercolor pens and a stack of paper provided by the school up to the podium. She set them down, cleared her throat twice, and said,
“Ahem. Students, do you remember today’s activity? The class handwritten poster. Let’s try to finish it this morning and put it up in the afternoon. The whole school is off today, so students from other classes may come to see our work. In short, this represents our class’s image, so we must do it well!”
“Yes—!”
The students all responded loudly. Teacher Zhu nodded in satisfaction and then pointed at the desk.
“Anyone who needs tools, come here and take them. Everyone must take part. Even though today is a day off, you are not allowed to leave the school. No slacking off. Even if you don’t know how to draw anything, go walk around other classes and steal—uh, borrow—their ideas. Got it?”
“Got it—!”
“Mm~”
After finishing her instructions, just as everyone thought that was it and was about to break up and keep playing, Teacher Zhu suddenly swept her gaze across the classroom and stopped on the little one who had been lowering her head and dozing off the whole time.
Lin Lin happened to lift her head and glanced toward the podium, mainly to check whether the teacher had left. As a result, their eyes met.
Oh… oh no.
The moment she realized the teacher was looking at her, a bad feeling rose in Lin Lin’s heart. And sure enough, her feeling was right. She was about to suffer.
Teacher Zhu suddenly smiled with a playful look and directly asked,
“Lin Lin, how did you do in yesterday’s art competition?”
“Ah… um…”
Lin Lin sucked in a breath, feeling that something was very wrong. For a moment, she didn’t even know how to answer.
So, when in doubt, she said, “It was… okay.”
“‘Okay,’ huh~? Then it seems you did pretty well~” Teacher Zhu smiled.
Hey, wait, that’s not right! Before, when I said “okay,” didn’t you always say, “If it’s ‘okay,’ that means you didn’t do well,”?!
How did it suddenly turn into “did pretty well” now?!
Lin Lin hurriedly waved her hands. She had already guessed what Teacher Zhu was about to arrange for her.
She really couldn’t handle it!
This was revenge for her taking a day off to go to the competition yesterday!
“Ahem. Alright then, in that case, we’ll have Lin Lin, who just participated in the art competition, organize our class’s handwritten poster work. Today, all matters will follow Lin Lin’s arrangements. Lin Lin, I’ll leave the planning to you!”
“Ah—Teacher, I-I-I… I can’t do this!”
Lin Lin jumped up and waved her hands wildly. Teacher Zhu nodded as if she understood, then added “considerately”.
“Then, Gao Liang, you’ll be Lin Lin’s assistant. Help her more! Mm-hmm, alright! I have a meeting, so you can get started!”
Teacher Zhu smiled and leisurely left the classroom, leaving Lin Lin standing there awkwardly. Then, the entire class’s expectant gazes fell onto her.
Uh oh…
“I heard the school is also ranking the classes for this activity, Lin Lin. Good luck~”
Gao Liang reminded her at just the right moment. Lin Lin turned her head, puffed up her cheeks, looking a bit wronged.
After a while, under her rival’s barely held-back smile, the girl helplessly turned back and finally accepted reality.
“Um, anyway… everyone who wants to draw for the poster, please first draw a few drafts that match the theme on your own…”