eing too rigid. Not long ago, Principal Ding visited prestigious schools in Europe and America, advocating that we learn from them to be more bold and open-minded, not just for us teachers but also fo...Chapter 47: Most Detested Expert

Colonel Wu Shiqian, Secretary Liu Zhengjian, and Principal Cai Guotaos stood together on the right side of the exercise area. They were discussing how to welcome a visiting group from the Foreign Languages Education Institute next month by proposing a "three-in-one" education system that emphasizes practical teaching through discipline-based practices, social practice teaching, and extracurricular activities within the school.

Just then, they heard a low murmur in the crowd and buzzing sounds coming from above. They looked up into the sky.

Liu Zhengjian frowned, thinking that students shouldn't react like this as if it was their first time seeing an airplane. It didn’t seem right.

Cai Guotaos wasn't much concerned about this situation.

When the plane flew past above them at a steady pace, teachers began to look up one after another. Some even shaded their eyes with their hands as they gazed upwards.

The principal Cai Guotaos finally reacted and shouted from不遠處的年級組長傳來，“乾什麼！哪個班的學生，回！站回去！到護欄後麵去！”

Only then did Cai Guotaos and Liu Zhengjian realize something was amiss and turned to look up.

"Wow! You've got to be kidding me!" Zhu Yuzhuang, a student who looked up at this scene, was quite shocked. He immediately glanced over at Zhang Feifei in the neighboring formation, as well as Zhang Xian from other classes past. However, everyone had no time for eye contact and merely stared at the four-story teaching building's rooftop, witnessing this shocking event during the break exercise.

Elsewhere on campus, students across different grades were similarly looking up in astonishment or pointing out a familiar figure among the girls above, their shouts echoing. Many of these students who had lived too long within the tranquil ivory tower had forgotten that such fears existed in life.

Roof:

The girl told Su Can that she wanted to jump off the building and didn't care about the danger involved. At first, Su Can thought it was a joke.

However, seeing her neatly stacked books on the ground, swaying in the wind, with the possibility of them being blown away at any moment, Su Can looked at her with his mouth agape. A fleeting thought crossed his mind that she might really jump from here!

The sky was vast and high above. In the distance lay a cityscape of steel and concrete, with tall buildings piercing the sky. Below were students doing exercises under loudspeakers, black figures filling the area. The normally gentle sound suddenly fell silent, accentuating murmurs and exclamations from below like “Li Ying, don't! Don’t jump!”

The loud voice came from Sun Man, who was among a cluster of girls below. At this moment, she was being supported by someone and kept wiping away her tears. Her voice, which used to be considered the most beautiful in the school, now sounded somewhat hoarse.

This was one of her close friends, whom it seemed had argued with an English teacher yesterday. It wasn't really an argument; rather, the teacher's level of competence was questionable, and Li Ying questioned this based on reason and evidence. As a result, she was ridiculed by the teacher for being "stubborn," so whenever there were minor details that caused her to make mistakes, Li Ying's competitive nature kicked in as she had always been pampered from a young age and never faced such harsh criticism before. She cried at the time, but the teacher also lost his temper and said, "Cry cry cry, all you know how to do is cry. If you want to jump off the building, why don't you just go ahead and do it."

This incident was then spread among the students through word of mouth, and each class criticized this teacher. Thus, they reached this point today.

Below, teachers looked up in shock, seemingly unable to believe that such an event would occur at No. 27 High School. Tang Wu rushed over as a group of teachers snapped out of their stupor and hurriedly ascended the stairs towards the rooftop.

Panic permeated the entire school atmosphere.

Su Cen could already hear the rapid footsteps approaching the stairway leading to the roof, clearly more than one group rushing this way.

"Quickly persuade her down! Solve it right now! Don't let students get hurt; otherwise, you'll be jumping off the building with her!" Cai Guotao flew into a rage. His previously calm and composed demeanor vanished without trace at this moment. The intensity of his actions caused some strands of hair to fall onto his forehead, looking somewhat comical, but no one could laugh now, especially not the school's principal who was sweating profusely with cold hands.

Liu Zhengjian grabbed the megaphone from a life teacher and shouted towards above: "This student…" only to realize that the amplification wasn't turned on. He quickly switched it on and called out, "Student, do not get agitated. If you have any difficulties in your studies or daily life, the school can help solve them. Cherish your life and don’t do foolish things."

There were also many people below shouting their encouragement, but from a height of four floors down, although it was high enough that raised voices could be clearly heard below, anyone falling would still result in an extremely serious consequence.

"Hypocritical." The girl smiled and turned her head to look at Su Cen: "These people are so hypocritical. They probably just fear that if I jump from here tomorrow's newspapers will have big headlines about me, tarnishing this prestigious school’s image. Are you going to persuade me like them"

The teachers who had rushed up to the roof fell silent upon hearing her words.

Su Cen was impressed by her quick-wittedness and pessimistic nature; more uniquely, she seemed capable of infecting others with this sense of hopelessness. Her argument that if she decided on a course of action, no one would be able to persuade her effectively dissuaded any attempts at persuasion.

To advise her meant he was like the hypocritical principal and party secretary below; conversely, not advising her could result in her acting freely and losing her life.

He kept telling himself to stay calm. Although this kind of situation had never occurred before for Su Cen, whether in his previous life or after his rebirth, he tried his best to smile despite knowing that his face might look stiff and unappealing.

"I didn't intend to persuade you. Just don't jump in your skirt, it's almost transparent. Come back and change into pants before continuing."

The teachers were amazed at Su Can's approach and felt that this student had great talent; indeed, it was a good way to connect with the girl.

Li Ying, as expected, froze for a moment, looked down at her one-piece dress, then smiled at Su Can. "Since I'm going to die anyway, I don't care."

"Or tell me why you're jumping You have to give a reason! Give me your reason first." Su Can was feeling frustrated and squatted down beside her, bringing him closer by nearly one-quarter.

The students and teachers who arrived didn’t dare make any noise. Some wanted to approach but were stopped by the class teacher Wang Guiwen of Class 3.

"Don't come over! Don't think you can take advantage of this opportunity, or I'll really jump!"

"Alright, I won't come." Su Can raised his hands and virtually pressed down to soothe her emotions from afar.

The situation remained tense. Senior school officials arrived on the rooftop; Little Sun and several girls were also there crying and trying to persuade Li Ying.

Zhang Xian, Zhu Zhiyu, Zhang Feifei, among other influential students, showed remarkable maturity at this moment. They spontaneously maintained order at the entrance of the staircase leading up to the roof, preventing irrelevant students from entering. Their expressions were as if facing a major enemy, fearing that even one person's entry might become the trigger for Li Ying's jump.

The police and fire department personnel arrived shortly after. The head of the rescue team instructed students who knew her well to talk to her; there was a female student from the school’s debate team who was usually familiar with Li Ying, so she used emotional appeals and logical reasoning to persuade her. However, regardless of how persuasive or eloquent these efforts were, Li Ying remained unmoved as long as anyone approached.

The rescue head finally had everyone step back and asked for Su Can, the person closest to her without causing an adverse reaction from her, to try attracting her attention so that police could buy time.

At this point, the school’s leadership noticed Su Can. Cai Guotao clearly panicked; they were about twelve or thirteen meters away from Li Ying while Su Can was only seven or eight meters away from her, with Su Can sandwiched in between them.

Cai Guotao found him familiar and recognized Su Can, then said to him, "Su Can, how do you explain this situation Why is the girl jumping for no reason Did you do something wrong to her Talk to her properly and apologize. Let others come over first; we can discuss things later!"

Other teachers and students who were unaware of the specifics also looked suspiciously at Su Can, wondering if this could be a result of the girl breaking up with someone.

Su Cen苦笑, "Principal Cai, don't frame me. If you keep talking like this, I might jump down with her."

In this extremely tense atmosphere, Su Cen's words unexpectedly made Li Ying giggle, and even Sun Man and other girls couldn't help but laugh through their tears. They were crying before, now they were laughing and crying at the same time, which looked very awkward.

The crowd around them was momentarily stunned.

Cai Guotao immediately realized that he had to appear calm in such a moment and should not create a tense atmosphere, so he stopped talking.

Waiting for the police rescue team to negotiate with Su Cen, they told him to try to divert Li Ying's attention to buy time. The police forces were being deployed on lower floors to catch her when she jumps from the fourth floor. However, it would still take three minutes, or perhaps five.

He had to stall for time.

Su Cen saw Li Ying’s book lying on the ground at the same level as him and walked towards it. Li Ying immediately became alert, "What are you doing" She moved half a step towards the edge while speaking.

Cai Guotao felt his heart jump out of his throat; he lowered his voice and pushed his hand in front of his chest with an expression like the old lady telling stories about Grey Wolf. "Su Cen, stay calm! It all depends on you now, please keep your cool."

The homeroom teacher was also sweating profusely at this moment, saying, "Su Cen, don't be hasty, don't panic, take it slow and listen to the experts’ advice."

“Your advice is worth a damn,” Su Cen retorted with the words that shocked everyone. He bent down to pick up Li Ying’s book on the ground and turned to her with a slight smile, "Is jumping off the building really worth it for this"

The reason behind Li Ying's suicide attempt was already roughly known by the police during their explanation; it was caused by one single question.

I originally planned to update two chapters today, but ended up going out all day on May Day and took a sick leave. Today there will only be one chapter updated, I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Although I want to update more, quality must come first; I am strict with myself in terms of what I offer my readers. Making the reading experience enjoyable is my goal, which is a principle I adhere to.

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