Ma'am You Have Been Uncovered

Chapter 10: The New School Belle

Qin Ran clapped her hands together as a sign that she was done, went back to grab her jacket and then carried her bag.

She walked past that group of youths and furrowed her brows slightly as if thinking about something.

She then whistled at the leader amongst them and laughed easily.

"Thank you." Cheng Juan heard those two words as the girl with poor handwriting walked past him.

Lu Zhaoying had to close his jaw that'd practically dropped. He was a little unhappy as he watched Qin Ran walk to the school gate. "I was the one who was going to save her, why'd she thank you?"

Cheng Juan eyed him slowly before saying, "Let's go."

Lu Zhaoying took a while before he finally took his eyes off her back view. "Her tactics didn't seem that unorthodox, but I couldn't tell what it was either."

It was one person to four, and she'd beaten them easily with clean, swift moves.

As they walked past the four youngsters, Lu Zhaoying paused for a moment and commented, "Brothers, you guys are really lousy."

Cheng Juan looked in the direction Qin Ran walked in; she seemed to have entered the reception office.

He looked away and walked on until he reached an eatery deep in an alley.

"Boss Xu." Lu Zhaoying called out as he saw that the man had already placed his orders.

Principal Xu smiled and said something briefly before turning to Cheng Juan. "Cheng, what're you doing here?"

When Principal Xu first knew that he was going to join the school as the school doctor, he had shaken his head in dismay. He knew that this man wasn't all that easy to please.

Cheng Juan held the teacup. In it was tea of an inferior grade, provided by the eatery. But he did not despise it and went on to sip it as if he was savoring top grade tea leaves.

He smiled. "Just here to have a look."

He then changed the subject. "I heard that Boss Xu has been around here for three years and has been a principal of a school. I just wanted to have some exposure."

"What's there to look at here?" Principal Xu smiled, but the melancholy in his voice was unconcealable. "I've found a successor."

Even Cheng Juan was shocked, not to mention Lu Zhaoying. If those in the capital city knew that Boss Xu had found a successor, it'd be huge news.

"Who's it?" Lu Zhaoying did not hide his curiosity.

"That person doesn't wish to take over." Principal Xu shook his head but did not say more.

Lu Zhaoying widened his eyes in disbelief.

Cheng Juan sipped his tea quietly and did not probe.

Lu Zhaoying could barely contain his curiosity.

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Qin Ran went to the reception office to get her luggage.

The luggage had already arrived at First Middle School the day before she and Ning Qing arrived in the city.

There were two huge and heavy pieces of luggage, too heavy for her to handle on her own. Seeing that she was alone, the uncle in the reception office kindly offered to help her move her items to her room instead.

Qin Ran had applied for a room on the second floor, near the end of the corridor—Room 216.

It was a six-bedder room, but only three beds were taken so far, while the other three were full of others' belongings. The beds by the windows were already occupied, so Qin Ran picked the bed with the fewest items piled on it.