Chapter 42
Just as everyone thought Bryan would get mad at Catherine and was praying silently for Catherine, Bryan’s attitude left everyone in shock again.
Bryan’s serious expression broke into a faint smile suddenly, which made him seem more relaxed and less stern.
He pulled his chair out, sat down, leaned towards Catherine, and looked at her in a friendly manner. “It’s okay. We are now classmates and deskmates already. We’ll become somewhat like friends when we are more familiar with one another, won’t we?”
Everyone was speechless. Was this the Bryan they knew?
Why did he look like a playful hooligan flirting with girls?
Catherine took another rare glance at Bryan, who had changed his attitude so suddenly.
She suddenly felt that Bryan looked somewhat like Ronin.
But he wasn’t as cute as Ronin was. Besides, she already had Ronin and did not need another boy like him. NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.
If Bryan knew what Catherine was thinking about right now, he would surely go mad.
After all, he was the boss that everyone respected in Sincere High School. It was outrageous for him not even to have a chance to make friends with Catherine and even be considered to be not cute enough.
The mathematics teacher entered the classroom and saw that David and the others were still gathered around Bryan.
She slammed her books on the desk and roared, “What time is it? Why are you not back in your seats? Go back to your seats, all of you. Are you trying to challenge me?”
The mathematics teacher was known to have a bad temper and a loud voice.
The group scattered and returned to their seats, all a bit afraid of her.
Then, the mathematics teacher finally flipped the book open and was ready to start the lesson.
Catherine also adjusted herself and leaned against the table again as she did in the morning, getting ready to sleep.
However, the mathematics teacher got mad when she saw someone sleeping in her class.
She pounded on the table hard, making everyone jump, and roared in the direction of Catherine, “Who is that? How can you sleep in my class? If you don’t want to study, then get out of here!”
Soon, the mathematics teacher got even angrier when she saw that Catherine didn’t even move after her roar.
She grabbed a book and was about to throw it at Catherine hard. Her eyes flashed with a trace of fierceness as she thought to herself, “Are you that sleepy? I’d love to see how much of this you can take!”
Everyone was holding their breaths and didn’t dare to make a sound. Seeing that the book was about to hit Catherine on the head, Bryan, who was beside her, blocked it.
The ears of Catherine, who was still asleep, twitched and stopped moving again.
Bryan reached out quickly to catch the book that came flying towards Catherine in a tight grip.
Bryan often played basketball and could even catch a basketball spinning at high speed, not to mention a book.
Seeing Bryan in action, the few girls in the class almost exclaimed in admiration.
“Oh, Bryan is so cool!”
The mathematics teacher’s expression turned very nasty after the book had been intercepted.
At first, she had a good impression of Bryan, as he was from an influential family and had good grades, despite being wild.
However, she was highly annoyed by Bryan’s behavior today. With a frown, she looked at Bryan warningly. “Bryan, what are you doing?”
Bryan looked up at the mathematics teacher with a serious expression.
“Miss, don’t you know you can’t hit a student?”
Maybe she didn’t imagine Bryan would tell her off, the mathematics teacher was stunned and only recovered herself a moment later. Her eyes were filled with rage as she looked at Bryan.
“It is my class now. She is sleeping in my class. Is that right then?”
Bryan didn’t know why he was so irritated to see the mathematics teacher attacking Catherine. That was why he talked back to her.
Besides, he didn’t like how the mathematics teacher treated her students differently. She was particularly tolerant towards those from powerful families and looked down upon the students from less powerful families, even if they had good grades.
Even though the students of Class 8 generally had good grades and came from influential families, they were not all the same. Each of them had their own strengths and weaknesses.
In the face of the mathematics teacher’s response, Bryan talked back to her again without thinking, “It is true that she shouldn’t sleep in class, but since she is a new student and probably doesn’t know the rules, shouldn’t you at least try to talk to her about it first?”
The mathematics teacher was so angry that she was about to explode. After hearing Bryan’s words, she smiled particularly mockingly suddenly. Her eyes were full of disdain as she looked at Catherine again.
“Here I was, wondering who she was. So she is the new student in Class 8, the girl rumored to have never been to school. No wonder she sleeps in class!”
The whole class was stunned. They had only heard about it from the rumors.
The mathematics teacher’s words seemed to have confirmed everyone’s guesses.
As such, was Catherine so uneducated that she was even illiterate?
The mathematics teacher felt even angrier seeing Catherine was still sound asleep and continued, “Let me tell you. By letting someone so worthless into our class, the school is. trying to remind you that she is the classic bad example. If you don’t study hard, you’ll become like her too. She’s like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, as all she does is sleep and eat all day.”
Her words were so nasty. Catherine only didn’t know the rules as she had never been to school before and was new to the school.
Besides, what could she do if she couldn’t understand the things taught in class?
It was so humiliating for the mathematics teacher to describe her as a pig waiting to be slaughtered.
“Let me tell you this…” The mathematics teacher was about to continue.
Bang!
Bryan pounded on the table hard and stood up, staring furiously at the mathematics teacher.
“Is this what a teacher should be like?”
In the face of Bryan’s questioning, the mathematics teacher couldn’t take it anymore and retorted sternly, “Bryan, don’t think that you can get away from not respecting your teacher because you have good grades and come from a powerful family.”
“Not respecting you?” A mocking sneer appeared on Bryan’s handsome face. “How dare call yourself our teacher? You attacked a student and called a student a pig. You do whatever you want here because you’re on good terms with the daughter-in-law of a school board member. Do you really think it’s because of you that Class 8 has good grades?”
The mathematics teacher indeed came to Class 8 not long ago. She had been boasting about how good the mathematics grades of the class were ever since.
In fact, the mathematics grades of Class 8 were even better before she had come to the class.
The mathematics teacher didn’t expect Bryan to call her out like that. She was so mad that she
was shaking as she glared at Bryan and pointed a finger at him.
“Get out of here now! I wouldn’t allow scum like you to be in my class. Leave now!”
Bryan stayed rooted on the spot. He wanted to know what the mathematics teacher could do to him!
Suddenly, everyone turned their eyes to someone next to Bryan.
Even Bryan noticed something off and turned to take a look.
Catherine was awake and leaning against the back of the chair as she looked lazily at Bryan.
A look at her left Bryan in a daze!