TSMVHATRM Chapter 107

Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 107: Preliminary Rounds Over, Back to School

After the preliminary rounds, the four students could only nod hesitantly upon returning to school.

Ding Qiang felt both annoyed and ashamed.

He participated in the Hua Cup competition to win honor for the school, but inexplicably received a written apology.

It was just that he returned to the hotel a little early; what was the big deal?

Nothing had happened to them.

Ding Qiang felt these teachers were making a mountain out of a molehill.

The other three who accompanied him hadn’t done anything wrong in class, and Ding Qiang, as a class leader, would definitely get a scolding if Ma Xiangdong knew about this, saying he hadn’t set a good example.

Ding Qiang was extremely unwilling to be criticized by Ma Xiangdong, and he figured that once he returned to school, he would pretend he had forgotten about writing the apology.

Tao Jing and the others weren’t teaching fifth grade, so they wouldn’t come looking for him personally.

Ding Qiang returned to the hotel dejectedly and had lunch. Tao Jing, Chen Juan, and the other team leaders then led the twenty-five students back together.

When Pei Tiantian saw Ding Qiang arrive, he was like a fighting little rooster, his voice echoing throughout the car when they were on their way to the competition.

On the way back, he looked like a wilted eggplant, not saying a word the entire way.

She couldn’t help but chuckle to herself with schadenfreude.

Serves him right; Ding Qiang was always so smug, he needed to be put down.

Otherwise, he’d think the whole world revolved around him.

However, Pei Tiantian also guessed that, given Ding Qiang’s personality, he’d most likely try to shirk responsibility and wouldn’t write that self-criticism.

He probably thought that Tao Jing and the other third-grade teachers wouldn’t personally go to the fifth-grade class to check on things.

Pei Tiantian’s grape-like eyes darted around.

That wouldn’t do; she wasn’t going to let them off so easily.

Tao Jing and the other teachers were sitting in the last row of the bus; the students were already asleep.

So Pei Tiantian walked over and sat on Tao Jing’s lap, whispering in her ear, “Godmother, I just heard Ding Qiang and the others say that you won’t be able to control them when they get back, and they won’t write any self-criticisms.”

Tao Jing narrowed her eyes slightly, then smiled, “Tiantian, what do you mean?”
“Next week, you and Teacher Chen can do a surprise check and ask our homeroom teacher if they’ve received any self-criticisms,” Pei Tiantian whispered.

Tao Jing pinched Pei Tiantian’s soft cheek, “Okay, but tell your godmother honestly, do you really dislike that Ding Qiang?”

“I do! He’s prone to intermittent bouts of erratic behavior, and he often gives me and Brother Gu Rong a hard time,”

Pei Tiantian pouted and said aggrievedly.

“Oh, I see. It seems Teacher Chen and I have to do a surprise check,”

Tao Jing nodded seriously.

Pei Tiantian chuckled contentedly, nestled in Tao Jing’s arms, and said in a childish voice, “Godmother, I knew you were the best to me.”

Tao Jing smiled gently.

After completing her task, Pei Tiantian returned to her seat from Tao Jing’s.

She saw Gu Rong turn his head, his eyes fixed on her.

He had seen everything Pei Tiantian had done.

He hadn’t expected that while everyone else was resting, this little bundle of joy was still up to mischief.

“Brother Gu Rong, let’s close our eyes and go to sleep, so we don’t get carsick later.”

Pei Tiantian stretched out her chubby little hand and covered Gu Rong’s eyes, feeling his eyelashes like two tiny fans scratching her palm.

Pei Tiantian withdrew her hand, staring at Gu Rong’s eyelashes with considerable envy.

How could the villain’s eyelashes be so long, so thick and dense, like he was wearing false eyelashes?

And the villain’s nose was so straight; Pei Tiantian suddenly felt that the villain was getting more and more handsome.

His once thin and sunken cheeks had now filled out, and his originally dark and yellowish face was gradually becoming rosy and fair.

Combined with his already delicate features…

No matter how Pei Tiantian looked at him, the villainous boss was already a handsome, cold-faced young man.

Gu Rong noticed that Pei Tiantian was staring at him intently, his eyes filled with a question that seemed to ask, “Why are you staring at me?”

Pei Tiantian moved closer and whispered in his ear, “Brother Gu Rong, you’re so handsome, I want to touch you.”

She then affectionately rubbed her cheek against Gu Rong’s face and giggled.

Gu Rong: “…”

He noticed several awakened students looking at them with surprised eyes.

Gu Rong’s ears instantly turned bright red, and he turned his head towards the window, closing his eyes and refusing to look at Pei Tiantian.

Pei Tiantian leaned closer and saw that Gu Rong’s eyes were closed, so she stopped teasing him and leaned back in her chair to sleep.

When they arrived in town, it was around six or seven in the evening. The school had already notified parents to pick up their children at the school gate.

So Tao Jing and Chen Juan left only after handing each student over to their parents.

Zhou Wanhong came to pick up Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong. She had waited for them at the school gate after work.

On the way home, Zhou Wanhong kept asking them how the exam went and whether the questions were difficult.

“Auntie, don’t worry, Gu Rong and I are aiming for the first prize in the finals. This preliminary round was very easy!”

Zhou Wanhong smiled at the little girl’s confidence.

Back at the Pei family home, Pei Tiantian recounted her exam experience in the city.

“Tiantian, since you think you did well, how many points do you estimate you’ll get?” Wang Ruizhen asked.

“Grandma, if nothing unexpected happens, Gu Rong and I should both get full marks,” Pei Tiantian said proudly.

“When will the results be released?”

“Teacher Ma said the results will be out in a week.”

Everyone in the Pei family nodded in agreement.

They now had a somewhat blind trust in Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong.

Even though the official exam results weren’t out yet, they naturally assumed that their family already had two perfect scorers.

On Monday, when school started, Ma Xiangdong called Ding Qiang, Pei Tiantian, and Gu Rong to his office to inquire about their exam results.

Gu Rong wrote “Not bad” on a piece of paper.

Pei Tiantian, naturally more modest in front of outsiders, said, “I should be able to make it to the finals.”

Ding Qiang said, “Teacher Ma, I discussed it with people from other classes, and we found two controversial questions.”

He then told Ma Xiangdong about the two controversial questions.

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiangdong had a feeling something was wrong. These weren’t controversial questions at all.

It was clear that Ding Qiang had miscalculated them.

Ma Xiangdong immediately asked Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong to explain their solutions to the two questions.

Pei Tiantian briefly explained how she did it.

Ma Xiangdong nodded in satisfaction and looked at Ding Qiang, “Did you hear her clearly?”

“Yes, I heard her clearly,” Ding Qiang said, on the verge of tears, his heart aching like it was bleeding.

It’s over, he got both of those questions wrong, and twenty points are gone.

“By the way, the answer choices for the multiple-choice questions have changed. The answer was originally in option C, but it was moved to option A during the exam. Did you three read the questions carefully? Did you avoid falling into any traps?” Ma Xiangdong said.