Chapter 87
For the next few days, Yuan Luoyi had a relatively relaxed time.
After her father's work stabilized, Li Xin's love for Yuan Luoyi became intense again, and her family could finally live with dignity.
At night, after finishing her homework, Li Xin would start organizing people for fan creations. Thanks to her vigorous promotion, the number of fans grew quite rapidly.
Just 10,000 more people, and Yuan Luoyi would be able to activate Time Regression again.
In the morning, as soon as Yuan Luoyi arrived at Class D, Yu Hua excitedly shouted, "Something really interesting happened at our school today!"
Yuan Luoyi asked, "What is it?"
Yu Hua said, "That Teacher Su from Class A went to 93 Middle School and taught the students there for three days. Today, she brought those students to our school for an English competition, and they actually won first place!"
"The English teachers for our third-year students were so ashamed that they stormed off. Our school uses the best educational resources to teach the best students, but they still can't compare to..."
At this point, Yu Hua paused, as if remembering something, and looked apologetic. "Sorry, Teacher Su used to bully you. I shouldn't have talked about her."
Yuan Luoyi said, "It's okay. She really is a great teacher. Whenever a student's grades dropped, she only needed to give them a little tutoring, and their grades would go back up. That's why many parents wanted to give her gifts to get on her good side."
When Yuan Luoyi was in Class A, Teacher Su openly asked for expensive gifts in exchange for one-on-one tutoring sessions, charging 20,000 yuan for a handbag.
She was skilled at making parents willingly give her money and even feel grateful to her.
In fact, just to earn more money, Teacher Su would even tutor subjects outside of English, like Chinese and Math, which made the other teachers dislike her.
Yuan Luoyi put down her bag and sat at her desk.
On the screen was an English online class. After Teacher Su left, Star Galaxy Middle School had hired a new English teacher, a beautiful young woman with a standard British accent, impeccable morals, proper attire, and patience with students.
She pointed to a long row of words on the blackboard.
"Come on, students, read these words aloud three times to reinforce your memory!"
If Teacher Su had been teaching, she would have directly analyzed the word roots and stems, telling the students the etymological history of each word, and they would have remembered the words effortlessly and not easily forgotten them.
The more Yuan Luoyi listened, the more she felt the new English teacher's class was boring, so she laid her head on the desk and fell asleep.
She already understood most academic subjects, so she would definitely get high scores on the exams without needing to study.
It was better to just rest, as she would soon go into Time Regression again and needed to conserve her energy.
She lazed through the morning and the afternoon, and finally, it was time for dismissal.
Yu Hua grabbed his bag and hurried out, exclaiming, "I have an e-sports competition tonight, see you later!"
Yuan Luoyi shouted at his back, "I hope you win big!"
Yu Hua gave her a thumbs-up, indicating everything was under control, but because he was distracted, he almost tripped over his own feet. His athletic ability had always been poor.
Yuan Luoyi stuffed the books she had barely used into her bag and left the classroom.
Passing through the bustling crowds, Yuan Luoyi spotted a familiar person - Su Xun, who had been stopped by Teacher Su and looked impatient.
"BOOM!"
Suddenly, all the lights in the room went out, and it became dark.
Su Xun said, "Was that a power outage?"
Teacher Su felt for the light switch and flipped it repeatedly, but the lights didn't come on.
This was strange. Star Galaxy Middle School had two backup generators and had never experienced a power outage before. Someone must have pulled the circuit breaker.
But why would someone do that now...
"Creak!"
Teacher Su pushed open the door and walked out. The hallway was empty, without even a janitor.
Looking up at the ceiling, the surveillance cameras that normally blinked red were now dark.
In the distance, several dark figures cast shadows around the corner, burly men who seemed to be carrying something.
Teacher Su squinted to make out the shapes, and her heart started racing - they were knives!
She rushed back into the room, violently pulled the door closed and locked it. She took out her phone, but the signal showed zero bars, unable to make any calls.
Something had happened!
And it was premeditated!
She looked at her two students, one whom she favored, and one whom she had maliciously mistreated.
Teacher Su opened the closet and shoved the two kids inside. Her face was pale with fear, but her eyes were steely with determination: "Bad people are coming. You two hide in here, and no matter what happens, don't make a sound, understand?"
Yuan Luoyi grabbed Teacher Su's arm: "Auntie, where will you hide?"
Teacher Su shook off her hand: "Shut up! You're just a kid, don't meddle in adult affairs!"
"Bang!"
Someone was violently pounding on the door from outside.
Teacher Su hurriedly closed the closet door.
"Bang!"
This time the door burst open.
Numerous footsteps approached, accompanied by commotion and the sound of trophies crashing to the floor.
The last sound was Teacher Su's muffled, faint scream.
Yuan Luoyi and Su Xun huddled together in the dark closet, cramped in the tiny space, trembling with fear. Su Xun cried silently, not daring to make a sound.
She had lost her aunt.