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Chapter 182: What is Alma Mater?

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  "Ding!" The class bell rings, and everyone returns to their seats in the classroom.

  "Alright, stop arguing, what's there to argue about?" Bai Yan scattered the crowd with his words.

  The classmates who were surrounding Liu Fei naturally dispersed when the class started. The second-year students are very afraid of their teachers, and if they talk or make any small movements during class, they will be punished to stand up. Just imagine that all your classmates are sitting down, but only you are standing up - it's a very embarrassing thing.

  So everyone should rest quietly and wait for the teacher to arrive. Of course, not everyone is quiet, there are always one or two chatterboxes who like to whisper during class, so at this time, there needs to be a discipline committee on patrol.

  For example, Bai Yanzou, who was very fond of gossip, leaned in close to Liu Feifei's ear and asked in a low voice, "Feifei, was that really the famous writer Su Xizhen's phone call just now? And didn't you say it was your first time meeting that famous writer? Why did you call him 'Big Brother'?"

  "It's true..."

  As for Bai Yanshou's response to Liu Qiqi, she was half-believing and half-doubting. The reason she believed it was because she and Liu Qiqi were close friends, so she knew Liu Qiqi's character very well and knew that she wouldn't lie. But the reason she doubted it was because this was just too coincidental - they happened to run into each other while eating, happened to have given a call, and happened to have something come up that made her unable to attend.

  "The teacher has arrived." As soon as she said these four words, Bai Yan Zou immediately shut her mouth.

  No matter what, the teacher of Class 7 in the second year of junior high school still walked in as usual, with textbooks and lesson plans tucked under her arms, standing in the middle of the podium, putting the textbooks and lesson plans on the desk without being too heavy or too light, then scanning the blackboard with a glance, which was very clean, and the student on duty did not slack off.

  "After finishing all of this, he finally spoke up and said 'Class is starting.'"

  "Good morning, teacher..." The whole class stood up and shouted in unison.

  "Sit down."

  "Before class, the teacher conducted a survey: How many classmates in our class like to read detective stories?"

  Many students raised their hands, because Yicheng Middle School has always been very supportive of students reading extracurricular books. The school library is even called the largest library in Yangcheng, so there were many people who raised their hands, including both boys and girls.

  "Everyone says so, which one of the reasoning books do you like?"

  As soon as this was said, the quiet classroom immediately became noisy.

  "Teacher, I like 'Murder on the Orient Express' the most. The twist at the end of the case is really awesome."

  "The most bizarre case of the giant cow."

  "I like Holmes, he's so calm it doesn't seem like a normal person at all!"

  "Full of ancient charm, I love it." All sorts of reasoning poured out...

  The teacher just summarized the reasoning that everyone likes, and found that the two most frequent ones are "Sherlock Holmes" and "Murder on the Orient Express".

  "The creators of Sherlock Holmes and Poirot are the same person, and this writer's micro science fiction we just learned in our textbooks not long ago. Today, we also invited this great writer, everyone welcome."

  Shrimp rice, is this writer coming?

  Everyone suspected that it was their own ears that had gone wrong or that the teacher had misspoken, but just as the teacher's voice fell, a figure appeared at the classroom door. As everyone focused their attention on watching, they found that the person who came in was indeed the one the teacher had just mentioned.

  That person is Su Shichen!

  The classroom fell silent, as if even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.

  "Everyone welcome" these four words are usually accompanied by applause, but when Su Shilei came on stage, it was a silence. This is not to say that Su Shilei was unwelcome, but everyone was stunned. It felt like you were already online and it was very slow, but wanting the speed to be even faster, you kept opening apps and things, which would not only fail to make the computer run faster, but would directly cause it to crash.

  It's obvious that at this moment, everyone present was stunned the moment they saw Su Xichen, so it was quiet.

  Of course, the two people who reacted the most were Xiao Luoli Yu Keke and her best friend Bai Yan Zou. Bai Yan Zou's bright eyes widened to the point where they seemed like they were about to pop out of their sockets, and his mouth was agape as if it could swallow a goose egg whole. He looked at Yu Keke, then turned his head to look at Su Shi Chen, the meaning behind this action being self-evident.

  Liu Qi's little face turned red like a red apple, she lowered her head and stared at the white table surface, not daring to look up, lost in thought.

  There was no applause to welcome, and the whole class stared blankly. This welcome can be said to be the most failed one. The teacher standing beside also felt embarrassed. In fact, this is also his fault for not knowing how to introduce people. A frog won't jump out if it's boiled in warm water, but it will if it's thrown into boiling water. It's like now he should have been a buffer for the students present, rather than suddenly throwing Su Rui Chen out.

  This situation is nothing embarrassing for Su Shichen, who has encountered even more embarrassing things at the reception, so Su Shichen completely ignored this embarrassment, took a few steps forward and entered the classroom, standing calmly in the middle of the podium, opening his mouth.

  He said, "I enjoy the attention, but can you please remove the surprise from your eyes? This gaze reminds me of when I was a kid and went to the zoo to see monkeys. When two monkeys were fighting, people looked at them with this kind of gaze. Although according to Darwin's theory of evolution, humans evolved from monkeys, I still find it hard to accept this kind of gaze."

  Jokes and self-deprecation are the best antidotes to awkwardness, and it's clear that Su Rui Chen is well aware of this, using a self-deprecating joke to bring everyone back down to earth.

  "I just heard at the classroom door that many of my classmates like what I wrote, it's really touching. The most touching thing for an author is that someone likes what they write, and their work content and plot are discussed by readers. Just now, all of you gave me such happiness."

  "I'm sure all of you students are very surprised that I suddenly came to the classroom."

  Everyone nodded in agreement. If it were a school invitation, they would have made a big fuss about it long ago and wouldn't be so low-key.

  "I was originally at home writing a manuscript, but Qi Qi suddenly called to invite me to come to school and play. Since Qi Qi said so, even if I'm busy, I have to take out time, so I came."

  After hanging up the phone, Su Shichen first found Liu Qiqi's Yichun Middle School. It was actually quite troublesome, whether using a map or asking around. The clever Su Shichen went out and directly hailed a taxi. He didn't know if the driver knew for sure, but it was also a pretty stupid method. Fortunately, he still successfully arrived at Yichun Middle School.

  Then came the second hurdle, searching class by class was also a waste of time, so Su Rui Chen directly went to the principal's office and asked directly.

  Su Zhechen's reputation and prestige played a crucial role at this time. Generally, parents who find school leaders are dismissive, let alone the principal, they're all very busy...

  The principal's attitude towards Su Xichen was just like the Ministry of Education leader's inspection, then heard that Su Xichen came to find a classmate named Liu Qiqi, and several teachers' phones were dialed for a moment to confirm Liu Qiqi's class.

  Su Release Chen was quite surprised, originally thought that little loli Liu Liuliuli was just a student who had just started junior high school, after all, that appearance and height were okay, most importantly, that altitude, did not expect to be wrong, it turned out to be a second-year junior high school student.

  The principal was originally supposed to go to the classroom with Su Shichen, but the principal personally led the way and Su Shichen felt it was too high-profile, so he refused. The head teacher of Liu Qi's class happened to be having a lesson, which is why this scene occurred.

  Su Shi Chen's words made almost all the students in Class 7 of Grade 2 turn their eyes to Liu Qi Qi, with envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes.

  Think about it, a very famous writer, just because of your invitation, put down the manuscript in his hand and rushed over, isn't this worth being proud of?

  If other little girls were now probably proud like a small peacock, but Liu Keke, this shy little loli, under the gaze of the whole class, her head was buried like an ostrich, and her pretty face turned red as if it had caught fire.

  "Seven, it turns out what you said earlier was really true..." Bai Zouyan grasped Liu QiQi's hand and shook it vigorously.

  "I've long heard that Yichun Middle School is really good, and today I saw it for myself. It's indeed true that coming here gives me a very good feeling." This is actually the truth, the environment of Yichun Middle School with its lush greenery is much better than others.

  "Which is better, that experimental middle school or our school?" Suddenly a voice came from the third row from the back.

  This is awkward, saying it's experimental middle school makes the previous words seem like nonsense, saying it's Yicheng Middle School feels a bit hypocritical. The little boy who brought up this topic didn't have any malicious thoughts, he was just straightforward and spoke his mind.

  There are students like this in every class, who speak without thinking and say whatever comes to mind regardless of whether it's appropriate or not. Although this little classmate didn't have any malicious intent, the situation was still awkward, that's a fact.

  "Can I say that Experimental Middle School is my alma mater? Do you guys know what an alma mater is?" Su Xichen asked, turning the question around.

  They all shook their heads, what else could their alma mater be but a school?

  "In fact, one's alma mater is a place where you can complain about its shortcomings, but once someone else says something bad about it, you'll argue with them. That's the kind of contradictory place an alma mater is. So, the question from that classmate earlier was quite contradictory - an alma mater is a very beautiful place in one's memories."

  This is Su Xichen's answer, and in fact, he didn't say which one was better or what. However, this answer didn't make you guys feel like it was perfunctory, because thinking back, our alma mater really is such a place.

  The teacher on the side muttered to himself, no wonder he had experienced big scenes and written people, that mouth was really good at talking, and the skill of relieving embarrassment just now and now was really great.

  "Alright, I'll return it to the teacher next time, otherwise today's lesson won't be able to proceed."

  For Su Shi, a chair was added in the back, and he sat there listening to the class. This posture is really the same as that of the Ministry of Education's people coming to listen to public classes.

  Su Zhechen was never one who liked attending classes, so sitting in the back of the classroom made him feel somewhat disinterested. Taking advantage of a phone call, he ran out to the corridor.

  "It was Professor Yang's phone call that saved the day last time with 'Ghost Blows Out the Light', otherwise, under the pressure of Zhou Jingpeng's remarks, the General Administration of Press and Publication would have definitely banned the book."

  Generally speaking, there aren't many people who will actively call Yang Jie Zhi, anyway it's been a year or two and apart from festive greetings, the number of other calls can be counted on one hand.

  "Thank you for what Professor Yang did last time. I originally wanted to come and thank you in person, but I haven't had the chance yet. Sorry about that, Professor."

  "Wednesday? The new book of "The Matrix" is released, pretty busy."

  "What's so good about it?"

  Su Shichen thought for a moment and agreed, anyway, after the new book launch, he wouldn't stay long, just rush over quickly. However, Su Shichen was quite curious about what kind of good thing Professor Yang had mentioned?