Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 105: A Great Responsibility Imposed by Heaven

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: A Great Responsibility Imposed by Heaven

Teacher Qian, after receiving an affirmative response from Cao Yong, became immersed in the troubles that family matters brought him.

After Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue left last time, they never returned to his house for tutoring again.

This was something he had anticipated. When he saw the two students standing at the door from afar, he already prepared himself for the end of their tutoring sessions.

But until now, Teacher Qian still couldn’t figure out what exactly had happened during that short period when he was away from home.

He asked Qian Duoduo, but she said she wasn’t in the living room either and didn’t know.

Zhen Yu and the other just said it was ’inconvenient to disturb,’ sealing their lips about the incident.

However, Mrs. Qian said a lot of unpleasant things that night, specifically pointing out that the two were in early romance.

Teacher Qian was half-convinced and argued with Mrs. Qian for a long time but couldn’t reach a conclusion; Mrs. Qian clung to the fact that they were holding hands.

For the sake of family harmony, from that day on, he stopped mentioning Zhen Yu’s name at home and privately advised Qian Duoduo not to mention it either.

Seeing this, Mrs. Qian, going along with the flow, also stopped bringing it up.

As time went by, the word ’Zhen Yu’ seemed to become a taboo topic in the Qian family.

But avoiding it is not a solution to the problem.

The fact that Teacher Qian doesn’t mention Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue at home doesn’t mean he can really ignore students being in early romance.

As a people’s teacher, if the two students, who are so outstanding, were indeed in early romance, Teacher Qian felt it his duty to guide them back onto the right path.

After all, early romance is not a trivial matter; it affects more than just academic performance.

Thus, Teacher Qian secretly commanded his daughter to keep a closer eye on Zhen Yu.

Qian Duoduo, having observed for a while, did not notice any signs of early romance in Zhen Yu.

Except for going to the restroom, she was practically glued to her chair! Her eyes glued to her books!

-

A few days ago, father and daughter once again secretly exchanged words, Qian Duoduo full of complaints.

Teacher Qian: "Really no abnormal behavior?"

"I don’t think so! My mom must be making it up!"

"Could it be possible that Zhen Yu is deliberately avoiding suspicion at school?"

"We’re at school all day long! There are teachers at school, aren’t there parents at home?!" Saying this, Qian Duoduo gave her dad a roll of her eyes.

"Hss... That’s also true haha!"

"You adults are always alarmed by any small thing and lack the most basic trust in us! If this continues, even if we aren’t in early romance, you’ll push us into it."

Hearing his daughter’s words, Teacher Qian’s feelings were mixed, and he remained silent for a long time.

But eventually, he reassured himself, it seems it was a misunderstanding.

He thought of advising his wife not to talk too much outside, but after pondering for a moment, he gave up.

It’s better not to mention it; bringing it up might backfire and his good intentions would lead to bad results.

-

On Wednesday morning, although he swapped classes with Teacher Cheng, Cao Yong was not in a hurry to go to the classroom.

He sat steadily in the office until ten minutes before the morning self-study was about to end, and then slowly stood up, taking his lesson plan towards the Junior High School First Class classroom.

After Qiao Xian had submitted the program list, the next step was to wait for Teacher Cao to confirm the time and organize the internal selection within the class.

Normally, such matters should be handled by the committee member for arts, but the class teacher specifically asked him to take charge—how could he refuse!

These past days, the resentful glances from the committee member for arts flashed through Qiao Xian’s mind, making him gently shake his head.

Dare not think, dare not think! Thinking would offend people...

The classmates who had signed up were all actively preparing their performances, and meanwhile, they were also inquiring about what others had reported.

Cao Yong pulled open the classroom door, and immediately his ears were filled with murmurs, most students were whispering quietly.

Those who stopped talking the moment they saw him were definitely discussing things unrelated to studies.

Those who saw him without panic, just paused and continued their conversation, were the ones discussing study-related issues.

Teacher Cao walked up to the podium, knocked on the desk with the lecture notes, usually meaning the teacher had something to say.

All the students immediately lifted their heads, maintaining absolute silence.

"Cough~ The school has added a new requirement for the singing competition, each class must have a recitation piece! At least one!"

Cao Yong paused here, originally planning to directly announce Zhen Yu’s mandatory participation, but for some reason, he changed his words at the last moment.

"Any language is allowed! I hope everyone enthusiastically signs up. Also, first period is Math, second period is Chinese."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bell for class dismissal rang.

Bell---

Cao Yong had nothing else to say, thus he simply announced, "Class dismissed."

Students who needed to use the bathroom went, and those who wanted to chat chatted, the classroom suddenly turned into a noisy mess.

-

No matter how the school’s requirements changed, Zhen Yu didn’t care.

After all, she didn’t want to participate in the competition, none of the performances mattered to her.

The studious ’Zhen Xiaoyu’ didn’t yet know what kind of challenge was awaiting her.

The Math class passed uneventfully, and after the bell rang for the next class, Cao Yong routinely threw a stack of ’secrets’ to Qiao Xian.

Qiao Xian, unsurprised, picked up the secrets, which were nothing but little math test papers, and distributed them to the top students in class.

Cao Yong, after standing up with his lecture notes, waved at Zhen Yu and called her, "Zhen Yu, come here for a moment."

Zhen Yu was just reaching out to take a small test paper passed by Qiao Xian. Hearing him, she looked up and met Cao Yong’s gaze, who then nodded at her.

It seemed she heard right, Zhen Yu stood up, quickly pressed the papers under her pencil box on the desk, and followed the homeroom teacher out of the classroom.

Cao Yong led Zhen Yu for a short distance forward, a little far from the classroom door, then stopped.

Turning around, Cao Yong directly said, "You do an English recitation."

"Ah?" Zhen Yu was astonished, her mouth wide enough to fit an egg.

She always thought she was just a spectator, but suddenly she was forcibly made to participate! And even the performance was decided!

Was this a great responsibility bestowed upon her by heaven?

"I," Zhen Yu, having swallowed a mouthful of cold air, tried to make a last-ditch struggle to ask if she could refuse.

But as soon as Teacher Cao saw her open her mouth, he immediately responded, "No!"

I haven’t even asked yet, okay! Why do you reject so quickly, darn it!

"...Alright."

Zhen Yu resigned face.

-

The disinterested Zhen Yu returned to the classroom dejectedly.

As soon as she sat down, Liu Ting grabbed her sleeve and asked, "What did Old Cao want with you?"

Zhen Yu turned her head, meeting Liu Ting’s eyes brimming with gossip, and groaned.

"Ow~~~~ he made me do an English recitation~~~"

"Ah? Oh~~~~ Well, it’s because your English is good! It’s right for you to be given a part in the performance!"

Liu Ting was initially surprised, but soon caught on and expressed strong approval of Cao Yong’s decision.

Zhen Yu didn’t receive love from her deskmate, not happy.