Chapter 139: Have you heard that sound too

Chapter 139

The class monitor suspected he had misheard, or that his classmates were discussing something else entirely.

But he was certain he had heard the phrase "seducing the teacher's wife," and wondered if he had somehow heard Shi Li's inner thoughts.

He turned to look at the students from other classes, unable to hide the shock on his face.

If only one person had reacted this way, he could have called it a coincidence.

But when students from two different classes all had the same reaction, it was hard to dismiss as mere chance.

The Principal had just been lecturing about the importance of ethics class, and there was no reason for everyone to be shocked by that topic.

So there could only be one explanation!

He quickly shared his theory in the small group chat, and discreetly probed a classmate from Class 2 next to him: "Hey, did you also hear that female voice talking about seducing the teacher's wife just now?"

The other student gave him a "are you stupid?" look and replied, "I'm not deaf, of course I heard it."

Class monitor: [bitter smile emoji]

At this moment, he didn't have time to be shocked about the "seducing the teacher's wife" gossip, and rushed to share this major news with his classmates.

Just then, he saw a message in the group chat that was truly ear-splitting.

Someone said: [Look at the Principal's face, isn't it turning green?]

Class monitor: ???

The Principal had stopped his opening remarks on "why students need to study ethics" as soon as Shi Li's voice had faded.

His eyes seemed to be shooting fire as he glared down at Shuizhi in the audience.

An ominous feeling rose in the class monitor's heart - the Principal's face did seem to have a greenish tint.

Sitting in the front row, Shuizhi felt the teacher's gaze on him. Though he didn't know why the Principal had stopped speaking, he still smiled and nodded respectfully.

Shuizhi was secretly delighted; from the teacher's actions, he could see that his status in the Principal's heart was far above that of the secretary.

It seemed his promotion to a permanent position was just around the corner.

"Xiao Zhi, did you hear anyone talking in the audience during the lecture just now?" the Principal asked.

Of course Shuizhi hadn't heard anything; his ears had been filled with the sound of the Principal's lecture.

He thought the teacher wanted to know about his prestige among the students.

So he flattered him, saying, "Of course not. You're the pillar of our school - how could any student dare to chat during your lecture?"

He didn't hear it?

Logically, sitting in the audience and being younger, he should have heard it more clearly than the Principal himself.

Yet now he was saying he hadn't heard anything.

Was it that he truly didn't hear, or was he pretending not to have heard?

The Principal quickly figured it out - Shuizhi was indeed deeply calculating.

If this was the case, it further proved that he had a guilty conscience.

In a distorted situation, he could deny it.

He didn't deny it, but chose to play dumb instead.

The Principal knew Shuizhi was a clever person, but he hadn't realized just how quick-witted he was.

In such a short time, he had already come up with a strategy to deal with the situation.

He had really underestimated him before.

To be able to get together with his wife right under his nose - how could he be an ordinary person?