novelraw Chapter 1704 - 929: New Seats
Chapter 1704 - 929: New Seats
"Thirty-seven votes. There are fifty-four students in the class right now."
"Yu Wen got thirty-seven votes, which is already more than half, and each student can only vote once..."
Ma Shicheng: "The outcome’s decided."
He turned his head to look at Wang Longlong standing beside him. Wang Longlong’s expression didn’t change; he didn’t say a word.
Shan Qingrong frowned. The result of the election was completely beyond his expectations. Even as the homeroom teacher, he still couldn’t figure it out—how on earth did Yu Wen win?
’Yeah, why would everyone choose Yu Wen?’ Xin Youling couldn’t believe it. In terms of ability, seniority, approachability, in which of these was she not stronger than Yu Wen?
After hearing the result, Xin Youling just felt a buzzing in her head, and she actually felt a bit dizzy. She had lost everything.
Yu Wen looked at the former class monitor, the corners of her mouth slowly curling up: ’Victory and defeat are never on the board, but outside it!’
She asked, "Mr. Shan, I’m the class monitor from now on, right?"
As soon as she said this, before Xin Youling could object, one of the Four Golden Flowers, Wang Yan Yan, started squawking, "Are you kidding? You think you can be a good class monitor?"
Liu Chuandao chimed in, "Exactly, you’ve never even been a group leader before, have you?"
"Yeah, that’s right, that’s right!"
The students who hadn’t been bought off, driven by jealousy, all started heckling her, trying to embarrass her.
More and more people joined in the racket, trying to turn this election into a farce!
Yu Wen, originally full of confidence, stared at the chaos. Having never experienced a scene like this before, she actually looked a bit at a loss.
Xin Youling looked at this patch of chaos, and some of the pallor on her face faded: ’I haven’t lost yet!’
’Let it get messy. Messier! Even messier!’
When the time came, Xin Youling would step in before the homeroom teacher and gain control of the situation.
That would not only decide who was better, but who lived or died!
And right in the middle of this chaos, just when Yu Wen was unable to handle it and things were spinning out of control, a figure suddenly raised a textbook rolled up like a microphone.
The classroom instantly fell silent.
"The prejudice in people’s hearts is like a great mountain."
"Just because Yu Wen has never been a class monitor before, you’ve already decided she can’t be a good one? In this world, no one is born a general!"
Wang Longlong shouted to her, "Yu Wen, who are you?"
Yu Wen snapped to attention, solemnly: "I am the class monitor!"
Wang Longlong took the lead in clapping—"Pa pa pa!"
At the same time, the people Yu Wen had bought off came to their senses and started clapping for her. In an instant, the whole classroom thundered with applause.
Gong Jin in the back row stared, dumbfounded. ’Is the position of class monitor really that important?’
It actually made him a little excited.
The foreign exchange student beside him, Huang Xingyue, widened her blue eyes and, in clumsy Chinese, said, "The West says women in your country have very low status, so how come President Shao of Evergreen Liquid is a woman, and even your class monitor is a woman?"
Gong Jin glanced at the foreign girl; he had to admit, she did have quite the Foreign Realm flavor.
Because of his background, Gong Jin’s horizons weren’t bad. The year before last, the higher-ups had proposed the Belt and Road initiative, so in the next few years, the nation would be bringing technology to certain poor small countries, helping them upgrade their industries—and in the process, it could rake back an ocean of resources.
Huang Xingyue should be one of the ’vanguard’ sent by that small country.
’Yuzhou is really getting a lot of attention now. The textile industry and food processing perfectly match the industrial needs of those backward little countries, and the Huai River’s water transport connects rivers and seas—it’s the number one port for a thousand miles.’
And the small country Huang Xingyue was from had nearly twenty million people. With that many people, such a huge market, we’re talking at least several billion US Dollars.
’If this cooperation can be clinched... man, Yuzhou really is full of opportunities.’
In a brief moment, a slew of ideas flashed through his mind.
Wanting to show off, Gong Jin narrowed his eyes slightly. "That’s because you’ve been poisoned by Western media for too long. We have an old saying: ’Seeing is believing.’"
As soon as he finished, he noticed Huang Xingyue staring at him.
Gong Jin was puzzled. A throwaway line like that couldn’t possibly be that charming... Did his looks just happen to hit Huang Xingyue’s aesthetic sweet spot?
’Ah man, what am I supposed to do now...’
The next second, Huang Xingyue said, "I heard before that people from your country have slitty eyes, but I hadn’t seen any on the way here. Just now I finally saw them on your face. Can you perform it again?"
Gong Jin’s eyes flew wide. "No, that’s not it, I don’t have slitty eyes. Just now I was—was because I was happy. Yeah, I was really happy."
Huang Xingyue nodded. "So Chinese people only get slitty eyes when they’re happy."
Gong Jin: ’Fuck!’
...
Homeroom teacher Shan Qingrong knew the overall situation was decided. He announced, "From today on, Yu Wen will serve as our class monitor!"
Yu Wen cast a grateful look at Wang Longlong. If it weren’t for him, she would’ve had a hard time keeping the position.
After becoming class monitor, Yu Wen, like a proud hen, shot Xin Youling a sidelong glance and swaggered down from the podium.
Xin Youling stayed silent and also walked down from the podium, looking somewhat dazed and empty.
Seeing this, Guo Kunnan felt a stab in his heart. If he hadn’t recently used a secret move taught by Ma Shicheng to land himself a new girlfriend, he really would’ve gone wild "comfort-warming" the ex–class monitor for three days straight.
Shan Qingrong didn’t waste time and moved on to the next matter. "Next, everyone stand up and go outside to change seats!"
So a huge crowd of students swarmed out into the hallway.
The corridor was packed. Zhang Chi came to a stop in the crowd. Because he was slouching around carelessly, he accidentally stepped on the foreign exchange student Huang Xingyue’s shoe. He glanced at her and scolded, "Watch where you’re going next time, don’t walk next to me!"
Huang Xingyue looked at him and apologized, "Sorry..."
Dan Xiao pulled Zhang Chi to the side and whispered, "She’s a foreigner, man. Watch the image."