Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 190 - 171 The Most Dangerous Place

Chapter 190: Chapter 171 The Most Dangerous Place

Chapter 190: Chapter 171 The Most Dangerous Place

Sunday, Fourth Middle School.

During the first period of the evening self-study in Class 8, Xue Yuantong blatantly played with her smartphone.

From the north side river channel, Dan Kaiquan frequently looked over, his expression filled with envy.

Last semester, when Xue Yuantong played with her phone during class, instead of criticizing her, class teacher Shan Qingrong gave her a power bank, worried whether her phone had enough battery.

At that moment, Dan Kaiquan wondered if it was necessary for Class Teacher Shan Qingrong to be such a bootlicker?

Was Xue Yuantong not just the first in the entire school?

What’s so great about that?

Was she worth all that fawning?

Fourth Middle School, after all, was a provincial-level model high school, albeit the least impressive one.

As a result, at the end of last semester’s city-wide unified exam, Xue Yuantong turned the tables and ranked first in the entire city, pulling far ahead of the second place.

Any feelings of unfairness Dan Kaiquan harbored were instantly quashed.

He admitted he had been shortsighted.

Dan Kaiquan had a very comfortable New Year; his grades improved rapidly, becoming the most improved in Class 8.

When he returned home for the holiday, his parents were much nicer and gave him several hundred yuan as New Year’s money.

Dan Kaiquan earmarked it as funds for romance.

After school resumed, Dan Kaiquan found that Class Teacher Shan Qingrong’s attitude towards him had improved a lot.

Realizing the benefits of good grades, Dan Kaiquan decided to redouble his efforts, his ultimate goal being to sit next to Bai Yuxia and surpass Chen Siyu.

The power of a secret crush was terrifying and could work miracles.

Jiang Ning was also playing with his phone. He had gone to Huqishan Villa last night to concoct Elixir Pills and had planted a new batch of medicinal herbs and kickstarted a large formation to accelerate their growth.

Recently, he had asked Shao Shuangshuang to find more rare types of soil; Spirit Soil could further boost the growth speed of the herbs.

Now, Jiang Ning mainly browsed various quirky forums on his phone; he rarely offered rewards for Spiritual Objects on forums anymore because the team set up by Shao Shuangshuang was much more efficient than him.

While playing with his phone, Divine Sense noticed that Class Teacher Shan Qingrong was approaching, and Jiang Ning voluntarily put away his phone.

His results ranked fifteenth in the city in the last unified exam—not as miraculous as Xue Yuantong’s, thus he was granted fewer privileges.

Shan Qingrong approached from the front door and lingered at the window for a while, observing the students.

What? Xue Yuantong is playing with her phone?

Shan Qingrong deliberately overlooked it, considering that Fourth Middle School hadn’t produced students for those top-ranking schools in several years, and Xue Yuantong had the potential to excel anew.

Shan Qingrong rationalized that her playing with the phone was definitely because she was tired from studying—learning needed to balance work and rest, and relaxing her brain by playing with her phone was appropriate.

She must not be overworked.

Moreover, she was not disrupting other students.

Not to mention playing with a phone; as long as Xue Yuantong maintained her grades, Shan Qingrong would even buy her a phone and join her in playing games.

If she were to rank first in the province in the college entrance exam, their Fourth Middle School would undoubtedly become incredibly prestigious.

Shan Qingrong even thought about how to persuade Xue Yuantong to take part in the provincial competitions for subjects like mathematics and physics.

As Shan Qingrong continued his inspection, he discovered Ma Shicheng playing with his phone in the back row.

His expression immediately darkened. He remembered Ma Shicheng, who had decent admission scores but ended up ranking last in the class on the final exam.

It must have been due to his smartphone addiction!

Reaction king Wang Longlong was a beat slow; he hurriedly nudged Ma Shicheng from under the desk.

Ma Shicheng got the hint and quickly put away his phone, then he lifted his head and looked toward the front of the classroom.

Class Teacher Shan Qingrong, with a dignified stride, stepped in, and all the students looked towards him, instinctively holding their breath.

As Shan Qingrong’s expression darkened and he briskly walked towards the back row, those in the front felt relieved and simultaneously felt a sense of schadenfreude.

Seeing the teacher’s expression, someone was definitely in for it, but which unlucky student would it be?

Several students turned into amused spectators, like Chen Qian and Dong Qingfeng, expecting the teacher to create a big scene.

Shan Qingrong stared at Ma Shicheng and commanded,

“Stand up.”

Ma Shicheng’s heart sank, sensing trouble; he quickly raised both hands and stepped to the side.

Shan Qingrong bent down and stretched out his hand to rummage through Ma Shicheng’s desk.

The students immediately realized it—Ma Shicheng was caught playing with his phone!

In class 8, if a student was caught playing with their phone by a teacher, it would be confiscated, especially by Class Teacher Shan Qingrong; it would be taken for a week, only retrievable on Friday.

Last semester, Miao Zhe’s phone was taken and not retrieved until a week later.

Guo Kunnan, seated in the last row, felt lucky; he had also been playing with his phone just moments before, grateful that the teacher had targeted Ma Shicheng, otherwise it could have been him.

Better him than me!

Cui Yu thought that Ma Shicheng couldn’t escape this time; unfortunate for Brother Ma, once a king of gadgets, now seemingly stranded.

Many students harbored such sentiments as they watched the spectacle.

Only Wang Longlong felt sympathy for Brother Ma; now, he wouldn’t have a phone to look at for the coming week.

At this moment, all eyes were on Ma Shicheng’s seat, even Jiang Ning, Bai Yuxia, and Dan Xiao in front were watching.

Shan Qingrong first rummaged through the desk surface, checked all the crevices between the books, but saw no phone.

Puzzled, he reached into the hollow of Ma Shicheng’s desk to search; strangely, there was still no phone to be found.

Shan Qingrong pulled out a pack of instant noodles.

Undeterred, he patted down the pockets of the cotton jacket Ma Shicheng was wearing, but there was no phone inside.

He gave up.

“Eat less instant noodles from now on,” he said dismissively, walking away frustrated.

He was sure he had seen Ma Shicheng playing with the phone, yet he couldn’t find it—how bizarre.

The students were very disappointed; how could it not be found? The teacher was too weak.

They were still hopeful for some entertainment.

Once Shan Qingrong left, Ma Shicheng lowered his hands, his heart still racing—what a close call!

During the ordeal, when he had raised his hands, he had concurrently lifted his phone above his head.

The most dangerous places are the safest places.

Thus, Ma Shicheng successfully avoided Shan Qingrong’s inspection.

Jiang Ning withdrew his Divine Sense; he had noticed earlier that the size of mobile phone screens these days were about four inches, not big, which Ma Shicheng just so happened to cover with his hand.

He was quite talented.

…

First evening self-study session ended.

Cui Yu, Meng Gui, and Dan Kaiquan ran to the back row.

“Brother Ma, that was a close call.”

“I thought your phone was going to get taken away.”

“I didn’t expect you to dodge that bullet.”

Ma Shicheng was as arrogant now as he was nervous earlier.

He said nonchalantly, “The class teacher’s skills are still too shallow, not up to par.”

He showed off his phone, tilted his head with a smug expression.

Ma Shicheng’s hair was sticking up awkwardly, probably due to sleeping on it the previous night and not fixing it afterward.

“Brother Ma is so cool.”

Dan Kaiquan wore large Bluetooth earphones on his ears, emitting a faint glow.

Guo Kunnan noticed and said in surprise, “Did you buy Bluetooth earphones?”

“I bought them online, seventy yuan, high-end earphones, the sound quality is really good,” Dan Kaiquan bragged proudly.

“Seventy yuan? You’re so rich!” Cui Yu exclaimed.

They were used to earphones that cost ten yuan, maybe twenty at most, and Dan Kaiquan was using earphones that cost over seventy yuan.

Although everyone’s phones started at a few hundred yuan, seventy yuan was still not cheap for earphones.

“Not bad, I care about the sound quality experience, I think it’s worth it,” Dan Kaiquan said lightly, though he felt very comfortable inside.

After enjoying a moment of awe in the back row, he ran to the front row to show off.

Dan Kaiquan found Jiang Ning; he actually wanted to talk to Bai Yuxia, but it wasn’t right to directly approach her.

Jiang Ning and Bai Yuxia sat close together, so by just talking to Jiang Ning, Bai Yuxia would naturally notice.

“Jiang Ning, check out my earphones, cool, aren’t they?” Dan Kaiquan tapped his Bluetooth earphones.

Seeing the large Bluetooth earpieces hanging from Dan Kaiquan’s ears, Jiang Ning felt they were very conspicuous.

Bluetooth earphones back then were not like the future’s AirPods-style wireless earphones with small paired battery compartments.

The Bluetooth earphones now were quite large, and only one-sided, which made the listening experience quite average.

“Not bad.” Jiang Ning replied, as he always respected his classmates’ show-offs.

With Jiang Ning’s approval, Dan Kaiquan became even more thrilled; at least in terms of earphone taste, he had outdone Jiang Ning.

He looked at Yuantong’s desk where there were black wired earphones and suggested,

“Jiang Ning, wired earphones are too cumbersome. If you’re buying, you should get Bluetooth ones. They are convenient and useful.”

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This statement was spot on, as some audiophiles from the future even abandoned better-quality wired earphones in favor of joining the wireless earphones camp.

“Look at my Bluetooth earphones, seventy yuan, direct connection to the phone, you could get a pair too,” Dan Kaiquan boasted lavishly.

Just as Dan Xiao from the front row stood up to go to the restroom, his legs stiffened.

Then, he turned twenty degrees, paused for 0.3 seconds, turned another fifty degrees, paused for 0.2 seconds, then turned another seventy degrees.

He then glanced at the earphone on Dan Kaiquan’s ear.

Dan Xiao left silently to go to the restroom.

Dan Kaiquan was teaching Jiang Ning how to improve his earphone taste, completely unaware of this scene.

He was very pleased with himself. Jiang Ning was relatively low-key in class, not liking to show off, and Dan Kaiquan, having been deskmates with Bai Yuxia, knew Jiang Ning had capabilities.

Showing off in front of such a person was thrilling, roughly equivalent to impressing Guo Kunnan plus Cui Yu and Ma Shicheng.

Especially since Bai Yuxia was sitting in front.

Dan Kaiquan proudly offered, “How about you try my Bluetooth earphones to see how they feel?”

Jiang Ning kindly declined.

At this time, Bai Yuxia was still reading a book, while Chen Siyu turned her head to listen to their conversation, mainly because Dan Kaiquan’s voice was loud; she wanted to see what they were specifically talking about.

Seeing an additional girl paying attention, Dan Kaiquan felt even more comfortable.

“My Bluetooth earphones of this price can outperform average wired earphones, like your black earphones.”

Dan Kaiquan pointed at the earphones on Yuantong’s desk. The black earphones looked ordinary, mostly because Yuantong was using them, but Dan Kaiquan knew they belonged to Jiang Ning.

“My Bluetooth earphones definitely outperform yours.”

“By the way, how much did your earphones cost?” Dan Kaiquan asked casually.

Jiang Ning smiled, “They were a gift, I forgot the price, I think it’s something like Sennheiser IE800.”

The earphones were given to him by Shao Shuangshuang.

“Oh, there’s a name, looks like it’s a brand, let me search the price online so we can compare later.”

Dan Kaiquan took out his phone, entered the earphone name, and the webpage slowly loaded.

Seeing the price over 5000+, Dan Kaiquan initially couldn’t believe it until he checked again twice. He fell silent.

Somehow, Dan Kaiquan suddenly felt like he was brutally beaten by reality.

Seeing his expression, Jiang Ning kindly reminded,

“These aren’t genuine, just a replica, not the real thing.”

Dan Kaiquan sighed in relief, his emotions fluctuating greatly.

“So it’s a replica, I thought they were real!”

He was frightened; using a phone over five thousand yuan didn’t seem odd to him, as Zhongfei, Wang Yong, and others used new iPhones, but earphones over five thousand yuan were terrifying.

Thankfully, Jiang Ning’s earphones were replicas.

Replicas could cost at most a few tens of yuan. In this earphone comparison, he, Dan Kaiquan, hadn’t lost.

His Bluetooth earphones, hadn’t failed.