Inside the examination room, the students were concentrating on answering their papers; the only sounds were their slight breathing and the rustling of their pens sliding across paper.
Fang Yan and a Chinese teacher named Li Xiaohui were invigilating the second grade math exam at the same time. Li Xiaohui was walking around the exam room, her small eyes behind thick glasses were extremely sharp, she took in every move of every student, and was a very responsible invigilator. Fang Yan was sitting on the podium, his eyes were gentle and smiling as he scanned the students' answers.
Most students were obedient, either thinking with their heads down or answering questions quickly on scratch paper. However, some students tried to take shortcuts and copied other people's learning results directly onto their own test papers.
Fang Yan was following a target person, a chubby boy wearing rimless glasses. He looked honest and simple, and his pen never stopped writing. However, he would raise his head from time to time to look at Fang Yan or scan the position where Li Xiaohui moved, which exposed his absent-mindedness and guilty conscience.
"I'm telling you, don't have any illusions. Everyone has to rely on their true abilities to take the exam. If I find someone cheating-----humph, the test paper will be confiscated, all the scores will be invalidated, and the parents will be asked to come over." Li Xiaohui also discovered some potential "enemies" in the classroom, and said sternly and threateningly.
Most students lowered their heads to answer the questions, but some students bravely raised their heads and smiled at Li Xiaohui in order to prove their innocence, and helped her find students who might have cheated.
The fat man also raised his head and smiled, but the smile on his face was a little unnatural. In the eyes of adults, students of this age do not have such mature acting skills.
Li Xiaohui walked past the fat man, and at that moment, a ball of paper flew towards the fat man from the next table.
It turns out this guy has an accomplice.
Li Xiaohui turned around and looked around suddenly, as if she had glasses on her back.
The little fat boy's face turned pale with fear, his head lowered and he dared not breathe. Although it was a rainy and cool day, his forehead was still sweating profusely.
His abnormal behavior immediately attracted Li Xiaohui's attention. She rushed to the fat boy, pulled out his test paper, and scanned the fat boy's desk like a radar.
I put away his draft paper, opened his pencil case, and even unscrewed the cylindrical pen he used to answer questions to see if there might be any cheat sheets, formulas, or the like hidden inside.
No evidence of cheating found!
"Stand up." Li Xiaohui shouted in a low voice.
The fat man's legs were shaking and he stood up tremblingly.
"Tell me, where is the answer hidden?" Li Xiaohui asked after glancing at the fat man's body and clothes.
"Teacher, there is no answer." The fat man said gritting his teeth.
"No? You're not that scared?" Li Xiaohui sneered.
"Teacher, I am not in good health. I am sick."
"Is it a disease? I think it's a mental disease?" Li Xiaohui was very angry and very dissatisfied with the fat man. However, she didn't find any evidence that the fat man cheated, so she couldn't continue to hold on to it. That would delay the fat man's exam time and affect the exam state of other students. "I'm telling you, Zhang Sanxin, I'm telling you, I'm watching you. If you dare to cheat, don't blame me for being rude to you."
"Teacher, I can't." The fat man replied in a low voice.
"Sit down." Li Xiaohui said.
The fat man sat down and took a pen to write and draw on the draft paper, looking like he was seriously solving a problem.
Li Xiaohui stood beside the fat man and stared at him for a while, but couldn't find anything suspicious, so she turned around and left.
After Li Xiaohui left, the fat boy breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked down at the ground, where there was a rolled-up piece of waste paper. Because it was at the corner of the table, it was difficult to see.
He stretched out one foot and used the other foot to try to pick up the small ball of paper.
At this moment, a big hand reached out and picked up the paper ball from the ground very flexibly.
Fang Yan held the ball of paper in his hand and looked at the little fat boy thoughtfully, as if to say, I know everything.
The little fat boy's pupils were dilated, his face was purple and red, and he was scared out of his wits.
The sweat on his forehead became more dense and his expression became more embarrassed.
The look he gave Fang Yan was full of pleading eyes, like a poor puppy longing for a life-saving bone.
Li Xiaohui saw Fang Yan's actions and quickly walked over here.
"What's going on?" Li Xiaohui asked.
"It's okay." Fang Yan said with a smile: "We have to remind students to try their best to keep the examination room clean during the exam and not to litter paper scraps----"
As Fang Yan spoke, he flicked his finger lightly and the paper ball flew towards the wastebasket in the corner of the classroom.
"Teacher Fang-----" Li Xiaohui shouted, but she was still a step too late. She said anxiously, "Teacher Fang, this may be evidence of cheating. How can you not open it and check it?"
After saying that, Li Xiaohui glared at Fang Yan fiercely and ran towards the wastebasket in the corner of the classroom.
After searching inside for a while, he couldn't find the paper ball that Fang Yan had just thrown in.
There was a pool of burnt paper ash on the surface of the wastebasket, which was suspected to be the paper ball that Fang Yan had just thrown in.
But why was it burnt
Since Li Xiaohui couldn't get any evidence, the matter had to be dropped.
Fang Yan looked at the fat man and said, "Do well in the exam."
After saying that, he turned around again and walked towards the podium.
The bell rang, and the students began to hand in their papers at the urging of Fang Yan and Li Xiaohui.
When the fat man handed in his paper, he glanced at Fang Yan and left without saying anything. Fang Yan saw that there was a large blank space at the back of his paper.
Seeing that there was no communication between Fang Yan and the fat man, Li Xiaohui concentrated on sorting out the test papers she had collected, sealing them in bags and grading them together when the time came.
After the math test, my work for this morning is temporarily over.
Fang Yan and Li Xiaohui delivered the test papers to the Academic Affairs Office together, held a short meeting in the office to make a summary, and then everyone went home for dinner.
When Fang Yan walked out of the tree-lined path, a voice behind him called out, "Teacher Fang----"
Fang Yan turned around and saw the cheating fat guy running towards him.
The fat man was panting and looked like he seldom did any physical exercise.
He stood in front of Fang Yan and said gratefully, "Teacher Fang, thank you. If it weren't for you, I would be finished today----"
"Why?" Fang Yan asked sternly.
"-------" Fatty Zhang Sanxin looked at Fang Yan in confusion. Why
"Since you know the consequences are so serious, why do you still choose such a cheating method?" Fang Yan asked.
"My math grades are not good. This test is very difficult-----"
"Have you ever thought about this?" Fang Yan looked at Zhang Sanxin and asked, "If your paper ball falls into Teacher Li's hands, what consequences will you bear? If I have the same idea as Teacher Li, what consequences will you bear?"
"So I am really grateful to Teacher Fang. If it weren't for Teacher Fang, all my grades would be cancelled and my parents would be asked to come over-----"
Fang Yan shook his head and said, "Zhang Sanxin, I'm not helping you just to make you thank me. I'm not helping you just to make you realize that the cost of making a mistake is not that high, but to make you feel lucky in the future. I've always believed that everyone should bear the consequences of their mistakes. You got your grades by cheating. Isn't that unfair to those students who really got their grades by their own efforts?"
"Teacher Fang, I'm sorry----" Zhang Sanxin said with a shameful expression.
"You can lend money, but don't think about borrowing other people's knowledge. Knowledge is always in the hands of the real owner, and others can't borrow it or rob it. Even if you get it temporarily, it may be taken away at any time. You may even have to pay a heavy price for it." Fang Yan looked at Zhang Sanxin and said, "As a teacher, compared to your previous cheating behavior, I prefer the blank paper you handed in later. You may not have a good grade, but you proved that you are honest. Honesty is also a very important quality, even more important than getting good grades."
Fang Yan patted Zhang Sanxin on the shoulder and said, "Take care of yourself."
After saying that, Fang Yan turned and left.
Zhang Sanxin stood there and watched Fang Yan's receding figure, and there was something in his eyes that he had not had before.
"Teacher Fang, thank you." Zhang Sanxin murmured.
Enemies always meet.
When Fang Yan walked to the small door leading to the teachers' living area, he ran into Zhang Yu who was also preparing to go home.
"Fang Yan." Zhang Yu's voice sounded murderous.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang. Are you preparing to go home for dinner?" Fang Yan asked with a smile.
"Fang Yan, you are shameless." Zhang Yu shouted angrily, "You didn't win and I didn't lose, why do you have to read the apology letter you wrote to me in front of the students in the classroom? Why?"
Fang Yan thought for a moment and said, "I didn't say you can't read it when we made the bet. You know, I'm not a good writer, and I'm afraid that if I don't write well, it will embarrass Teacher Zhang. A good horse deserves a good saddle. Teacher Zhang is a great talent in our Suzaku. Even if I want to apologize to him, the apology letter must be well-written."
"How do you know I will lose? Why not you?" Zhang Yu was really angry. "Fang Yan, I'm telling you, you will definitely lose. Don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes."
"Teacher Zhang, you and I are both teachers, and a teacher should act like a teacher-----I believe Teacher Zhang will not do anything too excessive." Fang Yan said with a gentle smile.
(PS: Let me ask you, have you ever cheated? I have.) (To be continued)