Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 120 - 117 Overstepping Ones Duties
Chapter 120: Chapter 117: Overstepping One’s Duties
Chapter 120 -117: Overstepping One’s Duties
The counselor of Condensed Matter Physics Class One, Tang An, was indeed very young, especially since he had a babyface. This made him look as though he had just graduated with a master’s degree even though it had been two years since he completed his doctorate.
Tang An arrived at classroom 305 and took a seat in the last row at half-past two. At first, the students who entered didn’t notice and thought he was a new student like them, until later when two boys came over to greet him.
That’s when everyone realized this is what their teacher, Teacher Tang, looked like.
With a babyface, he looked both young and amiable, without a hint of threat.
The boys didn’t feel restrained and chatted and laughed in small groups, based on their dorm assignment as usual.
This was fine with Tang An, and it even made it easier for him to observe.
It wasn’t long before Xia Shi came in, and Tang An was impressed by her, a girl who dared to inquire about the counselor’s office and volunteered to be class president as soon as she entered the university.
She had courage and determination!
However, it wasn’t that Tang An was a chauvinist, but in the sciences, especially in male-dominated subjects like physics and mathematics, it wasn’t necessarily a good thing for a girl to be class president, as many tasks were difficult to perform.
Tang An had subtly reminded Xia Shi, but it seemed she wasn’t quite content and unwilling to give up.
Not long after Xia Shi entered, one of the two girls in the class, Song Jiawen, came in.
Pride of the Northern Province!
This year’s exam papers for the Northern Province were particularly difficult, no less challenging than the notoriously difficult Beijing college entrance examination papers, yet Song Jiawen scored full marks in the sciences.
Of course, provincial top scorers weren’t rare at Beijing University, with a large number from freshman to senior year.
There were also many who scored full marks, but this depended on the difficulty of the examination papers. Moreover, before the college entrance examination, she had also participated in a physics competition organized by Beicheng University, winning first place with a full score.
Beicheng University had been eager to admit her through special recruitment before the college entrance exam and had made many phone calls to their school, which were naturally turned down politely by the principal.
She was a gifted student with high intelligence.
And unexpectedly, even higher attractiveness.
Song Jiawen chose not to sit with Xia Shi, but instead found a corner to sit down in by herself…
As soon as the clock struck three, Tang An rose from the back row and walked up to the podium.
He began with a procedural self-introduction, sharing that he had been working in the Beijing University lab since completing his doctorate and that this was his first year leading a class as a formal counselor.
However, he wasn’t unfamiliar with the duties of a counselor, having acted as an interim one for half a year when he first started his doctorate.
After Tang An finished speaking, he began to have everyone stand up one by one and introduce themselves. There was no need to come up to the podium; it was too much trouble.
“Hello everyone, my name is Xue Weisong, from the provincial capital of South City in Southern Province….”
The first boy to stand up was clean and handsome, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a straight nose. He smiled as he spoke, which was very endearing.
Then, one boy after another stood up, and Song Jiawen listened quietly, occasionally glancing up until all the boys had finished and only she and Xia Shi, the two girls, were left.
Seeing that Xia Shi showed no sign of standing up, Song Jiawen got to her feet and introduced herself, “My name is Song Jiawen, from Yunzhou in Northern Province…”
Yunzhou?
Xia Shi slightly raised his eyebrows. He had never heard of it. Was it some eighteenth-tier small city?
After Song Jiawen finished introducing herself and sat down, a few seconds passed before Xia Shi slowly stood up and turned to face everyone, “My name is Xia Shi, ‘Xia’ from summer, ‘Shi’ from stone. My parents used their surnames to name me in memory of their love, but I never expected that as I grew up, I would always be misunderstood. Many people, upon seeing my name for the first time, would assume I’m male…”
Waiting until the end to introduce herself, she even told a long story about her parents’ love and the troubles caused by her name as she grew up. Most people listened with great interest, and some even thought Xia Shi was witty and humorous, and straightforward without being coy, leaving them with a very good impression.
Out of thirty-five in the class, at least twenty of the thirty-three male students had a very positive impression of her.
The remaining dozen or so were either absent-minded or couldn’t help glancing at the corner of the third row from time to time.
Tang An stood quietly on the podium, smiling and listening to Xia Shi’s long speech like the other students, not thinking of interrupting until–
“…I heard that before military training, each class has to elect a temporary class president. Even though our class is mostly boys, I believe everyone is free of gender bias. I have been class president from primary school to high school, how capable I am, you might not believe if I just say it now, so I hope everyone can give me a chance…”
Tang An couldn’t help but frown and was about to interrupt her when he saw Xia Shi turn her head to look at Song Jiawen, saying with a smile, “Song Jiawen and I had a chat last night. She is very supportive of me, right, Song Jiawen?”
When she arrived, Song Jiawen was holding a book, the newly issued electives in biophysics. She found it quite interesting and brought it today to flip through.
While Xia Shi introduced herself, Song Jiawen’s attention had been focused on the book.
She could multitask when she wanted, so when she heard Xia Shi’s words, she just looked up unhurriedly and glanced at her, indifferently replying, “My exact words were, I will support whoever the counselor appoints as class president.”
Xue Weisong sat in the center of the third row, and he had been paying attention to Song Jiawen ever since Xia Shi turned her head. His gaze shifted slightly upon hearing her words.
The smile on Xia Shi’s face stiffened for a moment and her eyes turned a degree colder, but it was fleeting, and soon she was back to the smiling visage of just moments before.
“So, that means if the counselor appoints me as class president, you would support me too?”
Why was she still clinging to this?
Song Jiawen didn’t rush to answer, instead looking up past Xia Shi at Tang An, who was standing on the podium.
The purpose of the class meeting and whether or not to elect a temporary class president were both things the counselor was supposed to handle. Xia Shi was overstepping.
“Xia Shi, please sit down now that you have finished introducing yourself,” Tang An said.
Since it was the first time meeting everyone, Tang An did not pass judgment on Xia Shi’s behavior, but a decision still needed to be made about the class president.
“Regarding the class president, indeed, that is one of the purposes of today’s class meeting. I was thinking of choosing one of the boys. Of course, this is not due to prejudice against girls. It’s just that we have only two girls in our class, a frankly national-treasure level rarity, who obviously should not be casually tasked. However, the position of class president is not easy, with many daily tasks, especially during military training where there is a need to assist instructors with record-keeping and training, requiring greater physical fitness than others…”
As he said this, Tang An lowered his gaze to look at Xia Shi. Actually, his next line should have been, “So, Xia Shi, do you think you are up to the task?”
Considering her self-nomination, Tang An felt that if he really asked that, her answer would undoubtedly be affirmative.
I can!
Therefore, Tang An skipped the question and directly called out Xue Weisong, giving a sufficient reason, “Everyone has just met, and we don’t know each other well. To talk about elections and such is premature. So let’s have Xue Weisong take on the role temporarily, but everyone can supervise. If he doesn’t do well, we can elect again after military training. Half a month won’t be too much of a delay, right?”
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He didn’t even mention the abilities and other details of Xue Weisong that he was aware of. He had realized that talking too much was pointless, because those sitting here were basically the top students from their respective schools and cities, all strong, none weak.
Probably none would accept the other.
So, there was no point in anymore chatter. He would use the authority of his role as the counselor to finalize the selection.
