Volume One: Our Own League 156: Old Xu, did you sneak a sip of someone else's milk?

Xu He really did not expect that he would turn out to be the only student in the entire school to score full marks on the composition.

This was far too unexpected.

Originally, he had no intention of participating in this National High School New Concept Composition Competition, but now it seemed it would be difficult for him not to enter.

Teacher Xia Yu must have already mentioned the matter in the student-parent chat group, and his dear mother would certainly have learned about it long ago. She must be ecstatic and will undoubtedly force him to participate in the rematch of the New Concept Composition Competition.

Xu He suddenly rested his chin in both hands, staring somewhat helplessly at Xia Yu on the stage.

At this moment, he truly had no heart to keep listening. How much football-playing time would going to this New Concept Composition Competition waste for him? Would this affect his training in the school team? Would this affect his position in the school team in the future?

Xu He's thoughts drifted far and wide, soaring beyond the clouds, to the point that he didn't even hear clearly the composition Xia Yu was reading aloud.

Watching Xu He like this, Lin Xinya flared her delicate nostrils, stiffened her pretty face, and flames of anger blazed within her large eyes.

"Could my composition be so appalling and unworthy of your ears? Humph!"

Lin Xinya was very angry; she felt that Xu He was far too arrogant to look down on her and disdain her writing.

Clenching her slender fists tightly, she swore inwardly in her heart: "Next time, I will definitely win against you!"

Li Jie suddenly reached out and poked Xu He, startling him out of his daydream. Xu He turned his head and stared at Li Jie in confusion, having no clue about the situation.

Li Jie immediately curled his lip and cast a sideways glance to signal Xu He. Understanding the hint, Xu He slightly turned his head and happened to see Lin Xinya staring at him with an angry gaze. Noticing that she was caught, Lin Xinya let out a cold snort, turned her head straight away, and ignored Xu He completely.

Xu He was somewhat bewildered. What kind of situation was this?

Xu He said in a low voice, "What did I do to her? I don't think I provoked her, right?"

Li Jie shrugged slightly, indicating that he had no idea either.

After a short while, Li Jie said, "Maybe women are just this strange!"

Xu He turned his head to look at Lin Xinya, completely baffled, and muttered after a moment, "Inexplicable!"

Then, Xu He turned back to continue his studies attentively.

By this time, Xia Yu had finished reading Lin Xinya's composition, critiqued it by pointing out its shortcomings and flaws, while also affirming Lin Xinya's phrasing and praising her writing as quite good.

After that, Xia Yu began reading Yang Juan's composition.

Seeing Xu He suddenly start listening attentively to Yang Juan's composition, and recalling how Xu He had just ignored her own piece, anger flared even more intensely in Lin Xinya's heart, and the eyes glaring at Xu He were almost spitting fire.

Livid with rage, Lin Xinya thought to herself, "Xu He, you go too far!"

Feeling that sharp gaze, Xu He rolled his eyes fiercely and thought, "Inexplicable!"

This distraction caused Xu He to miss most of Zhou Zheng's composition that Xia Yu read afterward; he didn't take in a single word.

However, this shouldn't affect his studies, as the session was primarily a review of the compositions and contained no new knowledge points.

Suddenly, the class-ending bell rang.

Xia Yu had just finished explaining Zhou Zheng's composition. He looked up at the students below and said, "Alright, I will conclude today's lesson here. Take some time after class to think about and review today's material. I will be assigning a new composition topic soon, and I hope all of you have improved through today's class and won't let me down, understood?"

Xu He and the others immediately shouted in unison, "Understood!"

Watching the restless students eager to get moving beneath the podium, Xia Yu smiled knowingly and said, "Alright, I know you can't wait to go out and play. Class dismissed!"

Yang Juan immediately shouted, "Stand up!"

All the students in the class stood up, bowing while shouting in unison, "Goodbye, teacher!"

Xia Yu packed up his teaching materials, nodded slightly to the students, and said, "Goodbye, students!"

With that, Xia Yu picked up his materials and walked out of the classroom.

Seeing Xia Yu leave the classroom, Xu He immediately stood up, wanting to rush out of the classroom and head straight to the playground. They wanted to ask Muyang why he had quit the school team selection halfway through.

Just as Xu He stood up and extended his right leg into the aisle, a sharp pain suddenly surged from the instep of his right foot. It made him knit his brows tightly and cry out, "Ouch!"

Xu He immediately looked down to see that a foot was stepping right on the instep of his right foot.

Looking up instantly, he identified the owner of that foot—Lin Xinya. Ignoring Xu He, Lin Xinya let out a haughty, cold snort, stomped down viciously on his right instep one more time, and then dashed out of the classroom before he could react.

The pain was so intense that Xu He could barely make a sound.

He stared at Lin Xinya's retreating figure with utter bewilderment and extreme fury, his heart burning with anger. What on earth was Lin Xinya playing at? Had he, Xu He, ever provoked her?

Watching Lin Xinya strut away, Xu He, with his anger having nowhere to vent, roared fiercely, "Crazy woman!"

Fortunately, Lin Xinya had already walked far away and couldn't hear him; otherwise, who knew what further losses Xu He might have suffered.

Li Jie came over to Xu He's side, scrutinizing him up and down with curious eyes for a good while before saying, "Damn, Old Xu, what did you do to Lin Xinya? Why did she deal you such a heavy blow?"

With an unnamed fire burning in his chest and nowhere to vent it, hearing this made Xu He burst out furiously, "Ghost knows!"

Li Jie stared at Xu He and said, "You didn't secretly drink her yogurt, did you?"

Xu He immediately turned his head to glare fiercely at Li Jie, shouting angrily, "Ghosts drink her yogurt! You know as well as anyone that your lord here never drinks those things; your lord only drinks purified water!"

Xu He knew that Lin Xinya loved drinking yogurt very much. Every morning when she came to class, there would always be three or four cartons of yogurt on her desk—her ration for the entire morning. Once, when Lin Xinya's yogurt was stolen, she buried her face in her desk and cried for a long time, alerting the head teacher and turning the whole class upside down, making it difficult for everyone.

From this, one could tell how much Lin Xinya loved drinking yogurt.

Today, for the young lady to fly into such a massive rage, it really was possible that her yogurt had gone missing. She might even have suspected that her yogurt was stolen and drunk by Xu He, which was why she treated him this way.

Xu He felt truly helpless. He didn't even like drinking such things, so would he go back and steal a young girl's milk to drink? People really did judge others through the crack of a door and underestimate them!

Li Jie pinched his chin, assuming the posture of Sherlock Holmes, and murmured, "Hmm, what you say makes sense. This case definitely wasn't your doing; there must be a hidden story behind this. Ren Fang, what do you think?"

Xu He gave Li Jie's head a fierce push and snapped ungraciously, "Stop messing around. Can't you see your lord is annoyed right now?"

Li Jie chuckled and said, "I was just joking to cheer you up."

Xu He rolled his eyes directly at Li Jie. Is that how you cheer people up? Does your mother know about this?

Xu He couldn't even be bothered to argue with Li Jie.

Sighing, Xu He said, "Forget it, I won't bother with these messy things. We better hurry to the playground; the whole-school assembly is about to start. If we don't go quickly, Old Zhang definitely won't let us off easy."

Li Jie nodded slightly; their head teacher Zhang Jun indeed dealt out heavy punishments to latecomers.

After all, the assembly was conducted in front of the entire school, and if someone were to arrive late, wouldn't that be a disgraceful spectacle in front of the whole school? Naturally, Zhang Jun did not want such a thing to happen.

Xu He immediately cast Lin Xinya's matter to the back of his mind. He and Li Jie sprinted out of the classroom and dashed toward the playground. When they arrived at the playground, it was already packed with people. Yet, it was not chaotic in the least; everyone was lined up in rows according to grade and class, maintaining great order.

Seeing this situation, Xu He sighed inwardly, "We came late after all!"

Originally, he had wanted to use this time to properly question Muyang, but it seemed there was no time left now. He would just have to wait until the whole-school assembly ended before going to find Muyang for clarification.

Xu He and Li Jie quickly located their class's position, ran over, and slotted themselves into the queue. The moment they stepped into line, their head teacher's sharp gaze drifted over, sending a chill down the backs of both boys. That gaze was truly terrifying and possessed immense deterrent power.

Zhang Jun stared fixedly at the two of them for nearly a full minute before saying, "Stand properly, we were just waiting for the two of you. Next time, move faster and don't make the whole class wait for the few of you, understood?"

Zhang Jun's words were still quite severe, but fortunately, he didn't pursue the matter further, merely giving Xu He and Li Jie a mild reprimand. Perhaps it was because they hadn't technically been late that they managed to escape disaster.

Even so, the two of them were scared out of their wits.

Zhang Jun's gaze was truly piercing, and their head teacher was the type of person whose majesty required no anger. Usually, even if he didn't speak and just stood in front of you, you wouldn't dare meet his eyes directly, having already lost your nerve by three parts.

Perhaps this was the majesty of a special-grade teacher.

Xu He and Li Jie quickly walked into their class's formation, stood properly, and waited for today's whole-school assembly to begin.

Standing in line, Xu He searched for Muyang's figure, looking very carefully. However, he did not see Muyang anywhere. His heart was filled with doubts—what was going on? Did Muyang not come to class today? Or was Muyang standing in a blind spot of his vision, so he couldn't see him?

Xu He frowned slightly and thought to himself, "It really isn't easy to catch a glimpse of you, Muyang!"

Since he couldn't find him now, he would stop searching for the moment and wait until the all-school assembly concluded to find Muyang and ask him directly.

Right at that moment, all the school leaders took the stage, and today's all-school assembly began.

First, the person in charge from the previous week gave a summary of the past week, pointing out problems, praising areas where things went well, and looking forward to the future. Then, the person in charge for the current week took the stage to speak, kicking off directly with, "I'll just say a few brief words..."

Xu He rolled his eyes fiercely: "Oh my god, can you guys change your opening line? You really treat us like fools; these 'few brief words' of yours are anything but brief!"

These "few brief words" went on for over twenty minutes straight. Not only could the students no longer stand steadily, but even the other leaders on the stage were starting to look sleepy. This fellow's speech had clearly gone off the rails and was far too long.

Yet, the speaker clearly hadn't realized this problem, continuing his passionate speech and arranging some work items for the following week. Finally, he emphasized the school's safety issues, urging all students to follow the rules and mind their safety.

This speaker had truly covered all the bases; one could tell he had prepared for a very, very long time.

Next, several of the school's vice principals took the stage one by one to briefly say a few words, and the last to take the stage was Principal Wang Jingkai.