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Chapter 353 - 6 Strange Family

Chapter 353: Chapter 6 Strange Family

Frankly, she felt that calling the roll again was quite a foolish act; there were only seven people, and she could see them all clearly with a sweep of her eyes. This wasn’t a school, so why bother with another roll call?

However, since it was a special request from the Qin family, she had no choice but to comply.

Following the same order as before, she began with the first name: "Qin Bosheng."

The pale-faced boy slightly turned his head towards Lin Sunzhu and said, "Present."

Seeing his pale lips, Lin Sunzhu couldn’t help but want to advise him to drink more water, even doubting whether he was anemic.

During class earlier, Qin Bosheng had also been quiet and had spoken very few times.

"Qin Yujuan."

"Present."

"Qin Liqun."

"Present," Qin Liqun said while pushing his glasses up. His voice still carried that listless tone, making it hard to imagine that he was the same person who had reprimanded her several times during class, telling her "Don’t space out, Teacher."

"Qin Qingji."

"Present."

Qin Qingji was the most enthusiastic and obviously the smartest person in the class. At least, that’s how it appeared on the surface.

"Qin Mi."

"Present!"

Next was Qin Lanting.

At that moment, she still looked somewhat listless, but when she heard her name, she responded with "Present."

Seeing her condition, Lin Sunzhu thought she really should see a doctor.

"Hmm, Qin Shenluo."

The last person, a boy whose face screamed ’strangers keep out.’ During the class, he had only taken notes from beginning to end, not uttering another word. To be honest, Lin Sunzhu felt that if he were to play a villain in a movie, he wouldn’t need any makeup at all.

"Present."

With his "Present," the roll call ended. Lin Sunzhu announced the class was over.

"Teacher Lin," Qin Qingji spoke up, "there are still thirty-two seconds before class ends. We can’t leave until the time is up."

Huh?

Lin Sunzhu had never encountered a situation where, after the teacher had announced the end of class, a student pointed out that it was not yet over and chose to stay until the last second!

Is it really necessary to be so dogmatic? Besides, Qin Lanting was clearly not feeling well; wouldn’t it be better to end class early and let her see the family doctor here?

Lin Sunzhu said, "Okay, that’s fine."

As the countdown ended and thirty-two seconds passed, all seven individuals stood up in unison.

Their synchronized movements gave the impression of a military barracks, which was quite shocking to Lin Sunzhu.

Once the seven children had left, Xiaoju and the other servants entered the room.

Among them was Akang.

"Teacher Lin, please give me the attendance list," Akang said. "You’ve called the roll as instructed, haven’t you?"

"Yes, of course," Lin Sunzhu replied.

She handed the attendance list to Akang and said, "Well, Qin Lanting seemed to be feeling unwell during class... I let her rest her head on the desk while listening."

"Oh, it’s fine," Akang was unconcerned. "As long as she attends class here. Nothing else matters."

"You have a family doctor, right? Please have them check on her."

"Thank you for your concern, Teacher Lin. But you need not worry about this. We will have the doctor tend to her."

Lin Sunzhu felt a bit uncomfortable inside. They seemed more concerned about whether the children attended class than their health. Wasn’t that a bit excessive? Now that she thought about it, the stress these children were under was probably not any less than the children who attended school regularly.

"Teacher Lin, you should go and rest now. You have a geography class this afternoon, please make sure to be on time," Akang reminded.

"Okay, I know."

After leaving the room, those few children had all left. At this moment, she noticed not far away a curly-haired man in a suit leaning against the wall, looking at his cell phone.

As Lin Sunzhu approached, the man in the suit turned his head and looked at her, saying, "You must be the new history teacher, right?"

"Yes, that’s correct. My name’s Lin Sunzhu. ’Lin’ as in forest, ’Sun’ with the grass radical over ’zi’ which means grandchild, and ’zhu’ as in bamboo."

"Hello, I’m Chen Peian, the English teacher here."

"Oh, hello..."

Chen Peian sized up Lin Sunzhu and said, "I didn’t expect a new tutor to be recruited so soon."

"Did the previous teachers of history and geography resign at the same time?"

"I’m not very sure, as those two teachers suddenly resigned," said Chen Peian. "I have a class in fifteen minutes, so I’m going to prepare for that now."

"Yes, alright then. Teacher Chen, I will be going now."

"Okay."

Turning around a corridor, she suddenly saw Qin Qingji walking towards her.

"Teacher Lin," Qin Qingji nodded slightly towards her, "I’m heading back to class now."

"Isn’t it a bit early?"

"It’s fine, I don’t really have anything else to do."

"Oh, okay then."

Just as Qin Qingji passed her, she couldn’t help herself and said to Qin Qingji, "Umm, are you... siblings?"

But Qin Qingji replied, "Teacher Lin, you should be aware that you can’t engage with us privately outside of class, right?"

"Yes, that’s true..."

"In that case, adhere to your code of conduct. You have your own class in the afternoon."

"Okay, I got it."

Qin Qingji’s words left Lin Sunzhu feeling quite embarrassed.

Back in her room, she started preparing the presentation for her afternoon class.

However, the strange atmosphere in the household made her feel increasingly uneasy and curious.

Does the English teacher truly not know the reason behind the previous two teachers’ resignations?

And why did Qin Lanting warn her against continuing as a home tutor?

At lunchtime, her meal was promptly delivered to her room.

With the day’s sunlight fairly bright, she sat by the window, looking at the outside view while eating her meal.

At this time, she saw Qin Qingji walking a dog in the courtyard.

The morning classes should have just ended.

Watching Qin Qingji walk the dog, she suddenly noticed a servant passing by him.

After brushing past Qin Qingji, the servant suddenly froze in place, not moving.

He stood there stiffly and then collapsed to the ground!

Qin Qingji did not turn his head from beginning to end, as if he hadn’t heard anything. At that moment, the surrounding servants immediately rushed over from all directions, lifting the fallen servant and carrying him into another villa.

Stunned by this scene, Lin Sunzhu froze.

What’s going on? Hypoglycemia? Heart attack?

Qin Qingji should have heard the noise when the person collapsed. Even if he didn’t, with so many servants crowding around, he should have realized something happened—at least to turn around and take a look, right?

But from start to end, he just kept walking the dog, moving forward...

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