Chapter 34: Seat‑grabbing Feud

"Qin Chuan, it's getting late, let's go to the lecture hall?"

After eating, Xiao Pang, who had vanished, poked his head out from the back door and waved at Qin Chuan.

"Coming." Qin Chuan tidied his desk, picked up a brand-new notebook and a pen, stood up, and walked out.

Due to the shortage of the extraordinary course instructor, all eight classes in the senior three department are taught by Zhou Zixiu and Ji Huai; since they cannot encroach on daytime cultural class time, they can only teach by merging classes.

The eight classes are divided into two groups of four, studying together; this way the extraordinary theory and practice classes alternate, guaranteeing each class its allotted teaching time.

With four classes studying together, they naturally cannot fit in a regular classroom; the extraordinary theory class occupies the school's multimedia lecture hall, while the extraordinary practice class is held directly on the big playground.

Qin Chuan's Class 7, together with Classes 1, 3, and 5, are grouped; their first period each evening is extraordinary theory, the second period extraordinary practice.

The other group is exactly the opposite.

Walking toward the multimedia lecture hall, Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at Xiao Pang, who was humming leisurely, and said, "Why don't you hurry? Seats will be snatched up later."

"Don't worry." Xiao Pang gave a hehe laugh, "I guarantee you a seat, and the best one in the front row."

Gazing toward a certain spot in the front row of seats, Xiao Pang's expression suddenly sank.

"Exactly, I took all the books out of my bag; this way the bag occupies one seat and the books another." Xiao Pang proudly raised his eyebrows.

"You've already secured a seat?" Recalling how Xiao Pang had mysteriously left the classroom with his bag and items, Qin Chuan understood.

"Alright, thanks." Qin Chuan smiled.

"You..." Xiao Pang gritted his teeth in anger, and a yellowish light halo surged on his clenched fist.

He strode to a certain seat in the front row, glaring at the male student sitting there, "Don't you see the books placed on this seat? This is my spot!"

"What's wrong with me holding a seat for a friend?" Xiao Pang's face grew uglier, "Besides, I only left for less than five minutes, isn't that just coming back?"

"Hehe!"

While the two chatted, they soon arrived at the multimedia lecture hall.

After that male student returned to the classroom and saw Xiao Pang sitting in the seat, his expression changed instantly.

Standing behind him, Qin Chuan helplessly shook his head, patted Xiao Pang's shoulder, and stopped his impulsive action.

"With this time spent arguing, you'd be better off re‑securing a seat." The male student snorted, took out a study guide, placed it on the desk, and pretended to study.

His body slightly curled, the hand resting on the study guide quickly clenched, his expression tightened as if he were struggling to suppress something.

Having a good seat is naturally a good thing.

Xiao Pang is so righteous; it's not in vain that I sold him the earth-system experience fruit in installments.

The next moment, the male student who had been lowering his head pretending to study suddenly changed expression.

Xiao Pang, who had experienced the same situation, instantly knew whose doing this was; he felt a secret satisfaction, and without a word gathered the male student's things to the corner and pulled Qin Chuan to sit down.

"You say it's yours, so it's yours?" The male student sneered, pointing at a stack of books on the neighboring desk, "I personally saw you occupying two seats by yourself."

After shifting his buttocks on the seat, he ultimately couldn't hold it in, covered his crotch, stood up, and rushed out.

"Move aside! This is my seat!"

"You say it's yours, so it's yours?" Xiao Pang crossed his arms and gave a hehe laugh.

"You..." The words he had just spoken were now thrown back at him; veins bulged on the male student's forehead, but before he could finish, Xiao Pang interrupted again.

"With this time spent arguing, you'd be better off re‑securing a seat."

Using his own methods against him, it's clear Xiao Pang has figured him out.

The male student's face grew ever uglier.

"Liu Chen, what's wrong?"

A slightly cool voice came from behind the male student.

Liu Chen's expression lit up; he quickly turned his head, "Class Monitor, I'm going to the restroom, and this guy has taken my seat—you've got to uphold justice for me!"

Behind him, a delicate-featured long-haired girl heard this, frowned slightly, and looked at Qin Chuan and Xiao Pang, "Is that really the case?"

"Of course not." Xiao Pang glanced contemptuously at Liu Chen, "Are you even a man? You hide behind girls when trouble arises, then spread rumors and nonsense."

"This seat was originally mine; I stepped out for just a few minutes, came back and you snatched it; now that you're going to the restroom, taking back my seat is only reasonable, right?"

Hearing the two completely different accounts, the girl turned her gaze toward Qin Chuan.

"When my friend was saving seats, he also saved one for me; your classmates used that as an excuse, moved his belongings without his permission, and forcibly took our seats." Qin Chuan spoke calmly, "That's how it happened."

"You're talking nonsense!" Liu Chen, putting on a brave front, said, "Class Monitor, we're in the same class—you have to believe me!"

"That… Yuwei…" a girl sitting not far away whispered weakly, "It's indeed Liu Chen who took someone else's seat."

Upon hearing another female classmate's words, the long-haired girl known as Yuwei felt assured, pointed at Liu Chen's bag and textbook, and said, "Go find yourself a seat."

"I..." Liu Chen's face fell, but with so many people watching, he had no choice but to slink away with his belongings toward the back rows.

The long-haired girl nodded at Qin Chuan and Xiao Pang, then turned back to her own seat.

"No wonder she's the school belle." Xiao Pang lingered, his gaze leaving her back, "Not only is she beautiful and academically strong, she's also reasonable."

"Is that really our school belle?" Qin Chuan, hearing this, was somewhat surprised.

"I say, Qin Chuan, you've been in high school for three years and you still don't know our school belle Zhu Yǔwēi?" Xiao Pang gave Qin Chuan a speechless look.

"Now I know." Qin Chuan shrugged indifferently, quickly changed the subject, "Professor Zhou is here."

Xiao Pang turned his head to watch the smiling figure walk into the classroom, quickly casting the school belle from his mind.

Women only hinder his study efficiency!

As Zhou Zixiu stepped onto the podium, the other students quickly noticed him.

The noisy classroom quickly fell silent, pairs of eyes filled with anticipation and curiosity fixed on Zhou Zixiu.

They were eager to know how this youth, who looks only a few years older than them, would teach the extraordinary theory course.

"Three minutes until class." Zhou Zixiu glanced at the clock, smiled, and said, "Let's wait a bit longer for the students who haven't arrived yet."

His voice wasn't loud, and he carried no amplification device, yet it resonated like magic in the ears of every student in the lecture hall.

Amid the quiet anticipation of everyone, a clear class bell rang shortly after.

Ring—

(End of chapter)